Chapter 513 Defeat, Go

As the horses and chariots rattled, Zhang Yuan and Xiang Bowen and his party headed west. A long migration, a road of struggle, unfolds slowly.

Along the way, Zhang Yuan and Xiang Bowen did not plan to fly directly there, but walked over a little bit along the way, inspecting the customs, customs, and national politics of the countries along the way, enriching and even sublimating their own knowledge, as a guarantee for their own survival.

Although doing so will slow down the itinerary, it is the most sensible decision.

In the carriage, Zhang Yuan looked at the information in his hand and suddenly noticed a detail, "Brother Xiang, why does the 'zhou' in Yingzhou have water, but the 'zhou' in Feitu Shenzhou does not. At first I thought it was a typo Woolen cloth."

Xiang Bowen smiled slightly and said: "A small island in the water is called an island; a large land with abundant resources is called a state. Of course, these things are all named by our human race, so don't take it seriously."

Zhang Yuan lowered his head and continued to watch the information.

Next to him, Zhang Quan also looked at it seriously, and made various analyzes and speculations seriously. The reason for speculation is that the information provided to Bowen is from a hundred years ago; who knows what is going on with Liang Guo now.

If it was the past, neither Zhang Yuan nor Zhang Quan would think that a hundred years is so long. Cultivators are somewhat numb to time—without him, the lifespan is too long.

However, the development of Shang Kingdom and the recent changes in Yingzhou Dongfang gave Zhang Quan a more urgent concept of time!

The development speed of the Shang Kingdom is too fast, and the word "changing with each passing day" is not enough to describe the development speed of the Shang Kingdom. In the blink of an eye, the most representative giant ship cannon of the Shang Kingdom has developed to the third generation of warships; the entire East China Sea is full of steel giant ships.

In the blink of an eye, supersonic aircraft are already challenging the limit speed of twice the speed of sound; the sky is full of passenger aircraft!

Looking back, Shang Kingdom's second rocket test launch has entered the countdown!

At this rate of development for a hundred years, will the Kingdom of Shang really fulfill its "promise" and send people directly to the fairy world with aircraft?

This possibility... 90%! This is Zhang Quan's answer!

Of course, to come to this answer, we should not only look at the development of industry and commerce, but also look at Li Xian's self-confidence!

But at the next moment, Zhang Quan thought of this: With the methods Li Xian and Shang Guoguo are showing now, it may not be one or two people who will be sent to the fairy world, but an army of millions!

As the vehicle drifted away, like Bowen and Zhang Yuan, he took some of his most loyal family members to explore an unknown future in the far west.

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After Zhang Yuan's family left, Chen Guo's actions began to bear fruit. Under the joint attack of various means, the people of Cai Guo began to disperse.

People are still people after all, and it is easy to be provoked. Under the temptation of Chen Guo's various guarantees and preferential policies, coupled with the strategy of fortifying the front layer and clearing the country, the people finally began to disperse.

For a time, a small number of tens of millions of people from Cai State began to integrate into Chen State, and began to enrich the national power of Chen State.

Further back, the armies of Tang and Shang stopped at the border of Chen and did not move forward. We can't go any further, otherwise we will have a war with Chen Guo.

In the end, Li Yulong made a decision: when the matter reaches this point, let's stop it temporarily, as long as the people from Cai Guo don't return. This situation has been reached, there is no need to continue killing.

Along the way, more than tens of millions of people in the Cai Kingdom have fallen, and the killings are enough. Killing is not the purpose, the purpose is to promote national prestige and determination; now that the purpose has been achieved, killing is unnecessary.

At the same time, Li Yulong ordered that all the surviving and hidden people in Cai State be expelled from the country, and none of them could be left behind. So far, the former Cai State has become a "white land", and a large number of people from the Shang Kingdom and Tang Kingdom have poured in and began to take root.

