Xiliang captured Tonghe County, and the three merchant cities began to develop on a large scale. Major chambers of commerce entered Xiliang City. They had previously unified Xiliang City outside the customs, and only brought gold and silver with them.
Gold and silver are not valuable at all compared to other precious items. In Daqian, most of the heavenly materials and earthly treasures can only be purchased using yuan stones.
But under the rule of Xiliang City, they only need to use yuan stones to buy a large amount of materials. Gold and silver are really worthless in front of these materials.
After waiting for a long time outside the customs, various materials were collected without damaging the foundation. The materials harvested this year were more than five times that of previous years. This is something that many people in the chamber of commerce could not imagine.
These materials are not ordinary materials. When the quantity of ordinary materials is large, the price will be lower. But these heavenly materials and earthly treasures, even the lowest level spiritual items, will increase in price when the quantity is large.
These materials are always in short supply in Daqian. There are too many people in Daqian. If such a large amount of materials are thrown into Daqian, it will not even make a ripple.
Moreover, the chaos in Daqian has become more and more serious recently. The major sects have more and more demands for Tiancai Dibao. The prices of Tiancai Dibao are also constantly increasing. They only need to bring the materials to Daqian. There is no need to worry about not being able to sell it, there are many people coming to trade waving Yuanshi.
The arrival of these merchants brought a large amount of supplies to Xiliang City. What Li Xiang lacks most now is gold and silver.
The food problem is developing for the better as the Northern and Southern Wildernesses are reclaimed. There are more than 100,000 acres of land in these three areas, which are the food production areas for Xiliang's army.
Such grain production areas will increase as the territory of Xiliang expands and the number of farmers increases.
Jiuyuan County is very suitable for farming, with endless grasslands and intertwined rivers. If we capture those places, Xiliang will not let those places become a wasteland, but will transform those places into farmland.
Jiuyuan County is very large. The combined land of the seven counties is about two-thirds of the size outside the customs. This land is fertile, has dense water networks, and has the best climate in the northwest. It is called Northwest Jiangnan.
This is a great piece of land!
The more food, the stronger Xiliang is. He can recruit more troops. If he captures the entire northwest, and then captures the fortress that blocks the connection between the northwest and the grassland, he will turn the entire northwest into his rear. garden!
If you give him time to develop, even if Daqian comes with all their strength, Xiliang will still be able to fight!
Xiliang is booming, but Jiuyuan County is different. Jiuyuan Palace performed very well in this battle, avoiding the possibility that Jiuyuan City might be breached, and at the same time saving a large number of people. Acropolis troops.
King Jiuyuan gained a lot of hearts after this war, and Luo Tiansheng had no time to care about it. He lost a county and the eighth prince was about to arrive.
What he needs to do now is to arrange the remaining places in Jiuyuan and work hard to train soldiers. The number of soldiers is not better, but also quality. What they lack in the battle with Xiliang City is quality.
No matter how high the quality of their army was, their losses would not be that great.
In addition to training soldiers and farming, we also need to suppress the uprisings caused by Xiliang. Some local tyrants who thought they were good chose to rebel after the army fought against Xiliang.
These clowns who jumped out did not know that they jumped out to give Luo Tiansheng a sigh of relief and sent troops everywhere. This was a good opportunity for political achievements and local management.
He ostensibly controls the entire Jiuyuan County, but he can only really control two or three counties, and the remaining areas are in the hands of local powerful people.
His decree needs to be in line with the interests of these local powerful powers before it can be started and passed, otherwise it will be held back in various ways.
Just when these people jumped out, Luo Tiansheng felt that it was an opportunity. A large number of troops rushed to various places to wipe out the powerful, make final clean-ups for the arrival of the prince, and prepare for the next battle with Xiliang.
They stationed troops near the edge of the grassland and began to buy war horses from some tribes on the grassland. The grassland was in chaos, and most of the tribes united to fight against Da Gan.
But there are some tribes on the grasslands near the border of Daqian who still maintain a family relationship with Daqian. These tribes have a lot of cattle and sheep, and they need to exchange these for various materials and gold and white.
Jiuyuan County is not in short supply of gold and silver. A large amount of gold and silver were spent, and thousands of war horses galloped onto the grassland behind Jiuyuan City.
They have suffered enough without cavalry, and they also need to have their own cavalry. They do not want to be as powerful as the Xiliang cavalry, but they at least need to have Xiliang's cavalry to worry about it.
