If the army is forced to be in a state of concentration for a long time, it will put great pressure on logistics delivery, which is common knowledge that experienced generals know. For every war, the marching department will do its best to strive for the expansion of the war, while the marching department lists various reasons to drag it back to reduce the logistics supply burden. The emperor, who served as the nominal general, would not easily express his opinions, and the attitude of the Prime Minister's Office became important at this time.

"The domestic order is in good condition, and the prosperity and peace of the people are not without a price." Liu Yi's light moved out the window, and a group of geese slid lightly across the blue sky, flying south without any nostalgia.

For a country like the Xia Kingdom with extremely large territory, when the scale of the war reaches a certain level, logistics becomes the key factor in determining the outcome. Liu Yi has no doubt that the soldiers can endure hunger and fight for ten days and half a month, or even three months last year, but if it takes several years, they will probably feel tired and complaints. For a long time, the Xia Kingdom has used the garrison of the scattered legions to minimize the military supplies that must be transported. Each military commander has only arranged five legions and 25,000 soldiers. And it is rare to arrange two legions to be stationed too close. During peacetime, each legion will disperse nearly half of its forces to various counties.

Only in this way can the supply of military supplies not put too much pressure on the border prefectures and counties. When encountering a raid from the superior enemy, the Xia army usually leads a small number of soldiers stationed in the local area to train troops and take a defensive position. After the military office gathers the army, it launches a short and fierce counterattack, and then pursues the enemy's territory to carry out revenge. Another plan is to take the initiative. Whenever the busy farming season is busy, the military office will concentrate its forces into the barbarian territory and preventively eliminate the threat.

"It's a pity that the soldiers are not like birds, who can cross tens of millions of miles at any time." Liu Yi stood up, picked up a pencil, and gestured on the territory map of Xia Kingdom behind him. He frowned and roughly estimated the distance from the warehouse in the river to the east coast of the Black Sea and then to Lumei City. Such a long distance will maintain continuous supply, which will be an extremely severe test for the Prime Minister's Mansion Road Cao and the General's Mansion's Basketball Office. "Whether it is the Ross people or the great cannibals, they burn, kill and loot everywhere. After occupying Lumei City, in order to win people's hearts, they will also deliver the food needed to provide relief to local residents."

"The time to send troops to Lu Mei is crucial. It is too early to start. The Lu Mei people will not accept our own occupation before they are in critical survival. If they are too late, they are taken first by the Dashi army. If they want to take Lu Mei off, they will pay a heavier price." Liu Yi pondered, took out a copy from the file piled on the table, and opened it. It was a secret letter that was once sealed with beeswax. The emperor of Lu Mei Kingdom, Ariksai, wrote a letter to Emperor Chen Xuan of Xia Kingdom a year ago, asking Xia Kingdom to provide Lu Mei with a mercenary, with a number of people ranging from 800 to 2,500. He promised to pay generous rewards and would give Xia merchants many privileges in Western trade, and also promised Xia Kingdom merchants to enjoy lower taxes in Lu Mei.

The Lumei Kingdom is the hub and center of East-West trade, but due to the corruption of the military region system, it has fallen into the use of mercenaries to defend the country. In order to raise high military spending, it has to increase the exploitation of the people, which further led to a vicious cycle of self-cultivating farmers and soldiers in its country. "A lesson from the past." Liu Yi's fingers hit the secret letter to maintain the stability of the sergeant system and the cornerstone of the long-term stability of the Xia Kingdom.

He pondered for a moment, stood up, took the file containing the secret letter, put on his coat and went out. Wang Zhao, the captain of the guard of the Tiger Wing Army, bowed and saluted, and asked, "Where will the Prime Minister go?"

"Go to Linquan Palace and meet His Majesty."

Liu Yi said as he strode out the door. The carriage from the Prime Minister's Mansion was parked outside at any time. He entered the carriage and closed the door casually. The groom slammed a whip and drove towards Linquan Palace. Behind the carriage, Wang Zhaogan and ten other tiger-winged soldiers, made two teams, followed the carriage.

