Zhao Rui cleared his throat and drew a circle at the location of the 20 Kingdoms of Rong and Di.
"There is another Northern Zhao Kingdom between Rongdi and Western Shu! For many years, the king of Northern Zhao has been in contact with the twenty kingdoms of Rongdi and Xishu. They have even conspired with Western Shu to attack our great merchants several times."
Murong Bing nodded repeatedly. Although the government had been controlled by others these years, she still knew these things.
Northern Zhao can be regarded as the first batch of vassal kings entrusted to the Great Shang Dynasty and has existed for hundreds of years.
The first monarch once helped the merchants to conquer the Western Regions and made great achievements.
Originally, the fiefdom of Northern Zhao was close to the Central Plains, and it could be considered a relatively large fiefdom. Unfortunately, after hundreds of years of conquest, a large area of the land was divided up by the three kingdoms of Western Shu, Liang, and Peng Wei. Their descendants had to move westward.
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Finally arrived at the border of the Western Region!
However, because the land of the middle school was extremely barren and it was surrounded by Rongdi and Xishu, it struggled to survive for a hundred years, and then it was destroyed sixty years ago, and all the clan members of the kingdom were killed.
Today's Northern Zhao Kingdom was re-established by the most powerful force among the original Rong and Di.
Emperor Dashang had no choice but to grant the title of Northern Zhao to him.
But these guys couldn't change Rong Rong Di's temper at all, and they had been actively uniting the 20 Rong Rong Di kingdoms and Xi Shu in an attempt to capture more territory of the Great Shang.
When Western Shu captured Dashang's land west of Hexi, Northern Zhao also sent troops to follow closely and plundered Dashang's territory.
When mentioning this Northern Zhao, Murong Bing gritted his teeth.
"Then what should we do? Do we still need to detach a large army to defend Rongrong Di?"
Zhao Rui held his chin and thought for a while.
"The most important thing now is to solve the border troubles in the northern border first. Only in this way can we free up our hands to deal with the Rong Di! Why don't we let Bai Hua expand the fortress on the basis of Cangyun Village, and give him 30,000 elite troops to garrison the border?
, to guard against Rong Di causing trouble."
Murong Bingliu frowned: "I'm afraid thirty thousand is not enough. The twenty Rong and Di kingdoms alone can muster an army of three hundred thousand. This does not take into account whether Northern Zhao will mobilize troops."
Zhao Rui sighed softly: "That's all we can do now. We have to allocate part of our troops to defend Xishu and Liang."
Having never really held power before, Murong Bing felt that if the imperial power was in her hands, she would be able to manage Dashang well, but now that she really has the imperial power in her hands, she feels powerless.
If Zhao Rui wasn't here, she really didn't know what to do.
"I'll leave it to you!" Zhao Rui suddenly grabbed Murong Bing's shoulders.
"If you are in doubt, you can discuss it with Shangguan Mu, or simply leave all the trivial matters to him. This man is a great talent in governing the country. He can appease the people and raise food and wages. If you want to ensure the supply of money and food for the border army, he will definitely do it.
Meticulous.”
Murong Bing nodded, but suddenly realized something.
"You mean, you want to leave?"
Zhao Rui took a deep breath, feeling helpless.
"Some time ago, news came from the border that Old General Shan was constantly suffering from old injuries, and coupled with the fact that he was overworked in training the new recruits these days, I'm afraid..."
Murong Bing also knew these things. General Shan's current physical condition might not be able to cope with the 500,000 grassland coalition troops.
But today's Dachang has too few troops to lead the army. It was not easy to find Bai Hua, and he had to go to the west to defend Rongdi. Zhao Rui could only go to the northern frontier.
"Well, when Li Fei comes back, I will ask her to go with you."
"No need!" Zhao Rui stroked Murong Bing's hair on the temples: "You can't do it without someone to protect you. Now that Xiao Xiangguo has been arrested, other villains may take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble, and both you and Yu'er may be in danger!
And I think the Qianyu Guards can be made public, and if necessary, the Ouchi Guards can be replaced."