A group of civil and military officials were making a lot of noise, but Huang Laosi turned a deaf ear.
The fourth child was a general, and he was used to this kind of scene. It was appropriate to make noise. Not making noise or making noise meant that he was helpless.
Sitting back on the cushions, Huang Laosi buried his head in thought until all the civil and military officials were quiet. Then he raised his head and saw Chu Qing coming.
"Your Majesty." Nangong Xi said with a worried look on his face: "If the old minister is not going to destroy his prestige and raise the ambition of others, if Liang Rong really wants to attack the pass, the imperial court...the imperial court will be stretched thin."
Being stretched thin means money and food.
Nangong Xi didn't say a word. It wasn't that he didn't dare to fight, or that he couldn't fight. If he tightened his belt, he could still fight. The rich would fight in a rich way, and the poor would fight in a poor way.
It's scary to be afraid that one move will affect the whole body. You must know that there is Chang Chengke, the king of Wu, south of Weijiang River. Now it seems that Chang Chengke is very honest and good, but what if this bastard takes the opportunity to cause trouble?
Even if they are poor, even if they fight against foreign enemies and suppress internal strife at the same time, the Chang Dynasty can now fight, drive back the Liang people, and defeat the King of Wu. It is not very difficult, but the losses are too great.
Nangong Xi knew very well that when a country goes into decline, war is just an introduction. Throughout the dynasties, many dynasties were severely damaged after quelling chaos or defeating foreign enemies, which ultimately led to their defeat.
"Master Nangong, you are obviously trying to increase others' prestige."
Tan Zhongping, who was promoted from Xiaoqimang to General Yunhui, sneered and said: "It is better to fight early than to fight late. There will be a battle sooner or later. If the country has no money, will Liangrong have enough food and grass? I don't think so. Since they made the declaration of war first, The food and fodder consumption of stationing troops in important border towns and defending the city must be more than 50% less than that of the Liang people. When the Liang Rong loses their morale and troops and generals, it will be summer when the army comes out of the pass to defeat the Liang Rong in one fell swoop and complete the victory in one battle!"
Huang Laosi did not look at Tan Zhongping, but at Qin Gang who was silent.
He felt that even dealing with Tan Zhongping was a bit cheap.
If you want to ask who has stayed at the border for the longest time, apart from the previous border commander Feng Luo, the only one is Qin Gang, the general of Zhuguo.
Lao Qin had always been prudent. When he saw the emperor looking over, he did not say whether to fight or not. Instead, he said with a puzzled face: "The great Khan of the grassland has lost his majesty as he has grown older, and he has lost his ambition in the past few years. I also sent a lot of credentials. Although there were occasional conflicts at the border, there was never any major war. Just because the mission had to perform martial arts, there was another war. The general felt that something was fishy. Also, Tuoba Ying had a foreign surname, Xiao The name of the prince is not that of the Great Khan of the Prairie. As for the letter of challenge, it is even more strange. The Great Khan of the Prairie really wants to avenge Tuoba Eagle. Why doesn't he lead his troops to surprise the border, just like he did in previous years? How can he go to war first? Book?"
After the words fell, everyone looked thoughtful.
In fact, Qin Gang is not the only one who feels something is wrong, but no matter where something is wrong, the war letter has been sent, and he must consider how to fight.
Chu Qing, who was standing on the outside, was also secretly wondering.
He knew he was not a professional, so he didn't dare to interrupt at will, but he was equally confused.
Three questions. First, the leaders over the grassland are now older and can lead troops, but they may not be able to fight. They are all men of the seventh grade. It is estimated that even if they lead troops to the border, they will easily suffer from high blood pressure and go straight to the table.
This also has to mention the rather strange military structure on the grassland. The Golden Wolf King Khan can command all the grassland tribes, and the Golden Wolf King clan is also the tribe with the largest number of people and the most powerful tribe.
During non-war times, each tribe lives its own life, eating and drinking as it should, and don't worry about anything. Nomadic people, they camp wherever the water and grass are rich, and they don't need to be uniformly dispatched.
In case of war, the Golden Wolf King Khan ordered that all tribes must let young men ride on horses and follow them to kill people.
The reason why the relationship between the Golden Wolf King and Chang Chao has become better and better in recent years is because the old guy also has concerns about fighting.
Go into battle in person. As you get older, it's easy to die on the battlefield.
But it would not work if the power of the army and horses were handed over to the people below, and if the people below became the supreme commander.
Because this is how the Golden Wolf King got his position as Great Khan. When his father was old, he asked him to lead the army. After he took over the military power, he was the first to be killed by his father. He sacrificed himself to the sky and had boundless magic power. , and since then this guy has started a decades-long tug-of-war with Chang Chao.
Therefore, the Golden Wolf King Khan should be very scrupulous, fearing that someone would imitate him.
So even if a war breaks out, it will be the Golden Wolf King Han who personally leads the troops to fight.
The second question is that the Liang people issued a gauntlet because Changjing killed Tuoba Ying and disabled almost all the envoys of the Liang Rong mission.
In fact, it is normal to start a war for this reason. If the Chang Dynasty is changed, the Chang Dynasty will also have to start a war. After all, it is shameful to come out to mess around. If you don't start a fight, you will have to be stabbed in the spine. Even if it is not a big fight, it can be a small fight just to show off.
But the problem is that Tuoba Ying is not the biological son of the Golden Wolf King Khan, but his godson and adopted son.
Because a godson is about to start a national war, and the golden wolf king is old enough to be buried in the sky, it is not very scientific.
The last question is the question of the letter of challenge.
The two sides fought hundreds of battles, large and small, which lasted for decades and nearly a hundred years. The Liangrong side seemed to have no business and came to harass the border every day. However, there were several times in history when the Chang army went deep into the grassland to do Liangrong. The vitality is severely damaged.
As a result, the Liang people came back from the ashes, recuperated for more than ten or twenty years, and continued to work, as if these nomadic people only did three things in their lives, eating, sleeping and beating the people of Chang.
But even though they fought for so long and fought so many times, never in history, not once, not once did Liang Ren declare a challenge in advance.
Regardless of his fighting ability, Liang Ren is quite powerful. He rolls up his sleeves and comes on. He has never done anything like greeting your mother first or saying what you are looking at. He just comes up with Bang Bang's two punches. He has never done it in advance. Say hello.
Everyone started a heated discussion again.
It was still Tan Zhongping who was the first to express his opinion.
According to Lao Tan's idea, it should be that the Golden Wolf King Khan felt that he was getting stronger and stronger as he got older, and he wanted to stand up for a while and die on the battlefield, so that his lifelong fame would not be in vain.
As for the second confusion, Lao Tan still has thoughts on the fact that Tuo Baying is not his biological child. He said that biological children may not necessarily be kissed, and godsons may not be disowned, just like his Lao Tan family. He, the father Looking at his own son Tan Shangyi, he looks very displeased.
The third confusion was about the war letter. Tan Zhongping laughed, meaning who can't make progress? After all, we are also a nation. We have learned etiquette. Maybe it is some dismissed civil servant who lives on the grassland and teaches others. It’s over.
Regarding the answer given by Tan Zhongping, everyone regarded it as fart and no one paid any attention to him.
However, only Chu Qing, who was a bystander, noticed one thing. Lao Tan was laughing, but there was always a trace of inexplicable color in his eyes that was difficult to detect.
Chu Qing rolled his eyes.
No one who can become General Yunhui is a fool. Old Tan's true thoughts in his heart are definitely not what he said, and Tan Zhongping must have noticed something was wrong.
