Chapter Five Hundred and Fifty Eighth: You Lost in the West to Make Up for the East?
The three of them chatted for a while about the affairs of Taile Palace and decided on the official position of Qin Jianjia and Taileqing. Qin Yu mentioned another acquaintance.
"Your Majesty, Zhen Jiubing has also come to Jiang Jing, and she also wants to serve your Majesty. However, she once worked as a Taoist priest in a place called Tai Chi Temple for ten years, and she also knows Xuan Miao..."
Qin Yu recounted Zhen Jiubing's experience at the Tai Chi Temple.
Hearing this, Jiang Yao fell into deep thought again.
Sure enough, Zuodaomen's activities are becoming more and more public?
What is the origin of that Taoist nun named Yuqing Taiji Fengtian Emperor?
The Taoist scriptures mentioned by Zhen Jiubing are obviously the heretical doctrines that were strictly prohibited by the immortal dynasties in ancient times.
Those so-called Taoist scriptures that defy heaven and achieve enlightenment, live forever, and control the world are all heresies.
Jiang Yao stopped thinking about it and withdrew his thoughts and said: "Jiu Bing is also my old friend, so let her serve as Jing Zhaoyin. I will see her again after a while."
As soon as Zhen Jiubing arrived, he gave Jing Zhaoyin an important position. This was not only for Qin Yu's sake, but also because Zhen Jiubing was his old friend.
"In this case, I will thank Your Majesty on behalf of Bing'er." Qin Yu said with a smile.
He recommended Zhen Jiubing mainly out of public concern. Not only was he the Secretary of the Ming Dynasty, he was secretly a member of the Ming Dynasty clan, so of course he had to consider the Ming Dynasty.
Jiang Yao was also very happy. With the addition of Zhen Jiubing, there was another strong Martial Saint.
After settling Zhen Jiubing, the three of them talked about military affairs.
Now, the Western Region Reform has been completed, and the Southern Region Reform has also been carried out for half a year, which can be said to be in full swing. The rest is mainly military affairs.
This is also the top priority of the Ming Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has just calculated the numbers. The third batch of Wuzong recruits in the Western Region is 150,000, and Wuzhen's 10,000 recruits have all been recruited."
"The first batch of 300,000 Wuzong recruits and 20,000 Wuzhen recruits in the Southern Region have also been recruited. This latest batch of recruits will take at least five years to develop basic military formations."
Reported by Qin Yu.
It took five years to develop the basic battle domain using military formations, which was actually very fast.
Jiang Yao shook his head, "Five years is a long time. Give them all the military spirit and battle water and let them train hard for three years. Within three years, they must be put to great use!"
He decided to use up all the military soul war water.
"When the military souls and water are distributed, the thirty thousand heavy cavalry will be divided more." Jiang Yao did not forget to remind him.
Currently, there are still 30,000 Feilong City heavy cavalry Wu Zhen recruits undergoing intensive training.
This brought the number of Ming heavy cavalry to more than 40,000!
For this reason, Jiang Yao almost consumed all the demon wish power in the demon seal.
"Don't worry, my lord." Qin Yu had already made a plan, "I have already made a plan. The other recruits will get one cup, and the heavy cavalry will get two cups."
Qin Que frowned and said: "Your Majesty, the more than 30,000 demon cattle you want are still short of a lot of fairy alfalfa. It will be difficult for them to successfully upgrade within a few years."
Jiang Yao asked puzzledly: "How come there is no fairy alfalfa? Didn't Yingsu and her daughter help you cultivate a lot of it before?"
Qin Yu sighed and spread his hands, "The fairy alfalfa won't grow big anymore. Your Majesty used Shennong's Whip to induce birth last time, and it had an effect, but now it doesn't grow anymore."
"If the fairy alfalfa doesn't grow big, what will my tens of thousands of pigs eat? It's impossible to upgrade the pigs within a few years."
Qin Que is usually careless and careless, which seems unreliable, but when he gets down to business, he is very reliable.
Jiang Yao understood, "The ranch lacks spiritual veins?"
Qin Que nodded, "Yes, the fairy spirit veins are about to be used up. The fairy spirit veins consumed by the growth of fairy alfalfa are amazing, and a small fairy spirit vein needs to be implanted in the pasture."
