Chapter Twenty-Nine: Characters
Time seems to be passing slowly!
In the sixteenth year of the Great Han Dynasty, there was no change in the first year of the Great Han Dynasty!
On the 14th day of August (14), in order to make friends from afar and attack closely, the Zhou State sent Cao Bin, the envoy of Xishangmen, to Wu Yueguo. In order to strengthen the relationship www.biquge.info Cao Bin brought 200 sets of steel armor suits used by cavalry, 5,000 sets of iron armor suits used by infantry, and weapons such as swords, guns, swords, halberds, etc., were not counted, and were ready to give them to Qian Hongshu, the king of Wuyue.
Who knew that the fleet had just approached the waters of Hangzhou Bay, and it had encountered five pirate ships mixed in the sea. These pirates are not only extremely arrogant, but also call themselves Pacific pirates, and they don't take Wu Yueguo's naval army seriously at all.
They are closely organized and coordinated, and usually act in seclusion on nearby islands. In recent years, these pirates scattered on the sea have gradually been led by a man named Captain Karma, forming an organization called the Pacific Pirates. There were nearly three or four thousand pirates of all sizes under his command, and the fleet had reached the combat strength of dozens of ships, completely blocking the vast sea area of Wu Yue Kingdom.
Qian Hongshu, the lord of Wuyue Kingdom, naturally heard about it, and sent military ships twice to exterminate this group of pirates. However, not only were the army killed by the arrogant and organized pirates, and in order to deter, these pirates even went ashore to attack the prefecture and county twice, warning Wu and Yue that they would not invade each other. Qian Hongshu had no choice but to let them go, who knew that this kind of thing would happen now.
This Cao Bin is also a famous tiger general in the young generation of Zhou State, surrounded by pirates, although the force is comparable to the leader of the pirates, Captain Aki, but the accompanying soldiers were killed by the pirates.
He had never seen such a powerful and warlike pirate, who was simply a well-trained army. In the end, under the siege of Captain Karma's powerful crossbows, Cao Bin saw that the general situation was gone, so he had to give in with five subordinates.
The triumphant captain Captain Kake did not kill Cao Bin's six people, and dived back to the sea with the trophies and the two boats of Cao Bin and his party. drove Cao Bin's six people to the offshore sea and kicked them into the water, and the six people swam ashore to escape.
After receiving emergency pacification from Wu Yueguo, the lord of the country, Qian Hongshu, was shocked and ordered people to go to the sea to arrest him, and at the same time ordered people to comfort Cao Bin's six people. Of course, Qian Hongshu can only act in front of Cao Bin, and as for arresting, it is naturally just a liar. After comforting Cao Bin and the six people, he then ordered someone to escort Cao Bin and the six people back to Zhou. And through the spread of Cao Bin and others, the Pacific pirates and Captain Karma became famous all over the world.
Previously, because of Li Jingsui, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he was poisoned by Yuan Congfan, the envoy of Zhaoqing Palace, and died on the Gengchen day of August (the second day of the first month), one day earlier than Liu Sheng, the emperor of the Han Kingdom. However, Liu Sheng's obituary arrived in the Tang State first because of important state affairs, and the emperor was greater than the prince after all, so the Tang State was ready to send envoys to Xingwangfu to pay tribute.
But because of the death of the emperor's younger brother, Li Jun, the lord of the Tang Kingdom, did not know the real reason. He felt that his brother had a deep affection, so he ordered someone to come to Xingwangfu to inform him half a month after chasing the emperor's brother.
However, in the territory of the Tang Kingdom, Jiangning Mansion, Jiangdu Mansion, and Hongzhou Mansion, it was rumored that it was the newly entered prince Li Hongyi who instigated Yuan Congfan and killed the emperor's younger brother Li Jingsui.
Because Li Jun, the lord of the Tang Kingdom, was going to pass the throne to the emperor's younger brother, the people of the Tang Kingdom panicked as soon as this rumor came out. And the crown prince Li Hongyi was also not at ease, and privately prepared many private soldiers and dead soldiers just in case.
