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Chapter 176 Emperor Xia's Little Thoughts

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

Lu Chen has only been in Beijun for more than a year. If the heavy armor in Beijun was given to Lu Chen by others and not built 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 power will certainly take years.

If you just put soldiers on heavy armor and treat them as heavy cavalry, then the combat effectiveness may not be strong.

In a short period of time, if the heavy cavalry is well trained, it may be stronger than the average infantry, but if the training method is not proper, the cavalry in heavy armor may be beaten by the light cavalry.

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

He originally planned to use the heavy cavalry of Beijun to deter those aristocratic families, but he did not expect that the heavy cavalry of Beijun would be wiped out so quickly.

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

Both Lu Chen and Beijun are hidden dangers to him. Even if Lu Chen is really his own son, he will never allow a prince who threatens his status to exist in his lifetime.

What's more, there is Xuanyue Palace and a certain 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 Da Xia and him.

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

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

Xia Huang 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, and they can't just look at Xiao Jiu and just disappear like this Let Xiao Jiu continue to guard the north, I really want to see what kind of power is behind Xiao Jiu."

At this moment, the eunuch who had just left came to the pavilion, "Your Majesty, Lord Xiangguo and the others are here, and they are all waiting for you in the study."

Emperor Xia didn't continue to chat with Situ Ce, he walked directly towards the study.

Soon.

The palace, the imperial study.

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 in their hearts why Emperor Xia wanted them.

In addition to the two prime ministers, the Minister of the Household Department and the Minister of the Ministry of War are both there, and the Minister of the Ministry of War and several generals promoted by Emperor Xia are also in the study.

Obviously, the Emperor Xia came to them to tell them something about the military. Maybe there was some change in the battle between Da Xia and Da Wu.

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

"His Majesty is here!"

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

After Emperor Xia entered the study, he came to his desk and sat down. All the officials immediately saluted and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty, long live your majesty, long live, long live!"

Emperor Xia said indifferently: "Excuse me."

Right Prime Minister Zhao Wenhan stood up first and asked, "Your Majesty, are you summoning us at this time, is there any change in the battle ahead?"

Xiangguo still has a certain status, and they can take the initiative to ask Emperor Xia questions at such times.

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

Hearing this, the ministers in the study were all stunned.

North?

Isn't that Beijun?

Could it be that the King of the North has led the heavy cavalry from the North County to wipe out the King of North Korea who went south?

real or fake?

Is the King of the North so powerful?

The King of the North had already defeated the 30 army of the King of Sirius last time. If he eliminated the 20 army of the King of North Korea now, then the King of the North would really have reached the point where his achievements were overwhelming.

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

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

Seeing the battle report written by his son, Lin Gaoyuan was stunned.

The [-] heavy cavalry in Beijun were wiped out?
how can that be! ! !

At this time, in order not to waste time, Emperor Xia directly said: "There is news from the Northland that the [-] heavy cavalry from Beijun fought a decisive battle with the army of King Beixian in Tianguang City. In the end, the [-] heavy cavalry from Beijun were destroyed, and only Thousands of wounded, while the army of the King of North Korea withdrew to the grassland, but still sent cavalry south from time to time to harass Tianguang City."

Hearing Emperor Xia's words, all the ministers were stunned for a moment.

The [-] heavy cavalry in Beijun were wiped out?
How can this be?

That's heavy cavalry!
Although the mobility of the heavy cavalry on the grassland is not as strong as that of the light cavalry, and they may not be able to catch up with the light cavalry, but the heavy cavalry has heavy armor on them, so it is not so easy to be wiped out by the barbarian army.

The first thought in the minds of the ministers was that this news must be fake news. This must be the Emperor Xia's deception to them in order to divert their attention and make them forget that there are [-] heavy cavalry in Beijun.

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

Moreover, Emperor Xia was too straightforward. It was [-] heavy cavalry at any rate. How could it be said that it was gone? It was impossible for other ministers and those aristocratic families to believe it.

It was precisely because it was so direct that Lin Gaoyuan felt that it might not be fake news, just like the extermination of 30 barbarians in Beijun. The more it looked like fake news, the more likely it was not fake news.

After Zhao Wenhan came back to his senses, he immediately stood up and asked, "Your Majesty, are you sure that the news is true? After all, it was [-] heavy cavalry. How could it be defeated so easily?"

Emperor Xia said indifferently: "My shadow guards have confirmed that this news is true, and I didn't want to believe it at first, but the words of the national teacher reminded me that although Beijun has [-] heavy cavalry, these heavy cavalry Not long after it was created, its combat effectiveness is not strong."

"When facing the barbarians, their biggest advantage is the heavy armor. It is normal for these [-] heavy cavalry to be wiped out by the North Korean army."

"However, it cannot be said that they were defeated. The King of North Korea has already withdrawn to the grassland. Now that North County is safe, the task of the fifty thousand heavy cavalry has been completed. Next, the court can put all its energy into fighting with Dawu. Go to war."

Although Emperor Xia said so, all the ministers present knew very well in their hearts that they hadn't 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 very beginning.

