From eunuch to emperor

Linjiang City.

Long Chen stood on the city wall, looking at the boats in the river, and the empress stood beside him.

Gongsun Ming said: "My lord, Jin Luo is proficient in sailors, and these [-] sailors have already been trained."

Time flies, winter is coming to an end, and spring is coming.

Under Jin Luo's training, the navy has become very proficient.

During this period of time, Long Chen devoted himself to cultivation and worked hard to improve his cultivation.

After reaching the real realm, no one knows what the realm ahead is.

But Long Chen felt that above the real realm, there might be a higher realm.

The Empress is very restless these days, often sneaking into Long Chen's room in the middle of the night.

Once even got into bed, Long Chen was so frightened that he ran away in the middle of the night.

I don't know why, the empress suddenly became like this.

In the past in the capital, it was Long Chen who teased the empress, and the empress half-pushed and flirted, that's all.

The current empress can't wait to come to the truth, which frightened Long Chen.

Long Chen guessed it was because of the blood reaction after cultivation, but this is a bit strange.

Long Chen has also cultivated, and his physique has also changed, but he is not as restless as the Empress.

Looking at the boats on the water, the Empress said: "Jin Luo is a man of great use, fishing at sea is too wasteful."

Gongsun Ming echoed, "Wu Wang knows the pearl with his eyes, and the people selected are really different."

The empress glanced at Long Chen, feeling uneasy for a while.

Long Chen immediately said: "It's all wise and wise, I'm just a suggestion, just a suggestion."

The empress turned around and went down the city wall, Long Chen and Gongsun Ming followed.

When they arrived at the commander-in-chief's mansion, the Empress sat at the head, Long Chen and Gongsun Ming sat on the side, and other generals also took their seats.

"During this period, Nanliang has gathered more than 200 million troops, claiming to be 500 million, and they may cross the river to attack at any time. What do you generals think?"

The empress asked all the generals present.

The empress has been inquiring about the situation in Nanliang, and Long Chen is also collecting information.

One winter, Nanliang was recruiting troops, and the number of troops expanded rapidly.

According to Guitai's estimate, the number of troops should reach 250 million, but it was finally fixed at 200 million.

Although Nanliang is a big country, it also has limits, and it is impossible to expand infinitely.

The army in Linjiang City has expanded to 10, and there are still 8 in Caishi City, plus 5 naval forces, the number is only 23.

Compared with the army of Nanliang, the strength of the two sides is 1:10, and the gap is very large.

The generals did not speak, a little worried.

Seeing that everyone was worried, Long Chen said: "I have been inquiring about this matter all the time. There are several elite soldiers in Nanliang. The veteran soldiers led by Qiu Kuohai and Hu Feiyang, these two were defeated by us."

"There are also new troops who have gone through several battles, namely the soldiers of the three young generals Tong Yuan, Xue Ze and Liu Feibai."

"These new troops have fought in Quarry City and Linjiang City. They are considered veterans, and their combat effectiveness is not bad. The number is about 30."

"Apart from them, only Xu Feng's Black Armored Army is left. This army is known as the Dragon Guard Army, and has the strongest combat effectiveness, with 10 troops."

"The Black Armored Army followed Li Chengdao to rebel, and they were Li Chengdao's elite confidants."

"Last time in Longxing Valley, Xu Feng led troops to chase me down, and this person's cultivation has also improved."

"Finally, there are about 10 troops from the Imperial Army and the Southern Camp."

"So, although there are 200 million troops in Nanliang, the real elite number is around 50."

"We have 23 people here, the Long family army trained by the two princesses of the capital has 20, and the Holy Master still has 10 elite soldiers from the Peking University Camp."

"We have a total of 50 elite soldiers. From the elite point of view, we will not fall behind."

After Long Chen's calculation like this, all the generals felt at ease.

Gongsun Ming said: "King Wu is still familiar with the situation in Nanliang. We only know that there are 200 million troops, but we don't know the reality."

