The Emperor is Above

Chapter 469: Unreliable Coalition
Tian Bin’s question is also what Beigong Yu and Chai Yong want to know.

Today, Xing is facing internal and external troubles, and is surrounded by enemies on three sides. Every place urgently needs a large army to strengthen its protection.

Especially the pressure brought by the Xianyu army that was about to march south with all its strength. Even Yanjin City, the southernmost city in Xing State, could clearly feel the anxiety in their hearts across a distance of tens of thousands of miles.

In order to strengthen the military strength of the State of Xing and avoid the third disaster of national destruction, King Xing Zhongkang ordered a national mobilization and conscripted all young and strong people between the ages of fifteen and fifty-five to join the army.

There are more than 8 million people in the 72 cities of Xing State. If all the young and strong men who are suitable for fighting are recruited, Xing State can instantly have an army of over a million people.

However, the combat effectiveness of these peasant soldiers recruited under the system of combining soldiers and farmers was really worrying. On the contrary, the hundreds of thousands of pastoral soldiers under King Xianyu had more advantages than the peasant soldiers.

In this case, the tens of thousands of elite troops sent by the emperor and the princes to support the State of Xing became extremely important. Even if they were not sent to the border cities to strengthen the defense, they would remain in the capital to make full preparations.

However, they did not expect that such an important elite army would appear outside Yangwu City. Tian Bin and others could not help but feel uneasy. Could it be that the king was going to attack them?
Facing Tian Bin's question and the puzzled looks of Beigong Yu and others, Yang Lezi glanced at the group of coalition generals next to him and did not answer immediately.

Instead, he changed the subject and said, "The emperor and the armies of the princes have traveled tens of thousands of miles from the Central Plains to support us. It is very hard. We have to trouble the city guards to provide some cattle and sheep to reward the soldiers."

Seeing Yang Lezi's eyes, the experienced Tian Bin guessed that some things could not be said in front of outsiders, so he said with extra enthusiasm:
"Don't worry, Yang Lezi, Yaqing. Our Yangwu City is located in the northern border, and the land is barren. You may not be used to eating some coarse corn, but we are famous for our fat cattle and sheep.

The only pity is that it is the hottest summer now and the cattle and sheep have just started breeding. If we wait until October when winter comes, the meat will be extremely delicious.”

"Haha, the bitter spring mutton in Yangwu City is delicious. I've heard about it a long time ago!" Yang Lezi quickly regained his representative smile.

Soon, five hundred fat sheep were sent to the Allied camp to be slaughtered and cooked. The delicious meat made the group of picky Allied generals smile with satisfaction for the first time.

After successfully appeasing this group of self-important and contemptuous generals, Yang Lezi was able to shake his head helplessly with Tian Bin outside the camp:

"To be honest, the 40,000 Zhongzhou coalition troops outside the city, whether it is the 5,000 troops sent by Emperor Diqiu or the soldiers sent by the princes of various countries, can be called elite troops carefully selected."

"What Yaqing said is absolutely right!"

Tian Bin nodded in agreement and said, "The Che Division alone has 200 chariots. I just took a look and each chariot has three armored soldiers and twelve elite soldiers. The Che Division alone has a force of 3,000.

The three Cheshi soldiers are all wearing rune armor, and the weapons in their hands are also rune weapons made by weapon refiners. Even the armor and weapons on the elite soldiers make me jealous, they are so luxurious. "

"That's right! In addition to the 3,000 Cheshi soldiers, the emperor's reinforcements also include 500 heavy cavalrymen with exotic beasts, 1,000 light cavalrymen, and dozens of flying cavalrymen riding ferocious birds.

The last four hundred people were students, sorcerers, talisman masters, formation masters, etc. from the capital who volunteered to follow the army to fight in the north. They were all organized into the mage battalion.

