The Jagged Empire of Daqin

"Ugh"

"I have something to report!"

"If it's not something urgent, let's wait and report later."

"Emissary Zhao has arrived at the guild hall of the Ministry of Rites and is waiting to be summoned by His Majesty. Is this a matter of urgency?"

"Let Zhao envoy go, His Majesty cannot see any outsiders at all in the current situation, and today's matter, we have to rot in our stomachs, otherwise, His Majesty will be ridiculed by the people of the world!"

"Then do it!"

After some discussions, the military officials decided to leave the Changyang Hall first. Soon, the Changyang Hall became empty, with only one corpse. No one dared to touch this corpse, for fear of bringing death to themselves!

Also because of this incident, the envoys of the Zhao Empire who had just arrived in Shangqiu were driven away by the officials of the Ministry of Rites before their buttocks were hot.

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Great Chu Empire!

The Great Chu Empire has eight counties, a population of nearly 500 million, and a regular force of 40. Its strength is almost the same as that of the Great Xia Empire, except that the navy of the Great Chu Empire is much stronger than that of the Great Xia Empire.

Shouchun Imperial Capital!

Shouchun is the imperial capital of the Great Chu Empire. It is located in the center of the Great Chu Empire and extends in all directions. Bridges are for people to walk on.

Imperial Palace, Royal Study Room!

In the imperial study room, the young and strong Emperor Xiong Nai, with a solemn expression, sat on the dragon chair to review the memorial with a serious expression.

Xiong Nai was in his thirties, a man in his prime, eight feet tall, with a Chinese character face, dragon eyebrows, his face showed determination, his eyes were not angry and majestic, occasionally flashing a gleam of brilliance, he was hale and hearty!

Xiong Nai can be said to be the most accomplished emperor among the dozens of emperors in the history of the Great Chu Empire. It has only been 14 years since he ascended the throne, but the national power of the Great Chu Empire has risen to twice that of the previous emperor, and the national power is comparable to younger The dynasty of the Great Xia Empire has even faintly surpassed it.

Xiong Nai's biggest goal in this life is to make the population of the Great Chu Empire reach 800 million, with an average population of 100 million per county, and a regular army of one million. As long as he completes the goal, he will be the most wise emperor of the Great Chu Empire and the people of Great Chu Future generations will always remember his name!

It's a pity that life is unsatisfactory in all likelihood. The current emperor of the Great Xia Empire is too aggressive. He provoked the border several times, but every time it was Xiong Nai who couldn't help himself, and then caused a war between the two countries. It is the Great Chu Empire that bears the charge of war.

Although these charges are useless, Xiong Nai, who loves fame, is extremely upset, and vows to lead the Great Chu to prosperity in this life, suppress the Great Xia Empire and its neighboring countries, and give future emperors a stable country!

Fortunately, the Great Xia Empire broke out wars in recent years, which gave Da Chu a long time to be stable, but he was not happy for a long time. Pirates became more and more rampant. There were often bad news that pirates burned merchant ships and went ashore to massacre coastal villages.

tread... tread...

At this moment, a thin and thin eunuch walked into the imperial study with fast steps, and when he reached three steps in front of the imperial case, he bent down respectfully and saluted: "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister just now Let me report that Chen Xiong, the commander of the navy, has led the navy to wipe out a group of pirates!"

Pirates massacred civilians and burned merchant ships. Naturally, Xiong Nai wanted to send a navy to destroy the pirates. No, he had already received the good news.

"Only one?"

Xiong Nai was not as happy as he imagined. Instead, he frowned and looked dissatisfied. The reason for this was that there were hundreds of pirates near the waters of the Great Chu Empire, and now a few months have passed, and only one has been wiped out. , this would be dissatisfying for anyone, let alone Xiong Nai, who wants to be the emperor and lord praised by later generations.

Seeing this, the eunuch quickly bowed his body and explained: "Your Majesty doesn't know, these pirates are really cunning. As soon as they saw my big Chu navy dispatched, they disappeared immediately. As a result, only one pirate has been wiped out in the past few months." pirate!"

boom!

Xiong Nai slapped the imperial case with a gloomy face, and said in a cold tone: "I don't want to hear the process, nor the reason, I just want the result, you go and tell Chen Xiong, I will give him six months Time, if six months later, I still hear about pirates hijacking merchant ships or slaughtering civilians on the coast, throw his head into the sea and feed the fish!"

