Dressed as the cannon fodder who died prematurely, I will marry the villain in anger

Chapter 694 Desperate

Chang'an, Imperial Palace Hall

The war information sent by Dong Guowei was sent to Chang'an at an accelerated speed of 800 miles.

The entire intelligence mainly tells about Pingzhou's possession of weapons of war such as explosives, and Pingzhou's unstoppable attack and expansion.

This battle report was like a drop of water falling into a frying pan. The whole hall was silent at first, and then it was as if the cauldron had exploded.

This time, Pingzhou finally showed its fangs and also showed its strong strength.

Song Mo was sitting at the top, looking bone-shape and thin. Even his lips were an unhealthy white color. After listening to the battle report, he swallowed the sweet taste in his mouth.

Xie Zhan guessed correctly, Pingzhou really had a trump card, and Dali was really going to suffer a big loss this time.

Song Mo's heart ached when he thought of the land occupied by Pingzhou.

"This, this, this - Pingzhou has such a magical weapon, how can we fight?" Wu Chunyu was speechless for a moment.

All the officials looked at each other, yes, how can we fight and win?

After such a big event happened, officials from aristocratic families temporarily stopped their crusade against Xie Zhan. If the Pingzhou matter could not be resolved, it would be a matter of life and death, and no one would have the time to care about personal grudges.

"Your Majesty, if there is really no other way, why not discuss with Heping Prefecture and divide the territory to rule?" An official suggested in a low voice.

However, after hearing his unfinished words, Song Mo went crazy! He grabbed the inkstone at hand and threw it directly at him, "What do you mean? Divide the territory into rule? Do you want me to give up Chang'an and the entire Yongzhou and several other states?"

The ministers below all lowered their heads and remained silent, trying to minimize their presence.

Many ministers thought that the suggestion of dividing the territory to govern was not a bad idea. If there is no way to deal with the explosives in Pingzhou, it is a good suggestion to negotiate with Pingzhou and divide the territory. At least after dividing the territory, Dali will still be a big country, and it can achieve a situation of peaceful coexistence between the two sides.

The official who just spoke defended himself under tremendous pressure, "Weichen just thinks that this method can be used to confuse Pingzhou. First, stabilize Pingzhou to prevent it from continuing to expand, and then find ways to defeat the enemy later." machine."

"Do you think those people in Pingzhou are fools? Will Pingzhou agree to divide the territory and rule it?" Song Mo asked with a sneer. He now knew that the woman in Pingzhou was very ambitious.

Song Mo's words awakened those ministers who were lucky. Yes, under such a good situation, how could Pingzhou agree to divide the territory and rule it? Even if I agree, it’s not now.

Other ministers seconded the motion.

"Your Majesty is wise, if we in Dali and Pingzhou propose to divide the land and rule it, doesn't it mean that Dali has recognized the legal status of Pingzhou?" It will be difficult to conquer the lost land.

"Yes, we can think of other ways to stop Pingzhou's expansion."

Song Mo suppressed the surging emotions in his heart and said coldly, "Let's all discuss it. If you have any good ideas, you can speak freely. Let's brainstorm together to find a way to resolve this crisis."

Song Mo's eyes scanned the courtiers below. He wanted to see if there was anyone among the civil and military officials who could help him solve the current problem for Dali.

Prime Minister Shen Wanhui said now, "Your Majesty, in order to solve this crisis, we need to first have a general understanding of Pingzhou's strength."

Shen Wan's words were very pertinent and were approved by everyone present. Yes, if they didn't even know the strength of their opponent, how could they win the fight?

Shen Wan continued, "First of all, how many soldiers and horses does Pingzhou have?"

Many ministers nodded, yes, this is very curious.

"The person in charge of the strategic layout of the entire war in Pingzhou is Qin Heng."

Upon hearing this, the ministers secretly glanced at the emperor above them.

At this time, Song Mo's face was completely expressionless.

The ministers sighed in their hearts, the Qin family.

"Now there are three troops attacking Xianbei - the Jintai Army led by Qin Sheng, the Sun Family Army led by Sun Ming, and the Fuyu Army led by Yue Shu."

"We all know that the strength of the Sun Army is between 100,000 and 150,000. In other words, the number of troops sent by Pingzhou to attack Xianbei is between 300,000 and 450,000. Take the middle value and calculate it Three hundred thousand is enough.”

"These are the soldiers and horses attacking Xianbei."

"In addition, those who attacked our Dali were mainly the Qin Army led by Qin Heng and Qin Zhao and the branch of the Sun Army led by Sun Congyi. According to the news sent back by Dong Guo for General Dong, the total number of these troops is about About two to three hundred thousand.”

