The Jagged Empire of Daqin

Adding up the four major navy divisions, there are 320 large warships, 13 medium-sized warships, and 16 small warships. There are a total of [-] warships and [-] sailors. Ten thousand infantry, there are [-] troops!

The military strength may not be comparable to that of the inland princes, but the elite level is no less than that of the original regular army of the Yan Army. This is the strength of Yin Li, the king of the East China Sea.

Yin Cheng!

Donghai Palace!

The Donghai Palace is located in the center of Yin City. The East Sea Palace is extremely grand, like a palace, with numerous halls, red brick walls, golden tiles, and big trees in the sky.

This is why Yin Li is rich, so he can build such a luxurious and magnificent Donghai Palace!

Tengfei Pavilion!

Tengfei Pavilion is a palace of Donghai Wangfu, and it is also the largest palace. Tengfei Pavilion is like the Qilin Palace of the Qin Palace. Inside the pavilion, there are carved beams and painted buildings. Nine black coiled dragon pillars support the pavilion beams. On the high platform in the pavilion, Yin Li, the king of the East China Sea, lives high The Unicorn Throne.

Yin Li is not tall, even a little short. He is a general, not a general.

There are five or six people standing on the left and right sides under the high platform. These people are of different ages, all wearing black robes around the waist. Those who don't know may think that they are the ministers and generals of Yin Li, but they are not, they are shipbuilders. craftsmen.

Both artisans and officials.

Yin Li is a smart man, he knows what he needs most, so he is very kind to the craftsmen of the shipbuilding department. He was willing to work hard to build an upgraded warship for Yin Li.

"My lord, here are the new blueprints for warships!"

The head of the shipbuilding department, Wang Hechun, took out a blueprint from his pocket and handed it to Yin Li on the high platform respectfully. Yin Li quickly took the blueprint and began to read it. After carefully reading it, Yin Li frowned. Next, with a rather puzzled look on his face, he asked:

"Shipbuilding order, your drawing is wrong, right? Why is the new type of warship six feet long, two feet wide, and two feet high? Small warships are not as good, tell me, what is the use of this king wanting this warship?"

"Haha!" Wang Hechun touched the Yangshan Lake under his chin, and smiled at Yin Li with both red lights: "My lord, there is no mistake in the drawing, and the length, width and height are not wrong. It is indeed similar to a small warship. Almost, but the prince can't just pay attention to the length, width and height of the warship, but also pay attention to the hull!"

"The hull?" Yin Li was taken aback for a moment, and then took a closer look. This time, Yin Li finally found something different. A row of holes appeared on both sides of the warship. Seeing the holes, Yin Li couldn't help asking again. : "Shipbuilding order, how did you carve out a row of holes in the hull of this new type of warship? What is this for? Is this the main feature of the new type of warship?"

Wang Hechun wrote back with a smile on his face: "My lord, you guessed right. The row of holes on both sides of the warship is the main feature of the new type of warship. On the first day of the first month of this year, the city was filled with fireworks. Just imagined, if the fireworks are remade into lethal weapons, and then mounted on warships, wouldn’t it be possible to strike enemy warships from a super long distance!”

"My lord, you also know that my subordinate is a master who can do whatever comes to his mind. No, after half a year, his subordinate successfully modified a weapon of mass destruction by relying on the principle of fireworks explosion. This weapon is named after the subordinate. For the cannon, the one on the left is fired, and the one on the right is a packed cannon!"

"The cannon has a range of two hundred steps. It explodes when it hits the target. The killing distance is three steps in a radius. Those who are hit by the cannon will undoubtedly die. Immortals are hard to save. After the cannon is hit, it will also explode into flames, which can effectively destroy the enemy's battlefield. Boat!"

"Oh, so that's how it is. This king understands. These openings are specially reserved for the Pao to shoot out, right?" Yin Li understood immediately, and instantly understood the meaning.

"My lord is wise!" Wang Hechun said flatteringly with a smile on his face.

