With 20,000 troops, King Qin couldn't help but be stunned, and subconsciously asked, "Want so many troops?"

Immediately, King Qin understood that Xi Feng's understanding of the situation was different from his, more serious, and more dangerous.

"Three thousand eagle guards, absolutely not enough, 20,000, including at least 10,000 cavalry, I will lead the troops to Liangzhou, meet with Fang Jin's department, launch a counterattack from the direction of Lingqu, and strive to destroy the enemy in a battle. Xi Feng's expression was serious, and his tone was very confident.

"I'll go up there and find you 20,000 troops, and 10,000 cavalry. King Qin pretended to be calm, but there was a hint of anxiety in his tone.

"Yes, now the 2,000 cavalry stationed in Meixian County and the 7,000 cavalry stationed in Beidi County add up to 10,000 cavalry, and then Gaonu will be transferred, 6,000 border troops in Shangjun and 4,000 national soldiers in Chang'an County will be transferred to form an infantry unit, so there will be 20,000 troops. ”

Xi Feng had calculated where the troops would come from when he looked at the map just now, and after he finished speaking, he added worriedly: "It will take half a decade to gather so many troops, and during this period, Liangzhou needs to resist alone." ”

After he finished speaking, King Qin's brows were furrowed tightly, and the 20,000 troops were transferred, especially Beidi County, directly facing Xianbei, the seven thousand cavalry here are the main forces to defend Xianbei, and the two counties of Shangjun and Gaonu are the Yongbei front line and an important peripheral barrier in Chang'an.

As soon as these 20,000 people were transferred, they almost took away the main force of Yongbei, not to mention attacking, even if the defense was empty.

"Don't worry about Yongbei, as long as the attack is strengthened in the direction of Bingzhou, Yongbei will be safe and sound. Xi Feng said.

Luan Xuan shook his head and reminded: "But the imperial court wants us to assist in merging states to deter Xianbei." ”

Xi Feng thought for a while and said: "In this way, we can only report to the imperial court, we can't afford to deal with Tubo and Xianbei at the same time, we can only take care of one head first, lord, if Liangzhou does not get reinforcements, most of Liangbei and Liangxi will fall, and it is lucky to be able to keep Guzang." ”

"You take three thousand eagle guards to Chencang Road immediately, hold Chencang Road, I will send another five thousand infantry to you, go immediately." ”

Rhino Feng hesitated and asked, "If Duanmu is asking me for help, can I get reinforcements?"

"No, holding Chencang is the first priority, as for whether to send aid to Liangzhou, you must get my clear order. ”

King Qin's expression was serious, Xi Feng nodded and received the order, Luan Xuan sighed heavily, and sat on the side to draft a note to the imperial court.

The Eagle Lingwei was stationed in the inner city, and it was the most powerful army under the command of the King of Qin, equipped with military salaries and logistical support, everything was the best and the most sufficient.

Therefore, Xi Feng did not need to make any preparations at all, and when he returned to the barracks, he summoned officers at all levels, and after announcing the order of the King of Qin, he immediately ordered a thousand cavalry and set off on the same day, while the remaining two thousand troops followed up with food and equipment.

Perhaps realizing his negligence, Duanmu Zheng's third urgent report arrived in the evening, and this time he made up for the last omission.

The strength of Tubo to break through the Luoyan Pass this time was 30,000 horses, and the commander of the army was the Tubo general Qi Liman, whose troops were many cavalry, and their current whereabouts are unknown.

After receiving the report, the king of Qin immediately replied to Duanmu Zheng and asked him to immediately order the defenders of Huangsha Pass to abandon Huangsha Pass, and one part to hold the mouth of the three rivers, and the main force to be placed in Lingqu, and not to fight with the Tubo army in the field.

The letter was sent, the King of Qin stood in front of the window, like a statue, did not move for a long time, Luan Xuan and Bai Pu looked worried, the imperial army was about to go out of the fortress to fight, at this critical moment, actually let Tubo break into Liangzhou, Duanmu is bound to be guilty, but what about the King of Qin?

