Qin Feng was not wrong at all. The first thing his queen did when she went to the capital was to relegate the troops of the Great Chu world to the current Minister of War Cheng Wuben.

Of course, it was not in the name of Princess Zhaohua, and Min Ruoxi's current identity, so he was not qualified to point fingers at the Chu government, but there was also an empress dowager in the harem.

"Mother, the most urgent thing is to guard Jinghu." On the night of entering the palace, after the mother and daughter first met and cried, the conversation naturally turned back to the current critical situation. "The current situation is even more terrifying than the crisis decades ago. After all, the father was still there at that time."

When it comes to his father, Min Ruoxi, it is really a bit sad. The Min family is very small, unlike other royal families. Min Wei's adopted children are more similar to ordinary families. Especially when Min Ruoxi, he is even more afraid of melting when he holds them in his mouth, and is afraid of falling off when he holds them in his palm.

"At that time, the father was fighting outside, Yang Prime Minister Yang Yihe was in charge of the internal affairs, the king and ministers were in charge, and the upper and lower levels were in charge of the stability of the Great Chu for decades. But now, the second brother still doesn't know whether he can come back, and Ma Xiangdong cannot compare with Yang Yihe in terms of virtue or talent."

"When Kunling Pass is lost, can we still defend it?" The Empress Dowager was not familiar with military affairs. When she heard Min Ruoxi say so seriously and was worried about her son's life and death, she was a little confused.

"The six eastern counties cannot be defended. Without soldiers, that empty place cannot be defended. Therefore, Cheng Shuai had no choice but to retreat to Jinghu and build a second line of defense in Jinghu. As long as the Jinghu defense line is 10% of the Jinghu defense line, he can attack the six eastern counties. Retreat can steadily defend most of the country of Da Chu. The Qi people dare not force their troops to enter the hinterland of Da Chu before Jinghu." Min Ruoxi analyzed.

"Since that's the case, of course we have to defend Jinghu to the end. What's there to say?" the Empress Dowager said repeatedly.

"Mother, now there is no one in the court who can be suppressed. The court officials attack each other and fight for power and profit. Who is still interested in managing the safety of Da Chu, and who is still concerned about the life and death of the second brother!" Min Ruoxi sighed.

"Don't those lard that have been fooled by the heart, can you know that there will be eggs when the nest is destroyed?" The Empress Dowager's face changed drastically and she spat and scolded.

"Mother, what are they afraid of? It's better to be the same as when the Qi army comes, and another master kowtows. But if they can surrender, how can our Min family descend?" Min Ruoxi sighed, "I'm afraid that at that time, they will tie the Min family to the Qi army camp to ask for me."

"This, why is this good?" The Empress Dowager's face changed drastically.

"The queen of mother doesn't have to worry too much. Cheng Shuai is loyal. As long as Cheng Shuai is there, they dare not do anything. As long as Cheng Shuai can gain a foothold in Jinghu, everything will be fine." Min Ruoxi said: "But now there is a chaotic situation in the court, and Cheng Shuai is alone in Jinghu. As far as my daughter knows, Cheng Shuai is only 30,000 soldiers in his hands, including military wages and food. When his daughter was in Quanzhou, although she raised some of them to Cheng Shuai, she couldn't last long and she had to provide them to the court. So, the queen of mother, only you have the ability to forcefully suppress all the noises in the court. First, support Cheng Shuai with all her heart and strength to stabilize the Jinghu defense line before she can say something else."

"Okay, okay, I want to see if these people still have this court, an emperor, or a late emperor in the eyes of these people?" The empress dowager said fiercely.

The mother and daughter were both worried about each other for the middle of the night, and the empress dowager's knowledge was really limited. Listening to her daughter's very reasonable analysis, she naturally agreed.

At dawn, the king and his subjects were summoned. When everyone led by Ma Xiangdong saw the Empress Dowager appear on the throne with Min Ruoying's son in his arms, he was a little confused.

The Empress Dowager was furious, and tens of thousands of horses in the court were absent. When the court was dispersed, it was decided that the military was taken charge of Cheng Wuben, and the literature was taken from Ma Xiangdong to rebel, and the nationwide mobilization was issued. The entire Chu State entered the wartime system and was managed by military law. The Empress Dowager's decree was clearly distributed to all counties and counties across the country.

Ma Xiangdong never expected that under such a situation, he would have won a big prize. In the current situation, although the whole country has entered the military management model, and Cheng Fu, who is responsible for military affairs, has surpassed him as the chief minister, but Cheng Shuai is in Jinghu, and he has suddenly gained power in the capital. With this title, he naturally strongly supports the Queen Mother.

Under the high pressure of the empress dowager, the court of Chu became unprecedentedly efficient. The next day, Jiang Shangyan, who had been trapped outside the city for two months, was summoned by the empress dowager. While accepting the praise, Jiang Shangyan was immediately entrusted with attention and immediately led the army to aid Jinghu.

Where did the army come from? In the entire Shangjing City, there were only 10,000 Fire Phoenix Army guarding the capital and about 30,000 City Gate Army. The combat power of the City Gate Army was naturally at a loss, but at this time, we didn’t care about this much. The 10,000 Fire Phoenix Army naturally could not move, so there was only the City Gate Army.

