In the final stage of this world war, the noble class will choose sides openly or covertly, because it is related to the rise and fall of their century-old family.

Or write to the King of Qin to please him and leave a way out.

Perhaps he has a sense of chastity and is ready to die for his country.

The problem of Lingguo officials is not limited to Huo Lian and a few people, and it cannot be solved immediately by King Ling with just one sentence, because the gentry clan is deeply rooted, not only the composition of Lingguo's political system, but also many retainers.

Just like when King Ling inherited the throne, he had to get the support of the noble clan, otherwise, his throne would not be secure.

Due to various circumstances, King Ling could only tolerate it for the time being and adopted Cheng Ping's suggestion to control the situation in Lingzhou first and use the Li Camp to secretly monitor Huo Lian and others.

Under his order, 5,000 people were directly transferred from the 10,000 palace forbidden troops, divided into dozens of groups, and began to run on the streets to quell the turmoil.

At the same time, the imperial edict ordered all existing counties to transport the recruited county soldiers to the front line, and all the food, grass and weapons were borne by each county.

The order to recruit troops was issued long ago after the Lingguo War. Its territory is vast and its population base is not small. Although many young men are evading military service due to forced recruitment by various counties, some brave soldiers have still been recruited to this day.

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There are now more than ten counties in Lingguo, each of which recruits about 10,000 soldiers, which adds up to more than 100,000.

However, these people are all young and strong civilians. To put it bluntly, they are ordinary people. Not only have they never been on the battlefield, but they have not received any training. Some of them don't even know how to use weapons, let alone the coordination of war horses, hard bows and battlefield.

More importantly, the food and grass from each county have been transferred, and now they have to be self-sufficient. Under these conditions, recruiting young people and even arming has become a problem. It is simply impossible to reverse the situation of the war. This is also

The reason why spiritual signs are not optimistic.

In addition, after the edict was issued, although some county guards obeyed it, some people were also unmoved at all.

For example, Shi Wenhui, the governor of Dong'an County, has recruited more than 10,000 soldiers, mostly cloth armor and spears, which can be regarded as an armed force.

In the past, even if Shi Wenhui had been given a hundred courages, he would not have dared to disobey King Ling's order. But now, things are different from the past. The situation in Ling Kingdom has changed suddenly and is on the verge of collapse. The ministers in the court are careful, and the local governors

Same thing.

Originally, he planned to send more than 10,000 soldiers to the front line, but his staff stopped him and said: "Now that the Qin army has arrived in Ruizhou, with the army of tigers and wolves, they will not be able to defend this place for long, and Ruizhou is

It is only a matter of time before the entire Ling Kingdom falls. If you send these young men to the front line now, not only will they have no effect, but their lives will be wasted."

"This..." Shi Wenhui didn't understand this truth, but King Ling's order had arrived, and he was full of tangles: "But if I don't transport the recruited county soldiers to the front line, His Majesty will definitely be angry and will also

I am being questioned by the court."

"Then your majesty will reply to your majesty and tell him that there is a shortage of food and grass. After preparations are completed, troops will be dispatched immediately," the aide said.

"Is this... feasible?" Shi Wenhui was still a little worried.

As a result, the staff smiled slightly: "Your Excellency, you are worrying too much. At this point in the domestic situation, there is no room for maneuver. Even if Your Excellency does not send troops, I estimate that Your Majesty will not be able to do anything to you. What's more, once this battle is over, the Dong'an County soldiers will be

Your Majesty's capital, once it is gone, how will King Qin care about your Majesty, the Governor of Dong'an County?"

After listening to his words, Shi Wenhui nodded slowly: "It makes sense, it makes sense..."

A few days later, the news came back to Lingdu. Dong'an had its own county soldiers and did not send troops to the front line. The words of the county governor were obviously perfunctory. After reading it, King Ling was furious. How could a small county governor dare to

The king's power challenged him, but now, after the anger, he felt deeply powerless.

Because there are already more than 10,000 county soldiers in Dong'an, if you want to deal with Shi Wenhui, you have to send troops to suppress it, but the regular troops of Ling Kingdom are on the front line.

Everything was told by his staff, and King Ling was angry, so he had no choice but to write another letter to Shi Wenhui to urge him.

As Dong'an County stood still, other county guards began to follow suit. The ten counties only sent out more than 30,000 troops, and Ling's domestic and foreign troubles became more and more out of control.

In fact, at this time, King Ling could mobilize the troops stationed in the Eastern Territory, but after repeated hesitation, he still did not move.

At the same time, Ruizhou battlefield.

The Qin State had a lot of secrets in Lingzhou, either disguised as ordinary people or small traders. With these intelligence bases, coupled with Chen Jing's high-level secrets, and some letters from the nobles, Xiao Yuan had already roughly mastered them.

Understand the current situation of Lingguo.

In the large tent of the Chinese army, all the generals gathered together and lined up on both sides.

Xiao Yuan, dressed in brocade clothes and with jade hair tied in a hairpin, stood in front of the commander's post directly above him. He first explained the war situation and then said: "According to Jiang Yi's strategy, our country has played a key role in the political attack on Lingguo.

Now that the Ling Kingdom is experiencing constant internal troubles, the Ling King has no choice but to return to the capital to deal with it urgently. For the Ling Army, this is a drop in morale. For our army, it is a rare opportunity to win a decisive victory over Ruizhou.

Fighter!"

"The king is right." Shangguan Wenruo said: "The Ling Kingdom is in turmoil, and the Ling King suddenly left when the front line was in danger. The Ling Army in Ruizhou must be talking about it. They will wonder if the Ling King has abandoned them.

He ran away for his life. At this time, we should add more fire, focus on attacking the heart, focus on destroying the morale of the spiritual army, and then attack and break it."

"What Wen Ruo said is very consistent with Gu's intention." Xiao Yuandao said: "Immediately send an order to Su Yi to write a letter and throw it into the city to disrupt the morale of his army and then attack it."

"As ordered." Shangguan Wenruo responded with a salute.

Then, Wang Su stood up, raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, although the Ling Kingdom is on the verge of destruction, according to military information, King Ling has not mobilized the eastern garrison so far. There are 100,000 regular troops there."

Jia You took over the conversation and said: "King Ling will not move his 100,000 defenders. Firstly, it may be a national issue, and secondly, he has a plan to retreat."

After hearing this, Xiao Yuan thought for a moment and said: "You are right. If the Ling army is defeated in Ruizhou, King Ling will most likely retreat to the east. Once he is allowed to enter the eastern border and seize Fanjiang,

If we want to completely eradicate it, it won’t be that easy.”

"What the king said is true. This may be the second reason why King Ling chose to return to the capital at this time." Jiang Yi followed: "Not only does he want to quell the turmoil and stabilize the situation in the capital, he may also be preparing to clean up his 'family property'."
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