"Your Majesty, the Prince Consort has never led an army. You must not let him lead an army!"
Qi Luming was about to urge Yang Ying not to lead the troops, but Yang Guan among the ministers was the first to kneel down and shout.
However, Yang Ying stepped aside and knelt down on one leg towards Li Qiyuan: "Your Majesty, I would like to lead the troops into battle."
Now the Daqian court is surrounded by crises, and the biggest crisis is Li Chengba's rebels. Yang Ying naturally wants to destroy him. At least in the current Daqian capital, he doesn't know who can lead the army better than Li Cheng. Tyrant.
What he was more worried about was that the general leading the army would directly surrender to Li Chengba.
"The prince-in-law is so courageous!" Xu Shaogong immediately agreed, feeling proud, but he immediately had some doubts: This boy dared to take orders on his own, could he really be capable of leading an army?
Impossible. If he knew how to lead troops, wouldn't he have come forward long ago... Moreover, even if he knew how, who in the world could defeat His Highness the King of Qin?
Xu Shaogong felt proud, but his malice reappeared: Yang Ying must be killed 100%, and he must be left with no troops to send and no generals to lead.
"Prince-in-law, as the governor of Jingzhao, Li Chengba's rebels are now outside the city. Although they have retreated, the threat is still there. Please ask the prince-in-law to immediately transfer the garrison from various places to Qianjing to ensure the safety of Qianjing."
"As it should be."
Yang Ying has no objection: there is indeed no place more important than the safety of Qianjing.
However, Yang Ying was completely unfamiliar with the guard situation around the capital.
Yang Ying shouted: "Is the Minister of War here?"
Qi Luming shouted: "Your Majesty, there are still consorts. The Minister of War has arrived at the top of Qianjing City to command the soldiers to defend the city."
"Where is the Minister of War?"
An official in red robe came out and knelt down to Li Qiyuan: "Cui Yuanrang, the left minister of the Ministry of War, pays homage to Your Majesty. I have met General Huaihua."
"Your Majesty, let Mr. Cui get up."
Yang Ying reminded him in a low voice, and Li Qiyuan said: "Cui Shilang, please be flat."
Cui Yuanrang stood up, and Yang Ying asked: "Cui Shilang, how is the situation of the defenders around Qianjing, and what is the situation of the defenders in various places in Daqian? Where can the army be mobilized to Qianjing as quickly as possible?"
"Your Majesty, most of our Sixteen Guards originally stationed in Qianjing, with a total of more than 400,000 troops, have gone out to fight with Li Chengba earlier. Most of the guards have not returned yet. At this time, only the left army is in the middle of the capital. Xiaowei and Youxiaowei, as well as the Royal Forest Army under the emperor's personal control, as well as the original East Palace Guards, can also be deployed, a total of more than 30,000 people.
In addition, since Li Chengba's rebellion, the emperor has ordered the recruitment of young and middle-aged men from Beijing into an army and distributed weapons. Fifty to sixty thousand soldiers have been recruited.
At this time, Beijing can recruit only about 80,000 people. "
Yang Ying was stunned for a moment. He recruited 50,000 troops in two days, and the work efficiency was quite good.
However, the 50,000 new troops cannot achieve combat effectiveness at all. The 30,000 troops will naturally have to stay in Qianjing, so there are no troops at all.
"And what about the nearly 400,000-strong army of the Fourteenth Guards? None of them are in the capital? I guess they were transferred by Li Chengba. It was also because of this that Li Chengba had the courage to 'rebel'!
Among the fourteen guards, how many were completely obedient to Li Chengba's orders, how many were neutral, and how many were willing to listen to the new emperor's orders?
Shi Xiao should know the situation? "
Yang Ying asked: "What about the defenders in various cities and places? What is the situation in the sixteen states around Qianjing?"
"Except for Yanzhou, there are 80,000 troops in the sixteen states around the capital to guard against the Beirong tribe. Although there are guards in other places, they are only a few thousand people, and the journey is far away. If you want to mobilize them to conquer Li Chengba, I’m afraid the water from far away can’t quench the thirst from near!”
Of course, there is one thing Cui Yuanrang didn't say: many of these sixteen states are actually under Li Chengba's control...probably most of them.
Yang Ying didn’t know the specific details, but it was more or less expected.
Li Chengba's rebels are now outside the city, and he will not retreat too far if he retreats. Therefore, if you want to mobilize troops further away, water from far away cannot quench your thirst for nearness.
So now if Yang Ying is to lead the troops into battle, he can only mobilize the Hutou Battalion.
Although the Hutou Camp is powerful, the number of people is too small after all. Now that Li Chengba knows the situation of the Hutou Camp, he will never fight head-on with the Hutou Camp again.
Yang Ying asked desperately: "Where else can we deploy troops?"
Cui Yuanrang said: "Your Majesty, General Huaihua, if you want to mobilize troops quickly, there is really no way!"
Xu Shaogong asked "eagerly": "Cui Shilang, if we urgently recruit an army again, is it possible?"
"The late emperor has already recruited 50,000 people. If we recruit more urgently, Beijing may be able to get 100,000 troops. But they are all old, weak, sick and disabled, and they do not have enough weapons. They are simply unable to fight against Li Chengba's rebels. ah!"
"So, what should we do?"
Xu Shaogong became "anxious" again and asked Yang Ying: "Prince-in-law, you are General Huaihua, do you have any ideas?"
Yang Ying was worried for a moment, and someone next to him said: "Your Majesty, the current plan is to send King Qin's army to the outside world, and at the same time defend Qianjing. I have loyal ministers and warriors in Qianjing. I believe that I will be able to defeat Li Cheng." Get to Qianjing before Ba breaks the city."
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!"
…
For a while, many ministers agreed.
Xu Shaogong smiled slightly, but no one noticed: To hold on to death is to wait for death! His Highness the King of Qin is a god in his military skills. How can he allow you to wait until King Qin’s army arrives? No no... The King of Qin is the king and the emperor!
Yang Ying unconsciously looked at Xu Shaogong's "rarely familiar face" among the ministers: he pretended to be serious, but his smug look was still too obvious.
This Li Chengba’s spy!
And this is not the only spy who works for Li Chengba in Qiancheng.
"The chance of winning by standing still and waiting for help is extremely low, so we have to fight."
Yang Ying tried hard to think of "any possible way to fight", but now he couldn't be exposed in front of the "spies".
Yang Ying then said to Li Qiyuan: "Your Majesty, this is the only way now."
"Okay!" Li Qiyuan had no other ideas.
Unable to leave the city, and naturally unable to do other things, Li Qiyuan immediately asked Qi Luming to handle the funeral of Joan of Arc, and then asked the King of Han to preside over the enthronement ceremony.
But as soon as the officials retreated, Yang Ying said to Princess Linyang: "Your Majesty, Princess, we have important matters that only a few of us know."
Li Qiyuan summoned Yang Ying and Princess Linyang to the emperor's study room.
"What else is going on with the consort?"
Yang Ying said: "Your Majesty, Princess, if we want to defeat Li Chengba, we must go to war!"
Princess Linyang asked curiously: "Consort, do you still have soldiers and horses?"
"No?"
"Then how to go into battle?"
"If we don't fight, we will be defeated, so we must do everything we can to mobilize our troops!"
Yang Ying looked at Princess Linyang: "Did the late emperor ever tell the emperor and princess that among the courtiers, who is absolutely trustworthy?"
"Lord Huangfu Yu, even if the others have loyal ministers, their abilities are limited. By the way, please give it back to Brother Qi Wang!"