Long Chen used to be the general of Nanliang, and he knew the reality of Nanliang like the palm of his hand.

For the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, this is a great benefit.

But for Nanliang, this was fatal.

The domestic situation, the government's decision-making, the habits of the ministers, the reality of the army, and the strength of the generals are all well known.

In front of Long Chen, Nan Liang was naked, so he could see clearly.

When everyone was happy, a young general said: "King Wu is right, but Nanliang has 200 million troops. If 50 elites confront us head-on, the remaining 150 million will cross the river and attack the hinterland of our Great Zhou. How to deal with it?"

Where the superior force is, fighting is always a problem.

The teenager's concerns are not unreasonable.

Long Chen said: "Soldiers are good but not many. Although Nanliang has a large number of people, the newly recruited army has not experienced actual combat. We only need a few elite soldiers to attack!"

"One more thing, the last time I raided Longxing Valley, Nanliang's mid-level generals are all gone."

"On the battlefield, I just need to kill the opponent's general, and the enemy will collapse without fighting."

The empress' face moved slightly, she hadn't thought about it.

When Long Chen said that, it was true.

On the battlefield, the command of the general needs to be carried out by the lieutenant. If the middle-level officer is finished, the army will be defeated if the order cannot be carried out during the battle, or the combat power cannot keep up.

Zhao Heng nodded and said, "What King Wu said makes sense, I forgot about that."

Because Da Zhou was the one who benefited, he didn't think too much about the raid on Longxing Valley, and everyone almost forgot about it.

Now that Long Chen said it, everyone understood.

"No wonder King Wu is willing to take risks and destroy Longxing Valley."

Yingfeng always thought that Long Chen's destruction of Long Xinggu was just because he was afraid that ghosts would train strong generals, but he didn't expect that there was such a layer of consideration.

Long Chen said: "However, we must seize the time to act. If we give them too long time, new generals will be trained and our advantage will be offset."

People are trained, and after fighting a few more battles, they will learn.

Give Nanliang a few years, and generals can be trained.

Of course, it was impossible for Long Chen to give Nan Liang a few years.

The empress nodded slightly and said: "But... our military rations are not enough to support a full-scale attack, and it will take some time for Luo Xi and Ling Yi to train."

In fact, the reorganization and training of the Long family army is almost done, mainly the military rations.

The last raid on Wild Boar Valley brought back a lot of rations.

But if 50 troops attack at the same time, the military rations are still a bit short.

Long Chen said: "Actually, we can attack first and prepare while fighting."

The Empress didn't understand what Long Chen meant, and asked, "What do you mean by fighting while preparing?"

Long Chen said: "It is to support war with war. The land in Nanliang is fertile. After we capture it, let the people prepare for spring plowing. When the summer grain matures, we will have enough army rations."

Long Chen took out a map and said: "Wushun City and Xianhe City are all rice-producing areas. If you capture the surrounding areas, and then recruit people to cultivate them, the food for the army will be guaranteed."

The empress thought about it carefully, and asked the other generals, "What do you think?"

The other generals of course agreed with Long Chen's opinion.

They couldn't think of a better way.

Moreover, Long Chen's strategy was correct every time, only a fool would object.

"What King Wu said is very true. In this way, we can use the land and people in Nanliang to reduce the consumption of Da Zhou."

"When we attacked Xixia, King Wu was stationed at Zhenguo Temple to settle the necessary military supplies."

Gongsun Ming agreed very much, and others also echoed Long Chen's proposal.

The Empress said: "Then let's do it this way, the specific affairs will be dispatched by King Wu."

Now regarding military matters, the Empress is only routinely inquiring, and all the specific matters are in charge of by Long Chen.

Everyone is also very clear, so all military affairs are discussed with Long Chen, and then Long Chen reports.

Today's court meeting has not been held for a long time.

Long Chen stood up and bowed: "This humble minister leads the decree."

The Empress got up and went back to her room to practice, leaving the military affairs to Long Chen.