Chapter 2178: Take the Risk

Regarding their arrival, some people in the Third Army still want to be careful about their behavior, but

Thinking of the current war situation, it is better not to make some useless things. In yesterday's war, the Third Army

Everything that has been done has been shown. Although I told the people on the side of the Western Empire that this was an accidental bombing, the Western Empire

The people over there can't do anything about it. The Third Army has handed over 50 people out, and it was all done by these 50 people.

Fifty people naturally have no good results. Basically, they were all beheaded by the people of the Western Empire. This is not the third episode

For members of the regiment army, Li Cong would never allow his own people to be killed for other so-called political interests.

That is something that is absolutely not allowed. These people are death row prisoners bought from the Northern Empire for five hundred taels of silver each.

, each of them can be regarded as cooperation. Originally, they were already about to die. Now, apart from giving to the Northern Empire government,

It's pretty good that people like myself can leave 200 taels of silver to the family one by one.

What have you done? At this time, what you miss is still the people in your own family. Such things are also very important to them.

Okay, since they have already handed over their people, the people of the Western Empire naturally have to be relentless, let alone

, their people did not suffer any losses. The places where the artillery bombarded were all the front positions they wanted to attack.

Everyone behaved very calmly. This attack is not only for the people of the Western Empire, but also for the people of the Southern Empire

Yes, no one thought that such a good situation would appear. They all understood it. At this time

It is nonsense to say other things, only the weapons in your hands are the most important.

Although the enemy of the Northern Empire is missing on the frontal battlefield, the corresponding tens of millions of troops over there have also begun to retreat.

I have already received a lot of benefits, if it is still the same as before, this matter is not like that. them

They will also have their own ideas. However, the Western Empire did not show any signs of retreating. They turned out to be from the rear.

A large number of troops were transported this time,

The number is as many as 30 million, and now the army on the front line of the Western Empire has more than two

million people. This is no longer a cheap thing. It seems that we need to ask the headquarters for reinforcements. But Cao's House

It does have its own difficulties. The first one is that it is a bit far away from the base camp of Cao's House, spanning the entire south.

empire. It will take several months for the airship over there to come, and it is not very realistic to continue to transport a large number of soldiers.

To be honest, some bombing things are not very effective for the Western Empire, so this plan that hurts the Western Empire

In the end, it fell on the navy's head, because neither side declared war, so they couldn't directly attack the Western Empire.

Some of the targets inside were attacked, and they were not fools. This would give people an excuse, and it would also make the Northern Empire follow

If the Eastern Empire feels the huge threat of the Cao's House of Commerce, they may all unite. The last time the Cao's House of Trade was defeated

It is the Southern Empire. If the Western Empire is defeated again this time, things will definitely not be the same as they thought.

It will definitely be the Cao's firm that will suffer the disadvantages. Such a thing must never happen, not just a few great emperors.

The people in the country understand it, even the people in the Cao's firm understand it very well, so their chosen target is some of the Western Empire.

Merchant ships, the Western Empire has only started shipping in the past two years, but the sea is not very developed.

In the past, the ships of the Western Empire all ran in the inland river, because their court did not allow them to go to sea, this is what they

The closed-door policy of the country, they all feel that they have everything in their own territory, and there is no need to follow

What kind of business outsiders do, it will make some lawless people run out. In that case, if they establish a country overseas, they will

Attract some common people in our own country to go to them. If such a thing cannot be managed effectively,

It may have shaken the original, but when the people from Cao's House came, this matter seemed to have changed. Among them

Many people have seen the advantages of sea transportation, especially if it takes more than ten years to go to the Eastern Empire on land

Time, this is impossible for an ordinary person, but it only takes half the time at sea

So, of course, there is a lot of time at this time. If it is no matter how profitable it is to transport some goods over there, at this time

They can't afford to waste the time, but it's no problem for them to start their own shipping in the surrounding areas.

It is also very good for them. They all understand this very well, so they all start to develop their surroundings.

