Chapter 176 Emperor Xia’s Little Thoughts

When Emperor Xia participated in the struggle for the succession, he also secretly trained a heavy cavalry. Emperor Xia knew very well how long it would take to train a heavy cavalry to have combat effectiveness.

Lu Chen had only been in Beijun for more than a year. If the heavy armor of Beijun was given to Lu Chen by others, not made by Lu Chen, and the heavy cavalry of Beijun was also formed by Lu Chen, it would definitely take several years for the Beijun heavy cavalry to form combat effectiveness.

If the soldiers were just put on heavy armor and then treated as heavy cavalry, their combat effectiveness would not necessarily be strong.

In a short period of time, if the heavy cavalry was well trained, it might be stronger than ordinary infantry, but if the training method was not appropriate, the cavalry wearing heavy armor might be chased and beaten by light cavalry.

Thinking that the heavy cavalry of Beijun was just a flower stand, Emperor Xia's inner emotions suddenly became very complicated.

He had originally planned to use the heavy cavalry of Beijun to deter those aristocratic families, but he did not expect that the heavy cavalry of Beijun would be destroyed so quickly.

But then again, the destruction of Beijun's heavy cavalry was a good thing for him. He had originally planned to deal with Beijun's affairs after solving the family problem.

Lu Chen and Beijun were both hidden dangers for him. Even if Lu Chen was really his biological son, he would never allow a prince who threatened his position to exist during his lifetime.

What's more, there was the Xuanyue Palace and a mysterious force behind Lu Chen. It was obvious that Lu Chen was a chess piece. Someone wanted to use Lu Chen as a chess piece to deal with Daxia and him.

At this time, Situ Ce asked, "What does your majesty plan to do next?"

"Send the army north, or let the King of the North continue to defend the north?"

Emperor Xia said expressionlessly, "Since there is a mysterious force behind Xiao Jiu, and there is the help of Xuan Yue Palace, it means that Xiao Jiu still has value in the eyes of those people. They can't just watch Xiao Jiu die and let Xiao Jiu continue to guard the north. I really want to see what kind of force is behind Xiao Jiu."

At this time, the eunuch who had just left came into the pavilion, "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister and others are here, they are all waiting for you in the study."

Emperor Xia didn't continue to chat with Situ Ce, he went straight to the study.

After a while.

The Imperial Palace, the Imperial Study.

Several core ministers of the court have come to the study to wait. Everyone glanced at the people in the study, and instantly understood what Emperor Xia wanted to find them for.

In addition to the two prime ministers, the Minister of Revenue and the Minister of War were there, and the Vice Minister of War and several generals promoted by Emperor Xia were also in the study.

Obviously, Emperor Xia wanted to tell them something about military matters. Maybe there was a change in the war between Daxia and Dawu.

At this time, a eunuch's voice sounded at the door.

"Your Majesty is here!"

The people in the study immediately stood in two rows, waiting for the arrival of Emperor Xia.

After Emperor Xia entered the study, he came to his desk and sat down. The ministers immediately saluted and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty!"

Emperor Xia said lightly, "No need for courtesy."

Right Prime Minister Zhao Wenhan took the lead and asked, "Your Majesty, you summoned us at this time. Is there a change in the war ahead?"

The prime minister still has a certain status. At this time, they can take the initiative to ask Emperor Xia questions.

Emperor Xia replied expressionlessly, "Indeed, there is a change in the war ahead, but it is not in the west, but in the north."

Hearing this, the ministers in the study were stunned.

North?

Isn't that Beijun?

Could it be that the King of Bei has led the heavy cavalry of Beijun to eliminate the King of Beixian who went south?

Is it true?

Is the Northern King so powerful?

The Northern King had already defeated the 300,000 troops of the Sirius King last time. If he now destroyed the 200,000 troops of the Northern Xian King, then the Northern King would have really surpassed his master.

Just as people were thinking about it, Emperor Xia handed the battle report in his hand to the eunuch, "Pass it down and let them see it."

The eunuch immediately took the battle report and handed it to Lin Gaoyuan.

Lin Gaoyuan was stunned when he saw the battle report written by his son.

The 50,000 heavy cavalry of Beijun were destroyed?

How is this possible! ! !

At this time, in order not to waste time, Emperor Xia said directly: "News came from the north that the 50,000 heavy cavalry of Beijun fought a decisive battle with the army of the Northern Xian King in Tianguang City. In the end, the 50,000 heavy cavalry of Beijun were destroyed, leaving only a few thousand wounded, and the army of the Northern Xian King withdrew to the grassland, but still sent cavalry south from time to time to harass Tianguang City."

Hearing what Emperor Xia said, the ministers were stunned for a moment.

The 50,000 heavy cavalry of Beijun were destroyed?