"This weapon is not bad, it fits the king's appetite, but isn't the distance too short? You know, the eight-stone crossbow of the Qin Empire can shoot at [-] paces, and there are kerosene vehicles with a longer range. Compared with these, the guns are basically No chance to play it out!"

"Besides, you may not know that this king received news some time ago that when the Qin army attacked the Great Wall of Ningta, they used a new type of arrow. I call it a rocket for the time being. I don't know what it is made of. As long as you shoot something, you can set the shot object on fire!"

"Just imagine, if the Qin army used this arrow to attack our navy's warship, our navy would only be burned and unable to fight back. Therefore, although this gun is good, it still needs to be improved, at least in terms of distance. Long-range suppression, but we You can try to build a dozen ships first, and then trouble the shipbuilding order to make more improvements to this cannon, this king is very optimistic about this cannon!" Yin Li said solemnly.

A look of disappointment flashed across Wang Hechun's eyes, but he was still very happy, because Yin Li was very good at the gun he developed, which gave him the motivation to improve.

"Thank you for your appreciation, my lord. I will do my best to build the best and most powerful warship in the world for my lord!" Wang Hechun bent down and saluted with a solemn and respectful expression.

Yin Li got up from the king's chair, walked down the high platform unhurriedly, and said to the officials of the shipbuilding department: "Everyone, we are not like the inland. The princes of the inland can protect themselves by relying on infantry, while we protect ourselves. We can only rely on warships!"

"The warships are excellent, and the 50 people in Yincheng have no worries. The warships are poor, and the 50 people in Yincheng are like fish under a knife. The king and even the people in the city can live and work in peace and contentment like they are now, all thanks to you working around the clock. Create an excellent warship for this king!"

"This king is here to salute you on behalf of the 50 people in the city, and thank you for your contribution to the four major naval divisions!" Yin Li bowed to a dozen shipbuilding officials with a solemn expression.

The officials of the shipbuilding department were moved to tears, and felt that all the efforts made before were worth it!

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and craftsmen have always been low-level figures in the empire. They are often ignored, and even looked down upon. But after Yin Li took them captive to Yandao, their status rose sharply, and they even became officials like the craftsmen of the Qin Empire. Although it's just a big official, it's enough to show that the status of artisans is rising!

In order to repay this kindness, all the craftsmen of the shipbuilding department worked tirelessly day and night to build excellent warships for Yin Li. The navy of the empire did not dare to provoke them.

"Report!"

In vain at this time, a guard with a knife in green chain mail hurried into the cabinet. Wang Hechun and other officials of the shipbuilding department saw this, and then bowed and retired one after another. After the officials of the shipbuilding department left, the guard with a knife came Kneeling down on one knee to edit the report:

"My lord, a few days ago, a boat came ashore in Westport, and the boatman claimed to be the envoy of Zheng Long. This time, he took the boat to the east and asked to see the lord at the order of King Zheng. The governor of the White Tiger Navy, Lord Yang, has sent someone to bring him to the shore. Ximen Yincheng, I wonder if the prince wants to see you?"

"Zheng Long?" Yin Li frowned slightly, and muttered to himself with a puzzled expression: "Didn't he come to Qin? Why did he come to look for this king suddenly? Could it be that Emperor Qin sent him here?"

Because of the inconvenient transportation, Yin Li did not hear the rumor of Emperor Qin's death. If he had received this rumor, he might have guessed the purpose of Zheng Long's sending people to Yandao.

"Bring him here!"

No matter what Zheng Long was going to do, seeing Zheng Long's envoy would not be a disadvantage. Anyway, after meeting Zheng Long's envoy, everything would be clear.

"Obey!" The guard with the knife responded respectfully, then got up from the ground, turned and left.

After the three incense sticks time has passed!

"The envoy should be born, and by the order of my King Zheng, come to pay homage to the Lord of the East China Sea!"

A middle-aged man dressed as a woodcutter respectfully saluted Yin Li on the high platform. Yin Li took a careful look at the visitor, and then joked with a smile: "King Zheng must have a very good life with this giant ship of the Qin Empire." Have a good time!"