Jiang Yao and Qin Que frowned together.
Because the Ming Dynasty no longer has immortal spiritual veins.
Immortal spiritual veins and spiritual mines are two different things.
Very few people can possess such things as fairy spirit veins, and they are all small.
"Your Majesty, can you ask Zhou Lord Yu Kuan for it?" Qin Yu pointed to the west, "She is His Majesty's person anyway, and what she owns belongs to His Majesty, isn't it?"
"I feel that Yu Yan probably has this thing called the Immortal Spiritual Vein."
Jiang Yao looked at Qin Yu with sympathetic eyes. Zizhou, if Yu Yan knew what you were thinking, you would be in trouble.
Does Yu Yan have it?
The answer is yes.
The entire Void Sea is under her control, and she has become the leader of the Void Sea Sect Alliance. How can she not have fairy spiritual veins?
Not to mention small ones, there may even be medium-sized ones.
Will Yu Yan give it?
Even if it is a strategic material of inestimable value such as fairy spirit veins, she will definitely give it to her as long as she opens her mouth.
She has never been stingy about ginger medicine.
But Yu Kuan also knew Jiang Yao's character well, and knew that now that the two countries were hostile, Jiang Yao would not take the initiative to ask for such strategic resources.
If she opens her mouth, she will not refuse, but she will definitely guess that someone has an idea.
"Zizhou, if I ask Yu Yan for it, with her intelligence, she will probably guess that it was you who came up with the idea. Have you thought about it?" Jiang Yao said with a half-smile.
Qin Yu's smile immediately felt a little forced, "Well, why didn't Your Majesty say it was the princess and the queen mother's intention?"
"She will definitely not pay attention to my humble words. But if it is the intention of the queen mother and princess, she will definitely pay attention to it."
Jiang Yao took out the communication bead and said with a smile, "Zizhou, we can try it."
After saying that, he sent a message to Yu Kuan: "Kuan'er, I now lack a small fairy spirit vein. Xiucheng said you should have it."
Soon, Yu Yan replied: "Is this what Xiucheng means? She asked you to ask me for the fairy spirit vein?"
"Based on what I know about you, if you mentioned Xiucheng deliberately, it was not Xiucheng's idea. Who are you covering up for? Qin Zizhou?"
"Did he say that what's mine is yours?"
Jiang Yao showed Yu Yan's reply to Qin Yu, "How is it? Did I say it right?"
Qin Yu's face turned pale, "I don't care, as long as she can get the fairy spirit vein, she will blame me, and I don't care, haha."
Jiang Yao couldn't help laughing when he heard this.
He continued to reply: "So, should Kuan'er give it or not?"
Yu Kuan replied: "Last year, you defeated the Qing army in the southern region. You used heavy cavalry that was not available in other countries. The mount you used turned out to be a demon ox."
"This thing cannot be used as a heavy riding mount unless you have a demon seal, a strong beast master, and a farmer saint."
"Well, your Aunt Xing is at your place, right? So, Yao'er, you want the fairy spirit veins to cultivate fairy alfalfa? Only in this way can the demon cow be upgraded as soon as possible..."
This time, even Jiang Yao's face turned a little pale.
Okay. I guessed that the Demon Sealing Seal was in my hand, and I also guessed that the fairy spiritual veins I wanted were related to the heavy cavalry.
Emperor Ming could only answer bravely: "Oh, Master Yan is really smart. Yes, I am doing it just for the fairy alfalfa."
Yu Kuan replied: "Yao'er, am I going to give you the fairy spirit veins, let you cultivate fairy alfalfa to feed the beasts, and then train more heavy cavalry to destroy me, the Great Zhou Dynasty?"
"Haha, Yao'er, I am the Lord of Zhou! How stupid do you think I am to let you train more heavy cavalry to destroy Zhou?"
Jiang Yao's smile was a little forced, and she felt a little embarrassed under the gazes of Qin Yu and Qin Que.
"So, how can Kuan'er give me the fairy spirit vein?" Jiang Yao asked straightforwardly.
He didn't believe that Yu Kuan would really reject this 'soft rice' from him.
