We have to thank Yang Yizhen for this. If he had not suffered a crushing defeat outside, he would not even be able to attend such a court meeting based on his rank.
"Your Majesty," Wei Shuma had to step out of the line, kneeling on the ground, and answered loudly: "I am a rough man, I only know how to march and fight, I don't know anything else, but the Qinghe army is about to arrive, please appoint a minister to lead the army as soon as possible, so that I can arrange the defense as soon as possible."
Damn, this old gangster.
All the ministers cursed inwardly.
Xin Yueping looked at this old minister who had been in charge of Taijing's defense for more than ten years.
Speaking of which, Wei Shuma was promoted when he ascended the throne. He was actually the chief guard of the Eastern Palace.
When the late king was seriously ill, Xin Yueping, who knew that he was about to take control of the entire Cambodia, found Wei Shuma. He asked him seriously and told him that as one of the people he trusted most, he hoped that Wei Shuma could take charge of the royal guards for him in the future.
That night, Wei Shuma was also kneeling on the ground like he was now, but he did not play any tricks and told Xin Yueping directly that for Cambodia, who controlled the palace guards was not a big deal, the real big deal was to control the garrison corps in Bangkok.
As long as the garrison corps is in hand, the throne will be as stable as a mountain.
But the garrison corps is not so easy to control, at least not by relying on a decree from the king.
If there are no outstanding achievements, even with the king's endorsement, the garrison will probably only obey in name only.
To achieve this goal, the next morning, Wei Shuma took the letter of recommendation given to him by Xin Yueping, packed his bags and went to the front line.
This departure lasted three years.
Three years later, Wei Shuma successfully returned to Taijing with the achievement of four victories in four battles against Liang State and Chen Dynasty.
It was also on that day that Xin Yueping, against all odds, appointed Wei Shuma as the new commander of the Taijing Garrison Corps.
Recalling the past and looking at the ministers who grew up with him, Xin Yueping felt a mixture of emotions.
He sighed, waved his hand, and said, "Left Prime Minister and Wei Aiqing stay, the rest of you, disperse."
Everyone knew that the dust had settled.
Although Xin Yueping had to maintain the command structure of Yang Yizhen and Wei Shuma under the circumstances at the time, no matter from which perspective, such a structure would at most repeat the great defeat at Jingdong City.
Now that the Qinghe people mentioned in the military newspaper have really walked out of the official documents and appeared in the real world, Xin Yueping had to request a court meeting again to discuss specific countermeasures.
However, the scope of this court meeting was not large. Only Xin Yueping, Crown Prince Xin Yuezhi, Right Prime Minister Yang Yizhen, Corps Commander Wei Shuma and the Shangshu and Shilang of the six ministries participated.
It can be said that this is the highest-level conference in the entire Khmer.
This made the Qinghe intelligence agent lurking in the palace itchy to do something.
If he could find a way to kill all the people holding a meeting in the imperial study, then the entire Cambodia would fall into Qinghe's hands like a ripe apple.
Unfortunately, they tried several times but were unable to get close to the imperial study.
The ones defending the Imperial Study were no longer the palace guards who had been infiltrated like a sieve by them, but the elite garrison troops brought in from outside the palace by Wei Shuma, making them feel like a dog biting a turtle with nowhere to bite.
Although the intelligence officers were scratching their heads anxiously outside the imperial study, the atmosphere inside the imperial study was not much better.
"Lord Wei, I've known you for half my life and I trust you. There are no outsiders here. Tell me frankly, can we hold Taijing and even drive out the Qinghe army?"
Seeing that no one spoke, Xin Yueping had to bring up a topic first, which was also the most important topic. After all, all plans must be based on strength.
"Your Majesty. This old minister never hides anything from Your Majesty." Wei Shuma fell to the ground and replied, "No!"
"Oh, that's not unexpected." Xin Yueping sighed, "The country's military strength is insufficient. It's really difficult to drive out the Qinghe Army."
"Your Majesty." Wei Shuma suddenly raised his head, looked at his king, and said helplessly: "What I mean is that I can't defend Taijing."
With a bang, Xin Yueping's teacup fell on the carpet.
Since all the eunuchs had been driven away long ago, there was no servant left in the imperial study, so everyone could only watch the teacup rolling on the carpet, and then stopping. The tea moistened the carpet embroidered with a map of the world, just covering the entire location of Taijing. From a distance, the bright red color of the carpet continued to deepen with the dust, but after being soaked by the tea, it revealed a faint red again, just like dried blood.
"My dear, why? If there is a shortage of any supplies, as long as there are still some in this city, you can take them directly without reporting." Xin Yueping supported the desk with both hands, keeping his upper body straight, and he didn't seem to be defeated by the bad news just now.
"Your Majesty, the city is actually well-stocked with supplies. We have everything I can think of for defending the city. And there are quite a lot of food reserves. Even if we are besieged for a few years, we are not afraid." Wei Shuma said with his head down.
"Why is that?" Xin Yueping said with a look of disbelief, "I know you. You're not afraid of fighting. Tell me, what else is the reason?"
"Your Majesty, as Jingdong fell, so did Daqima. I don't know exactly what methods the Qinghe people used, but I can say that neither the city walls nor the gates could stop their offensive. Even if we concentrated our forces to defend the walls, we would face even greater casualties if the Qinghe people blew them up. But if we don't defend the walls, what will we do if they attack us?"
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