There is an isolated city at the northernmost end of Longting Road called Fuli. Less than a hundred miles north of Fuli City is the land of Daxia. In the eyes of the people in Dashangbian County, these elite cavalrymen of Daxia with human faces and animal hearts are just like the border soldiers.

Horse thieves come and go like the wind, but these Daxia cavalry are far more terrifying than the horse thieves. When the horse thieves come, the army will hear the news and drive them away. But if the Daxia cavalry comes, even the surrounding

The soldiers all hid in the city and shivered, not daring to fight.

Two hundred miles further north from Fuli City, there is a city at the southernmost tip of the Daxia Kingdom, called Xiye City. It is said to be a city. Compared with the majestic and tall Fuli City, Xiye City is simply a ruin.

A run-down small county town. The two countries of Dashang and Daxia are not exactly the same. Dashang is called a county or prefecture, while Daxia is called a state. Xiye City is the capital of Xiye State of Daxia.

The population of the Great Shang Kingdom is 40 million, while the population of the Great Xia Kingdom is only over 3 million. It stands to reason that Great Shang has an absolute population advantage and should not be bullied so miserably by Great Xia. But the problem is that although Great Xia only has three

It has a population of more than one million, but there are more than five or six hundred thousand cavalry capable of mounting a horse to fight. It is not an exaggeration to say that almost all the people are soldiers.

Although the Daxia people have built some cities in recent years, they are still not comparable to the Great Shang Dynasty. Generally speaking, they are still nomadic. Daxia people practice riding and shooting when they are children, let alone as adults. It is said that

The combat effectiveness of one Daxia cavalry is approximately equal to that of three Great Shang infantrymen, so Daxia people are called warriors on horseback. Of course, most of the Great Xia merchants probably do not believe that one Daxia cavalry is equal to the combat effectiveness of three Great Shang infantrymen.

Recognize.

Three hundred miles to the north of Xiye City is Helan City, further north is Wending City, and further north is Zhuli City. When we reach a place 1,500 miles away from Fuli City, there is the largest city in Daxia.

There is a city called Beilang City, which is the royal city of Daxia. The style of Beilang City is completely modeled after Great Shang's Yong'an City. However, although the style of this city exists, it is ridiculed by the great businessmen as having no soul.

It's called Turtle City.

In the center of North Wolf City is a palace known as the Forbidden City. This Forbidden City is the imperial palace of the Great Xia Kingdom. It is three miles long from north to south and more than two miles long from east to west. It has a five-foot-high city wall and a moat that is more than ten feet wide.

Like the Forbidden City in Yong'an, the Forbidden City is divided into the outer dynasty and the inner court. The outer dynasty is centered on Jitian Hall, Yingtian Hall and Zongtian Hall, and the inner court is centered on Pilgrimage Palace and Shenlong Palace.

On the occasion of the Great Xia Dynasty meeting, in the Pilgrimage Palace in Beilang City, Modi Shanyu was sitting on an embroidered pier embroidered with a green wolf. The other civil servants and generals, regardless of their official positions, were all sitting on the same embroidered pier.

Sitting around Mo Di Shanyu, there is a big circle in the middle. Those with higher official positions are closer to Mo Di Shanyu, while those with lower official positions are further away from Mo Di. As for whether they are civil servants or military officers, it is not as clear-cut as the Great Shang Dynasty Association.

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The Great Xia Kingdom's court meeting is held every half month. It is slightly different from the Great Shang Kingdom in that both the monarch and his ministers can sit down and discuss matters. When Mo Di Shan was still a prince, he had the ambition to become an emperor. Later, he became stronger

When he had enough, he killed his father and became a Chanyu, proclaiming himself the leader of the country. After becoming the leader of the country, Mo Di greatly strengthened the power of the Chanyu.

Prior to this, the Chanyu of the Great Xia Kingdom was not as powerful as the Great Shang Emperor. The Chanyu was just the leader of the alliance of the tribes in the grasslands. He was not able to appoint and remove the princes under him like the Great Shang Emperor.

They were only nominally bound by the Chanyu. In fact, the Chanyu could not directly mobilize their cavalry. All matters big and small had to be discussed by the tribal leaders before they could make the final decision.