"The prince of the East China Sea doesn't know anything. I, King Zheng, descended to Qin and feigned surrender out of self-protection. I have always been concerned about the Great Yanjiang Mountains and Sheji in my heart!" the envoy Yingsheng replied with a smile on his face.

A flash of surprise flashed in Yin Li's eyes, Zheng Long actually surrendered?

This seems to be great news!

"Aren't you afraid that this king informed Emperor Qin that he would suppress you, King Zheng?" Yin Li said with a half-smile, with a hint of curiosity in his tone.

Originally, Yin Li thought that it was the Qin Empire who sent Zheng Long to send someone to send him to Qin. Unexpectedly, he threw out a big news from the very beginning. Regarding this, Yin Li couldn't help being curious. What exactly does Zheng Long want? What are you doing, let me surrender too?

"The king of the East China Sea is a hero of his generation, how could he do such a despicable thing!" Ying Sheng said with a smile, and patted a rainbow fart.

"Haha!" Yin Li was very useful, he couldn't help laughing happily, and then his face straightened, "Okay, let's stop talking nonsense, King Zheng asked you to come, what exactly do you want to do!"

"Unite with the King of the East China Sea, expel the Qin army, and restore our land!" Ying Sheng Dayi said awe-inspiringly!

Yin Li got up from the king's chair in shock, and asked with a face full of disbelief: "This king heard right?"

Ying Sheng replied calmly: "Your Majesty is not wrong, and the King of the East China Sea is not wrong either!"

"Arrogance!" Yin Li sneered coldly, "Your King Zheng wants to die, so don't drag me down. Do you think that I don't know what happened inland because I live on an island in the East China Sea? As far as I know, The Qin army broke through the Ningta Great Wall a few months ago, my boss, General Liu, committed suicide, and the entire Huaibei County fell!"

"The Qin army is good at blitzkrieg, immovable like a mountain, and aggressive like fire. With the speed of the Qin army, I am afraid that half of the country has already fallen into the hands of the Qin army. Moreover, this king also heard that every time the Qin army conquers a city, it will open a warehouse to release it." Grain, relief for the people in the city, harvesting the hearts of the Yan people in the world!"

"Under these circumstances, you, King Zheng, actually want to drag me to deal with the Qin army. Isn't this harming me!" Yin Li trembled from the bottom of his heart for the Qin army. Without it, he led fifty thousand Ningta cavalry Supporting Huaicheng was defeated by Alukgo's grassland army on the way.

He has already experienced Qin Jun's strength, and he doesn't want to experience it again.

"What if Emperor Qin dies?" Ying Sheng said unhurriedly.

"Haha!" Yin Li laughed angrily, and said angrily, "You, King Zheng, are really ambitious and wishful thinking. If Emperor Qin dies, how can there be so many ifs in this world? I'm still pretending that Prince Dayan died overnight!" Woolen cloth!"

From Yin Li's point of view, Zheng Long had already gone crazy, and he began to fantasize about the death of Emperor Qin in order to seize the world.

After hearing Yin Li's words, Ying Sheng was not angry, and said calmly, "Lord of the East China Sea, Emperor Qin really passed away. Back then..."

Next, Ying Sheng told Yin Li everything that happened in Yanjing recently. After hearing these words, Yin Li was stunned for a while!

I am dreaming?

Yin Li secretly pinched his thigh.

嘶

pain!This is not a dream!

"Lord of the East China Sea, the death of the Qin Emperor will inevitably lead to an uproar throughout the Qin Empire. Whether it is the Qin Dynasty or the Qin Army, the morale will be greatly demoralized. Strike!"

"The main force of the Qin army, [-]% of its forces are cavalry. Cavalry are not good at attacking cities. Without King Wu of Qin, the Qin army would not be able to take down any city. As long as all the princes and princes work together to defend the city, the Qin army will be exhausted!"

"Lord of the East China Sea, the opportunity has come!" Ying Sheng said with a solemn expression and full of confidence.

