Dynasty Conquest

Chapter 522 The Swordsman
On December 28, [-] AD, the fireplace in Wang Jing's meeting room was crackling and burning, and the orange flames were jumping like active elves. The whole meeting room was filled with warmth because of the existence of the fireplace.

The two sides of the long table were full of people, and the courtiers with exquisitely cut official robes were arguing about whether war or peace in the Far East was no longer as intense as a week ago.

Due to his old age, Zhou Rulin, the chief assistant of the cabinet, leaned on the chair crookedly with his whole body, and his energy was listless.

Yang Yanxu, the boss of the military hall, was playing with the quill in his hand, looking at the ceiling and wondering what he was thinking.

Xinxiang Hou Lin Nuoyan's condition has improved. He looks bloated in a thick cotton robe, his eyes are slightly squinted, and the tea in the cup in front of him is steaming.

The energetic Chancellor of the Exchequer was still impassioned, spitting everywhere, waving his arms vigorously, and making his incoherent speeches, attracting some cynicism from military officials from time to time.

Lin Chuan sat there without saying a word, silently watching the meaningless war of words between the military and civilian officials.

Emperor Long Han has not participated in this kind of debate for several days. All he needs is a result of dealing with the events in the Far East, but the council obviously cannot share his worries. After arguing for more than a week, he still cannot come up with a solution. .

Lin Chuan learned from Liu Xi, the chief servant, that the emperor is actually not in good health. Because of the continuous overtime work and the huge pressure since he took office, he coughed up blood a few days ago. Of course, this is all a secret. Outsiders don't know.

The best news these days is that the queen is pregnant. At the latest in the middle of next year, the Far East Dynasty will have a new heir. This is what the officials are happy to see. After all, the emperor has an heir, which means that the dynasty will have a successor.

Lin Chuan felt a little annoyed listening to their endless debate, got up and walked out of the meeting hall.

In the corridor outside the meeting hall, the tall and mighty soldiers of the inner guard stood upright, and the spears they held tightly in their hands were sharp.

The dragon flag on the flagpole whistled and pulled in the wind and snow, the wind whimpered, and the sky was full of ice and snow.

A gust of cold wind swept in, Lin Chuan tightened his neckline, looking at the whiteness of the sky and the earth, Lin Chuan's face did not have the slightest joy and relaxation, but a heavy complexion.

The main reason why the officials have been lingering over the provocative debate of the Hanhai people in the Far East is because of the wind and snow. They believe that in such freezing weather, it is impossible for the Hanhai people to launch a large-scale attack on the Far Eastern dynasty. So they can sit back and relax and argue calmly, at least until the next spring, there will be no major wars.

Lin Chuan is a soldier, and a soldier who has experienced many battles. He does not think that the Far East Dynasty is now in a stage of peace of mind. The recent exercises of the Hanhai people have shown that they are ready for war. It is ridiculous that the officials of the dynasty They are still sitting in a warm room discussing the summation, without the slightest sense of urgency and crisis.

"Although the world is safe, if you forget the battle, you will be in danger!" This is what Lin Chuan has always kept in mind. Besides, the Far East Dynasty is not peaceful now, let alone relax our vigilance.

But the officials sitting in the warm room obviously don't have such ideological awareness. In their minds, the life and death of the Far East doesn't seem to have much to do with them. Even if the Hanhai people occupy the Far East, their power will still have nothing However, their lives will not be threatened in any way. After all, the Far East is thousands of miles away from the capital. This is one of the reasons why officials are not in a hurry.

Compared with the ease of the officials, Lin Chuan didn't think so. There would be no eggs under the cover of the nest. If the Far East was really lost, then Wang Jing would be exposed to the enemy's ice front sooner or later. Long-term considerations must have near-term worries.

However, Lin Chuan's voice was too weak, and every speech would be drowned in the saliva of the civil servants. Compared with the non-stop nonsense of the civil servants, Lin Chuan was obviously not an opponent, and he didn't bother to engage in such nonsense with them. End of argument.

Because the civil servants don't really care about the Far East, they just take advantage of this opportunity to earn political benefits. It would be great if they could overwhelm the military. For such internal struggles, Lin Chuan has always It is a cold-eyed bystander.

The gust of wind mixed with snow particles hit Lin Chuan's face, causing pain. He had to turn around and return to the quarreling meeting room, after all, it was warmer inside.

While the officials of the dynasty were repeating the same arguments as yesterday in the warm chamber, the situation in the Far East, where the dripping water was frozen, became more tense day by day.

Obviously, the people of Hanhai did not play their cards according to the routine as the officials of the dynasty had estimated, but were prepared to choose to catch the Far East dynasty by surprise in such cold weather.

The scale and scope of Hanhai Empire's winter exercises continued to increase. At the beginning, it was just a routine winter marching exercise and offensive exercise with the troops of the Fourth and Fifth Divisions.

Although the Far East Army Command was forced to lend them a territory of [-] miles long and [-] miles deep for exercises as a show of friendship, the people in Hanhai didn't seem to buy it.

On December 25, more than fifteen divisions of the Han Navy crossed the national border and entered the territory of the Far Eastern Dynasty. This aroused the vigilance of the Far Eastern Army Command. The Empire issued a note, hoping that they would reduce their cross-border troops.

The Far East High Command still harbors illusions at this moment, hoping that the Hanhai Empire is just a real winter exercise, not an offensive operation for peddling dog meat.

Although the Far Eastern Army Commander issued a protest to the Hanhai Empire, the protest was invalid. The Hanhai Empire military rejected it on the grounds that the Far Eastern Army had no right to interfere with their military exercises. In such a state, he had to bow his head and acquiesce that the Hanhai people were constantly increasing their troops across the border.

On December 28th, the Hanhai Empire crossed the national border and entered the Far East with nearly 30 troops in [-] divisions. The Far East Army Command, which was full of illusions, could no longer sit still and hastily mobilized troops stationed in various regions Go to the Ice City to assemble, trying to deter the Hanhai Empire from acting rashly.

The Far East Army has a scale of more than [-], and they are stationed on thousands of miles of national borders. At the same time, they are also responsible for the homeland security of the [-] provinces in the Far East. It is not an easy task to assemble the garrisons scattered all over the country, and now the Far East is covered with ice and snow, making it even more difficult invisibly.

Now the only thing the Far Eastern Army Command can pray for is that the Hanhai people can withdraw, but obviously this is unrealistic. The Hanhai Empire has carefully prepared for a hundred years, in order to wash away the hatred that was once conquered, so how could they let it go so easily? .

(End of this chapter)