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Chapter 77 Military Expansion Order

After hearing the words of the Right Minister Zhao Wenhan, the Left Minister Lin Gaoyuan laughed and said: "It is true that the frontier vassals have the duty to defend against the invasion of foreign enemies, but Beijun only has [-] soldiers and horses. Could it be that Zhao Xiang thinks that the Northern King can use these [-] soldiers?" Soldiers and horses to repel the barbarian invasion?"

Zhao Wenhan immediately said: "The old man didn't say that."

Speaking of this, Zhao Wenhan looked at Emperor Xia on the dragon chair again, and then continued: "Your Majesty, Beijun is the first line to resist the barbarians, and the conventional [-] soldiers and horses are no longer enough to resist the barbarian invasion. I believe that now is the time to issue a military expansion order to Beijun."

As soon as Zhao Wenhan's words came out, there were instant discussions in the courtroom.

Since Emperor Xia came to the throne, in order to prevent the vassal king from rebelling, he issued a military restriction order.

In the fiefdom of a vassal, according to the area of ​​the land, there should be no more than the number of soldiers at most.

The upper limit of the number of troops in Beijun is 5, which is why when Lu Chen said that he wanted to recruit new troops, he only recruited [-] soldiers.

Zhao Wenhan's words seemed to be correct. After all, Beijun was on the front line against the barbarians, and it was appropriate to give Beiwang more soldiers.

but……

Once this is done, other frontier vassals will use the same excuse to expand their army.

Resisting the barbarians is resisting the invasion of foreign enemies. How many dynasties are there in other directions of the Great Xia Dynasty? Although there have been no wars in these dynasties for many years, who knows what to do if one day a dynasty comes over.

The North County has expanded its army, and other frontier feudal lords will definitely ask for an army expansion.

This obviously has 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 use this as a bargaining chip to demand that the court issue an order to expand the army.

Emperor Xia is not a fool, he also knows in his heart the consequences of issuing the military expansion order to Beijun.

However, at this time Emperor Xia still said: "The decree is that Beijun is the first line to resist the barbarian invasion. The 15 soldiers and horses in Beijun are no longer enough to resist the barbarian invasion. From now on, the upper limit of the number of soldiers in Beijun will be raised to [-]." , In addition, the King of the North is the vassal of the Beijun fiefdom, no matter what happens, the King of the North must not run away and must stick to the North County!"

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

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

After speaking, Emperor Xia got up from the dragon chair, waved the long sleeves of the dragon robe, turned around and left.

Obviously, Emperor Xia was very uncomfortable about Beijun's army expansion, but he had to do it.

Now that there is an undercurrent in the Great Xia, it is impossible for the Great Xia to send hundreds of thousands of troops northward to resist the barbarians.

If hundreds of thousands of troops are really sent northward, it will shake the foundation of the country.

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

Now is not the time to care about these things.

Behind the war is politics. If it is true that the king of the North said in his letter, 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 soldiers will point directly at the capital in the future.

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

This made Emperor Xia feel very aggrieved, since he ascended the throne, this was the most aggrieved time for him.

The main reason was that he had just rectified the Great Xia army, and the barbarians came down so suddenly that he didn't have time to breathe.

If he waited another year, after the Great Xia army was reorganized, and he sent troops northward, those barbarian cavalry were nothing at all.

Too bad there aren't that many ifs.

The most urgent task is to discuss how to solve the crisis in Beijun.

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

In the end, the result of their discussion was to promote peace talks. Sending troops will definitely be sent, but hundreds of thousands of troops will not be sent northward.

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

Anyway, Beijun is the fiefdom of the King of the North, and the King of the North is just a waste prince, and he can't control so much land.

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

His face was very ugly, obviously he was very dissatisfied with the result of their discussion.

Emperor Xia summoned a total of four people, and it turned out that one Minister of the Household Department was from an aristocratic family, one Minister of the Ministry of War was also from an aristocratic family, and the right minister was a treacherous minister who only knew how to fight for power and profit.

When the three of them get together, what good solution can they discuss?
It's nothing more than ceding land and seeking glory.

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

At this moment, a man in armor entered the hall.

After the man entered the hall, he immediately asked: "Father, I heard that 30 barbarian troops have gone south. Is this true or false?"

It was a big deal for the barbarians to go south. As soon as they retired, the ministers couldn't help talking about it, and soon Lin Xiuming, who was in the army, heard it too.

Lin Xiuming is now the commander of the Qilin Army, and he is very concerned about things like war.

After hearing his son's question, Lin Gaoyuan came back to his senses, sighed and said, "It's not sure whether it's true or not, but the King of the North used the red silk messenger, so there's a high probability it's true."

Lin Xiuming continued to ask: "Then what is your majesty's plan?"

Hearing this question, Lin Gaoyuan laughed, "Plan? Heh, he wants you to bring 30 elite soldiers to the north to help the King of the North fight against the [-] barbarian army."

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

Bring 30 elite soldiers to fight against the [-] barbarian army?
What's the joke?
Since they are said to be elite soldiers, they must all be combat soldiers, but the [-] combat soldiers, plus the [-] soldiers from Beijun, are only [-] soldiers.

30 soldiers want to resist the [-] cavalry of the barbarians?

Lin Xiuming frowned. Now that the Great Xia Dynasty has about 50 soldiers at its disposal, why did they send [-] soldiers to the north?

Lin Xiuming immediately asked: "Father, after His Majesty rectifies the barracks, isn't there 50 soldiers who can be mobilized?"

Hearing his son's innocent question, Lin Gaoyuan snorted again, and then said, "50? Do your Majesty dare to move these 50 soldiers? If these 50 soldiers move, Daxia might be in chaos."

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

"During the war, you should try to hold back the barbarian cavalry as much as possible. There is no need to fight them to the death. The real battlefield is not in Beijun, but in the court."

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 coat and holding a long sword was slowly advancing on the streets of Yancheng.

The woman's face is as cold as ice, but extremely beautiful, like a goddess who does not eat fireworks.

At this time, a speeding carriage passed by her.

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

The woman in black on the side of the road and the woman in white happened to cross their eyes.

But it's just for a split second.

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

(End of this chapter)