The ministers calculated according to the number reported by Shen Wan, and found that it was five or six hundred thousand?

"Pingzhou still has defensive troops and naval forces. Pingzhou's defense line is still very long, even if the defensive army and naval forces add up to 300,000."

Then wouldn't the total number of soldiers and horses in Pingzhou be eight to nine hundred thousand and nearly one million?

When this number was calculated, almost all the ministers took a breath. How did Pingzhou raise an army of one million?

In fact, they were overestimating. Pingzhou only mobilized a total of 700,000 regular troops. Currently, half of the people stationed in Pingzhou are regular troops and half are militiamen.

But even if it's 700,000, that's pretty awesome.

When Song Mo heard the figures calculated by Shen Wan, he felt extremely sad. They have not raised an army of millions in Li.

Wu Chunyu, who has always dealt with numbers, immediately said, "The population of Pingzhou should be more than six million now, but nearly two million were snatched from Dali this year and are of no great use for the time being. In other words, How did Pingzhou manage to raise an army of one million people with just over four million people?"

Some ministers retorted, "Is it possible that the calculation was wrong, or that Pingzhou relied on its own city's advantages and only focused on attacking and not defending?" Four people drew a ding, which seemed impossible even if they thought about it!

Regarding this point, Murong Jie of Xianbei in the east has the most say. He originally thought that after Pingzhou sent so many soldiers and horses, the defense must be weak, so after receiving the recruitment order from Tuoba Khan, he did not directly go to support Su. The Shen tribe tried to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, but unexpectedly they faced a head-on attack from Qin Yan.

Having said that, other ministers also began to express their opinions or suggestions.

Shangshu Ling Sang Baiqing said, "There is no need to worry about anything else. What is certain is that Pingzhou's logistical pressure must be very high at this time."

"In other words, they won't be able to hold on for long with such a large-scale attack, unless Pingzhou feeds war with war."

Will Pingzhou support war with war?

Probably not. Pingzhou has always been fooling people under the banner of doing good for the people. If they dare to feed war with war, won't their faces be exposed?

"Another point is that Pingzhou cannot swallow up all the territory of Dali at once. It also needs to be digested."

At this point in the discussion, the ministers seemed to see hope and became excited.

"So, if you want to prevent Pingzhou from continuing to expand, there is no way."

"From ancient times to the present, if you want to persuade others, you have to move them with emotion, educate them with reason, show them with power, and lure them with benefits."

Of course, the item of showing off as a threat can be eliminated at present.

"Besides, Pingzhou's power is not small anymore. Wei Chen doesn't believe that Pingzhou can really be monolithic. There must be many factions in it."

The civil and military officials in Dali thought about it from these aspects, and they really came up with some methods. After deciding on a certain method, you and I continued to improve it word by word.

Chang'an, the Governor's Mansion

Since Xie Zhan came back from the palace last time, he has been claiming to be ill and not going to court.

Song Mo acquiesced.

At this time, the letterhead with the content of Dong Guowei's battle report was presented to him.

Xie Zhan knew that he had guessed correctly. Pingzhou indeed held a powerful trump card, and this trump card posed a great threat to Dali.

Fan Yang and others were also shocked by the power of explosives.

"Grand Governor, is there still hope for Dali?"

With such power, if Pingzhou had a large amount of explosives in hand, it would be despairing to think about it.

Everyone in the meeting hall looked at Xie Zhan.

"There is hope." Xie Zhan replied affirmatively.

Then he came to the desk, picked up a pen, and began to think through his thoughts.

Fan Yang, Jiang Boya, Xiao Qun and others all gathered around and waited with bated breath.

Xie Zhan ignored them and was immersed in his own thoughts.

Pingzhou should have developed such a weapon a long time ago, but it has been suppressed and not used much.

Xie Zhan thought of the Yanmen earthquake and the Jiumen County earthquake.

After learning about the power of explosives, he realized that the two earthquakes were not earthquakes at all, but the illusion of earthquakes caused by Pingzhou's explosives.

There must be some kind of restriction that prevents Pingzhou from possessing large amounts of explosives.

After understanding this, Xie Zhan became excited. If this is the case, then there is still hope for Dali.

Later, Xie Zhan told everyone present his reasoning.

After listening to it, everyone present suddenly realized that this was the case.

Fan Yang now thought more deeply, "Grand Governor, our series of plans and actions are not useless. At least weapons such as explosives were exposed in Pingzhou in advance."

"Yes." Xie Zhan nodded, otherwise, if Pingzhou realizes that the time is right and then takes it out, the consequences will be disastrous.