I live in Beihai Jun Nanhai [Rebirth]

The countries were confused, but Daluan still raised his troops to go southwest.

However, in the battle against the Qi Kingdom, Daluan encountered unprecedented obstacles.

Qi Kingdom's natural barrier played a great role. The tangled jungle that covered the sky and the sun made it difficult for Daluan's war horse to move forward. And kill the enemy, first of all self-injury.

The rest of the countries were all secretly gloating, they only felt that Daluan had hit a snag this time, and this misguided attack was really out of standard.

This battle dragged on for four full years, and Da Luan acted like a child pestering adults for candy, scratching you today and scratching you tomorrow, the fight was neither painful nor itchy, and he couldn't touch the country of Qi at all. fundamental.

However, in the fifth year, something happened that the countries never expected.

Daluan suddenly assembled his troops and without warning attacked Yu Kingdom, which bordered Qi Kingdom, and quickly defeated it in a state of destruction.

It was only at this time that the countries suddenly woke up.

Why did Da Luan choose to attack the country of Qi, which seemed to be the most difficult to conquer four years ago?Because although their offensives were fierce in the first three battles, they also paid a lot of price for this fierceness.

All countries were worried about their own insecurity, but they ignored the loss of Daluan in the three wars.

No matter how strong the army is, it is still an army composed of people. It is common to injure the enemy by one thousand and self-injure eight hundred.After the three battles, Daluan is still strong, but he is unavoidably weak inside, and they need time to breathe.

However, if the war ceases at this point, all the countries will be aware of this weakness. Once several countries join forces to take advantage of the situation, Da Luan will lose his sense of control.

So, they didn't stop, they chose the country of Qi.

All countries know that the natural barrier of Qi State is very difficult to break, and Daluan naturally does not know it.They pretended to be hindered by the jungle miasma, but secretly only a small number of old, weak and remnant soldiers continued to harass and provoke at the border of Qi State, while the main force gathered in the rear and stationed, keeping a low profile and recovering their vitality.

Every time the kingdoms receive a report that Da Luan has returned without success, they will secretly rejoice. As long as Da Luan keeps entangled with the Qi Kingdom, they will be unable to spare their hands to deal with them. Naturally, they like it.

But will they doubt Daluan's strength because of this?

will not.

Because Daluan was not at a disadvantage when he was in contact with Qi State's weapons, but was disturbed by the special terrain and could not exert his full strength.

This is the misunderstanding that Daluan wants to cause among the countries.

For four years, Daluan Mingxiu built the plank road to cover Chen Cang in the dark, pretending to attack the Qi State and repeatedly attacking and failing to hide the sky and cross the sea, and spent four years with peace of mind.

When the time came, the sharpened knife came out of its sheath again, and Yu Guo was the result of this trial.

But this time, although Da Luan defeated the State of Yu, he didn't get what they really wanted.

The state of Yu itself is not powerful, but the art of sea salt purification mastered by the state of Yu is very proficient. Daluan's attack on the state of Yu was not only to expand the territory, but more importantly, to seize the art of sea salt purification .

In fact, the drying process of sea salt is not complicated, the difficulty lies in how to remove the impurities in it to make it into refined salt, and this technique of purification has only been mastered by Yu Guo so far.

Daluan originally thought that it would be easy to get this method out of Yu Kingdom's lord's mediocre temperament, but he didn't expect that although the lord was not very domineering, he had a temperament that would rather bend than bend. Moved.

However, sun-drying sea salt is not something that can be done by one person alone. The king gritted his teeth and refused to say anything, so Da Luan started to attack the craftsmen and people in Yu State who participated in the sun-drying of sea salt. Who knew that they promised money and profit, threatened them, and acted both hard and soft. But he just couldn't get the words out.

Daluan had gnawed on a hard bone. The king would rather die than surrender, and the craftsmen kept silent. Daluan finally failed to obtain the method of purifying sea salt from Yu State.

What made Daluan feel depressed the most was that it was nothing more than failing to get what he wanted most in this battle. He also lost a general and lost dozens of prisoners.

But fortunately, even though there were losses, this piece of land was finally captured. The future will be long, and the method of sea salt purification can be tortured slowly in the future.

The next most important question for Daluan is how to deal with Lan Zhao, Zhong Ling and Qi Guo.

There was also a lot of disagreement among the Daluan court. Some people thought that since Daluan had made an agreement with Zhong Ling to send him a proton, he should not destroy his promise.Another group of people believed that among the remaining three kingdoms, Lanzhao had a vast territory, and it was afraid that it would go through a protracted war, so it should be placed last, while Qi Kingdom was not easy to attack due to natural conditions, and only Zhong Ling was the best choice.

At the time when the disputes were lingering, Lan Zhao took the initiative to eliminate a choice for them.

Lan Zhaoguo sent envoys to seek peace.

Different from Bai He Jin offering the divine bird, Lan Zhao simply bowed his head and became a vassal, willing to surrender his status and become a vassal state of Daluan.

Lord Lan Zhao personally wrote a letter to order the envoys to send it to Daluan, and took the initiative to analyze the pros and cons of the war between the two countries for Daluan.

He pointedly pointed out that the people of Daluan are accustomed to farming and settling down, and they are not good at nomadic herding. Even if Daluan took Lan Zhao as his own, he still had to rely on the people of Lan Zhao to benefit from this land. Becoming a vassal state of Daluan is tantamount to saving Daluan from the toil of fighting, and paying tribute every year in the future, Daluan is tantamount to reaping the benefits.

