Chapter 514 Defeat, Next

However, it is said that after Yue State won the victory at sea, it returned in a mighty manner with its spoils - a lively Wu Daqian, the commander of the Wu State Navy, a relatively intact 5,000-ton frigate, and a 10,000-ton battleship with only an iron shell left. Vietnam.

Go upstream along the Wujiang River, and then follow one of the tributaries to return to the capital city of the Yue Kingdom.

At that time, a grand welcome ceremony was held in Yue State.

Yue State’s visit to the north lasted more than three months, but the results brought back were very rich. As soon as he came back, he cut off an arm of Wu State, and Wu Daqian, one of the two commanders of Wu State, was captured alive.

Afterwards, under Prime Minister Gou Yuanli's suggestion, the dilapidated iron hull of the 10,000-ton warship was ready to be built into a palace on the water after simple repairs, becoming a veritable "palace" worthy of the name. This pleased the emperor of Yue. Of course, it will take some time to complete the work, but the emperor of Yue is still happy.

After the celebration, the commander of the Yue State Navy led this powerful fleet to attack the city.

Unlike Jin and Liu in the north, most of the territory of Wuyue and Wuyue is "fragmented", and the domestic waterways are criss-crossed. In many places, the waterways can navigate 10,000-ton giant ships without combing.

As a result, needless to say, the Yue State followed the waterway, and the Wu State was constantly retreating. The military force receded from the seaside like a tide, and it retreated to the inland in just half a month. After retreating to the place where the river was small, the Wu State was barely stable. down.

Barely stabilized, but Wu Guo also lost a large area of ​​territory, with only 40% of the country's land remaining, and its war potential was severely weakened. The more powerful state of Yue almost suppressed the state of Wu, and the state of Wu was ashamed.

At the beginning, the giant ship and cannon brought surprises to the imperial capital of the Wu Kingdom; now the giant ship and cannon brought panic to the Wu Kingdom! Popular confidence has been seriously ravaged.

In particular, the Xuantie vein found on the seaside was swallowed up by the Yue State, and the practitioners of the Yue State began to have magic weapons available, and the Wu State could no longer support it.

Also, because of the strength of the Yue Kingdom and its generosity, many businessmen from the Kingdom of Shang who followed have completed transactions here in the Yue Kingdom. The merchants returned with full load, and the Yue State also obtained a large amount of supplies; this made the Yue State even stronger!

At this time, Fu Minghui also bid farewell to the hospitality of the Emperor of Yue, came to Daqingshi, and began to establish the first ocean base of the Shang Kingdom. Because of Daqingshi, this place was named Qingcheng.

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On the sea, Chang Lin, commander of the Shang Kingdom's navy, stood proudly on the bow of the 30,000-ton "General", followed by a 10,000-ton "Fearless" and two 5,000-ton "Warrior". Break through the waves and sail south.

Behind the fleet are 20 merchant ships of Pengcheng Wanli Group; these merchant ships have a total displacement of 150,000 tons and a net weight of cargo of about 80,000 tons.

In front of the caravan of Pengcheng Wanli Group, Xiao Zihou, the second shareholder of Pengcheng Wanli Group, quietly watched the four warships ahead.

Although he has watched all the way, Xiao Zihou still likes to quietly watch the warship ahead. An indescribable pride, gratitude, and emotion rose from his heart.

The merchants went out to do business, and the Kingdom of Shang sent the best fleet to escort them. And, it's all free. Even along the way, Xiao Zihou was a little bit sorry, and wanted to reward those hard-working navy, but Chang Lin justly refused.

"It is your duty to pay taxes. It is the duty of soldiers to protect the people!" This was Chang Lin's reason for refusing.

24 ships sailed south at a speed of 180 kilometers per hour, with flags flying on the bows. Along the way, I encountered too many sea clans and monsters, but none of them dared to attack the fleet.

There are even some friendly monsters circling around the fleet, and occasionally the people on the fleet will drop some exquisite food from the human race, causing some crazy looting.

Sunrise and sunset, day after day. Gradually, Xiao Zihou no longer worried about whether he would make a profit or lose money this time, because a kind of pride began to sprout in Xiao Zihou's heart, and a dream began to blossom and bear fruit.

‘If it’s not for profit, even if it’s for this pride, you have to go south! I want to publicize to every country the strength and wealth of the Shang Kingdom, as well as our laws and human rights here. '

Under the leadership of Li Xian, and under the series of plans of the Shang Kingdom, the sprouts of new ideas finally appeared; Xiao Zihou is just one of them.

When the people of a country can put interests second and national honor first, this country is truly "founded". Because such a country is not only in form, but also in spirit; and only such a country is unshakable!

Waiting for this situation to settle again, Li Xian will be able to take greater strides.

With this thought in mind, Xiao Zihou turned around and began to gather the caravan personnel and delivered a national honor speech at sea.

"We not only want to be a person that everyone fears, but also a person that everyone respects. We do business in the world not only for wealth and luck, but also for the fairness, law, human rights, and openness of the Shang Kingdom. , freedom, for all!

We are not only businessmen, but also candles that bring seeds of life and hope! Everyone, stick to it for half a year. After half a year, we will land in another world as a civilization disseminator! "

Everyone roared with passion, even covering the sound of the waves.

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In the south, and further south, on the land of Haozhou, a war between the human race and the monster race is going on!

The two sides have been relatively peaceful for tens of thousands of years, but now the peace has been broken!

In the Aoyun Empire, almost every family has no family name; the war has been less than a month, and the Aoyun Empire has suffered heavy losses.

Since Yun Feifei, the daughter of King Zhenxi, was snatched by the monsters of Heihu Mountain, and the son of General Zhenxi was eaten by the monsters; the powerful King Zhenxi and General Zhenxi led the army to Heihu Mountain.

