Seeing Qin Feng's brows tightened, Min Ruoxi couldn't help but say: "Otherwise, I will write a letter to the second brother, if the Qi people really attack us, ask him to send troops to help, as long as the eastern Chu army attacks with all its might, the Qi people will be under great pressure, and the intensity of the attack on our side will inevitably be reduced." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Qin Feng glanced at Min Ruoxi gratefully, stretched out his hand to hold his wife's hand, but shook his head firmly, his wife and Min Ruoxi had already broken up, but this time for herself, she was willing to bow her head to her second brother, with Min Ruoxi's temperament, it was really difficult for her.

"No, not necessarily." Qin Feng said: "If the Qi people attack my Daming with all their might, as long as the Chu people still understand the cold lips, they will inevitably send troops to help, if they want to sit and watch us have a dragon and tiger fight, and both sides will lose, then it is useless for you to write a letter." ”

Guo Jiuling nodded on the side and said: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, besides, it is Luo Liang who is now in charge of the Eastern Border Army, this person does not have a good impression of my Daming, Min Ruoying relies on it, and expects the Chu State to send troops to contain the Qi State's troops, but I am afraid that it is impossible." Judging from the information I got in Chu State, the people of Chu State are only afraid that they have entered a state of repair. They have been fighting with the Qi State for several years, the soldiers are tired and the country is poor, and the rich old foundation left by the former emperor is afraid that there is not much left, and it is rare to have such a respite, and they will definitely not agree to our request. ”

Min Ruoxi sighed lightly, since the eldest brother died at the hands of the second brother, she has already understood that in the face of national events, personal affection is really nothing, even if she is willing to bow her head, the second brother may not agree. Even if the second brother would agree, the ministers under him might not agree.

"Instead of asking for the Chu State, it is better to ask for the Qin people." Qin Feng pondered for a moment, "Now we have a good relationship with the Qin people, they have also been relying on the food, steel and other strategic materials we provide, the two sides have entanglement of interests, if we are defeated by the Qin people, they are afraid that it will be more painful, I wrote a letter to Deng Pu and Xiao Qiang, asking the Qin State to send troops at that time, as long as Xiao Qiang comes out of the Tiger Prison Pass by then, the Qin and Ming countries will jointly resist Qi, and they will be able to contain the offensive of the Qi people." ”

Guo Jiuling nodded: "Your Majesty's words are extremely true. Xiao Qiang now intends to stand on his own, and if we ask for something, we will come to the door, and he will inevitably agree, not only if they really go to the battlefield, but as long as he puts on an offensive posture, it is enough to relieve us of a lot of pressure. ”

Qin Feng stood up, paced back and forth in the courtyard for a few steps, raised his head, and showed a resolute look on his face: "Asking for foreign aid is only a symptom but not a root cause, and the most fundamental thing is ourselves." Although I founded the Ming Dynasty, but the foundation has been unstable, internal worries, external troubles, all together, really let us Ming stand on the side of the tiger and wolf neighbors, the most fundamental is to rely on our own strength. Then this battle is our real battle of Dingding, and if we win this battle, Daming will get through the biggest difficulties, and it will never be hindered again. ”

Speaking of this, he smiled and looked at Min Ruoxi: "Even if we lose, is the situation worse than when we first came to Qianyue four years ago?" At that time, I only had more than 600 remnants of the defeated army, and the armor was not in order, and they gathered in the mountains and forests. So, I can afford to fail, at least, I have a lot more room to maneuver now than I did then, and I don't know how much more cards I can play in my hand than I did then. ”

"In this battle, I will win." Guo Jiuling also echoed loudly. In fact, he has been experienced for a long time, and he knows that Qin Feng said this only to comfort Min Ruoxi, Qin Feng at that time was indeed too weak, but the enemies he faced were far different. Even if Qin Feng first showed his glory later, in the eyes of the great powers, it was just a chess piece that could be used. And Qin Feng also took advantage of this psychology between countries, and in the cracks, he forcibly walked out of a spacious avenue.

But now, it's very different. No matter which country, Qin Feng has already been put on an equal footing with them, and the two sides are narrowly seamed at each other, if Qin Feng touched only a few fingers of the opponent before, this time, the opponent will go all out to pounce on it, and the storm that Daming wants to meet is not an equal magnitude at all compared to before.

The stakes are greater than ever. The Ming Kingdom had to deal with two wars at the same time, one of which was the attack of the behemoth Qi State, whose national strength was far superior to that of the Ming Dynasty.

It was late at night, but Qin Feng's study was still brightly lit, and from the afternoon, Zuo Xiang Quan Yun, Huo Guang of the Ministry of War, Su Kairong of the Ministry of Household and other important ministers of the Ming Dynasty gathered here to discuss how to deal with the dangerous situation faced this time.

