"Ah?! Shu Longzi was kidnapped by Jiangyin Zhongha?!"
"Your Majesty! That's it! The envoy sent by Jiangyin Zhongha is in the country!"
"What...what should we do? But the Wu Kingdom wants to conquer the west again?!"
"Here comes Qunshu, Zhi Gongshu Jian and Jiangyin Zhongha."
"Ying Jian?!"
"Exactly!"
"call……"
The old monarch lightly wiped the sweat on his forehead. Since it was Ying Jian, he felt a little more relaxed. It was normal for the Yan family to have revenge and complaints.
And soon news came that the surrounding countries and the right-hand man of the fierce man from Wu seemed to have sent envoys. No one was left behind.
This made the old monarch even more relieved. At least it seemed that Li Jie, the son of Jiangyin, had no intention of taking Qunshu away directly.
There should be no thoughts of the old monster of Wu State in it, it is purely Ying Jian’s personal vendetta.
"I ordered you to treat me kindly."
"Hi!"
Yan's Qunshu's response, "Hi" is the same as "Hey", which means "yes". Unlike many big countries, although Qunshu is relatively backward, it does not require "the name of the emperor and his ministers".
It is also a pretty good place for fugitive political prisoners from Chu and Chu to come here to hide their names and make a living.
After all, when you reach the land of Qunshu, you can reach the Six Kingdoms to the north, and you can go over the mountains and ridges to the land of Huaisi at any time.
Six of the seven countries in Qunshu received envoys. Shaha's reputation was not small. In addition to Gou Chen, the king of Wu, and Li Jie, a fierce man in Jiangyin, he also had many "daring martyrs" in the land of Qunshu.
"Fans" of the samurai class.
At this time, the nobles in Qunshu Land already knew that Li Jie went north to fight against the Song Dynasty to support this little friend from Yangguo, and the goodwill they had inadvertently generated doubled.
This time, although Shah destroyed the Shulong Kingdom in one day, the territory of the Shulong Kingdom is still there, and the countrymen and savages are all there, even the king and the nobles have been kidnapped.
, I’m really...so happy.
What's wrong with dividing up territory legally?!
Even if the Shulong Kingdom marries with other countries, is that a problem? At most, it should be more gentle when eating.
It's just that this territory was conquered by Shah after all. In theory, Shah has the final say on how to allocate it, Li Jie has the final say, and Gou Chen has the final say.
Shaha helped avenge Ying Jian's personal grudge. Ying Jian was Shaha's friend, and Shaha was indeed an upright gentleman.
After the Shulong Kingdom was destroyed in one day, the international environment of the Qunshu Land suddenly changed, and the original atmosphere of love and killing was completely gone.
There is a strange consciousness pervading both inside and outside the Yan clan. Some Yan clan have already considered joining the "Sukabule" plan and then heading north to Biyang Kingdom to make a living.
As long as he can win gold in the battle against the Song Dynasty in the north, it no longer matters whether he returns to serve his country or not.
These sons of the public clan originally had no hope of continuing to rise. Some were even losers in the competition for the king, and were in a state of "semi-exile" in the barren land. Now they have a chance to make a comeback, and their whole mentality has changed.
huge change.
"Gentlemen! What do you think of the fighting power of Jiangyin City?!"
"Strong army!"
"Strong army!"
"Jiangyin Zhongha is so fierce that even the Chu State has not seen many of them. However, such brave people are just the minions of the Wu State's fierce men..."
"good."
The fringe figures of the Yan clan from neighboring countries all gathered together. These "little characters" who were originally related to each other had an extremely ruthless but common thought at this moment.
"I once heard that there is the country of Tan in the north. After the old king passed the throne, the new king wanted to donate his land to the country of Wu..."
"Tan country?"
"The old gentleman who abdicated the throne was named Tan Zhuangzi."
"If this is the case, wouldn't the territory of Wu State reach the Central Plains?"
"Have you never been to the Central Plains at this moment?"
Jianghuai and the Kingdom of Qunshu had frequent exchanges, and the Wu Kingdom's Northern Expedition and Western Expedition could not be bypassed or concealed from them. When the Chu Kingdom marched eastward, they attacked from the mountain pass that had just been named "Han Yi". At that time, the Chu Kingdom
In the country, the boat divisions are not developed, and the most powerful ones are the mausoleum divisions belonging to each feudal lord.
