Chapter 222 The Gate Dinner
When Jia Xu arrived in Yong'an City, the other six generals, except for the Xiao family in Qizhou Prefecture and Xuanzhou Prefecture, representatives of the other five families had already arrived in Yong'an City before Jia Xu.
The five families who sent troops to assist the Tuz Empire and arrived in Yong'an City all expressed their support to Emperor Zhao Xin. The Pan family, who controlled the Yuzhou Prefecture, had the most positive attitude.
Now the Pan family has 800,000 troops in the territory of the Tuz Empire, and the 24 vassal states under the Pan family have more than 1.5 million troops, and the Tuz Empire itself has more than 2 million troops left.
However, facing the Roland army, which had a larger force and stronger combat power, the Pan family had already been unable to hold on.
Among the coalition forces, only the 800,000 troops directly under the Pan family had good combat effectiveness. The troops of the twenty-four vassal states and the Tuz Empire had to recruit a large number of new recruits due to heavy losses before, which caused the combat effectiveness to plummet.
The Pan family urgently hopes that other generals can send troops into the Tuz Empire to participate in the war and alleviate the pressure on the Pan family's army. Of course, what the Pan family hopes most is that the Zhennan Army can send troops.
The night when Jia Xu arrived in Yong'an City, Pan Boxu, who represented the Pan family to Yong'an City, held a banquet at the largest restaurant in Yong'an City. Not only did Jia Xu invite, but also four other representatives from Yong'an City.
The Lu family sent Lu Shengjie, the third son of Lu Haoyi, the head of the Lu family.
The Tang family sent Tang Yunqi, the second son of Tang Zhibin, the head of the Tang family. Now Tang Yunqi is no longer the playboy. During the Tang family's annexation of the Zhou family, Tang Yunqi made many military achievements.
The representative sent by the Xie family was Xie Bozhao. Xie Bozhao was originally the commander of the Xiongzhou Guard Imperial Army and the clan's brother of Xie Zhitong, the head of the Xie family. Now Xie Bozhao is still a general led by the Xie family.
Luo Puwen, the representative sent by the Luo family, was originally the commander of the Right Wu Guard Imperial Guard and the younger brother of Luo Pugui, the head of the Luo family.
Shortly after the banquet began, Lu Shengjie asked Jia Xu directly: "Mr. Jia, this time the Wei State tore up the brotherly alliance with our Dayan for more than 400 years, and blatantly sent troops to attack our Dayan Xinzhou Prefecture, Rongzhou Prefecture, and Weizhou Prefecture. I wonder what Zhennan Hou thinks about this?"
Jia Xu took a sip of wine with a glass of wine, and then slowly said: "My lord, and even my Zhennan Army, were full of righteous indignation at the Wei State's brazenly sending troops to invade the three prefectures in southern Dayan. After the Wei State tore up the brotherly alliance between the two countries, our Zhennan Army had issued an ultimatum to the Wei State court, warning the Wei State court to stop, otherwise our Zhennan Army would not sit idly by."
Jia Xu's words made Lu Shengjie feel a little relieved, and then Lu Shengjie smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Jia, it's not to be hiding. Now the military of Wei has become very powerful. If the Zhennan Army does not take action this time, the four prefectures currently controlled by our Lu family may have to be swallowed by Wei."
Tang Yunqi frowned and said, "General Lu, as far as I know, the Lu family's army in Xinzhou Prefecture, Rongzhou Prefecture, Weizhou Prefecture, and Yunzhou Prefecture are more than 1.5 million. If the young and strong who can be temporarily recruited are added, the available troops can be increased several times. Can't they really stop the Wei army?"
Lu Shengjie sighed and said, "Since the victory of Wei State against Tu Lin, the military strength of the Wei State's army has not only expanded several times, but its combat effectiveness has also increased sharply. Moreover, Wei State has ten dragon generals and eight tiger generals, and there are new twenty-four kings and new forty-eight generals. Our army is now very difficult to fight."
Many of the twenty-four Vajras and forty-eight generals of the Wei State were the first martial Jinshi in the Entrance Department of the Wu Jue a few years ago, and some were Tu Lin's former old subordinates and adopted sons.
The Twenty-Four Vajras refer to the twenty-four generals who led the army, Qin Ming, Hu Yanzhuo, Dong Ping, Hua Rong, Xu Ning, Yang Zhi, Suo Chao, and Shi Jin, all of whom are among the twenty-Four Vajras, and all of them have the strength of a master warrior.
The forty-eight generals refer to the forty-eight powerful generals in the Wei army, and these forty-eight people also possess the strength of a master warrior.
Xie Bozhao then frowned and asked, "Can it be that the Ten Dragon Generals and Eight Tiger Generals of Wei State really have the strength of a great master warrior? The twenty-four Vajras and forty-eight Biao Generals all have the strength of a great master warrior? This is not a bluff of Wei State, right? The great master warriors and the great master warriors are not Da Baicai, how could so many pop up at once!"
