Sima Shi hurriedly summoned all the ministers to his general's palace to discuss the matter.

This general's mansion is naturally the previous Taifu Mansion, after Sima Shi became the general of the Fujun, this mansion has become the political center of Luoyang, although the palace still retains the court meeting, but that is just a formality, twice a month, go through the motions, discuss some innocuous trivial things, Cao Fang, the son of heaven, is really a puppet, a decoration, and its status is not even as good as when Cao Shuang was in power.

Sima Shi usually works, and even Shangshutai is too lazy to go, and uses his mansion as the office location, and all major military affairs are decided by the general's mansion.

And ordinary ministers are not qualified to enter the general's mansion, and those who can go to the general's deliberations are also Sima Shi's confidants and cronies, so he is engaged in it, and Sima Shi holds all the power of the court and government tightly in his own hands, and no one is allowed to touch it.

Those who came to discuss today were Sima Zhao, the leader of the Central Army, He Zeng, Situ Gaorou, Sikong Zheng Chong, Guanglu Doctor Wang Su, the servant Xun Yi, the Shang Shu servant Lu Yu, the Shang Shu Fu Yi, the Central Protector Jia Chong, the court lieutenant Zhong Yu, the right chief Shi Zhonghui, the middle book supervisor Xun Xun, and the Sili school captain Chen Tai.

When they arrived, they didn't know the news of the loss of Youzhou, and they all talked and laughed, and when Sima Shi told them the news, everyone was silent.

Didn't the news come back before that it was Jizhou that the state army attacked, and it was fighting with Lu Zhao at Jingcheng Pass, how did it take only a few days for Youzhou to suddenly lose, and it was not one or two cities that were lost, and the seven counties of Liaoxi in Youzhou all fell, this result really made people feel a little incredible.

And the facts are in front of them, and no one can doubt them, and everyone looks at each other.

It is said that Cao Liang is powerful, and even Sima Yi can defeat him, but in the past few days, even the seven counties have been lowered, and the speed is too fast, according to this speed of play, it really didn't take long for Cao Liang to sweep the world.

Sima Shi sighed lightly and said: "Everyone, the situation in Youzhou is changing day by day, this season of Cheng's critical survival, if Youzhou is lost, it will be difficult to defend the northern Xinjiang, I don't know what your views are?" ”

Everyone was silent for a while, He Zeng, as the highest position among the ministers and the oldest with the most qualifications, took the lead in saying: "The rebel Cao Liang took advantage of the victory in the battle of Merging States last year and forcibly seized Youzhou, which is already a foundation that endangers Sheji, and the general should immediately send troops to crusade against it, and recover and merge the two places, if it is repeatedly connived, the country will not be a country!" ”

Everyone echoed the voice, He Zeng's words are not unreasonable, now Cao Liang is no longer a rebellious force that divides the place to fight against the imperial court, he is now brazenly sending troops to Youzhou, and he already has the capital to compete with the Sima family for the world, if he continues to let himself go now, the general trend of the world is indeed difficult to control.

But then again, the defeat in the battle of Bingzhou last year made Sima Jun a big injury, and now he is still in a state of recovery, doesn't Sima Shi want to destroy Cao Liang, he wants to do more than anyone else, but the key thing is that he does not have the capital to send troops now.

The cavalry unit was completely lost in last year's battle of merging states, and it is still being rebuilt, and the reconstruction of the cavalry is far more difficult than the infantry, not that it is not to say that the people who can ride horses at the recruitment point, and then transport a group of war horses from Longyou to form a cavalry, the construction of cavalry is a rather complicated process, and it takes a lot of effort and time to form a cavalry team with combat effectiveness.

In particular, the problem of new horse harness, is an imminent problem, Sima Shi experienced the battle of the state, of course knows the importance of new horse harness, if you can not comprehensively improve the combat effectiveness of the cavalry, then this reconstituted army, will also encounter the same fate as the previous cavalry, so the construction of the cavalry can not be rushed, and the speed is not reached.

The new style of horse harness has been mass-produced, the first batch of equipment has been allocated to the various cavalry battalions, so far, nearly half of the cavalry has been equipped with new horse harness, and according to the current production rate, it is estimated that before the end of the year, all the cavalry of the Sima Army will be equipped with new horse harness.

Not only the horse harness, but also the construction of the chain horse armor has quietly begun, and the Sima army will also form its own heavy armored cavalry, as well as the archers, which will also be the next construction target of the Sima division.

Shi Yi's long skills to control Yi, Sima Shi this time in a very humble attitude to steal Cao Liang, and the strength of the state cavalry has shocked Sima Shi from the bottom of his heart, unless he can have an army that can match it, otherwise Cao Liang will be a hurdle that he will not be able to overcome in his life.

However, how much financial resources and energy will be spent to build such a cavalry, I am afraid it will be an astronomical amount, although with the current strength of the Sima family, it cannot be said that this money cannot be taken out, but the entire treasury is afraid that it will be empty.

If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, Sima Shi has never handled financial affairs before, and now he is in charge, and he decides on all government affairs, this matter of the national economy and people's livelihood is really a headache, so many troops have to feed, so many officials have to be paid, the Yellow River has burst its embankment to repair, where is the disaster to be relieved, really sitting in this position, thinking about more things than imagined.

In order to rebuild the cavalry, the money was spent like running water, making the treasury a little unable to make ends meet.

Sima Shi couldn't stop, he was gambling now, this cavalry must be established no matter what, only in this way can he have the capital to compete with Cao Xuan.

But now that the cavalry is just being formed, there is still a long time before it can form combat effectiveness, and blindly rushing into battle will suffer greater losses.

However, Cao Liang did not seem to be ready to give Sima Shi time, the new army had not yet been established, and even if Sima Shi had the idea of crusading against Cao Liang, he could not put it into practice.

Zhong Hui obviously knew Sima Shi's heart, and in the midst of everyone's cries for crusade, he stood up and said: "General, I think I can't send troops for the time being. ”

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