Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

She was playing with an expensive pen in her hand at this time. This pen was a gift given to her by Qin Ji on the day she ascended the throne. Now, sometimes she feels uncomfortable without something in her hand. , this pen has naturally become the first choice for playing in the hand.

"That's it for now, but what I reported is just a general military overview. Now I think that we should formulate detailed and quick countermeasures against possible threats-although the northern border is guarded by His Majesty's brothers, it is not It does not mean absolute security, we must ensure timely stabilization of the empire's control over the north."

Qin Ji was very sincere when she said these words. Even Xia Yuxiao had the illusion that this guy was really loyal to her at that moment, but she immediately regained her sobriety and reminded herself that she could not Believe in the other party easily, and can't be led away by the other party, then she nodded:

"Your words are reasonable, then, maybe now we should call the generals over to discuss the matter together."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I have ordered my subordinates to inform the generals on the way here. If there is no accident, they should arrive soon."

Qin Ji said.

Of course, the generals are much slower than him. On the one hand, it takes time for Lingyan to convey the news; But it's not small, it takes more than ten minutes to walk here.

What?You ask why Qin Ji arrived so soon?

He can go to the palace with a sword, so what about riding a horse through the palace for military reasons?Military affairs are important, and the most urgent task now is to get His Majesty ready in advance, not to talk about etiquette.His horse is still tied to the post at the entrance of His Majesty's Palace.

It is unprecedented to be able to use the pillars at the entrance of His Majesty's main hall as a horse-holding post.

"Your work is really reassuring."

What Xia Yuxiao said was not a lie. Qin Ji was sometimes quite irritating when he did things, but he was quite reliable in such matters.

Within 10 minutes, footsteps came from outside.

"Don't waste time, tell them to just come in."

She ordered the servants around her.

Chapter 21 Decisions

The generals of Great Xia gathered in His Majesty's main hall.

This matter was not discussed with those civil officials, because it involved the military affairs of the empire, no matter in terms of reason or scope of authority, civil officials should not be involved.

Of course, Qin Ji also has his own selfishness, and now those civil servants are staring at him closely, he doesn't want to be restrained by these civil servants.

The generals first paid homage to His Majesty, then greeted Qin Ji for a while, and then immediately started the meeting. Qin Ji first explained the current situation, and the generals who heard the current situation fell into a brief silence.

They are clear about the situation of the battle. Since both Xia Yuxiao and Qin Ji are very unanimous in insisting on the command of the central government over the army, the frontier troops in the border areas are not the real regular army of Daxia. Basically equivalent to the militia.But even so, the generals here are also clear: Hanyin City is very difficult to be breached.

A series of unbelievable phenomena in the north now all remind the people here of an inescapable fact that there may really be a problem in the north.

"For border defense in the north, our country adopts the idea of ​​integrating military and government, based on city defense, and mobilized by local county guards. The biggest problem may lie with those county guards."

The county guards in the northern border areas tend to have more power than the county guards in other parts of the empire. The main reason is that the border guards are deployed by the local county guards (of course, if the central government of the empire issues a transfer order, the local county guards must obey the central deployment), so The system is mainly to prevent the empire from being unable to respond in time when the northern royal court attacks.

Now......

"Your Majesty, forgive me for speaking bluntly. I believe that troops should be dispatched immediately to the northern border. On the one hand, it is to stabilize the hearts of the people in the north. On the other hand, it is to confirm whether the nine counties in the northern border have betrayed the imperial court. As for the last aspect, it is To drive out the barbarians in the north in time."

Qin Ji said.

"The last general agrees with the Taiwei's opinion." General Bai said first, "Now, the sooner we act, the better the situation will be for us. Once we lose the opportunity to make a quick move, then..."

"I know."

Xia Yuxiao said.

The problem in the northern border is very serious, but in Xia Yuxiao's view, there is one more serious matter.

That is how many troops you should mobilize and whose troops you should mobilize.

Are you calling the general white?He is indeed a good candidate. General Bai used his troops properly and repeatedly achieved unprecedented success. From the perspective of commanding an army, General Bai is not even inferior to Duke An.Moreover, General Bai is not from Qin Ji's side, he is just a centrist, or in other words, his allegiance is to Daxia rather than the emperor or Taiwei.

