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Zhongjing Luoyang, Shenlong Hall.

Chen Kefu, who had just rushed back from Liaoyang, Tokyo, sat on the dragon throne in the hall and faced the ministers.

For more than half a year, Chen Kefu's face became much darker. Coupled with the short moustache that had been raised under his jaw, and the two black and shiny long beards carefully modified by the palace maid of the upper lip, the young Emperor Chen added a bit of majesty.

With his hand stretched out his hand to caress the short moustache, Chen Pojun looked at the ministers in the hall and said, "Today is my birth. From today on, I have entered the age of thirty. At thirty, Saint Confucius once said that when men reach thirty, they can cope with all difficulties and challenges. After years of hard work and fighting with all the benevolent men and civil servants, I have restored the throne. However, now that the Central Plains have not been governed and the northern Turks are under the brink of the territory, I have a long way to go with you."

"I have five princes under my knees, but they are all young. The ministers in the court are brothers and sisters, and they are my greatest support. The ministers in the court have made great contributions to my great revival. I trust all the ministers, just as loyal to me. Recently, I have received a secret letter saying that the important ministers in the court are arrogant because of their merits, and even committing their family members' illegal acts. I say that I am too favored by the merits in the court, which makes the ministers arrogant because of their merits."

The emperor's words echoed in the gorgeous hall, and the ministers in the hall felt an unusual pressure flowing. No one expected that a great victory had just been won on the front line. The Turks were forced to suspend their offensive plans. This should have been a time when the whole country was happy. The emperor who had just returned to the capital from Liaoyang would suddenly say such words.

The emperor became increasingly unfathomable. This was the thought of most ministers. It was like a wild fool. Or antelope hanged its horns, and there was no trace at all. Most ministers could not guess the emperor's ideas, and could not understand the emperor's rules of conduct. Even the two Shangshu, the two Shangshu, who were the most trusted by the emperor in the court, still sighed.

After pausing for a while, Chen Kefu looked down at the ministers. When he saw that his ministers were so arrogant, he showed a smile on his face. After the victory of Xiaoguan was sent back, a wind was already on the verge of the court. Many ministers thought that Chen was already at the top of the world, and it seemed that neither the seven countries of the Central Plains nor the Turks in the northern region were any longer opponents. It seemed that as long as the imperial army walked out of the fortress and took the initiative to attack, they could defeat all these enemies in one place.

The most common people were the ordinary people, and then many civil officials, and even some generals in the army were gradually affected. On the way back to Luoyang, Chen Kefu had received several letters from Marshal Li Jing, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Defense Line. They all mentioned that many soldiers on the Northern Front asked to go to war.

This is a bad sign. Because of the Battle of Xiaoguan, the people and the court had the idea of ​​underestimating the enemy. It is a good thing for ordinary people to think so. After all, it is not like the people being anxious and uneasy. Having this kind of confidence is excellent for local stability.

However, the people can think like this, but the ministers cannot think like this. The soldiers on the front line cannot have such ideas.

At this stage, although Chen Jun's strength is confident that he can not be afraid of any force, it is okay to fight one or two. Now Chen Jun is basically an enemy of the entire Central Plains and the grassland. Although Chen Jun has no choice but to get to this point, he is not strong enough to suppress all enemy forces.

When conquering Xiaoguan, it was more unexpected and enjoyed the benefits of the fisherman who lived in the three civil wars of Guanlong.

It is very necessary to keep the civil and military officials in the court awake with appropriate beating, especially the current battle that concerns the life and death of the court. However, blindly damaging morale is not a good way. Along the way, Chen Kefu thought for a long time, and finally decided to change his thinking to solve this trouble.

Especially when he just returned to Luoyang, he received a letter of request from Wang Rengong from Mayi Heng'an Town, currently stationed on the front line in the north, on the Sanggan River passage between Hedong and Hebei, and he had to consider it carefully.

Wang Rengong is not an ordinary general, he is one of the ten marshals of Dachen. Moreover, the first battle between Chen's army and the Turks was the victory achieved in the old coach's brave battle of reckless death.

Now that Wang Rengong's troops are recuperating in Heng'an Town for a long time, it is definitely not a reckless move to propose a fight at this time.

This is true. In the letter, Wang Rengong described in detail the current battlefield situation outside Yanmen Pass. Since the alliance between the Turks and the seven Central Plains countries failed to be implemented as planned, although Ye Hu's troops suspended the attack on Chen, although the war was temporarily suspended, the small battle did not stop.

For several months, the Turks have been gathering troops and transporting food and grass. On the other hand, the Turks also sent troops to the grasslands at the same time. While actively attacking Tiel, they also sent troops to Kumoxi and the borders of the country of Wu, and put on a stance to clear the rear of the grasslands first, and then go south to fight against the Chen army with all their might.

At the same time, Tong Ye Hu had no intention of letting go of Wang Rengong's troops who had previously attacked Bai Dao's surprise attack. Wang Rengong's troops, as the only Chen army that did not hide in the fortress of danger, had always wanted to get rid of them as soon as possible.

However, since Wang Rengong's troops were stationed in Heng'an Town in the Sanggan River Channel near the Hebei border, once the Turks attacked, Wang Rengong would lead his army to retreat from Feihu Xing to Hebei as soon as possible. After suffering a great loss from the Chen army, Tong Ye Hu is now very cautious and will never divide his troops to give the Chen army a chance to attack a second time. Therefore, when he was tentatively preparing to attack twice in Heng'an, he saw that Wang Rengong would retreat as soon as possible, Tong Ye Hu decided to divide his troops to seize Heng'an.

