Chapter 176 Emperor Xia’s little thoughts

When Emperor Xia participated in the battle for the heir, he also secretly trained a heavy cavalry force. Emperor Xia knew very well how long it would take to train a heavy cavalry force to have combat effectiveness.

Lu Chen has only been to Beijun for more than a year. If the heavy armor in Beijun was given to Lu Chen by others and was not made by Lu Chen, and the heavy cavalry in Beijun was also formed by Lu Chen, then the heavy cavalry in Beijun must be formed. Combat strength will definitely take several years.

If you just put soldiers in heavy armor and treat them as heavy cavalry, their combat effectiveness will not necessarily be strong.

In a short period of time, if the heavy cavalry is well trained, it may be more powerful than the average infantry. However, if the training method is not appropriate, the cavalry wearing heavy armor may be beaten by the light cavalry.

Thinking that Beijun's heavy cavalry was just a showpiece, Emperor Xia's inner emotions suddenly became very complicated.

He originally planned to use Beijun's heavy cavalry to intimidate those aristocratic families, but he did not expect that Beijun's heavy cavalry would be destroyed so quickly.

But having said that, the destruction of Beijun's heavy cavalry was a good thing for him. He originally wanted to deal with Beijun's affairs after solving the family problem.

Lu Chen and Beijun were both a hidden danger to him. Even if Lu Chen was really his biological son, he would never allow a prince who threatened his status to exist in his lifetime.

What's more, there is Xuanyue Palace and a mysterious force behind Lu Chen. It is obvious that Lu Chen is a chess piece, and someone wants to use Lu Chen as a chess piece to deal with Daxia and him.

At this time, Situ Ce asked: "What does Your Majesty plan to do next?"

"Should we send a large army to the north, or should we let the King of the North continue to defend the north?"

Emperor Xia said expressionlessly: "Since there is a mysterious force behind Xiao Jiu and the help of Xuanyue Palace, it means that Xiao Jiu still has value in the eyes of those people. They can't just watch Xiao Jiu disappear like this. , let Xiaojiu continue to guard the north, I really want to see what kind of force is behind Xiaojiu."

At this time, the eunuch who had just left came to the pavilion and said, "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister and the others are here. They are all waiting for you in the study."

Emperor Xia did not continue chatting with Situ Ce. He walked directly towards the study.

Soon.

Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.

Several core ministers of the imperial court had already come to the study to wait. Everyone glanced at the people in the study and instantly understood what Emperor Xia wanted to see them for.

In addition to the two prime ministers, the Minister of Hubu and the Minister of War were both there, as well as the Minister of War and several generals promoted by Emperor Xia were also in the study.

Obviously, Emperor Xia came to them to tell them some military matters. Maybe there was some change in the war between Daxia and Dawu.

At this time, a eunuch's voice sounded at the door.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

Everyone in the study immediately stood in two rows, waiting for Emperor Xia's arrival.

After Emperor Xia entered the study, he came to sit down in front of his desk. The ministers immediately saluted and said: "Greetings to your Majesty, long live your Majesty! Long live your Majesty!"

Emperor Xia said calmly: "No courtesy."

Right Minister Zhao Wenhan was the first to stand up and asked: "Your Majesty, if you summon us at this time, is there any change in the war ahead?"

The Prime Minister still has a certain status. At this time, they can take the initiative to ask Emperor Xia questions.

Emperor Xia replied expressionlessly: "It is true that the battle ahead has changed, but it is not to the west, but to the north."

Upon hearing this, the ministers in the study were stunned.

North?

Isn't that North County?

Could it be that the Northern King had already led the heavy cavalry from Beijun to eliminate the Northern Xian King who was going south?

real or fake?

Is Bei Wang so powerful?

The Northern King had already defeated the 300,000-strong army of the Heavenly Wolf King last time. If he destroyed the 200,000-strong army of the Northern Xian King now, then the Northern King would really have reached the point where his achievements would be unparalleled.

Just when people were thinking wildly, Emperor Xia directly handed the battle report in his hand to the eunuch, "Pass it on for them to see."

The eunuch immediately took the battle report and handed it to Lin Gaoyuan.

Lin Gaoyuan was stunned when he saw the battle report written by his son.

Beijun's 50,000 heavy cavalry were destroyed?

How can this be! ! !

At this time, Emperor Xia spoke directly in order not to waste time: "News came from the North. Beijun's 50,000 heavy cavalry fought a decisive battle with the army of the North Xian King in Tianguang City. In the end, Beijun's 50,000 heavy cavalry were destroyed, leaving only Thousands of wounded were killed, and the army of the North Xian King withdrew to the grassland, but it still sent cavalry south to harass Tianguang City from time to time."

Upon hearing Emperor Xia's words, the ministers were instantly stunned.

Beijun's 50,000 heavy cavalry were destroyed?