The detailed tribute list presented immediately listed all the things that Lanzhao would pay tribute to. As long as Daluan nodded, these things would be presented every year from the beginning of the year.

war horse.

This is Lanzhao's greatest weapon and the most attractive tribute.

All the words in the letter of Lord Lan Zhao hit the nail on the head. After the battle of Yu Kingdom, Daluan also realized that it is not enough to occupy the territory. They need a vast territory in order to have more population and resources. Not a flashy map.

After receiving Lan Zhao's letter and the tribute list, Emperor Daluan and his ministers looked at each other and smiled. Before they could argue about the direction of their next attack, Lan Zhao had already solved their serious problems. The timing was so opportune.

Lord Lan Zhao's mind is actually not difficult to see through. His move seems weak, but in fact it is in his own best interest.Although he bowed his head and proclaimed himself a vassal, the real power has not been handed over. He is still his lord, and Lan Zhao is still under his control. The tribute of war horses only weakens the previous gains, but saves the pain of fierce battles.

Nowadays, Daluan's soldiers are fighting vigorously, but Lan Zhao chooses to avoid his edge and sit on the mountain to watch the tigers fight. If Daluan loses his troops in the next attack and loses both sides in the battle with other countries, he will sit down. Reap the benefits of the fisherman.If Daluan goes all the way unimpeded to attack the city and pull out the stronghold, he can still live in a corner.He can advance, attack, retreat, or defend, and he can be regarded as a good planner.

Daluan accepted the matter almost without hesitation, but at the same time he also put forward a condition that the tribute payment should start from this year and not be postponed to the next year.

Lan Zhao also knew very well that at this time, Daluan couldn't ask for peace from Lan Zhao, and wished he could immediately put the excellent war horses that Lan Zhao paid tribute into the army, so as to wipe out Zhongling and Qiguo in one fell swoop, and this is the time for him to show his sincerity .

He had already expected that Daluan would not agree to start paying tribute until next year, and what was written in the letter was nothing more than leaving room for bargaining.

Now that the matter of Lan Zhao is over, Da Luan returns to the original question, how to deal with the remaining Qi Guo and Zhong Ling?

The court was still arguing endlessly, but the faction that mainly attacked Zhong Ling gradually gained the upper hand.

Attacking Zhongling, on the one hand, can connect the eastern territory into one piece, isolate Lanzhao in the northwest and Qiguo in the southwest, on the other hand, it can also capture the secret art of Zhongling's extreme soldiers, and strengthen the strength of Daluan's weapons.

As for the proton covenant, many people didn't take it seriously at all. Da Luan was able to use two birds as an excuse to attack Bai He. Wouldn't it be easy to use protons to do something?

Of course, the brothers and sisters in the post house could not know all these disputes that happened in the court, but it is absolutely impossible to say that they have never heard of it.

In the end, they were just protons, not prisoners. Could it be that Daluan could tie them up in the house and not let them go out?

This post house was originally located in the bustling city of the capital, and most of the envoys and merchants from various countries lived here after arriving in Beijing, and the exchange of news was very frequent.

Before the brother and sister stepped out of the gate of the post house today, they heard several people chatting in low voices around the table in the lobby.

Those people were merchants from the east, and they used to travel around the world to sell utensils. This time they met Daluan's tens of thousands of troops on the official road on the way to Beijing from east to west, and they knew that Daluan was heading east. Transfer troops.

After a little thought, these people already had speculations.

In the east, there used to be the three kingdoms of Zhongling, Qiong, and Sang, but now Qiong and Sang are gone. Do you need to say more about where Daluan is now deploying troops?

The two brothers and sisters were shocked to hear about this matter, and could no longer deal with it calmly, which led to the argument just now.

"Brother, it's been five years! We've been dependent on others like this for five years! Yes, they gave us all the fine clothes and food, but how are we different from the birds in the cage? Or are you used to living comfortably like this? Don't miss Shu, forgetting that we are still people of Zhong Ling!?"

"I didn't!" Zhong Zangyan retorted through gritted teeth as if he had been poked in the foot.

"It's good if there is none!" Zhong Zangchan said angrily, "As the heir of Zhong Ling, we know that Zhong Ling is in trouble but sit here and watch, how can we be worthy of Zhong Ling's people? Besides, once Zhong Ling is defeated, do you think Da Luan will let us go? When they can't find the secret art of extreme weapons in the Zhongling Palace, it is impossible not to think where it will be, when the time comes..."

Hearing this, Ji Qinglin finally understood, it turned out that the Lord Zhong Ling had given the two of them the secret art of extreme soldiers long before the two of them were sent to Daluan as hostages.

Zhong Zangyan's complexion became worse and worse, and he quickly raised his hand to make a silent gesture around his mouth. Zhong Zangchan also knew that this matter was of great importance, so he swallowed back the words behind him, and carefully looked at the closed doors and windows around him .

The two confronted each other silently for a long time, Zhong Zangyan sighed, and continued worryingly: "How big a storm can be caused by the meager strength of the two of us? Being in this post house and being firmly guarded is simply a Unable to help themselves……"

The more he talked, the more frustrated he became, and in the end his voice was so small that he seemed to be talking to himself.

"But we can't just wait like this!" Zhong Zangchan said angrily.

Zhong Zangyan sighed again, and said, "Then tell me, what are we going to do."

"Escape!" Zhong Zangchan said firmly.