"Your Majesty, I have just returned from Yanmen Pass. The battle between the border guards and the Xianbei Huqi is extremely beneficial to the Han Dynasty!"

A sound like a bell resounded throughout the court.

The person who reported the report was a tall, elegant man in his fifties, from Zhuo County, Zhuo County - Lu Zhi.

Speaking of Lu Zhi, it is not simple. He has studied under the Taiwei Chen Qiu and the great scholar Ma Rong.

Chen Qiu is the Chen family in Xia Pi. Chen Deng, who helped Cao Cao cry for Lu Bu a few years later, and Chen Yuanlong's uncle. As for Ma Rong, his reputation was even more resounding. He, Ma Teng, Xiliang, Ma Chao and his son, were both descendants of General Fu Bo and Ma Yuan.

Therefore, Lu Zhi can be regarded as a general promoted by the Confucian scholar Guandong and the two factions of Guanxi. They have a very special status in the circle of scholars and generals. Even eunuchs dare not provoke them easily.

Now he serves as the General of the Huns, the Governor-General and the Hu people's war affairs. This time, he was rushed back from Yanmen Pass and reported to the emperor if he had any important matters!

"Your Majesty, if you can support a group of ten thousand troops in Yanmen and pursue the victory, the Xianbei clan will be defeated in one battle! Our great Han Dynasty will never have any trouble with Xianbei again!"

The sound shook the rubble, and Lu Zhi's voice was very resounding... his tone was sonorous, and he was obviously confident.

What he said is correct. Since Cao Jie retelled Xiao Cao Shu's understanding of "The Art of War" by retelling Xiao Zhuo's understanding of "The Art of War". Then he offered suggestions in front of the palace, using the Tao, heaven, earth, generals, and methods in "The Art of War", to interpret the general strategy of fighting against the Xianbei Huqi.

Suddenly, the situation of the Han border defense army changed from passive to active, guarding Yanmen and fighting a protracted battle! Yanmen is natural danger here, and the Hu people are no longer as strong as the horse, but they can't stand this heroic pass that can't be opened by tens of thousands of men.

In addition, the Xianbei people have gone south for more than once or twice. The vast land near Yanmen has long been cleared, and there is no one in the village or food. The food supply of the Xianbei Huqi is almost unable to keep up.

If the Xianbei stalemate is more than a month later, the Xianbei will retreat, and the Han army will usher in a good opportunity to turn the defense into an offensive. Lu Zhi decided that this battle could determine the Xianbei. However, the frontier guards on the front were too tired and fought against the Hu people for a long time, so they would not have the strength to take the initiative.

For this reason, Lu Zhi rushed to Luoyang, Kyoto for thousands of miles. He must persuade the prince to draw out a soldier and support Yanmen... This is related to the overall situation of the border and cannot be careless!

"Cao Da Changqiu? Can we big men draw out troops?" Emperor Liu Hong pretended to ask Cao Jie beside him.

"Your Majesty, there are troops, and it is not difficult to extract ten thousand people from the five major armies of the Northern Army." Cao Jie was very good at observing the words and expressions. He understood the emperor's shirks and procrastination at once. "But, the inventory of these weapons and armor is probably not enough!"

Cao Jie did not lie about this.

The military system of the Han Dynasty implemented strong trunks and weak branches. Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, most of the core soldiers and horses of the empire were concentrated in the border areas or near the Kyoto Luoyang, and the most powerful soldiers of the Han Dynasty were the Hanting Northern Army.

However, over the years, natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued. The maintenance costs of the Northern Army of the Han Dynasty and the national treasury have obviously been rude. It is not easy to barely maintain the number of the Northern Army of the Hanting Dynasty. Where can we provide more support on weapons and armor?

In fact, Cao Jie also concealed a layer of it.

Not only weapons, but also armored warehouses, if they were to form troops to expedition to the Xianbei, the arsenal and the instrument warehouse were in full swing. In addition to some old objects accumulated over decades, there were no thousands of new bows, tens of thousands of good arrows, and there was no reserve of siege equipment at all. This was not even enough to fight a large-scale war.