Since Mo Di Shanyu came to power, even the appointment and dismissal of the most distinguished kings of the East and West Houses must be approved by the Shan Yu. This was simply impossible in the previous Daxia. In order to

establish prestige, return

For this reason, he killed a Dongyuan king, who was his half-brother.

However, Modi Shanyu can even kill his own father Hu Sunchanyu, so what does a half-brother mean to him? Modi Shanyu very much believes in the words of Zhang Dongyuan, the mastermind of Dashang.

In other words, those who achieve great things do not care about their family. Therefore, family ties, brothers and sisters are not as real as power in the eyes of Mo Di Shanyu.

At this time, sitting to the left of Mo Di Shanyu was the mastermind Zhang Dongyuan. The thin Zhang Dongyuan was squinting his eyes, wrapped in a mink fur, holding his hands on his sleeves, with an expression that seemed to be sleeping but not sleeping, at the court meeting in Daxia.

, the only one who can be so unserious without being blamed is Zhang Dongyuan. In the past few years, the civil and military officials in Daxia have become accustomed to this guy's face, and they are no longer surprised. It is hard for him, in such a hot summer

Still wrapped in thick mink fur.

At this time, the news that the Great Xia Swordsman Mission lost to the martial arts people of Dashan had spread back. There was a sound of dissatisfaction inside and outside the Great Xia royal court. Many officials also believed that this was purely a case of using one's own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths.

, you’ll be damned if you don’t lose!

Na Shiyu, the arrogant-looking King of the East Courtyard, sat on the right hand side of Mo Di Shanyu and cursed angrily: "What a bunch of rubbish! They are known as the elites of the martial arts in Daxia, but even a few martial arts people from the Great Shang Kingdom did it.

Uncertain! Especially Tuweiba and Murong Guanfeng, the two of them couldn’t defeat that little brat from the Tang family even though they worked together! The face of my brave warriors in Great Xia has been completely disgraced by these trash!"

Far further away than Na Shi Yu and Mo Di Shanyu was the right minister Al Mihu. Al Mihu was one of the few people in court who wore a hat instead of a bonnet. He was one of the few scholars in Daxia.

Almi suddenly rolled his eyes disdainfully and said sarcastically: "You just stand and talk without back pain. I heard people say that the brat from the Tang family is not very skilled in martial arts. If it were you, the king of the East Campus, who would be the best,

You will only lose worse!"

When Shi Yu heard this, he was about to have a fit when Murong Tongling, the king of the Western Courtyard, spoke angrily. Murong Tongling was born with supernatural powers, had long hair and bare feet, and wielded a pair of big maces. He was known as the second warrior of the Great Xia Kingdom.

Among the kings of Daxia who believed in the supremacy of force, their words had considerable weight, second only to a few people such as Zhang Dongyuan and Na Shi Yu.

Murong Tongling stared at his big eyes, "Almihu, you scholars are just not good at it! I can only use words to ask you to do something all day long. You only know how to collect holy soil, curses, and curses."

What's the use? If you just sit here and curse every day, Dashang's gang of birdies won't lose a hair! If you let me do this, I will lead the cavalry to trample them all the way, and use the big stick to do it.

!What a little brat from the Tang family, you’ll get nothing but meat when you hit him with a mace! I heard that he had two beautiful women, so I snatched them both! He also took away the throne of the Great Shang Emperor, let our

The Great Chanyu will be the greatest king in the world!"

Almi suddenly turned livid with anger, "What a reckless move! He knows how to fight and kill all day long. The Great Shang has a large country and many cities. No matter how elite our cavalry in Great Xia is, how many cities can they capture? Even if they capture it,

How many cities can we hold? We are a nation on horseback and cannot farm or do business. What is the use of cities? Now the experience of the Swordsman Mission has proved that it is impossible to conquer the Great Shang by force alone.

!We just need to grab it, that’s enough!”

