Chapter 77 Military Expansion Order

After hearing the words of Right Prime Minister Zhao Wenhan, Left Prime Minister Lin Gaoyuan laughed and said: "The border vassal kings indeed have the responsibility to resist foreign invasion, but Beijun only has 30,000 troops. Could it be that Zhao Xiang thinks that the North King can use these 30,000 troops?" Soldiers and horses to repel the barbarian invasion?"

Zhao Wenhan immediately said: "I didn't say this.

Having said this, Zhao Wenhan looked at Emperor Xia on the dragon throne again, and then continued: "Your Majesty, Beijun is the first line of defense against the barbarians. The conventional 30,000 soldiers and horses are no longer enough to resist the barbarian invasion, so I I think it’s time to issue an order to expand the military in Beijun.”

As soon as Zhao Wenhan said these words, there was a lot of discussion in the court.

Since Emperor Xia ascended the throne, in order to prevent the feudal kings from rebelling, he has issued a troop restriction order.

In the fiefdom of a vassal king, there can be no more than how many soldiers according to the area of ​​the land.

The upper limit of the number of troops in Beijun is 50,000, which is why when Lu Chen said he wanted to recruit new troops, he only recruited 10,000 soldiers.

There seems to be no problem with Zhao Wenhan's words. After all, Beijun is on the front line against the barbarians, so it is appropriate to give the North King more soldiers.

but……

Once this started, other border vassal kings would use the same excuse to expand their armies.

To resist the barbarians is to resist the invasion of foreign enemies. Then there are several major dynasties in other directions of the Daxia Dynasty. Although there has been no war between these major dynasties for many years, who can say for sure what to do if one day a dynasty comes over.

Beijun has expanded its army, and other border vassal kings will definitely ask for it.

This will obviously cause a chain reaction.

Moreover, once Beijun expands its army, other dynasties may suddenly attack Daxia.

Not all vassal kings are law-abiding, and it is not impossible to collude with foreign enemies and then use this as a bargaining chip to ask the court to issue an order to expand the army.

Emperor Xia was not a fool. He also knew the consequences of issuing an order to expand the army to Beijun.

However, Emperor Xia still spoke at this time and said: "By decree, Beijun is the first line to resist the barbarian invasion. Beijun's 30,000 soldiers and horses are no longer enough to resist the barbarian invasion. From now on, the upper limit of the number of Beijun soldiers will be increased to fifteen Wan, in addition, the King of the North is the vassal king of the Beijun fiefdom. No matter what happens, the King of the North cannot escape and must stick to the Beijun!"

After hearing Emperor Xia's words, Zhao Wenhan immediately raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Emperor Xia glanced at Zhao Wenhan coldly, and then continued: "Wang Shangshu, Chu Shangshu, Prime Minister Lin, and Prime Minister Zhao, the four of you will stay and retreat from the court."

After saying that, Emperor Xia stood up from the dragon chair, waved his long sleeves on his dragon robe, turned around and left.

Obviously, the expansion of the army in Beijun made Emperor Xia very uncomfortable, but he had to do it.

Now that there are undercurrents surging within Daxia, it is impossible for Daxia to send hundreds of thousands of troops north to resist the barbarians.

If we really send hundreds of thousands of troops northward, we will be destabilizing the country.

Emperor Xia also saw that the barbarian invasion was most likely related to the aristocratic family. As for whether the prince was involved, it was unknown.

Now is not the time to worry about this.

Behind the war are all politics. If it is true, as the King of the North said in his letter, that the barbarians want to establish a country in Beijun, that is absolutely not allowed.

Beijun is the gateway to Daxia. Once Beijun is occupied by the barbarians, the barbarian troops will direct their troops towards the capital in the future.

Emperor Xia knew that to resolve this crisis, he not only had to compromise with the barbarians, but also with the aristocratic families.

This made Emperor Xia feel very aggrieved. This was the most aggrieved time for him since he came to the throne.

The main reason was that he had just reorganized Daxia's army, and the barbarians came south too suddenly, giving him no time to breathe.