In the end, it was a disastrous defeat. After many years of living in peace, the combat effectiveness of the human race has declined severely.

Just like what Li Yulong said, the monster clan has always been the law of the jungle and the strong survive; in the environment of the monster clan, it is almost impossible for there to be any cowardly existence. Because the soil of the monster race does not allow cowardice to exist!

The entire monster clan, from the lowest level of rabbits and mice to the highest level of dragons and phoenixes, are layer upon layer, devouring and killing each other. Such an environment cannot tolerate the corruption of the Yaozu.

On the contrary, although there are levels within the human race, everyone is a human race, at least it is impossible for "swallowing" to happen. Therefore, once there is no war, the fighting ability of the human race will begin to decline. This is almost an unavoidable problem in human society.

But now, after the human army and the demon army, whose combat capabilities have been seriously weakened, meet, the two sides are like a war between eggs and stones.

In less than a month, the west of the Aoyun Empire began to fall, and millions of human races were devoured by the greedy monster races. The resentment turned into a faint cloud, shrouded in the west of the Aoyun Empire, casting a dim light on the world here.

The worst thing is the situation of holding back legs between the nations of the human race, which is even more common. In particular, the Yaozu are not stupid, they are also lobbying the nations of the human race: We don't want war, but the Aoyun Empire is doing something unethical!

In the Aoyun Empire, many human races secretly hunted and killed the demon clan to obtain alchemy such as demon pills, and many human races secretly entered the range of the demon clan to "steal" medicinal materials, dig up the ancestral graves of the monster clan, and even stole the children of the monster clan.

In short, we have no choice but to go to war. Don't worry, as long as we take down the capital of the Aoyun Empire, we will retreat.

Generally speaking, children with some ability to judge will not believe this; but politicians will believe it! No matter what reason the politicians believed, but in the face of the Aoyun Empire's call for help, the surrounding countries did stand by.

The emperor of the Aoyun Empire has already turned around in a hurry at this time, and his tone is also a little anxious: "Master Wen Mingxin, the empire has been reduced to three counties, tens of millions of people have been displaced, and millions of people have been captured by the demon clan. devour.

Could it be that the Yunxia sect didn't care about it! "

In Haozhou, because of the existence of the four major sects, there are many small branch sects under the four major sects; through this, they indirectly control the power of Haozhou. Therefore, there are special national teachers in each country, and these national teachers are actually representatives and messengers of various sects.

Right now, the Aoyun Empire couldn't stand it any longer, so it naturally wanted to ask the national teacher Wen Mingxin for help.

But Wen Mingxin also smiled wryly, "Your Majesty, I have reported to the headquarters several times, and the boy next to me has sent out four waves, but there has been no news from the headquarters.

And to be honest, Your Majesty, the situation in Haozhou is completely different from other continents. Because when the five-element spirit world was sealed, the monster race even outperformed the human race, so a considerable part of the monster race joined in the four major sects.

When we asked the sect for help, they would only mediate at most, and it was basically impossible to attack the Yaozu. "

"I know, but mediation is also good! If the fight continues, I don't know how many people will die! I can cancel the previous hatred and so on. As long as the demon clan withdraws!"

"No need!" At this moment, an old man came suddenly; the palace guards couldn't stop him at all.

"Elder!" Wen Mingxin was shocked, and hurried to the door to salute.

The old man walked up to the emperor of the Aoyun Empire, "Old man Zhuge Qi, one of the elders of the Yunxia sect. We have received your request for help. After discussion, we have come to this conclusion. That is...for the sake of the human race, your Aoyun Empire needs Make a sacrifice!"

What? The emperor of Aoyun Empire suddenly shook.

Zhuge Qi shook his head, "You, an emperor, should be able to understand this sentence. However, the old man still needs to explain.

The human race is a race that is happy to be at ease, and this is understandable. But now, there are already various signs that the aura of catastrophe is getting stronger. In fact, in the middle of Haozhou, the seal that seals the five elements and the spirit world has begun to loosen.

But in order to prevent panic, this matter has been suppressed.

Haozhou has been peaceful for tens of thousands of years, and even small wars involving thousands of people have been rare in recent thousands of years. Under such circumstances, once the seal of the Five Elements Spirit World is broken, people will be at a loss, and the entire Haozhou will once again fall into the tragic scene of ancient times.

In order to avoid this from happening, we must awaken everyone's sense of war in advance and adapt to war in advance. For this reason, even if some people are sacrificed, it is not hesitating.

If tens of millions of people are sacrificed, hundreds of millions of lives on Haozhou can be saved. Well, we have to make a trade-off!

Great love... destined to be ruthless! We wouldn't want to if we could, but some sacrifices are unavoidable. It is better to sacrifice a small number of people in advance than to panic the whole Haozhou and make people lose their lives.

Even if this small group of people is tens of millions, it is an empire!

Even, if an empire cannot arouse the people's awareness of war, then come another empire! "

The emperor of Aoyun Empire was silent. What the elder of the Yunxiao sect said was the correct approach; but such an approach is extremely cruel to those who are about to be "sacrificed".

After a moment of silence, Zhuge Qi said again, "Are you willing to sacrifice for the human race?"

The emperor of the Aoyun Empire smiled wryly and sighed, "Let the prince leave with you."

"I'll stay!" The national teacher Wen Mingxin said firmly, "Since I am the national teacher of the Aoyun Empire, then I will live and die with the Aoyun Empire! It's just that the whole family is entrusted to the elders."

Zhuge Qi turned his head and looked at Wen Mingxin in surprise, "Are you really not going back?"