The surrounding sea transportation, these things are done very well, at least the transportation within a few hundred miles around has started to use sea routes

, but because their navigation ability and boats are too small and so on, so each of them is also very

Depressed, this kind of thing is not something they can do, but in the past few years because of the decommissioned big ship of Cao's House

Afterwards, their freight volume also began to increase, and in the end they did a very good job. These people are now

All of them now consider themselves sea merchants, and since this is the case, we will not be polite to you.

In fact, don't look at their small scale, but their role in a short period of time is also very good, which is very important for the Western Empire.

First of all, it is reflected in taxation. In the past, they did not have this kind of income, because the emperor of the Western Empire

The chamber felt that it was easy for these people to get their money, so a heavy tax of 25 percent was imposed on them. one of these people

Everyone feels very depressed, because they don't run long distances, basically they are short-distance or something, and the profits are extremely high.

Yes, it's not that big, it's only 50% at most, but the better thing about this job is stability, and they

They are all running here near the sea, and they will not encounter any danger at all, so they start to do it one by one.

This matter, the Western Empire is also happy for them to do this matter. It saves the water transport space on land. also allow their own tax

There are a lot more, such a thing is very satisfying for anyone, and many people in the Western Empire are very satisfied

Regarding this matter, now a county on the coast of the Western Empire will have at least a few hundred ships. They also give the Western Empire a year

It can bring hundreds of thousands of silver in taxes. There are so many in a county. You must know that there are as many as thousands of coastal counties in the Western Empire

, There will be billions of extra silver every year, and they also feel it. This would make some vagrants ashore even

It is also very good to solve some local public security situations. At the beginning, the Western Empire government

The government does not support you very much, but it will definitely not hinder you, but after the Western Empire government saw the profit, they

They changed their views, and they quickly completed these things. They hoped that these things could make Xi

The imperial government increased its income, and over time, each of these maritime merchants became more and more powerful.

It is because they are so powerful that what happened in the past few days can be seen by the government of the Western Empire. First of all, there are those

So a dozen ships reported in their county town that they were robbed by some people at sea, and there were not many at the time.

People realize that this matter is organized, although they have also heard that the navy of Cao's firm may

do this, but more people choose not to believe in this, because they can all feel that this should be

It should not have been done by the people from Cao's House, so they judged it to be general piracy, but when they felt something happened

When the attitude is wrong, this range has been expanded without limit. First, the number of robberies is getting bigger and bigger.

At the time, there were only a dozen ships, but after a few hours, almost all the ships passing through the open sea were robbed.

Their ships have no cover at all, all of them are the navy of Cao's firm, and their artillery is invincible at sea.

The enemy, besides, the speed on my side is not the opponent of others, you are not doing well here, where is it?

I just caught up, facing the muzzle of others, you have only two choices, or stop the boat quickly and let the people on board

Come on, this means that the robbery was successful, or that he accelerated his ship to the fastest speed.

The artillery fires a volley, and people like myself can go to the sea to feed the fish. These things are absolutely possible.

, There are not many choices for myself, so I can only do these things honestly, other than that, I really don’t know

I don't know how I should choose. They don't have any valuables on board. For the navy of Cao's House

Speaking of them, they are a little bit reluctant to rob them. In fact, the things on these ships are useless, and there is nothing at all.

It's useful, if you have silver and gold or something, it's okay to go up there once, but they don't have that at all.

These things are all very rubbish things, but the important thing is to give them a false impression that they are not here to rob.

The people of the Western Empire also did not expect that the people of Cao's House would do such a thing. Didn't they all say it before?

Well, the people in Cao's House should be able to do some powerful things, even if they hit land, they will definitely do better

Things like this are much better. I really don’t know what they are thinking in their minds.

I feel that this matter is incredible, so the navy of the Western Empire went out at this time, and the navy of the Western Empire was already organized.

It has been built for about three or two years, and they have spent a huge price to form the current three navies, one of which is based on

The land is not far from here, and their eighteen 500-ton ships will be there immediately. go to all

region to see what is going on, and some of their people have also learned some things that the navy of Cao's firm did, so he

Some long-range attack weapons are also used on our wooden boats, and even this boat has its own ship number

Yes, although they don't think their abilities are much stronger than the navy of Cao's House, but each of them is very

I often understand that what they are going to go out this time is not to confront the navy of Cao's House, but the meaning of their going out is the same as that of the Eastern Emperor last time.