As for what's going on in Beijun, it has nothing to do with them. This is mainly because they think that the fifty thousand heavy cavalry in Beijun are Emperor Xia's private soldiers. Their combat effectiveness should be very strong. problem, so they don't bother to pay attention to what's going on in the north.

As a result, Emperor Xia told them that the [-] heavy cavalry in Beijun had almost been wiped out, leaving only a few wounded soldiers.

Of course, this is a good thing for most of the people present, but they still have no way to confirm whether the news about Emperor Xia is true or not.

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

The key is whether the news is true or not.

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

If it is fake, it means that Emperor Xia intends to hide his strength, which proves that he still has no intention of giving up and still wants to take action against the ancient family, but in Emperor Xia's view, there may be no chance in the next few years, so bear the humiliation first.

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

But Emperor Xia couldn't tolerate them any longer, and he needed strength. He couldn't wipe out all the ancient families by himself. If Emperor Xia didn't have weapons in his hands, the ancient families would not be afraid of him.

At this time, Chu Qinwu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, said: "Your Majesty, the war in the west is urgent. Now that the war in the north is over, shouldn't General Lin be called back?"

Emperor Xia glanced at Chu Qinwu, and was about to say something, when Lin Gaoyuan suddenly said, "Although the army of the King of Northern Xian has withdrawn to the grassland, according to the battle report of the Northern Land, the soldiers of the King of Northern Xian are still From time to time, they will go south to attack Tianguang City."

"Now the King of the North doesn't have many soldiers, and Tianguang City is currently guarded by the imperial court's [-] troops. If you move it at this time, it is tantamount to giving up 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 and read it seriously.

At this time, the officials of the aristocratic family all stared 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 true what General Lin said in the battle report, the barbarian cavalry still goes south from time to time, then the imperial court's [-] troops should not have been brought back so soon."

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

Nominally, the war between Daxia and Dawu was initiated by Daxia. Since it was initiated by Daxia, if Daxia wanted the war to end, he would naturally propose peace talks first.

Although Emperor Xia was unwilling to talk about peace in his heart, if the war continued like this, Daxia's military strength would be further weakened, and how would he deal with the aristocratic families in Daxia's territory by then.

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

If the troops of those feudal lords were simply kept on the front line, it would not be long before Dawu's million-strong army would advance to Daxia's capital.

For today's Great Xia, 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 time, the war was most likely initiated by the collusion between the Chu family and the Dawu Dynasty. The Chu family belonged to the Jiangnan family. The result is likely to be the establishment of the eighth prince as the prince.

Although he was unwilling in his heart, Emperor Xia had no choice but to do this. He couldn't continue to fight, and if he continued to fight, he would wipe out all the money he had accumulated so hard.

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

Why did Emperor Xia just 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 military generals and the officials of the Jiangnan family have completely different attitudes towards the peace talks.

The military generals in the study were very opposed to the peace talks, while the officials of the Jiangnan family supported the peace talks with both hands. Only through peace talks can the officials of the Jiangnan family get more benefits from Emperor Xia's compromise.

When the two parties are called together, the officials of the Jiangnan family will find all kinds of excuses to say how the war ahead is, they should be people-oriented, and attack those generals who only know how 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 invisibly provoked conflicts between the generals and the Jiangnan family.

Military generals really want to make meritorious deeds, that general doesn't want to make meritorious deeds, not to mention that most of the generals in Daxia are promoted later, and they basically don't have any military merits.

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

In the end, the peace talks were discussed for a long time, but there was no concrete result. Then, when Emperor Xia decided to hold the Great Court Assembly, they discussed it again in the court hall.

After leaving the study, officials from the Jiangnan family all came to Zhao Wenhan, and Chu Qinwu asked curiously: "Master Zhao, why did your Majesty let us discuss peace talks with a group of generals? Should it be discussed at the Great Court Meeting?"

Zhao Wenhan stroked his beard, his eyes revealed a light that had already seen through everything and said, "According to the facts, Your Majesty is planning to stir up conflicts between the Jiangnan family and the generals."

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

Hearing what Zhao Wenhan said, everyone instantly woke up. It turned out that Emperor Xia knew that the war would not be long, so he dug a hole for the Jiangnan family in advance.

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

From their point of view, it was enough for the war to go on like this. If it continued, it might force Emperor Xia to jump over the wall in a hurry, which would shake the interests of the Jiangnan family.

War is just a continuation of politics, not to say that it is a good thing for them to continue fighting.

Just as Chu Qinwu was about to continue to say something, Zhao Wenhan stroked his beard and continued, "Let's not discuss this matter now, you guys should ask your people to find out if the [-] heavy cavalry in Beijun were really wiped out."

"If the [-] heavy cavalry in Beijun are really gone, His Majesty's careful thinking today will not have much effect."

Without the [-] heavy cavalry from Beijun, it would be useless even to stir up conflicts between the Jiangnan family and the generals. Could it be that Emperor Xia planned to take action against the Jiangnan family after the war between Dawu and Daxia?
Zhao Wenhan did not believe that Emperor Xia dared to do this. The more Xiaohuang 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 their respective families, and then used all forces to investigate whether the Black Cavalry in Beijun had really been wiped out.

(End of this chapter)