How can this be?

That's heavy cavalry!

Although the heavy cavalry is not as mobile as the light cavalry on the grasslands and may not be able to catch up with the light cavalry, the heavy cavalry is equipped with heavy armor and cannot be destroyed by the barbarian army so easily.

The first thought in the minds of the ministers was that this news must be false. This must be Emperor Xia deceiving them in order to divert their attention and make them forget that there are 50,000 heavy cavalry in Beijun.

Lin Gaoyuan thought so in his heart, but he felt something was wrong. After all, this was a battle report sent back by his son. Although his son would hide something, it was unlikely that he would send back such a fake battle report.

Moreover, Emperor Xia was too direct. After all, there were 50,000 heavy cavalry. How could he just say that they were gone? It would be impossible for other ministers and those aristocratic families to believe this.

Precisely because it was too direct, Lin Gaoyuan felt that this might not be fake news. Just like when Beijun wiped out 300,000 barbarians, the more it looked like fake news, the more likely it was not fake news.

After Zhao Wenhan came to his senses, he immediately stood up and asked: "Your Majesty, have you confirmed that the news is true? After all, they were 50,000 heavy cavalry. How could they be defeated so easily?"

Emperor Xia said calmly: "My shadow guards have confirmed that this news is true. I didn't want to believe it at first, but the words of the national advisor reminded me that although Beijun has 50,000 heavy cavalry, these heavy cavalry are only It was created not long ago and its combat effectiveness is not strong.”

"When facing the barbarians, their biggest advantage is their heavy armor. It is normal for these 50,000 heavy cavalry to be wiped out by the army of the North Xian King..."

"However, this cannot be said to be defeated. The King of North Xian has withdrawn to the grassland. Now that North County is safe, the mission of the 50,000 heavy cavalry can be considered completed. Next, the court can put all its energy into fighting with Dawu. Go to war.”

Although Emperor Xia said so, the ministers present knew very well that they had not paid much attention to the war in the north at all. They had been paying attention to the war between Daxia and Dawu from the beginning.

As for what has happened to Beijun, it has nothing to do with them. This is mainly because in their opinion, Beijun's 50,000 heavy cavalry are the private soldiers of the Xia Emperor. Their combat effectiveness should be very strong, and they will definitely not have much trouble against the North Xian King. problem, so they didn’t bother to pay attention to what was happening in the north.

As a result, Emperor Xia now told them that Beijun's 50,000 heavy cavalry had been almost completely destroyed, leaving only a few wounded soldiers.

Of course, this is a good thing for most people present, but they have no way to confirm whether Emperor Xia's news is true or false.

If it is true, in the eyes of the aristocratic families, Emperor Xia has lost a force in his hands. After the war between Dawu and Daxia is over, Emperor Xia will not have the courage to dare to touch the ancient aristocratic family.

The key is whether this news is true or not.

It's true, and everyone in the family is happy.

If it is false, it means that Emperor Xia intends to hide his strength. This proves that he still has not given up and still wants to take action against the ancient family. However, in Emperor Xia's view, there may be no chance in the next few years, so he must endure the humiliation first.

What Emperor Xia is best at is enduring humiliation. He has compromised with the noble family countless times, but every time he compromises, his hatred for the noble family will deepen, which will make him want to get rid of the ancient noble family even more. Naturally, the ancient noble family He also understood that Emperor Xia could no longer tolerate them after compromising again and again.

But Emperor Xia could no longer tolerate them, and he needed strength. He alone could not eliminate all the ancient families. If Emperor Xia had no weapons in his hands, the ancient families would not be afraid of him.

At this time, Chu Qinwu, Minister of War, said: "Your Majesty, the war in the west is tense. Now that the war in the north is over, shouldn't it be time to bring General Lin back?"

Emperor Xia glanced at Chu Qinwu and was about to say something when Lin Gaoyuan suddenly said: "Although King Beixian's army has withdrawn to the grassland, according to the battle report in the north, it can be known that King Beixian's soldiers are still Will go south to attack Tianguang City from time to time."

"Now the King of the North doesn't have many soldiers. Now Tianguang City is garrisoned by 20,000 troops from the imperial court. To mobilize at this time is to abandon the north."

After Lin Gaoyuan finished speaking, he handed the battle report in his hand to Zhao Wenhan. Zhao Wenhan took the battle report from Lin Gaoyuan's hand and read it carefully.

At this time, officials from the aristocratic family were all staring at Zhao Wenhan, wanting to see Zhao Wenhan's attitude.

Zhao Wenhan roughly glanced at the contents of the battle report and said: "If it is indeed true as stated in General Lin's battle report that the barbarian cavalry still goes south from time to time, then the imperial court's 20,000-strong army should not have been transferred back so soon."

