Better to live forever [Rebirth]

Not long after Zhu Zhenliang secretly left Beijing, the war situation in Southwest Ningzhou was worse than Zhu Dingbei predicted, and he was irretrievably lost.

Yao Rang's second-rank military rank is not in vain, not to mention that he now holds a million-strong army from Ningyi and Yizhou. If he fights openly, he has a [-]% chance of winning even against the Qiang, Panyue, Shan, and barbarian allied forces. .

But the bad thing is that the four-party coalition forces still have backup.The person who assassinated General Ye Shenren repeated his old tricks. This time, he did not take Yao Rang's life, but sent the military adviser who had followed Yao Rang for more than [-] years to Huangquan Road.Yao Rang was furious. When it was found out that the perpetrator was instigated by the ambitious Yizhou garrison Hu Kang, in a rage, Yao Rang grabbed a spear and charged into Hu Kang's camp, shouting, "Dare you!" Under the circumstances, pick off Hu Kang's arm.

How could the [-] soldiers under Hu Kang sit back and watch the main general be killed? There was chaos in the camp, countless casualties, and some unknown soldiers were constantly involved, blindly following their comrades and drawing their swords at the friendly soldiers. The army divided a victory and defeat, and the Quartet Allied Forces, led by the Qiang enemy, attacked the city in one fell swoop, entered Magan City, and broke through the first line of defense in Yongchang County, Ningzhou!

The Quartet Allied Forces went all out, and after entering the city, the shouts of beating and killing spread throughout the streets and alleys. Yao asked Hu Kang to stop the fighting hastily, but he was completely unable to stop the situation, so he had to lead his troops back to Yongning City, the second pass in Ningzhou.

Contrary to the heroic morale of the Quartet Allied Forces, the turbulent morale of the Ningzhou garrison. Hu Kang was seriously injured. For a while, there was endless strife for candidates to act as generals. With such a killer, his prestige in the army has been greatly lost.The soldiers have different intentions, and Yongning City, which is struggling to support, is in jeopardy.

Not to mention Emperor Zhenyuan's Long Yan was furious when he got the battle report, Zhu Dingbei smiled instead of anger after knowing the battle situation, he knew that the time had come.

On the morning of the second day, at the court, the Ministry of War played in the court, ordering His Majesty the Emperor to clean up the military program.

"My minister, Sun Huqi, the right servant of the Ministry of War, said to His Majesty that the military households in Dajing are redundant and their abilities are uneven. Even the smallest Yanzhou has 30 troops. The resolutions on the reduction of troops submitted by the Ministry of War over the years cannot accommodate these soldiers or civilians. All parties were stranded due to turmoil. Looking at the few battles now, apart from the problem of too many soldiers, the worse problem is that the troops stationed in Neizhou did not engage in close combat and did not suppress bandits, so that the combat power was mediocre. On the contrary, he was aggressive and wasted money, bullying the people with military ranks and dragging down our Dajing Guozuo. Your Majesty, I implore Your Majesty to make up your mind to abolish the garrison after the war situation is settled, so as to boost our Dajing military strength."

The hundreds of officials in the court heard the words and had different thoughts.

The matter of disarmament has been a common topic since the time of the first emperor. Even if His Majesty the Emperor made a big move in the army a few years ago to clean up the military rule, the matter of disarmament still had little effect.

The base of the Dajing Army is really too large. The garrisons of the twenty prefectures together number about tens of millions.This is inseparable from Taizu's tendency to be heavy on the army. Many families who can't eat enough are willing to send their soldiers to join the army. As long as they have enough physical fitness and clean background, the imperial court will not refuse anyone. The growth rate of new soldiers is far faster than that of disabled people. Veteran retired generals, in the long run, there is nothing surprising about the complicated problems of the Dajing Army.

Most of the emperors of the Sima family inherited the will of Emperor Taizu, and they had a great preference for military power. Even if there were several emperors who ruled the country with literature, they would not disobey their ancestors and kill the Dajing army. Therefore, this The backlog of problems has been accumulated for generations, and the snowball is getting bigger and bigger. When we face up to this problem and want to solve it, there is nothing we can do.

If you want to disarm, small fights won't solve the problem; if you want to use a big knife to cut off that piece of fat, it will hurt your muscles and bones, and you may even risk bleeding to death; It is the most conservative and the least risky method, but the problem is that this method cannot be completed in the hands of an emperor. His successor always has too many difficult problems to deal with at the beginning of his succession, and he cannot do it all at once. Inheriting the ambitions of the ancestors, there are always too many new problems that hinder their progress.

Emperor Zhenyuan was a powerful emperor, and everyone could see his military ambitions.

But even in the face of him, the Ministry of War has given up hope for the disarmament over the years. It just submitted the memorial as a routine, discussed and discussed again, and the result was either stranded or died without a problem.

What's more, at this time, the enemy is at hand, the war in the three realms is in full swing, and Ningzhou is on the verge of defeat. We should discuss how to deal with the enemy, how can we "raise the enemy's morale and destroy our own prestige" and "introduce internal strife"?

It is really not a wise move to propose a reduction of troops. Therefore, I am deeply surprised that the old saying of the Ministry of War is mentioned again.

