The Jagged Empire of Daqin

Except for the outer fence, the barracks was empty, and there was no sign of a Qin army soldier, nor a camp tent. It was as if no Qin army had ever been here.

Countless Yuemin watched Qin Jun leave, and some Yuemin sent blessings to Qin Jun's back, looking forward to the triumphant return of the [-] Yang family troops.

Time passed slowly, and the days passed day by day. With the passage of time, the news that the invading Shu army retreated and the Qin army went south spread to the surrounding countries, which surprised the surrounding countries. They did not expect the Shu Dynasty to be so cowardly, so they gave up without letting go. The result of the fight.

While the nations were surprised, they also looked forward to the confrontation between the Qin army and the Southern Wei army.

The former is the current hegemony-level dynasty, and the latter is the old hegemony-level dynasty. This is a war between hegemons. Many people are curious whether the army of the current hegemony dynasty is stronger or the army of the old hegemony dynasty is stronger.

A rare battle for supremacy is about to start in the extreme south of Kyushu!

In this war, who will have the last laugh?Is it Daqin?Or is it the Southern Wei Dynasty?

No one knows now, only when the war is over, will they know who is the real king and who is the real overlord!

And when the southeastern countries were looking at the extreme south of Kyushu, the Great Qin Dynasty in the northern part of Kyushu was frantically producing artillery. The Ministry of Ordnance continued to expedite production day and night. In order to free up manpower and reduce expenditure, Minister of the Ministry of War Yang Ze abolished the catapult , kerosene trucks, siege vehicles, aerial ladders and other siege equipment production, and concentrate manpower and material resources on the production of ugly bull artillery!

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Chapter 785 Dazhen Capital City!

The output of the Ordnance Department is very objective. It can produce [-] Ugly Bull cannons a day, and [-] Ugly Bull cannons in a month. I believe that it only takes five months. needed!

Of course, this is also a very expensive price. The Ordnance Department burns 10,000+ taels of silver every day!

Three months later, May 26th, [-]th year of Shengqin!

The capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Dazhen!

Dazhen was originally the capital of the Dayue Dynasty. After the Dayue Dynasty was destroyed by the Southern Wei Dynasty, it was occupied by the Southern Wei Dynasty. A few years later, the Crown Prince led the army of the Northern Wei Dynasty to sweep across the entire border, recaptured the eight counties of the Dayue Dynasty from the Southern Wei Dynasty, and made it the capital of the Dayue Dynasty. Dazhen City, established as the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty!

Compared with the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Southern Wei Dynasty, the territory of the Northern Wei Dynasty is wider than that of the Southern Wei Dynasty. The territory occupied by the Northern Wei Dynasty is the original eight counties of Dayue and the eight counties of Dawu, a total of sixteen counties, while the territory occupied by the Southern Wei Dynasty is the old land of the fourteen counties of the Great Wei Dynasty. , From the perspective of territory, the Northern Wei Dynasty stabilized the Southern Wei Dynasty.

But war is not about comparing the size of the territory, but about the strength of the army and the background of the dynasty. Although the Northern Wei Dynasty has a vast territory, it is far inferior to the Southern Wei Dynasty in terms of population and youth. In terms of finance, the Northern Wei Dynasty is on par with the Southern Wei Dynasty. Ghosts are no better than the other party.

What I have to say is that the crown prince did not stand on his own as emperor, he is still the abolished prince of the Great Wei Dynasty. The real name of the army under the crown prince is not called the army of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but the army of the prince, but outsiders like to call it The Northern Wei Dynasty was the dynasty, and the army was called the Northern Wei Army.

.....

Thirty miles north of Dazhen City!

On the official road!

On this steep and uneven official road, one hundred thousand Qin soldiers are marching in a neat black-armored dragon. Both legs were sunken, and the most difficult thing was the soldiers of the supply battalion, pushing the unicycle full of grain, and it rolled over from time to time.

