Iron Dynasty

Sima Hao really has a good plan. He thought that if he deliberately let go of the parliamentary army, there would be a reason for our army to withdraw from the land of the state of Chu, which is really whimsical.

On a high ground, Xiao Ming and Li Chuyuan chatted lightly.

Li Chuyuan was sweating slightly on his forehead, and he didn't dare to breathe. Although he knew that Xiao Ming's purpose was to achieve the reunification of the Great Yu Kingdom, he had just cooperated with the Sima Clan and turned around and killed the Sima Clan.

He couldn't help sighing in his heart that maybe he really wasn't fit for scheming, and in front of Xiao Ming he could only be played to death.

The Sima Clan has long been treasonous, and the ministers have the will to get rid of them. Now it's really heartwarming. Li Chuyuan smiled and felt bitter in his heart. In his opinion, Xiao Ming and Sima Hao are not good people, but why is he?

But it's just winners and losers.

Xiao Ming nodded lightly, Don't forget what you have to do next, I will honor my promise to you.

The current situation in the state of Chu is complicated. In addition to some support for the Sima family, there are also a group of people who support Li Chuyuan, but these people are obviously not stronger than the Sima family.

But it doesn't matter anymore. With the growth of his mind, Xiao Ming has seen through many problems. If he wants to build an immortal empire, he must pay equal attention to both kindness and kindness, killing and benevolence.

Therefore, he no longer had any sympathy for the wealthy family of the Chu country. In the case of internal and external troubles, he only used iron and blood to bring the Chu country into the management of the imperial court as quickly as possible.

And so the enemy who stands in the way of this goal must be completely eliminated.

Because of this, he decided to let Li Chuyuan make an edict, officially announcing that he would no longer inherit the king, ending the centuries-old Li family's rule over the state of Chu, and handing over the state of Chu to royal rule.

Looking at Li Chuyuan again, Xiao Ming patted him on the shoulder. Wang Xuan also sent other information in the defection incident a few days ago.

This information made him feel that the reunification of the Great Yu Kingdom is imminent, and he can no longer delay it so slowly.

In fact, this is a set of data. According to Wang Xuan's various surveys, he obtained the general population of some countries, among which the population of Japan is 22 million, the population of the United Kingdom is 29 million, and the population of France is 32 million. Tsarist Russia has a population of 44 million and India has a population of 120 million.

In addition, Korea has a population of 7.5 million, the Netherlands has a population of 1.9 million and so on.

This general data is similar to the contemporary data recorded by the Tech Spar, and in fact, with the improvement of living standards, the population of Europe has exploded.

But I have to say that these population data put a lot of pressure on Xiao Ming, because the current population of the Great Yu Kingdom only has a slight advantage.

Relatively speaking, these countries are all populous countries, especially Tsarist Russia.

Knowing this, Xiao Ming didn't dare to take it lightly. The enemies he faced would be a very powerful force if they united. Although Europe has often had internal strife in history, it has always been united in dealing with foreign enemies, such as the Ottoman invasion.

However, dealing with the enemy always requires flexibility. He also has a plan to divide Europe, and he also has a plan to deal with another new country.

According to the information obtained by Wang Xuan, the British Sequoia Army had just lost the North American Colonial War, and the American Revolutionary War had begun.

The Netherlands, Spain, France, Tsarist Russia, Denmark, Sweden, and Austria all secretly supported the North American colony's war of independence, and the Sequoia Army was in a difficult situation.

For Xiao Ming, he does not have a favorable impression of America, which is gaining independence, but in the context of this era, the United Kingdom is the world hegemon.

That's why France, Tsarist Russia and the like support his colonial independence. According to normal logic, he should support this new country, because then Britain will lose a lot of territory. After all, Britain is now the world hegemon.

After pondering for a while, Xiao Ming shook his head again. Although he had a lot of ideas, he was too far behind him right now. All he had to do now was to make the Great Yu Kingdom stronger.

As for the establishment of the United States, he is not very worried. After all, this new country is very weak, and he can bully as much as he wants.

The intense gunshots continued, followed by the rumbling of cannons.

Xiao Ming continued to look, and the war in Suzhou City had entered a fever pitch.

The soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army armed with falcon rifles fired at the trenches dug outside the city by the merchant council, and the soldiers flexibly ran between the trenches and the obstacles on the ground.

And the clumsy Chu troops still moved towards them with flintlock guns rigidly, and this dense formation immediately became the favorite of artillerymen.

Three hundred and sixty field artillery shells were loaded with explosive bombs to directly bomb the Chu troops who were advancing in dense formations.

The cannonball exploded in the crowd, and the soldiers of the Chu army rose into the air together with the splashing soil. After the cannonball was not fired, the array of the Chu army would lack a large piece.

Boom boom boom...

The artillery seemed to have found an opportunity to vent, they fought more vigorously, and the frequency of artillery fire also increased.

At the same time as the shelling, some Tiger Ben soldiers formed an array of skirmishers, and they quickly dispersed after shooting at the advantage of distance.

After this fierce attack, the soldiers of the Chu army finally collapsed. In just half an hour, more than 8,000 corpses of the Chu army were left in front of Suzhou City.

The most important thing is that these soldiers have no chance to shoot until they die. This desperation made the morale of the Chu army finally collapse.

kill!

With a loud cry from Lu Fei, the soldiers rushed out of the trenches towards the disintegrating Chu army.

A soldier of the Tiger Ben Army took one step and loaded a cardboard bullet into the gun chamber. When he closed the locking mechanism, the locking mechanism cut the cardboard bullet to expose the gunpowder, the trigger was pulled, and the flash cap ignited the gunpowder.

With a bang, the soldiers of Chu State who were fifty meters away fell down.

Xiao Ming took his eyes back at this time. This is the advantage of the breech rifle over the flintlock gun. Before this advantage is lost, he wants to dominate the Great Yu Kingdom.

Boom boom boom...

In the hail of bullets, the soldiers of the Chu army suffered heavy casualties. These soldiers of the Chu army and the children of the wealthy who had been living in the comfort zone cried and fled everywhere. Now they finally understand that the war is not more beautiful than the military uniform.

Li Chuyuan followed behind Xiao Ming, and he also saw this scene, and his demeanor suddenly became more and more respectful.

Suzhou is a big city, and it is connected to Taihu Lake. It can be said that it controls the waterways and land routes in the south of the Yangtze River. Relying on Suzhou, Lin'an is equivalent to being under the threat of the royal army at any time.

Your Majesty, the soldiers are ready. Niu Ben suddenly said to Xiao Ming at this moment, with a hint of enthusiasm in his eyes.

Xiao Ming's eyes narrowed. When they were in Jinling City, they decided on a strategy to stabilize the state of Chu. He said: I have seized all the wealthy family properties, and have obtained land for the people to cultivate. I want the people in Jiangnan to see what to do. It's the emperor's grace!