Lu Shengjie said with a wry smile: "Our Lu family doesn't want to believe it, but this is indeed true. The Wei State doesn't know what kind of high incense it burns, and so many great master warriors and master warriors suddenly appeared."
Jia Xu pondered for a moment and said, "General Lu, although Mr. Jia cannot promise anything to the Lu family here, Mr. Jia can tell General Lu that our Zhennan Army has begun to dispatch troops to the border areas near Wei. If Wei ignores the warnings of our Zhennan Army, then our Zhennan Army will likely give Wei a profound lesson in the near future."
When Lu Shengjie heard this, his face suddenly showed excitement, he picked up the wine glass and said to Jia Xu: "Mr. Jia, my Lu family will never forget the helping hand of Zhennan Army. I wish Mr. Jia this glass of wine."
After saying that, Lu Shengjie raised his head and had a drink.
Jia Xu then drank the wine in the glass.
Then Pan Bo from the Pan family continued to speak: "Mr. Jia, I wonder if Zhennan Hou is willing to send troops to support the Tuz Empire?"
Jia Xu smiled slightly, "My family lord believes that it is necessary to curb the attempt to expand the Roland Empire to the east. Once the Tuz Empire is annexed by the Roland Empire, the twenty-four vassal states west of our Great Yan will surely become the next target of the Roland Empire. Even our Great Yan may also be invaded by the Roland Empire. Therefore, our Zhennan Army supports the issue of sending troops to aid the Tuz Empire."
"That's great! If Zhennan Army sends troops, it will surely drive the Roland army out of the Tuz Empire!" Pan Boxu said with a happy face.
Jia Xu said at this time: "However, the Roland Empire has captured three-quarters of the territory of the Tuz Empire. It has gathered about four million Roland troops in the Tuz Empire and formed more than four million servants. It is difficult to defeat the Roland army with the strength of our Zhennan Army alone. Therefore, our Zhennan Army hopes that the major generals and sects of our Great Yan this time can work together to send troops to aid the Tuz Empire."
As soon as Jia Xu finished speaking, Tang Yunqi spoke: "Since Zhennan Hou is willing to send troops to aid the Tuz Empire, then my Tang family has no choice but to send a large army to the Tuz Empire to participate in the war!"
After pausing, Tang Yunqi turned his head and said to Lu Shengjie: "General Lu, if the Lu family cannot resist the attack of the Wei army, our Tang family is willing to send troops into Xinzhou Prefecture, Rongzhou Prefecture and Weizhou Prefecture to help the Lu family resist the Wei army together."
Xie Bozhao followed and said, "My Xie family is also willing to follow the Zhennan Army to send troops to aid the Tuz Empire. If the Lu family needs it, my Xie family can also send a large army into Xinzhou Prefecture, Rongzhou Prefecture and Weizhou Prefecture to fight side by side with the Lu family's army!"
Lu Shengjie immediately held the wine glass and said to Tang Yunqi and Xie Bozhao: "On behalf of the Lu family, I am very grateful to the Tang family and Xie family for their willingness to help. When our Lu family can't hold on, we will definitely not be polite to the Tang family. Xie family, I respect General Tang and Xie for a cup."
It is easy to invite gods and it is difficult to send gods. Without any last resort, the Lu family is not willing to let other generals enter their own territory. Otherwise, even if the Wei army is driven away, the Lu family's territory is still surnamed Lu, but it is hard to say whether it is the surname Lu!
After Lu Shengjie gave Tang Yunqi and Xie Bozhao a glass of wine, he smiled bitterly and said to Jia Xu: "Mr. Jia, our Lu family was also planning to send troops to the Tuz Empire, but now the Wei army is approaching, and our Lu family may not be able to draw out the army and fight against the Roland army with the Zhennan army."
Jia Xu nodded in understanding, "As long as the Lu family can reach the attack of Wei, even if it makes great contributions to our Dayan, our Zhennan Army will understand that the Lu family cannot send troops to the Tuz Empire."
Luo Puwen of the Luo family then said: "My Luo family will definitely send troops to the Tuz Empire. I just don't know how many troops Zhennan Army is planning to send to aid the Tuz Empire this time?"
Jia Xu did not immediately answer Luo Puwen's question, but asked: "The Zhennan Army sent troops to aid the Tuz Empire. There are two ways to send troops. One is to start from the Western Barbarian Protectorate, cross the desert more than 2,000 miles and directly enter the southern part of the Tuz Empire. The other is to go directly through Huaizhou Prefecture, Xuanzhou Prefecture, Yuzhou Prefecture, and then through the Scorpion Kingdom, Anpu Country, and Wenli Kingdom, and directly enter the eastern part of the Tuz Empire. I wonder if each company can agree to the Zhennan Army's choice of the second route?"
The Xiao family, who is in charge of Xuanzhou Prefecture, has not arrived in Yong'an City yet. Jia Xu's question is actually raised by the Luo family, who is in charge of Huaizhou Prefecture and the Pan family, who is in charge of Yuzhou Prefecture.
The Kingdom of Scorpion Mo, Anpu, and Wenli are three of the twenty-four vassal states.
