Chongxuan and Chu Liang refused to surrender for three times. Yang Jiande had no choice but to raise troops and ordered the whole country to serve the king.
From the point of view of the public opinion of the world, Yang State's raising of troops to attack the army that trapped the country's borders is beyond reproach both in terms of justice and reason.
But at the same time, in order to maintain order in the eastern region, Qi State sent troops to block the plague so that it could not continue to spread and cause harm. This also makes sense.
In particular, the State of Yang is originally a part of the State of Qi. From the perspective of the word "Li", the state of Yang can also be regarded as the land of Qi.
Moreover, when Chu Liang of Chongxuan invaded Suoyang Kingdom, he apparently only targeted the plague and did not invade an inch of Yang Kingdom's land. If he was attacked and killed by the Yang army, it would be reasonable to counterattack.
In other words, at the level of "public discussion under heaven", which is the only level where Yang State may have an advantage, because of the unshakable stability of Chongxuan and Chu Liang, both sides of Qi and Yang stand at the same starting point.
In the head-to-head confrontation between the two old men, Yang Jiande lost the first round.
From the moment he decided to send troops, he lost the possibility of gaining sympathy in the public debate.
But this is also an unavoidable choice. It is still limited by the current situation and general trend. It does not mean that Yang Jiande is not as good as Chongxuan Chu Liang.
It's just that the trump cards held by both sides are really far apart.
Moreover, although "public discussion" has its significance, most of the time, it is impossible to determine the direction of the war.
If Yang Jiande can defeat Chongxuan Chu Liang, the diplomatic space will be opened up instantly.
If not, everything will come to an end.
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After many years of peace, war suddenly broke out.
A large number of soldiers and horses from the entire Yang Kingdom gathered in the royal capital. Yang Jiande wanted to worship his ancestors and heaven in the Taimiao Temple, and then personally led the entire country's troops to fight against Chongxuan at the border.
There are three counties in the Yang Kingdom, namely Hengyang, Rizhao and Chiwei.
Hengyang County is where the royal capital is located. Needless to say, almost all the soldiers who can fight rose up, gathering 150,000 troops in one day. 50,000 of them were the royal divisions to defend the capital, and the remaining 100,000 were gathered from various cities.
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But in Chiwei County, the response from various cities was not so positive. They gathered 50,000 soldiers and rushed to the royal capital. It is worth mentioning that 20,000 of them were volunteers, and they brought their own armor and food to accompany them.
.And there are at least 10,000 volunteers, all coming from Cangfeng City.
Going to Rizhao County, the enthusiasm was even lower.
The first reason to bear the brunt is, of course, the mutated plague that is raging in the Yang Kingdom.
Hundreds of thousands of troops gathered together, and the force of the soldiers was enough to disperse evil spirits like the plague. The soldiers themselves were not afraid of being infected by the plague, but the people in various parts of the Yang Kingdom still did not have a proper protection strategy.
Every soldier is a human being of flesh and blood, and has his own relatives and friends. Of course, putting the country before the family can be called great, but putting the family first before the country is only human nature.
There are those who raise their families to donate to the country, and there are those who close their doors to avoid disaster. People are different.
However, the real core reason is actually the result of the political chaos in the Yang court for so many years and the lack of concern for people's livelihood. Yang Jiande focused on spiritual practice and ignored state affairs. The dead prince Yang Xuanji only focused on grabbing power and suppressing his brothers.
In fact, it is very perfunctory when it comes to state affairs.
In the plague disaster brewing in the White Bone Road, Yangting's administrative inefficiency and incompetence... were fully exposed, and it can be said that it has long lost the support of the people.
Of course, in Rizhao County, it was more of the personal reasons of the county governor Song Guang. Long before Yang Jiande ordered King Qin, he had already taken action to gather troops and food.
Although Shi Jing, the new lord of Jiacheng, died unexpectedly, the remaining six cities in this county alone gathered 80,000 soldiers for Song Guang. With his spare no effort in plundering, the money and food were countless.
However, he only sent 10,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people to Zhaoheng City. He said that the terrain of Rizhao County was special and the Qi State wanted to retain "the remaining strength of the old men to serve as a barrier for my king", but in fact, he held his own troops and waited for a price to sell them.
His memorial made Yang Jiande laugh out loud.
