Since March, the capital has been shrouded in a solemn atmosphere.

And it is getting stronger and stronger, and even ordinary people feel it.

Those folk pawns were a little worried when they talked about various changes and wars on the frontier.

In the eyes of most of their people, the capital is definitely stable, but many places in Dakang have become unsafe.

As the pride of heaven, the people in the capital are caring for the whole world.

If the surrounding borders are uneasy, wouldn’t the entire Dakang become fragmented?

Then how can it be regarded as the world's number one Central Plains Empire?

Even the people were panicked, let alone the officials in the court.

The six ministries, major yamen in the capital, etc., and even the soldiers of the imperial guards are in a tense state.

From the information and data summary of all aspects, they can clearly understand how bad the situation is and how serious the situation will be in the future.

The four chief and deputy prime ministers of Wenyuan Pavilion, including Nangong Ji, who is now a meritorious minister, have worked hard in the palace for many days, and even sleeping in the palace to solve the current difficulties.

Originally, two concubines had already been pregnant with dragon seeds and were happy in their hearts. Emperor Jinghe had no interest in continuing to sow seeds during this period. He either read various documents and discussed matters with the prime ministers, the imperial guards, and the six ministers of the ministries every day.

Today's Imperial Study Room is also solemn.

General Gao Jing, the chief general of the embroidered guard, stood in front of a huge hanging map, holding a small bamboo weaving, and was explaining the latest situation to everyone.

"As for the Northern Defense Line, so far, Qi Yan has harassed three times on the Datong Defense Line, two times on the Zhangjiakou Defense Line, two times on the Shuozhou Defense Line, and one time on the Yulin Defense Line.

Except for the first time, each time was not large in scale, about 3,000 to 5,000 people, and the fight was not determined. Both of us were not seriously injured. The total loss of our side was not more than 3,000 people in the next seven times.

The Northeast Defense Line is much trouble. So far, Shi Wei has launched many attacks on our western Liaoning Corridor, with a total of forty-five fortresses being captured, killing and wounding more than 50,000 border troops.

Currently, only Jinzhou City is left, 60,000 people from Jinzhou Zuowei City, 50,000 people from Ningyuan City and surrounding Acropolis, and 50,000 people from Shanhaiguan.

At first glance, these people exceeded 160,000, but in fact they could not compare with Shi Wei's 200,000, because if we give up on our perseverance and attack them, we would probably only be able to fight a heavy war with them. After the entire army was wiped out, there would be 120,000 or more left.

Moreover, according to our information, although Shi Wei lost more than 60,000 people, they have already gathered new personnel from their subordinate tribes, which may reach a scale of 300,000!

If we do not make any changes, I am afraid that except Shanhaiguan, the other territory east of Shanhaiguan will fall into Shi Wei's hands!"

Speaking of this, Gao Jing stopped.

He left time for the emperor to talk to the cabinet and ministers.

Sure enough, Emperor Jing He frowned and said, "Secret Cao, have you had any countermeasures? This won't work!"

Cao Yi nodded, "This is not possible. We still have more than one million people in the western Liaoning Corridor! If Shi Wei gets these people and adds fertile land, it may not take twenty or thirty years to increase the pressure on millions of enemies!"

"Didn't they kill our people like they did before?" Feng Yuqiang, a senator of the Hanlin Academy, said: "Now they have crossed Jinzhou City and killed to the hinterland of Ningyuan City, and even to the foot of Shanhaiguan. Many villagers in villages and towns should not dodge in time, right?"

Gao Jin said, "It's strange to say that neither Ningyuan City nor Jinzhou City sent such reports. They said that neither the Wei people nor the vassals had slaughtered them on a large scale, nor even large-scale robbery of supplies."

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good!"

"not good!"

The scheming Nangong Ji shook his head: "Your Majesty, if they fight and kill, they will still be barbarians and will not pose much threat to us! But if they don't kill or rob them now, isn't this the plan to rule this land for a long time?"

Several people took a breath of air conditioning together.

indeed!

Just as Nangong Ji thought, the Shiwei people did this, which was to win people's hearts.

For ordinary people, the most important thing is to survive.

If Shiwei occupied the western Liaoning Corridor and was a non-discriminatory approach, one generation and two generations might not be able to adapt, but the next young people born will recognize Shiwei and become part of Shiwei's strength.

Such things have happened in history.

"It's too early to say this now." Ge Songdao, who was standing beside him, said lightly: "If we can drive the Shiwei people out, then all problems will not be a problem."

"How do you drive them out?" Zhong Chang asked, "Ge Xiang, Shangshu Zhou, what do you think?"

Among them, only Ge Songdao and Zhou Zhixiao, the Minister of War, are the ones who understand military the most.

The other imperial guards either went to the empire's frontier or were actively preparing for war and did not appear in the imperial study.

Zhou Zhixiaoxian said: "There is no way now, because our army is restrained in large numbers. Otherwise, even if there are 50,000 people from two imperial guards in Shanhaiguan, I would dare to fight with them."

After hearing Zhou Zhixiao's words, the emperor and others felt disappointed.

Zhou Zhixiao talked about practical problems.

Dakang's army exceeded one million, and with the garrison in the mainland, it was soon able to make up a total of two million.

But the most elite first recommended the six guards of the Imperial Guards with 150,000, and then the 500,000 border troops in the northeast, northwest, northwest and west.

In addition, the six guards of the imperial guards also have 60,000 reserves, and this part of the power is also elite.