How is this possible?

They were heavy cavalry!

Although the mobility of heavy cavalry on the grassland is not as strong as that of light cavalry, and it is very likely that they cannot catch up with light cavalry, heavy cavalry are heavily armored, so it is not so easy for them to be destroyed by the barbarian army.

The first thought in the minds of the ministers was that this news must be false news, and it must be that Emperor Xia was lying to them in order to divert their attention and make them forget that Beijun had 50,000 heavy cavalry.

Lin Gaoyuan also thought so in his heart, but he felt something was wrong. After all, this was the battle report sent back by his son. Although his son would conceal something, it was unlikely that he would send back such a false battle report.

And Emperor Xia was too direct. After all, there were 50,000 heavy cavalry. How could they just disappear? Other ministers and the noble families would not believe it.

It was because it was too direct that Lin Gaoyuan thought it might not be fake news. Just like when Beijun exterminated 300,000 barbarians, the more it looked like fake news, the more likely it was not.

After Zhao Wenhan came to his senses, he immediately stood up and asked: "Your Majesty, have you confirmed the news? After all, there are 50,000 heavy cavalry. How could they be defeated so easily?"

Emperor Xia said indifferently: "My shadow guard has confirmed the news. I didn't want to believe it at first, but the words of the national teacher reminded me that although Beijun has 50,000 heavy cavalry, these heavy cavalry were created not long ago and their combat effectiveness is not strong."

"When facing the barbarians, their biggest advantage is the heavy armor. It is normal that these 50,000 heavy cavalry will be destroyed by the army of the Northern Xian King."

"However, this does not mean that they have been defeated. The Northern Xian King has withdrawn to the grassland. Now that Beijun is safe, the mission of the 50,000 heavy cavalry has been completed. Next, the court can put all its energy into the war with Dawu."

Although Emperor Xia said so, the ministers present knew very well that they had never paid much attention to the war in the north. They had been paying attention to the war between Daxia and Dawu from the beginning.

As for what happened to Beijun, it had nothing to do with them. This was mainly because in their opinion, the 50,000 heavy cavalry of Beijun were the private soldiers of Emperor Xia. Their combat effectiveness should be very strong, and there would be no big problem in dealing with the King of Beixian, so they were too lazy to pay attention to what happened in the north.

As a result, Emperor Xia now told them that the 50,000 heavy cavalry of Beijun had almost been wiped out, leaving only some wounded soldiers.

Of course, this was a good thing for most people present, but they had no way to confirm whether Emperor Xia's news was true or false.

If it was true, in the eyes of the noble families, Emperor Xia would have less power in his hands. After the war between Dawu and Daxia was over, Emperor Xia would not have the courage to move against the ancient family.

The key was whether the news was true or not.

If it was true, the noble families were all happy.

If it was false, it meant that Emperor Xia was going to hide his strength, which proved that he still had not given up and still wanted to take action against the ancient family, but in Emperor Xia's opinion, there might be no chance in the next few years, so he had to endure the humiliation first.

Emperor Xia is best at bearing humiliation and carrying heavy burdens. He has compromised with the aristocratic families countless times, but every time he compromised, his hatred for the aristocratic families would deepen, which would make him want to get rid of the ancient aristocratic families even more. The ancient aristocratic families naturally understand that Emperor Xia can no longer tolerate them after compromises.

But Emperor Xia needs strength to be unable to tolerate them. He alone cannot eliminate all the ancient aristocratic families. If Emperor Xia does not have weapons in his hands, the ancient aristocratic families will not be afraid of him.

At this time, Chu Qinwu, the Minister of War, said: "Your Majesty, the war in the west is tense. Since the war in the north has ended, should General Lin be transferred back?"

Emperor Xia glanced at Chu Qinwu and was about to say something when Lin Gaoyuan suddenly said: "Although the army of the King of Northern Xian has withdrawn to the grassland, according to the war reports from the north, the soldiers of the King of Northern Xian will still attack Tianguang City from time to time."

"Now the King of Northern Xian has few soldiers. Tianguang City is now guarded by 20,000 troops of the court. If they are transferred at this time, it is equivalent to giving up the north."

After Lin Gaoyuan finished speaking, he handed the war report in his hand to Zhao Wenhan, who took the war report from Lin Gaoyuan and read it carefully.

At this time, the officials of the aristocratic family were staring at Zhao Wenhan, wanting to see Zhao Wenhan's attitude.

Zhao Wenhan glanced at the content of the war report and said, "If it is true that the barbarian cavalry still goes south from time to time as General Lin said in the war report, then the 20,000 troops of the court should not be transferred back so quickly."

Emperor Xia said at this time: "Okay, put the war in the north aside first. Today I asked you to come mainly to discuss peace talks with Dawu."