Yu Yan replied: "It's easy to handle, as long as you make a promise."
‘You promise not to use heavy cavalry against Da Zhou. This is only fair. Otherwise, why would I do this? I’m not stupid.”
Jiang Yao thought for a while, "But this fairy spirit vein is used to form new heavy cavalry. Before the Ming Dynasty, there were already more than 10,000 heavy cavalry."
Yu Kuan said: "Okay. For the sake of fairness, once Zhou Ming starts the war, you can only invest 10,000 heavy cavalry."
Jiang Yao immediately replied: "Deal!"
Yu Kuan said: "I will come to celebrate your birthday in a while and give you the Immortal Spiritual Vein. Huh, except for me, who else will be so kind to you and even give you the Immortal Spiritual Vein."
"I don't have a medium-sized fairy spirit vein, only a small one, which should be enough for you."
"By the way, saying hello to Qin Yu is a good thing for me to remember him, haha."
Jiang Yao received the communication bead and said, "Okay, the matter of the fairy spirit vein has been resolved."
Qin Que clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is still awesome! He almost got the immortal spirit vein with a few words. When I have 40,000 flying dragon cities in the Ming Dynasty, who in the world can stop me!"
Jiang Yao smiled and said: "Zizhou, now our army has added new soldiers, the latest statistics are how many people are there? Not counting the ghost soldiers and the beast army."
Qin Yu said: "Whether old or new, plus the reorganized rebels and surrendered troops, the total number of Wu Zong soldiers is 1,472,000; Wuzhen soldiers are 120,500; Wushen soldiers are 9,220."
"There is also a Thousand Immortals Team composed of martial immortals, but there are actually only more than 700 martial immortals, and more than 80% of them are from the divine sect."
"There are fifty-six strong martial saints in the army, and more than 80% of them are from the divine religion."
Listening to Qin Yu's report, it seems that the Ming army is extremely powerful. Wuzong's army alone is as large as 1.5 million!
But only Jiang Yaojunchen himself knew the quality of this number.
There were only 340,000 elite veterans trained by the Ming Dynasty. The remaining more than one million people were almost all recruits who had not completed their training, as well as the surrendered army and the rebel army that had recently been reorganized.
The reform made the average cultivation level of monks in the Ming Dynasty greatly surpass that of other countries, and they could provide more high-quality soldiers.
But to truly integrate combat capabilities, it will take at least several years of hard training.
Fortunately, Jiang Yao has a lot of Yang Jian's military soul fighting water, which can just shorten this training cycle.
"Your Majesty, the Qing army will never give us too much time." Qin Yu said, "The Qing army has received a large number of reinforcements. The number of level three blood demons alone has reached 500,000!"
"There are also Hailu and Charming Tapir. The three major barbarian tribes have greatly increased their support for the Qing Dynasty. Jiang Zhengyi sold his interests in exchange for support, to the point where it can't be increased."
"Moreover, the Charming Tapir Barbarians and the Qing Kingdom have also secretly formed an alliance. Although the Qing Kingdom was defeated in the southern region last year, its military strength has not decreased but increased, and it actually has the strength to attack from two sides."
"Jinyiwei estimates that the Qing army can march westward and northward at the same time, and fight on both sides."
"Our southern region of the Ming Dynasty will face heavy pressure from the Qing army."
When Qin Yu said this, he pointed to the west, "The Biluo tribe plans to surrender to the Sui Dynasty. Although the top leaders of the Gongshan tribe are controlled by the divine religion, the Gongshan tribe has now lost most of its territory and has very little strength left."
"And Liang State was bewitched by Jiang Zhengyi, and finally passed the resolution of losing the west and making up for the east."
Of course Jiang Yao already knew it. But when he heard the words "the West is lost and the East is restored", he still felt murderous intention.
There are now only eighteen states left in the Liang Kingdom, which is about the same size as the Southern Territory.
I think back then, the Liang Kingdom was once the largest country.
However, in just a few years, it has become the smallest country among the eight countries.
It's cool.
The Ming Kingdom, which was originally the smallest, rose to the second-to-last largest.
Losing the west and replenishing the east was a major strategic decision made by the kings and ministers of the Liang Kingdom, which was like gambling on the fate of the country, under the persuasion of the Qing Dynasty.
