"Husband, I thought about it when you wrote your letter just now, and I still feel that I cannot put all my hopes on Zheng Chiyuan."
The Ninth Princess explained: "Judging from the situation brought back from Hong'an, Yuguan City will not be able to hold on for long, and Zheng Chiyuan's attitude is unclear, so we cannot rely entirely on him.
What if Zheng Chiyuan shirks or is perfunctory, what will happen to Yuguan City?
How about we withdraw some of the people from Qin first to deal with the emergency?"
Although Jin Feng's current territory is only Sichuan and Shu and half of Qin, in the eyes of the Ninth Princess, the territory is still the same as when Chen Ji was in power.
As for the melee among the kings, the Ninth Princess thought it was an internal conflict.
When there are foreign enemies, you should first keep them out and then deal with those uncles and brothers.
Yuguan City is the northern gate of Dakang. Once occupied by the Eastern Barbarians, it means that the Central Plains Dynasty once again lost the Sixteenth State of Yanyun.
The Ninth Princess would rather give up Qin temporarily than lose Yuguan City.
After all, the land of Qin was the territory of the King of Qin before. If the land of Qin is returned to the King of Qin, the King of Qin will not massacre the people.
But once the Eastern Barbarians are allowed to enter the Central Plains, the Central Plains will inevitably be devastated!
"What you said makes sense." Jin Feng nodded and said, "It is true that we cannot put all our hopes on Zheng Chiyuan. However, Qin's manpower has been compressed to the limit, and we really can't spare anyone!"
In fact, Jin Feng understood what the Ninth Princess meant and knew that she was ready to give up Qin.
But after working hard for so long, and many bodyguards died in the process of conquering Qin, Jin Feng was really unwilling to give up now.
"Otherwise, we should find Brother Xinyao," said the Ninth Princess: "Weisheng Army expanded its recruitment two months ago and now has more than 9,000 people. Together with the garrisons and government soldiers from surrounding areas, the total force exceeds three
Ten thousand people, let’s ask Brother Xinyao to mobilize a few thousand people from the Weisheng Army, and it will not affect the defense of Xichuan City.”
Seeing that Jin Feng was still hesitant, the Ninth Princess continued: "Brother Xin Yao is also a veteran and has been running Xichuan City for many years. As well as the weapons you provided him to defend the city, we only deployed a few thousand troops. If he still defends
If we can’t live in Xichuan City, I must consider replacing someone to guard Xichuan!”
The Ninth Princess is an ambitious person who has received many years of education in the emperor's mind.
In the eyes of the Ninth Princess, Dakang's status is as important as Jin Feng.
In the beginning, he deliberately approached Jin Feng for the sake of prosperity. Later, he put aside his status as a princess and actively pursued her.
First, they fell in love with Jin Feng's character, and second, the Ninth Princess knew that Jin Feng had the ability to change Da Kang.
She can tolerate dandies from relatives of the emperor, but she cannot tolerate powerful ministers in important positions sitting idle.
Although Qing Xinyao is her cousin, if Qing Xinyao does not perform well, the Ninth Princess will definitely replace him without hesitation.
She could give Qing Xinyao glory and wealth, but she could not allow Qing Xinyao to occupy the position of Xichuan Prefectural Shepherd without ability.
In fact, the purpose of transferring troops from Xichuan this time was not only to reinforce Yuguan City, but the Ninth Princess also wanted to test Qing Xinyao.
If Qing Xinyao does not cooperate, or is perfunctory, or only sends her the new recruits he recruited two months ago, the Ninth Princess will have to consider replacing her.
After all, the position of Xichuan Zhoumu is too important. Not only does he have a large number of troops, but he also guards the west gate of Dakang.
After hearing what the Ninth Princess said, Jin Feng lowered his head and thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's okay."
Although the Zhongming Group did not penetrate into Tubo, and it is not known how far the civil strife in Tubo has progressed, a large number of scouts were deployed hundreds of miles west of Xichuan.
Once the Tubo people send troops to Dakang, these scouts will send a message back as soon as possible, and Qing Xinyao can take advantage of this time to recruit men.
Qing Xinyao recruited a group of new soldiers just two months ago.
Influenced by the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau and the Zhenyuan Army, Qing Xinyao no longer restricted gender in recruiting soldiers this time. In addition, food and military pay were publicly guaranteed, so the recruitment process went smoothly.
The total number of troops around Xichuan now exceeds 30,000. If you include the militiamen Jin Feng requested to recruit some time ago, the number will be even greater.
Although the militiamen do not belong to the regular army, and their quality varies greatly, and they have just begun training, if the Tibetans really want to attack, the militiamen can also pull them up.
At least they can be used as logistics troops.
If you only mobilize a few thousand people, it shouldn't be a big problem.
But that's all.
Thirty thousand people sounds like a lot, but these 30,000 people have to guard Xichuan and several surrounding counties. The government soldiers are also responsible for the security of the counties and counties. If 30,000 people are evenly distributed to each county, there are not many manpower.
Because of last year's work-for-relief program, Jin Feng and Ninth Princess gained popularity among the people in Sichuan and Sichuan, and their campaign to allocate land to local tyrants also gained strong support from the people.
However, there are also many landlords and wealthy families in Sichuan and Shu. They may have surrendered on the surface due to the power of Jin Feng, but in fact they are still unconvinced in their hearts.
The landlords and wealthy families are almost local snakes in various places. They have been operating in the local area for many years. Their forces are intertwined and intimidated by the government soldiers. There are also many people who are doing small things secretly. If Jin Feng mobilizes the government soldiers on a large scale, Sichuan and Shu may soon be in chaos.
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So Jin Feng can only draw people from Wei Sheng's army.
Seeing that Jin Feng agreed to her proposal, the Ninth Princess also returned to the table and started writing a letter.
It's just that Princess Ninth is still more accustomed to using a brush. The brush is dipped in more ink and takes longer to dry.
Seeing that Iron Hammer had been waiting beside her, the Ninth Princess said, "How about you arrange someone first? When the ink dries, Pearl can send the letter over and then you can leave directly."
"Yes!" Tie Shui nodded and went out to arrange the messenger.
Pearl took a small fan and gently fanned the ink.
After waiting for a few minutes to confirm that the ink was completely dry, Pearl handed the letter to Princess Ninth to check it over, then put it into an envelope and sealed it with wax.
"Zhu'er, you stay and take care of Wuyang, and let Xiaoyu deliver the letter." ⑧①ZW.????m
Jin Feng nodded towards Xiaoyu and motioned Zhuer to hand the envelope to Xiaoyu.
The Ninth Princess has been worried about government affairs recently and has hardly slept at night. She doesn't look very good now.
Jin Feng himself didn't know how to take care of others. If there were no urgent matters, he would try his best to ensure that Zhuer was by Princess Ninth's side.
After Qin'er left, Zhu'er became the only personal maid of the Ninth Princess. She was also the only person who had taken care of the Ninth Princess for many years and understood her best.
Zhu'er didn't force herself, and handed the envelope to Xiaoyu with a smile: "Sorry, Mr. Xiaoyu!"
"This is my duty."
Xiaoyu took the envelope and saluted Jin Feng and Ninth Princess: "Sir, Your Majesty, I will take my leave now."
Jin Feng waved his hand and was about to speak, but he saw Hong An raised his head and glanced at Xiaoyu. It seemed that he had something to say, but he probably realized that he didn't have the right to speak here, so he didn't speak in the end.