Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

Facing the menacing Cui Dongxu army that might break through Anzhou at any time, Zheng Zaixu could no longer hold back.

He quickly asked Daxia for help.

The news was quickly passed to Lin Yi. Lin Yi was also quite speechless about such a situation.

He previously wanted to use Cui Dongxu to pressure Zheng Zaixu to agree to the empire's mining of minerals in Goryeo.

But he really didn't expect Zheng Zaixu to be defeated so quickly. In less than ten days, Zheng Zaixu almost lost the entire Goryeo.

This somewhat surprised Lin Yi.

However, no matter how unexpected it was, Lin Yi still had to send someone to support Zheng Zaixu.

If Zheng Zaixu is really defeated, the empire will be passive in Goryeo from now on.

Therefore, at least for now, Zheng Zaixu cannot die or be defeated.

However, support is support, and the conditions that should be negotiated cannot be less.

This is not the case before. Zheng Zaixu was still qualified to negotiate terms with the empire before, but now, he is no longer qualified.

Just as Lin Yi expected, when Daxia's special envoy came to Zheng Zaixu again, Zheng Zaixu agreed to it as soon as the special envoy finished speaking.

Maybe Zheng Zaixu really understood that he was nothing without Daxia.

After Zheng Zaixu fully agreed to Daxia's request and betrayed Goryeo's interests, Daxia's aid was continuously sent to Zheng Zaixu's army.

After simple proficiency, Zheng Zaixu once again led his army to kill Cui Dongxu, who had retreated to Pyongyang.

Cui Dongxu learned that Zheng Zaixu was attacking him again, and he also sent troops to attack.

But a few days later, he got the news that the army he sent to meet Zheng Dongxu had returned with a disastrous defeat.

This made Cui Dongxu a little moved. He didn't understand why Zheng Dongxu's army had such combat effectiveness almost overnight.

However, when he listened to the defeated soldiers returning from the front line, Zheng Dongxu's army was armed with all Daxia-style equipment, he understood everything.

So, while Cui Dongxu scolded the Daxia people for being shameless and interfering in Goryeo's internal affairs, he quickly gathered his troops to avoid being defeated by Zheng Zaixu one by one.

However, just as Daxia did not want to see Zheng Zaixu wiped out by Cui Dongxu, Daxia also did not want to see Cui Dongxu wiped out by Zheng Zaixu in a short period of time.

After all, no matter which one of them is eliminated in a short period of time, it is not in line with Daxia's interests.

Therefore, Lin Yi ordered to reduce the assistance to Zheng Zaixu. At the same time, he asked Fang Xiao to find someone to pretend to be an arms dealer and provide weapons to Cui Dongxu.

To put it simply, Lin Yi wants to eat both ends and take both ends.

No matter how reluctant Cui Dongxu was, he could only hold his nose and admit it.

However, he is also considering that after he defeats Zheng Zaixu, he must find a way to escape from Daxia's control.

So, under Lin Yi's instigation, Goryeo and Sakura Country once again started a war, and the people of the two countries, who had only spent a year living in peace, were once again displaced.

Although Lin Yi knew that doing this would definitely cause a large number of casualties to the people of both countries, he could only do this in order for Daxia to stand in the East and for the stability of the entire East in the future.

Southern Kyushu Island, Ebino.

This is an extremely small city.

In other words, it is more appropriate to call it a township.

There is no industry here, and most of the people in the surrounding Sakura Country make a living through agriculture.

However, Xianye is surrounded by mountains and forests, so how many places are available for planting?

Therefore, the people living around Ebino are relatively poor ordinary people.

At this time, in a mountain forest near Ebino, a clear stream flowed down from the mountain. A little girl wearing a traditional kimono from Sakura Country was stepping in the water with her feet.

Her kimono was pulled up, exposing her calves like lotus joints, and she stood like that in the stream.

She looked very focused, staring at a fish in the stream.

Suddenly, the little girl pounced forward and immediately fished out a small fish from the stream.

"Oh Tosun (Japanese, pronunciation of dad), look, Minako caught another fish! You can drink fish soup tonight!" Kobayashi Minako shouted excitedly to Kobayashi You who was plowing the land on the shore. .

After hearing Minako's words, Kobayashi straightened up and looked at Minako who was still catching fish with a smile on her face and laughed.

"Minako, you have to be careful, don't fall." Xiao Linyou looked at Minako with a smile on his face.

"Oh Tosun, Minako is no longer a child, now Minako is a two-year-old adult." Minako put the fish in her hand into the fish basket by the stream, then put her hands on her hips and said to Xiao Linyou said angrily.

"Yes, yes, yes, our Minako is now an adult and can help me with my work."

With that said, Xiao Linyou bent down again and started plowing the land.

When Kobayashi was in trouble, he felt that the most right thing he had done in his life was to rescue the infant Minako from Hirado Castle.

He felt that Minako was a gift given to him by God.

More than a year ago, Kobayashi Yu escaped from the ruins of Hirado Castle holding Minako, who was only seven or eight months old.

He went straight back to his hometown in the countryside, Ebino.

When he returned, he discovered that his parents had died after he was forcibly enlisted in the army, leaving him with only a dilapidated wooden house and a piece of barren land.

At that time, Xiao Linyou, who had just experienced the war, had to face the pain of losing his parents again, which caused him to be very depressed for a period of time.

He felt that his life was all gloomy, with no hope at all, and he even thought of using death to free himself.

After all, every night, he could see his comrades who died tragically in front of him and his parents who died in agony because of his forced conscription.

However, when he put a prepared rope around his neck and wanted to commit suicide, Minako's cry woke him up.

He suddenly realized that if he died, Minako would not be able to survive alone in this mountain forest.

His life was already gloomy, but Minako's life had not yet begun.

He felt that since he rescued Minako from Hirado City, he had the obligation to raise Minako.

So, Kobayashi You cheered up again and began to raise Minako independently until now.

Since Yu Kobayashi didn't know if Minako had a name before, he named her Minako Kobayashi. He hoped that Minako could live a happy life in the future.

Minako is also very sensible and will help Xiaolin You with even the smallest things.

When Xiao Linyou was working in the fields, Minako watched Xiao Linyou quietly from the edge of the field, neither crying nor making a fuss.

At that moment, Xiao Linyou felt that he was very lucky. In this unfortunate world, Minako was like a beam of light, illuminating him.

He doesn't care about the Tokugawa Shogunate or Meiji Tianhuang now. There is only one person he cares about now, and that is Minako.