At that moment, several officials agreed with Al Mihu's words, and Hong Tiezhu, the lord of Zhuli City, even said loudly: "Yes, in terms of population, our Daxia is not as good as one-tenth of Dashang. If we compete for population, we will only be

Losing the war, grabbing and leaving is the consistent strategy of us Daxia people! Anyway, if we want something, we just go to the cities of Dashang to rob it! Their things are ours!"

Mo Di Shanyu

Obviously he was very dissatisfied with these quarrels that were repeated day after day, but there seemed to be no better way. Mo Di suddenly moved his eyelids and asked: "Zhang Dongyuan, what do you think of this matter? We sent out

Now that the mission has tested the depths of Dashang’s martial arts world, what should be the next step? Is the curse technique feasible?"

Only then did Zhang Dongyuan open his squinted eyes, with a wolf-like light shining out of his triangular eyes, "Great Chanyu, I believe that when the Xia and Shang countries are at war, it will definitely not be possible to rely solely on the wizard's curse. More than three hundred years ago,

The Rongdi tribe in our north once used witchcraft to curse the Yanhan Empire, causing plague to run rampant in more than ten cities in the northern part of the Yanhan Empire and causing all things to wither. As a result, the Yanhan Empire sent more powerful warlocks and established the Luotian Dajiao.

, killed the elite wizards of Rong Di, and the witchcraft of Rong Di declined from then on, and it has only improved a little until today!"

Mo Di Shanyu was a little impatient, "Zhang Dongyuan, you also know that I have never been interested in wizards and warlocks, I just want results. Just tell me directly, what should I do? Directly

How about sending troops to start a war with the merchants? Also, do you want to use this curse technique? Give me a happy word!"

Zhang Dongyuan chuckled, "Dad Chanyu, we in Daxia are mainly nomadic, living in pursuit of water and grass, without a permanent place to live, but the big businessmen are different. They build cities and focus on farming. The slaves think that farming people

They have more advantages than us nomads. When they become stronger, they can also have cavalry and can also be nomadic. However, it is difficult for us nomads to learn their farming. We are like bandits and can only plunder. I think we can adopt

They used a semi-farming and semi-nomadic approach to fight against the big businessmen, and eventually moved towards farming.”

Mo Di Shanyu was a little confused and shook his head, "Zhang Dongyuan, I don't even understand what you said!"

Zhang Dongyuan added: "To put it simply, we nomads do not grow food ourselves. We often have to go to big merchants to plunder, or trade with them, barter, and are restricted by others. If we can grow food ourselves, we will solve the problem.

It's a big logistical problem. If you have a city, you can advance and attack, retreat and defend. You can seize the cities of big merchants, and you can also train talents to manage the country. Gradually cannibalize them, and you won't be called what you are now.

Barbarians. Don’t be afraid of barbarians, just be afraid that barbarians have culture!”

The civil and military officials below began to whisper among themselves, and many of them looked at Zhang Dongyuan with hostility in their eyes. It was obvious that they opposed Zhang Dongyuan's statement, but Zhang Dongyuan, who was still wearing a mink fur in the summer and was thin, had his hands on his sleeves, and was completely indifferent to this. Mo Di

The Shanyu looked around and said angrily: "I think what Zhang Dongyuan said is quite reasonable. If any of you have any objections, you can speak out, or even withdraw. I have no objection, but once I decide something, you

It must be implemented!”

Right Prime Minister Erlin stood up and said loudly: "Da Shanyu, I object to Zhang Dongyuan's statement about farming. We are people who were born and died on horseback. Daxia people live in pursuit of water and grass. This is

According to the will of the Holy Spirit, if I have to farm, I would rather withdraw from this pilgrimage!"

Modi Shanyu nodded, "Erlin, I allow you to withdraw from the court meeting!" Erlin put his left hand on his chest, bowed to salute Modi, then exited the pilgrimage palace and walked away. Modi looked around again,

"Who else among you wants to withdraw from the court meeting?" After looking at each other, a dozen people stood up and left, and then more people left one after another, totaling about one-third of the people attending the court meeting.

After all these people exited the pilgrimage palace, Mo Di's face darkened, he snorted coldly, and said to himself: "These people who are not loyal to me must be eliminated sooner or later!" Zhang Dongyuan listened to Mo Di's words.
Chapter completed!