If he had waited another year, after Daxia's army had been reorganized, and he had sent troops north, those barbarian cavalry would have been nothing.

It's a pity that there are not so many ifs.

The top priority is to discuss how to resolve the crisis in North County.

After Emperor Xia brought the four people he had just called to his study, he seriously discussed the matter of the barbarians going south.

In the end, the result of their discussion was to promote peace talks. They would definitely send troops, but they would not send hundreds of thousands of troops northward.

As for ceding the entire North County, that is impossible, but it is not completely without discussion. Part of the land in the North County can be given to the barbarians.

Anyway, Beijun is the fiefdom of Beiwang. Beiwang is just a useless prince and can't control so much land.

After discussing the specific things to do, Lin Gaoyuan left Emperor Xia's study directly.

His face looked very ugly, and he was obviously very dissatisfied with the outcome of their discussion.

Emperor Xia summoned four people in total. It turned out that one of the Ministers of the Ministry of Revenue was from a well-known family, one of the Ministers of the Ministry of War was also from a well-known family, and the right minister was a treacherous minister who only knew how to fight for power and profit.

What good solution can the three of them come up with when they get together?

It's nothing more than ceding territory for glory.

After Lin Gaoyuan returned to the mansion, he became sulky and didn't speak for a long time.

At this time, a man wearing armor entered the hall.

After the man entered the hall, he immediately asked: "Dad, I heard that the barbarian army of 300,000 went south. Is this true or false?"

It was a big deal for the barbarians to move south, and the ministers who had just retreated couldn't help but talk about it everywhere. Soon Lin Xiuming, who was in the army, heard about it.

Lin Xiuming is now the commander of the Qilin Army, and he cares very much about war.

After hearing his son's question, Lin Gaoyuan came to his senses, sighed and said: "I'm not sure whether it's true or not yet, but the North King used the red silk messenger, so it's most likely true."

Lin Xiuming continued to ask: "Then what are your Majesty's plans?"

Hearing this question, Lin Gaoyuan laughed, "Plan? Ha, he wants you to bring 70,000 elite troops north to help the Northern King fight the 300,000 barbarian army."

What?

Hearing his father's words, Lin Xiuming was stunned.

Leading 70,000 elite soldiers to fight against the 300,000 barbarian army?

Is this a joke?

Since they are said to be elite soldiers, they must be fighting soldiers, but the 70,000 combat soldiers, plus the 30,000 soldiers in Beijun, are only 100,000 soldiers.

One hundred thousand soldiers want to resist the barbarians' 300,000 cavalry?

Lin Xiuming frowned. It was clear that the Daxia Dynasty could use about 500,000 soldiers, so why did it send 70,000 soldiers north?

Lin Xiuming immediately asked: "Dad, after His Majesty reorganizes the military camp, doesn't he have 500,000 soldiers who can be mobilized?"

Hearing his son's innocent question, Lin Gaoyuan chuckled again, and then said: "Five hundred thousand? Your Majesty, do you dare to move these 500,000 soldiers? If these 500,000 soldiers move, Daxia may be in chaos. ”

Lin Gaoyuan didn't say too much about the deep-seated reasons. He said directly to Lin Xiuming: "I don't want to say anything more. When His Majesty's edict comes, you will immediately lead your troops to Beijun to join the King of the North."

"When fighting, just try to hold back the barbarian cavalry. There is no need to fight them to the death. The real battlefield is not in Beijun, but in the court."

After hearing Lin Gaoyuan's reminder, Lin Xiuming seemed to understand something, and then said: "Okay, Dad, I understand what you mean."

…

Beijun, Yancheng.

A woman wearing a long black dress and holding a long sword was slowly advancing on the streets of Yancheng.

The woman's face was as cold as ice, but extremely beautiful, like a goddess who could not eat the fireworks of the world.

At this time, a speeding carriage passed by her.

The wind blew open the curtains of the carriage carriage, and a beautiful woman in white came into view.

The woman in black on the roadside happened to have eyes crossed with the woman in white.

But it was only for a moment.

The carriage continued to move forward, leaving only the woman in black standing there, looking at the back of the carriage indifferently.