The strongest Marquis in history

In this battle, Zhu Yuanshan fought better than Fei Xiuhu, so it was normal for Zhu Yuanshan to go to the border.

Fei Xiuhu was not reconciled, but convinced.

Wang Qi looked at Xiao Qingzhi, the general of the army, and directly ordered Xiao Qingzhi to be responsible for coordinating the troops.

The general affairs are well arranged, Xiao Qingzhi, Zhu Yuanshan, Xu Bo and other generals in the army have already left first to prepare for the next division of troops.

Li Hongzhong said: "Your Majesty, there is still one thing that has not been arranged."

Wang Qi said: "What's the matter?"

Li Hongzhong said: "First, they are Cao Xuan's family members, how should we deal with them? Cao Xuan was blocked outside the city this time, and all his family members and heirs were taken away in one pot. These people are all in prison, so they must be dealt with. "

Wang Qi said: "How does Mr. Li plan to deal with it?"

Li Hongzhong said: "The easiest way is to detain them all. After all, Cao Xuan is still there, keeping them can intimidate Cao Xuan. If they are killed, Cao Xuan cannot be restrained."

Wang Qi didn't express his opinion immediately, but looked at Zhuge Feng and Zhou Zishan, and asked, "What do you think?"

Zhuge Feng said: "Your Majesty, I agree with Li Taifu's words and imprison him temporarily."

Zhou Zishan said: "The minister also seconded the proposal."

Wang Qi said: "If that's the case, let's keep these people and take them all to Chang'an and throw them into prison."

After a pause, Wang Qi said: "You have worked hard all this way, go down and rest. We will rest in Weiwu County for two days, and then we will head east and return to Chang'an. The next focus will not be on Cao Xuan, Liangzhou After the peace, the next step is to deal with neighboring countries.”

Zhou Zishan, Zhuge Feng and others agreed to go down, and they all retreated.

After the crowd left, Wang Qi was alone in the hall, quietly thinking about what was lacking in this battle in Liangzhou.

Taking Liangzhou is easy.

The most difficult thing is the next governance.

The management matters are temporarily handed over to Luo Yuanzheng.Liangzhou is going to be unified with the Qi State, and there are still many things to be arranged in the future, which cannot be completed overnight. This is a trouble in governing the region, and it needs to be completed little by little.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, Wang Qi sorted out the affairs of Weiwu County, and re-arranged the prefect of Weiwu County, then set off with the army and returned to Chang'an.

Chapter 824 Marshal Philip

Wa country, imperial capital.

In today's Wa Kingdom, although the shogunate system has been abolished and all the powers have been gathered in the imperial family, it is just that the face of the Wa Kingdom Emperor Shotoku has a deep sadness, even a little resentment, and endless exhaustion.

He wiped out everyone in Abe's Qingzheng line, even though there was a local rebellion.However, after all, Emperor Shotoku has been the emperor of Japan for many years, and he has means and ability.

In just a year or so, Abe Kiyomasa eliminated local rebellions and even gathered local forces.Because he has just gathered all the places, his control over the places is not too strong, but after all, everyone in the place respects the Japanese court.

This is a good start.

For this reason, Emperor Shotoku lived a good life. After all, he really enjoyed the treatment of being an emperor, and he could rule the entire Wa country by himself.

Just a good day for Emperor Shotoku, not for long.When the country of Wa was still developing, the army of the Haixi Empire suddenly came from the sea. After landing, with cannons and rifles, they easily defeated the army of the country of Wa and directly killed the imperial capital of the country of Wa.

Emperor Shotoku is capable and tolerant.When he found out that his strength was completely invincible to the Hercynian Empire, and he even sent his master to fight, he was directly shot by a rifle. Emperor Shotoku immediately admitted his cowardice, and directly arranged for someone to seek peace and become a minister.

Wa country, surrendered to the Hercynian Empire.

The Hercynian Empire agreed to Emperor Shotoku's appointment as a vassal. Since then, the more than [-] Hercynian Empire troops that have landed in the Wa Kingdom have been stationed in the Wa Kingdom's imperial capital.

This time, the Hercynian Empire came to the country of Wa and brought weapons-making machines that could mine ore from the country of Wa and smelt weapons.The entire Wa country is completely at the mercy of the Haixi Empire.

Emperor Shotoku was very helpless about this.

Especially the soldiers in the Haixi Empire army came out to harass the people from time to time, or robbed the food, or ate free food to harass the people, which caused complaints from the people.

Emperor Shotoku dared to be angry and dare not speak out, but he could only lick his face and flatter him.Emperor Shotoku knew very well that once he wanted to thoroughly investigate the affairs of the Haixi Empire, or even offend the Haixi Empire, the opponent's guns would be aimed at him.

At that time, the country of Wa will be destroyed, and the Haixi Empire will replace the emperor of the country of Wa again.

In Emperor Shotoku's heart, it's not that he didn't think about finding ways to reverse the situation. The problem is that the weapons of the Haixi Empire are too strong.Especially the rifles and cannons are shocking and frightening, so Emperor Shotoku can only suppress all his anger and admit his cowardice no matter how complicated the situation is.