Nominally, the war between Daxia and Dawu was provoked by Daxia. Since it was provoked by Daxia, if Daxia wants the war to end, it must first propose peace talks.

Although Emperor Xia is unwilling to negotiate, if the war continues like this, Daxia's military strength will be further weakened. How can he deal with the noble families in Daxia at that time?

Although many vassal kings have sent troops to the front line, the armies of those vassal kings are poor one by one and basically have no combat effectiveness. Now the western front is guarded by the army of Daxia.

If the armies of those vassal kings are simply allowed to guard the front line, it is likely that it will not take long for Dawu's million-strong army to advance to the capital of Daxia.

For the present Great Xia, the best outcome is peace talks.

Emperor Xia also knows that peace talks mean that he has to compromise with the aristocratic families again. This war is likely to be launched by the Chu family and the Dawu Dynasty. The Chu family belongs to the Jiangnan aristocratic family. Now the Jiangnan aristocratic family has completely turned to the Eighth Prince. The result of his compromise is likely to be to make the Eighth Prince the crown prince.

Although he is unwilling in his heart, Emperor Xia has to do this. He can't fight anymore. If he continues to fight, he will lose all the capital he has accumulated with great difficulty.

For the next hour, they were all discussing the peace talks. Zhao Wenhan and some officials were a little confused. If the peace talks were to be discussed, they should be discussed in the court.

Why did Emperor Xia only call these officials related to the frontline war to discuss peace talks today, and other officials did not participate in the discussion?

As the discussion progressed, Zhao Wenhan discovered a detail, that is, the officials in the study were basically officials from the Jiangnan family.

The attitudes of military generals and Jiangnan family officials towards peace talks are completely different.

The generals in the study were very opposed to the peace talks, but the officials of the Jiangnan family were in favor of the peace talks. Only through peace talks could the officials of the Jiangnan family get more benefits from Emperor Xia's compromise.

When these two parties are called together, the officials of the Jiangnan Family will find various excuses to talk about the war ahead. They should put the people first, and attack those generals who only want to make meritorious deeds.

The military generals believed that His Majesty's proposal for peace talks was forced by the officials of the Jiangnan Family, which inadvertently aroused conflicts between the generals and the Jiangnan Family.

Military generals really want to make achievements, but that general doesn't want to make achievements. What's more, most of the generals in Daxia now are promoted from behind and basically have no military achievements.

As a result, the Jiangnan family kept talking about peace talks, which made those generals happy.

The final peace talks were discussed for a long time without a specific result. Then Emperor Xia decided to discuss it again in the court hall when the court held a meeting.

After leaving the study, officials from the Jiangnan family came to Zhao Wenhan. Chu Qinwu asked curiously: "Master Zhao, why do you think His Majesty would let us discuss peace talks with a group of military generals? This kind of thing is not allowed." Should it be discussed at the court meeting?"

Zhao Wenhan stroked his beard and said with a light that had already seen through everything: "Based on the facts, your Majesty intends to provoke a conflict between the Jiangnan family and the generals."

Having said this, Zhao Wenhan turned his head and glanced at the officials following him, and then continued: "Except for Lin Gaoyuan, how many of the civil servants who came today are from other factions? You are basically from the Jiangnan family. An official."

Hearing what Zhao Wenhan said, everyone suddenly woke up. It turned out that Emperor Xia knew that this war would be fought soon, so he dug a hole for the Jiangnan family in advance.

They were arguing with the generals in the study just now, because they just didn't want the war to continue.

In their opinion, it was enough for the war to reach this level. If the war continued, it might force Emperor Xia to jump over the wall in a hurry, which would instead shake the interests of the Jiangnan family.

War is just a continuation of politics. It does not mean that continuing the war is a good thing for them.

Just as Chu Qinwu was about to continue saying something, Zhao Wenhan stroked his beard and continued: "Let's not discuss this matter for now. You guys should let your people go find out whether Beijun's 50,000 heavy cavalry were really destroyed."

"If Beijun's 50,000 heavy cavalry is really gone, His Majesty's little thoughts today will not have much effect."

Without Beijun's 50,000 heavy cavalry, it would be useless to provoke a conflict between the Jiangnan family and the generals. Could it be that Emperor Xia still planned to take action against the Jiangnan family after the war between Dawu and Daxia ended?

Zhao Wenhan didn't believe that Emperor Xia dared to do this. The more Emperor Xia made small moves, the more it proved that Emperor Xia was guilty and did not dare to directly attack the ancient family.

After hearing Zhao Wenhan's reminder, the officials of the Jiangnan Family immediately went back to pass today's news back to the families behind them, and then used all forces to investigate whether the Black Cavalry in Bei County had really been destroyed.