The military power of the Southern Zhou Kingdom can be roughly divided into three parts. One is the knights in front of the palace, that is, the vassals and vassals. The setting is similar to the aristocratic knights, with a number of more than 3,000 people, all of which can be called elite forces. They can be used as elite cavalry, or they can be assigned to other troops as officers.

Because the knights in front of the palace have a fiefdom, they need to bring their own food, grass, and weapons.

More than 500 of them were stationed in the royal city, while the rest were scattered all over the country.

The second part is called the National Guard Army. The National Guard Army is a full-time regular army. Full-time means leaving production and relying solely on serving as a soldier to earn food and paying military salaries. This is a lot of money to raise soldiers, and the Southern Zhou Kingdom is a small country, so it is naturally impossible to maintain a huge military force for a long time, so there are only about 30,000 people in total.

The National Guarding Army is responsible for the guarding tasks of various passes, border cities and royal capitals. The Ministry of War directly issues food, grass and military pay and provides logistics supplies.

The third part, called the Zhongyi Army, is actually the so-called local militia. Because this era was a feudal society, the people not only had to pay taxes, but also had military taxes.

That is, they serve as militias for the court, farming during busy farming, training during slack farming, and temporarily recruiting during wars. Although the combat effectiveness is relatively weak, the number is very considerable. Each county has its own militia troops, ranging from one or two thousand to three or five thousand. The country has a total of 60,000 to 70,000 people.

In order to quickly summon militias to form an army, the court also set up a special official position of commander of the Zhongyi Army, responsible for the annual training tasks of the Zhongyi Army, and serving as the commander of the Zhongyi Army during wartime.

The local county magistrate is responsible for providing logistical support to the Zhongyi Army.

Using this three-in-one military system, the Southern Zhou Kingdom could collect 100,000 troops to fight under the limit. For a small country with only 300,000 households and less than 2 million people, this is already a considerable military force.

The county magistrates issued by the painter and the county magistrates of several counties transferred away, the national guardians and the command centers of the Zhongyi Army who were dismissed were not a big deal, but when all these orders were concentrated in the counties in the north of Luocheng, the problem was a big deal.

These counties were dismissed by these orders, all regular troops were transferred, all county magistrates were recalled, and all commanders of the Zhongyi Army were dismissed. Now they have completely lost the established armed forces and the ability to quickly convene troops. Once attacked, they can be said to be completely unprepared. If the enemy attacks from that direction, they can drive straight in and attack directly to Luocheng City.

Zhang Luochen also thought of the joints in it, so he was so shocked.

"Which country is the border between these counties? Could it be that Zhongzhou?"

"Yes, it's the Central Zhou Kingdom." Ji Guang said gritting his teeth, "It seems that what the painted ghost is saying is true. These monsters and sneakers were driven by the Central Zhou King to cause chaos in our country's affairs and ruin our country, and then send troops to raid. Ji Xuan is a man, I am irreconcilable with you."

This Ji Xuan is the name of the Central Zhou King. Speaking of which, he is a relative of the Southern Zhou royal family who has been in the fifth sermon.

Ji Guang continued, "If it was not as good as I expected, then the army of Zhongzhou was probably not on the road. No, I must quickly summon the court officials, make the matter public, and call on the troops to prepare for war."

After saying that, he glanced at everyone present and his eyes suddenly became sharp.

The children of officials and noble young men were cheered up and obeyed the orders.

"Everyone, now my Southern Zhou Kingdom has reached the critical moment of life and death. My father was killed by a traitor. My second brother is far away in the eastern territory and the northern territory is empty. He must take action immediately. Now only I can inherit the throne and take on this important task. All of them are pillars of my Southern Zhou Kingdom and heroes. This time I fight side by side with me to kill the monster. I, Ji Guang, here I swear that I will live up to you. I also ask you to go back and spread what happened here. I will convene a court meeting tomorrow. I hope you and all the elders in my family can be present. I want to discuss national affairs with you."

After hearing Ji Guang's words, everyone was very excited.

