Chapter 651 Refraction of the war, the collapse of the well-field system!
Chapter 651: War reflection, the collapse of the well-field system!
Zhu Yan looks like a monkey, with a white head and bare feet. He lives by devouring the energy of killing. Once he appears, it indicates that a war is coming. The appearance of the mythical beast Zhu Yan in the Western Wilderness means that there will be a war in the Western Wilderness.
disaster.
"When did Zhu Yan appear?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, just the day before yesterday, Emperor Mu was arranging his troops and horses, and was ready to go. The countries in the Western Wilderness are also on guard for the invasion of the Xirong barbarians at any time."
"Xirong barbarians invaded? But they suffered a disaster?" Yao Yun is very convinced of the auspiciousness and ominous omens in this world, but he is not superstitious and knows that there must be objective facts behind the auspiciousness and ominous omens. When the Xirong barbarians invade, then
There must be a reason.
Sun Muyue stood up and said: "Your Majesty is wise, I heard that the barbarian countries of Xirong suffered a disaster this year and were short of food, so I came up with the idea of invading the Celestial Kingdom to plunder food. I thought that when the Western Barbarian countries collect food, the war breaks out.
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Yao Yun nodded slightly, remembering that when he had just taken over the Xi Kingdom, he encountered Dongyi invading the territory of the Celestial Dynasty and plundering everywhere. The Xi Kingdom also sent a large army to assist the Wei Kingdom in guarding the city, so he asked:
"Second Elder, will the Emperor call on the Southern Wilderness Kingdoms to send troops to assist the Western Wilderness Kingdoms?"
"If the situation is serious, it is inevitable!" Second Elder Wu Tong said: "However, there is no war in the west at present. The Emperor Mu will naturally not raise troops and mobilize the masses. Our country of Xi just needs to wait and see what happens."
Yao Yun was extremely emotional when he heard this. This world is really full of disasters. On one side it is peaceful, with good weather and good harvests, but on the other side there are frequent disasters and people are in dire straits.
Compared with the barbarians from all directions, the Zhuxia Dynasty was a giant. In normal times, the barbarians from all directions would not dare invade and harass them. However, when faced with a life-and-death crisis, they would often become crazy and desperate.
Fortunately, the war took place in the west, so there was no danger of war between Nanhuang and Xi Kingdom for the time being.
There are many people with this kind of mentality of watching the fun, so there is no sense of urgency in the Phoenix Palace that the war is coming. Among them, the bald dragon even said with emotion: "In this war, the biggest winner is the mythical beast Zhu Yan. After a great battle,
His divine power must have greatly increased, comparable to this dragon's years of hard work."
Yao Yun gave a wry smile and did not make too many comments. The Xia Dynasties are one and the same in any case. Their lips are dead and their teeth are cold. The countries in the Western Wilderness are in trouble. If the situation is urgent, the countries in the Southern Wilderness will inevitably be dragged into the water.
If possible, no one wants a fierce war to break out.
After some discussion, he retired from the court and the officials dispersed.
Yao Yun dealt with government affairs for another half day, and after reviewing the memorials piled up in Tushan, he went straight to Qingqiu Palace. No matter how chaotic it was outside, in Yao Yun's eyes, the most important thing was Liusu's mother and daughter.
After spending a night of tenderness with Liusu Ershan, Yao Yun went to court in high spirits.
The next day, Hu Yi's men brought the latest news from China.
[Your Majesty, the countries of the Western Wilderness are currently at war, and the situation is quite tense. The Emperor has ordered the six major cloud divisions under his command to approach the Western Wilderness countries and assist them in their defense! 】
Five days later, another news came that the Xirong army was aggressively invading the countries in the Western Wilderness, and a war was about to break out.
Dozens of ghosts and gods from the Xirong barbarians came to fight, and an unprecedented battle broke out between the two sides.