Naturally, military operations on land cannot be hidden from the country of Qunshu.
However, the subsequent development exceeded the imagination of the country of Qunshu, because the Wu State not only won the defense war, but also directly pushed back to the heart of the Chu State, causing the Chu State to move its capital one after another, and the Wu State to continuously attack Ying.
All.
After the State of Wu retreated, the entire vast area along the river became a buffer zone between Wu and Chu. The country of Qunshu quickly entered a subtle period of shock, and the change of kings was more diligent than changing clothes. Today it is still
The dog of Wu will become the cat of Chu tomorrow.
Therefore, some of the public elites of the previous generation put forward a bold suggestion, either to completely surrender to the Chu State or to completely join the Wu State.
Only in this way can the descendants of our clan be preserved intact.
Even if you can move away, whether it is to Gusu or Yingdu, the safety of three or five generations will not be a problem.
However, this was an unthinking proposal that the monarch could not accept.
Now Ying Jian's personal revenge has created an opportunity, allowing the marginalized elites of the Kingdom of Qunshu to see the unprecedented power of the Wu Kingdom.
Moreover, this power seems to have nothing to do with the old traditions of Wu State.
"Do you think Jiang Yinzi will win or lose this time when he goes north to fight against the Song Dynasty?"
"A strong man will win."
"I also believe that the strong man will win, but the Song Dynasty has a favorable geographical location. It is summer now, it is not winter, and the weather is also in the Song Dynasty. Even if the strong man commands a hundred thousand troops, even if he wins... it will be a tragic victory."
"With Jiangyin Zhongha's fierceness, if the strong man is not confident that he will win, how can he not be involved?"
"rational."
"good."
"Needless to say, this time Jiangyin Zhongha goes north to join the strong man, we will recruit all the children in the clan and use them for his use. If the strong man wins, we will also win."
"good!"
All the "little characters" of the Yan family suddenly made up their minds. It is never that simple to live peacefully in another place.
The Gusu Wangji area can be so peaceful because it is the result of the southern and northern wars.
Even so, the Wuhu savages were only recently "annihilated" by Gusu, with the help of Li Jie, otherwise those "Nansha" savages would continue to roam.
Some nobles in Qunshu Land have already anticipated the changes that may occur in the Kingdom of Wu. The replacement of old and new kings will definitely bring about certain political turmoil.
The associated social changes will be an opportunity.
The most stable place in the entire Wu Kingdom was not the Gusu Wangji area, but the Jiangyin city that Li Jie had risen to power in a short period of time.
The big nobles looked down upon "Sand Country", and the small nobles were not qualified to get involved. So once chaos arose, the countrymen, savages, and even ordinary warriors would naturally flee to this area.
This kind of deduction is the "extrapolation of others" by the elites of Qunshu. They themselves seek advantages and avoid disadvantages in this way, so how can others be too abnormal?
It's just that the two generations of marginalized elites in Qunshu want to have a foundation for their own lives. The biggest thing they can get out of this "foundation" is nothing more than "Tan Jun offers soil".
"I heard that Jiangyin Zhongha wants to recruit 'righteous men' in Qunshu, Chao, and Liu places. Can you make a decision?"
"Rise up as a disciple and respond to Zhongha!"
"good!"
"Great kindness!"
He originally planned to stay on the banks of the Qunshu River for two days before returning with the loot, but according to the "Sukabule" plan, Shah also had to complete the task of recruiting "rabble" in the land of Qunshu.
The local "rabble" is divided into two parts. One part is the soldiers responsible for shouting "666", and the other part is the slave workers.
The number of the latter, the indicator given by Li Jie is not high. It is probably enough to redeem two or three thousand people. With Jiangyin's boat transport capacity, there are only so many that can be allocated to Shah for the time being. Most of the time, walking
The boats on Hangou were all used to transport military supplies, especially grain.
However, the plan could not keep up with the changes. Shaha thought that it would be too troublesome to buy two to three thousand people. Seeing that Ying Jian wanted revenge, he simply found an excuse to destroy the Shulong Kingdom.
Anyway, he has the right to fight. If he doesn't use it at this time, it will become invalid upon expiration.
To destroy the Shulong Kingdom, let alone two or three thousand people, even twenty or thirty thousand people seemed to be enough.
Then Shaha thought, there are already twenty or thirty thousand people anyway, why not recruit more? So he sent envoys to the other six families in the Seven Kingdoms of Qunshu.