This means that we should voluntarily give up the territory of the demonic realm that is difficult to protect ourselves from the Sui army's attack, and concentrate all our forces on the Eastern Expedition!
He invaded the Ming Dynasty and occupied the Western Regions.
Then, relying on the resources and geographical advantages of the Western Regions and the help of the Charming Tapir, they fought against the Sui Kingdom and waited for an opportunity to conquer the Liang Kingdom's homeland.
Then, the Qing army captured the southern region. In this way, the two countries of Qing and Liang were connected together, and together with the charming tapirs in the north, the strategic connection between the north and the south was realized.
This is the so-called ‘West is lost and East is restored’!
From Jiang Yao's point of view, it is somewhat similar to the Jin Kingdom's loss of the north and the supplement of the south in Chinese history.
But the Kingdom of Jin was passive. The plan of the Kingdom of Liang was to actively abandon the land of the Eighteen States and enter the Western Regions with all its strength.
This plan was not only for the Liang Kingdom, but also accompanied the Qing army's march north.
Therefore, the Qing's plan was that the Qing would occupy the southern region and the Liang would occupy the western region, but the Qing and Liang would join forces.
"Zi Zhou, tell me your opinion." Jiang Yao sat down.
Qin Yu said: "Your Majesty, it's time for the Gongshan tribe to return to the Ming Dynasty. Now is a good opportunity. The Gongshan tribe has suffered heavy losses. There are charming tapirs in the north and strong Sui in the south."
"After all, we are a human race. Let the Kongshan tribe change its banner and return to the Ming Dynasty at this time, so that the resistance in the tribe will be minimal."
"It's just that after the Kongshan tribe returned to the Ming Dynasty, our Ming Dynasty was bordering the Charming Tapir Army. But as long as we guard Guanshan, we can train our troops."
"But our army took the Qishan tribe and shouldered the important task of resisting the Charming Tapir, and it was able to gain Sui's understanding. Even with the threat of the Charming Tapir's powerful enemy, it was able to temporarily maintain the alliance between the two countries."
"As long as the Gongshan tribe returns to the Ming Dynasty, our army can take advantage of the Gongshan tribe to attack the Liang Kingdom, strike first to gain strength, and join forces with the Sui Kingdom to eliminate the scourge of the Liang Kingdom first!"
"When the Qing Kingdom reacts and the Liang Kingdom has been destroyed, the main force of our army can be transferred to the southern region."
I have to say that Qin Yu's strategy is very clever.
This is actually to use the power of the remnants of Qishan and the Sui State to join forces and attack the Liang State in the shortest possible time.
By the time the Qing army moved north, the main force of the Ming Dynasty had withdrawn from the Demon Realm and could go south to fight against the Qing Dynasty again.
This actually means that there is no chance to create opportunities and there is a strategic time difference.
Jiang Yao's strategy was originally to ask Yang Jian to send troops south, to use the Chu State to resist the Qing Dynasty, and to contain the Qing army from moving north.
Looks very reliable.
But in fact, the problem was given to Yang Jian. Because the Sui Dynasty had a system of aristocratic alliances, major affairs of the Sui court needed to be discussed by all noble ministers, and the Sui emperor could not say anything.
Yang Jian's prestige in the Sui Kingdom is now getting higher and higher. However, the system of the Sui Kingdom determines that he cannot make decisions that go against the collective will of the nobles.
What reason did Yang Jian have for not fighting against his old enemy Liang, who was just around the corner, but instead went south to Chu to help Chu seize chestnuts from the fire, and to go on an expedition against the Qing, which was not bordering the country?
This is not in the interests of the Sui State at all.
Therefore, even if Yang Jian insists on going south to attack the Qing Dynasty via the Chu Kingdom, it will damage his prestige and increase the dissatisfaction of the officials.
Although Qin Yu's strategy is a bit complicated to operate, it is more in line with the interests of the Ming Dynasty, and Yang Jian has no problems.
Jiang Yao paced back and forth, weighing the pros and cons of the two strategies in her mind, and quickly made a decision.
"Okay. I'll tell Xi Sheng immediately and let the Gongshan tribe prepare to return to the Ming Dynasty."