As for the division of the border between the Kingdom of Shang and the Kingdom of Tang, exactly how to carve up the relationship between the Kingdom of Xiao and the Kingdom of Cai, Li Xian made a concession and only accepted Guangling County; the rest was given to Dad.

The Kingdom of Shang is now vast enough, and with the addition of Guangling County, it will be enough to fill the "thin waist" of the country. The rest is handed over to Tang, which has a small area, which can be regarded as a filial piety.

The crazy situation in the northwest temporarily stabilized, Cai Guo and Xiao Guo perished; Tang and Shang kingdoms completely swelled. In particular, Tang and Shang kingdoms can basically be regarded as a country when they go abroad, and the surrounding countries have finally begun to be vigilant.

Qi State, Cai State, and Great Xia State became history. On the basis of the three countries, Tang State and Shang Kingdom appeared in a pair of trousers.

In addition, the situation in the Northwest is only temporarily stable on the surface. In fact, the turmoil is even more severe.

Cai Guo and Xiao Guo perished, and Tang Guo directly bordered the northwest countries; the people of Cai Guo were still raging in Chen Guo, and the emperor of Cai Guo was not a good person, and he planned to establish a temporary regime in Chen Guo.

Only five days later, Emperor Cai led the remaining 40 million people to occupy the area of ​​the three counties of Chen State, and they took root! Chen Guojun and his ministers are angry from the seven orifices. After absorbing the people of Chen State, the number of people in Cai State reached 60 million again!

However, after experiencing war, expulsion, and killing, the people of Cai Guo seemed to wake up overnight. They were no longer numb or indifferent. They began to struggle and struggle. A series of methods used by Emperor Cai finally came into effect:

The "Tianzi Sword" built with the remaining 40 million people was finally used by Emperor Cai.

As pointed by the long sword, Chen Guo's army did not have much ability to resist. After several days of fighting again, Chen Guo's army was defeated for more than 500 miles, and Cai Guo occupied five counties of Chen State in one fell swoop, which was considered stable.

After the war in Cai State, the remaining 40 million people, like a sword tempered by flames, are regenerating unprecedented vitality; but the unbearable past has caused a kind of tyranny to breed in the bones of the people of Cai State. The evil spirit between heaven and earth began to hover and gather over Cai Guo.

When the evil spirit enters the body, the common people practice very fast, which is comparable to the infusion of luck into the body; although it spreads to everyone, the effect is limited, but it also speeds up the practice speed by two or three times. But there is a problem with evil spirits, it will make people more and more crazy until they lose their minds! The war and political situation in the east of Yingzhou finally began to slide into the abyss.

Under such circumstances, under the attack of Cai Guo, Chen Guo began to collapse a little bit. Cai Guo supported war with war, and under the influence of victory, evil spirit, hatred, etc., the people and soldiers became stronger as they fought!

The numb Cai people began to wake up, but everyone was surprised when he first appeared! All the people of Cai Guo are crazy! Also crazy, and the emperor of Cai Guo!

As the saying goes, a sheep led by a tiger can defeat a tiger led by a sheep. However, what if it is a fierce tiger who is stimulated and leads a group of hungry wolves who are gradually losing their minds?

Perhaps, it can only be described as "destruction"!

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In the south, the war between Liu Guo and Jin Guo continued. This time, Liu Guo is not only for revenge, but also for dignity! After Sima Xuan, Prime Minister of the Jin State, said the words that the weak have no dignity (see Chapter 488 for details), the war in Liu State has shifted from a pure war to a "fight for dignity".

If it is for profit, it is generally accepted as soon as it is good. In any case, it will be calculated or not.

But once dignity is involved, the problem becomes troublesome! Especially in the era of centralized countries, the emperor can lose a country for his personal majesty!

This is probably the case at the moment.

After the victory in the naval battle, Liu Guo became even crazier in the country. Countless people clamored to destroy Jin and hang their emperor on the flagpole to dry.

The victory in the naval battle gave Liu Guo great encouragement. They took advantage of the victory and pursued it, launching a formal counterattack for the first time.

