Section 2268 Agreement

The marshal of the Western Empire was dumbfounded at this moment. He understood what the people of Cao’s House of Commerce meant by working so hard to develop the cavalry. They formed a small number of cavalry, but their cavalry has their own combat effectiveness. After this battle, no one would dare to say that the cavalry of the Cao's House has no combat effectiveness, although they all won by relying on some weapons and equipment. , but this is also one of the conditions for winning, just like now, what's the point of this? Everyone does this, so no one will say anything. This kind of thing is very normal for anyone. If no one feels that this thing is normal, then he himself is not normal. Cao The people in the commercial firm also felt elated, especially their cavalry. They had received too many stares in the past. Of course, their losses in this battle were also quite a lot, because they fought hand-to-hand, even if they did not kill the enemy In a situation like 10,000 self-defeating 8,000, they also lost more than 10,000 people. For Cao's Commercial Bank, these 10,000 people are not only a loss of money, but also a loss of talents. Generally, they come from other empires. The cavalry in the army only needs a few months of training, but for the people of Cao's House, it took a year to train these people, so now they have been trained so much. The big loss, these people are also very distressed in their hearts. The current situation is like this, but they have also brought out the momentum of Cao's house, and the strategic goal has been completed. Now their role can be put down, and the cavalry also know that things like attacking cities and pulling out villages are not their specialty. Although the opponent's camp does not have many fortifications, there is still a fence or something. If the cavalry rushes over In other words, the opponent's archer is considered to be a dish. The target of the cavalry is indeed very huge. Whether it is a man or a horse, as long as there is such a shot, then this is considered useless, so they immediately Just give way. The rest is the job of the foot soldiers of Cao's House. In addition to the continuous bombardment of the artillery, these infantrymen also began to adjust their shooting angles, so that the crossbow bolts they shot could be thrown into the camp of the Western Empire at the best angle. They saw a lot of ordinary rain. But they don't see this kind of arrow rain very often. The hundreds of super serial crossbows in front are also advancing step by step. They also tilted their crossbow arrows vigorously towards the opponent, as if they wanted to use this to defeat the opponent. Those people on the opponent understood at this time. Their doomsday is coming. The Marshal who didn’t retreat at the beginning is regretting it now. Why do you insist on obeying the order of the damned emperor? Isn’t this courting death? My subordinates can see it clearly Oh, didn’t I see it clearly? If I ran, I might still have a way to survive. Now... By the way, I can actually run now. The marshal immediately got on his horse. Many people thought that this guy He wanted to take everyone to rush there, but this guy immediately turned the pier, and this bastard ran away. This was something that all the soldiers of the Western Empire did not expect. It's not bad, it can't be like this.

The Marshal of the Western Empire cannot be said to be a general, but he still has his own status in the military circle of the Western Empire, and their families are all good generals. Then one, but everyone knows that in the current situation, those reputations and the like can't be taken care of. In the chaos army, let alone an eighth-level fighter like him, even a ninth-level fighter may be killed. killed,