The king of Qin was ordered to supervise the two states of Yongliang and Liangzhou, and if Liangzhou was lost, what responsibility should the king of Qin bear?

Bai Pu wanted to comfort King Qin, but he didn't know how to speak, but Luan Xuan thought of it and suggested to King Qin: "Lord Wang, now that we are short of troops, we can order each county to recruit more county soldiers." ”

"Where does the food come from?"

"Collect donations from households. Luan Xuan proposed.

King Qin shook his head slowly, and Bai Pu said when he saw this: "Maybe it's okay, the prince's matter is not trivial, if the Tubo people come in, those gate lords will probably bear the brunt, they should understand this truth." ”

"Of course they understand, but if they want to contribute money and efforts, they are probably not so honest, they have two ideas, one is to let the imperial court pay for the army, last winter and the beginning of this spring, the imperial court transported so much silver and grain to Yongzhou and the state, they are all staring;

Second, it may be related to the implementation of a new tax system in Yangzhou, Liangzhou is in chaos, and the pressure on the court has doubled. ”

Luan Xuan was slightly stunned, then understood, and scolded angrily: "These moths, tumors, these guys are all tumors of my Dajin!"

Bai Pu sighed softly and was silent, King Qin turned around: "If there is no evidence, don't say it, let's wait for the disposal of the imperial court." ”

He looked at the urgent report on the case and said, "Duanmu Zheng should have reported to the imperial court, let's write one too, and in addition, report the deployment we made to the imperial court." ”

Luan Xuan scolded angrily, and after venting the evil anger in his heart, he sat down and wrote the song, and after King Qin read it, he stamped it.

"Eight hundred miles of express delivery!"

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"Duanmu Zheng!"

The emperor's roar came from the imperial study, Cheng Gonggong sighed, lifted the boiling water and pushed the door in, in the imperial study, in addition to Zhang Mengpengzhu, there were Qiuyun who had not recovered from a serious illness and Cao Huang, who was gray-haired.

Qiu Yun coughed violently, the emperor's chest couldn't help but rise and fall, Huang Gonggong hurriedly brought Qiu Yun a cup of tea, and only Qiu Yun was sitting among several people.

"Your Majesty, since the matter has happened, let's deal with it. Zhang Meng's expression was also very serious, and he was also very nervous, Yangzhou's tax system reform had just started, and there was such a big thing in Liangzhou.

"Your Majesty, the minister's recommendation is wrong, and the emperor is also asked to punish the crime. Qiuyun patted his chest and gasped: "Minister, please go to Liangzhou again." ”

"Qiu Aiqing, don't worry, take care of your body first," the emperor said: "I don't blame you for this, let's see if this strategy formulated by King Qin is appropriate?"

Before Qiuyun could speak, Cao Huang replied: "It doesn't matter about Liangzhou, the strategy formulated by King Qin is very appropriate, and the top priority of the imperial court now is to be outside the city, and if this battle is fought well, the matter of Liangzhou will be solved." ”

"No, never. Qiuyun was anxious, anxious, his chest was bored, and he couldn't help coughing violently, after he saw King Qin's strategy, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, this is not to keep Liangzhou, but to sacrifice Liangzhou.

"General Qiu, don't worry, speak slowly. Peng Zhu also persuaded, and his heart was also assessing the impact of the Liangzhou incident on the new tax system.

"The minister still insists, Tubo has invaded the border this time, but in fact, it is still attacking the east and the west, and it is intended to be in the Western Regions," Qiuyun gasped: "Yongbei is actually not a big problem, as long as you act quickly, you can quickly repel Tubo and recover Huangsha Pass and Luoyan Pass." ”

The emperor's face was still slightly flushed, his brows were furrowed, and his eyes looked at Cao Huang.

