Long live the general

Huo Yi was shocked when he heard this.

The Northern Army is different to the Huo family, because the original body of the Northern Army is the Huo Family Army.

The first soldiers in the Northern Army were trained by Huo Fengnian to deal with the Huns cavalry, and they were very loyal to the Huo family.Later, many soldiers from other armies were recruited one after another, and the composition gradually became complicated.

In the early days of the founding of Dai Viet, there were a total of more than 100 million troops, with a large number, scattered management, chaotic organization, and most of them were not in the hands of the court.After several dynasties and generations of streamlining and rectification, there are now 60 troops left, divided into the central army and the local army.The Central Army includes the Imperial Army, the Southern Army and the Northern Army.

The Forbidden Army was the emperor's personal guard, the Southern Army was stationed in Ziwei Palace, and the Northern Army was stationed in the north of Chang'an City. They were mainly responsible for the safety of Chang'an City and going out to fight.

The Northern Army is the army that participated in the most battles. If you want to accumulate military merits, you must find a way to join the Northern Army.Huo Fengnian has a stubborn personality and he doesn't want those noble children to come in to make military achievements, so he offended many people.Later, he was convicted of defeat in the war, and during this process, no one interceded for him.

Huo Yi couldn't help thinking, is this a temptation?Or a trap?

He skipped this question and said: "The Northern Army has [-] elite cavalry, plus another [-]. Once they go deep into the desert, it will be difficult to get supplies from the rear, so at least [-] reserve troops are needed."

"Besides, the Xiongnu cavalry is flexible in combat. At least four armies need to go out at the same time to attack the Huns." He drew four routes with his fingers to form a siege, and then clenched his fists: "The cavalry pushes flat, and the infantry gathers and wipes out later. Ideal condition."

The biggest advantage of the Huns is that they can run if they can’t fight. For them, it’s no problem to run outside the Gobi Desert, cross the Linhan Sea and the Mengdong Pidan Mountains, and then go northwest—to be honest, that’s another continent up.

Once the Huns recover, they will come back and continue to plunder this rich and stable land.

Huo Yi also thought about it day and night, how to completely defeat the Xiongnu, grind off his minions, cut off his limbs, and behead his roots.

Just a war is not enough.

Just [-] troops and horse supplies are not enough, and the treasury can only be emptied to fight two or three wars, after which the emperor has to continue to find ways to make money.

Of course, if it weren't for the property left by the previous generations of emperors, Zhou Zhenyan wouldn't even be able to fight a single battle.

Zhou Zhenyan fell into deep thought, and he was also counting the balance in the national treasury. At this moment, Zhang Zhongchang's attendant came in and announced, "Your Majesty, Mrs. Zhang asks to see you."

"Let her wait." Zhou Zhenyan said quickly.

Chang Zhong Zhang came over and whispered in his ear: "Your Majesty, the queen and queen hanged herself in the palace, and the imperial physician has rushed over."

Zhou Zhenyan raised his head, frowned and thought for a moment, then said to Huo Yi: "Huo Qing rest here for a while."

Huo Yi blinked, and was about to stand up and send the emperor off, but Zhou Zhenyan pressed him down and left in a hurry.

Zhang Zhongchang's voice was very low just now, and Huo Yi didn't hear what happened.But at this moment, he suddenly realized that the new emperor should have a harem.

Although this matter is very reasonable, Zhou Zhenyan always has a sense of disobedience. Huo Yi thought that a person like him would devote all his energy to the Northern Expedition to the Huns, and he would be a rich country and a strong soldier all his life. All obey and struggle.

After all, he has shown a strong desire to make troubles, and to make big things all the time.

Huo Yi raised the corners of his mouth silently for his own thoughts, those maids were outside, after Zhou Zhenyan left, there was no one in Xiaojiao Hall, he relaxed a lot.

He didn't know how long the Holy Majesty would be away, so he could only take this opportunity to take it easy.

His legs were slightly numb, Huo Yi changed his sitting position, Xiaojiao Temple continued to exude a slightly intoxicating heat of soft fragrance, the desk was lit with mild incense, the heat slowly soaked into the skin, and his eyelids were desperately falling down. Fatigue surged up, as if they wanted to settle accounts with him together, and the map in front of them gradually became blurred...

Huo Yi yawned, tried to raise his eyelids, and told himself that he must not sleep.

Zhou Zhenyan stepped into Mrs. Wang's palace, and the palace fell into a sad silence.A court lady led the Holy Majesty to the king's and queen's bed, and covered her with a white cloth, and there was a deep red mark on her throat.

Zhou Zhenyan's last impression of her was still the hysterical cries of Emperor Yueyun before his death. At this time, she was lying on the bed with a dark complexion, and she looked very similar to Emperor Yueyun when she died.

He has nothing but enmity with this noble woman, and half of the murders that Zhou Zhenyan suffered when he was young came from her.At this time she died, Zhou Zhenyan didn't feel happy or sad.He quickly thought about the relatives of the Wang family in the court, and the first thing that came to mind was the elder brother of the Queen Wang, Prime Minister Wang Bi.

The prime minister is the head of a hundred officials, with great power. Generally, the emperor does not personally participate in the decision-making of any matter, but the prime minister leads other ministers to discuss a result, and then reports it to the emperor to see if it can be passed.

Hundreds of officials obeyed the emperor's order, and also listened to the prime minister. To be more specific, they might listen to the prime minister more.Sometimes, when the emperor wanted to do something but the prime minister and all the officials disagreed, it would be very difficult and even aborted.