Jin Guo, I can't stop it!

As time goes by, the foundation of the Jin Kingdom may be relatively strong, but it was exploited by the Shang Kingdom before; many domestic economies were also controlled by the Shang Kingdom, and the sequelae gradually began to emerge, that is-the foundation and war potential were not as good as Liu's. country.

Although Liu Guo had legal problems in the past, after all, it had accumulated for thousands of years, and under such a legal system, it was very conducive to the concentration and accumulation of national wealth. Now that the Liu Guo Dynasty broke out, driven by the reform, it turned out to be out of control.

Especially because the Jin State showed its sword twice, Li Xian has secretly started to sanction the Jin State and hinder it, making the Jin State's fighting ability even more insufficient!

When the state of Jin was at war with the state of Liu on the front line, the Kingdom of Shang continued to suck blood from the state of Jin by means of business.

At this time, there was no sound in the court hall of the Jin Dynasty, and all the officials looked at each other in blank dismay; then, everyone looked at Prime Minister Sima Xuan—the current situation is due to your contribution, Prime Minister. It was you who forcibly rejected Liu Guo's request at the beginning, which led to the current situation.

So, prime minister, do you have a word?

Seeing these gazes around him, Sima Xuan felt bitter. After Sima Xuan made this decision, how many people clapped their hands and applauded; but now, these people have begun to turn their backs!

People's hearts~~~

However, Sima Xuan was most concerned about the emperor's reaction. Fortunately, the emperor of the state of Jin is not a fatuous person. The luck of the state of Jin is still at its peak. Coupled with several consecutive defeats, the emperor of the state of Jin actually worked hard. That's right, if an emperor doesn't have the guts, he wouldn't dare to challenge the Shang Kingdom continuously.

Purely from the standpoint of the state of Jin, this kind of continuous provocation by the state of Jin can be regarded as "commendable courage".

Facing the discussions of his ministers, Emperor Cai Guo made a very correct decision, "I asked the prime minister to do this. Besides, it will not help to pursue the responsibility now. Let's try our best to arrange the war.

The navy was defeated, Admiral Cheng Liqiu died in battle, and we don't need the navy for the time being.

Allocate all the budget to the army and order nationwide conscription. Nobles, officials, and aristocratic families need to take the lead in the war; those who don't want to participate in the war can also, but they need to pay heavy taxes.

In addition, send people to the Kingdom of Shang, and even countries further north to ask for help.

Especially the northern countries, they must let them know that if Jin falls, they will lose a country that involves the Shang Kingdom. "

But at this time, Prime Minister Sima Xuan came forward again, "Your Majesty, I don't think there is any need to go through such a lot of trouble. It is enough to send someone to Liu Guo to admit his mistake..."

"What is the Prime Minister talking about!" Taiwei Zhao Youde stepped forward, "Now we are only temporarily defeated, as long as Jin's huge social background is mobilized, we can still easily defeat Liu!

Liu Guo seems to have won the victory now, but in fact the whole country is fighting. This kind of war cannot last long! It won't be long, if we go long and persist for more than half a year, Liu Guo will definitely be dragged down! "

Grand Master Cai Chaoyang also came forward, "I agree with Taiwei's point of view. We should persist in the war. In addition, sending envoys to various countries to lobby is just to exert lateral pressure on Liu Guo so that we can win with minimal losses."

Everyone was arguing, and they all opposed Prime Minister Sima Xuan's opinion.

Needless to say, in the end, the Jin emperor could only obey the majority, and the "majority" made sense.

The war is still going on, and the front line of the Jin State is still being defeated, but the generals and commanders of the Jin State are somewhat capable. They make full use of the depth of the Jin State, the strong walls and clear fields, and the lengthening of the Liu State's supply line, and gradually begin to stabilize the position.

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But further south, the war between Wu and Yue was completely one-sided! The state of Wu is in danger!