Chapter 240 100,000 Casualties! Ying Lacks Genocide Weapons!

May 9th!

The civil war between Emperor Yongchang and Emperor Tianning (Xia Yi) officially started.

Hundreds of thousands of troops from both sides fought on a front of hundreds of miles.

The fronts were interlaced.

On Yingque's side, Shen Wuzhuo, Jiumogang, and Li Zhan were the commanders of three armies.

On Miyou's side, Mi Daoyuan, Fu Jianzhi, and Mi Nu were the commanders of three directional armies.

In addition, there were more than 300,000 imperial troops as support.

The so-called imperial army is the literal meaning. It was completely an army of the Great Xia Empire before, and followed its commander to pledge loyalty to Emperor Xia Jie of Yongchang.

The composition of Yingque's army is as follows.

The 150,000 troops brought by Prince Li Zhan now have about 110,000 left.

The expansion of the Shen Gong family is only 70,000.

Yingque's white bone army has 5,000, and Ning Daoyi's army has 3,000.

The 60,000 that Zeng Wendao frantically looted are not considered the main force.

30,000 troops are loyal to Her Majesty the Queen and have entered Tianshui Province one after another.

There are also 7,000 troops of the Baiyutang family.

The total force is about 270,000.

On Mi You's side, the 200,000 main forces of the Mi family, the 70,000 troops who surrendered to Mi You in the three southern provinces, the 70,000 troops assembled by the five major princes, and the troops loyal to Emperor Yongchang are coming one after another.

In terms of military strength, it is much more than Ying Que's side.

However, the troops that Ying Que's side has actually invested in Tianshui Province and the troops displayed in the north of Tiannan Province are only about 200,000.

Mi You's side also has only about 270,000, but the troops loyal to Emperor Yongchang are coming one after another.

And at the critical moment, the army of Sky Book City will join Emperor Yongchang's army one after another under various names.

In terms of war potential alone, it is far beyond the Queen's side.

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The fierce battle lasted for half a month.

The first phase of the war ended.

Both sides had their own victories and defeats, and there was no breakthrough.

But it had caused a huge disaster. On the hundreds of miles of front line, countless cities were reduced to ruins.

Because both sides had cannons.

Countless people fled, and it was a horrible sight.

Within half a month, Yingque lost two counties and eleven counties, all in the direction of Tiannan Province.

But in the north of Tianshui Province, two counties and thirteen counties were recaptured.

On the side of Emperor Yongchang, there were more than 60,000 casualties.

On the side of Yingque's army, there were nearly 40,000 casualties.

In just over half a month, the casualties on both sides were as high as 100,000, which was too tragic.

With the artillery, the situation of the war really changed.

Overall, Yingque's side had better results.

Because Yingque's artillery was more powerful, could hit farther, and the explosives were more powerful.

However, both sides did not invest in real trump cards.

Yingque's White Bone Legion and Ning Daoyi Legion were not invested.

Mi You also did not deploy the secret army that had been in existence for more than a year.

Because both sides knew that these two trump cards were used in the decisive battle.

Although the two sides fought fiercely for more than half a month, the battle lasted for hundreds of miles, and many cities were turned into ruins, with tens of thousands of casualties.

However, it was just a tentative attack.

Just look at the quality of both sides, but it was already so terrifying.

But the result of this battle should be considered a draw.

Yingque was slightly better in tactics, but the strategic potential was still passive.

Both sides stopped fighting temporarily.

Each stationed in place.

Like two giant beasts, they hid back in the cave and licked their wounds.

The next step was the war of public opinion.

Both sides publicized their own achievements and the casualties of the other side.

In short, it was clearly a draw, but they said it was a glorious victory and the other side was a miserable defeat.

But both sides knew clearly.

In this kind of conventional war, neither side could do anything to the other in a short period of time.

On Emperor Yongchang's side, the war potential is even greater, with a steady supply of soldiers, food and supplies.

But on Yingque's side, the weapons are more powerful.

And because they have been preparing for war for several years, there is no problem with food supporting two or three years, and weapons and armor are also completely sufficient.

The most scarce saltpeter ore is also continuously imported through the Pirate Queen.

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Next, the anti-war sentiment of the entire empire is high.

Countless people, countless scholars, countless officials, and countless great scholars have called for a ceasefire between the two sides.

