Chapter 2147: Fast Advance

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The entire Cao's House is preparing for war, and most of them have already entered the state of war in advance. This still makes Li Wei very satisfied. It is only after less than a month of rest and reorganization that these people It quickly entered the state, which is directly related to the usual training, so this time some of the grassroots officers have received good rewards, and now the silver rewards are of little use to them. In the past, we were here to fool around, so this silver reward is what they hope for most. After a year of fooling around, who doesn't want to get a lot of silver, if there is no silver, this day is still It's too much, but it's different now, what they need is not money, and sometimes money is not necessarily useful, and their life is pretty good now, and the salary given by Cao's Commercial Bank is usually the same. They can support the whole family. The most important thing is that now they are all warriors with ranks. Now they pursue different things. That is to start pursuing the god stone. I hope I can get more of this thing. If If one's own ability is stronger, one will be able to achieve higher achievements in the future. Isn't it very easy to do things like silver? This is the reason why they think so, and they all do that. Now let's It seems that their thinking is also correct, but the research shows that after they upgrade to a level, except for some people who are in particularly good physical condition, it is better for other people to rest for a while, otherwise their bodies will be damaged. There may be certain troubles. If such troubles occur, ordinary people can’t cure them. In the long run, they still can’t absorb the spirit stones so quickly, mainly because they didn’t have them before. Been in touch with something like this. ↗, or it is not appropriate to put things like spirit stones here. Li Cong took them directly, and some side effects have not yet shown up, so it is better to be honest, otherwise it will be so big. Trouble, it will not be easy to deal with in the future. If a good thing turns into a bad thing, the brothers in the family will not be happy. At that time, the betrayal of relatives is not a joke, and these people's brains are not given for nothing. Misunderstandings are not easy to solve.

In the end, two divisions were pulled out from the frontline. This was the final decision made by the frontline headquarters. In the past, more divisions could be pulled out, but considering that the fighting power of the Northern Empire has not weakened so badly, they may be there at any time. Will enter the counterattack. If this is the case, their life will definitely not be so easy, so it is better to live better than the matter in front of them. Don't carry out such a large-scale attack. They can carry out some appropriate attacks and wait for the army from the rear to come. At that time, when some powerful attacks were started, the army of Cao's House was suitable for fighting, and this part of the assembled attacking army immediately took down two counties and eleven counties. Immediately there was a resurgence in the border area of ​​the Northern Empire, and the army of the Northern Empire still didn't know what was going on. How could it be possible that the army of Cao's House of Merchant came here? Some generals even ran out and said, isn't it that we are all talking about peace now? Why did you come to attack? Does your boss know that you are doing this? You can't do things like this one by one, and we don't resist you here. Waiting for some changes on the negotiating table, this kind of thing also directly frightened the people of Cao's House of Commerce. These troops were like dogs one by one, and they retreated immediately after firing a cannon at Cao's House of Commerce Yes, they left their people behind. Abandoning his own city and leaving directly, such an army is still rare, after all, even if such an army retreated in the past,

That is also retreating on the battlefield, absolutely not leaving like this, those good or bad people we met in the past will still resist for a while, it is very rare for people like you to not resist directly, I really don’t know how you guys are messing around. Why didn’t you see that the army of the Northern Empire was so useless in the past? I will meet with the highest officer of the company and ask what is going on, but the people in Cao's House are not as good as you think, and they will negotiate with you. It is reasonable. This time is a sneak attack. Since it is a sneak attack, how can there be such a I spent too much time talking nonsense with you people here, and I was directly escorted to a prisoner-of-war camp. There are not many troops now. Naturally, you people have come to work for this coolie. It’s so good to let it go If I don't use the labor force, I will really feel that I can't make it through.

Some ordinary people in the Northern Empire City were even more panicked. Their social security was already very bad, but it became even more serious at this time. Usually, some bums on the streets would make trouble at this time. What’s more cheerful is that everyone is very powerful. When they go out to rob, they are much stronger than other people. When they do things, they don’t think about what other people are thinking or doing. Yes, just keep doing it. Sometimes these people are very hateful, but there is no way not to, and they can only let others do it. Now the court can't control anything. All the people in the imperial court have run away, and there are only a few handymen left, and it is impossible to manage these people. Usually, those yamen servants team up with these gangsters. The gangsters first go to some merchants to make trouble, and then The yamen servants passed by. These yamen servants are not just so easy to fool. Do you think that if you come here like this, you will be fine? That is impossible. You have to hand in some benefits, otherwise what? Maybe someone will come to handle the matter. It’s fine if you give the money this time. I’ll talk about the next time next time. It’s okay if you don’t pay. Someone will come to make trouble for you every now and then. They are all very normal things. Anyway, as long as you want to mess around here, there will be some things for you to understand. Things are not as simple as you think. After coming out, after the people from Cao's House came, it was much better than before. The most important thing is that people have evaluations of food that can be sold. In the past, those profiteers raised the price of food to 35 yuan per catty. If the family has a little money, they can basically live by it. Life is not easy, basically it can be said that you are hungry, that's all. The price of Cao’s House is still the original 15 cents, and it hasn’t been raised for such a long time. Why didn't I go? It wasn't that high before. The reason why there was such a high price was to open up a situation. There are two to three thousand workers in a city, and they may affect tens of thousands of people, and these tens of thousands of people can affect many people, so it is not something that can be solved by fighting, and even using such peaceful means Not bad, at least it seems so now.

