The queen wore a dragon robe and sat on the dragon chair. Her lips parted slightly, and she told the civil and military officials of the court in detail about Liu Mingzhi leading millions of troops to the north and marching out of the border.
As soon as the Queen finished speaking, the Guangming Palace suddenly became noisy. All civil and military officials looked at each other, unable to hide the panic on their faces.
Even Wanyan Chizha, Songhe, Yeluha and Yeluhu, all experienced veterans, looked like they were in a trance.
The Jin Kingdom in its heyday was not Dalong's opponent, not to mention that as a defeated country with the loss of more than half of its troops, how could it be Dalong's opponent?
Everyone thought that after the defeat, Dalong Honglu Temple should immediately send officials to the Kingdom of Jin to discuss the matter of ceding territory and paying compensation. After all, as a defeated country, it had to compensate the victorious country for all losses caused by military wars.
Many officials from Honglu Temple in the Jin Kingdom have even begun to discuss war reparations privately, exploring how to reduce the losses of the Jin Kingdom as much as possible to satisfy Dalong.
However, they never expected that instead of waiting for the diplomats from Dalong Honglu Temple, they would be waiting for a million-strong army commanded by Dalong Side King Liu Mingzhi.
The Queen looked at the slightly chaotic scene of the officials below, her brows furrowed, and her expression became more and more gloomy.
"Why are you panicking? You are all the pillars of Daikin. How can you be so flustered like this?"
The Queen's cold shout made all the officials in the palace quiet down, but the sad look on her brows still lingered. With the army pressing down on the country, not everyone could have the same courage as the Queen, and could still calm down and think about countermeasures.
The Queen breathed out softly and looked at Wanyan Chizha: "King Zhen, I wonder if you have any good strategies to deal with this?"
Wanyan Chiezha walked out with the Chaohu in his hand. Feeling the expectant looks of hundreds of colleagues on the side, Wanyan Chiezha couldn't help but feel tight in his heart. He forced himself to soothe his restless heart and began to think.
When the Queen saw this, she did not rush her. After all, the matter was too sudden and it was related to the fate of the country. It was human nature that the Emperor's uncle needed time to think.
After a long time, Wanyan Chizha raised his head and looked at the Queen: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Liu Mingzhi is commanding a million-strong army, but the actual national strength to attack our country, Dajin, is at most half of its strength, and the other half of its strength will definitely be divided to attack the Turkic Royal Court."
The Queen raised her eyebrows, and a flash of light flashed in her bright eyes: "Oh? Tell me the reason quickly."
"yes!"
"Your Majesty, our country's military strength is now incomplete, and the soldiers in the major cities are withered. If we are in the period of complete victory of Dajin, Liu Mingzhi may use millions of troops to attack our country. However, at the moment, Liu Mingzhi does not need to mobilize so many troops, half a million
Just soldiers and horses."
"The same is true for the Turks. In the battle in Dalong's northern border, the Turks' military strength will not be much stronger than that of Dajin."
"The reason why I am so decisive is because I have considered the food and grass situation."
"The dragon's army of millions, each soldier consumes only one kilogram of food a day, which is a consumption of 10,000 shi a day."
"This is just the consumption of grain and grass for the dragon's soldiers, the consumption of war horses, and the consumption of transporting grain and grass. We haven't calculated it yet. If we calculate it carefully, it will be close to 20,000 dan per day."
"In other words, if Liu Mingzhi's troops and horses can sustain it, Dalong's treasury may not be able to sustain it. Even if Dalong's autumn taxes have been put into the treasury and can be used for food and grass at any time, Dalong's territory is vast, so
There are too many places that need silver, and it is impossible to mobilize all the grain and grass in northern Xinjiang to make supplies for the levy."
"Therefore, every day is extremely important to Liu Mingzhi. He consumes nearly 20,000 dan a day, and Dalong, who has a big family and a big business, cannot not care at all."
"So, Liu Mingzhi will definitely divide his troops into two groups to save time on the expedition."