Even if the troops are sent, they will only take down an irrelevant empty city, and there will be a danger of being attacked by the Chen army.

The army was not allowed to divide its troops, but the attacks of small troops were never interrupted.

At first, two soldiers and horses outside Yanmen Pass continued to send reconnaissance cavalry and guerrilla detectives to continuously reconnaissance each other's actions. The reconnaissance cavalry of both sides often encountered in the wild and then fought against each other.

Later, the mutual reconnaissance began to increase, and gradually became guerrilla cavalry. They also went from simply reconnaissance to purposeful ambush. Such small outpost battles, the attack battles are now getting more and more powerful. Wang Rengong sent out each guerrilla troops no less than two or three hundred cavalry, and dozens of guerrilla troops were dispatched every day.

The injuries of both sides were also very serious. Although it seemed that each unit was not large in number, small groups of troops fought every day and night, and the gathering was large. The Chen army had already lost almost thousands of people. This is a huge number. The cavalry under Wang Rengong were all the most elite cavalry of the Chen army, the real elite troops. They are now dead in such an unknown outpost battle.

This bloody tactic was not afraid of the Turks. They had many soldiers and widespread soldiers. However, it was a serious blow to Wang Rengong's troops. If he continued to bleed endlessly, the troops outside the border might die.

He gently rubbed his temples. Chen Kefu came back from the slight loss of consciousness.

When the ministers in the hall saw the emperor say those harsh words, they frowned for a long time and were speechless, and became more and more uneasy.

"Cough!" Chen Pojun coughed and pulled back his senses.

"Of course, there may be some things mentioned in the secret letter. However, I still believe in the ministers in the court. I think that flaws do not hide the merits. Although there are some problems, most of the families of some ministers are swaying outside under the banner. The secret letter is a bit alarmist, which means that they are alienating the king and the ministers. Most of them are those who are not loyal to the court. I will not believe it. I also believe that the ministers will restrain their families in the future. They are strict in self-discipline and will praise the people."

Pick it up high, but put it down gently.

There was silence in the hall.

"The court had just defeated the alliance between the Turks and the Central Plains, and the Turks delayed the attack. However, the situation in the north is still not optimistic. Now, the old marshal Wang Rengong, who was stationed outside the Yanmen Pass, wrote a letter to ask for the battle. What do you mean by the ministers? Fang Prime Minister, Du Prime Minister, you two are the left and right servants of the Secretariat. Let me first talk about your views."

The purpose of war is politics. Although war is dominated by soldiers, it is actually fighting a comprehensive national strength. Especially now, war has long gone from robbing people, grain and territory at the end of Daye to the relatively stable stage of confrontation between countries.

At that time, all the heroes fought in a melee, and no matter how many days they fought, they fought in a row. The army fought in numbers, and the more they fought, they were actually plundering wars. But now, the tactics of the sea of ​​people have no place to use. Now the power of various countries is basically stable, and they are all related to dangerous cities and passes. The smaller the small battle, the harder the big battle is to start. To fight, it is to fight the warriors, the well-trained swords and guns, the strong armor, and sufficient food and supplies.

In the past few years, if the Chen army had not had the stable and stable rear Liaoxi and Liaodong, and the Shangshu Province had quickly and smoothly resumed production in Hebei, Shandong, Huaibei and other places, the Chen army's strong army would not be able to do the way to the military and would be invincible.

Fang Xuanling had just followed the emperor back to Beijing from Liaoyang. A civil servant ran back and forth, but at this time he had not recovered from the fatigue of running around. With a little tired body, Fang Xuanling held up the tablet and responded.

"The court and the Turks have been confronting each other in the north for more than half a year. Although Chaoyan relies on the fortress of the city, he is currently stable and stable. However, the northern front line has now gathered more than 400,000 troops, and this time the imperial court and the countries in Liaodong have reached an alliance, and the number of coalition forces exceeds 100,000. The newly obtained allied forces cannot reach the front line immediately for a while, but the food and equipment of each army have been counted into the court."

Such a confrontation made Fang Xuanling, the "Prime Minister" who is currently in charge of political affairs and criticizing the winners of the Nine Prime Ministers, feel heavy.

"After 500,000 troops confront each time, the court had to consume one more cent of food and grass for every day of confrontation. In order to supply the army, the court's food and grass had to travel thousands of miles from Liaodong, Hebei, even Henan and Shandong, as well as Lingnan, Funan and other places in the south. What was consumed on the road was even more than what hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the front line were consumed. Your Majesty, if you continue to confront this, the court could not afford it. I suggest that our army is in full swing at the moment, so you can consider General Wang Rengong's request."

Such a confrontation is a double-edged sword. Although it can give the Chen army more time and space and allow the Chen army to slowly break the deadlock in front of them. At the same time, it is also consuming Chen army's national strength rapidly. Although Chen Kefu is confident that Chen, with a population of 20 million, should definitely consume more energy for the Turks with only a few million people. But even if he wins the Turks in the end, there are still countries in the Central Plains behind it.

Both sides should try their best to avoid both sides...)

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