No one knows that after Sun Huqi's voice fell, the younger generation broke into a layer of cold sweat. This is not the result of their discussion last night. They just proposed the troops that can be mobilized by each state. Even Sun Huqi himself did not have the matter of reducing troops. Speaking of it, Chang Shangshu, who was very reassured by Sun Huqi, almost didn't sullen his face because of a stroke of genius today.

Sun Huqi hadn't finished speaking yet: "Your Majesty."

Kneeling straight, he bowed his head and said with anger: "The incident caused by the troops stationed in the southern border of Xianbei Mansion has fallen into the trap of the Huns, and they almost handed over the Xianbei Mansion that our army had fought hard for ten years, even if it was held. The city, the imperial court's hard work in Xianbei Prefecture for the past eight years is almost in vain. And the garrison in Ningzhou and Yizhou is even more ignorant of the safety of the people on the border and the safety of our Dajing country. Dajingguo Gate, how can such an act be tolerated?"

"Your Majesty, my ministers are terrified. If they let themselves go, I am afraid that the Neizhou army raised will be destroyed by themselves before the day when they can serve the country on the frontier."

Sun Huqi's last sentence made the faces of those who heard it change.

Chang Shou'an, Minister of the Ministry of War, couldn't stand anymore, and Zhihu came out and said: "I am also afraid. Although Sun Shilang has righteous indignation in his boxing heart, his request is only for the sake of the people of Dajing. Please let your majesty decide."

Sun Huqi asked the entire Ministry of War, especially his immediate boss, to be involved. He could not object to Sun Huqi's words--Sun Huqi was his arm, and he always followed his lead in actions. Dismantling his authority also showed that he was incompetent under the leadership of the Ministry of War. Internal discord - can only try to smooth things over for Sun Huqi.

Emperor Zhenyuan said: "The Ministry of War proposes to mobilize troops in various states, and I have handed it over to the Military Aircraft Department. As for the Ministry of War's proposal to cut troops, we will draw up a charter and submit it to the Military Aircraft Department within one month." So saying, Emperor Zhenyuan paused Suddenly, a strange light flashed in his eyes, and he smiled slightly: "The Ministry of War is united as one, and since you can make a proposal at the court, I believe that you have a plan in your heart, and you will not let me down."

Chang Shouan's cold sweat couldn't hold back his head, and he said yes again and again.

After retiring from the court, the Minister of the Ministry of War tried his best to hide his anger and let Sun Huqi leave together. What they discussed in the inner room of the Ministry of War is unknown to outsiders, but since then, Chang Shangshu has turned his back on the disarmament before. With a moderate mentality, he summoned the left and right servants and the chief of the fourth department to discuss for days. The positive trend can be seen, this time he is determined to win.

Before the Ministry of War could come up with an answer, an exciting battle report came from Xianbei Mansion!

——Old Marshal Zhu beheaded the Hun King again!

The government and the public were excited about it, and the ambition of the new Hun King was seen even by the late Dajing civil servants. The courage and ability he showed were not the most dreadful thing about him, but the most eye-catching thing--his age.

The new King of the Huns has not yet arrived, and under his leadership for many years to come, the Huns are bound to be restless and grow stronger, threatening Dajing even more.

The King of the Xiongnu was killed in the king's tent of the army. Even if the mourning soldiers pressed hard on the border of the Dajing state and caused a broken morale, they were still very happy.

It doesn't matter even if you lose the battle. The death of the Hun King can be said to have saved Dajing from a crisis for at least three to five years.

Emperor Zhenyuan smiled for the first time under the gloom of the past few days. Even though he received a secret report from the Zhu family and learned that the king of the Xiongnu was scattered by the rebel army and his whereabouts were unknown. This battle report was to build momentum and break the alliance between the Qiang and the Huns. .Now, he only has this world left...

Ning Heng was also very surprised when he got the news.

They actually went directly over the heavy army, directly entered the base camp of the Huns, entered the palace of the Huns, and took the head of the King of the Huns.

Lord Zhu Xiaohou once said that the king should be captured before the thief is captured, even he only thought that he wanted the elite soldiers to enter the Huns' camp and behead the prince who led the troops this time—the scouts in Zhu's army also assassinated the prince of the Huns many times. No one thought that this was just a suspicious formation, making the Xiongnu king defenseless against Zhu's scouts.

Although the operation failed, the Zhu family's hidden stake in the Xiongnu immediately determined this assassination as a completed murder case.

The Xiongnu royal family is not the only one who is ambitious and has made many enemies among the royal family.Now that the tree has fallen and the monkeys are scattered, even if the Hun King can escape the heavy siege and serial pursuit set up by Zhu Dingbei's elite soldiers by chance, the Hun Royal Family can help them, so that the Hun King can no longer return to the royal family.

Ning Heng sighed: "Great kindness! The news of the "death" of King Xiongnu can firstly boost the morale of our Dajing army, and secondly, it can break the alliance between the Qiang and the Huns, and the Xiongnu and the Li Party. Killing two birds with one stone is really brilliant."

When it comes to the way of using troops, no matter how hard Ning Heng tries, he is still no match for Zhu Dingbei.

He is not jealous, but proud of it.

Zhu Dingbei smiled sideways, "Master Changxin's words are wrong." He blinked his eyes and said, "The life of the Hunnu King is the real bait I threw to Hu Erdu, I just don't know... Heh, how long can this fish stay calm?"