The eunuch shuddered from the frightened tone of the cold tone, and hurriedly bowed his waist and responded: "I understand!" After speaking, the eunuch turned around in a hurry and left, and quickly disappeared from Xiong Nai's sight, but not long after leaving, the eunuch came again Go into the royal study.

Seeing the eunuch turn back, Xiong Nai frowned suddenly, his eyes flashed a murderous look, he looked at the eunuch with a gloomy face and said: "What? Do you want me to repeat it again?"

A trace of cold sweat broke out on the eunuch's forehead, he quickly bowed his head and saluted and replied: "I don't dare, I just thought of something and forgot to report it to Your Majesty!"

"Say!" Xiong Nai let out a soft voice.

"Master Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites came to report just now, saying that the envoy Zhao has arrived at the guild hall of the Ministry of Rites, and asked if His Majesty summoned him today or tomorrow!" The eunuch bowed respectfully to report.

"Emissary Zhao?"

Xiong Nai slightly lowered his eyebrows, glanced at the memorials on the imperial case, saw that there were not many memorials, so he looked up at the eunuch and said, "Let's summon today!"

There are not many memorials today, and I sometimes meet with Zhao Envoy.

"Slave obeys the order!" The eunuch bent down and responded, then turned and left the imperial study room!

After about three incense sticks, a middle-aged man in a silver official uniform came to the Imperial Study Room under the guidance of a Royal Forest Army. The middle-aged man in the silver official uniform faced Xiong Nai and bowed in salute: "Foreign minister Luo Hua, according to the order of His Majesty the Great Zhao Emperor, came to pay his respects to His Majesty the Great Chu Emperor, and I, Your Majesty, send my regards to His Majesty the Great Chu Emperor! "

A gentle smile appeared on Xiong Nai's face, "I thanked Emperor Zhao for his greetings. I am very well. When Your Excellency leaves Chu, I hope that Your Excellency can send my greetings to Emperor Zhao for me!"

Zhao and Chu do not border each other, so there is no conflict of interest, and the relationship between the two countries is like an ordinary friend.

"I must spread the word!" Luo Hua also replied with a smile on his face.

"I don't know if your Excellency went to Chu, so what's the matter?" Xiong Nai didn't have time to go around with Luo Hua, and directly started to get into the topic.

Luo Hua didn't answer, but reached out and took out a golden memorial from his sleeve. Seeing the golden memorial, Xiong Nai immediately reached out and grabbed it, only to see that the memorial in Luo Hua's hand seemed to be sucked in. It flew into Xiong Nai's hands.

Taking things from a distance, at least the pinnacle!

Seeing this scene, Luo Hua was a little astonished, he did not expect Xiong Nai, who is the emperor, to have such good martial arts.

Xiong Nai unfolded the golden memorial and glanced at the contents above.

"Let's attack Qin together?"

Seeing the contents of the memorial, Xiong Nai frowned, raised his head and glanced at Luo Hua, with a little doubt in his eyes. Seeing this, Luo Hua immediately bowed down with a smile and explained: "Since the current Emperor Qin Since taking office, the national power has been rising day by day, and now the comprehensive strength of the Qin Empire has surpassed that of the Wei Empire, becoming the new overlord of Kyushu!"

"The Wei Empire is located in the south of Kyushu, and it cannot pose a major threat to our northwest countries. However, the Qin Empire is located in the north, and has seriously threatened the peace of our northwest countries. Therefore, my emperor hopes that the northwest countries can fight against their enemies outside the wall. , Resist Qiang Qin together!"

"Haha!" Xiong Nai smiled lightly, and closed the unfolded golden memorial, with a teasing tone in his tone: "You Zhao Empire really must take revenge, didn't the Qin Empire destroy an elite of your Zhao Empire in Jinling? What's the big deal, you actually want to unite with other countries to take revenge on the Qin Empire."

Chapter 679 Reunion!

In Xiong Nai's eyes, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. If you have to unite with other countries to retaliate because of a defeat, you are really too small, and you have no big country mind at all.

Hearing these words, Luo Hua couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, thinking, why are you bringing this up, you don't feel ashamed, I feel ashamed!

"His Majesty the Great Chu Emperor misunderstood. The Battle of Jinling was the enmity between Zhao and Qin. We will not let outsiders intervene. The grievances between our two countries should be resolved by ourselves. Therefore, it is not because of the Battle of Jinling that my emperor wants to unite the countries in the Northwest. It was because of the Qin Empire's attack on Yan!" Luo Hua calmly raised his hand and explained.