Those people in China are the same, they just want the navy of Cao's firm to know their existence, that's all. as long as you know him

They all exist. As for the rest of the things, I don’t need so much. Speaking of their request, I really don’t need it.

It's low enough that other people don't say anything, and they don't care about embarrassing things. We did anyway.

There are approximately 150 people on board these 500-ton pairs of vessels. There are about 50 people in the posture boat. The remaining hundred people are all

For the battle, half of them need to control a dozen crossbows on the ship, and the rest are waiting to approach

It's time to rush up and give the enemy a "fatal blow". Of course, they are the ones who said this, whether it can reach other people's

Putting it on, only they know about it. Sometimes these things are not so easy, but people

I have already done this, and I don’t care about the future. Such a 500-ton ship is their navy’s current position.

It is the giant in the world. In the ranks of wooden boats, it is already a very good thing to be able to manufacture such a thing.

Although compared with the ships of Cao's House, there are still big shortcomings, but there are still many of them anyway.

My own sea weapon, the maximum range of the war crossbow has been increased to 800 meters, but its cost has also increased

Many of them are made of the tendons of monsters. Such things are more elastic. The cost of each war crossbow

It's more than 50,000 taels of silver. It's impossible to make this whole ship without 300,000 taels of silver.

Some messy expenses, 400,000 taels of silver for a warship is already the lowest budget, and now the Western Empire just sends

A small fleet of more than a dozen ships went over to have a look, and they didn't expect to really confront the people from Cao's House, because

Because they are very clear, if they really match up, the final result is likely to be their entire army wiped out

, in this vast sea, it is better to be careful, otherwise, it is very likely that you will die without a place to bury yourself

Well, even if you want to feed fish, you have to find a place with better Feng Shui, right? They were scared to death when they went out.

The people from the Western Empire came out of the navy is something that the people of Cao's firm did not expect. In their opinion, the Western Empire should

It should be that you are afraid to death, how can you get the navy out? At this time, the higher up investigated the number of the navy here.

I think that the navy of the Western Empire must be destroyed by them, otherwise this matter will not be easy to handle

, it is very likely that the navy of the Western Empire will cause them a lot of trouble. In view of this, they want the fleet to take the Western Empire's

The navy is killed, let them do it first, we can't be the one to do it first, so as to teach the Western Empire a lesson, before

Since those strategies and so on have no effect, it is better to use the one in front of me. I believe that the pain in front of me is still the same.

Those who can bring some effect to the people of the Western Empire, let them all know about their own role, and in the end he

We will all be honest, and will not do some very excessive things, which is considered a very good thing, if

If these people haven't figured it out, the next step is really not very easy. Is it really going to fight with the Western Empire?

That is absolutely impossible. Li Cong and the others have already felt that these people in the Western Empire are the same as those in the Southern Empire.

So, there is no need to fight with the people of the Western Empire because of the Southern Empire.

The outsiders are not human, such small-scale battles are also effective, just look at the combat effectiveness of these navies of the Western Empire.

How many are there? Will they be the same as those in the Eastern Empire? If so, they need to be stopped. cannot

Let them all develop the navy. The mainland is yours, but the ocean is ours. This is what Li Cong said

If it is said, the people below also remember it very clearly, and there must be no mistakes.

Because the navy of the Western Empire has just been established, although the people above have seen the great use of the navy, the people in the army are also

I don't want to give too much power to the people in the navy, so they are still called sailors, and they are under the control of the local admiral's yamen. this

Although the navy also has its own admiral's office. But there are not many people below, the Western Empire spent so much money to build

The rising navy needs to arrange some very powerful people. If there are so many more official positions, if they are not given

Words for some places. It is estimated that those big families in the capital are also uncomfortable. These official positions are not very high. but

There is no problem when there is a transition, but this government office has been a little bad since its establishment, because the above

Many of the people here come to this kingdom. He didn't regard himself as a member of the navy at all. When the fleet set off

When there are some weapons on it, anyone who has been in the hands of the Cao's firm, the intelligence department of the Cao's firm

The door only spent less than 500,000 taels of silver to know everything about this fleet worth more than ten million taels of silver

, even their route is clearly known, the people of Cao's House also feel very strange, why?