Liu Yi was one of the few important officials in the court who could enter the palace gate directly without going through Tongbing. Emperor Chen Xuan only learned from the voice-transmitting microphone of the access control that he was coming to see him and sorted out his appearance. In addition to reviewing important documents sent by the five palaces every day, he also had to read the quotations on the Nine Dragon Pillar. Although the internal ministers tried to detect the unimportant ones, there were still tens of thousands of words. Chen Xuan always had to randomly check the quotations that were detected and also wrote some official documents and quotations. Back then, Qin Shihuang had to read hundreds of kilograms of bamboo slips every day, but Chen Xuan felt that he was even better than that. Fortunately, he had the strong body he had trained in the army when he was young, otherwise he would not be able to withstand such fatigue. Even so, he would sometimes feel dizzy.

"Linquan Palace, Linquan Palace, the founding ancestors used this as the name of the imperial palace, and intended to remind future generations not to interfere with the excessive governance of the five prefectures. They live in the nineteenth house, and their hearts live in the forest and spring, and govern with their hustle and bustle. However, with the wisdom and martial arts of the ancestors, they did not expect that even when the five prefectures were extremely unnecessary, officials would frequently solicit the emperor's opinions. In many cases, ordinary people hoped that the emperor could stand up and uphold justice."

Chen Xuan rubbed his temples and sighed secretly, "No wonder the ancestors of all dynasties were not too old to take things, but they would arrange for the prince to succeed to the throne and were willing to abdicate and live in Changle Palace to enjoy the blessing of the Qing Dynasty. After more than ten years of the emperor, although he remembered the teachings of his ancestors and did not interfere in much specific matters, he was really tired than when he was in the northern border. I really don't know that the emperor of Song State had to take charge of everything, so why did he have the leisure to renovate the palace? If it were me, he would definitely be willing to do more than less. The scenery of Linquan Palace is already good."

Chen Xuan stood up and looked through the window, relaxing his slightly sour eyes. Outside the Linquan Palace is Shouchangze. At this time, hundreds of red-crowned cranes, mandarin ducks, white swans, herons and other rare birds have been lingering. Over the years, more and more migratory birds have stayed in the Hexi Corridor for winter. The grass and trees on the Shouchang Lake are lush, and you can see the palaces and pavilions from afar, and there are rare birds flying and singing. It is a favorite place for officials and family members in Dunhuang City to visit.

On the other side of Shouchangze, a team of more than 80 cavalry and more than a dozen carriages were stopping. The captains and soldiers dismounted and saluted the palace. Zhao Xingde looked at the small and elegant palace on the other side and said in surprise: "Is the palace so small, the king of a country?"

At first, he heard Yang Lu and others say that there were only more than a hundred imperial family and internal officials in Dunhuang, but he didn't realize it was different. First, from the scale of the palace, the number of more than a hundred people actually included all servants and maids. Not far from the palace was the military camp of the Dragon Ya Army and the Tiger Wing Army outside Dunhuang City. Chen An, the second emperor of the Xia Kingdom, did not want to interfere too much in the lives of the people in Dunhuang City, so he moved Linquan Palace to the Shouchang Lake outside the city. Facing Shouchang Lake and Without the construction of the palace wall, the soldiers and the people could clearly see the whole picture of the palace through Shouchangze. If they were lucky, they could even see the emperor and the empress walking in the imperial garden from afar. The original Linquan Palace was changed to Huaiyuan Post, which was specially used to receive merchants from various countries and passers-by. With the help of the ups and downs, if it were not proposed by the Military Information Department at an extraordinary moment, the senior officials of the five prefectures of the Xia Kingdom would not be clear about their travels, and would not fight ceremonial wars, but only followed a few Tiger Wing Army guards.

Li Ruoxue looked at the white cranes dancing in the swamp pool and laughed softly: "The emperor of Xia Kingdom really can enjoy a peaceful and elegant residence. He is much more intelligent than the lonely man who is surrounded by layers of high walls and guarding himself like a prisoner."

"This place doesn't look like an imperial palace, but like a secluded villa in the bamboo forest. No wonder it is called Linquan Palace." Zhao Xingde sighed. He looked at the soldiers of the Andong Army Division who looked towards Linquan Palace. Everyone's eyes showed a keen light, hoping to have good luck and just happened to meet the emperor. "No matter how profound the city or the number of guards there are, they are not as loyal as the unconscious loyalty these soldiers showed."

Zhao Xingde turned around and said to Zhang Liangheng, who also stopped and looked at the emperor's palace: "Brother Zhang, I now understand why only thousands of guards are as stable as Mount Tai."
Chapter completed!