Although Xia Yuxiao doesn't like this kind of person, at least Xia Yuxiao will feel at ease.

Anyway, Qin Ji must not be allowed to go in person, not to mention that after Qin Ji leaves, domestic military affairs will be placed on her, a problem that she cannot handle at all. On the other hand, if Qin Ji leaves, it will be fatal—he Running to the northern border, what if the border guards are also in their own hands?

Xia Yuxiao didn't doubt this possibility at all, she had to consider such danger.

Some of the other generals were not safe, and some were more deadly - the supporters of the former princes, handing over troops to them easily, was second only to Qin Ji in danger.

"General Bai, if I leave it to you, what do you want to do?"

Qin Ji asked suddenly.

"Me?" General Bai looked at the map and thought for a while, then pointed to Hanyin City: "I will not attack Hanyin City, I think, instead of running to attack Hanyin City and paying a lot of casualties, it is better to try to attack Hanyin City from here. Cross the river on the eastern plain, turn back at the other end of the mountain range, and surround Hanyin City from the outside."

"Seal the bottle, close the door and beat the dog, right?"

Qin Ji immediately understood what he meant.

Hanyin City is located in the Grand Canyon area of ​​Hanyin Mountains. It is like a bottle cap of Xia Kingdom, blocking the narrow mouth of the bottle. Behind the bottle mouth is the endless northern flat of Great Xia. area.

And General Bai's idea was to bypass this bottleneck and attack directly from the other side of the mountain range, which is the direction from the barbarians from the north, and directly block the enemies of Hanyin City in this narrow bottleneck.

"Yes, this is exactly the way. If you need detailed combat strategies, I can provide you with them immediately after making a military decision." General Bai said calmly.

Worthy of being a fierce general of the empire, the way of fighting is so fierce, directly entering the enemy's territory to detour, and then killing the enemies in the Hanyin Mountain Range with carbine guns, so that all the nearby cities are blocked by the way. After the Yin City, if anyone is found to be a traitor, then the army can rush out of the canyon to kill those traitors.

"If this matter is left to General Bai, what is the chance of General Bai winning?"

"I don't know, the army in the northern border is harassing this time, there must be someone to support it, so I'm not sure what percentage of my victory I will have..."

"Based on what you can estimate, what percentage will it be?"

"Preliminary estimates show that there is about a [-]% chance of winning the crisis."

"Why is it only [-]%?"

"Seventy percent, it depends on the fact that our county guards don't betray the situation," General Bai said solemnly, "I can't help it, I can't empty out all the troops in the army, so the manpower this time may It’s not that rich, if I really encounter a situation of betrayal, I will consider asking the empire for support.”

"I hope your request for help is not credited."

Qin Ji said, General Bai just smiled.

"Then, I will leave it to General Bai for this operation, and allow you to mobilize [-] troops."

Xia Yuxiao said.

The 30 troops seemed to be only a small part of Daxia's active troops, but in Qin Ji's view, it was not a small number.Daxia has a vast border, and troops are needed to defend the border. Now that a batch of military reforms are going to be carried out, those troops cannot be used.Qin Ji has 30 troops in his hands, but Xia Yuxiao will basically not easily use Qin Ji's own [-] troops unless Xia Yuxiao completely breaks with him...

Coupled with the basic stability of the troops in various places, after setting aside these, and taking a closer look, hey, [-] is not too small.How many countries have a total army size of [-] is not bad.

After General Bai received the order, he immediately made preparations for the expedition.

And these transfers are not just a rough strategic conception. Everyone gathered in the hall and began to discuss the specific implementation of the command details at the military level...

Chapter 22 Deployment established

The combat deployment was settled very quickly.

According to the deployment, General Bai will go with [-] troops, and how to fight this battle, the generals have also thought of all the tactics.

Although there are occasional pig teammates in the empire, the overall ability is quite reliable. After all, it has a vast territory and a large population, and the Great Xia has existed for thousands of years.

Qin Ji gave half of the military seal in charge of mobilizing troops to General Bai. With this military seal, General Bai could mobilize [-] troops there.

Afterwards, Qin Ji talked to His Majesty about the matter that he hoped to simplify the process of military memorials.Unexpectedly, His Majesty agreed very happily.