The Queen nodded clearly and tapped the dragon case gently with her jade finger: "In this way, our pressure on Daikin has been reduced by almost half. Regarding food and grass, Dalong's sweet potatoes are now widely planted, and there is almost no shortage of food.
It’s reached a point where, based on my understanding of Dalong’s national power, their autumn tax alone can support the consumption of a million-strong army for half a year.”
"Do you think we can withstand Dalong's attack for half a year?"
Wanyan Chizha frowned and looked at the old man next to him, Yeruha.
Yeruha caught Wanyan Chiezha's gaze, lowered his head and pondered for a while, looked helplessly at Wanyan Chiezha, shook his head, and stretched out three fingers.
Wanyan Chiezha nodded slightly, sighed and shook his head at the Queen.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I am incompetent and have exhausted all the troops in the country. Whether I can withstand it for three months depends on God's will!"
"Only the dragon's soldiers and horses, I still have the confidence to fight with them in a life-and-death battle that will destroy the city and kill people, but the power of the dragon's artillery is unstoppable."
"The enemy used them to break the city, and I, Daikin, have almost nothing to resist."
"Even if the military manufacturing supervisor has rushed to produce hundreds of artillery pieces, it is only a drop in the bucket."
"Refer to the example of Liu Mingzhi retaking several cities in northern Xinjiang. According to the power of artillery, Liu Mingzhi can defeat a city in five days. Even if our twelve cities in southern Xinjiang are all strong and powerful, I am afraid that they will not last for about ten days."
"Coupled with the time spent on the road, once the gates of the twelve main cities are broken, our Dajin hinterland will feel like an uninhabited land under the offensive of Dalong's soldiers and horses."
"My Daikin is dead in name only."
When the Queen heard this, a hint of sadness appeared in her bright eyes, she got up and walked around on the dragon platform.
There was silence in the main hall, and you could hear a needle drop. All the officials looked at the queen's figure pacing back and forth, waiting for her to make her final decision.
"King of the town, Yeruha."
"I'm here!"
"I order you and the others to rush to southern Xinjiang immediately to resist the great dragon's army from pressing on the border. How to defend it is entirely up to you two to adapt to the situation."
"I don't care about the gain or loss of a city or a land. I will try my best to keep the dragon's troops outside the country's gates."
Wan Yan and Chi Zha looked at each other and nodded silently.
"I obey your orders."
"On the occasion of parting, the two veterans hope that Your Majesty will take care of the dragon body. I will take my leave."
Listening to the farewells in the two people's words, the Queen's bright eyes turned slightly red, she closed her eyes and waved slightly to the two of them.
"I excuse myself."
The Queen listened to the distant footsteps and silently said "take care" in her heart.
"Songhe loves you, Yeluhu loves you!"
"I'm here!"
"One of you will prepare food and grass, and the other will immediately send an order to the various state capitals to inform the people to evacuate the capital to the north."
"I obey the decree."
"My dear Atulu!"
"I'm here."
"Send a message to the Turkic Taichang Khan Huyan Yunyao to inform him about the invasion of the border by the dragon's troops."
"I am stupid and bold to ask. According to the content of the letter from the prince, the Turks have also planted spies in Dalong, and the momentum of a million-strong army cannot be concealed at all. The Turks must have received the news just like me, Dalong. In this case, why should I, Dajin,
It’s unnecessary to inform the Turks about this matter?”
The Queen sighed quietly.
"The lips are dead and the teeth are cold."
"We have no choice but to do it. I'm afraid that Dajin and Turks will be helplessly tied together again."
"Yes, I understand, I will go immediately."
"Retreat from the court. When you return, you will immediately draw up a charter and submit it to me for review. All unnecessary government affairs will be put on hold for the time being, and everything will be focused on defending against the enemy."
"I obey the order, I retire. Long live my emperor!"
In the harem, the queen walked unsteadily and rushed towards the study room absentmindedly.
Seeing this, Hui'er couldn't do anything else besides sighing silently.
The Queen paused and suddenly raised her head to look at Hui'er.
"I understand, I finally understand what that sentence means."
"Hui'er, change into regular clothes and follow me to Dahuguo Temple to see Pharaoh Hui Bald Donkey."