On this day, in the Emperor's Palace.

Emperor Shotoku, in loose robes, reviews government affairs.Now the government affairs of the Wa Kingdom, under his diligent rule, although the imperial capital is a bit chaotic due to the harassment by the soldiers of the Haixi Empire, the locality is still relatively stable.

Many of the government affairs of the court are simple, but many of the things involved now are related to the Hercynian Empire, and they are all suing the Hercynian Empire.Emperor Shotoku could only suppress such government affairs.

When Emperor Shotoku was busy, a servant came in and reported: "Your Majesty, Tsunaaki Akabane asks to see you."

"pass!"

Emperor Shotoku gave an order.

The servant went to inform, and not long after, Akabane Tsunaaki stepped in.

Today's Akabane Tsunaaki holds the position of prime minister. After Emperor Shotoku unified the power, he followed the example of Oshu and established the post of prime minister to take charge of the government affairs of the court.

Akabane Tsunaaki was the first prime minister, responsible for the government affairs of the court.

After Akabane Tsunaki stood still, he bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the Haixi Empire has arranged for someone to notify you to go to the barracks to discuss matters. I asked about it, and it seems that I want to discuss the dispatch of troops."

"send troops?"

Emperor Shotoku frowned and asked, "What are you going to send troops for?"

Akabane Tsunade said: "There was news before that the army of the Haixi Empire suffered a big loss in Qi and was wiped out. Now that the Haixi Empire sends troops, it is natural to take revenge. It is said that it is now time to prepare for action. Specifically The situation is unknown, after all, all the news came from the Haixi Empire military camp."

Emperor Shotoku slapped the desk, gritted his teeth, and said, "These people from the Haixi Empire are really hateful. If we were not afraid of their weapons, I would have mobilized all the troops from across the country to attack and destroy them."

Akabane Tsuna smiled bitterly.

The weapons of the Hercynian Empire were really strong, and they killed and injured countless people in one shot.

At the beginning, the Wa country resisted the attack of the Haixi Empire, and the soldiers of the Wa country suffered from the cannon.The soldiers of the Japanese country were not afraid of life and death, but the continuous cannons fell and the bullets shot, which directly stunned the Japanese.

Everyone is scared soon.

In the end, Emperor Shotoku surrendered directly.

Emperor Shotoku just vented his anger. Instead of getting up and leaving immediately, he said, "Prime Minister, how can we turn the situation around now? We can't be bullied like this."

Akabane Tsunade said: "Your Majesty, we have no choice. Today's Qi State, as well as the current Hercynian Empire, are beyond our ability to compete. For the time being, let's follow the Hercynian Empire first, anyway, all kinds of obedience. Wait. After the Haixi Empire and Qi are at war, we will consider other things."

Emperor Shotoku said: "Forget it, let's go."

"His Majesty the Emperor!"

In Akabane Tsunaaki's heart, he was really worried that Emperor Shotoku would be arrogant.It is naturally the best for Emperor Shotoku to go now.The two left the palace, took a carriage out of the city, and went straight to the military camp of the Haixi Empire.

The military camp of the Haixi Empire is not far from the city.When Emperor Shotoku arrived, they went straight into the camp, went to the tent of the Chinese army, and met the marshal of the Hercynian Empire.

This person's name is Philip, and he is one of the marshals of the Hercynian Empire. He is also the main combatant of the Hercynian Empire, and he is extremely tough on the outside world.

Philip is about 50 years old.He is hale and hearty, and he doesn't look old at all.He wore a black double-breasted army coat with epaulettes and ribbons, giving him a serious look.Even with the Mediterranean style on the head, the scalp is polished and the hair on both sides of the Mediterranean is combed meticulously.

Philip sat upright, looked at Emperor Shotoku and Akabane Tsunaaki who were saluting, waved his hands and said, "Sit down!"

Emperor Shotoku and Akabane Tsunaaki then sat down.

Emperor Shotoku said: "Marshal Philip summoned me, but what's the matter?"

Philip said: "This time I informed you that I have just received the news that the Xianbei, the Huns in the north of Qi State, and even your Japanese vagrants are provoking on the border of Qi State."

"According to Wang Qi's information, he is an extremely powerful person. Once he encounters a provocation, he will definitely start to fight back. But this time, he never cared about the provocations in various places on the Qi border, but the local army resisted. .”

"Furthermore, the news from Qi State is that Wang Qi is going to exterminate Cao Xuan in the west. Therefore, this commander believes that now is the best time to exchange for Robert, and then invade Qi State in one fell swoop and carve up Qi State's territory."

The father of Philip and Robert is an old comrade who was born and died together.This time when Philip came, he had to consider switching back to Robert before going to war.

It was Philip who planned to instigate the Xiongnu and Xianbei to attack the border of Qi State before.

He sold weapons in the past, which contributed to the provocation.

This is Philip's test.

