Chapter 1142 Enemy and Friend
The eight dynasties that sent envoys to celebrate had eight thoughts.
The most insincere was undoubtedly the Shu Han Dynasty. After the envoys submitted their credentials, they simply said goodbye and left.
The most sincere one was the Sui Dynasty. The envoys were led by Prince Yang Yong himself. They not only brought the letter of credence, but also the tripod of Kyushu, which was unconditionally presented to Daxia.
Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty showed his goodwill, which was already very obvious.
Ouyang Shuo smiled, since the Sui Dynasty was so sincere, as long as they could accept being an idle king with a different surname in Daxia, Ouyang Shuo didn't want to wield the butcher's knife and kill them all.
It's just that the dispute between Yang Yong and Yang Guang, I don't know how it will end.
The most difficult to guess was the Qing Dynasty. Logically, the Qing Dynasty was also the mortal enemy of Daxia, but the envoys acted like friends of Daxia, which made people creepy.
However, the envoys never mentioned the matter of Kyushu Ding, which made people confused.
The most straightforward ones were the Song and Ming dynasties. Both envoys expressed their willingness to donate the Kyushu tripod as long as Daxia promised not to summon their forbidden army.
Both dynasties were located in Dazhou. As the saying goes, "the enemy of an enemy is a friend." Neither Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin nor Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to have any grudges with Daxia.
In addition, there is a sense of incense formed by the battle map, and cooperation is a matter of course.
Zhao Kuangyin and Zhu Yuanzhang were afraid that when they were dealing with the Great Zhou Dynasty, Ouyang Shuo would suddenly use the supreme privilege to summon one hundred thousand forbidden troops, it would be a big headache.
To this, Ouyang Shuo naturally readily agreed.
The envoys of Daqin and Tang also expressed that they could donate the Kyushu tripod if certain conditions were met. As for the specific conditions, the two sides had to send delegations to discuss further.
Anyway, there is hope.
On the contrary, the big man who dominates the Central Plains never mentions the Kyushu tripod.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set the Dingding Central Plains, he had soldiers and land, and he was unwilling to compromise easily, so naturally he had no intention of dedicating the Kyushu Ding.
Ouyang Shuo just smiled at that time and didn't say anything.
With the departure of the envoys one by one, although the whole mission has made great progress, it is still in the fog. The main sticking point is concentrated on the two Kyushu tripods of the Qing Dynasty and the Han Dynasty.
As a last resort, Ouyang Shuo could only resort to thunderbolt.
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As soon as the envoys of the eight dynasties left, Feng Prison and Huang sent envoys to congratulate them. Although the two dynasties changed from allies to respect and obedience, this did not affect the iron-blooded friendship between the two.
Then, the Tubo Dynasty and the Xixia Kingdom also sent envoys to congratulate.
The envoys of the two dynasties are very interesting. The meaning of the Tubo Dynasty is that they hope to marry a princess of Daxia, so as to achieve friendship from generation to generation; Xixia is willing to marry a princess into the royal family of Daxia.
Marriage, the only magic weapon for ancient alliances.
It's a pity that some people watched the sky from a well and misjudged the situation in the wilderness.
The envoys of the Tubo Dynasty completely angered Ouyang Shuo. Although he did not get angry on the spot, when he met with the ministers privately, he was merciless. Chao?! It’s time to wake them up.”
Ouyang Shuo's words were almost the prelude to Daxia's declaration of war against Tubo. It was precisely because of the need to keep secret before the war that Ouyang Shuo suppressed his anger and did not explode on the spot when receiving the envoys.
This time the Tubo Dynasty was clever but was mistaken by cleverness.
The envoys of the Great Zhou Dynasty barely arrived on the last day of the deadline, and after reluctantly submitting their credentials, they left in a hurry with no expression on their faces.
After all, Di Chen still didn't have the courage to go to war with Da Xia, so he refused to come.
The Mongolian Kingdom and the Western Turkic Khanate still did not send envoys before the deadline. Perhaps in the eyes of Genghis Khan, no one can surpass him.
The first challenger to the position of supremacy has already emerged.
It is now the end of December, and the northern land has entered the cold winter again, and it is impossible to start a war with Mongolia. Everything has to wait until the beginning of spring next year, and then make calculations.
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Just when Ouyang Shuo was receiving the envoys from various dynasties, the envoys sent by Daxia to the Indian Empire finally returned to Shanhai City before New Year's Day, bringing the credentials of the Indian Empire.
The two dynasties formally formed an alliance.
This mission not only heralded the official opening of the South American trade route, but also responded positively to Daxia's request to occupy a port base on the South American continent.
When the time is right, the two sides will cooperate in South America to win a small country.
So far, before the arrival of Gaia six years ago, all the deployments Ouyang Shuo had made in response to the emergence of TWP had been implemented one by one, stabilizing the sea trade in Daxia.
Although in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, facing the siege of several core members of TWP, Daxia still has many challenges, but fortunately, it is finally the first step to confront TWP head-on.
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December 27th, Shanhai City.
While Ouyang Shuo was busy receiving the envoys from various major forces, the statistical work of the Battle of Luzon had also come to an end. For this reason, Ouyang Shuo held another military meeting to discuss the disposal plan for the prisoners of war.
According to statistics, in this battle, the Great Xia Army lost a total of nearly 200,000 people, and the Hanoi Army alone killed more than 60,000 people. In order to successfully lead the enemy out of Iligan City, the Hanoi Army did pay a huge price.
In addition, the major casualties basically came from the battle in Manila.
It is impossible for an army of one million to flatten the five lines of defense of the enemy without paying a certain price.
The post-war pension expenditure alone is an astronomical sum.
Fortunately, after winning Australia and Luzon one after another, tens of millions of gold coins and a large amount of weapons and equipment were looted from the treasury of the two royal cities, which can basically fill up this hole.
If you count the consumption of grain and grass materials, as well as the reconstruction support work for the provinces of Australia and Luzon, and only in terms of money, the imperial government's finances will have to post at least four million gold coins.
Of course, the number of prisoners of war in this battle is also very alarming.
The Australian battlefield, including the raid on the Allied Forces in Melbourne, and the confrontation with the Canberra Royal City Guards, combined the two wars together, captured a total of 230,000 prisoners of war.
In the First World War in Mindanao, the enemy dispatched 450,000 coalition troops. Except for the dead, the remaining 320,000 people surrendered and became prisoners of war.
Then there is the toughest battle in Manila.
Luzon's 800,000 forbidden troops, together with the 100,000 territorial army, except for the dead, the remaining 510,000 people all surrendered and became prisoners of war in Daxia.
The three together add up to 1.06 million people.
After deducting the battle damage supplements, excluding the wounded and unqualified soldiers, there are still 750,000 prisoners of war waiting to be reorganized, and there are still a little left when reorganized into two army groups.
How to reorganize this huge group of prisoners of war has become the most important thing in the middle years of the Great Xia Army.