Of course, it is also possible that an ordinary person can live under good luck. If this is the case, it is the best thing. The reaction speed is not slow, good guy, the marshal has already run away at this time, we can't continue to wait here to die, they immediately chased after them, the road is so cruel, anyway, it is human Kill people when they come, chop horses when they come, if these people have such a tenth of such cruelty in the Chancha business, these people may also kill all the people in the Cao's business, but now they don't have such ability Now, one by one can only be used to escape for their lives. Just as they were about to rush out of their north gate, there was a burst of cannon fire in front of them. Earlier, Hong Lie had ordered the troops of two divisions to arrive at them in airships. Behind, this time is actually a gamble. If the people of the Western Empire really send out reinforcements, this army may become food for the Western Imperial Army, but obviously they did not send it out. The first thing that comes to mind of the tens of millions of troops of the Western Emperor is that they are already surrounded, why is there an army of Cao's firm behind them? They still have a way to go now, and that is to enter the Warcraft Mountain Range, but they are not fools, the Warcraft in the Warcraft Mountain Range are all cannibals, let alone tens of thousands of them, even hundreds of millions People may not be able to get anything out of it when they go in. This is the terrifying place of the Warcraft Mountains. Of course, when people see Warcraft, they will instinctively be very scared. This is also a fact. Even so, they want to I want to leave here quickly, otherwise they will feel like they are going to die here. These people all look at the place where the marshal is, hoping that the marshal can give them some hints, although they all despise him in their hearts. That guy, the marshal who escaped on the battlefield is probably what that guy can do, and other people must not be able to do it, but there is no other way now, right? Now we can just hang out with this guy, otherwise we will not survive in the future. At this time, everyone saw the marshal made an amazing move. He actually took off his marshal costume , Such things made the soldiers of the Western Empire even more chaotic, and the marshal had no idea at all. At this time, the southern army had already reached the outside of the camp, and they stopped attacking. The people outside said loudly, "Put down your weapons, squat down on the spot, and surrender to avoid death. You are already defeated. Our Cao family People in the business house give preferential treatment to prisoners. We will not kill you. You will all become employees of the Cao’s house of business, and even join the army of our Cao’s house of business after being educated. You have heard about it before. I hope You can make the right choice.' The people in Outer Manchuria have started their own propaganda campaign, and it has been effective.

At the beginning of this statement, not many people believed it. They all felt that the people from Cao's House would kill them, but when they thought about it, there were quite a few people from the imperial court who said it. It's nothing to be a prisoner of Cao's house. That is, to help them do coolies for a while. And another reason is that coolies can still get paid, and they will not abuse prisoners of war so much. Everyone knows this. It's different from some people in other empires. They feel very good when they have such an idea. These people have never seen such treatment of prisoners before, but now they all feel that it is okay. For this reason, many people want to surrender, but the marshal is still in the barracks, and there are still tens of thousands of guards around him. If he really runs out, it will be over. Well, it's okay for them to kill themselves. Just when these people didn't know what to do, one of the marshal's personal guards pulled out his own knife and chopped off the marshal's head. Then he picked it up and rode out on horseback. The other guards were dumbfounded. That guy was the one the Marshal trusted the most. Soon they all understood what was going on. It was a terrible thing. If this matter is not resolved quickly now, there will be no chance in the future. At the beginning, many people said that the guy was ungrateful, but now basically no one said anything. I think that what that guy did was right, and if I were replaced by myself, I would do the same thing. Unfortunately, that marshal only has one head. After that guy goes out, he can definitely get a lot of benefits by relying on that head. Things, as for them, they have no other choice but to surrender. In fact, if they all retreat in the direction of the Western Empire in a swarm, it is absolutely impossible to stop them with the strength of two divisions, but now After they saw that they were surrounded, they had no intention of resisting. In their view, if they continued to resist, it would be courting death. They would not do that anyway, so one by one quickly put themselves The weapon in his hand was thrown away, and now it’s all right, Li Wei’s soldiers took down the army of the Western Empire without bloodshed. At this time, Li Wei also wrote a report to the military department, and the cavalry must be retained , The role of these cavalry can be said to be very great. It was not seen in actual combat before, but now it can be seen in this war. These people are doing very well, and it is because of this, Li Wei I think their cavalry should have more chances to go to the battlefield. Of course, it is necessary to choose an appropriate time. Cavalry cannot be brought up in any kind of war. If that is the case, the losses of the cavalry may be very large. , in the end, even the people from Cao’s House can’t bear such a huge loss. You must know that one cavalry can make a dozen infantry live a good life. This is the gap between cavalry and infantry. It can be said that Li Wei smashed this war with his excellent command. There will be such a layer of psychological pressure when Prince Ding's army is going to face Tuoba Yuanye. It is still unknown how it will be. Woolen cloth.