"Zi Zhou, you personally lead the three thousand Martial God Army to the Gongshan Department to help Xi Sheng control the situation."
"Que'er, you are going to gather the army of monsters and beasts, enter the Great Luo Mountain from the void, and capture the Nu Pass of Liang Kingdom within half a month."
"I will personally lead the main force of the army behind me. Within this month, I will pass through Kudu Pass and come to Nuguan to join forces with the beast army!"
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In April of the seventh year of Hongwu, Emperor Ming Jiang Yao issued an edict to restore Taile Palace and appointed Qin Jianjia as Taile Qing.
The Ministry of Rites requested that May 18th be designated as the Wanshou Festival. May 18th this year will be the emperor's 60th birthday.
Emperor Ming agreed.
So, Jiang Yao's sixtieth birthday was decided.
In fact, Jiang Yao is not yet sixty, only fifty-nine years old.
At this time, the three powerful Mahayana warriors dispatched by Yu Kuan, Sun Shadow, Yueying, and Star Shadow, had arrived at the Ming Palace. Jiang Yao was very happy on the surface, but was secretly wary in his heart.
Just when everyone thought Emperor Ming would stay in Jiang Jing to celebrate his sixtieth birthday, Jiang Yao ordered Duanmu Hongdao to lead a 300,000-strong Ming army to patrol the north in the name of patrolling the northwest and frightening the charmed tapirs.
Almost no one knows that Emperor Ming Jiang Yao left the palace and hid in the army and was no longer in the capital.
The Ming army marched hundreds of thousands of miles north, but suddenly turned around and headed west, heading straight towards the Great Luo Mountain!
Destroy the coolness!
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Xuanmao City of Liang Kingdom is the Tokyo of Liang Kingdom.
After Xingkong Tiancheng was captured by the Sui army, Liang Lord Yeyi Xingkong could only lead his army to move eastward, shrink the defense line, and make Tokyo Xuanmao City his capital.
In the past few years, the Sui Kingdom suddenly rose to prominence and relied on powerful tactics to defeat the Liang army several times in a row.
The Liang army suffered heavy losses and was unable to recover. It lost dozens of states in succession and could only huddle in eighteen states in the east.
Now, the Biluo tribe will soon surrender to the Sui Dynasty, and the Liang Kingdom will be even worse.
However, the strength of Liang's army is still not weak. The Mo Zong soldiers still number no less than a million, and they are all veterans.
Although morale is low, the number of troops and horses is here.
After all, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. The Liang Kingdom was once a big country with a vast territory and a large population.
At this time, the atmosphere in the Liang Palace was very solemn. The kings and ministers of the Liang Kingdom all looked determined.
The famous Lord Liang, Ye Yi Xingkong, was sitting on the throne, surrounded by demonic aura.
The vertical eyes between the eyebrows also emit a chilling light that makes people feel heart-stopping.
He looked at a beautiful woman in the hall and said coldly:
"Fellow Taoist Cuirao, I, Daliang, gave up all the territory of the Demon Realm and conquered the Ming Dynasty in the east. It is a desperate move. I hope the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty will keep his word."
Nurao was good at diplomacy and had always been the "Minister of Communications" of the Qing Dynasty. However, she also had another identity, that is, she was Jiang Zheng's concubine.
This woman once served as an envoy to the Ming Dynasty and was one of the envoys from the six countries who persuaded Jiang Yao to restore ancient books, culture and education.
Her title in the Qing palace was Concubine Cheng. Of course, this title was only for outsiders to see.
Sure enough, Tuorao smiled and said: "Your Majesty, please relax. The foreign minister is called the Concubine Cheng, and he will only be sincere in front of Your Majesty."
"Qingliang and Qing Dynasty have been allies for many years and are connected by the same spirit. The Qing Dynasty will never sit back and watch the defeat of Liang Dynasty and remain indifferent."
"My master said that the soldiers and horses in hand are the most important now. As long as we can keep the army, even if we lose the territory, it will be temporary."
"Now, there are only eighteen states left in Great Liang, and we can no longer fight Yang Sui, because Yang Sui has already gained the upper hand and it is difficult to compete."