"Your Majesty, the troops of Yongbei cannot be transferred," Cao Huang said: "The troops of Yongbei are to deter Xianbei in the central part of the country, and at the same time to deter the Tuoba tribe afterwards, otherwise we are likely to make concessions to the Tuoba tribe after the war, so that the Tuoba tribe may sit large and lay hidden dangers for the future." ”

Zhang Meng didn't speak, his brows tightened, the bureau of Yangzhou's tax system reform was originally arranged by him, taking advantage of the crisis outside the country to forcibly promote the new tax system, but he didn't expect Liangzhou to change.

At the beginning, he also judged that Tubo was attacking the west, since Liu Han returned from the Western Regions, the countries that had been united by him by various means gradually collapsed, such a power vacuum, Tubo did not develop to the west, but came to attack the powerful Great Jin?

It doesn't make sense!

He picked up Duanmu Zheng and King Qin's emergency report, and King Qin's response was still appropriate, but what Duanmu was doing, he was at a loss, resulting in the collapse of the war in Liangzhou, which was similar to the previous Duanmu Zheng.

Is there anything wrong with this?

Duanmu was at a loss, deeply disappointed, and ...... the decree. ”

Zhang Meng hurriedly interrupted him: "Your Majesty, slow down." ”

The emperor turned his head to look at him, and Zhang Meng said: "Cutting the generals in the battle is not good for the army." ”

"Liangzhou is rotten in the war, he shouldn't be responsible? If he is not punished, where is the legal system of the imperial court?" the emperor asked sharply.

"Your Majesty, the soldiers are in danger, who dares to guarantee that every battle will be won," Zhang Meng said: "Duanmu is behaving at a loss, the emperor can issue a strict reprimand, let him wear the crime and make meritorious contributions, now among the generals in Liangzhou, there is no one who can replace Duanmu Zheng, and someone from the imperial court will be sent to replace him, except for General Qiu, no one is more familiar with Liangzhou than him." ”

The Emperor fell silent and took two deep breaths, he felt his chest clog, and he repeatedly told himself to exercise restraint.

"Mr. Zhang is right, there are no generals who win all battles, and the four major governors of the first emperor also have times when they lose battles. Cao Huang also supported Zhang Meng's proposal, he thought about it and said: "Your Majesty, with the strength of Liangzhou alone, it is no longer possible to drive the Tubo people out of Liangzhou, and the troops must be increased." ”

"Yongbei's troops can't move, so they can only draw troops from the Bishan battalion. Cao Huang said: "There are still 50,000 troops in the camp of Bishan, and the minister suggested that 30,000 troops be transferred to Liangzhou. ”

"No," Peng Zhu shook his head and said, "It's okay to say that 50,000 troops are fine, but what about the food and military salaries? From there? The imperial capital is now unable to provide any more food, and there are still some left in the three major kilns, but these are necessary, and not a grain of rice can be shipped out." In addition, there is silver, and the treasury of Duzhicao is empty, and there is no silver to be taken out. ”

For this battle outside the fortress, the imperial court has tightened the belt of its trousers, and it can no longer get food and silver.

When it came to food and silver, everyone in the room was silent.

"It's really not good, so there is only the embezzlement of the Chang'an Treasury. Pengzhu tentatively suggested.

Chang'an Depot is the largest military warehouse in Yongliang and Yongliang, responsible for providing logistics support for the two battlefields of Liangzhou and Yongbei, but this time it is mainly to provide logistics support for the Yongbei battlefield, and most of the grain sent from the imperial capital is here.

"No, the Yongbei battlefield is the top priority, and even if the Tubo people kill Liangzhou, it will not have much impact on the overall situation. Cao Huang insisted.

Qiuyun resolutely objected: "No, if you let the Tubo people stand firm in Liangzhou, there will be endless troubles." ”

"General Qiu, didn't you say that Tubo is attacking the east and west, can't they stay in Liangzhou for long, how can they stand firm. Cao Huang retorted.

Qiu Yun was speechless, and the emperor looked at Qiu Yun with a puzzled expression.

(End of chapter)