We are of the same roots, why are we so anxious to fight each other.

The Western Church is about to invade in full, and the empire has become like this. It is really painful for the relatives and happy for the enemies.

So, many retired ministers and deadly great scholars formed a mediation mission and came to Zhenhai City, hoping to mediate the war between the two sides.

The leader was the former Prince Taifu Li Qiuchen.

At that time, he was not only the teacher of the crown prince Xia Jie, but also the teacher of Xia Yi, because he taught three students at the same time, two princes and a princess, and even when Ying Que came to Beijing to play, he also studied with him.

This is an absolute gentleman, the kind that is famous all over the world.

Therefore, the queen and Ying Que received him very politely.

"It has never happened before for a woman to be an emperor, and it is a disaster for the country to perish."

"Xia Yi, among my three students back then, you were the most unworldly, why are you entangled by power now?"

"With such a civil war and the loss of life, the spirits of the Xia family's ancestors in heaven will also be uneasy."

Ying Que said calmly: "Master Li, don't forget, it was Xia Jie who took the initiative to fight us."

Li Qiuchen said: "If you women hadn't proclaimed themselves emperor and split the empire, he wouldn't have come to fight you."

Ying Que and the Queen were speechless. This man was very knowledgeable, but he was just an old fool.

Li Qiuchen said: "How about this? You cease the war, Xia Yi abdicates, and Tiannan Province and Tianshui Province return to the rule of the empire. Ying Que is not guilty and is still the king of Zhennan. Xia Yi marries Ying Que as a princess. , and let him rule Tianshui Province forever."

Ying Que said: "Master Li, did you think of this condition yourself, or was it proposed by Emperor Yongchang?"

Li Qiuchen said: "I came up with it myself, but I am a bit shy with His Majesty. As long as I come forward, he will probably agree."

Ying Que said: "I won't agree to anything here, but I suggest you go to Jiangdu and ask Xia Jie. Ask Xia Jie clearly about the conditions first, and then you can come and talk to us."

Li Qiuchen suddenly felt that there was hope for peace, and immediately left Zhenhaicheng happily, leading a group of old men to Jiangdu to meet Emperor Yongchang.

Facing such a passionate old stubborn, Ying Que and the Queen really had nothing to do.

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After Li Qiuchen left.

Ying Que, Prince Lian, the Emperor, and Ning Daoyi held a small meeting.

"This is the worst possible situation for us." Yingque said straightforwardly.

Ning Daoyi said bitterly: "Yes, the worst battle situation."

Not to mention that Li Qiuchen was unwilling to fight a civil war, and Ying Que was even less willing to fight a civil war.

The Northern Expedition has no meaning.

Emperor Yongchang and King Mi's southern expedition was meaningful. As long as they captured Tianshui Province and Tiannan Province, the war would be over.

But for Ying Que and the Queen.

Now there are ten provinces supporting Emperor Yongchang.

Are you going to push it through province by province?

Being stuck in a protracted war is the worst thing.

Yingque only had two provinces of land and less than 300,000 troops, so his war potential was limited.

Is it really going to take a full-scale invasion by the Western Holy See without a winner or loser?

The point is there's no need to do this.

Emperor Yongchang's biggest backer is King Mi. As long as King Mi is destroyed, everything will be over.

But if you want to destroy King Mi, you must destroy the Donghai Province, which is his home base.

But the East China Sea Province is isolated overseas and must fight a large sea battle.

Ying Que had already judged that the sea battle was the real decisive battle between the two sides.

The trump card in Yingque's hand is four super armored battleships.

However, Princess Liyang is actively training with 20,000 people and has not yet truly formed a combat capability.

Moreover, these four super armored ships are going to suddenly appear as a surprise attack and decide the outcome in one battle.

Otherwise, King Mi has the support of Sky Bookstore, and the power of the sea is who knows how much stronger than Yingque.

Therefore, we must attract King Mi and the main force of the empire's combined fleet to the waters near Zhenhai City to start a battle.

For this goal, the emperor did not go to the safer Bone Collar, but stayed in Zhenhai City.

Zhenhai City is a port city, right on the seaside, and can be directly bombarded by warships.

To put it bluntly, they are using Her Majesty the Queen as bait to attract Miyou's navy to attack.