Pan Boxu coughed and said, "Mr. Jia, there is absolutely no problem with the Zhennan Army passing through Yuzhou Prefecture, but the Scorpion Mo Kingdom, Anpu Kingdom and Wenli Kingdom will probably not agree to the Zhennan Army passing through. Even if our Pan family's army passes through the above-mentioned Three Kingdoms, it will be very persuasive, and those three countries will agree."
It is obvious that the Pan family did not want the Zhennan Army to pass through Yuzhou Prefecture. As for the Scorpion Kingdom, Anpu Kingdom and Wenli Kingdom were just excuses. With the influence of the Pan family in 24 vassal states, it was actually just a matter of one sentence to allow the Zhennan Army to pass through the Scorpion Kingdom, Anpu Kingdom and Wenli Kingdom.
Hearing Pan Boxu say this, Luo Puwen didn't speak anymore. Last time Li Bin brought more than 100,000 cavalry to pass through Huaizhou Prefecture, the Luo family was already scared. This time, the Zhennan Army sent troops to the Tuz Empire, and the troops must be at least one million. Of course, the Luo family did not want so many Zhennan Army troops to enter Huaizhou Prefecture again.
Jia Xu had long anticipated that the Pan family and the Luo family were unwilling to let the Zhennan army pass through their respective territory. Jia Xu just smiled indifferently. If the Zhennan army insisted on taking this path, how could the Pan family, Luo family and the Xiao family who controls Xuanzhou Prefecture stop it!
"Since that's the case, it seems that our Zhennan Army can only choose to go to the desert. Then the first batch of troops to the Tuz Empire in our Zhennan Army should not be less than 500,000. There will be a second and third batches next, until the Roland army is driven out of the Tuz Empire." Jia Xu said with a smile.
Jia Xu's words made Pan Boxu and Luo Puwen breathed a sigh of relief. Pan Boxu immediately said: "Mr. Jia, my Pan family currently has 800,000 troops in the Tuz Empire. My Pan family hopes to fight side by side with the Zhennan Army in the Tuz Empire as soon as possible."
Luo Puwen continued: "The first batch of troops of our Luo family can send 380,000 people, including 30,000 cavalry, 250,000 infantry and 100,000 civilians, but the premise is that the troops of our Luo family can pass through Xuanzhou Prefecture and Yuzhou Prefecture, and the troops of our Luo family have no second way to go."
Pan Boxu took a look at Jia Xu, not knowing how he should say it is right at this time.
The Pan family actually didn't care about the 380,000 Luo family members. Even if they passed through Yuzhou Prefecture, the Pan family was not afraid at all.
The problem is that Pan Boxu just refused to pass through the Zhennan Army from Yuzhou Prefecture, and now he agreed to pass through the Pan family's army, which obviously meant that it was targeting the Zhennan Army.
Xie Bozhao suddenly spoke and said, "I saw the specific matters of sending troops to aid the Tuz Empire. We should wait until the representative of the Xiao family arrives in Yong'an City, and we will study it carefully! Come on, I wish you a cup!"
What the six generals said at the dinner party was written in a secret copy the next morning and sent to the dragon case of Emperor Zhao Xin.
Emperor Zhao Xin looked a little ugly after reading this secret fold.
Originally, this time the court summoned the seven generals to Yong'an City to discuss supporting the Tuz Empire. As a result, the court had not yet summoned representatives from the major generals to discuss matters, and the representatives from the major generals there had almost agreed to discuss it. It was simply not taking the Dayan court and the Emperor of Dayan seriously.
Emperor Zhao Xin took the secret note, pondered for a moment, and then brought the secret note to the palace where Empress Xiao lived.
Seeing the radiant Empress Xiao, Emperor Zhao Xin seemed to have no idea about Shen Kui and Empress Xiao's affairs, and his face was very calm.
The secret letter was presented to Empress Dowager Xiao, and the emperor Zhao Xin said, "Mother, it seems that the imperial court does not need to come forward at all. Those generals have basically reached the task of sending troops to aid the Tuz Empire."
After reading the secret letter brought by Emperor Zhao Xin, Empress Dowager Xiao smiled and said, "The emperor does not need to be discouraged. Even if the generals privately accomplish the matter of sending troops to aid the Tuz Empire? Don't forget that this time it was the emperor's order to summon the major generals to Yong'an City. As long as the generals send troops to aid the Tuz Empire, it would be equivalent to adding great prestige to the emperor."
Emperor Zhao Xin thought for a while and said, "What my mother said is very true. This time, we summoned all the generals to discuss sending troops to aid the Tuz Empire just to enhance my prestige. Now the result is not too bad."
Empress Xiao said again: "No matter how many troops the major generals will send, the court must send troops, so that the people can know that this time, our Dayan sent troops to aid the Tuz Empire, was led by the emperor and the court."
When Emperor Zhao Xin heard Empress Xiao say that the court had to send troops, the emperor Zhao Xin couldn't help but feel...
Chapter completed!