"The Qin Empire is attacking the Yan Empire, so what's the matter with the Zhao Empire?" Xiong Nai asked suspiciously.

Luo Hua was speechless for a while, and could not help but slander in his heart: It is rumored that Emperor Chu was wise and decisive, why did he look like a fool when I saw him today, he didn't even understand the most basic principle that a strong country will make a weak country weaker.

"It is true that the Qin Empire's attack on Yan has nothing to do with my Great Zhao, but if the Yan Empire perishes, it will not be a good thing for my Great Zhao and Great Chu. First of all, it is the territory. Once the Yan Empire is destroyed, the Qin Empire will extend its hand to the East China Sea , also borders the Xia Empire!"

"The Qin Empire is a very aggressive empire. After it destroyed the Yan Empire, the Xia Empire or the Zhao Empire will be next. Looking at it, the next target of the Qin Empire is likely to be the Xia Empire, because the Xia Empire is closer. Over the years, the prince's competition for the crown has become more and more intense, consuming a lot of national power, and the easiest choice is to destroy the summer."

"Once the Xia Empire is destroyed, the territory of the Qin Empire will be bordered by Great Chu. At that time, can His Majesty the Great Chu Emperor sleep at ease? Going forward, even if the Qin Empire does not destroy Xia, but only destroys Yan, it will Harm the interests of the Chu Empire in the East China Sea!"

"In fact, His Majesty the Great Chu Emperor knew in his heart that due to the internal friction of the Yan Empire and the weakness of the Xia Empire's navy, the Great Chu has become the strongest overlord in the East China Sea. If the Qin Empire intervenes in the East China Sea, the status of the Great Chu Empire in the East China Sea will definitely be It will be shaken!" Luo Hua still calmly explained the reason for the joint attack on Qin.

"Your Excellency's words are a bit full, right?" Xiong Nai said expressionlessly.

Luo Hua frowned slightly, "Why did His Majesty the Great Chu Emperor say that?"

"Although the Yan Empire has severe internal conflicts, its strength is not weak. It is just that one force is divided into several forces. I believe that the princes and princes from all over the Yan Empire will unite against Qin. If Qin destroys Yan, it will not be that simple. It will take at least several years. You know, when the Wei Empire was powerful, it took five years to destroy a Wu Empire!"

"The Yan Empire is not weaker than the Wu Empire, on the contrary, it is stronger than the Wu Empire, so there is no need to join forces to attack Qin at present!" Xiong Nai said calmly, without any intention of joining forces to fight against Qin.

Hearing this, Luo Hua became impatient, "Your Majesty the Great Chu Emperor, you don't think so. The Yan Empire is the Yan Empire, and the Wu Empire is the Wu Empire. The Wu Empire is working together to resist the Wei army, but the Yan Empire cannot do it." , those princes are all mobs, and they can't stop the tiger and wolf Qin!"

"If His Majesty the Great Chu Emperor insists on comparing the Yan Empire with the Wu Empire, then don't forget that it only took half a year for the Qin Empire to destroy Jin!"

"Hmph!" Xiong Nai snorted coldly, looked at Luo Hua with rather unfriendly eyes and said, "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Hearing this, Luo Hua realized his gaffe, and immediately bowed down to make an apology: "I was rude and offended His Majesty the Great Chu Emperor, I hope His Majesty the Great Chu Emperor will forgive me!"

"Come on, see off!" Xiong Nai waved his hand!

After the words fell, the two imperial guards guarding outside the hall stepped into the hall and walked towards Luo Hua. Luo Hua was short of breath and couldn't help shouting: "Your Majesty the Great Chu Emperor, you will definitely regret it!"

Xiong Nai's face suddenly became gloomy. Seeing that Xiong Nai's face was not right, the two imperial guards couldn't help but quicken their pace, and directly grabbed Luo Hua's arm. Said: "I have feet myself, so I don't need to give them away, hum!"

After finishing speaking, Luo Hua swaggered out of the imperial study room. Looking at Luo Hua's leaving back, Xiong Nai was so angry that he wanted to give Luo Hua a knife. He was so crazy that he didn't pay attention to him, the Great Chu Emperor at all. .

hateful!