The original purpose of sending the envoy was to recruit people, and it did not mean to warn the country of Qunshu.
But I never expected that after doing this, the effect would be even more astonishing. The countries of Qunshu were dormant and did not dare to make trouble. There were not even nobles who grinned and wanted to fight with Shah. All the officials pretended to be dead.
The dog pretends not to see.
So, while Shaha was enjoying how well the "Sukabule" plan had been completed, Ying Jian looked at Shaha with a dark face, who had just come back to rest for a short time.
"Zhongha!"
"Ajian has something to do with me?"
"Sending envoys to other countries, isn't it to scare them?"
"No, I just wanted to recruit manpower. Shou Li said that we need manpower to transport military supplies this time, and they are recruiting people in Huaiyi. I just thought that since I am here, I will recruit some..."
"..."
Ying Jian's face trembled. He didn't know what to say. This guy with a big head and muscles always had a performance that made people laugh or cry.
"call……"
Ying Jian let out a breath, then raised his head to face Shaha, "Do you know how many people in Qunshu Country have responded to Zhongha's call and are willing to go north to fight against the Song Dynasty?"
"This has nothing to do with me."
Shaha looked at Ying Jian with a matter-of-fact expression and said with some confusion, "I just follow orders. People in Qunshu can go if they want to follow, and stay if they don't want to. Anyway, I just want to complete the task assigned by Shou Li."
Shaha, who was talking more and more like Li Jie, made Yingjian hold back a mouthful of old blood, and almost died of internal injuries. After finally recovering, Yingjian, whose face turned red and white, glared at Shaha and shouted: "Two
More than 100,000 people! More than 200,000 people from Qunshu Seven Kingdoms, Zong Kingdom, Six Kingdoms, Chao Kingdom, and large and small Pu tribes responded, Zhongha, can you take them all away?!"
"More than two hundred thousand...how much is it? A lot?"
Shaha tugged his fingers. He knew that there were hundreds of thousands, he had also learned the decimal system very seriously, and he had mastered the four arithmetic operations. But he had no intuitive concept, and he had not really calculated more than 200,000 or hundreds of thousands.
Millions.
In Shah's eyes, if there are more people, then there are more people. If there are more people, just make less and share it more, right?
"..."
Looking at Shaha's fat face, which looked so innocent and ignorant, Ying Jian couldn't even get angry, and finally smiled: "Forget it, Zhongha, there are many people here who are willing to go north to fight against the Song Dynasty.
Just go there on your own, right?"
"Yes, do you still need to ask?"
"..."
If it weren't for the certainty that he could not defeat Shaha, Ying Jian would really want to fight Shaha to the death!
Shaha always felt that Ying Jian was a bit weird. Why should he be so nervous and excited for such a simple thing?
If you respond to the call to go north to fight against the Song Dynasty, then go ahead. Do you think you still need me to pay travel expenses and provide food? This is impossible.
Besides, even when the King of Suzhou went on an expedition, those warriors brought their own weapons, equipment and emergency rations. Even their military uniforms were provided by their families for the warriors from wealthy families. How could they wait for distribution from above?
The weapons and equipment distributed above are not only old, but also poorly maintained. They may have to be recycled after being used once.
So normally, when you go out to fight, of course you have to bring your own dry food and weapons and equipment.
As for why Jiangyin-eup is special?
Because Shou Li is special. Shou Li is ordered by heaven, which is awesome.
In the end, Ying Jian never set foot on the land of his hometown, and did not even go to see his fellow villagers. He actually had no attachment to the people and things of the Shulong people in the past.
Even revenge does not have such an intense pleasure, but Ying Jian is more looking forward to the results of the "Ma Se Fake" plan. At this moment, on the Hangou, there is an endless stream of small boats, and the transport team under the banner of King Master is almost
Squeezing out the entire Wu State's transportation capacity.
It's a pity that Hangou is a canal developed out of simplicity, and its transportation capacity is really limited, otherwise the scale would be even larger.
"Suka Bulie" talks about Shaha and Ying Jian every day. After they won a big victory in the land of Qunshu, they immediately divided their troops into two groups. Shaha took the "people of Qunshu" who brought their own dry food.
The stream flows straight down first to Hangou, and then goes north to "Mokou".
The size of the entire army was quite large. In order to appease Jiangyin Zhongha, the Kingdom of Qunshu brought out a large number of boats, with more than 2,000 boats of various shapes.
