"Xiaosheng, how many troops will we need if we go to the Great Zhou Dynasty to regain these lost lands?" Xiao Chen has already deeply realized the seriousness of the problem.
"If the entire Yanyun County is recaptured, I think two hundred thousand soldiers will be enough if there is sufficient food and grass." Zhuge Xiaosheng pondered.
"Holy crap, where will our Zhou Dynasty get 200,000 troops now?" Ye Baiqing grinned and said that this idea was very unrealistic.
"If I were to lead it, one hundred thousand soldiers would be enough. If it was elite, fifty thousand would be enough!" Zhuge Xiaosheng was so confident, but he had something to say, "But the fundamental problem in Yanyun County is not to recover, but to
If you hold it and take it back, you still can’t hold it, so what’s the use?”
"This whole place is flat, how can we defend it?" Ye Baiqing said.
"There are many soldiers, there is plenty of food and grass, and we have reclaimed wasteland and built high walls. Why can't we defend it?" However, Duan Ling'er had a different opinion.
"It's okay to defend one city, and it's okay to defend two cities, but how are you going to defend eighteen states? You said it's not easy to cultivate wasteland. There are only a few hundred thousand people in the eighteen states. How many crops can be grown? If
If the enemy attacks during the autumn grain harvest, how should we respond?" Zhuge Xiaosheng asked.
"I said there are too many soldiers. Why don't you give me a million people to see if I can defend it?" Duan Ling'er said with a small mouth.
"Alas... aren't you just dreaming, little girl? If I had a million soldiers, I could wipe out the entire north." Zhuge Xiaosheng sighed.
"If I give you a million soldiers, can you handle it? I see you, a little girl, have a hard time raising a thousand soldiers... Yuntian, don't you think so?" Ye Baiqing said.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah...what did you say?" Wei Yuntian was absent-minded. Who do you think he was thinking about?
"I really despise you! Are you going to do this just for a girl from Xiangqin? You've lost your mind even before we got married. If you marry her into the family, I'm afraid even the boss won't recognize her!" Ye Baiqing was actually jealous of Wei Yuntian.
"Alas... Then it will be three years later." Wei Yuntian sighed leisurely, three years is longer than a lifetime!
"This man is useless." Ye Baiqing was speechless to him.
"Xiaosheng, what do you think of Yanyun County?" Xiao Chen, whose eyes never left the map, suddenly asked an inexplicable question.
"Not bad." Zhuge Xiaosheng's answer was also baffling.
"I heard from an elder that this is the best place for rebellion?" Xiao Chen said.
"Well, you can only survive in the cracks." Zhuge Xiaosheng's words were exactly the same as that of the elder, and that elder was naturally Chen Jisheng.
This was what he said last time when he broke up with Chen Jisheng in Weizhou County. They were about to leave and did not talk about it in depth, but Xiao Chen always kept these words in his heart.
In fact, he remembered almost everything Chen Jisheng said.
He still remembered that when he came out of Zhao Gongming's house that day, Zhao Gongming specifically told him to be kind to Mr. Chen Jisheng. It would be best if he could be dragged into trouble.
Why? Because Zhao Gongming felt that Chen Jisheng was a national scholar.
The country's scholars are unparalleled.
I also expected things to turn out like gods.
The next day, before Xiao Chen got up, a young eunuch in charge of rituals rushed over to report, "Eunuch Xiao, please wake up, the emperor is calling for you to come over."
Please Eunuch Xiao change into your official uniform, the emperor will ask you to ascend to the court with him!
Do you still remember what happened last time when Li Wanjiang led Xiao Chen to the court? So his premonition this time was not good either...
And his premonitions are sometimes more accurate than Wei Yuntian's crow's mouth.
In the Qianqing Palace, all the ministers gathered together, and when they saw the emperor arriving, they all shouted long live.
"Everyone, I love you." Li Wanjiang sat down on the dragon chair.
A tall and thin official stood up but did not sit down. Instead, he took a step forward, took out a red document from his arms and started reading loudly. He was the Minister of War, Grand Sima Lu Jing.
"Your Majesty, yesterday evening we received another urgent document from Yanyun County. Three thousand freshmen captured another town of ours and kidnapped more than 700 residents. We also had tens of thousands of kilograms of grain that had just been harvested in the autumn. There are countless livestock, chickens and poultry..."
Xiao Chen walked over to take the document, but saw three chicken feathers stuck on it. This was called a chicken feather letter, and it was usually only used when there was an emergency military situation.
"You don't have to look, the situation in Yanyun County is tense, and I am not unaware of it." Li Wanjiang waved his hand, motioning for Xiao Chen to step aside, and continued, "The national crisis is facing us, what good ideas do you have? It's time for you to come up with something like this. Alright."
There was a silence in the hall, the kind where you could hear a needle drop.
Everyone was thinking, what's the best strategy? It's just to send troops to drive them away, but the strategy is like this, but there are no troops!
It’s hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, so who the hell can fight a war without soldiers?
As for soldiers, there are 60,000 forbidden troops under Wu Zicheng, and 50,000 elite troops under the command of Jiumen Admiral Wu Zhong. But these are the guards guarding Fengyang City. Should they be transferred there?
What should we do in Beijing?
Another way is to wait for Fengyang King Li Feng to return in triumph and rest for a while before going to Yanyun County to fight.
In addition, there are no more troops nearby to mobilize, and those who can have been mobilized long ago.
"Your Majesty, southern Xinjiang is relatively stable at present. How about bringing some troops from Jiuxi?" A minister ventured to advise.
"The soldiers and horses of Jiuxi suffered a lot when they defeated Siam. King Zhongcheng even asked me to recruit more troops. How could there be any troops to mobilize? Besides, Jiuxi is a thousand miles away from Yanyun County. Waiting for them to come, I am afraid that the entire army will be destroyed." Yanyun County will be lost!" Li Wanjiang refused.
"Your Majesty, Duke Zhenxi Murong Heng has a force stationed on the west side of Yanyun Mountain. Can you consider asking him to send a force to help?" Someone else suggested.
"No, Yanyun is important, and Xijiang is even more important. If there is another trouble in Xijiang, how do you want me to deal with it?" Li Wanjiang also rejected it.
In fact, the soldiers and horses on both sides can be mobilized. If there are too many, there will always be no problem with 10,000 to 20,000 people per family. But the problem is that Li Wanjiang cannot mobilize them at all!
Murong Heng needless to say, when he signed the alliance with him, he had already agreed that he would not send any of his soldiers as long as he could defend the western frontier.
As for his brother Li Wanyun's troops, they cannot be mobilized at will.
The various reasons are extremely complex and cannot be explained clearly in just a few words.
In addition, Li Wanjiang also has an unspoken worry, that is, whether Li Wanyun or Murong Heng's troops come, they must pass through Fengyang City!
These two armies are both battle-hardened, and they all obey the orders of their respective commanders. Do you know what this means?
What if, just what if, if one of the two of them had a different intention and directly led troops to attack Fengyang City, the consequences would be disastrous.
Although Fengyang City has 100,000 troops, most of them are newly recruited soldiers, but they may not be able to withstand these two 20,000 elite soldiers!
"Your Majesty, Jiangnan County is our territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty and absolutely no intrusion is allowed! As far as I know, the Haining Bay Camp has about 3,000 stragglers recovered from various places. Although many of them are injured, they are all We've almost rested, and it's time for a battle!" But it was Chen Wenqi, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, who spoke.
Others just ignored it, but Xiao Chen's anus tightened when he heard this, and he thought, "This is coming..."