The imperial physician stood beside him with his hands tied, Zhou Zhenxian beckoned him to speak, the imperial physician said in a low voice, "Queen Wang really hanged herself, and it was too late when I arrived."

He knew what information the emperor needed, Zhou Zhenzhen nodded and prepared to leave here.Empress Wang's accompanying female officer rushed out suddenly, knelt in front of him, and said sadly: "Your Majesty, Empress Wang has something to think about..."

Zhou Zhenyan passed by her expressionlessly, the female officer's voice was lost in the footsteps of the crowd, she looked desperately at the tall and cold back of the emperor, and shouted sharply:

"His Majesty--!"

boom.

The palace gate was slammed shut, and all light and sound were cut off.

"Unfortunately, the former emperor's king and queen died suddenly, and my heart hurts..." Zhou Zhenxie walked slowly in the exquisite and gorgeous corridor of Ziwei Palace, behind him were mighty courtiers, court ladies, and forbidden soldiers.His voice still reached Chen Zhonglang's ears clearly: "Tell me, how about letting the prime minister come to hold the funeral for the queen?"

Chen Zhonglang's back was covered in cold sweat, and he could hear the quiet murderous intent from His Majesty's tone.

Zhou Zhenyan walked outside for a while, and met the former Mrs. Zhang.Since he ascended the throne, Zhou Zhenyan has not been accepted into the harem yet. As the seventh prince before, no one has worried about his life-long affairs, so he has been a lonely family until now.These women in the current harem are all left by the former emperor.

According to regulations, these women have many endings. Staying in Ziwei Palace or becoming a monk to enter the temple, guarding the mausoleum is the scariest thing, and the best thing is to go to the fiefdom of your own children. Young and beautiful women can also fight for the new emperor. fight.

Zhou Zhenyan has not yet arranged their whereabouts. The women in the harem live in the most beautiful palaces, speculating about their uncertain future.

The death of Queen Wang aggravated this anxiety.

Mrs. Zhang has no son, and she doesn't want to die of old age in a Taoist temple. She is still young, and her appearance is extremely beautiful, which is enough to make any man in the world fall in love.

She was wearing a bluish-white robe, standing mournfully by the side of the road, her blue hair like a waterfall.She knew that many people were looking at her with amazed or avoiding eyes, but the most important person just passed by lightly, without any waves in their eyes.

Mrs. Zhang raised her head and asked softly, "Your Majesty, Queen Wang..."

Zhou Zhenyan's eyes fell on her face, and after a while, Mrs. Zhang found that the new emperor actually smiled at her, and asked, "You have a younger brother who is the chief minister in the court, and his name is...?" Da Si Nong is one of the nine ministers, in charge of state property.

Mrs. Zhang nodded nervously, "Zhang Laiqian."

"Good name." Zhou Zhenyan beckoned and asked a few people to send Mrs. Zhang back to the palace, and said softly, "Mrs. Zhang, it's fine, don't worry."

He walked briskly into Xiaojiao Hall, and the cold air on his body was instantly blown away by the hot wind.The hall was very quiet. Zhou Zhenyan saw Huo Yi sitting in front of the desk, with his head lowered little by little, and then suddenly raised again. After a few times, he just gave up resisting and fell asleep lying on the desk.

The soft wool carpet of Xiaojiao Hall absorbed Zhou Zhenyan's footsteps, so Huo Yi didn't hear the movement behind him at all.Zhou Zhenzhen turned around and made a silence gesture, and walked slowly. He saw the piece of warm jade falling out of Huo Yi's chest. Huo Yi frowned irritably, pulled his chest casually, and fell into a deep sleep again. among.

Zhou Zhenxie smiled, put the Nuanyu back for him, and helped him tidy up his messy neckline.

He just sat across from Huo Yi, slowly looking at a memorial presented earlier.

Huo Yi couldn't find peace even in his sleep, his brows were tightly furrowed, his expression flustered, and after a while, there were even faint traces of tears in the corners of his eyes.

Zhou Zhenzhen was startled, he couldn't be crying, for the cold-tempered new emperor, crying is a very unbelievable thing.Zhou Zhenyan was pushed into the pond by his elder brother's attendant when he was a child. Instead of being afraid of the water, he plunged into the water for a few days and practiced water skills.

No difficulty can make him fearful and weak.

In the end, instead of waking Huo Yi up, he asked the maid to put on soothing incense, drew the curtains to block out the sunlight, and only lit candles on both sides of the hall.

Zhou Zhenyan looked at the memorial for a while, then glanced at Huo Yi, which seemed to be a combination of work and rest.Huo Yi has settled down a lot at this time. It seems that because this position is uncomfortable, he struggled to change it, then opened his eyes in a daze, and found that his vision had dimmed. It's night!

Huo Yi suddenly raised his head, just in time to bump into Zhou Zhenyan's eyes. Zhou Zhenyan was still holding a memorial in his hand, and looked at him calmly.

Huo Yi has long black hair, white skin, drooping eyes, and black pupils as if soaked in ice water. Usually, people think that even his bones are beautiful and cold.At this time, under the orange candlelight, the sharp outlines are slightly blurred, the flickering firelight is reflected in the eyes, the shadows thicken and fade away, the profile of the face is dyed orange, and the body is surrounded by a warm and smoky softness. Did not wake up, eyes confused.

The spot of light fell from his arm to his fingertips, and disappeared again.

The author has something to say:

The emperor issued a mission: Northern Expedition to the Huns.

The general proposes a budget: [-] supplies.

The emperor humbly wishes to reduce the budget.

The general made a table: After careful calculation, one hundred thousand is not enough.