Sending more Forbidden Forces? What a joke! With the mess of the Imperial Guards in the capital, sending one more is a burden. Zhao Xi doesn’t want to go all the way south to escape...
"Your Highness, the bandits have now broken through several states and kidnapped surrendered troops. The number of people has reached hundreds of thousands. There are two thousand guard camps and hundreds of thousands of people... It is said that it is difficult to defeat four hands with two fists. Without sending more soldiers
, Your Highness is not allowed to travel south."
"The prince is going on an expedition, and he is going to the battle line with thousands of gold. If the court cannot and cannot send more soldiers, I think your highness should think twice. Don't mess with the border, don't mess with the capital, and don't mess with yourself because of the little thieves on the border."
"His Highness's personal visit will inevitably lead Di Hanchen to deploy troops to protect His Highness. It is still unknown whether the troops in Guangnan can be used. The Western Army has 20,000 soldiers. If troops are allocated to protect His Highness, the number of soldiers will inevitably be reduced, which will not be beneficial to the battle of Guangnan.
.I hope His Highness will think twice.”
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It seemed that Wen Yanbo had found the right way to persuade Zhao Xi, and the whole court began to exert its strength with every word and word.
Seeing this situation, Zhao Zhen was relieved. Xi'er could not ignore the overall situation and act her own way. After all, the northwest defense and the capital's imperial army cannot be mobilized. The courtiers said this, and Xi'er also agreed.
Then, according to the words of the current court officials, Xi'er does not need to take risks... This is not because the royal family cherishes their lives, but because the situation does not allow it.
Xi'er has the idea and statement of pro-government, which can be regarded as an encouragement and a lash to the court, the soldiers, and the people of the country.
Well, that's good.
Even the princes didn't say much. At this time, the whole court had formed a one-sided situation. Almost everyone was opposed to the prince's expedition... As for the temper of the prince, he was not the kind to risk the world's disapproval.
"Your Majesty, gentlemen, ministers and ministers, it is not that Xi is arrogant. The so-called sending more troops, let alone that it is impossible to send more troops now, even if it is possible, Xi has no intention of asking the imperial court to send more soldiers on this expedition."
"Soldiers are not more important than finesse. The bandits started an attack, and there were more than 5,000 soldiers at the beginning. However, when they passed through the city, the soldiers were defeated. Is it true that the number of soldiers stationed on Guangnan West Road of the state was so small? No, it was soldiers.
Will be inferior to others."
"As we all know, the East Palace Guards are similar to the method of selecting soldiers through military examinations. Although we dare not arbitrarily conclude that one against ten, two thousand guard battalions are comparable to the five armies or even the imperial army of the capital. We can make a conclusion at dawn."
This time, Zhao Xi decided to go to the southern expedition. Originally, he had always kept a low profile and kept a low profile, but for future plans, Zhao Xi could not continue to be restrained.
A general who has never been on the battlefield and has never seen blood can never become a true general.
The guard camp was originally intended to be cultivated by Zhao Xi as a seed, but it happened to be forgotten by the court, or put aside.
In so many years, a single soldier from the guard camp has never been used, let alone the Western Army or Hebei. This is contrary to Zhao Xi's original intention.
He originally wanted to wait until he could make the decision, then he could expand the guard camp model.
But he also knows that training and combat are not the same thing after all... Now he finally has a soft persimmon. With such a good opportunity, if he doesn't pull out the guard camp, he will really face the two northwest families in the future. These treasures of his
, but there will be damage.
So, he simply became arrogant.
When I say this, the person who hates hearing it the most is Shi Keji from the old Shi family... He is now the leader of the Imperial Guards in the capital, and he is the commander of the Japanese army.
This is the first time that Zhao Xi has expressed his attitude so clearly...the so-called Imperial Guards are nothing but trash.
"Your Highness, this is wrong. Although the Imperial Guards in the capital have not been at war for many years, they have never slacked off. There are twenty-five thousand soldiers in each group... Even if the guard battalion can fight alone, one can defeat many, but the battlefield does not rely on force.
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Shi Keji didn't dare to say that he could easily destroy the guard camp.
There was also a nephew in his family who originally intended to join the guard camp, but he didn't even pass the preliminary examination in Kaifeng Prefecture.