The most comfortable ones are the cavalry, who regard this muddy road as a plain and can travel unimpeded, but even so, the speed of the cavalry cannot be increased. Without the general's military order, the infantry cannot be thrown off, so the speed of the entire army is limited by this road. The bad road drags at a snail's pace.

At the forefront of the march, Yang Hu, the four sons of the Yang family and Tian Jixian, the envoy of the Northern Wei Dynasty, rode side by side. Tian Jixian returned to the border between the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Yue Dynasty after leaving the Yue Dynasty Haoyue Emperor Capital, waiting for the Yang family army to go south, and then leading the way for the Yang family army.

At this time, Yang Hu saw the deserted fields on both sides of the official road, and couldn't help turning his head to look at Tian Jixian who was beside him, and asked calmly, "How far is it from here to the capital of Dazhen?"

Tian Ji heard the words first, and hurriedly saluted and replied: "Back to General Yang, this place is Wanhuang Ridge, which is still [-] miles away from the capital city of Dazhen. At the current speed, we will arrive early tomorrow morning. My prime minister and the crown prince The reception has been done, and General Yang is also requested to march patiently!"

Yang Hu gave Yang Zhong a look, Yang Zhong nodded understandingly, immediately turned the direction of the horse's head, faced the marching army behind him and shouted: "The general has an order, stop the marching!"

"The general has an order to suspend the march!"

"The general has an order to suspend the march!"

When the generals behind heard Yang Zhong's words, they immediately conveyed the military order to the rear. In less than a moment, the [-] troops stopped and stood there tall and straight, motionless.

Seeing the Qin army behind him stop, Monk Tian Jixian was puzzled, he didn't understand why Yang Hu ordered Yang Zhong to stop the army, "This... what does General Yang mean?" Tian Jixian's expression was full He asked Yang Hu puzzledly.

Yang Hu didn't answer Tian Jixian, but jumped off his horse, walked to the deserted field beside the official road, and then looked around the deserted field, and found that this is an excellent plain, vast and boundless, There are no mountains around.

Because of doubts, Tian Jixian also followed Yang Hu to the deserted field beside the official road, accompanied by the four sons of the Yang family.

Yang Hu stepped on the ground under his feet, and found that the ground was a bit hard, and there was no water to form a muddy ground. Regarding this, Yang Hu couldn't help asking: "Before the war, was this land good?"

Although he didn't know why Yang Hu asked this question, Tian Jixian still replied with a smile: "General Yang didn't know that the soil here is so hard that no crops can grow here, only weeds can grow here, so before the war, it was still After the war, this place is a wasteland!"

"Oh?" A look of surprise flashed across Yang Hu's eyes, "So, isn't this a wasteland?"

"Of course not. I wonder why General Yang is so interested in this place?" Tian Ji answered first, and later generations raised their own questions.

Yang Hu stretched out his fingers to point around the wilderness, and explained to Tian Ji first: "This place is endless, there are no mountains around, the ground is hard, and the grass is like a forest, like a grassland. If our army camps again, it will greatly save our army's rations. !"

Yang Hu is nothing more than looking at the weeds and the vast plains in this wasteland, and wants to set up camp here. The weeds here can provide food for the war horses, save the rations they bring, and increase the duration of the army.

"Ah? General Yang is going to set up camp here!" Tian Jixian was shocked!

"What? Can't you?" Yang Hu asked back.

Tian Jixian replied with a troubled face: "It's not impossible, but the crown prince and the prime minister learned of the arrival of the Qin army, and specially emptied the northern part of the capital city of Dazhen for the Qin army's soldiers to live in. If General Yang set up camp here, The good intentions of the crown prince and the prime minister will be in vain, and living in the city will definitely be much more comfortable than here, please think again, General Yang!"

"In terms of comfort, it is natural that living in the city is comfortable, but my Qin army traveled thousands of miles to expedition to the Southern Wei Dynasty, not for enjoyment, so the wishes of your crown prince and your country's prime minister have been taken care of!" Yang Hu said calmly. Said.

"Yang Zhong! Yang Yi! Yang Wu! Yang Shuang!"