Unexpectedly, Wang Qi did not directly fight back, so Philip believed that it is impossible for Qi to go to war on a large scale now, and this is exactly the premise for Philip to attack.

After hearing this, Emperor Shotoku murmured in his heart that he had nothing to do with the division of Qi.He didn't have much contact with Philip, and he also knew the nature of the people in the Haixi Empire.

Has always been extremely greedy, it is impossible to give him any benefits.

Emperor Shotoku didn't dare to express his thoughts. Under the current situation, if he angered the people of the Haixi Empire and the other party fired bombs, his army would not be able to stop them at all, and they would only be slaughtered.

Emperor Shotoku said directly: "Marshal Philip, I will fully support you."

"it is good!"

There was an added look of approval on Philip's face.

He stroked the beard curled up under his chin, nodded and said: "This time we are going to attack Qi, and a large number of troops will be needed to participate in the battle. In this battle, in addition to the [-] troops of our Haixi Empire, you also need to draw from the Japanese side. One hundred thousand troops joined the battle."

"what!"

Emperor Shotoku groaned in shock.

The expression on his face changed drastically.

One hundred thousand people, this is not a small number.

You must know that Emperor Shotoku's army is only about one hundred thousand people. This is all the strength he can mobilize.Once hundreds of thousands of troops are thrown into the battlefield, with Philip's attitude of not treating the Japanese as human beings, these Japanese soldiers will inevitably suffer huge losses after going to the war. When the war is over, it is unknown how many people will come back.

In Emperor Shotoku's heart, there are 1 and 10 unwillingness.After thinking about it in his heart, he said, "Marshal Philip, [-] people are too many. The army under my command doesn't have that many people. If the people are recruited, these are recruits, and they have no combat effectiveness at all."

"The most important thing is that once too many people are transferred, it will also lead to local chaos. The Wa country, which has just stabilized now, cannot stand the toss."

Philip stopped talking for a while, and his face with a smile turned completely gloomy.

His eyes narrowed slightly, like a poisonous snake.

The eyes that stared at Emperor Shotoku made Emperor Shotoku's heart skip a beat.

Emperor Shotoku knew that his own words would make Philip unhappy, but he could not let Philip get what he wanted, so Emperor Shotoku continued: "Marshal Philip, I will raise 5 troops for you. My army's standing soldiers are actually About 6 people. So, I will mobilize local forces to make up [-] people, what do you think?"

Philip said lightly: "It seems that Japan needs to replace someone who is obedient."

boom! !

Emperor Shotoku's mind exploded at once.

He felt uneasy for a moment.

As soon as Philip opened his mouth, he was a king bomb, and threatened him to change.Such an operation made it impossible for Emperor Shotoku to refuse.

If you refuse, you will be taken down.

Philip didn't care what Emperor Shotoku thought, he continued: "I only give you two options, the first is to agree, and the second is to disagree. If you agree, then send me troops to raise [-] troops. Don't agree , the emperor will change. You think again and give me an answer. If I am not satisfied with the answer this time, I will bear the consequences."

Emperor Shotoku was extremely aggrieved. Even Abe Kiyomasa back then had never uttered such nonsense.

Even more so directly threatening him.

Emperor Shotoku knew that Philip could do it. You must know that after Philip entered the Wa Kingdom, he was unscrupulous, killed many people, and robbed countless women, money and treasures of the imperial capital.

If you want to kill him now, you will not be soft.

Emperor Shotoku knew that he would not suffer from immediate losses. He took a deep breath, bowed and said: "Marshal Philip, I agree. This time, I am willing to recruit [-] people to send troops. Everything that Marshal Philip needs, I will fully support it. "

"That's right."

Philip smiled slightly, with a look of approval on his face.

With a flick of his sleeve, he said: "Actually, you don't have to worry, and you should be more happy. This is an opportunity for the expansion of the Wa Kingdom and an excellent opportunity to invade the Qi Kingdom. This time, it is not only our Haixi Empire who will attack Qi Attack, and even your Wa Kingdom, as well as the rest of the Xiongnu and Xianbei will also attack."

"Thus, even though Qi is strong, it will definitely be defeated. In short, you only need to send troops, money, energy, and food, and then you can wait until the end to share the benefits. This is the opportunity given to you by this commander."

"Yes!"

Emperor Shotoku nodded in reply. ,

In his heart, he didn't take it seriously, and divided up the benefits. After all the people of the Haixi Empire robbed him, leaving him with a little bit of leftovers could not be of any benefit.

Philip waved his hand and said, "Go and mobilize troops. Within two days, I want the army to assemble. Then, the army will set off with my commander's army, ready to cross the sea and go to the country of Qi."

"Yes!"

Emperor Shotoku replied immediately.

Philip waved his hand, and Emperor Shotoku got up and left with Akabane Tsunaaki.The expressions of the two were very cold and solemn.But Philip didn't care about this. For him, as long as Emperor Shotoku wanted to mobilize soldiers, that was enough.

Philip looked at the back of Emperor Shotoku leaving, and smiled coldly.

Under the tent, on the left side sat an old man who was also nearly 50 years old.