This also directly slapped the emperor of the Western Empire. This guy said in his palace the day before yesterday that those people in the Eastern Empire were useless. If there is no past, it is their turn, and they can see it clearly. Sometimes things are like this. If they want to obtain some other resources, they need to use their own heads. The same is true for gaining prestige , last time the people of Cao’s House did fail in your hands, and because of this, the prestige of your army in the Western Empire has improved very quickly, but now it’s different from before, The people from Cao's House of Commerce killed you again. The ones that were killed were all your new troops. The people from the Ordnance Department also took a look at the equipment of the Western Empire hunting suit. Generally speaking, it is still very good. Except that it cannot be fired in bursts, it is already very close to the serials of Cao's House Crossbows, in fact, the biggest function of serial crossbows is to shoot continuously. What is the use of some things that can't be fired continuously? It's not like a decoration, and the soldiers of the Western Empire are more accustomed to using bows and arrows. Even if they know that crossbows can hit farther and shoot more accurately, this century-old habit is not so easy to give up. of. They don't really approve of this thing from the bottom of their hearts. This is also one of the reasons why the war did not break out. When the war started, they would always think about the huge gap between the thing in their hands and the weapons of Cao's House. It was for this reason that they thought about these things Can it be improved. As long as there is such an idea. Especially on the battlefield. When I saw the soldiers of Cao's House, I was scared first, how could it be so, although their general said it many times. There is nothing terrible about the soldiers of the Cao's House of Merchant, but they have no other choice, and they can only be like this now. Now that all the wars are over, what is left for the Western Empire is a time to sum up. However, they are still very clear that this matter should be changed. Their new army has its own capabilities. It is for this reason that the new army of the Western Empire will start to operate on a large scale in the future. , Some generals on the front line also said after going back that if they use the teacher's army, they will definitely fail faster. How many new troops have done a lot of things, and many people also said that the cost of the new army is very high. It is huge, but the battlefield itself is a place to spend money. If you don’t spend money at this time, you will die in the future. From a human point of view, this time is a time to celebrate. After successfully defeating the coalition forces of the two countries, the next thing is to deal with the Northern Empire. It can be said that this incident was caused by the people of the Northern Empire. The relationship with you is good, but what have you done one by one, let the armies of the two empires come from your land to attack us, is it not your responsibility? The responsibilities you need to bear are too great. In the past, the people of the Cao’s Commercial Firm at the junction of your three countries had no stronghold, but now they have to build one. This is a nail. If you want to start road transactions in the future, it’s okay We will not stop you, but we will set up card charges, which can be regarded as a benefit for you. I hope you can all accept this matter. In fact, it is just a sentence to put it bluntly. Want to do anything.

After killing the army of the Western Empire, Li Wei spent ten days cleaning up some areas around the battlefield and finding out all the stragglers here. They must not be allowed to stay at this time Yes, because a huge city is going to be built here. It is located at the junction of the Western Empire and the Northern Empire, and it is also the closest area for trade between the Western Empire and the Northern Empire. Some trade on land has begun to appear in recent years. Cao Cao The airship trade of a commercial firm has already been hit. Most people start trading from this place. Although there will be some bandits and monsters around here, the danger is not small, but for some profiteering products He said, what is such a danger? It is nothing at all. If you want to earn a certain amount of money, how can there be no danger? The place that Li Wei is interested in, in the past, the merchants of your two empires could travel everywhere, it was nothing more than the dangerous area of ​​500 miles, and now the people of our Cao's Commercial Bank control all the traffic To be honest, it doesn’t matter, all transactions must be completed within our city, so we will also collect a lot of taxes, of course, you can also refuse to give us, then you will not be able to enter the city, You are all trading outside the city, but as a friendly reminder, it will not be so easy after you go out, and our people may rob you. Of course, the main obstacle is not our people, but Those terrible monsters, they often come out of the monster mountains to eat people. These guys are not so easy to talk to. People from the Western Empire and the Northern Empire are also surprised when they know about Li Wei's plan. Did not say anything. After the war is defeated, there will always be certain losses. This loss is still in their eyes. In fact, some capable people in the country have also seen the attempt of Cao's House of Commerce to control the trade between the two empires in the future. Yes, but now you are all from the defeated country, and there is no way to express some ideas. People can threaten your homeland. If you don’t believe in this matter, there is no way to do it. Do whatever you want Let's try it. If that's the case, it will be another war in the end. In the past, they could say that they were not afraid of war. But this time let them see clearly. If they fight, they are really not the opponents of Cao's House. If they really get into a fight, people like themselves will suffer a lot, so it's better to be honest. Don't make so many troubles. So even if the two empires knew what the people of Cao's House of Commerce were going to do here, they would have nothing to do. If they really fight, they don't have that ability, so they can only swallow their anger. What they are most afraid of is actually not theirs. They just give up this land, and they don't worry about Cao's company's army coming in directly, because it is not very close to their border, but the people of the Northern Empire I have to be afraid. This place is too close to the border of the Northern Empire. As long as Li Wei thinks about it, he can definitely reach it within a day. At the beginning, the benefits of accepting others were good, but now it’s time to take responsibility Sometimes it's good too.