It would be very strange for such a thing to happen in front of them, because in their opinion, the Navy's

The routes should be adaptable after going out to sea, but they are fixed, and they are not allowed to leave the route.

I understand, some of the equipment on their ship is really outdated, if they go out and change the route casually, it is estimated that they will

There is a possibility that you will not be able to go back. In the past, many ships did this. In the end, they got lost

, Some of them just couldn't come back in the sea. There have been many such things. It's really speechless.

The airship of Cao's House quickly spotted them on their route, and the staff officers on it immediately began to calculate, and suddenly

Suddenly they discovered that if the fleet of Cao's House of Firms did not move, it would take several days to ambush them according to the original plan.

Time, waiting like this is a terrible thing for anyone, their ships are too far away

Slow down, this speed is not very fast on land, if it is at sea, it is really similar to a snail

Well, watched them from the sky for two hours, and found that their distance is basically the same as when they were first discovered

, I thought I could follow them slowly, but who would have thought that these people would actually make something after discovering the airship of Cao's House?

A thing that surprised them very much, they turned back...haven't encountered any danger yet, just saw

After picking up the opponent's cup of tea airship, these people really returned. Anyway, they probably have their own reasons after returning.

Yes, this time everything about us has already been known by the people of Cao's House, and the battle plan has been leaked.

If it continues in the past, it will definitely be a living target for the people of Cao's firm. What they expected is actually right.

Yes, but their motivation is really not very good. What these people think is that they can't let themselves die here

, and now there are reasons to go back, there is no need to throw yourself on this sea, as the fleet of Cao's firm

When I received the news, I was dumbfounded. One by one, your own merchant ships went back and said that they were robbed. You come out

Let's see what's going on. After seeing our scout airship, we ran back. I really don't know what to say about you guys.

How could such a thing happen? If things like this continue to happen, it's simply...

Since this is the case, the people of Cao's Commercial Bank can only do things in their own way, and you will not come out, we think

If you want to find trouble, you can only start looking for trouble from some of your islands. Before the Western Empire, those overseas

The island is not managed at all, in their view. There is no one on these islands, and they are all yellow.

Lin's, no one is willing to come to this place, and their people feel that even if these places are taken back, there is nothing

The usefulness of these islands is because of their official thinking, and there is no good talk about these islands among the people.

In the end, these places turned out to be places that no one managed. Recently, the navy of the Western Empire came out, plus

The overseas islands of the Southern Empire are all occupied by the people of the Cao Family Firm, allowing them to continuously harass the coastline of the Southern Empire. this

It made them feel that it is useful to have these knight islands. Although not many, but also have to put them all

Those that were occupied, there were still many uninhabited islands when the navigation industry was relatively developed on the earth. just don't

Say it's time. These ships are really slow at this time. If they are allowed to send foster care to these islands on a regular basis

If it is, it is estimated that the people on this place will starve to death several times, so the Western Empire only chooses some more important islands.

sent his own army. What the Cao Family Firm has to do is to start occupying all these islands and let the people of the Western Empire

Feeling the strength of Cao's House Navy, let them know what to do on the border with the Southern Empire, otherwise they will

Let me show you a little bit of color, there is no way to do it, the people of Cao's House do not want to start a war, but now

There is no extra way now, it is really that these people in the Western Empire have no sense of challenge.

Looking at the frontline battlefield, the sea side wants to find trouble, the third army here is not so bold

My son, now the hundreds of millions of troops of the Western Empire have arrived, although three of the four commanding heights are in my hands, but

It is because their army base is too strong. It has been two days. During these two days, the army of the Western Empire

After two or three times of harassment, the two counties on the border of the Southern Empire have already evacuated all their civilians

, I used to live in areas like the border, and we could exchange things with each other, which definitely made a lot of money, but

But now that there is a war, they will not have such a good life. Many people only get themselves a house in their lifetime.