But King Mi was very cautious. He knew that the Queen was in Zhenhai City, so he directly captured Zhenhai City and went straight to Huanglong. Yingque's side lost at least half of it.

However, he resisted and did not send a powerful navy to attack. Instead, he carried out conventional warfare and directly sent troops to attack Tianshui Province and Tiannan Province.

If the other party sends a large army to fight, Yingque's side will also have to fight.

This kind of brutal ground war, even though Ying Que didn't want to fight it at all, he had to fight it.

What's the point of burning so many cities into rubble and causing so many unnecessary casualties?

It can only create more public dissatisfaction.

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Jiangdu Palace!

Emperor Yongchang's cabinet and Privy Council were also meeting.

Looking at the battle map on the wall, everyone frowned.

I fought for half a month.

Both sides suffered a bloody blow.

The beating was too brutal.

According to this style of play, how many people will die when all the Tianshui and Tiannan provinces are captured?

When there is no war, most neutral provinces and neutral nobles support Emperor Yongchang.

But once the war started, it didn't go well.

In the eyes of the people of the world, Emperor Tianning was unpopular because a woman became emperor.

The public opinion on Emperor Yongchang's side is propagating every day. Everyone in Tianshui Province and Tiannan Province is against Xia Yi's puppet emperor.

And in the eyes of the world, Emperor Yongchang had the support of most provinces, at least that's what they publicized.

But Queen Xia Yi has only two provinces.

Using the whole country's strength to attack one corner, but the result is so unsightly, those neutral provinces and neutral nobles will also be shaken.

Although the propaganda from Emperor Yongchang was very exaggerated, it was said that this battle was a great victory and that two counties and eleven counties were captured. But there is no mention of the two and thirteen counties that were lost.

But just because you don’t mention it doesn’t mean that everyone doesn’t know about it.

Ordinary people may not know it and really think you have won a great victory, but none of those officials and nobles are stupid.

The key is that no one wants to fight a protracted war.

Although the Western Church is now also madly fighting internally, and even a small-scale regional war has occurred, who knows if this is a strategic fraud to paralyze the Eastern world?

If the civil war in the Great Xia Empire has not ended when the Western Church's troops are approaching, it will be interesting.

Eh? !

It doesn't seem to be interesting.

Because there is such a painful history on Earth.

Even if the foreign enemy has already entered the mainland and occupied a large area of ​​​​territory, there is still a civil war in the country.

"King Mi, according to our previous strategic deployment, this war cannot last more than three months." The Prime Minister of the Cabinet said: "But at this pace, I feel that it will not end in half a year."

King Mi smiled slightly.

Li Ruhui, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, said: "Why not go straight to the heart of the matter and attack Zhenhai City directly! The Queen is in Zhenhai City, which is their base camp, or even the temporary imperial capital. As long as Zhenhai City is captured, the war will be won."

Mi Daoyuan said: "Because, Yingque put the Queen in Zhenhai City, most likely as a bait. His insidiousness and cunningness are obvious to all."

Mi Daoyuan lost the battle of the White Bone Territory before, and disappeared for a long time without making a public appearance.

But this time when the civil war broke out, he made a public appearance again.

Because the Mi family played the most important role in eliminating Yingque and the Queen this time, and the Sky Book City also relied on the Mi family.

So, no one pursued Mi Daoyuan's guilt.

However, except for a very small number of people, everyone did not have a deep impression of Yingque's insidiousness and cunningness.

They only heard about the miracles created by Yingque, and did not experience them personally.

But the Mi family and the Sky Book City experienced them personally and felt the same way.

King Ying suddenly said, "Perhaps Yingque really took advantage of this and created an empty city plan? If we dare not attack Zhenhai City just because of this, it would be too ridiculous."

King Mi and Mi Daoyuan did not refute.

King Ying suddenly asked, "King Mi, I heard that your family has a secret army, which is very powerful?"

The meaning is very clear. The battle is so fierce, why not directly send out the secret army to win this war.

King Mi continued to smile and still did not speak.

He has a secret army, but Yingque's trump card army has not been dispatched, but Mi's secret army has been dispatched?

Moreover, Mi can't take out all the trump cards in order to eliminate Yingque.

Then what can he use to resist the full invasion of the Western Church in the future?

At least, what can he use to negotiate with the Western Church? What can he use to protect the power of his family?