After the army of Cao's Commercial Company cleaned up the battlefield, they also had their own business, that is, gathered together, and then began to stand guard. Behind them, a large number of prisoners of war started the work of establishing this new city. It will be a trade city, so the area will definitely not be too small. It is enough for Hong Lie to do such a thing. Li Wei still has his own business. Now Li Wei has brought millions of troops to the north. The border of the empire is here. It is really easy to attack you. Open your eyes and take a good look. The artillery of our Cao family firm has already reached the southernmost province of the Northern Empire. It is a provincial capital, but I passed by three counties before. Unfortunately, the army in the county did not know where they went. They were already annoyed to death by the rout of the Eastern Empire. Unexpectedly, when their power was at its weakest, Cao's firm's army also came. If the two sides were to attack Lao Tzu, would they want it? It is simply harder than climbing to the sky. If this city is still a county, they must have let it out. They also know that if they want to shut down the people of Cao's business, they have to make some sacrifices In the eyes of Cao's House of Commerce, things like a few counties are nothing. It is even more impossible for them to back down by relying on these counties. Everyone is very good at calculating these things, and it is estimated that their goals will be many, so most people heard that the people of Cao's House are already near the city, but they are not very nervous, because they know the North The Empire will quickly conduct a negotiation with the people from the Cao’s House of Commerce, but judging from the situation on the spot, it should be the people from the Cao’s House of Commerce who are more advantageous, and the people from the Northern Empire should suffer, which is also true. The power of Li Wei is absolutely certain. If Li Wei is an ordinary little boy, it is estimated that the smallest official in the Western Empire may not be very familiar with this guy. How will it be the same as now? No matter where he goes, it is a rumor. Li Wei led the army to the southern part of the provincial capital. The first thing he did was to hold a grand military parade to let you all know that the people in my Cao's firm are not so easy to bully. If you want to be safe, most of the time you have to rely on the Northern Empire. If they have been beaten by i, they can be super detailed, but it is also very easy for the army of the Northern Empire to come here, so Li Wei wants to Created a huge strategic vacuum for himself. Just when Li Wei was studying what to do, the governor on the enemy's side actually asked someone to send out a letter, and he also brought hundreds of thousands of Cao Cao with him. The bank notes from a commercial bank are not very demanding, they just need to keep their blame on the bank. As for other things, they can’t go too far. Maybe they feel that this is a kind of necessity, there is nothing wrong with it. Other things can make this matter change, that is, because the matter in front of him can, Li Wei feels that he wants to take this place down, which is a province with a good economy. If they can kill all of this province, they will definitely have a good life in the future. Those with so many miracles and weapons will be much, much better than their own.

