"General! Your Majesty has arrived in the territory of Bart Country and has started a war with King Bart!"
"General! Your Majesty has recaptured King Bart! He is heading towards their capital!"
"General! Your Majesty has started a war with Anxi!"
"General! Your Majesty has defeated Anxi and is chasing their defeated troops!"
Zhou Yafu was sitting in Fahrenheit City, feeling numb as he listened to the scouts' reports.
He should have thought a long time ago that His Majesty, who needed four or five people to guard him in Chang'an, could not be guarded outside the Great Wall now... He had just picked up his brother, and His Majesty had already gone to rest, even if there were scouts at the next moment.
He wouldn't be surprised if he walked in and told him that His Majesty has begun war with Rome... The two main generals currently around Liu Chang are Lu Tazhi and Xia Houzao. Obviously, these two cannot complete the marking.
Zhou Shengzhi sat aside blankly, "Rest in peace???"
"Why did Your Majesty want to fight the Parthians??"
Zhou Yafu narrowed his eyes, "Your Majesty probably wants to control the body poison and is afraid of disturbing the rest, so he gave a slight warning. It seems that the Bart Country will become a temporary barrier for the big man..."
Zhou Shengzhi looked at Zhou Yafu complicatedly, he couldn't understand what his brother was saying at all.
"Before His Majesty comes back, we can start preparations for actual control of various places in the body... The first is the city-states along the coast in the south... Since the sea route is more convenient, it will probably be convenient to control them."
"Brother...please go to the Hanci Province in the north now...The Taiwei is sitting there. You can tell him the relevant information about the sea route and let the Taiwei start preparing for intervention and control of the various countries...
This matter still requires the Taiwei to personally come forward, otherwise the temple will never agree to such behavior... If the Taiwei comes forward, everything will be easier to handle."
Zhou Shengzhi stood up helplessly, "Wei."
Today's expeditionary army is divided into four points and one line. Xiting Kingdom is the logistics storage point, and the people in charge are Zhang Buyi and Xia Houying. Peacock's Hanci Province is the core command point, and the people in charge are Han Xin, Zhou Bo, and Chai Wu.
Fahrenheit City is an intelligence collection point. The person in charge is Zhou Yafu. Liu Chang is a separate combat point. The four points are connected in a straight line and work closely with each other. This is the confidence that Liu Chang can kill on the front line, no matter which point is missing.
, it is impossible for him to fight so smoothly.
After his brother left, Zhou Yafu once again summoned the little kings in the city.
These kings from all over the world are waiting here with fear for His Majesty's return.
Zhou Yafu held a banquet to entertain them, and by the way told the story of Liu Chang's recovery of the Butte Kingdom and the defeat of the Parthian army.
From the Maurya King to the little monarchs from all over the world, there are indescribable smiles on their faces at this moment.
They were even happier than Zhou Yafu when they heard the news of Liu Chang's victory.
"Our Majesty is invincible! Who are the Parthians? Are they worthy of fighting us??"
A king said proudly.
Zhou Yafu suddenly understood why Your Majesty wanted to personally attack Shendu... The thinking of these people was completely different from that of the big man. They were all defeated by Your Majesty, but just because they were defeated by Your Majesty first, they felt that they were more powerful.
After being ranked higher, he subconsciously bound himself to His Majesty and began to express his disdain for the Parthians. There are four places where Liu Chang is most loyal to Liu Chang in various places in the Han Dynasty. One is the people of Tang State. Needless to say the reason, and the other is the people of Guanzhong.
, Needless to say, the other two, one is a common people of Chu, and the other is a common people of Bashu.
The reason for this situation is mainly because the superstition in these two areas is very strong. They will worship all those who are not ordinary people or things, and Liu Chang is one of them.
The superstitious color of Shendu is not weaker than that of Chu and Bashu in the Han Dynasty. Many of Liu Chang's actions are comparable to miracles. After he came to Shendu in person, these miracles became more and more outrageous. He seemed to have already
He became the new hero in Shendu's mouth, and his reputation surpassed that of Ashoka. Ashoka's reputation in Shendu was very great, but his reputation was not that good... Because Ashoka spent the rest of his life supporting the Buddha Sect and suppressing Brahmins.