My son, now I have to throw away my house. This kind of thing makes them all want to cry, and there is no way to do it

It's legal, everyone knows that if the war starts, the army in your own country will not be the opponent of others, and the Western Empire will

If some people occupy this place, all of them will become slaves. They are all free citizens now.

If you become a slave, you will be dragged to the interior of the Western Empire and sold to others. They can do whatever they want.

Yes, my own life is really miserable, such a thing is a very terrible thing for anyone

things, but if I don't do that, I won't have any good results, so I still reluctantly lost my home.

The house is enough, anyway, it will not be gone in the future, maybe after leaving here, I will find a better place

Fang let himself live a good life, everything is hard to say, and everything will become better by then

Maybe, everything depends on how one's luck will be, these things are difficult to determine.

The frontline general of the Western Empire, General Mu Lun, can be said to be a new militant faction in the Western Empire.

The No. 1 family in the empire and the No. 1 force in the army belonged to the Tuoba family. The Tona family was given by the people of the Western Empire.

After being uprooted, the military power of the Western Empire began to fall apart. Up to now, there are three or four soldiers in the army.

Everyone has already obtained the position of general, and there can only be two or three marshals in an empire, and the emperor of the Western Empire does not know

What did Dao think? He hoped that these generals would work hard for the empire. As for the marshal, they would not give

Yours, at the beginning, people felt strange, but later on, no one felt strange anymore, because

The matter of the Tuoba family was remembered again. Back then, it was because the members of the Tuoba family occupied the two

You are a marshal, that's why the Tuoba family has become so powerful. Now you won't be given the seat of marshal. what about you? that is

It won't develop so fast. As long as you can't develop, things will be easier to talk about in the future.

Just like now, you may all be honest, and everything will be clear to you one by one in the future, no

But this time the emperor of the Western Empire let go. In the past, they all thought that the Western Empire would not let these people continue

The marshal was obtained here, but His Majesty the Emperor said, as long as the ten provinces of the Southern Empire can be conquered. he is in the army

The new marshal. This kind of thing directly made the generals of the Western Empire feel itchy, and they have been working for a lifetime

I'm a soldier, don't want to be a marshal? What a joke, it was because of the Tuoba family in the past. he's gone now

They stand in front of themselves. All things are their own business. Look at your own performance.

I don't know who leaked the news. After the navy of the Western Empire went out to sea, they found that the airship of Cao's firm was standing on the ground.

The matter of turning around immediately has been known by many people, especially the people of the Northern Empire. Before that, because the banker of Cao's Commercial Bank

Bombing the offensive to make the people of the Northern Empire retreat really lost their face. At this time, they all woke up.

Everyone knows what to say at this time. The high-level officials of the Northern Empire have begun to ridicule the navy of the Western Empire.

The fleet made out of hundreds of billions of dollars would not dare to have a real decisive battle with the fleet of Cao's Commercial Bank.

I robbed your merchant ship, you still don't say a word, I really don't know how your life is going

Yes, in fact, if people outside said this, everyone can get over it, but the problem lies in

Here it is, most of these words are said by people inside them, and these words are spread by people inside the Western Empire

Otherwise, how could the people of the Northern Empire know such details? Those who spread the word are the people of the army.

The funds have been reduced a lot because of the large-scale navy. This kind of thing is also true for the Western Empire.

It is very helpless, this dispute exists even inside Cao's house, and it is absolutely necessary to avoid such disputes.

For impossible things, because the sea and land use a sum of money. If the navy uses it, the army must not have much.

If they don't need the money, that's fine, but everyone wants to expand, especially the navy, which is simply a

Those who eat money, one of their ships can already make Lu Juan do a lot of things. If you come out, you will really give to the country

It is also possible to add credit, but the bad thing is that you didn't do anything, and you lost such a big person.

