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The cold wind howled, as if overnight, the imperial capital suddenly cooled down.
Li Qiye got out of the warm carriage, tightened the robe he was wearing, and then strode towards the Palace of Qinzheng.
When Li Qiye, chief of the Ministry of War, arrived at the Hall of Qinzheng, all the chiefs and vice chiefs of the various ministries arrived, all with solemn expressions.
"President Li, have you heard that something happened in the Northwest?"
Seeing Li Qiye's arrival, Yue Shan, the head of the criminal department, approached him and lowered his voice to inquire about the situation.
"I just got the news that the Desert Empire's sudden cross-border attack, Oasis Mansion has fallen, and now the situation is estimated to be not optimistic" Li Qiye said with a serious face.
After all, the fast horses of the Ministry of War rushed along the 800-mile post road, and it also took time to travel from Daning Province in the northwest to the imperial capital.
The news he got was that Ganquan Prefecture in the northwest had already fallen, and now it is estimated that more prefectures and counties have fallen.
"Your Majesty is here!"
When Li Qiye and Yue Shan were lowering their voices to exchange opinions, Jin Yiwei's loud shout sounded from the side of the main hall.
I saw Chen Ziang, who was wearing an eight-clawed golden dragon robe, striding forward, and Du Jian, the dean of the Intelligence Investigation Institute, followed behind like an eggplant beaten by frost.
After Du Jian reported the information to Chen Ziang at the first time, Chen Ziang was also furious, and he scolded Du Jian, the dean of the intelligence investigation institute.
Because it is unreasonable that the Intelligence Investigation Institute did not notice any signs before.
It wasn't until the army of the Desert Empire had already invaded the northwest border that the information from the Intelligence Investigation Institute came late, which made Chen Ziang very disappointed.
During the reprimand just now, Chen Ziang even said harshly, that is, if the Intelligence Investigation Institute is so insensitive to the enemy's situation, Du Jian, the director of intelligence investigation, will not have to do it.
You must know that Du Jian used to be Chen Ziang's personal guard, and he can be regarded as the direct line of the direct line, and he has always trusted him.
Being able to reprimand him so severely this time also shows that Chen Ziang is angry this time, and is seriously dissatisfied with the work of the Intelligence Investigation Institute.
"My dear friends, the desert empire has invaded our northwest border."
After Chen Ziang stood still, looking at the neatly lined civil servants and generals, he also bluntly reported the situation.
"Hiss!"
?After hearing this, everyone gasped and was shocked. Although they heard some rumors just now, they didn't really believe it, and even thought it was fake news.
After all, they also have a general understanding of the situation of the desert empire. It is a country that is not strong, and the Far East Empire has never regarded them as opponents.
In particular, the desert empire's standing army is only 200,000. They have to guard the borders everywhere, and they are unable to launch large-scale offensives.
Precisely because of this, the Far Eastern Empire did not station a field army in the northwest because of the great border defense pressure in the north and east.
What they didn't expect was that the desert empire, which they had always looked down upon, would launch an attack on them.
"The latest news is that Ganquan Prefecture has fallen, and it is estimated that more prefectures and counties have fallen into the enemy's hands." Chen Ziang said with a dark face.
"The first army on the border of the Desert Empire is attacking our Northwest Daning Province this time, with a strength of more than 80,000 people."
"There is only one Security Banner Regiment in Daning Province, and its forces are relatively scattered. It is difficult to fight against the border army of the Desert Empire, so we have to prepare for the worst."
"Where is Xu Yong's Sixth Army now?"
After Chen Ziang finished speaking, he turned his attention to Li Qiye, Chief of the Ministry of War.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Sixth Field Army Corps has arrived at the Ganshui River. The Ministry of War has just received the news. After they learned of the invasion of the Desert Empire, they stopped advancing. They are deploying defenses along the Ganshui River." Li Qiye hurriedly stood up and said.
After hearing Li Qiye's words, Chen Zi'ang's expression eased a little. Fortunately, they made a prediction in advance and felt that they would transfer the Sixth Army to the northwest to strengthen the defense of the northwest.
It's a pity that they were still one step too late. The Sixth Field Army was still on the way, and the Desert Empire couldn't wait to attack them.
"The Sixth Field Army Corps is a meritorious and elite force of our empire. With them in Daning Province, they should be able to block the offensive of the Desert Empire." Qin An, the chief of staff, comforted him.
All the ministers felt relieved and nodded in agreement one after another.
After all, far awayThe several veteran field armies of the empire were all fought one after another, and their combat effectiveness is still very strong.
"We must not underestimate the enemy." Du Jian, the dean of the Intelligence Research Institute, said.
"If our information is correct, the army of the Desert Empire has now expanded to about 600,000. Once they are dispatched in full force, it will be difficult for our Sixth Army to resist." Du Jian said with a serious face.
When Du Jian got the information, he also misjudged the information, so he didn't report it, but focused on the Holy See and the Hanhai Dynasty.
After all, the population of the desert empire is limited, and it is already beyond our capabilities to maintain a standing army of 200,000 people, let alone build an army of 600,000 people.
If the desert empire maintains an army of 600,000 people, without the Far East Empire attacking, they themselves will collapse due to lack of clothing and food.
So when Du Jian and the others learned that the desert empire was recruiting soldiers for training, Du Jian felt that this was just a routine annual training for the desert empire.
Just like their second field army in the cloud province, they are defending the border while cultivating.
During the slack season, they leave the land to start training. The desert empire also has this tradition.
Their small population and limited resources made it impossible to maintain a strong army.
They also gather the young and strong in the territory in the autumn and winter of each year for a one-to-two-month training.
Once a war breaks out, these young men can be directly recruited into the army and go into battle.
On weekdays, these young and strong people are ordinary people, and once a war breaks out, they are soldiers.
When the desert empire assembled for training again, Du Jian thought they were just doing routine training.
But who would have known that this time they were conducting a nationwide mobilization in the name of training in order to cooperate with the Holy See, the Hanhai Dynasty and others.
Now the desert empire's army has expanded to 600,000 in a short period of time, which is a force not to be underestimated.
Once they are dispatched in full force, even if the Sixth Field Army in the Far East has a strong combat power, it will be difficult to compete with two fists and four hands.
"We have no enmity with them, why did the desert empire attack us?" Some ministers were puzzled.
After the establishment of the Far East Empire, they had no enmity with the Desert Empire, and there were still some trade ties.
Now that the desert empire hastily attacked them, they couldn't figure it out.
"The Desert Empire is taking advantage of the fire to loot. Seeing that we are facing heavy pressure from the Holy See and the Hanhai Dynasty at the same time, we just want to get a share of the pie."
"Don't forget, the Wild Wolf River Valley and Red Sand Province are now occupied by people from the Desert Empire. They have been encroaching on our Far East land for a long time."
"This time they attacked us, presumably they wanted to take advantage of our inability to fight back and occupy our Daning Province."
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