"Yes, the time has come, but this is your time, not this king's time, and this king will not participate in the conquest of Qin!" After Yin Li regained his composure, he said something that broke Yingsheng's heart.

"Ah?" Ying Sheng was taken aback for a moment, and didn't react immediately.

What did he hear?Yin Li actually said that he would not participate!

what's going on!

"Huh!" Yin Li took a deep breath, and said with a rather regretful expression: "The main force of this king is all sailors. At sea, this king is not boasting. There is no navy that is the opponent of this king. But as soon as they go ashore , haha, the combat power is worrying!"

Although Yin Li is very excited, he is very aware of his strengths and weaknesses. His shortcoming is land combat, while Qin Jun's strength is land combat. Using his own weaknesses to compete with others' strengths is not an old birthday star hanging himself. Is it too long?

Furthermore, although the Holy Qin Emperor passed away, and although Qin Wuwang and Qin Shangyanghou were seriously ill from poisoning, the Holy Qin Emperor had heirs, and the Qin Empire still had generals. Change the emperor, change the frontline commander, and continue fighting as usual.

"The king of the East China Sea misunderstood. I, King Zheng, said that the king of the East China Sea doesn't need to go ashore. He only needs to get close to Wuyang port and contain part of the Qin army. We just defend and not attack, and consume the Qin army!" Ying Sheng quickly explained.

"Fight a war of attrition with the Qin Empire? Then I won't go!" Yin Li said without hesitation.

"Why is that?" Ying Sheng couldn't help but get anxious and asked with a puzzled face.

"When Emperor Shengqin was alive, in order to replenish the frontline army in a short period of time, he built many granaries in various counties across the country. The grain stored in these granaries is enough to last the Qin army for a year or two. What about you?"

"Do you have food supplements? Let alone you, I don't have much food myself. Salt Island does not produce food, and I rely on buying food. If my king guessed correctly, your food is also bought, and you can't be self-sufficient at all." !"

"In this case, are you talking about consumption to this king? Who consumes who!" Yin Li said a little funny.

He knows the Qin Empire quite well, so he knows that the Qin Empire has built granaries on a large scale. Moreover, he bought grain from Qin Shang several times. He learned from Qin Shang that the least valuable thing in the Qin Empire is grain. , there is no shortage of that thing in the Qin Empire.

The price of grain in various countries is generally one stone and one tael, but in the Qin Empire, it was eighty yuan per stone, which is twenty yuan cheaper!

"This..." Ying Sheng was at a loss for words for a moment, unable to refute.

"Come here, see off!" Yin Li waved his hand, not wanting to continue talking with Ying Sheng.

As soon as the words fell, two guards with swords walked in outside the pavilion, Ying Sheng turned his head and saw the guards with swords approaching briskly, he quickly turned back to look at Yin Li, raised his hand to stop him and said, "Wait a minute, King of the East Sea! "

"Why, do you still have something to say?" Yin Li said expressionlessly.

Ying Sheng raised his hand and saluted and replied: "The king of the East China Sea can not unite, but can the king of the East China Sea sell Zheng Wang's face, and when Zheng Wang drives out the Qin army, can the East China Sea king support Zheng Wang to establish himself as emperor?"

Yin Li couldn't help but fall silent when he heard this, with a thoughtful look on his brows, and after a moment of contemplation, he said: "This king can support King Zheng to establish himself as emperor, and he is also willing to be a vassal under King Zheng, but King Zheng and the future new empire Emperor, don't hit this king's Yandao, pay attention!"

"The two sides maintain a vassal relationship, but they don't offend each other. Wells don't offend rivers. If King Zheng can do it, what's the point in supporting King Zheng to make himself emperor!"

"With the words of the King of the East China Sea, I didn't come in vain. Let me leave!" Ying Sheng said with a solemn expression, then turned and left, and quickly left the Tengfei Pavilion.

After Ying Sheng left, Yin Li didn't react at all. What happened in the past is what he is now. He didn't want to plot the inland world because of the death of Emperor Qin Qin.