At the same time, craftsmen from various blacksmith shops were recruited together, and the iron ore from various iron mines were gathered together to forge iron armor, long knives, long swords, and other weapons.
The various changes in Jiuyuan County are seen by Xiliang Xizuo. With the development of Xijiuyuan County, won't they, Xiliang City, not develop?
Three of the five legions came to the pass, and Li Jin led his army to the west. This is the area that Li Xiang wanted to develop a long time ago. The Western world is really good. The pass is a trade with Charlie and others, so let the west Liang has gained a lot, but due to the distance, the two parties can only trade twice a year, so the quantity is a bit small!
What Li Xiang needs is a huge trade route. A steady stream of merchants will come from the Western world and come to the giant city in the Eastern world. The giant city is the place of exchange between the Eastern world and the Western world.
Li Tu led his army to guard the Dark World. The hell creatures in that world seemed to react and knew about the Dark Fortress from the Eastern World, and began to send more hell creatures to attack the Dark Fortress and surrounding areas!
The Dark Fortress is not just a fortress. Long walls extend on both sides to protect the area behind the fortress. Human beings gathered from all over the city are behind the city wall. The wider the city wall, the more places Xiliang soldiers need to guard every time they defend. many.
This requires a general to guard it!
The remaining three people, Water, Wood, and Fire, came to the pass. Li Xiang felt that he and Jiuyuan City would have another battle soon. He would not let Jiuyuan County develop. Jiuyuan County had a huge population and rich resources. , giving Jiuyuan County enough time, he can recruit nearly one million troops.
Xiliang City does not have so much food to recruit so many troops. Sometimes people need to strike first. He is waiting for time, waiting for the trade to end, waiting for the other party to put down their vigilance, and then use a thunderous strike to directly Drive straight in and capture the entire Jiuyuan County.
Your Majesty won't live much longer!
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grassland
"Marshal, what did the Imperial Capital say?" Yu Cheng said in a low voice: "On the grassland, we need cavalry to fight. Infantry alone cannot fight against cavalry!"
Li Zhen's eyes were placed on the lifelike sand table. This was the sand table of the entire Daqian Northland, and the place where they were was just a corner of the sand table.
The armies of both sides were intertwined in the sand table. Neither side was willing to take a step back. Most of the heavy troops from the northern part of the empire gathered here. Behind the grassland, about fifty troops were hanging like a long sword over their heads on the grassland.
The Great Wall Legion and the Far North Legion, these two legions can rush into the grassland at any time, but they dare not. They are indeed powerful, but facing millions of cavalry on the grassland, no matter how powerful they are, they will not be delayed to death by the opponent.
They need a frontal battlefield to buy them time, otherwise they won't dare to fight to the grassland!
"The Royal Cavalry Corps is in the hands of the second prince!" Li Zhen said without raising his head: "They should be in the northeastern region at this time!"
Yu Chengshiyu had a bit of disbelief on his face: "How could the Second Prince be able to command a cavalry regiment!"
Li Zhen chuckled lightly: "There are only a few princes who are normal princes. From the prince to the eighth prince, which one is not the best among people, and which one is not the prince if you put it in front? It's a pity that they are in the same generation!"
"By the way, there is another Ninth Prince with the most terrifying talent. He was taken to practice by the powerful royal family as soon as he was born. No one knows what his state is at this time. But judging from the attention paid to him by the powerful royal family, he is probably the next generation of Daqian. Protector Dragon Prince!"
Apart from being shocked at first, Yu Cheng's expression soon returned to normal: "These have nothing to do with us. I just want to know when the reinforcements will arrive. Do we still need to take back the grassland?"
Li Zhen smiled helplessly after hearing Yu Cheng's words: "This is inextricably related to us. No one from the prince to the prince advocated conquering the grassland. They just want to sit in that position first, and they must first settle down when fighting against foreigners. Inside."
"They want to stabilize the Central Plains before considering the problems of the grasslands and the monster clan in the south. The second prince should have the support of the Zhang family and the Song family in the northeast. After all, Concubine Zhang is a member of the Zhang family, and the Zhang family and the Song family are connected. .”
"The third prince has been operating in Shu for a long time, the fourth prince is guarding the western border, the fifth prince has established the Southeast Navy in the southeast and opened up overseas trade, the sixth prince is unknown to everyone in the East China Sea Islands, and all overseas sects are in his hands. The seventh prince seems to have it. He doesn’t have much power, but his Qingye Xuan has spread all over the country and has a guard team. He may not be able to compete for the throne, but if the other princes want to compete for hegemony, they still need to be on good terms with him."