Emperor Xia said at this time: "Okay, let's put the war in the north aside for now. I come to you today mainly to discuss peace talks with Dawu."

The war between Daxia and Dawu was nominally initiated by Daxia. Since it was initiated by Daxia, then if Daxia wanted to end the war, it would naturally have to initiate peace talks first.

Although Emperor Xia is unwilling to negotiate peace in his heart, if the war continues like this, Daxia's military strength will be further weakened, and how will he be able to deal with the aristocratic families in Daxia by then.

Although many vassal kings have sent troops to the front line, the armies of those vassal kings are poor one by one and have basically no combat effectiveness. Now the western front is guarded by Daxia's army.

If the armies of those feudal kings were simply allowed to guard the front line, it would not be long before Dawu's millions of troops would advance to the capital of Daxia.

For Daxia today, the best outcome is peace talks.

Emperor Xia also knew that the peace talks meant that he had to compromise with the family again. This war was most likely started by the collusion between the Chu family and the Dawu Dynasty. The Chu family belonged to the Jiangnan family, and now the Jiangnan family had completely fallen to the Eighth Prince's faction. He compromised. The result is probably to make the eighth prince the crown prince.

Although he was unwilling in his heart, Emperor Xia had to do this. He could not continue to fight. If he continued to fight, he would wipe out all the capital he had finally accumulated.

For the next hour, they were all discussing the peace talks. Zhao Wenhan and some officials were a little confused. If the peace talks were to be discussed, they should be discussed in the court.

Why did Emperor Xia only call these officials related to the frontline war to discuss peace talks today, and other officials did not participate in the discussion?

As the discussion progressed, Zhao Wenhan discovered a detail, that is, the officials in the study were basically officials from the Jiangnan family.

The attitudes of military generals and Jiangnan family officials towards peace talks are completely different.

The generals in the study were very opposed to the peace talks, but the officials of the Jiangnan family were in favor of the peace talks. Only through peace talks could the officials of the Jiangnan family get more benefits from Emperor Xia's compromise.

When these two parties are called together, the officials of the Jiangnan Family will find various excuses to talk about the war ahead. They should put the people first, and attack those generals who only want to make meritorious deeds.

The military generals believed that His Majesty's proposal for peace talks was forced by the officials of the Jiangnan Family, which inadvertently aroused conflicts between the generals and the Jiangnan Family.

Military generals really want to make achievements, but that general doesn't want to make achievements. What's more, most of the generals in Daxia now are promoted from behind and basically have no military achievements.

As a result, the Jiangnan family kept talking about peace talks, which made those generals happy.

The final peace talks were discussed for a long time without a specific result. Then Emperor Xia decided to discuss it again in the court hall when the court held a meeting.

After leaving the study, officials from the Jiangnan family came to Zhao Wenhan. Chu Qinwu asked curiously: "Master Zhao, why do you think His Majesty would let us discuss peace talks with a group of military generals? This kind of thing is not allowed." Should it be discussed at the imperial meeting?"

Zhao Wenhan stroked his beard and said with a light that had already seen through everything: "Based on the facts, your Majesty intends to provoke a conflict between the Jiangnan family and the generals."

Having said this, Zhao Wenhan turned his head and glanced at the officials following him, and then continued: "Except for Lin Gaoyuan, how many of the civil servants who came today are from other factions? You are basically from the Jiangnan family. An official."

Hearing what Zhao Wenhan said, everyone suddenly woke up. It turned out that Emperor Xia knew that this war would be fought soon, so he dug a hole for the Jiangnan family in advance.

They were arguing with the generals in the study just now. Anyway, they just didn't want the war to continue.

In their opinion, it was enough for the war to reach this level. If the war continued, it might force Emperor Xia to jump over the wall in a hurry, which would instead shake the interests of the Jiangnan family.

War is just a continuation of politics. It does not mean that continuing the war is a good thing for them.

Just as Chu Qinwu was about to continue saying something, Zhao Wenhan stroked his beard and continued: "Let's not discuss this matter for now. You guys should let your people go find out whether Beijun's 50,000 heavy cavalry were really destroyed."

"If Beijun's 50,000 heavy cavalry is really gone, His Majesty's little thoughts today will not have much effect."

Without Beijun's 50,000 heavy cavalry, it would be useless to provoke a conflict between the Jiangnan family and the generals. Could it be that Emperor Xia still planned to take action against the Jiangnan family after the war between Dawu and Daxia ended?

Zhao Wenhan didn't believe that Emperor Xia dared to do this. The more Emperor Xia made small moves, the more it proved that Emperor Xia was guilty and did not dare to directly attack the ancient family.

After hearing Zhao Wenhan's reminder, the officials of the Jiangnan Family immediately went back to pass today's news back to the families behind them, and then used all forces to investigate whether the Black Cavalry in Bei County had really been destroyed.