What Yin Li did, in the eyes of outsiders, he was timid and fearful, satisfied with the present, but in fact, Yin Li's actions this time were the most sensible, because even if he intervened in the interior, he would not get any advantage.

The vital forces and land in the inland have been divided up. Even if the Qin army is really driven out of the pass, the land and population occupied by the Qin army will only be shared by those inland princes. He will not get a sip of soup at all. , and even had to take the lives of his own soldiers.

Who wants to do this kind of loss-making business?

Time passed slowly, the days passed day by day, fifteen days in a flash!

Sheng Qin August 24, [-]!

After a long period of consumption, the food reserves of the Qin army in various places were gradually exhausted. Fortunately, the governor of Dongzhou provided timely support and sent a total of ten granaries of grain, a total of 300 million shi of grain, to prevent the Qin army from falling into a situation of running out of food.

What I have to say is that although the prefect of Dongzhou sent 300 million shi of grain, but in the hands of the Qin army, there were only 260 million shi of grain, which was a full 40 shi. The grain was not greedy, but escorted people ate.

The Dongzhou prefect mobilized 20 civilians to escort the grain. The 20 civilians consumed 20 shi on the way to escort them. When they left, they took 20 shi of grain for return. Therefore, the Qin army only got 260 million shi. food.

Why do you say that the war puts a lot of pressure on logistics? This is how the pressure comes. This is because Dongzhou is relatively close to Yanjing. If it is separated by two or three thousand miles, it is estimated that the frontline army can only get half of the food sent.

Just when the Qin army received food aid from Dongzhou, King Zheng issued a notice to ask for Qin!

The Zhao Qin notice is as follows:

He used Qin alone to fight against the bandits in Yanyan, and came to Qin in particular. Who knew that Qin Langzi was ambitious and intended to murder me in Yantu. As a Yan native, the hereditary king of Yan, Wang Lu, now raises the banner of righteousness alone, and conquers Qin all over the world!

As soon as the announcement came out, the world was shocked!

Countless Yan people were shocked by Zheng Long's rebellion against the Qin Dynasty, but they did not regain the hearts of the Yan people. On the contrary, more Yan people hated Zheng Long, thinking that Zheng Long was deviant, and he had the opportunity to make the common people live a better life, but they wanted to use this good Days overturn.

Therefore, Zheng Long was scolded by the common people all over the place, but the scolding was the same, and there were many people who supported Zheng Long.

In addition, on the same day that Zheng Long issued the Proclamation to Discuss Qin, Marquis Zhou Xin of Nanmeng, Marquis Tang Ze of Beimeng, Song Qian the King of Yun, and He Jie, Marquis Haozhou also issued the Proclamation of Discussing Qin. Long's release is almost the same, but he added a sentence: Follow King Zheng to expel the Qin thieves!

Rain is coming!

Fast forward half a month, August [-]th!

Wuyang City, the Imperial Palace, and the Imperial Study Room!

In the imperial study room, Ying Chang was dressed in a black dragon robe, a black jade dragon crown, and gold-plated dragon-patterned boots. He sat firmly on the dragon-carved throne in front of the imperial case. On the left and right sides, and in the middle stood a handsome young man in a three-clawed black python suit with a sword hanging from his waist.

It was Pei Ji, the head of the military guards of Xianyang Palace and the commander of the imperial guards!

After Pei Ji returned to Xianyang to convey his will, he hurried back to Wuyang City.

"Your Majesty, apart from Yin Li, the king of the East China Sea, the other major princes have already issued the so-called edict to challenge Qin half a month ago!" Pei Ji reported respectfully and solemnly.

Ying Chang frowned. He knew about the edict issued by the various princes five days ago, but he had been waiting for the edict issued by Yin Li, the king of the East China Sea.

But now five days have passed, and there is still no news from Yandao!

"This Yin Li, doesn't he have plans to enter the interior?" Ying Chang frowned and asked to himself.