"The last Eighth Prince, who has been secretly protected by His Majesty for so many years, is finally released. He is released to the northwest, far away from the Central Plains. It seems that he is released and has no power to compete for hegemony. However, Jiuyuan County has a population of nearly 20 million, and There is the Zhao Great Wall Army, which has subdued the northwest forces and trained a million-strong army to watch the endless war in the Central Plains!"
Yu Cheng listened to Li Zhen's words, and he could feel a sense of powerlessness. If it was true as the marshal said, then the grassland would be lost forever.
The major tribes in the grassland cannot unite to fight against them now because there are still many tribes in the grassland that do not agree to leave Daqian. Now is the best time for them to take back the grassland.
"Marshal, if this is really the case, what about us?" Yu Cheng pointed at the defense line deployed: "Is the defense line we have deployed still useful?"
Li Zhen patted Yu Cheng on the shoulder: "Your Majesty will not let us go south. He will give us enough food and armaments to continue fighting with the grassland people. We will not let the grassland people go south to disturb the struggle between the eight princes. If we want to achieve great peace, There needs to be chaos first!”
Just when Li Zhen was in confusion, a scout from outside walked into the tent: "Marshal, there is a letter from the northwest!"
"A letter from the northwest?" Li Zhen thought for a moment. He seemed to have sent a team of people to the northwest to get the letter from the scout.
A thick layer of letters was wrapped in animal skins. He seemed to have sent someone to check Xiliang. The letters inside were one small letter after another, and the one on top was the latest letter.
Li Zhen opened it and saw the battle map between Xiliang and Jiuyuan first. When he opened the map, he could see the constant battle between the red line and the black line.
Along with the information about the war and the reason for the war, Yu Cheng stood on the side and watched secretly. He was about to break through to the top level and his eyesight was very good.
After Li Xiang read the reason for the war, he felt it was a bit ridiculous for some reason. Just because the other party prohibited the opening of trade routes, Li Xiang led his army to violently attack Jiuyuan County. Judging from the fighting between the two sides, Jiuyuan County did not react at first, and Xiliang
The speed of action is too fast.
Even though Li Anlan, the colorful tiger of the Li family in Longxi, led an army to besiege the Black City later, Li Xiang still led the cavalry to attack thousands of miles, cut off the grain roads, attacked the acropolis and forced the Shanjiuyuan City. The Black City, which was originally the main battlefield, was there.
Under the operation of Prime Minister Li, it was no longer the main battlefield, and the troops besieging Black City could only retreat.
The location of the Great Wall Legion's troop dispatch is very good, and it can cut off the Xiliang army's retreat. If the Jiuyuan City troops are more confident and start a counterattack, they may defeat the Xiliang troops.
It is a pity that the army of Jiuyuan County was defeated. Tonghe County and the nearest city of Jiuyuan, the Acropolis also fell into the hands of Xiliang City. The initiative in the war was in the hands of Xiliang City!
Li Zhen, who had no impression of Li Xiang, never thought that Li Xiang had such a brain. If his family members had not used various testing methods to test, Li Zhen was Li Xiang and had not been taken away. He would have suspected it.
It wasn't that his body was taken away by evil spirits from outside the territory, otherwise how could he have such a mind again.
"Marshal, is this Li Xiang your younger son?" When Li Zhen was reading the letter, Yu Cheng was also reading it. Yu Cheng still knew some of Li Zhen's information. The higher the cultivation level, the better the memory. See
You can remember some of the things you have learned in a flash!
"Take it!" Li Zhen didn't answer. He put the letter he had read in Yu Chengzhong and picked up other letters. It seemed that they contained some things the scouts saw in Xiliang and their feelings.
From the letters, Li Zhen can feel some of Xiliang's policies, such as soldiers. The status of soldiers in Xiliang is extremely noble. When seeing soldiers, they must give way, and all soldiers have priority.
Economically, Xiliang has no other taxes except commercial tax. Common people can earn as much as they want. There is no need to pay taxes, and there are huge grain storages.
Most of the places where Xiliang is located are barren mountains and rivers, but the food in Xiliang seems to be endless. There is no need to worry about food reserves. When the army goes out, it is the food prepared by the army itself. When there is a food crisis among the people, Xiliang will release some food.
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There are many secrets in Xiliang, and there is also the title of King of Xiliang...