"The end is here!"

"Immediately send an order to the entire army, and the army will set up camp a thousand steps away from the right side of the official road, and notify the supply camp to prepare to light a fire and cook!"

Without waiting for Tian Ji to reply first, Yang Hu ordered the four sons of the Yang family consecutively to issue a military order for the army to set up camp. After the military order was issued, the [-] Qin troops quickly retreated to the right side of the official road and set up camp a thousand steps away.

"This... alas!"

Tian Ji hesitated to speak, but finally sighed helplessly!

It seems that we can only report to the prince and the prime minister, and let the prince and the prime minister decide!

"General Yang, let's take a step ahead and go to Dazhen City to report to the crown prince!" Tian Jixian bowed to Yang Hu and saluted with a solemn expression.

"Well, let's go!" Yang Hu waved his hand indifferently.

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Chapter 786 The situation of the Northern Wei Dynasty is worrying!

After saying hello to Yang Hu, Tian Ji got on his horse first, and then galloped along the official road towards the capital of Dazhen.

In the following time, the Qin army set up camp, lit fires and cooked food, causing neat white tents to appear in this wasteland, and smoke from cooking. The Qin army completed the task of setting up camp within two quarters of an hour. .

After setting up camp, the Qin army entered the rest stage!

That night, at three o'clock in the afternoon!

Dazhen Capital City, Imperial Palace, and Imperial Study Room!

The night covers the earth, the stars shine brightly in the night sky, the bright moon hangs high in the sky, and the earth is peaceful and peaceful. This is a rare time of peace in troubled times. Countless suffering and troubled people have fallen asleep. In the imperial study room, But the lights were brightly lit, and there were many figures shaking inside.

In the imperial study room, the Crown Prince, who was nearly forty years old, was quietly sitting on the dragon chair, reading the battle report from the front, while in front of her, Tang Shao, the Prime Minister of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Li Bu, the Generalissimo of the Northern Wei Dynasty, watched silently. Taiwo looked through the battle report.

Tang Shao is over seventy years old, his hair is white and there is no black hair left, his face is also covered with wrinkles, and his skin is slightly dry. The clothes he wears are not court clothes, but simple clothes Gray commoner clothes, and only a wooden hairpin stuck in his head as a fix.

Who would have thought that Tang Shao, known as the No. 1 prime minister in the world, would fall to the point where he didn't even wear a court uniform and crown today!

The war suffered not only for the common people, but also for his name. The money of the Northern Wei Dynasty was spent on the army, and the rest of the land was cut if it could be cut, and if it couldn’t be cut, it had to be cut. Wooden hairpins, do not wear luxurious and beautiful court clothes and crowns.

Marshal Li Bu of the Northern Wei Dynasty is the grandfather of the crown prince. He is sixty-six this year. He was also the commander of the capital of the original Wei Dynasty. He commanded [-] capitals. In the ambush of the army, the [-] capital army was almost wiped out, only a few hundred people escaped and followed the exiled team of the crown prince.

Although Li Bu had the experience of annihilating the entire army, it is undeniable that he has the ability to command troops in combat. The crown prince can sit in today's sixteen counties, thanks to Li Bu leading the army to attack the city and seize the territory, which severely defeated the army of the Southern Wei Dynasty. Although Bu is old, there is still no one on the battlefield, sweeping all directions. In these years, there have been twenty if not thirty generals of the Southern Wei Dynasty who have been killed.

"Ugh!"

After reading the battle report in his hand, Tai Gong couldn't help but sighed heavily, threw the battle report in his hand on the imperial platform, then looked at Tang Shao and Li Bu with a frown and said: "General Li Zheng defeated Zhang Qian again, the army retreated. For a hundred miles, the rebel army of the Southern Wei Dynasty took advantage of the situation to pursue, and General Li Zheng's subordinates suffered heavy losses, with less than [-] of the [-] troops left, and they are in urgent need of reinforcements!"