The airship that sent Prince Wanhuai was sent to the front lines of the two armies. Prince Wanhuai was not a fool. When they left here, all the local officials around here basically came. But now there is nothing, why don't those guys come to greet Lao Tzu. This is about to start beating and scolding. Damn, I received bad treatment at Cao's House. I didn't expect you people to do the same. I really don't know what to say about you. This old guy is about to start swearing. when. They suddenly saw a pair of cavalry coming not far away, they seemed to come to greet them, but when they got closer, they realized that these people were all cavalry from Cao's House of Commerce, that's right. How can their cavalry have such good horses? It is also impossible to have such a good armor, which is shining in the sun. In the past, when the people of Cao's House used this kind of thing, they said it was fancy but not useful, but it is not like this , They can definitely make the enemy blind with such things. As for the people of Cao's House, they don't need this. A pair of sunglasses can basically solve everything. Sunglasses can be said to solve a lot of problems Things, such as in the snow, are also solved by this thing, otherwise people will be temporarily blind. Many people have tried this kind of thing. It can be said that this thing of Cao's House is really good. You can tell by looking at them one by one with black sunglasses. These people are all troops from Cao's House, but there are only troops from Cao's House here. Where did our troops go? And this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that they should still be standing on their own land. Now it seems that this place is all other people's territory. Where has our army gone? This is the thing that Prince Wan Huai wants to know the most at this time. Could it be that the situation here has changed in the past few days on the airship and he is not very familiar with it? If this is the case, I really don't know what to say, I should let them all know.

When Prince Wanhuai and the others went back, the whole world must have changed. It would not be such a golden egg if they wanted to go back like that. There is still a distance of nearly 400 miles from here to the defense zone of the Northern Empire. When they left, local officials sent Wang Jia and so on. Now those people are gone, let alone the means of transportation. Thousands of people are here directly and don’t know how to work. Yes, there are cities nearby, but their eyesight is still fine. This is the territory of the Cao Family Firm. If I go in, I won’t be able to explain it clearly when I go back. There will be a lot of trouble. For example, some people will stare at me and say that I am collaborating with the enemy. People will definitely believe such things, and they are not fools. When they do such things They all did a good job. Prince Wan Huai offended many people in the past. Those people just never found a chance to deal with him. Because he is a hereditary prince, no one would be willing. Those who tear themselves apart, they did not gain power for a while, and their descendants will also be very powerful. Many people have to consider their descendants if they want to be enemies with themselves. If they don't even have this If you think about it, then just let the horse come here. Now those people finally have a chance. If I just enter the city occupied by Cao's firm, I will have fun talking about it, so I can't Let them feel it, and I walked back directly, isn't it a distance of hundreds of miles, I still have that ability, this time it is a bit different from what I thought. Originally, I was thinking that the people from Cao's House would bribe me with the sacred stone. If so, it would be nothing if I let the Northern Empire suffer. The peace talks are over, and I don't know what will happen after I go back. A reprimand is a sure thing, but other things should not be too big. Now the empire is in a big crisis, and His Majesty the Emperor can't do anything to himself, but he is standing behind him. Quite a few nobles, they wouldn't just watch the emperor stab at themselves. If the emperor was really happy, these people might become the targets of the knife in the future. If it really started like this . In the future, some irreconcilable things may happen. If such a thing happens, the entire empire may become unstable. At that time, I have to think about giving myself a step down, but this step is not very good. It's easy to find, I have fought against the people of Cao's House for the honor of the empire, yes, that's all. The nobles of the empire themselves are still very clear that other things can be passed directly. But the honor of the empire can never be anything. After having such a thing, there will be no other things, and now basically everything can be done.