On the dragon throne, the twenty-seventh generation king of Yang Kingdom held this memorial and laughed at himself with disappointment: "I didn't expect that my Yang family had been established for hundreds of years, and since I was a minister of Qi, in just a few generations, we have lost everything."
As expected."
Liu Huai stood by and comforted him: "At least in Hengyang County, where the royal capital is located, the imperial court still has the support of the people. A hundred thousand troops have been gathered and they have come out in full force!"
Yang Jiande shook his head and said: "I just face the edge of the sword under my breath, and I don't dare not to come. How many people can truly donate to the country with sincerity?"
"There are many righteous people who destroy their homes to help people in trouble, just to repay your father's great kindness!"
"What great favor can I do to them? It's just their love for their homeland." Yang Jiande threw away the memorial in his hand, "No need to be comforted, Gu is not unable to face the reality. I just want to...
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He sighed: "The morale of the army and the people is so low. Moreover, Qi is a powerful country and has always been powerful. Although this battle is in our own country, our army cannot hold out for a long time and must win it quickly. If the battle fails even slightly, the mountain may collapse."
The momentum is in an instant."
He is a soldier who knows all the war considerations.
Liu Huai bowed and said: "Your Majesty, hold your sacred heart."
"That's right." Yang Jiande suddenly remembered something and asked: "This time the whole country is working hard for the king, in addition to the city guards coming out in full force, Cangfeng City also recruited 10,000 additional volunteers?"
"yes……"
Yang Jiande nodded: "Cangfeng City has always been a place where food and people are abundant."
Speaking of this, he hesitated a little: "Why do I... seem to have some other impressions of Cangfeng City?"
Liu Huai knew that Yang Jiande was gradually losing human emotions by practicing the Blood Demon Art of Killing Love and Absolute Desire. Being laughed at by Song Guang today and sighing for state affairs was a rare display of emotion.
He thought for a while and then reminded: "The little prince's world building is built there."
"Tianxialou?"
"It's that killer organization."
"Oh, it's the incident where Gu scolded him...is it still there?"
"The inner treasury has not allocated any money. The little prince has subsidized it himself."
"So this time the Cangfeng City Rebels...think about it, he is also hiding among the rebels?"
"It should...should be."
There was silence in the palace for a while.
"Liu Huai."
"The slave is here."
"Go find Xuance and take him away."
"I will make arrangements now."
"It's not an arrangement." Yang Jiande raised his eyes and looked at him: "You have to go in person."
"Your Majesty!" Liu Huai knelt down in front of Yang Jiande: "Your Majesty, please choose someone else. I really don't want to leave at this time!"
Yang Jiande said quietly: "The building is about to collapse. Who can I trust in this deep palace?"
He reached out his hand and patted Liu Huai's shoulder: "You dog slave, if you are going to fight to the death alone, you must let me alone have no worries. Do you understand?"
Liu Huai cried and said: "Slave...take the order!"
"Well..." Yang Jiande seemed to be talking to himself: "There should be something left for him."
At this moment, his emotions seemed to have resisted the erosion of the Blood Demon Kung Fu, and there was an imperceptible softness in his eyes.
Liu Huai knelt on the ground, just crying.
Yang Jiande reached out, opened the royal box, patted and stroked the jade seal in the box.
Finally let it go.
He took off the Panlong Jade Pendant from his waist and placed it in Liu Huai's hand.
Compared with the jade seal, although this jade pendant is exquisite, it has neither power nor sacred meaning. It is actually much more ordinary.
But Liu Huai could understand why Yang Jiande only left this jade pendant to Yang Xuance.
Because the national seal will lead to endless pursuit for Yang Xuance. But no one will care about this jade pendant.
The jade pendant itself has no other meaning, it is just a thought left by a father to his son.
"Your Majesty, do you have anything to say to the little prince?" Liu Huai asked with tears in his eyes.
Yang Jiande leaned back on the dragon chair, as if he was very tired, and waved his hands, indicating that he didn't need to say anything.
Liu Huai carried the Panlong Jade Pendant and nothing else, and hurried out of the hall and left the palace.
But Yang Jiande sat alone in the main hall and was silent for a long, long time. Then he suddenly thought of something and said, "Tell Xuance, 'I'm sorry'."
After he finished speaking, he realized that Liu Huai had already left.
"That's all."
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