General Li Zheng is the cousin of the Taigong, that is, the grandson of Li Bu. He is two years older than the Taigong. He is also a general who can fight well, but the Southern Wei is still too strong. Gan personally led the army, Li Zheng couldn't stand the crazy counterattack of the Southern Wei army at all!

"I lost another hundred miles, this trash!"

Li Bu was so angry that he couldn't help but cursed while blowing his beard and staring.

Since the withdrawal of the coalition forces of the southeastern countries, the Northern Wei Dynasty has been at a disadvantage, and has been repelled fifty or a hundred miles every time. In the past year, the Northern Wei Dynasty has lost four hundred miles of land, almost a county, and lost more than [-] yuan. Soldiers.

On the surface, it is not a big deal to lose a county and lose 30 soldiers, but in fact, this loss was fatal to the Northern Wei Dynasty, because the army of the Northern Wei Dynasty was pressing on the border. Pushing four hundred miles is enough to show that the Northern Wei Dynasty is at the end of its strength. If it loses a few games and the border army is completely lost, then there will be no head.

Tang Shao pondered for a moment, "On the border between the Northern and Southern Weis, we only have 21 soldiers left to fight in the Northern Wei Dynasty. If it is as expected, the Southern Wei Dynasty will give up attacking General Li Zheng, because General Li Zheng is gone and has little impact on the overall situation." Influence, the Southern Wei will attack General Zuo Zhen or General Zhang Rui in the next step, as long as the Southern Wei defeats one of the two, the remaining one will be besieged by the Southern Wei and become a trapped beast!"

Li Bu couldn't sit still when he heard these words, and quickly said: "In my opinion, it's better to let the old man go to the border to command the army!"

"no!"

"no!"

Tang Shao and the crown prince spoke in unison!

"The Southern Wei Dynasty is aggressive. There are 40 heavy troops on the border, and Li Shuai is the highest general of our Northern Wei Dynasty. If something happens to Li Shuai, the morale of our army and people in the Northern Wei Dynasty will collapse, so don't take this risk!" Tang Shao explained with a solemn expression.

Li Bu paced back and forth anxiously, and said with an extremely eager expression: "If the Southern Wei Dynasty completely wiped out our Northern Wei border army, the morale of the soldiers and civilians will also collapse. Instead of this, it is better to let the old man go to the battlefield in person. With the old man here, I will fight for you." The morale of the army will definitely rise, and it may not be impossible to defeat the Southern Wei rebels!"

"But you have repeatedly opposed this old man to go to war. What is the difference between this and waiting to die? No, this old man must go. I would rather die on the battlefield than wait here to die!"

"Shuai Li, be safe and don't be impatient!"

"How can this not be boring, we don't have much time!"

Tang Shao hurriedly appease Li Bu's emotions, but Li Bu thought that his brows were burning, and he was not appeased by Tang Shao at all, and he still looked eager to fight.

"Report!"

In vain at this moment, an urgent call came from outside the hall!

Hearing the urgent report, Tang Shao, Li Bu, and Tai Gong suddenly became nervous.

Could it be another defeat report?

"Come in!" Tai Gong yelled softly with a gloomy face!

After the words fell, a blue-robed guard with a sword walked into the hall, and the guard with a sword walked into the hall. When he walked three steps in front of the royal platform, he bent down facing the crown prince's uterus and made a report: "His Royal Highness , went to the Qin envoy Lord Tian to ask His Highness the Crown Prince, and he is waiting outside the hall!"

"Mr. Tian Ji?"

Tang Shao and Li Bu looked at each other, and suddenly remembered that they sent Tian Jixian to the Qin Dynasty to ask for help!

No, hearing the defeat on the front line all of a sudden, I almost forgot about it!

"Come in quickly!" Tai Gong hurriedly ordered!

"Obey!" The guard with the knife bent over and responded, then turned and left.

When the guards with swords left, Tang Shao immediately bowed to the Crown Prince with apologetic expression: "Your Highness, this is a strange minister. I forgot for a moment that the Qin army entered the city today. Please forgive me, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

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Chapter 787 The Excited Northern Wei Monarchs!