The airships of Cao's House don't have so much time to wait here, they still have their own things to do, the three airships just left them in this place, it's up to you how you want to go matter. It doesn't have much to do with us, there are pork pulled for the frontline soldiers on ours, and their smell along the way really smothered these people to death, because of the relatively long distance, so These pork and so on are transported live. There is no way, there are not so many refrigerators in this world, and besides, even if there are those things, the power used is amazing, which is impossible for the people here, Now the people of Cao’s House of Commerce have started a brand new way of transportation. The road behind the Cao’s House of Trade has been well built, and it is possible to drive some carriages quickly, but such carriages are now pulling The delivery and speed are still too slow, mainly because the strength of the animal pulling the cart is not very strong, so the people of Cao's House are going to improve the problem of this animal, the first thing is to find some monster genes It is possible, but monsters are not very tame. Even if the people from Cao's House cooperate well with monsters, it is impossible to let them pull the cart. This is a huge insult to the monsters. Yes, there is no problem if you want to cooperate with them and humans. Their high-level and so on also cooperate with humans, but it is impossible to make them do things so aggrieved. After all, they It is different from some livestock raised at home. It is absolutely impossible to turn them into poultry, but things like hybridization are different. It is very easy for scientists on the earth. Such things can be produced by people who are born in this way. The animals produced in this way are also called horses. It seems that they are the same as the animals that pull carts outside, but their power is completely different from those. They It can run vigorously for more than twelve hours a day. In the past, four horses were needed to pull less than four tons of things for a carriage, but now it is no longer necessary. Now one horse can pull that much. Many, because there is enough labor, so the carriage has become longer and taller than before. In the past, a carriage could not pull five tons of goods, but now it is enough It is more than twice as big, and it can run around with fifteen tons of goods, but the car is a little bigger. Of course, it is impossible for such a hybrid animal to be produced on a large scale so quickly. , It can only be done slowly and bit by bit. If not, there may be many ways in the future, but it seems a bit inappropriate now.

In any case, it is always a very good thing that the transportation capacity of Cao's House is improved. Now many people in Cao's House have already felt the current situation, and they all feel that it has really improved a lot Yes, in the past, a car could only carry a dozen people forward, but now it can carry more than thirty people with their equipment and so on, and the speed is much faster, but the bump is really not How is it. If it weren't for the rush of time, many people would really like to walk like that. It's a little too unrealistic, and the rty planet over there is still very good. The main reason is that the place over there is not very big, but the land here is really too big. A railway running through an empire is estimated to be hundreds of thousands of miles, and it is almost the same as one-third of the railways on the earth. It’s almost long. Such a huge project is not a joke. How much manpower and material resources are needed to complete it. If it is not done well, there may be a huge hole in the end, even if it is here If there is enough iron ore, the technology cannot be mastered by the people here. Everything still has to be done slowly, and Li Wei also felt that he seemed to be a little eager for quick success. If there were no these big cars, he might go even slower. Sometimes such things happen That's it, so you need to be honest. The soldiers and officers below don't have such thoughts. In their opinion, this is already very good. They could have brought more over.