The Northern Empire naturally knew what Li Wei was thinking. They would never let this become a reality. If it was really like that, this time they really lost their wife and lost their troops. Their meaning is very clear. That is to let this matter go down quickly, without any sequelae, which is the best for me. They all understand this matter very well. So one of the highest dukes of the Northern Empire came here quickly to negotiate with Li Cong. Speaking of which, this guy is still a relative of Li Cong, and he is a cousin of Li Cong's wife, the little princess of the Northern Empire. Of course. Speaking of which, the entire Northern Empire royal family is related to Li Cong. The relationship mentioned here is not the kind of distant relationship, but the relatively close relationship in front of you, just like the one in front of you. This person is the cousin of Li Cong's wife's aunt's family. Naturally, he is of a very good background, and he is the only son in the family. Generally, noble families have dozens of brothers, not hundreds of them. How rare, it is rare that there is only one heir in the whole family, but this also has many advantages, that is, there is basically no competition for such a person, and the family will not be split because of this matter. Such a thing is very good for anyone, of course, it is not a very good thing for the little wives of the previous generation of county kings. According to the law of the royal family of the Northern Empire, the next generation of the county king is the duke Well, after the death of the county king, those little wives will live with their sons. If the son's title is good, their life will be better, right? It's a pity that there is no son, so it depends on the duke, this guy just bought a huge manor, sent all his father's women in, and generally wouldn't let them go out. But food and drink must be provided in sufficient quantities. To put it bluntly, they are left as widows. Naturally, such a life is not very easy. This guy is also very poisonous. Anyway, if you can’t stand it, you will make mistakes of one kind or another. , when the time comes, this matter will be fun. In the end, there must be no problem in how you want to treat you. There is no good relationship between the young master of this family and the aunts at home. The Duke has no obvious It's already very good to start with them. Now this guy who doesn't know how high or low is actually going to meet Li Wei's uncle. In fact, if Li Cong gave this guy's identity to Gongka, Li Wei would have to call The duke said it was his uncle, but Li never made it public, so it looks very good, do you need other things? Now this matter is like this, many people don't know what to do, Li Wei's reply is also the same, those who should meet have to meet, don't let the brothers bleed for things that can be obtained on paper, this It is also to leave a certain combat power for the people of the Cao's House. Now that they have experienced two wars, these people are really very tired and need a certain degree of self-cultivation. Otherwise, they may have problems in the end, especially It's their bodies that can't bear such a big fit. The meeting place is in the provincial capital. The regulations only allow Li Wei to carry a guard of no more than 200 people. Li Wei is just happy about this. Damn, it seems to be As if I had lost a battle, did I really think of myself as an uncle?

The reply from Cao's House is also very simple. If you want to meet, there is no problem. Just be at the gate of the city. It's not a shameful thing. If you don't want to, we won't say much. Things are just as they are now. We are called to negotiate, and there are so many regulations. Do you think you are the ones who defeated our Cao's house? Impossible, the comprehensive national strength of the Northern Empire can be said to be a little bit stronger than the current Southern Empire, and with the help of the Cao Family Firm, the Southern Empire will soon surpass yours. The tone of an empire like yours It is bigger than the Eastern Empire, and you are just a Duke of the Northern Empire. The title is not bad, but according to statistics, there are more than 450 Dukes in the Northern Empire. What are you so arrogant about? It is not a hereditary title. The next generation will be a marquis when your son arrives, and such a title is also here to talk nonsense with us? The Duke of the Northern Empire tore up the letter angrily, but there was nothing left. In fact, he didn't want to take care of such things. It’s just that he was the only one among the nobles of the Northern Empire nearby. When the war started, everyone left in a hurry. Everyone knew that the nearby place was not a good place, and it might affect him, that is, this place The guy thought the war wasn't that serious, so he stayed, and now it's all right, if something like this happens, I'll just let you watch it here. You can do things like this. Other people probably couldn't do it, and they didn't look at the current situation. In fact, this guy's brain is not short-circuited, but this guy has never experienced the power struggles in the Duke's mansion. So sometimes I don't think much about talking and doing things. It is for this reason. Many people gave him a nickname, "Duke Fool", which is basically like swearing. But this guy doesn't mind. There are hundreds of dukes in the capital of the Northern Empire. Speaking of that guy's title, people outside may not know him immediately, but when it comes to his nickname, it is Some children also know that he is still very satisfied with this matter, and he can be regarded as the number one figure in the Northern Empire. This guy was very angry at Li Wei's disrespect for him, so he closed the city gate directly. He was about to let Li Wei come to beg him. Some of the people around him were also stalking villains who didn't even think about what the real situation outside was like. What they were thinking now was whether they could let the people of the Northern Empire avoid it. War, they kept saying bad things about Cao's house, and they said they were at the end of their battles, and there was no way they would be in any danger to the people of the Northern Empire. Even if there was, there was no need to be afraid, anyway. Just hold on, don't they dare to attack the city? The night of the first day passed so peacefully. Many people who knew Cao’s House were dumbfounded. They all said that the people in Cao’s House had no endurance. Now it seems that this sentence is completely wrong. In such a situation, it’s good that the people of Cao’s House can’t bear it, nothing else happened at all, and these people do things quite well, so it seems that this statement is okay It's alright, can you make it through?