In order to eliminate caste, he promoted many lowly people and expelled the Brahmin high priests... Before the Regicide, the Maurya Empire was based on the Buddha religion.
Zhou Yafu carefully looked at every noble in front of him. As the intelligence chief on the current battlefield, he must fully understand these people. This job is not something ordinary people can do. He must select useful ones from the chaotic battlefield.
Only Zhou Yafu could do this, and Zhou Bo could not do this. Zhou Bo was more interested in collecting heads than collecting intelligence.
Zhou Yafu spoke again: "The Parthians did not care about life and death and provoked Your Majesty, so the entire army was annihilated... Only those who obey Your Majesty's will can receive rewards and blessings, while those who disobey His Majesty's edict will die without a burial place..."
.Please let everyone know.”
The faces of the kings changed and they immediately agreed with smiles.
At the same time, in the capital of Bart, King Dmitry was holding a grand banquet to celebrate this victory.
Liu Chang sat on his throne, but no one thought it was inappropriate.
His ministers sat on both sides, and the king sat on his left side. The two of them were laughing and talking about something.
"Your Majesty is so domineering!!! When you lifted the prisoner with one hand, he was almost scared out of his wits... You asked him to go back and tell King Anxi that he didn't have to rush to the East, you would go find him yourself.
When he was there, he was so frightened that he couldn't even breathe..."
Xiahou Zao asked suspiciously: "Isn't it because His Majesty grabbed his throat that he couldn't breathe?"
Lu Tazhi smiled bitterly and whispered: "Drink your wine!"
Xiahou Zao complained displeasedly: "Your Majesty has changed. In the past, when he captured prisoners, he wanted to give me military merit... Now he is rich and wants to let the prisoners go..."
Aledoja said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is a conspiracy. He let those Parthians go. After these people go back, they will bring the reputation of Your Majesty and the East with them... It can have a deterrent effect...
If the King of Anxi is not stupid, he will not come here again easily... The elite of the Anxi Kingdom originally only numbered over one hundred thousand, but they suddenly lost 30%..."
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"If you ask me, it would be better to cut off the ears of those Parthian people and send them to the Parthian King. This would be a greater shock."
Ali shook his head, "Your Majesty has already said that the King of Parthia is a very tough person. If you humiliate him like this, he will definitely summon all the troops and kill directly here... We only have more than 10,000 troops. If
If the Parthian invades in full force, they will have to defend the city and the cavalry will not be able to play its role...The Parthian people's combat effectiveness is still not weak."
Xia Houzao was a little angry, "If you have time to learn these things, can't you learn elegant dialect? Your Qi accent is even more authentic than that of Prime Minister Cao..."
The three of them chatted in low voices.
Liu Chang, on the other hand, was drinking with Dmitri. At this moment, Dmitri no longer had the previous reluctance... The sudden appearance of the Parthians made him suddenly realize that he was sandwiched between two empires.
, if he does not find a backer, then his country will definitely perish. No matter what, it will be divided between the two empires. Then this place will become a battlefield for them to fight, with countless casualties. As the Huns said, if not
Having to choose between the two as his opponent, Demi also chose the Parthians as his opponent.
This Parthian defeat made him even more convinced that his choice was correct.
"Your Majesty...please rest assured, I will build fortifications along the road. As long as I am alive, the Parthians will not be able to go any further...I will keep them out of the castle!"
"Hahaha, I appointed you as the governor of Bart because of my trust in you... I believe you can stop them. If you can't, I will cook you!!"
Liu Chang said loudly.
Dmitry was not afraid. As he followed Liu Chang for a long time, he got to know his character. He was indeed cruel, liked to hit people, unreasonable and arrogant, but, it would be easy to get along with him.
He would treat his subordinates as friends, and he even gave small gifts to several of his children. This was a king worth following, and anyway, he was a more worthy person to follow than King Parthia.