"The best choice for Great Liang is to abandon your homeland, march eastward with the entire army, and make up for lost things in the west. Since your majesty has made a decision, you must implement it as soon as possible to avoid long nights and endless dreams."
"The news is that Jiang Yao is now preparing to celebrate his sixtieth birthday. This is a God-given opportunity. Why doesn't Your Majesty use your military prowess as a birthday gift to Jiang Yao?"
Lord Liang Yeyi Xingkong laughed loudly, "Okay! What a birthday gift! Emperor Ming celebrates his birthday, why don't I express my gratitude? Let's use a million troops as his birthday gift."
"Fellow Taoist Cuirao, I will wait for the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty to fulfill his promise and help me destroy the Sui Dynasty."
When he talked about destroying Sui, his expression was very cold, and he obviously hated Yang Sui deeply.
It was Yang Sui who completely defeated Daliang, occupied the city of Jun that had been owned by the Yeyi clan for tens of thousands of years, and destroyed Daliang's hegemony of unifying the demonic realm.
Nurao cupped her hands and said, "Without further delay, please Your Majesty to order the Eastern Expedition as soon as possible!"
Yeyi Xingkong was also a generational hero, and he was completely determined at this time.
"... Send an order to secretly mobilize the main force of Da Liang on the western defense line... Within half a month, all the armies must gather in Tokyo... Within one month, they will leave Daluoshan and invade the western regions of the Ming Dynasty!"
"...Tell all the soldiers to use all their energy and energy. As long as they capture the Western Region, they can do whatever they want... The army will not seal its sword for ten days..."
Yeyi Xingkong wanted to use the blood and pain of the Western Region to boost morale and use the profits to inspire the fighting spirit of Sergeant Liang.
The Ming Dynasty is a foreign race, and the soldiers will work harder when fighting.
"According to the order!" In the main hall, the ministers of the Liang Kingdom accepted the order one after another.
Nurao said in a sonorous tone: "As soon as the Daliang Iron Cavalry comes out of Daluo Mountain, I, the Great Lion of the Qing Dynasty, will march north to the southern region and join forces at Fanshan Mountain!"
"Attack the Ming Kingdom from both sides and join forces at Fanshan Mountain!" shouted the ministers of the Liang Kingdom in the hall, all of them with high fighting spirit.
It has been their wish for many years to conquer the Eastern and Western Regions!
Just when the court of Liang Kingdom was dispatching troops and generals, shouting that the troops would be out of the mountains within a month, suddenly a white light flashed, and the Emperor of Liang immediately received a flying message.
When Master Liang saw this flying news, his whole body suddenly became extremely cold, and his expression showed that he could not hide his shock and anger.
"What! The Gongshan tribe can actually bring down the light!"
"The beast army of the Ming army suddenly appeared in Nuguan, Nuguan is in danger!"
"The Emperor Ming's Jiang Yao's banner appeared at Kongshui Crossing, and took advantage of the Gongshan Mountains to go straight to Nuguan Pass?"
"The Sui army suddenly launched a fierce attack on the western front?"
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Liangzhu couldn't help but froze on the spot when he saw these shocking pieces of news.
How could he not know that the other party had already made the first move?
Not only did Jiang Yao strike first, but he also did it so ruthlessly! So quickly!
It's already too late for Da Liang to make up for what he has lost.
"Your Majesty, what happened?" Nurao's heart suddenly skipped a beat when she saw Master Liang's expression.
Yeyi Xingkong showed the communication bead to Changrao with a cold expression. After reading it, Concubine Cheng Cheng of the Qing Dynasty suddenly lost her beauty.
"Isn't Jiang Yao waiting to celebrate his birthday in Jiang Jing? Why, how could he lead an army to suddenly go on a personal expedition?"
"What happened to the Gongshan tribe? Why did they surrender to the foreign Ming country? This..."
Her whole body was in bad shape.
Unexpectedly, before the strategies of the Qing Dynasty and the Liang Dynasty were launched, the damn Jiang Yao actually took action first.
And it is obvious that the Ming Dynasty colluded with the Sui Kingdom this time and wanted to destroy the Liang Dynasty as quickly as possible before the Qing Dynasty made an effective response!
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