When the sun rose the next day, they discovered a terrible thing. Cao's firm's army did not attack the city, but they did a frightening thing, that is, the number of people doubled, The gates of the city are closed, and the people inside naturally don't know the situation outside the city, but the army on the city wall knows it very well. The current situation is really a bit bad. In the past, hundreds of thousands of people came , now there are nearly 300,000 people, and it can be seen that they all came with heavy weapons. Today, Cao's firm sent another letter, saying that it was because the Lord Duke delayed their time , so their conditions have been raised a little bit. At this time, the duke thought that Cao's house raised some conditions someday, but he didn't even look at them. Now he hastened to ask his subordinates to bring them. One is that the Northern Empire wants to make an apology to the people of Cao’s House, and the second is that because of construction problems, the five counties and cities in the south and 32 million people will be handed over to Cao’s House for “management”. It was 199, and the third rule was that in the future, the goods exchanged with the Western Empire would have to go through the checkpoint of Cao’s House of Commerce, and 5% of the total amount of goods would be collected each time as a tax. Of course, Cao’s House of Commerce also had its own obligations. Yes, the monsters and bandits among them will be wiped out. In fact, there is nothing left now. Their army is all active in this generation, and there are no monsters and bandits to come out, unless they are the kind of desperate guys, otherwise It won’t happen. The fourth item is to compensate the Cao’s Commercial Bank for military expenses of 7 billion silver. This is a must. Now the Cao’s Commercial Bank has changed this. Similarly, the tax rate has not been increased, it is still the original 5%, but the leased city will be twice as much as before, ten counties and cities will be required, and people from Cao's Commercial Bank will be allowed to Conscripting 100 million troops in the territory of the Northern Empire, the indemnity has reached 10 billion, and they did not say it clearly, but in fact, the muzzle has told you, if you agree, this matter is almost the same, But if you don't agree to this matter, then I'm sorry, we may let you know why the world is up to us, the muzzles of the people in Cao's House are all very bright, as long as people look You will feel a burst of cold all over your body when you go up. These damn guys really regard this place as their territory, and they can do whatever they want. I really don’t know what they are thinking in their minds. Everyone understands that some things are not that simple. If Cao's House dares to raise this question, it must have its own support. The Eastern Empire's army still has millions in their country, and it is in chaos everywhere. If the millions of troops of Cao's House were to attack, it is estimated that several provinces may be lost, and their losses may be more than the losses in this agreement. The Duke does not have the courage to agree This, if he really agrees, his head will fall off if he can't return to the capital. This guy even thought of procrastinating. He didn't answer for a day, and the people from Cao's firm didn't do anything. On the third day, the number of soldiers increased a lot, which is not a good sign.

Li Wei is still the same as before. He started exercising in the morning. The last item of his exercise was to go out for horseback riding. He said it was exercise, but in fact he used the wind to dry the sweat on his body. When he was going out to ride a horse, his uncle took it easy, and brought less than 300 guards to the barracks of Cao's House. He had to come out today, because no soldiers were willing to go up the city wall. , He must come out and say something, otherwise, this matter will be really difficult to handle. The soldiers are all afraid of death, especially when they see the artillery of the Cao's House. own motivation. (To be continued..)