In fact, Xiong Nai is still a little bit moved by the joint attack on Qin. As Luo Hua said, the Qin Empire is too strong and has already threatened the safety of the northwest countries. But if you think about it carefully, even if the countries succeed in the joint attack on Qin, Da Chu didn't get the slightest benefit either.

Why do you say that?In other words, Qin and Chu do not border each other. Therefore, after the defeat of the Qin Empire, only the neighboring countries of the Qin Empire can seize the territory and population. The Great Chu can only get a little money. It is too bad to exchange the lives of thousands of soldiers for money. , the completion is not in the interests of the empire.

This is still the prerequisite for the success of the alliance. If the alliance fails, firstly, the entire frontline army will be wiped out, and secondly, the Great Chu will be regarded as an enemy country by the Qin Empire. It will inevitably be retaliated by the Qin Empire in the future. Xiong Nai does not want to be defeated The empire is being targeted, and I don't want the Great Chu Empire to cause a commotion.

Furthermore, whether the Qin Empire is strong or weak, it has nothing to do with Da Chu. It cannot pose a substantial threat to Da Chu, but it will only put a little pressure on Da Chu. For a little pressure, they sent troops to conquer the Kyushu overlord level empire, is unwise.

As for the interests of the East China Sea, huh, now that pirates are rampant in the East China Sea, there is a gross interest. He would like to have a powerful navy to help kill the pirates.

Just like that, Zhao Yulian Chu's joint vertical plan was shattered!

In order to jointly attack Qin, Da Zhao sent envoys to Qi, Chu, Xia, and Han empires. Without exception, they all returned without success. some.

Time passed slowly, day by day, March 24th, [-]th year of Shengqin, Chenshi!

Located a hundred miles north of the Ningta Great Wall of the Dayan Empire, Ningta Camp!

The Ningta camp is composed of 15 grassland cavalry, but after Ying Chang led the army to arrive yesterday, the Ningta camp has a total of 38 troops, and the area of ​​​​the camp has also expanded by five miles. At a glance, it is all neatly arranged. Camp tents, the real barracks are like forests!

"kill!"

"Boom!"

"You, yes, it's you, tell me, why are you one step slower than the other brothers when you swing your sword?"

"Report to Captain, mistake!"

"Mistakes? I think you are not paying attention. Do you know that on the battlefield, it is very likely that you will lose your life because of one of your mistakes. Don't laugh, saying that he is talking about you?" How many times have you swung the knife, you must be fast, as long as it is fast enough, the enemy will be unstoppable, and you can cut down the enemy with one knife!"

In the vast school grounds of the Ningta Camp, the generals of the Qin Army and the warriors of the Prairie Army were undergoing daily training. In addition to the roar of horseshoes, there was also the sound of the general yelling at his subordinates.

The Great Qin Army has strict discipline, and the generals at all levels cannot tolerate sand in their eyes. When they see a little flaw, they will reprimand them, and they will reprimand them in front of the public. Don't drag your comrades back.

It is under this kind of rigorous training that the combat effectiveness of the Great Qin army can be guaranteed to last for a long time!

It has to be said that the Prairie Army has been equipped with the standard weapons of the Qin Army, such as fish scale armor, red tasseled helmet, horse lance, and short crossbow; since the warriors of the Prairie Army are more suitable for using scimitars, they are not equipped with ring-shoulders, except for grassland The legion is equipped with standard weapons, and Alona Shunyue's Ningta Legion is also equipped with sophisticated standard weapons.

All the troops belonging to the Great Qin Empire are armed to the teeth!

At the same time, inside the handsome tent!

Among the commander-in-chief tents, Ying Chang was dressed in the Dragon Emperor Armor and a golden tasseled helmet on his head, ranking high in the commander-in-chief position; , From the Jiupin Huaiji General Karuqi, the four Hun generals stood on the left; the four Qin generals Du Changjing, Bai Qi, Qian Guangxiao, and Xiao Xiong stood on the right!

"How much rations does our army have now?" Ying Chang looked at the generals expressionlessly and asked.

Hearing this, Du Changjing bowed down respectfully and wrote a report: "Your Majesty, after our army joined forces with the Grassland Army, we have a total of 200 million shi of military rations, which is enough for our army to consume for two years. You don't have to worry about food and grass at all. What's more, there are six granaries in Shunbei County and Fangshan County in Dongzhou. Together, there are a full 180 million shi of food reserves for our army, so there is no need to worry about food issues at all!"

