FORGOTTEN LEGEND OF THE BLOODIED FLOWER

Chapter 2533  The Discussion of the Emperor and Prime Ministers (3)

The two prime ministers couldn’t do anything much about the harem situation. But they would not let the people from the Xiao Family took too much power. With the restless situation that these people showed recently… it would be saver to keep the power in other more stable family rather than the Xiao Family. “The people from the Xiao Family who followed to the new capital city are not very good.” Prime Minister Xian looked at Prime Minister Lan.

The meaning behind his words was clear.

He would not allow the Xiao Family to climb up to high position so easily without showing enough merit. The merit that they had shown before was only enough to elevate the nobility status of the Xiao Family.

More?

It was not enough.

Prime Minister Lan nodded. “We’ll do it like this.”

“Good.”

With this, the two prime ministers came to an agreement and quickly made the list. They handed over the list to Emperor Yang Zhou, who scanned it and only knew a few names. The others were not very remarkable but since they could be picked, then they should be pretty good.

Emperor Yang Zhou nodded and then asked, “Now that you have settled the people who will go to Prime Minister Hao, I want to know the situation at the north border.”

After conquering Fan Yi Kingdom, it was Fei Yang Kingdom who will face the northern tribe directly. Since this was the first winter they would face without Fan Yi Kingdom, they had to make thorough preparation to face these looters.

“Yes, Your Majesty.” Prime Minister Lan handed over the map that he had prepared. “General Yang and Minister Yang had made arrangement at the north border. Should the northern tribe come, they will counterattack and defend with all their strength.”

Emperor Yang Zhou looked at the placement of the soldiers briefly and nodded. He couldn’t see any fault with this arrangement but for the details, it would need the evaluation of these two prime ministers.

After all, they were more familiar with war tactics compared to him. “This is already winter…” Emperor Yang Zhou murmured and then narrowed his eyes. “They haven’t come yet?”

It was strange. From the record that the officials of Fan Yi Kingdom told him, these northern tribe would definitely come to harass their border every single year. This was because they needed food and when it was winter, the cold temperature simply made it impossible for them to find food.

There were some reserves that they kept from the previous seasons, but it would not be much and for these people, it was not enough.

So what could they do?

Looting resources was the best answer.

Many people from the northern tribe set their sight on the south areas, which was also relatively cold but still in better situation. Fan Yi Kingdom has been defending against the northern tribe for a long time. Both sides wanted to survive, so they had no other choice but to fight.

The resources were far from enough to feed so many people from Fan Yi Kingdom and from the northern tribe.

A certain number of people will definitely die out of starvation.

For Fan Yi Kingdom, they could only rely on the other cities that was located in lower areas as their winter was not as bad as theirs. Through the negotiation and others, they could still get some food relief after being attacked by the northern tribes.

But the northern tribe has no one to ask for food. They could only fight bitterly.

And how far the northern tribe would come to their territory would depend on how much their food reserve is. If they have a lot of food reserve, they would only attack the periphery and didn’t go deep. A small amount of food would be enough to satisfy them. But if they have little food, they would go deep into Fan Yi Kingdom and fought bitter battles.

General Yang had already suffered a lot when facing the northern tribes. Emperor Yang Zhou requested for him to give summary report and through this report, they knew that the northern tribe came every single year. “They’re a bit late this year,” Prime Minister Xian murmured in a low voice. “Do you want to send someone to investigate, Your Majesty?” Prime Minister Lan asked. He was ready to ask the generals to go to the north to investigate about this matter.

“No.” Emperor Yang Zhou shook his head. “Most of the soldiers from Fei Yang Kingdom will not be able to fight properly in this temperature.”

The temperature difference between the winter in the north and the winter at the south was quite big. Even if there was still snow in Cheng City in the past, the layer of snow was very thin and it was not very cold.

But here?

Just a few days without shoveling snow and they might be buried deep under the snow.

Facing such a situation, there was no way that Fei Yang Kingdom’s soldiers would be able to adapt immediately. Prime Minister Xian frowned and then said, “We’ll train the soldiers to practice at the north for a year. I believe that their situation would be better by next year.”

When they were about to face the other kingdoms in the past, the soldiers were also trained rigorously in Fei Yang Kingdom. It could be said that these soldiers had to suffer a lot.

And Emperor Yang Zhou also implemented the training system that Long Qian Xing handed over to him, allowing the soldiers in Fei Yang Kingdom to become even stronger. Of course, the training methods that Long Qian Xing handed over were those that didn’t require a lot of equipment.

Just a few things were enough. Such as rocks, suitable terrains, and so on.

But the soldiers under him had already suffered so much that many of them wished they stayed on the frontline instead of being trained under Long Qian Xing. It could be said that training was harder than the real battles. 

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