Although everyone present had some family backgrounds, they were generally young and were not qualified to attend court. However, now the third prince spoke, which was equivalent to being promoted directly during the war, and he also cut off monsters with the third prince. It can be said that they were living and dying together. It is not difficult to imagine that the future will be great.

Of course, the crisis in the Southern Zhou Kingdom is also obvious. It is hard to say whether it is a crisis or an opportunity.

Despite this, everyone had no intention of retreating and looked excited.

Fame and fortune are won in this crisis.

Everyone responded, "As long as your Majesty's orders."

Ji Guang heard the word "Your Majesty" and his eyes were slightly touched, but he immediately covered it up.

But he looked at Zhang Luochen again.

"Immortal Master, our monarch and ministers should do our best to do this military and national affairs, but if the Impermanent Ghost really obeyed the orders of the King of Zhong Zhou, I'm afraid there will be some action in the future. I'll ask the Immortal Master to help me get rid of this beast."

Zhang Luochen smiled slightly, "Brother Ji, don't be polite. This is the duty of our people. It would be fine if the impermanent ghost was not found by me. If I catch it, it will be scattered. The soldiers are more powerful and the soldiers are more powerful. I will take people there."

After saying that, Zhang Luochen called and turned around and left. The old Taoist and Yang Baituan hurriedly followed, but Qin Zi'ang froze in place. He looked at Zhang Luochen's departure back, then looked at Ji Guang, who was "discussing state affairs" with a group of officials and second generations. He felt confused and hesitated for a moment. Suddenly, he gritted his teeth and turned around and followed him.

Zhang Luochen left the palace, but he did not encounter any obstacles along the way. At this time, the few guards pretending to be dizzy had already gotten up and spread the matter. A large number of guards were coming, but after hearing what happened in the palace, he did not dare to be rude to Zhang Luochen and others at all. No matter whether the monster was true or false, as long as the King of Southern Zhou really died, the position of the king would definitely fall on the third prince. If you don’t hurry up and show your loyalty, what are you waiting for?

Therefore, when Zhang Luochen came, they all gave way and let everyone go.

Zhang Luochen walked out of the palace in one breath. When he turned around, he found that not only the old Taoist and Yang Baichu were following, but also Qin Zi'ang.

He couldn't help but feel a little surprised. After the battle just now, he had the ability to follow the Dragon. He thought this kid would go with the third prince, and maybe he could even ask Ji Guang to give him a marriage.

"Why didn't Brother Qin discuss state affairs with the third prince?"

Qin Zi'ang shook his head, "I did have this idea just now, but then I thought, I can't do anything in this grade and talent. Besides, I am not in the career of officialdom. Even if I can achieve something, I will be like my father. I have to obey others and be bound by the world, and even if I want to marry a woman I like, it is better to get rid of the impermanence ghost with Brother Zhang, which is a merit.

Everyone present just now called the third prince His Majesty, but only Brother Zhang still called him Brother Ji. I thought at that time that Brother Zhang did not care about the name and identity of the third prince. Even if he was about to ascend the throne to the throne, his attitude was equally different. Such a demeanor was the one I wanted to follow and imitate."

Zhang Luochen thought that your perspective was very clear. He didn't accept his own control and had no interest in it. He naturally didn't have to deal with it carefully. You are a second-generation official who was in a daze. You can say that you were born as a person within the system. In order not to flatter others, you gave up your position and wealth that is easy to obtain. He was a little ambitious.

But that's fine, if this kid really becomes an official, no one will record his glorious deeds. Although we don't leave a name for doing good deeds, we still lose a lot of color.

"It's rare for Brother Zi'ang to have this idea. Well, let's go and subdue demons. No matter what life-seeking impermanence, Yan Luo's lackey or the god of death is coming, we must fight it well. Brother Ang will help record it, so that the world can see the style of us."

After hearing this, Qin Zi'ang was a little confused about some of the words, but he also understood what Zhang Luochen meant, and he couldn't help but feel proud.

"Brother Zhang has a solution?"

Zhang Luochen smiled slightly, "It was not originally possible, but after listening to the Taoist priest's story just now, I thought of a way."

Qin Zi'angqi said, "Oh, I don't know what the method is?"
Chapter completed!