Nine secrets to cover the sky

Chapter 109
In the early morning of the next day, the emperor personally led all the civil and military officials. First, he worshiped three times and kowtowed nine times to pray to God to bless the victory of the Jin army. He rushed to the east gate in a mighty manner.

The prince in military uniform led a group of master warriors in armor, and [-] elite soldiers drawn from the imperial city were outside the city, accepting the emperor's practice and encouragement.

A small half of the people in the imperial city were also present to see them off.

Until noon, the prince and his party set off on the road, heading for the border in a mighty way.

The emperor then returned to the palace and waited for the good news.

However, the people in the imperial city were reluctant to leave for a long time. In silence, everyone watched the army led by the prince with hopeful eyes, and finally dispersed until they could no longer see it.

In fact, no matter how confident the emperor or the court is, at least the people have reinforced the front line from the prince, which proves that the Wengcheng has indeed fallen. , but he was faintly worried about the children of the imperial city who joined the army and went to the front line. He only hoped that the prince would win the battle and bring back their children, grandchildren, brothers, and husbands.

At the same time, Fang Jie, who had just suspended his practice, frowned when he heard the news: "Uncle Mega Zhenhai was taken away?"

Xue Ji nodded in front of her: "The crown prince has the emperor's order to recruit any force in the country, so he asked every big family in the imperial city to send a person to accompany him to the front line. Mr. Xia, who can take care of his family, went by himself."

Fang Jie also just heard that Wengcheng missed, and the prince came to reinforce him, so he couldn't help but feel a little worried, and ordered: "Go and call the woman."

Xue Ji responded, and then disappeared.

Fang Jie pondered for a while, then took a shower, and after waiting for about 10 minutes, a woman dressed in a small floral dress at home opened the door and walked in.

"How is your brother?" Fang Jie asked.

Wu Nu sat down and said: "I heard that the front line was defeated, but he went to the front line with the prince, and now I am tied up at home."

So Fang Jie nodded, sat in front of Wu Nu, was silent for a while, and asked, "According to the information you have, how many people did Jin lose in the battle of Wengcheng?"

"Eight thousand died, twenty thousand were injured." Wu Nu sighed.

Fang Jie frowned when he heard this.

And Wunu continued: "To be honest, such casualties are already considered lucky for the Jin army. Because of the Battle of Wengcheng, Marquis Wu'an miscalculated the strength of the opponent, and because of the high enthusiasm in the army, he rushed to the battle. There were tens of thousands more troops, and a total of [-] people completely overwhelmed the Jin State. Fortunately, several space mages discovered it in advance, and Marquis Wu'an immediately ordered to retreat, otherwise the opponent's menacing attack, and the children of the imperial city would not defend the army According to the regulations, it is very possible that the entire Jin army will be wiped out in the first battle."

Fang Jie thought for a while and said, "However, Marquis Wu'an has 30 to [-] people on the front line, while the regular army of the Jin State has a total of about [-]. When a war breaks out, spending a quarter of it to fight the first battle is not considered to belittle the other side. , I can only say that the number of Xirong coalition forces is too much."

Wu Nu nodded in agreement: "Indeed, speaking of Marquis Wu'an's death in battle for his country, he still left behind the infamy of being a defeated general. It's really unfair."

"But the problem is that the Western Rong Department has a long front to deal with, not just attacking the border of the Jin State, and Jin State is a small country. It seems a bit abnormal for the Western Rong Department to dispatch 9 or [-] people at a time." Fang Jie said.

"No." Wu Nu shook her head and said, "The Xirong Allied Forces did not focus on dealing with the Jin State. In fact, the number of troops they dealt with each border country was greater than that of the Jin State."

Fang Jie was taken aback when he heard the words, and then subconsciously asked: "Then do you know how many troops they have in total?"

"300 million." Wu Nu said.

Fang Jie couldn't help being taken aback: "The population of Xirong is only 800 million, which is not even comparable to that of Jin. How could it be possible to have an army of 300 million? How did you figure it out?"

Wu Nu said: "It's not my analysis, but the figures calculated by intelligence, and they are absolutely accurate."

Fang Jie lowered his head in disbelief, thought about it carefully, and said: "In this way, among all the people in the Xirong Division, on average, one out of three people joins the army. It can be said that almost all the people who can afford a sword Young and middle-aged people, all joined this war?"

"That's right." Wu Nu nodded, and said again: "And it's not improvised. In fact, every soldier in the 300 million army is well-trained and has at least five years of service."

Fang Jie was even more puzzled when he heard the words: "That is to say, 300 million people are the regular army and the standing army. But the 300 million people are already one-third of the population of the Xirong tribe. Except for these people, almost all of them are old, weak, women and children. , Then how does their country maintain? Who does the industry rely on? Who does the economy rely on? And... by the way!" Speaking of this, he suddenly looked at Wu Nu: "Where did their warriors go?"

"I just thought of this question." Wu Nu said: "In the Central Plains China, where resources are abundant, men and women are regardless of class. At least three out of ten people are taking the road of warriors, and the remaining ten Five or six people maintain the country, and in the end, less than one tenth of the people may be in the army. However, four out of ten people in the Xirong Department participate in the army. If the remaining five or six tenths maintain the country, then the warriors will not It's one-tenth." Speaking of this, Wu Nu suddenly remembered something, and turned to look at Fang Jie in shock.

And Fang Jie also understood one thing, he was dumbfounded and said: "That is to say, the Xirong tribe, which is poor in supplies, gave less than one-tenth of the limited resources to cultivate the strongest warriors, and the rest may be in the Central Plains Shenzhou’s talents are considered good, but they don’t give resources, most of them form an army, and a small part maintains the country’s supply?”

Wu Nu nodded heavily, took a deep breath and said: "In the all-out war 2000 years ago, all the forces of the Wilderness Division 200 were concentrated on a large-scale army to invade the Central Plains, and ultimately failed. And [-] years ago, all efforts were made to train warriors, After being repelled by the emperor, they failed again. Perhaps after learning from the painful experience, they carried out reforms and reorganized resources. People with poor talents are absolutely not allowed to practice martial arts. It was given to the tribe with the best talents, so their warriors are also stronger. That is to say, they now have two parts, one part is the army, and the current large number of people have already killed them, while the other part is all elite warriors. It hasn't shown up yet."

Immediately, the two looked at each other, both deeply aware of the unstable situation in the mainland, and remained silent for a long time.

After a long time, Wu Nu sighed and said, "I hope that the warriors and troops brought by the prince this time will only deal with the troops of the Xirong Division. The high-strength warriors who have not yet appeared must not appear in the battle that has passed."

"I'm afraid that if those powerful fighters don't show up, the situation the prince will face will not be optimistic." Fang Jie also sighed.

The woman did not veto, but fell silent again.

Because both of them thought of the same question—the 10 Jin troops in the Wengcheng were the advance troops, and the prince’s reinforcements would bring at least [-] people. Is it time to send more main forces?

The question is not unrealistic.

Because of the two armies of the Western Army, there are a total of 300 million troops on the western front!

Therefore, Fang Jie and Wu Nu, the crown prince and his party who shoulder the safety of Jin, as well as Megatron Hai, have already begun to have good and bad premonitions and worries.

The two were silent for a long time.

But suddenly, both of them raised their heads together and looked outside the door.

The next moment, the door opened with a creak, and a young girl walked in from outside the house. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Fang Jie's old acquaintance, but there was something wrong with this old acquaintance appearing here, so Fang Jie was greatly surprised and said : "Sister, why are you here?"

(End of this chapter)