King Ying said: "I still suggest sending the navy directly to attack Zhenhai City and go straight to Huanglong. What do you think, King Mi?"

"I agree."

"I agree!"

Several privy envoys and cabinet prime ministers present all agreed.

Because they are under too much pressure, they don't want to see such a protracted war.

Even the five major princes of the three southern provinces don't want to see it, because such a ground war causes a large number of casualties in their family's army every day.

The commander of the imperial army who is also loyal to Emperor Yongchang has the same view.

If you can win the war in the simplest and most direct way, why not?

Why use the most primitive method, one city after another?

Mi Daoyuan sneered in his heart.

How long has it been since this group of people fought a war?

With this mentality and this resilience, what's the use of relying on you in the face of a real all-out war?

If it's Yingque, even if he doesn't want to fight, he will grit his teeth and fight you to the end without any retreat.

The resilience of the Queen and Yingque is really terrible.

The last round of game was vividly performed.

No matter how desperate or terrible the situation was, the two of them did not give in at all, and fought to the end with gritted teeth.

Finally, they completely won the victory of the last game.

Forced Sky Book City to take out Xia Jie, the secret weapon.

The civil war that was originally avoided by all means still broke out.

However, Sky Book City learned to be smart this time, retreated unscathed, hid behind the scenes, and stood high above.

Pushed Xia Jie to the front, barely got the righteousness, and started this civil war.

Of course, they avoided the civil war between Sky Book City and the Great Xia Empire, but the civil war between the two emperors of the empire.

Sky Book City once again returned to the high and detached status and obtained the status of referee.

In order to save this detached status and reputation, Jiang Shouzong resigned from all positions at a critical moment, and forced King Mi to return Yingzhou to Ying Que.

Now, Sky Book City has finally gained all-round initiative.

It must be said that the methods of this supreme saint are still perfect.

But in the eyes of many high-level officials in the Eastern World, Sky Book City has also broken its golden body.

When Prince Xia Jie returned alive, Sky Book City and the death of the previous emperor of the Great Xia Empire were inseparable.

The crime of murdering the emperor of the empire is too shameful.

Although everyone does not say it, it does not mean that everyone does not want to.

"King Mi, what do you think?" King Ying said: "The navy of the Mi family, plus the navy of the empire, is more than several times that of Ying Que. It is completely possible to attack Huanglong and attack Zhenhai City."

Then, several giants in the cabinet and the Privy Council all looked at King Mi.

This time, King Mi could no longer smile without saying anything, but said to Emperor Yongchang: "Your Majesty, what do you think? Please make the decision!"

Emperor Yongchang said: "On the navy side, we must also gather. On the ground side, we must also continue to fight."

Suddenly, King Mi said: "Your Majesty is wise."

The leaders of the Cabinet and Privy Council could only stand up and say: "Your Majesty is wise."

But what Emperor Yongchang Xia Jie said was completely correct nonsense, and what King Mi needed was this correct nonsense.

With the emperor's nonsense, King Mi can do whatever he wants, and the people in the cabinet and privy council have no right to criticize.

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King Mi, Mi Daoyuan, and Mi Huan met secretly.

"The war can't continue like this." Mi Daoyuan said: "On the surface, our side has greater war potential and much more troops. But the empire's army has too little willpower and is completely inferior to the winning army. Resilience. If we continue to fight like this, it’s not necessarily which side will collapse first.”

During this period, King Mi's own family's main army suffered few casualties. The main casualties were the armies loyal to Emperor Yongchang and the armies of the five princes.

The so-called dead Taoist friends are not dead but poor Taoists.

But everyone dares to be angry but dare not speak out.

However, if casualties continue like this, quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes.

"How are you preparing the secret weapon for the big sea battle?" Mi Huan asked.

King Mi shook the report in his hand.

In his mind, he not only wants to win, but also wants to win at the minimum cost.

Best of all, you can also hide some of your strength.

You can't throw away all your wealth just to defeat Yingque. How can you gain great power in the future?

For this war, he prepared at least three trump cards and three plans to prepare for this war.

Now that he hasn't even played a single card, the people in the Privy Council and Cabinet are already clamoring that they can't handle it anymore, as if they are facing tremendous pressure.