Emperor Liu Hong deliberately fell out of a sad face, "General Lu, you have also seen it. Our great man has soldiers, but unfortunately there is not enough military equipment! If you really want to send a team of soldiers to the border, what can you use to fight? Do you fight with the Hu people's scimitar with your fists?"

Emperor Liu Hong shook his head, "I can't let the Northern Army of Hanting go to die in vain!"

He understood in his heart, fighting... To put it bluntly, it was gold for fighting. Does mobilizing soldiers have to spend money? Making weapons, armor and armor requires money, as well as siege equipment, chariots, water trucks, drum trucks, tents, rain cloths, shields... etc. Although this emperor doesn't know how to fight, he can settle the score!

All of these are counted? How much does it cost?

Cao Song, who was in charge of the national treasury, allocated funds to the Imperial Academy some time ago and built gardens for the emperor. Didn’t the border guards receive the pay that was owed for one year?

Liu Hong thought roughly, the current treasury must be as poor as it was, and he would definitely not be able to make any money.

In addition, this group of annoying sour scholars always beat him to pay attention to private money in Wanjin Hall... Emperor Liu Hong didn't want to be fooled. What's more, he didn't have the feeling of Emperor Wu of Han that "those who offend me will be punished even if they are far away."

Fighting and killing is too boring. We each guard the country's borders, so can't we develop peacefully?

Although I thought so in my heart, I still want the face. Emperor Liu Hong said something clearly. It’s not that we don’t want to fight, we have no money!

...

But at this moment.

"Your Majesty, the old man is late and he deserves to die." At the gate of Deyang Palace, Cao Song rushed over quickly, gasping for breath, as if he was running all the way.

"The Grand Secretary's Agriculture came just right." Emperor Liu Hong waved his hand. "Tell General Lu Zhonglang, how much money does our Han treasury have? How many armors can we build? How many weapons can we build?"

"Your Majesty..." The little yellow gate had already told the discussion in the court on the way Cao Song arrived.

Therefore, Cao Song had prepared a few questions that the emperor would ask early in the morning. "In the past few days, I have been counting the treasury day and night. All the treasury accounts have been counted, and the deposits in them are less than ten million yuan!"

Less than tens of millions?

Lu Zhi was stunned. "Millions" were a huge fortune in the hands of ordinary people, but in the court, it was simply insignificant. You know, now a horse on the market has reached five million yuan, and a good spear costs several thousand yuan. It turns out that the entire Han treasury can only buy two horses? Hundreds of spears? Is it even a hammer army formed?

Thinking of this, Lu Zhi frowned tightly, calling him an ordinary person. Most of the time, he should have stepped back and stayed wherever he was cool.

But this Lu Zhi was very stubborn. If he didn't do what he wanted to do, he would never give up! Even if he offended the emperor, he would be willing to do so.

"Don't Your Majesty still have Wanjin Hall?" Lu Zhi spoke, his voice shaking the rubble. "Your Majesty pulled out tens of millions of millions of dollars from Wanjin Hall, and the civil and military officials in the court donated tens of millions of millions. I think the weapons, armor, food, and supplies of an army will be released!"

Speaking of this, Lu Zhi paused for a moment and then raised his hand. "Chen Tang, a famous general of the Yuan Dynasty, once wrote a letter - those who offend our great Han will be punished even if they are far away. Your Majesty, now is the best time to determine the Xianbei in one battle. Think about how abominable the Xianbei attacked the border in recent years. I think your Majesty also hopes to sweep the Huns like Emperor Wu and show the might of our great Han!"

Some words were passionate...

This is the Confucian scholar. No matter what happens, he can talk about the Spring and Autumn Period. Although the emperor Liu Hong doesn’t like to listen, he still can’t refute it. When he refutes, he is contrary to Emperor Wu’s will!

At this time, the emperor Liu Hongda felt like he was swaying his beard and staring at him. The Confucian scholar was full of bad water... Look, after all, he was still thinking about my private money!

Why are you going to be punished even though you are far away? Whoever loves you will be punished? No one can touch the money in my Wanjin Hall!

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Chapter completed!