"I leave the things here to you...I still have to go back. I have to do a lot of things in Shendu. You have to always pay attention to what's going on over there!"
"only!!"
........
Liu Chang led the army back in a mighty manner. The military expenses and food for the expedition to Butte were all paid by poisonous people. This allowed Liu Chang to find a new path. Instead of spending so much food every time he summoned the army to go on an expedition, why?
Why not simply garrison Shendu? Wouldn't it be better to let Shendu people be responsible for the food issues of the garrison and then rotate them? The opening of the sea route has shortened the distance between the two countries. Going from the south to the Shendu garrison is better than going from the south to the garrison.
It was much faster for Xia Guo to guard the border.
On the way back, Liu Chang was also thinking about how to deal with the poisonous people next.
In this regard, Ali is considered an expert.
In this battle, Ali made great achievements, killing seventeen people, including a Parthian general.
An'an sent seven generals, but Liu Chang hacked four to death and captured one, Ali killed one, and Xiahou Zao killed one.
This is immeasurable damage to Anxi. Soldiers can be replenished, but generals are hard to come by.
If Liu Chang's generals on an expedition suffered such casualties, Liu Chang would go crazy.
But the Parthian King would not, because he did not have such strength. The Parthian Kingdom had just defeated its old enemy, and it had not yet risen into that huge empire. It was just a prototype. They still had many enemies. If they were to attack the east with all their strength, they would wait for the west.
Let's go to their hometown.
With Ali's merits, it would be no problem to be granted the title of Marquis. Of course, the food fiefs would certainly not be too many. He could probably get the people of one pavilion as a food fief.
"Your Majesty wants to cure the poison..."
Aledoja was silent for a long time, "It's difficult to deal with. The disease is too serious and goes deep into the bone marrow... There is no way to cure it."
"No matter how much energy and money your Majesty invests, I'm afraid it will all be in vain."
"Oh? I sent officials to govern them. Can't the officials of the Han Dynasty still be unable to cure them?"
"When the Xiongnu kings were still alive, they sent officials to govern the place... However, if they wanted to govern the place, they had to get the support of the nobles. Without the support of the nobles, none of their policies could be implemented...
But what kind of good policy can the nobles support?"
"It's difficult to move forward... Wealth and land are almost all in the hands of these nobles. The common people are their tenants and dare not disobey them... Their words are more effective than the king's words at the bottom..."
The situation described by Ali is like a country where land annexation has reached its peak. A small number of high castes control all the social wealth, so that "the imperial power does not go to the countryside" or even "the imperial power does not leave the palace". They have a monopoly
Everything that can be monopolized... In Aledoja's view, there is no way to govern here at all. As long as the nobles come and do not support or oppose, the temple will have no choice, even barbarians like the Huns.
, holding a knife to force them to support has no effect.
In the end, even the Huns began to collude with the nobles and became the new poisonous nobles, which is ridiculous to say.
Liu Chang squinted his eyes and nodded from time to time.
When they returned to Fahrenheit City, tens of thousands of people came to greet him.
These are kings and nobles from all over the world. Their eyes are crazy at the moment, staring at the tall figure in the distance. They seem to have accepted their fate. Their resistance is not serious. After seeing Liu Chang's strength, they
They took the initiative to integrate themselves into Liu Chang's forces, or in other words, they integrated Liu Chang into their own system. Everyone is a noble, there is no need to fight and kill, you will be your emperor, and I will be my noble.
, wouldn’t it be great if we go together to oppress those low-caste animals?
Many people say that the history of body poisoning is that they continue to conquer those who conquer them.
Their caste system is one of the worst systems in human history. Classifying people is the greatest insult to independent people. But the strength of this system is that it can assimilate any conquerors who come here. Some people say
Whenever a conqueror comes, the caste will change. The conqueror becomes the new high caste, and the rest move to the next one... Actually, that's not entirely true. Those who are next to the next caste are usually the lower class, and those upper-level nobles are not here.
Within the scope, because the new conquerors need their help... so they will form a new ruling class with the new conquerors, and the oppressed people will always be those people.
