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Chapter 252 It’s up to you

"Report! Send a message to Songshui City! Barbarians are invading south!"

"Report! Send a message to Xiangcheng! The barbarians are invading south! A fierce battle is underway!"

"Report! Send a message to Shantou City! The barbarians are invading south! They have arrived at the city!"

"Report! The Wanhe Gate has been breached, and the barbarian warships have entered the waterfront!"

……

In the splendid hall, Yan Linglong was leaning on the tall Qinghuang Lord, half lying on the large dragon chair.

As a letter of military seal was sent into the main hall, the number of ministers in the main hall gradually increased, and many people were whispering to each other, making the whole palace seem noisy.

But Yan Linglong didn't even look at the anxious ministers who were talking and talking below. She just stared at Qinghuang Lord's fair face and wrapped his hanging dark green hair around her fingertips.

"Your Majesty! The military situation is urgent, please make a decision early!" Finally, a minister walked out of the queue and begged loudly.

This is the head of the civil servants, scholar Shen Wentao, a gray-haired veteran of three dynasties, who is top notch in terms of reputation and family background.

"What decision should you make?" Yan Linglong finally turned her head, with an impatient look on her face: "If there is an enemy invasion, of course you have to resist it! Do you need me to teach you?"

"Your Majesty, the three Phoenix Guard armies, Feng Xiang Guard, Feng Xiang Guard, and Feng Huan Guard, have been prepared and deployed on the river bank!" Immediately, a military general knelt down on one knee to report, expressing his attitude: "We, the Feng Guard, must Don’t bring shame to Fengjing.”

After the two brothers and sisters who founded the country founded the country, the elder brother stayed in Shengjing in the north with Feilong, so Shengjing was also called Longjing, while the younger sister stayed in Zijin City with Phoenix in the south, so Zijin City was also called Fengjing.

"Your Majesty, Zijin City has many soldiers and sufficient food, so it will be able to withstand the barbarian army. But this time the barbarians are heading south. There are a total of ten fleets from east to west." Another civil servant jumped out, that was the Ministry of War. Shangshu Liu's family: "I'm afraid other places may not be able to stop it."

"Can't it be stopped?" Yan Linglong sat up a little straighter: "Didn't you say before that sealing the river with ten thousand locks would be foolproof?"

She pointed out with a finger: "And you, I remember that last month you wrote a brochure and handed it over, saying that you wanted to build a large navy, that the barbarians were not good at water warfare, that you wanted to advance by sea and land, plow the courts and sweep holes, and return to the sea. The old capital? Why can’t it even withstand a water battle now?”

"This... this..." Liu Shangshu couldn't speak.

"Your Majesty." Lu Gongshu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, finally stood up: "This Ten Thousand Locks Hengjiang Formation is based on my Lu family's magical power [Big and Small Ruyi], but it also needs people to control it."

He explained in detail: "This time the barbarians came well-prepared. It is most likely that the gang of thieves from the Gu family gave them the idea. They deliberately called for wind and rain and used the rain as a curtain to block the sight of my children of the Lu family. In addition, the ghost king ghosts of the Gui Qiang alien race It will sink into the water and destroy the river-locking nails we buried. That’s why they succeeded in crossing the river in so many places this time. It’s because our Lu family didn’t fight well!”

"You've completely forgotten it!" Yan Linglong laughed: "That's not what your family said when they asked the royal family for spiritual materials."

As he spoke, a piece of information was thrown down: "Is this a piece of information about what your family wanted back then? It's only five hundred words long, and it's 13 foolproof! Now, is this your family's foolproof thing?"

"Damn it!" Lu Shangshu suddenly knelt down and knocked his head heavily on the ground.

"Okay, does anyone have a plan to defeat the enemy?" Yan Linglong looked around the audience with her beautiful eyes.

Old Bachelor Shen is still able to withstand pressure: "Your Majesty, you also know that it has been less than half a year since you took office. Although we have been recruiting and training new troops, the previous losses were too heavy, veterans were scarce, and there were no actual combat troops. Not much. The barbarians went down the river this time and bloomed more. It was because we saw that our troops were insufficient! We also underestimated the cunning of the barbarians. It is natural to be careless, but it is also a crime other than war." "Insufficient troops?" Yan Linglong laughed again: "What a shortage of troops!"

"The imperial court is recruiting troops. The city defense army has recruited 3,000 people in half a year. The Eight Phoenix Guards have barely recruited 30,000 people, and the three guards have been restored..." Yan Linglong began to lay out the data: "But what about each of your families? There is no time these days. Recruit less private soldiers, right? Your Shen family has hoarded so much food and grass. Isn’t it too much for your family’s quota of two thousand private soldiers?”

"Ah... the humble minister deserves to die!" Scholar Shen also knelt down and lowered his head tremblingly but still quibbled: "My Shen family has always been loyal, and we only recruited more private soldiers to serve the country during the Northern Expedition. Do your best without any other intention! Be brave and loyal, and the world can learn from it!"

"Even if your family is loyal." Yan Linglong did not hold on: "But isn't it just right now? It's time for your family to contribute. You have all heard about the military situation. I also know how many private soldiers each family has. Send them wherever there is a shortage of people! Discuss among yourselves!"

"This... Your Majesty, the barbarians are fierce. I'm afraid these new soldiers may not be able to resist..." Some ministers couldn't help it.

"Can't stop it?" Yan Linglong laughed again: "How could you not be able to withstand it? Aren't the barbarians not good at water fighting? Moreover, the barbarian tribe's magical powers are only at the level of Earth Demons at best. You guys are also Earth Demons. They There are only so many boats crossing the river, and they can only carry so many people, so how can they not be stopped?"

Then, in an instant, the smile on her face disappeared, and her voice suddenly became louder: "Or... do you just not want to resist at all?"

As she became angry, Lord Qinghuang, who was sitting cross-legged behind her, also opened his eyes at the same time and looked at the ministers below. Although he did not speak, the invisible pressure dispersed, weighing heavily on everyone. heart.

"My Luo family immediately summoned private soldiers to resist! Our family will go to support Songshui City now!" The head of the Luo family was the first to express his stance, and then ran out of the palace without looking back.

With someone taking the lead, other people's knees instantly softened, and they all began to express their opinions:

"My family is going to Xiangcheng!"

"My family has cavalry, and they are going to Xiangcheng too!"

"Whoever has a fleet, let's go together to support Binshui!"

……

After a while, the palace seemed much empty, leaving only a few minor officials shivering like quails and kneeling on the ground.

Looking at these small officials from small families, the sternness on Yan Linglong's face disappeared and turned into laziness. She waved her hand: "Let's all leave. Go back and figure it out by yourself!"

As if they had been granted amnesty, the minor officials bowed backwards and left the palace one by one.

Not long after, the maids and eunuchs in the palace were also driven away, and Yan Linglong once again lay down in the arms of Lord Qinghuang.

However, there was still a hint of undetectable doubt in her eyebrows.

"What's wrong?" Qinghuang Jun's perception is extremely sharp.

"Tell me, why do these barbarians go south at this time?" Yan Linglong murmured.

"Do you want me to kill them all?" Lord Qinghuang always spoke directly: "Quickly."

"Forget it, forget about them?" Yan Linglong shook her head and wrapped Qinghuang Jun's hair around her fingertips again: "It wouldn't be a bad thing to kill more people and let them improve their memory."

(End of this chapter)