The matters on the front line are all decided by General Mu Lun. This guy also knows about some forms outside, but this guy chose to ignore the news. If he really listened to the news, his marshal might not Yes, he knows that this is an absolutely good opportunity. The empire stipulates that only those who open up the territory of the empire can obtain the title of the empire. Right now, he has only inherited a viscount. His title is really not very good among the generals of the empire. Yes, so he needs to work harder. Now he knows what his goal is. As long as he can take down the land of the Southern Empire, he can talk about anything. Sometimes such things are very difficult. That's right, many people can understand his current mood, but the one standing in front of them is the army of the Cao's firm. If there is a real fight, it will be difficult to explain in the future. Thinking of his position as marshal, plus His dog-headed military adviser also told him that this will be outside, and the king's life will not be accepted. Everyone knows this, so this thing must be done well, he must do this thing, if he can't do it If it’s good, I’m really sorry for myself. It’s because of this reason that this guy decided to take a risk. He was going to kill all the troops of the Cao’s House of Merchant. If he just crossed over like this, the army of the Southern Empire was nothing. Yes, one of the conditions for doing this is that it must be fast, and his people are not fools. As long as they can destroy the Cao family firm in a short period of time, the Cao family firm will not go to war with the Western Empire just because of this matter. Yes, the Cao's House looks very powerful, but they have already defeated the Southern Empire, do they still have to fight against the people of the Western Empire? This is simply impossible, so the time difference between them is considered acceptable.

The changes on the front line were quickly known to the reconnaissance airships of the Third Army, and these scouts immediately sent the news to the headquarters of the Third Army. It's been a while, I don't know why their offensive troops are all on the second line, but their defensive troops are all on the first line. This seems to be a bit inconsistent with their performance these days. You must know that they should be at this time. It's better to fight hard, not just forget it like this now, if they do this, will their brains be flooded? Wu Cai and the others didn't know what was going on. Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, and immediately said loudly, "Immediately go and investigate the number of the Xidi Army on the front line. They may be the ones who did it tonight." At that time, they want to kill us and the army of the Southern Empire, because our weapons are all long-range attacks, so they will be so confident in catching the defense troops. At that time, our serial crossbows and artillery will be the first The first round of attack will not have a very good effect. In this way, they can send attack troops again. At that time, the effect of our second round of attack is definitely not as good as the first round. It seems that these people are not fools , They do know some art of war." Wu Cai said it loudly, and the others understood what was going on at this time. Although this is a possibility, there is nothing on the front line now. Now that I understand what's going on, these damned guys are indeed very powerful. If the commander didn't see it that way, it's really possible to be fooled by these guys, and you will have to suffer at that time. But even if they can see it, it is impossible for them to do much with their current strength.

"How can these damned guys be so courageous? Do they think they are much stronger than the Southern Empire? Our army killed the Southern Empire, and they want to try it too?" the chief of staff I have spoken out the doubts of many people here, and each of these people doubts what the commander said. Although the words said by the commander are well-founded, they all know how powerful the army of Cao's House is. Great, they are one of them. If these people from the Western Empire dared to do it, they would have done it from the beginning. Why did it come to this time? Wouldn’t it be that they had lost the opportunity to fight now? Don't they know how powerful we are? Although our army is relatively small, behind us is the entire firm. The boss Cao Ke is not a guy who is willing to suffer. This guy usually does things that make others suffer. If his soldiers suffered such a loss, it would be no wonder he had to beat them all to death. How could it make the people of the Western Empire feel better?

"Hehe, this matter is very simple. This General Mu Lun probably doesn't want to be his general anymore." The commander said with a smile, seeing the people around him looking at him stupidly, by the way, They don't know some information about the Western Empire, but it doesn't matter, we know it, he said quickly, "This guy wants to be a marshal, the emperor of the Western Empire has already promised this guy, as long as he If he can conquer the territory of the Southern Empire, the position of marshal is his. Now we are standing in front of him. If we continue to face him, what will happen to his marshal position? So what he needs to do now Just to drive us away, such a thing is probably what he can think of, but our military strength is indeed not enough now, and now it seems that we need to use the good things that the boss gave us." This guy As he said that, he touched the space ring in his hand, but the boss said, just take it out at such a time, this kind of thing is very beneficial to the defensive side, they want to put their own people It's not that easy to kill them, it depends on whether you have a good mouth. (To be continued..)