Three days later, Jiang Shangyan led the 20,000 city gate army, carrying a large amount of weapons taken out of the arsenal, and ran all the way to Jinghu.

Jiang Shangyan was not worried about the low combat effectiveness of the city gate army. During the Ming Dynasty, it took only two or three months to transform the farmers who only knew how to wield hoes into a decent army. Jiang Shangyan also had great experience in the past few years.

No matter how bad the 30,000 city gate troops were, they were stronger than the farmers. When they arrived in Jinghu County, they started to train hard. Even if the majority were eliminated, they could at least get an elite army of more than 5,000 people.

After staying in the Ming Dynasty for a long time, Jiang Shangyan was deeply influenced by the Ming Dynasty's military construction philosophy. Military is of great importance and high quality. What's more, before setting off, the Empress promised herself that the Ming Dynasty would spare no effort to support the Da Chu, and like many of the latest weapons of the Ming Dynasty, they would also be sold to the Da Chu or even provide free support.

No one knows what the latest weapons of the Ming Dynasty mean better than Jiang Shangyan. His Baoqing camp is fully equipped with continuous crossbows, thunder fire, formation chariots, etc. This time, after returning, thanks to the grace of the emperor, his five hundred people brought ten more easily carried continuous crossbows and 100,000 such crossbow arrows.

After training a elite soldier of 5,000 people, and with the latest weapons of the Ming Dynasty, Jiang Shangyan had enough confidence to make the people who occupied the six eastern counties uneasy and the dormitory uneasy.

Of course, you cannot just defend Jinghu blindly. Attacking in the defense is the way to survive. The six eastern counties are vast. Even if the Qi people are there like Chu, they can't help Jinghu's attack. Because Jinghu has many rivers and lakes, they are not able to deal with Jinghu. Because Jinghu has many rivers and lakes, they are everywhere, and the Qi people do not have a decent navy to deal with Jinghu.

As soon as he thought of this, Jiang Shangyan couldn't help but be amazed at the Queen's plan. When she went to the capital, she had already recovered the Ning family. At this time, the hundreds of warships of Ning's family and thousands of soldiers had already helped Cheng Shuai in Jinghu. Now, Cheng Shuai only has the defensive power and no offensive means, but when she arrived, everything would change.

In addition to Jiang Shangyan's troops, the Chu court also issued an order to mobilize 20,000 Western troops to Jinghu. The Chu court was quite worried about this order, because in the Luoying Mountains, the Qin army Bian Wushuang's troops confronted the Western troops, there were nearly 100,000 troops. Because An Ruhai took away 10,000 people, there were only 40,000 people left. It was already too late, and it would be extremely dangerous to transfer another 20,000.

However, for Min Ruoxi, this was not a problem at all, because she knew very well that chaos in Qin was about to break out. At this moment, Bian Wushuang had no intention of causing trouble for Chu. Besides, the Chu army had already captured the Jingjing Pass fortress. If the Qin people really wanted to attack, they had to think about whether they could capture this important pass.

Min Ruoxi even promised the Queen Mother that if the Qin army dared to invade the West, the Ming army would launch an attack on Qin without hesitation. With Min Ruoxi's guarantee, the Chu court had given up half of its heart. Now the Ming army is like a sharp sword hanging above the head of the Qin people, and it may fall down at any time. The Qin people wanted to cause trouble for the Chu country, but I am afraid that the Ming army was also using their ideas.

In this way, Suqian, the deputy commander of the Western Army, also led the 20,000 main forces of the Western Army to return east, and their destination was naturally Jinghu County.

The court suddenly calmed down and fully supported Jinghu County, but Cheng Wuben, who was in Jinghu County, was not happy at all, because Emperor Min Ruoying did not go through Wanzhou to Jinghu, but chose the extremely dangerous line from Fenghuang Mountain to Kunling Pass. The suspicion between the monarch and ministers had reached.

"Ship Cheng, Your Majesty's move is unwise. Even if he comes out, the Fire Phoenix Army will probably go to the next ten times!" Zeng Lin looked at Cheng Wuben with a pale face and said to him.

Cheng Wuben smiled bitterly. He knew that Zeng Lin certainly understood why, but he just didn't say it in person. "Brother Zeng, if one day I have any accidents, you should do your best to guard the Jinghu line."

"Shishuai Cheng, what are you talking about?" Zeng Lin's face changed color. "If Shuai Cheng is not here, Jinghu will probably no longer be here. I also know what Cheng Shuai is worried about. If you say disrespectful words, I am afraid that the emperor will be so confused and will be trapped in his own heart. Shuai Cheng, even for the sake of the Great Chu, you cannot be confused. In Jinghu County, the 30,000 troops of the eastern border army, who does not follow the leader of Shuai Cheng's horse. Others such as county soldiers and sailors, Zeng also believes that they can be said to each other. Who wants to be unfavorable to Cheng? You have to ask if we agree first?"

"This is over." Cheng Wuben shook his head.

"Shuai Cheng, I'll just put my words here today. If anyone wants to be unfavorable to Shuai Cheng, even the emperor, Zeng will not dare to obey the imperial edict."
Chapter completed!