Logically speaking, the easiest troops to mobilize are the prince's troops.

After all, the prince now has thousands of soldiers at his disposal. As long as the prince's soldiers can be sent to the mountains, those bandits can be easily wiped out.

After all, they were just a group of bandits. Couldn't a few thousand soldiers and horses solve the problem? That would be like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

But the emperor could not believe the prince no matter what, and this was the most difficult point for Qian Ruoyu.

After all, the prince had been stationed outside the capital for three months without any movement. It was simply because the emperor did not trust the prince. Otherwise, Chu Mobai's army would have set off long ago.

On the other hand, the manpower that can be mobilized comes from Luo Shanhai's subordinates.

Luo Shanhai was able to mobilize several thousand people, including all the defenders from the nine gates of the capital.

However, if Luo Shanhai were to mobilize personnel over there, it would be even more troublesome. This would mean that all nine gates of the capital would be empty, and anyone would have the opportunity to sneak in.

At that time, it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to the entire capital city.

As for dispatching troops from other places, that might not be a good method. After thinking about this, Qian Ruoyu felt that he needed to discuss it with Liu Dehai.

But in fact, inside the palace, the emperor was already extremely furious. He threw the book in his hand directly outside.

"Garbage! They are all gamblers!"

"No one is useful at the critical moment. Isn't there even one person willing to negotiate?"

At this moment, Bagua, who was wearing official uniform, stood up.

"Your Majesty, forgive me for being blunt. It's not that we don't want to go, but we're afraid we'll be in danger of death if we go this time. That group of people are bandits, and they've been entrenched near the capital for a long time!"

"I heard that they came from the north and have been entrenched in Jiulong Mountain for nearly half a year. During this period of time, we happened to be plagued by a rampant epidemic..."

"Jiulong Mountain is vast and covers a very wide area. If we rashly send people over to wipe them out, it will probably not be a simple matter. And if we reason with them like this, doesn't it mean that the court has compromised with them?"

After hearing what he said, the emperor looked even more helpless, because among all people, the person who was most opposed to sending people to negotiate was gossip.

But what Bagua said was not without reason. After all, if they negotiated with them in this way, it would obviously mean that the court had to bow to them, and at that time the entire court would have almost no face left.

But now the emperor is very anxious to send this batch of medicinal materials to the capital, to develop special medicines and save the millions of people in the capital.

The emperor naturally felt unwilling to see such a batch of medicinal materials destroyed in the hands of the other party, so he said to the person in front of him.

"Don't you have any ideas at all? There are so many of you and you can't come up with a solution!"

Although Liu Dehai was listening on the side, he thought of one person in his heart at this moment, that was Qian Ruoyu.

He believed that if Qian Ruoyu was there, this matter would be easily resolved. Even though Qian Ruoyu did not have any military power, Liu Dehai still believed in her.

Because Liu Dehai and Qian Ruoyu have experienced many things, especially this incident, which made Liu Dehai firmly believe that as long as Qian Ruoyu is there, this matter will definitely be solved.

But Liu Dehai would not say it at this time. After all, Qian Ruoyu had no reputation in the court, let alone any trouble. Why should the emperor believe her?

No matter how much he believed, he would only believe Chu Mobai, and it would be impossible for him to believe Qian Ruoyu.

Therefore Liu Dehai also chose to shut up.

However, the crowd, led by Bagua, did not say a word at this time, because they were obviously forcing the emperor to come up with a solution himself, and no one was willing to take the initiative to come up with a solution.

After seeing these people pause like this, the emperor became extremely angry. He threw some books on the desk out again and hit several ministers without saying a word.

"I don't know what the imperial court is doing by keeping you guys around! We can't even deal with a small bandit right now, not to mention this group of bandits hiding in Jiulong Mountain. You don't know where they are, and you only know their demands? Then tell me what their demands are!"

Gossip spoke at this time.

"In reply to your Majesty, those bandits on Jiulong Mountain want to exchange the medicinal herbs they have for five million taels of silver..."

When he suddenly heard this data, even the emperor couldn't help himself, but there were no books on his desk that he could not throw away, so he could only slam the table weakly and angrily.

"Five million taels of silver! These bandits are so bold! Do they really think I have no way to deal with them?"

"Where's the Minister of War? Send me the tiger talisman immediately and tell all the generals nearby to gather at Jiulong Mountain! Wipe out the bandits on the mountain!"

But after hearing these words, the Minister of War looked troubled.

He said somewhat embarrassedly.

"Well... Your Majesty, because of the border issue, you previously dispatched nearly 60,000 soldiers from the surrounding area to the border. Now the only troops you can mobilize are those of Lord Luo and the prince..."

"The prince should have 5,000 soldiers now, among which there are about 4,000 elite soldiers. It is obviously easy to deal with these bandits... and Lord Luo, the Nine Gates Admiral, has nearly 3,000 men, so he may also be able to find a way to deal with these bandits..."

But after hearing these words, a hint of anger clearly appeared on the emperor's face.

"Luo Shanhai? He does have people under his command, but how can I ask him to send his men? If he goes, who will protect the safety of the capital?"

He talked directly about Luo Shanhai, but completely ignored Chu Mobai. It was obvious that he didn't want to mention Chu Mobai and just wanted Chu Mobai to stay outside the capital.

After seeing his look, no one said much at this time, but nodded one after another. The question then came to the Minister of War. If he did not come up with a good solution, the emperor would probably continue to ask questions.

Finally, the Minister of War thought about it and spoke immediately.

"Well... how about this? Ask the magistrates of the nearby counties to send their servants..."