It can be said that it directly emptied the wealth of the Qunshu countries. Two thousand ships would require at least three generations of monarchs, and someone would have to maintain the boats for a long time to have such a wealth.
These ships cannot enter the sea. Only large ships can undertake traveling in the Yangtze River. The other small ships can only sail in inland rivers.
However, this time when they went north to fight against the Song Dynasty, the main force of transportation was small boats and even things like bamboo rafts and wooden rafts.
At this moment, Jiangyin City is doing everything possible to squeeze out transportation capacity. A large number of craftsmen have been recruited from inside and outside Yinxiang, and they are all building ships.
In order to aid Yinxiang, a large number of craftsmen from Gusu came to support under the king's order. Even the Jia family who fled Tangyi also supported one or two hundred craftsmen out of goodwill.
Jiangyin-eup originally built ponds and dams and opened up several water villages in the area along the river, but now it has been quickly transformed into a shipyard.
It's just that the scale of the shipyard is a bit small, and it can only build small transport ships.
"Madam, there is good news coming from Qunshu!"
Miss Shang had a big belly and was wearing a pair of white socks. She stepped on the floor with a slightly dull sound, probably because she had gained weight.
Dan, who was practicing calligraphy, heard the sound, put down the pen in his hand, and said angrily: "You have to walk more carefully when you are pregnant."
Shang Xiaomei smiled, but it didn't matter. She handed over the news in her hand: "Madam, Zhong Ha won a great victory, and Uncle Gong's sword has returned with the harvest. There are many captives now. In addition to women, there are also
There is the king of Shulong Kingdom."
The text on the message was also in simplified Chinese. Dan could understand it clearly. After reading it, Dan was a little surprised: "What does Gongshu Jian mean by asking me to set an example for Jiangyin and go to Gusu to offer prisoners?"
"Exactly! This is a great thing, madam!"
Shang Xiaomei's wonderful eyes flashed, and she analyzed with Dan, "The king is old, and he wanted to pass on the throne to the young master. Now what the young master has done in the hometown of Xu State is nothing more than 'Wu Jin Mutual King'. Originally, the king was a safe plan.
, there will be no more wars. I think the matter of opening up the territory will be left to the Young Master."
After a pause, Shang Xiaomei said to Dan again: "It's just that Tan Zhuangzi had the intention to donate land last year. This matter is a legacy left to the young master. If Biyang country can be preserved, Biyangzi Yujun will also
It must be included with the request."
"So, Young Master's achievements are enough?"
"That's the way it is."
Shang Xiaomei smiled and said, "Madam, think about it, the young master has already owned the Tan Kingdom and the Biyang Kingdom. How can he need the land of Qunshu? But the king is different. He is old now, but he can still achieve such a great victory.
It can be said that you will show off your power for a lifetime!”
"Did Shang Ji teach me?"
"I think what the king is thinking about is what happens after his death. If future generations mention the current king and call him 'Mighty King', they will definitely be happy."
The posthumous title was not important to the previous kings of Wu, because none of the previous kings of Wu had achieved the current authority.
But the old monster now is different, he is really majestic.
However, no matter how majestic the old monster is, he did not follow King Mu of Zhou's example and call himself "Mu" when he was alive.
No matter how crazy the old monster is, he doesn't think he can compare with King Mu of Zhou. King Mu of Zhou had some military successes and losses, but in terms of expanding the influence of the Zhou Dynasty, he was too strong to say anything.
Wu's continuous expansion was also based on the entire system of the Zhou Dynasty.
Patriarchal law, etiquette, tribute, enfeoffment...the Wu Kingdom was not on the same level compared to the peak period of the Wu Kingdom and even the Zhou Dynasty that had just begun to decline.
Up to now, Wu State is only a southeastern hegemon.
But the Emperor of Zhou is the "king of the world" and the "lord of the country".
The long-term overlord could only bow his head in front of the "King of the World". The princes of the world began to completely abandon the Emperor of Zhou. It didn't take long, that is, during the period of King Zhou Dao.
"As a woman, how dare I get involved in politics?"
"The king is in power, but my wife is the wife appointed by the king, and she can be called the Prime Minister!"
After saying this, Miss Shang's beautiful eyes twinkled, "Nowadays, there is a wise woman in the wild who offers prisoners to give advice and calls the king 'Weijiahai Nei'. It is a beautiful talk!"