Next are the 300,000 border troops in the east, southeast and southwest. The enemy forces they have to deal with are much smaller than those in the north, so their elite level is not as good as those in the north.

If it were just Shi Wei, then Da Kang could have mobilized two imperial guards to go over and directly in the Liaoxi Corridor and Shi Wei battle with Shanhaiguan. Jinzhou City and Ningyuan City were used as support. No matter how powerful the Shi Wei cavalry was, they could not do anything to Da Kang's imperial guards.

Even if one life is worth one life, Dakang can be worth it.

But the problem is that Dakang is now under attack from all sides, and it is already the limit to being able to be stationed at Shanhaiguan by General Li Nanyuan, Xiongqu Guard.

The remaining generals of the Hu Ben Guard Wanyan Yi led his army in the south of the Yangtze River, General Tang Hui led his army in the northwest, General Zhu Xingjun of the Cavalry Guard was on the northern defense line, and General Fang Kaiyue of the Jinwu Guard was stationed in the defense area of ​​the Jingji area.

In the end, there was only one Leopard Cavalry Guard.

But the Leopard Cavalry was cleaned a while ago, and now it has only half its combat power, so it is not suitable to attack at all.

In critical times, Fang Kaiyue could only be asked to rescue the four sides, and the Leopard Cavalry Guards were responsible for the task of defending the Gyeonggi area.

In addition to the six field troops, the Yulin Guards were eager to go out, but they were the only mobile force now. If they left, what if there was a mistake in the capital, what would the emperor and the royal family do?

Without the Yulin Guard's death, would the Dakang royal family be taken down in one fell swoop?

Never not!

Therefore, the Yulin Guard can only be suppressed in the capital.

As for the border troops, let alone.

No one can move.

Therefore, the most suitable strategy for Dakang is to strictly guard against it.

Everyone understands the truth, but it sounds very aggrieved.

Ge Songdao coughed lightly at this time and continued, "Although we have hidden dangers everywhere now, things are not at this level. In Weichen's opinion, we actually have great hope."

"oh?"

Emperor Jinghe came to his spirit, "Honglian, tell me quickly!"

Ge Songdao he said: "Northern border troops and the imperial guards in the north cannot move. This is certain. We cannot be careless about the wolves in the north. And we must be more careful. According to my prediction, if we want to increase troops, we will definitely only appear in these areas."

"Where is the southwest?" Cao Yi asked, "Nanzhao is also one of the six forces!"

Ask the Southwest and Ge Song, that is the right person.

The title of "Ge Killing God" and "Ge Demon Head" that he fought in the southwest was piled up with hundreds of thousands of lives, without any falsehood.

If he was still in the southwest and gave Nanzhao ten courage, they would not dare to attack.

Upon hearing this, Ge Songdao waved his hand: "With Zhang Zhongping here, there must be no problem, I will guarantee it for him."

The current governor of the Southwest is Pan Hongmao, but Ge Songdao is talking about the governor of Sichuan Zhang Zizhe.

Before, Zhang Zizhe had always followed Ge Songdao. He was steady and decisive in killing and decisive. He was actually the best candidate for the Southwest Governor.

However, Ge Songdao was promoted to the central government and the southwest was relatively peaceful, so he created a plagiarism and made Pan Hongmao, the then governor of Sichuan, take over, and Zhang Zizhe could only temporarily surrender.

There may be changes in the southwest now. When Ge Songdao started an attack on Jinzhou Forewar City in Shiwei, he suggested that Zhang Zizhe take over the defense of the three southwest provinces.

The emperor and the rest of the prime ministers agreed.

Therefore, at this time, Zhang Zizhe had already arrived at the front line adjacent to Nanzhao and was actively preparing for the war.

Everyone knows that Ge Songdao never speaks wildly. Since he dares to guarantee this, Emperor Jinghe, Cao Yi and others have also let go.

Then Ge Songdao continued: "I asked Pan Caimao to keep an eye on the important road with Jianmen Pass in Shaanxi, and I asked Zhuang Haipeng to go to the front line of Xikang Fortress and told him that if the Xikang defense line was broken by Tubo, he would not have to come back... Zhuang Haipeng was not very brave, but he was very cautious and cautious. As long as he tried his best to defend himself, with the momentum that Xikang gathered in the past two years and the getting better and better conditions, there would be no problem."

Southwest Governor Pan Hongmao only stared at the Jianmen Pass area to prevent the Western Qiang or Uighurs from following Shaanxi to Sichuan.

If he can't do this, he can only be said to be an idiot.

Although Pan Hongmao is not a top-notch general, being able to become the governor of the three provinces has nothing to do with him.

Zhuang Haipeng was the former prefect of Chengdu Prefecture Zhuang Haoda. After Zhang Zizhe was promoted to governor of Sichuan, he also took advantage of the situation to replace the elderly and sick governor of Xikang and became a new frontier official.

Zhuang Haoda may not be afraid of other people's words, but Zhuang Haoda must be afraid of Ge Songdao threatening him like this.

Because he saw the man Ge Killing God killing all the way, he could only be respectful and obedient to Ge Songdao, and dared not have any thoughts.

As for the conditions for Xikang, this is also thanks to Liu Mingqi and Ge Songdao.

Xikang has a relatively high terrain and a relatively cold climate. The fortresses on the west side are covered with heavy snow for at least half a year. Even if it is close to Sichuan, the weather temperature is more than ten degrees colder than Sichuan.

In this climate, heating is one of the most important things.
To be continued...