Emperor Mu personally took action and joined forces with the powerful gods under his command to break the formation of the Quan Rong gods and kill the three ghosts and gods. The Yunshi under his command also showed his sharpness. The countries of the Western Wilderness fought hard to resist the invasion, killing the Xirong army and retreating one after another.
In less than half a month, the main force of the Xirong army was repulsed. Many Xirong barbarians fled in all directions, not daring to scratch the beard of the Celestial Tiger.
The Celestial Dynasty won a rare victory, but the mythical beast Zhu Yan still did not leave. Although the main army of Xirong retreated, the killing and looting did not end. The crazy Xirong barbarians dispersed and split up to plunder everywhere in the Western Wilderness countries.
Loot supplies.
The Xia Dynasties were not afraid of a head-on confrontation with the Xirong army, but they were worried about the crazy burning, killing and looting of the Xirong barbarian Qi masters.
As a result, the Western Wilderness countries began to frantically encircle and suppress the strong barbarians who broke into the Xia Dynasty, just like whack-a-mole, beating the strong barbarian Qi refiners whenever they showed up, and they were tired of dealing with them.
The people in the big cities are relatively good, protected by city defense formations, protected by the army, and safe. However, the people in the vast rural towns are miserable. Not only are they being looted, but they are often robbed, and their lives and deaths are at risk.
into the control of others.
Emperor Mu, the emperor, was greatly angered and led the nine divisions of the Yun Division [nine elite divisions of the fifth grade] to fight back against the Xirong barbarians. They were unstoppable along the way, tit for tat, and destroyed two Xirong kingdoms.
However, just when everyone thought that the emperor was going to destroy all the Western countries in one fell swoop, the Celestial Empire and the Xirong reached a reconciliation, and each side took a step back, stopped fighting, and rested.
This result was very unexpected, and the princes of the world were greatly puzzled. Now the emperor, Emperor Mu, has firmly established himself as the emperor. His cultivation is at the peak of his power, his supernatural powers are vast, and the nine great cloud masters under his command are unparalleled in the world.
This time we broke into the hinterland of Xirong and were victorious all the way. Why not hit Xirong with one heavy blow?
Not only the princes in the world are confused, but also Yao Yun, the second elder and others are quite confused. As the saying goes, taking advantage of his illness to kill him, barbarians like the Xirong kingdoms who live by plundering will be killed in a short time if they don't hit them hard.
They will come back and invade the borders of China year after year.
So Yao Yun ordered an investigation into the reason why the emperor stopped fighting.
Soon, intelligence news came from Hu Yi, and everyone knew that the reason why Emperor Mu stopped was because he was short of food. The Nine Cloud Masters were in short supply of food and had no choice but to stop.
This result shocked everyone.
When Xirong went to war with the other countries in the Western Wasteland, food had been harvested in various places, and Xi State had another bumper harvest, so it paid tribute in full and did not owe any grain.
"I didn't expect that the final problem still came from food and grass. Every time I failed to conquer the barbarians from all directions in the past, it was for this reason." The second elder was quite sad.
The bald dragon puzzled: "The Crown Prince contributed the art of iron smelting and the farming skills of the Xi Kingdom. The food of the Celestial Empire has increased a lot compared with previous years. Why is the Celestial Empire still short of food? It seems that the situation has become more serious in recent years. The food production
The more people there are, the more food the empire will be short of? What’s the truth?”
"Uncle Long, this is very simple. The other princes did not provide enough food like us. Except for the Xi Kingdom, the royal fields in many princely countries were either abandoned or the grain production was reduced.
No exception, with iron tools, a family can farm without the need for thousands of people to work together to cultivate the land. As a result, in order to seek profits, people in the world naturally cultivate private fields privately on a large scale and do not want to work on public fields!"
After experiencing the initial surprise, Yao Yun thought carefully and immediately understood the reason why the Celestial Empire had clearly increased its grain production and had a bumper harvest this year, but the Emperor was short of food.
It can be said that this was all indirectly caused by the art of iron-making, and this was also the beginning of the collapse of the minefield system.