He knew that Cao Lin of the Cao family and Gao Jingxian of the Gao family could indeed fight one against three. But he still didn't believe that he would lose with 25,000 people in the forbidden army against 2,000 in the guard camp. Even if they were stacked against each other, they would be defeated.
If people were crowded, he felt that the guard camp could be overrun.
"Your Highness, don't lie! What Commander Shi said is absolutely true. The battlefield is not based on force, but on the whole."
Pang Ji also quickly stopped Zhao Xi's statement. The prince, who has been quite gentle for so many years, was so rash today?
"Sir, it will take time for Commander Shi and Di Hanchen to go to the capital to receive orders and for the mobilization of the Western Army. During this interval, the guard battalion and the capital's imperial army can conduct an exercise."
"The Imperial Guards of the capital will face the escort camp in one direction, and choose a mountainous and forested area as the place for the exercise to suit the terrain of Guangnan. If the escort camp loses during the exercise, Xi will not say anything about the southern expedition."
It's a mule or a horse, pull it out and run around.
Who in the entire court doesn't know about the quality of the Imperial Guards? Only my father didn't know. He only saw the relatively junior soldiers in the Imperial Palace, so he thought that the hundreds of thousands of Imperial Guards in the capital could still be called the Imperial Guards.
In fact, I'm afraid it's even worse than the Xiang Army.
The training of the guard battalion has taken me to almost all the Forbidden Army stations in the capital, and I can basically come and go freely in all of them.
"Does your Highness really mean what he said?"
Before Shi Keji could say anything, Wen Yanbo became more energetic.
Yes, he is considered a civil servant who knows military affairs and is also a privy envoy, so he naturally has the position to give orders to the imperial guards in the capital.
I think back then, the only way to kill Wang Ze was to rely on the large number of people to surround Wang Ze to death in Beizhou. Therefore, I also thought that I could use a small group of forbidden troops to surround the East Palace guard camp...
"really!"
Yes! Looking at it like this, Zhao Zhen is torn... He doesn't want his son to be hurt, and he also wants to put an end to Xi'er's expedition. But this matter is probably going to be settled like this.
"How to practice?"
"Xiangong Wen, the West Jing Road in the mountains and dense forests of Xingyang can be compared to the West Road in Guangnan. I led the escort battalion into the mountains, and the imperial court sent a group of forbidden troops to besiege me."
"All weapons are made of wooden poles and dyed with dye. Anyone whose body is dyed will be considered a casualty and will not be allowed to enter the battlefield again. The Censor, the Imperial City Secretary and the Imperial Scholars will be the judges."
"Two days later, the escort camp will enter the mountain. After half a day, the Forbidden Army can search the mountain and attack. Within three days, the victory or defeat will be determined by the ratio of battle losses. If the escort camp loses more than 30% of the battle damage, it will be lost, or the Forbidden Army will be within one shot of me. The escort camp will be
If the Forbidden Army loses more than half of its battle losses, it will be considered a loss. If the two sides fail to reach a conclusion after three days to determine victory or defeat, the battle losses can be calculated and the decision will be made according to the winning or losing standards."
"In addition, since this incident happened because of me, the East Palace will donate 50,000 yuan to the court to use the money and food for this exercise, including the five-day loss of military dispatch and related personnel."
Zhao Xi immediately stopped all the gossip that could be wasted. He only had one purpose...to enter the exercise.
The court had dispersed in the morning, and before it was time to go to the office, the Queen Mother came with an order to ask Zhao Xi to return to Ciming Palace... However, he, the emperor, did not leave the princes alone, so he followed Zhao Xi there.
Ciming Palace.
The husband-in-law just looked at each other and smiled, not to get involved in these family matters.
"Mr. Wen, are you still preparing for that...that drill?"
Shi Keji saw how his empress was preparing to teach her son, and felt that he shouldn't have to worry about running to Xingyang. However, he still had to ask his husband.
Wen Yanbo looked at him coldly...
"Can the Japanese army reach Xingyang in two days?"
Li was too lazy to pay attention to Shi Keji, Wen Yanbo was not prepared to praise the Japanese army at all, and even His Highness the Crown Prince praised the Japanese army without naming them... Dare to be sentimental, is it purely sentimental?
Shi Keji is very happy. She doesn’t have to be burdened or embarrassed. How great!