When Liu Zheng returned to his house, he saw a person who looked slightly familiar, but he couldn't remember who this person was.
At this time, Liu Dahao, Ying Rong and other officials looked solemn.
Even Manager Zhou who was staying in Liangzhou had a murderous look on his face.
When he saw Liu Zheng back, Manager Zhou exclaimed: "Oh, my Liu Zhizhou, you are back, something big has happened!"
Liu Zheng frowned and asked, "What's going on?"
At this time, I saw the slightly familiar person kneeling down with a bang and wailing loudly: "Liu Zhizhou, his subordinate is Shu Wangfuzhou Tongniu Guishan!"
Shuzhou?
Something happened in Sichuan?
Liu Zheng felt something in his heart and said quickly: "If you have anything to say, tell me quickly."
Niu Guishan howled: "Liu Zhizhou, half a month ago, the southern barbarians from Dianzhou colluded with the Jiaozhi aliens to raid Jiangzhou in the middle of Shu. An army of 300,000 people pressed down on the border! Jiangzhou was defeated and all the people were in ruins. The king of Shu went to the expedition in person, but was seriously injured.
Shuzhong is in danger!"
"What?"
Liu Zheng's expression changed drastically.
Who would have thought that something like this would happen when the Yuan Festival is approaching. Over the years, the southern part of the Longyan Dynasty has actually been very stable.
South Vietnam invaded from time to time, but mostly on a small scale.
Because the terrain in central Sichuan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, others who want to attack cities and seize territory often end up losing more than they gain. This makes central Sichuan a land of abundance since ancient times. First, the environment is indeed suitable for crop growth, and second, there are few people intruding.
So that the people within the jurisdiction can live and work in peace and contentment.
Everyone knows that Sichuan is prosperous and peaceful.
In other words, being a prince in Shu is sometimes more enjoyable than being the emperor of the Longyan Dynasty. Of course, being a prince is fine. If you want to conquer the world, Shu is also restricted by the dangerous environment.
It's hard to get in, and naturally it's hard to get out, so this place in Shuzhong has become aloof from the world.
Because they were far away from the orthodoxy of the Central Plains, the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period ended in failure in the end.
at this time.
The Longyan Dynasty is decayed internally and surrounded by powerful enemies from outside.
For example, the Xiongnu, Qiang people, Japanese pirates, and southern barbarians are collectively called the four barbarians.
In fact, because of the natural barrier in the middle of Shu, the threat from the Southern Barbarians was the smallest. However, I did not expect that in the past few days, the Xiongnu and Qiang people who were ready to move had not made any moves. Instead, the Southern Barbarians unexpectedly invaded with an army of 300,000!
Liu Dahao sighed from the side: "Zheng'er, the locust plague in Dianzhou this year must have affected the harvest, so..."
Liu Zheng nodded after hearing this.
Dianzhou.
This is actually Yunnan in later generations. There are many ethnic minorities in this land, and the sense of belonging to the Longyan Dynasty has not been very strong. When the Longyan Dynasty was strong, it set up a prefecture to take charge of Dianzhou.
But later, one of the governors died of poisonous insects.
From then on, local people served as governors. This time, Dianzhou violated the Longyan Dynasty. However, Dianzhou was obviously much smarter than the Western Regions.
On the surface, I still bow to your Longyan Dynasty.
They come to pay tribute every year, and then take away a large number of rewards.
But secretly, they rob when they don't have enough to eat, and rob when they see good things. Bandit habits have never changed. However, these southern barbarians have always only made small troubles.
However......
This summer, the locust plague spread across Dianzhou, which directly caused the harvest to drop by 80%. It seems that Dianzhou was running out of food, so it took the risk.
but......
What does this have to do with you?
Liu Zheng looked at Niu Guishan.
Before Niu Guishan could speak, Liu Dahao smiled bitterly and said: "Son, the main road of the Grand Canal in the middle section of Shu is in Jiangzhou. On the day the Nanman attacked the city, they killed 30,000 craftsmen who were attacking the Grand Canal!
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"What?"
Liu Zheng's expression changed drastically and he stood up suddenly.
After the old emperor Xie Tianyao issued a nationwide support for the construction of the Grand Canal, the first one to bear the brunt was the Western Region section, which was being excavated at a very fast pace, and the Liangzhou section, which was just in full swing, as well as the Hanzhong section, which was also started by an old acquaintance, and the Shuzhong section
The Jialing River is of course the most important link in the Grand Canal.
Fortunately, the several contacts with the King of Shu, although they were all military encounters, in the end they still cherished each other.
With the emperor's order, the King of Shu had no objection to the Grand Canal.
Recently, the Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce has just sent a shopkeeper to take charge of this matter. The shopkeeper, who brought Yinzhou coins, seemed to be anxious to get the craftsmen started and was about to start construction, but the city was breached by this southern barbarian...
The land of Jiangzhou is the main thoroughfare of the Jialing River, specifically Chongqing in later generations. The river passes through Jiangzhou, then to Yong'an, and then to Jingzhou. The land of Jiangdong is a waterway. At this point, the Grand Canal can truly connect the north and south of Longyan.
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If Jiangzhou is lost, the entire Grand Canal project will be affected.
"so what?"
Liu Zheng took a deep breath and his eyes flashed.
Niu Guishan continued to cry: "Liu Zhizhou, in the battle of Jiangzhou, the King of Shu fell into a treacherous trick and lost 150,000 Shu troops. This, this, this..."
Everyone present could not help but gasp.
According to the laws of the Longyan Dynasty, each major state can only have a maximum of 300,000 troops.