"Although the country of Qi is large, the key to this battle is not how we deal with the attack of the country of Qi." Qin Feng looked at his ministers, "It depends on when we can pacify the four counties of the Northland, if we can destroy the barbarians of the four counties of the Northland with lightning speed, then our troops will be able to pour out of the nest to deal with the attack of the Qi State." Not to mention defeating them, just fight a protracted war of attrition with them and withstand the opponent's attack, and the first to soften will not be us, but it must be the Qi State. ”

"What Your Majesty said is very true." Zuo Xiang Quan Yun nodded affirmatively: "The reason why the Qi State dares to move troops to us is nothing more than to see that the rebellion in the four counties of the North will cause us difficulties, especially the possible rebellion of Zhengyang Li Wei, Ge Xiang and others, which will cause the Zhengyang door to be wide open, if this treacherous plan is successful, the barbarian soldiers will inevitably sweep Zhengyang, and the Qi people will attack Shayang on both sides, and the two forces will be combined, then the Ming Dynasty will be in danger, but the Eagle Nest's Condor plan was successful, so that we knew in advance the instability of Li Weige and others, so that we could deal with it in advance, then this battle, We're 700% sure we're going to win. ”

He turned his head to look at Guo Jiuling, "Commander Guo, I want to apologize to you, at the beginning of the planning of the Condor plan, I was against it, because the investment was too large, but the return seemed to be slim, especially the loss of the former Yue prince Wu Jing, which made me disagree, now it seems that God is fortunate to have this plan, otherwise Li Weige and the two of them will definitely give me a heavy blow to the Ming Dynasty." ”

Guo Jiuling didn't have time to answer, Huo Guang on one side also smiled and arched his hand: "I also want to apologize to Commander Guo, in order to make the Condor grow up, the Eagle's Nest planned to make the Condor make more meritorious contributions, for which our Ming army had to pay some price, and shed a lot of blood for this, at the beginning, I thought that this blood was simply inexplicable, and now it seems that everything is worth it, those small losses, compared to the big victory we are about to get, it is simply incomparable." ”

The two important ministers apologized in unison, which made Guo Jiuling a little embarrassed, and stood up and made a circle: "Ladies and gentlemen, in fact, the Condor Project can play such a big role, and I didn't expect it, it can only be said that it was a mistake, our original idea was just to let the Condor be famous in the Yan Country and have a certain status, so that after we exterminate the barbarians in the future, he can enter the Qi Kingdom." With a name and status, it will be easier for him to get a relatively good position in the Qi country when the time comes, and now he has such a harvest, which is really inexplicable surprise to me. The apology of the adults, Guo did not dare to take it. ”

When they heard him say this, they all burst out laughing.

"From now on, the country will start to get nervous." Qin Feng looked at everyone, "Let's carry out a national general mobilization, all the ongoing projects will be stopped, everything will make way for the war, Huo Guang, all the field troops will enter a wartime state, the county soldiers and county soldiers will assemble, recruit reserve soldiers, and prepare for war." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Huo Guang nodded.

"Ministry of Works." Qin Feng turned his head to look at Ge Qingsheng, "All the military workshops are fully engaged in producing all kinds of ordnance, recruiting civilians, and sending them to various units, which are configured according to double the wartime standard. In addition to the corresponding military rations, it is also necessary to prepare a considerable amount of dry rations, dried meat, and other materials in case the army needs them from time to time. ”

"Yes!" Ge Qingsheng was ordered.

"The Imperial Physician Department, Shu Maniac, immediately recruit the imperial doctors and medical officers at all levels, apprentices, and equip them in the various armies, and prepare more herbs for them, a good medical officer can reduce casualties among our soldiers, and the imperial doctors are assigned to the field battalions, I believe it can also make the soldiers' will to fight stronger."

Shu Chang rarely didn't have a hippie smile, and nodded yes.

"The Department of Commerce, from now on, will lead its workshops, caravans to run with the materials needed for the war, and guide the private merchants to purchase the things we urgently need, such as knife medicine and so on."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wang Yueyao nodded slightly.

"Lord Tobe Su, this time, I'm afraid that the treasury will be emptied again." Qin Feng looked at Su Kairong with a smile, "But this time you have to be generous, military salary, silver reward, not a penny less, if it is not enough, let Su Can open the seal for me." ”

"In the past year, the treasury has had some surpluses, and then used Changlong Bank and Taiping Bank to borrow part of it from the private sector and print paper money indiscriminately, just for fear that there will be adverse consequences." Su Kairong said.

Qin Feng laughed: "If we win this battle, we will make a lot of money, and if we lose, we will collapse, does it matter?" ”

Su Kairong flickered, understood Qin Feng's intentions, gritted his teeth and nodded, "The minister understands, Your Majesty." ”

"The Ministry of Officials has intensified its inspections of various places, in extraordinary times, in extraordinary ways, and severely punished officials who do not care about their work." Qin Feng was kind to Wang.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the officials have already prepared, in this period, the one who dares not to fight to the death to serve the country, my Wang Lao'er will be the Yama who asks for his life." Wang Hou gritted his teeth and said.

"Commander Guo, I don't need to say more about intelligence. With timely and accurate intelligence, the soldiers will be able to shed less blood, and we will be able to take fewer detours. Use all the power you can. ”

"The Eagle's Nest has already been prepared, just waiting for His Majesty's order."