Looking at the front line again, why did Hong Lie be asked to carry out this task. It's because Hong Lie left from the northern battlefield back then. It can be said that Hong Lie's life was the hardest among the people in the Cao's House at that time. He didn't get any benefits. Back then, he had to Attracting 20 times more enemies than oneself, if Hong Lie hadn't made such a big sacrifice in the northern battlefield, the Southern Empire would not have collapsed so easily. This kind of thing can be said to be done very well, and it also made Hong Lie himself an absolute high-level executive of the Cao's firm, especially the military affairs. At that time, it was Li Wei who appreciated this guy more. But people do not have such an idea. None of the other people felt that there was anything wrong with this matter. Sometimes they did things very well, but they didn’t have such an opportunity. Now almost all the bosses of Cao’s House are very I respect Hong Lie because this guy is good at handling things and knows about opportunities. Some of the children in their family can get mixed up under Hong Lie's subordinates. Just don't care about it, you can't let the people below you develop, right? They also have their own ambitions, and they are doing well, but their nephews and nephews cannot be all incompetent people. It is better not to have too many such things in the future, but within the scope of permission They are all permissible, and they are all allowed to have hope. Besides, if the whole family develops here, they can be managed in the future, so that they are not allowed to come up with other ideas. Yes, even if someone wants to instigate them, it’s fine if they don’t think about themselves. Thinking that their nephews are still under the control of Cao’s House of Commerce, how could they do something to betray Cao’s House of Commerce? Some people in the Great Empire also do things like this. They won’t allow father and son to be officials in the same place, but they are all connected together. If one has credit, the other’s face will also be very good. Yes, if there is a problem with the other one, this person will also be attacked by those censors. They all came here according to such rules. I believe they have nothing to say. Now Hong Lie just let his three divisions start the campaign. Before the three divisions, at most, they just let them occupy a province. , but now Hong Lie has already occupied five provinces, so Hong Lie will have to rest for three days. During these three days, it is also the time when the enemy is most likely to counterattack, so we must be prepared. The reinforcements also came one by one. These people Hong Lie did not let them attack immediately, but let them all enter the defensive position. It is undeniable that these people are the absolute elite of Cao's firm, but no matter what No matter how elite soldiers want to quickly enter the state on the battlefield, it will take a long time. It is impossible to do this well in a short period of time, otherwise they are really God of War It is estimated that such an army is still impossible to appear, and Cao's house is not so lucky. The three divisions in front are all troops that have entered the fighting state, and their casualties are not very large. Most of the areas still don't know what's going on. The people from the Cao's House of Commerce came to the city. Some local officials thought that the peace talks over there were over. Could it be that their place has been ceded to the city? What about Cao's firm? Needless to say, when the official asked about this matter, Hong Lie immediately seized a good opportunity. Just let your own people stay with dozens of cavalry and go to some surrounding cities to accept it. If you bring more troops, it will not be very good. As for forging some documents or something, there is no problem. The technology is very advanced. It is estimated that even if the counterfeit things are in the hands of the big bosses of the Northern Empire, they will not be able to see them. However, the people in the Northern Empire are not all fools. I saw something wrong here, so they didn't open their city gates, and these people also kept their cities. But the next thing they encountered was terrible artillery fire. If the army in the city is strong, they will go out and kill for a while. Well, if you surrender now, everything is still easy to talk about, and we won't do anything excessive, but if you don't surrender one by one. It's really hard to say this matter in the end, after all, things on the battlefield are beyond the guesswork of ordinary people. It's normal for some things to happen.

The army of the Northern Empire was assembled when the people from Cao's House entered the fourth province, but the combat effectiveness was also a bit worrying. The commanders of the Northern Empire's front line were not even in their barracks at this time Yes, this guy actually returned to his home in the capital, who knows how far away from the front line, how could such a guy win the battle. Although there are still a few generals, people from all over the Northern Empire dare not transfer troops privately when the marshal is away. It is nothing to lose the territory, there are still many anyway, let alone. I have been losing time in the past few years, and the higher-ups are used to it, but if I transfer troops privately, this matter will not be a very good thing, and there may be many wrong things, such as maybe It will make them lose their hats and even their heads. In fact, with their own prestige, they may do this even without the tiger amulet or something, but what about at the end? The emperor will find that his tiger talismans are useless, and these things may not be as prestigious as a general. If such a thing happens, it will not be a small matter. It will make the emperor feel that you can threaten He, you are not impatient, what else could it be? This is a scary thing at all. There is no need for me to do this for such a small amount of territory. Even if I really do that, I will still not end well in the end. Since it is If this is the case, I simply don’t want to do it. It’s better to just stay in my own barracks honestly. If this is the case, there is nothing wrong with it. In the end, I can still do a good job. People who think like this are great. Most of them are like dogs, and they don't feel ashamed of doing such a thing. They swore back then that they would not lose any territory, but now they look at a One of the county towns was taken down by the people of Cao's House of Commerce, but they were all indifferent, but their luck has been relatively good recently. If the Cao's House of Business had enough troops, they would definitely be able to take down a few of them now. The ten provinces, but the army of Cao's House is not so many, the fastest speed of war horses is only 300 miles a day, this speed is already very fast, this time the Northern Empire is really lucky to the extreme Well, things like sneak attacks on Cao's House of Firm basically wouldn't do that. They all have their own ideas, and they wouldn't do such things to make themselves look bad. In their opinion, doing such things It's not that good. If you really get used to it, your own army doesn't have such a good reputation. The reputation of an army is still very important. No one can deny this. The soldiers in the army are also aware of this problem, so they will consider this when they do things, but the reinforcements from Cao's House of Commerce have also arrived in large numbers, so the offensive will continue, it depends on whether the high-level officials of the Northern Empire are really serious. If they can hold on to it, if they want to talk about peace again this time. But it's not that simple, insulting you is a trivial matter.