The nobles here don't care who the person above them is.
And under their enslavement education, the people have forgotten what resistance is. Of course, this is not the case for all, and Ali is a special case.
At this moment, these nobles were eagerly staring at the victorious emperor. They all regarded him as one of their own and regarded him as a new high caste.
But Ali next to Liu Chang looked a bit annoying.
But it doesn't matter, as long as it doesn't interfere with yourself.
Liu Chang was also staring at them. He suddenly thought, if he directly ordered the knights to kill here and beheaded all the more than 10,000 people here, would the body poison be able to be cured?
Of course, this is just one of Liu Chang's many unreliable ideas.
Zhou Yafu led Liu Chang into the city and said as he walked: "The Taiwei was very angry... He did not agree with doing anything to An An... My brother was almost tortured... Fortunately, I thought of this,
I didn’t go to deliver the letter in person..."
Liu Chang pursed his lips and said, "You are quite proud..."
"Your Majesty is still too impatient. You should report it to the Lieutenant."
"Whatever, I won anyway."
"The lieutenant is on his way... he will arrive here in ten days."
Liu Chang was stunned, his face no longer so proud, "Why is he so eager?"
"He was worried that the Han Dynasty would fall into a war with the Parthia... Just this expedition alone has made it difficult for the Han Dynasty's treasury to support... Years of accumulation have been lost... If there is another long-term confrontation with the Parthia...
.I’m afraid there’s going to be a big problem.”
The local nobles handed over their gifts with flattering faces, expressing their allegiance to Liu Chang from now on, but Liu Chang did not pay attention to these people.
He is thinking very seriously about the problem of body poisoning.
Zhou Yafu's idea is very simple. Zhou Yafu believes that body poisoning should not be treated.
Let Shendu maintain the original system and send officials to collect taxes. Let their princes continue to do what they did before, maintain local peace, and let them continuously transfuse blood to the Han. The Han does not need to pay any cost of rule.
It can easily make up for the losses caused by the war.
This is the mainstream thinking in North Korea and China.
Liu Chang also asked other people for their ideas, and Lu Tazhi also had his own ideas. He felt that a county should be established here and directly under the actual jurisdiction of the Han... This was too difficult.
It cannot be controlled by counties and counties, it can only be controlled by vassal states, let alone here?
As for Xiahou Zao, Liu Chang did not ask him.
Han Xin arrived here quickly, followed by Zhou Bo and Zhou Shengzhi.
Although Han Xin looked very angry, he still gave Liu Chang face in front of everyone and did not beat him.
Liu Chang was also cautious and prepared to escape at any time.
In the early stage of this battle, Han Xin's thinking was still carried out. After Baicheng was defeated, the war broke away from Han Xin's command. Liu Chang began to enter Huashi City on his own initiative and ran to fight with the Parthians.
What Han Xin was angry about was not that Liu Chang went to fight An An, but that he didn't wait for his order.
As an emperor, he actually disobeys the orders of his ministers? How unbecoming! Is this emperor planning to rebel?!
Liu Chang sat in the upper position, but Han Xin sitting next to him felt more imposing.
Sitting next to Han Xin, Liu Chang's aura immediately shrank, and he looked a little restrained.
Aledoja looked at this scene in surprise and asked in a low voice: "Is this the emperor's father?"
Xiahou Zao almost laughed out loud and blinked at him.
"Master, as soon as I came here, the local high priest came to me... They told me the meaning of Brahman... saying that we were all first created by Brahma and are nobler than anyone else.
...Their purpose is for us to continue to use their teachings to control physical poisoning..."
Liu Chang spoke seriously.
Han Xin asked curiously: "Then how did you answer?"
Liu Chang pointed to the distance.
Han Xin turned around and saw four people hanging on the beams in the distance. They were all tied up and their mouths were gagged. They were swinging around under the roof beams.
ps: I'm really sorry... My child has been hospitalized for the past few days... I have to have a minor surgery after the new year, so the update is not timely... Please bear with me and wish you all a Happy New Year. I probably didn't have time to write the second chapter.