After Qin Ji's careful thinking, coupled with observing the reactions of His Majesty and the surrounding generals, Qin Ji can probably understand the problem: It is estimated that His Majesty really does not have time to pay attention to every military report, and His Majesty's micro-manipulation skills It's really not good, so I simply agreed, but to be honest, Qin Ji didn't want to do this at first.

But you have to do this, otherwise, with this reaction speed, if there is any emergency in the future, you can put it in the palace for two or three days, and the day lily will be cold.

In short, Qin Ji has seized the military power this time.

"By the way, why did you bring your sister here today?"

When looking at Qin Siyue, Xia Yuxiao's expression softened significantly.

For Qin Siyue, Xia Yuxiao still has no feeling of disgust. This is mainly because Qin Siyue grew up with Xia Yuxiao since she was a child, and after she learned that she was suffering from hysteria, Xia Yuxiao felt sorry for herself even more. This childhood playmate.Even though she was very upset with Qin Ji, she still searched for famous doctors to treat Qin Siyue's illness. In the end, Qin Ji was so frightened that she didn't dare to let her sister continue to pretend to be seriously ill, so she hurriedly asked her to treat her a little bit in front of Xia Yuxiao. Be normal, and then claim that with the help of His Majesty, my sister has "bettered"...

"Ah, all the things I thought of today were reminded by Siyue."

Qin Ji said this frankly. Qin Siyue has been a talented young lady since she was a child. Even if she claimed to have hysteria, she was described by Qin Ji as intermittent hysteria, so it is normal for her to be awake.

"Oh?" Xia Yuxiao is obviously more interested in Qin Siyue, "It's a pity, if Siyue is not sick, now I can give her an official position."

Of course, it is impossible for the younger sister to serve as a military officer anymore, otherwise, the two brothers and sisters would have to hold the military power in the country firmly in their hands.

"Siyue, salute to His Majesty."

It was only then that Qin Ji noticed that Qin Siyue had been standing behind him from the very beginning, without saying a word the whole time, with no sense of presence, so she hardly saluted Xia Yuxiao from the beginning to the end.

"Ah... See Your Majesty."

Qin Siyue quickly made a crooked salute.Fortunately, including Xia Yuxiao, none of you here will care about a patient.

"Siyue, how are you doing?"

"Thanks to Your Majesty's blessings, I've been doing well recently, and my brother has been taking good care of me. When I have nothing to do, I can paint some paintings and practice my painting skills. It can be regarded as a way to pass the time."

When Qin Siyue said this, although she used words calmly, her voice was weak and weak when she actually said it, as light as a cat.

Xia Yuxiao could barely hear what she said, but listening like this was too much of a test of her hearing. She simply stood up, walked off her seat, and then went straight to Qin Siyue, grabbing her hand:

"Look at you, your hands are colder than before, have you taken all the medicine I arranged for you from the palace recently?"

"Use...used."

When Qin Siyue was touched by His Majesty the Emperor, she immediately blushed and began to sweat...

Don't get me wrong, she treats everyone like this, that's what real social terror is like, if you get too close to her, she will behave like this.

Of course, there is another reason why Qin Siyue is so hypocritical:

She didn't take those medicines at all.

The main reason is that she is really not sick. These medicines are said to soothe the nerves, but it is soothe the nerves for the sick, but it is not sure whether it is soothe the nerves or make people peaceful for the healthy people, so Qin Siyue simply is useless.

"Your body is weak. The imperial doctor told me that if you are in an unstable mental state, you need to replenish your qi and blood first. Only when your qi and blood are replenished can you calm the nerves. If the medicine at home is used up, I will help you when you have time Send someone to bring you some more."

"Thank you Your Majesty for the gift."

Hearing the other party's thanks, Xia Yuxiao waved her hand casually, and then looked at Qin Ji: "By the way, you recommended a woman to me before, saying that you want me to fill the harem, you really dare to think, give me a A woman as a harem?"

"Hahaha... In fact, His Majesty can be used as a bodyguard, it's the same."

"I have already agreed to your matter. I will take that woman in and give her some salary for any position—but then again, I will use her as a maid at most."

"As long as His Majesty accepts it, I will be satisfied. Then, I will not bother you anymore."

Speaking of which, Qin Ji is ready to resign. Now that the action has been decided, it is useless for him to be here now, and he has to be responsible for the deployment of military rations as soon as possible.