There was a spring-like smile on the face of the crown prince, and she smiled disapprovingly: "How can you blame the prime minister? You are not the only one who knows about the Qin army's entry into the city today, and I also know it. !"

"The old man is to blame too, the old man also forgot about this, haha!" Li Bu smiled with a blushing face.

Thinking of Qin Jun's entry into the city that day, the haze in the hearts of the three of them was swept away, and they felt a lot lighter from top to bottom.

"It's a pity that the Qin army who came here was not the Xuanjia army, and the generals who led the army were not Bai Qi. If Bai Qi led the Xuanjia army to help us in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Southern Wei Dynasty would be vulnerable!" Li Bu said with regret in his tone.

"Haha!" The crown prince smiled mischievously, "It is already a great benevolence and righteousness for the Qin Dynasty to extend a helping hand. After all, in these years, part of my Northern Wei's expenses have been provided by the Qin Dynasty!"

Tang Shao nodded in agreement, "Yes, although the Qin Dynasty did not send the Xuanjia Army and Bai Qi, the army it sent was not recruits, and the famous Yang Family Army of the Qin Dynasty was also led by Yang Hu and Yang Hu. Hu is the elder brother of the current Queen of the Qin Dynasty, and the Qin Emperor allowed Yang Hu to personally lead the expedition to the Southern Wei Dynasty, which is enough to show that the Qin Dynasty attaches great importance to the Northern Wei Dynasty!"

tread... tread...

Just when Tang Shao's words fell, the dusty Tian Jixian walked into the hall with light steps. Before Tian Ji could salute first, the crown prince got up from the dragon chair anxiously, went to Tian Jixian and asked Said: "Master Tian, ​​is Qin Jun here?"

"Returning to His Royal Highness, the Qin army has entered the territory of the Dazhen capital city, but they did not enter the city with the minister, but chose to set up camp in the barren hills, and refused to enter the city with the minister to rest, so the minister entered the city alone!" Tian Jixian looked respectful. He bowed down and saluted and replied, probably explaining the matter concisely.

Hearing these words, Tai Gong, Tang Shao, and Li Bu couldn't help but frowned, obviously they didn't expect that Yang Hu didn't lead the army into the city!

"What does Qin Jun mean?" Li Bu asked, frowning.

Tian Ji first turned his head to look at Li Bu, bowed down respectfully again and saluted, and replied: "Returning to Li Shuai, Qin Jun Commander Yang Hu said that Wanhuangling is an endless plain, suitable for camping, and Wanhuangling is full of miscellaneous places. Grass can be used as rations for war horses, which can greatly reduce the consumption of military rations!"

"So, isn't this Palace clearing up the Beicheng District for nothing?" The Crown Prince was speechless for a moment. He spent a lot of effort to clear up the Beicheng District, but Qin Jun didn't come, so it was really a waste of time.

"The Qin army came from afar, with limited military supplies, and we in the Northern Wei Dynasty were unable to supply supplies. It is understandable for Yang Hu to put the army in Wanhuangling to save military supplies. At the same time, it can be seen from this point that this Yang Hu is indeed talented, not mediocre. General!" Tang Shao analyzed calmly.

Tai Gong and Li Bu nodded in agreement, agreeing with Tang Shao's point of view.

"Now that the Qin army is here, do we have to let the Qin army continue to go south? The sooner the Qin army goes south, the pressure on our army will be less!" Li Bu's expression returned to his eagerness, and he wished he could immediately pull the Qin army to go south. Wei.

Tai Gong turned to look at Tang Shao, and asked aloud, "What does the prime minister mean?"

Tang Shao pondered for a while, and then replied: "What I mean is that Li Shuai can go south with the Qin army. First, the Qin army needs a guide. Second, this battle must send a heavyweight from our Northern Wei Dynasty." Go, to show my sincerity in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the third is to let Li Shuai take over the border army and join forces with the Qin army to defeat the enemy!"