The remaining 35,000 allied forces were also elite soldiers from their respective states. It can be said that although the number of troops sent by the emperor and the ministers of various countries was small, they did their best. "

Yang Lezi looked at Tian Bin and the others with increasingly puzzled eyes, and his bright smile became more bitter.

“But neither the emperor, the princes, nor us have thought of one thing: it is not a good thing to mix the elite troops of more than 200 princely states together.

They are not under the command of each other and do not obey orders. They act on their own when marching. At first glance, they look like an elite army, but in fact they are a group of arrogant and domineering mobs.

When the new king received the urgent report from the flying cavalry that tens of thousands of elite reinforcements from Zhongzhou had arrived at Yanjin City, he was ecstatic. He once planned to keep these tens of thousands of elite troops in the capital, both to entertain them and to help them train a group of new troops.

But after only a few days of contact with this group of coalition generals, the king had to give up the idea of ​​getting close to them and asked me to take them to the border town to help in the battle. "

"Well, relying on the geographical advantages of the border fortress, it is the right choice to keep the enemy out of the country. If we just strengthen the defense of the capital, we will eventually fall behind."

Tian Bin nodded slightly to agree with Yang Lezi Yaqing, and looked at Beigong Yu with his only remaining left eye.

Tens of thousands of elite coalition forces stationed in border town fortresses would definitely be high-quality cannon fodder to consume Xian Yu's army, but I don't know why they came to Yangwu City.

“Although these coalition generals from Zhongzhou are extremely arrogant and have been looking down on our Xing Kingdom since arriving in Yanjin City, they are not shying away from fighting.

Instead, they were so arrogant that they took the initiative to propose to the king that they wanted to go to the border fortress to compete with the arrogant King Xianyu.

The king was afraid that they would cause trouble along the way, so he asked me to accompany the coalition forces all the way to the border town and let them fight side by side with Huo Yun Yaqing.

As a result, within a few days of arriving at the border town, the coalition army again aroused the wrath of heaven and people, and Huo Yunyaqing’s army almost got into an internal conflict with the coalition army.”

Yang Lezi spread his hands helplessly.

"There's a lot of trouble going on in the border town, and the disharmony between the two armies is a huge hidden danger. I discussed it with Huo Yunyaqing for a long time before I came up with an idea.

According to the information provided by Doctor Yishang of Longcheng, King Xianyu will not be able to arrive at the border town fortress until September. It would be better to take advantage of these two months of free time and ask the coalition forces to help eliminate the Ghost Witch Tribe.

Keeping the Ghost Witch Tribe is also a big hidden danger to the northern border. This way, we can completely solve a worry before the war and prevent the coalition forces from being treated as a group of plague gods in the border fortresses. "

“I have also met Lord Huo Yunya several times, and he was so helpless. It seems that this group of emperors and the coalition forces of princes are really difficult to deal with.

Yang Lezi Yaqing was able to accompany them all the way from the capital without any trouble, which shows that he has a calm mind and is admirable. I definitely can't do that."

After hearing the whole story, Tian Bin, Beigong Yu and Chai Yong looked at each other for a moment, not knowing whether to be glad to have helpers to deal with the Ghost Witch Tribe, or to laugh or cry at their unreliability.

"Ugh--"

Yang Lezi Yaqing said helplessly, "I just regret having a good-tempered reputation, otherwise the king would not have allowed me to accompany the coalition army all the way north.

Next, you, the old city defenders, will have plenty of opportunities to deal with them, and you will definitely feel why this group of people are treated like the plague and are unwelcome.

When you hear some ridicule, just treat it as wind blowing by and don’t pay any attention to it. After all, they are reinforcements sent by the emperor and the princes, so just be patient. "

Tian Bin, Beigong Yu, and Chai Yong quickly sensed Yang Lezi's warning. While they were still talking, they heard an impolite young man's voice:
"Hey, hey, hey, Yang Lezi Yaqing, why did you only give us 500 sheep today? We have 40,000 soldiers in our entire camp."

(End of this chapter)