"Our army is naturally more than enough to use, but after our army conquered Yancheng, it is inevitable to open warehouses to distribute food. I am just worried that the food will not be enough to distribute to the poor people, and the 200 million army food will not last for two years. Don't forget, we It is still on the grassland now, and there is natural horse food for the horses to eat, but once they enter the Yan territory, they have to take out military rations for the horses to eat. One horse is equal to the amount of three soldiers. According to this calculation, 200 million military rations are only enough My army will consume for a year!"

"In addition to the relief of the people, our army can only last for half a year. Therefore, my Daqin wants to end the war within half a year, so as not to fall into the situation where the soldiers and supplies are running out. All the grain from the granaries in Changping County, Chongnan County, and Yongcheng County has been transferred to the three major granaries in Shunbei County to increase the amount of stored grain and ensure that our army will not suffer from food problems. What do you generals think?"

Ying Chang said a lot in a row, and the speed of speech was quite fast. If the generals present were not ordinary people, they really couldn't understand what Ying Chang said all at once.

"Follow His Majesty's will!" Du Changjing replied!

"Then do as I said!" Ying Chang said, and then said immediately: "How many defenders are there on the Ningta Great Wall? And who is in command?"

After the words fell, Alukgo took a small step forward, bowed down and reported with awe-filled expression: "Reporting to Your Majesty, there are 25 troops garrisoned at Ningta Great Wall, and the commander is Yanhuai Beiwai Liu Zhendong!"

"Liu Zhendong? He actually led the army himself?" Ying Chang's face showed surprise.

According to common sense, Liu Zhendong is already under one person and over ten thousand people, and he is the leader of Huaibei County. People with this status generally would not personally lead the army. After all, if he dies in battle, even if his army has Combat power will also collapse instantly.

If Bai Qi wasn't there and Liu Zhendong personally led the army, Ying Chang wouldn't be surprised, but Bai Qi is here, wouldn't he be afraid that his head would fall to the ground in the blink of an eye?At that time, there is no need to fight, and the Ningta Great Wall Army surrendered directly.

"That's right, Liu Zhendong did lead the army himself, and even said that he wanted to kill King Wu to avenge Fang Kong. The general felt that this Liu Zhendong was tired of living and dared to provoke King Wu!" Alukgo looked a little disdainful road.

"By the way, why didn't you see the Xuanjia Army this time?" Alukege asked immediately, with a puzzled look on his brows.

Hearing this sentence, many generals in the tent were puzzled, including Du Changjing, but Bai Qi's eyes dimmed when he heard the word Xuanjiajun, and Ying Chang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"The Xuanjia Army has been transferred to another place by me. That place needs to be guarded by the Xuanjia Army. As for where, you don't need to ask too much. Besides, destroying a troubled Yan Kingdom will not use our Great Qin Army!" Ying Chang said with a slightly arrogant expression.

In fact, the Xuanjia Army has already been destroyed, and it has become history. They were not wiped out by the enemy, but by time. The disadvantage of the Xuanjia Army is their short lifespan. Therefore, as early as two years ago, none of the Xuanjia Army was dead. .

Since the Xuanjia Army is the most powerful heavy cavalry in the Great Qin Dynasty, with a strong deterrent force, coupled with the reason of Gu, Ying Chang did not announce the destruction of the Xuanjia Army, but declared that the Xuanjia Army was going to guard the secret. important place.

Only Bai Qi and Ying Chang knew about the collapse of the Xuanjia Army, and no one else knew about it!

Hearing Ying Chang's words, all the generals suddenly realized that they didn't doubt the truth of Ying Chang's words, because they didn't believe that the extremely powerful Xuanjia Army would be destroyed.

"It's a pity, if the Xuanjia Army is here, the Great Wall of Ningta will be broken in the blink of an eye!" Alukgo said with a regretful expression.

The rest of the generals also showed regret and pity!

"Okay, there is no regret. Without the Xuanjia Army, I, Daqin, still smashed the Great Wall of Ningta in the blink of an eye, but before attacking the Great Wall of Ningta, I have to send someone to the Great Wall of Ningta to meet Liu Zhendong for a while. If you can, you can persuade him to surrender, I am willing to treat him with real power and a high position!" Ying Chang's eyes flashed brightly, and he planned to surrender.

Some people may ask, didn't Ying Chang say before that he would not give real power to princes and princes from all over Dayan?This varies from person to person. It can be said that among the five kings and eight princes of the Great Yan, Liu Zhendong is considered a hero and a loyal minister!