When the emperor of the Northern Empire knew about this, all five provinces in the southern border area had been lost, and the troops of the Cao Family Firm had already entered the other two provinces, but there was also good news, that is The defense line of the Northern Empire has already been established, although it may not be able to stop the attack of Cao's House. But how much will have some effect. If it has no effect at all, this army should have retired long ago. This kind of thing also makes the emperor of the Northern Empire feel at ease. Of course, there are more in his heart. The most uncomfortable thing is why the peace talks did not succeed. I thought the peace talks could buy me some time, but now it seems that things like peace talks have not improved. Such a thing made them feel very uncomfortable. I really don’t know what these people are thinking in their minds. Why don’t they know how to detour the conditions I gave them, no Do you know that the Northern Empire is not suitable for some large-scale wars now? If this really starts, the Northern Empire will really not be able to hold on. It can be seen now that the emperor of the Northern Empire can no longer find soldiers . Now it is necessary to go to the streets to arrest those people, as long as they can not be soldiers, they will not choose to be soldiers. It's really terrible. Didn't you see that basically people who went to serve in the army couldn't come back alive? Most of them died. It's really tragic.

The entire military system of the Northern Empire has basically been in a state of inactivity during the past two months. Just like now, most of them have stopped. They did not effectively organize to resist at all. When the people of Cao's House of Commerce conquered fifteen provinces, Cao's House of Trade stopped attacking. Only at this time did everyone know how big the Northern Empire was. Weak, of course. This may also be an illusion, almost one province a day, Prince Wanhuai never returned to the capital of the Northern Empire, he knew that even if such a thing happened, he would be killed by others if he went back by himself, His Majesty the Emperor It will make me look so good, so dying quietly is my final destination. I don’t know how many times this kind of thing has happened before. The news of Prince Wanhuai committing suicide in fear of crime has never been spread. Because this matter is considered a trivial matter by the people of the Northern Empire, the emperor of the Northern Empire was angry, and he even wanted to kill Prince Wan Huai's family members. This guy has already lost his mind. If it wasn't for the empress holding the emperor hard to prevent him from printing the big seal, it is estimated that some people in Prince Wanhuai's family would really not be able to survive. If this matter is done, some royal family members of the Northern Empire may be They will be divorced from them. These people are the foundation of the rule. If this matter cannot be handled well, there may be huge things happening in the future. Each of them will feel very helpless. Sometimes it's like this.

However, the attack of Cao's Commercial Bank has also stopped. One is because Cao's Commercial Bank's own army has no ability to continue the attack. The reinforcements from the headquarters have already arrived. Even so, Cao's Commercial Bank's army can only It’s enough to occupy some big cities. For some people in other places, they don’t have that ability, and they can only linger here slowly. Secondly, the army of the Northern Empire can be regarded as regaining their fighting power It's coming, but the price is the loss of fifteen provinces, hundreds of counties, thousands of counties, billions of people and a lot of property. These places will be added to the contract in the future In the future, these places will be the territory of the Cao's Commercial Bank, so the people of the Cao's Commercial Bank did not flinch at all from the local construction. They all shipped a large amount of cement and other things from the headquarters. After the delivery of the goods, it also brought a lot of problems to the people of Cao's House. If we want to build gun towers and fortifications in these places, we have to find people from the local people. The work team is good. A large number of ordinary people in the Northern Empire still have food to eat, but the people of the Cao's House of Commerce said that as long as they are doing business for the people of the Cao's House of Commerce, they can issue a certificate. It passes by your door, and you can take it out immediately, so that it will not go to your home. This kind of thing can only be imagined by the people of Cao's House. I didn't expect to not pay wages There are many people who want to go, and this is also a normal thing, and they are not fools.

The dereliction of duty marshal of the Northern Empire has returned to his post. It is his own luck that this guy's head is not lost, because at this time the Northern Empire does not have a qualified marshal. If there is, I don't know how many times this guy has been killed. Such a guy has no ability at all. Just such a person could have been killed long ago. Just such a guy is not worthy of being the Cao family. The enemy of the firm, but when they came, they also stabilized the line of defense. There are a lot of thugs around him. Many of these people took the money from the Cao's firm and tried their best to publicize that this guy is very good. It's amazing. You can let this guy do some good things. He can resist the attack of the Cao's House of Commerce when he comes. The people of the Cao's House of Trade also have their own reasons for doing that. There is such a dereliction of duty marshal to help him It was a very happy thing. If the emperor of the Northern Empire replaced this person, they would be unlucky. If they replaced a responsible person, this matter would not be a trivial matter. The army on the front line is very weak. As long as the people from the Northern Empire have the courage to fight back, the failure of Cao's House will be imminent, because they will not have any reinforcements. As long as the people from the Northern Empire attack, They will fail very completely, and there will be no room for turning back, not at all. (To be continued..)