The Great Xia Empire has been stagnant for too long, and even the people in the Cabinet and Privy Council have become weak in will.

However, in King Mi's view, the weaker this group of people are, the more beneficial it is to him to some extent.

"Fu Caiwei, there should be results soon, right?" Mi Huan suddenly asked.

Prince Mi said: "I trust her ability."

Of course, King Mi believed in King Dali's decision-making at the critical moment.

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May 28th!

Huge bad news came from the Queen's palace.

The Kingdom of Dali has sent troops.

He actually sent troops.

King Dali personally led an army of 200,000 people, once again marched northward with murderous intent, and rushed towards the Red Earth City.

Prince Lian was furious, and so was Ning Daoyi.

Is this King of Dali a madman? !

A few months ago, Yingque's blitzkrieg had just defeated the more than 200,000 troops of the Dali Kingdom, causing more than 160,000 to 70,000 casualties.

Everyone in the world felt that Ying Que directly drove King Dali away from the chess game.

Because of a very simple arithmetic problem.

The territory of the Dali Kingdom is less than a quarter of the Great Xia Empire, and its population is less than one-sixth.

Even if you are more barbaric, even if you have a higher ratio of soldiers, how many troops can you raise?

Five years ago, hundreds of thousands of people were wiped out by Shen Gongao.

A few months ago, hundreds of thousands more were wiped out.

Now you have assembled an army of 200,000 and headed north?

This is no longer militarism, but a crazy overdraft of national power. How can you survive this day?

The most important thing is that there are still remnants of the Dazhan Kingdom in the Dali Kingdom, and they have been seeking restoration.

King Dali, aren't you afraid of losing your old nest if you don't care about leading 200,000 people to the north? Aren't you afraid of a fire in the backyard?

Is King Mi your father or your grandfather? Is it worth your fighting for him?

Almost everyone can't understand it.

But I still understand the difference between winning and missing. This is probably related to a very deep secret in this world.

But, it has happened!

In the battle half a month ago, Yingque's army suffered thirty to forty thousand casualties. These missing troops must be immediately replenished on the northern battlefield.

Therefore, the army in Yingque's hands at this time was only more than 30,000.

These 30,000 troops have their uses and cannot be sent to the southern front.

The southern part of Tiannan Province was defended by local county soldiers organized by Zengwen Island, whose combat effectiveness was very weak.

There were only less than 10,000 troops defending Red Earth City.

In any case, this cannot stop King Dali's 200,000 troops.

Moreover, the troops from Emperor Yongchang's side were continuously replenished, exerting tremendous pressure on the battlefield on the northern front.

On the northern front, it is absolutely impossible to send troops south to defend.

The vacancy on the southern line has become a fact.

Once caught between the north and the south, facing three or four times the number of enemies, the consequences would be disastrous.

The battle situation collapsed almost instantly.

If this situation really happens, Ying Que's ace army will take over.

But Mi's secret army didn't show up, and Ying Que's ace army took over. How will we fight in the future?

Therefore, it is not that victory cannot prevent the southern front, but that a clever woman cannot make a living without rice.

There are three pots in total, but only two lids.

There is a serious shortage of troops.

Ying Que said calmly: "Don't worry, King Dali's 200,000 troops will not dare to enter our border even half a step."

Suddenly, Prince Lian came over looking at Ying Que.

Is there any way to instantly stop King Dali's 200,000-strong army?

Then, Ying Que said: "Master Ning Dao, please use our weapon of destruction."

Ning Dao's face trembled.

Ying Que said: "I can never use this thing in the empire, even if there is a civil war. But for foreign invasion, if someone wants to die, I can bury them. It just so happens that the Kingdom of Dali is below, and it will not have any impact on the empire."

Then, Ning Daoyi bowed and said: "Yes!"

Ying Que handed over the token in his hand.

Prince Lian couldn't help asking: "Prince Zhennan, what weapon are you going to use?"

Ying Que said: "I don't know what to call it? But my alchemists call it a genocide weapon."

Then he added: "Its true power is enough to make the soul of the King of Dali fly away."

Genocide? !

Is it so terrifying?

Prince Lian couldn't help but shudder.

Ning Daoyi took the token, kowtowed to the emperor and Ying Que, and turned away.

This destructive killing weapon actually needs Ning Daoyi to be deployed personally.

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