And Liu Jixing, the new emperor of the Great Han Kingdom, ordered someone to suddenly find Li Hongyi, the prince of the Southern Tang Kingdom, and told him the people behind the scenes of this matter, and Li Hongyi naturally set off a bloody storm in the country.
There was also news that the Zhou State was going to attack the Shu State everywhere, and no one in the Shu State came out to refute the rumors, and people from all over the Shu Kingdom panicked. However, the lord of Shu sent someone to Xingwangfu to discuss with Liu Jixing, saying that he had sent Hu Lizhi to send a letter to Zhou last year, hoping for reconciliation between the two countries. Zhou did not answer himself, but now he wants to attack with momentum, if Zhou attacks his own country, he hopes that the Great Han State can attack Zhou Xingfeng, a Chu land dependent on Zhou, to support him.
Liu Jixing must be happy in his heart, and just as he was about to forge ahead, someone sent an excuse. In front of the envoys of Shu and other envoys of the Xingwang Mansion, he ridiculed the Lord of Shu for wanting to be the lord of the country or the emperor.
Secretly, he asked Song Xing, the envoy of Shu who had not left the Xingwang Mansion, to return to Chengdu, and vaguely conveyed the news that he wanted to attack Zhou Xingfeng. Of course, I hope that Shuzhong can help open up the handover line between the two countries with Chu in the middle, and also randomly start to put pressure on the border between Shuzhong and Hunan.
At the beginning of September of the first year of Dabao, there was no doubt that the envoy of Lin Keguo, a vassal state of Dali, entered the court. Led more than 300 people from the barbarian tribes Puyi, Yelang, and the three kingdoms of the bureaucracy, and the emperor Liu Gang (Liu Jixing) made Xue Yongpi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to greet him ceremoniously.
Emperor Liu Gang of the Han Dynasty agreed to Lin Keguo's request to marry Princess Yihuan of Baiyi next year and form a good relationship with Lin Keguo in Qin and Jin.
At this time, Lin Keguo had actually been reduced to the management of three large ethnic groups, and the head of the country was called the head man, and the people of the time were also called Luo Shi ghosts.
This Baiyi princess Yihuan is actually the head of the current Puyi clan, and her parents are a mixed race of Puyi and the head of the winged country and gave birth to her.
And Lin Keguo (Luo Shi ghost) nominally at this time has also been attached to the Dali country, is a subject country of many ethnic groups in the Dali country, but the territory is vast but poor mountains and bad waters, after the Han conquered the Lingnan West Road, it was closely connected with the Han Dynasty.
Liu Jixing previously ordered the secret party to take action and called a few literati to enter Lin Keguo's development. For more than half a year, these clever literati have played a major role in all aspects.
Now, when Xingwangfu is about to implement the expansion strategy, it really plays a key role in Lin Keguo's country. It not only strengthened the unity of the surrounding forces, but also prompted Liu Jixing to make great progress.
On September 14, the army of the Great Han State successfully borrowed the Daolin Ke State, and after more than 20 days, it reached Qianzhou on the border of Shuzhong.
The sweeping along the route is like a bamboo, and there are not many powerful armed forces in the mountainous areas. Outside the border of Lin Keguo, it occupied a large area of Zhouxingfeng in Hunan, including a lot of land in the four prefectures of Cheng, Hui, Jin, and Xi, and the vanguard troops directly bordered the Nanping border.
Of course, these officers and men of the mountain marines trained by Liu Jixing in the standard way of the special forces of the later army have played a complete advantage in the mountainous areas of the Hunan and Guizhou regions.
Zhou Xingfeng was caught off guard and watched the unstoppable army of the Great Han State along the way, full of mountain bandits and water bandits attached to the Han army, and they occupied the local county government military village under the leadership of the Great Han army. It was even the opening of the warehouse to release grain to eliminate the bullies, and the people rose up to welcome the Han army. It seems that the Han army is the army of benevolence and righteousness, and Zhou Xingfeng knows that he can't do anything, so he can only give an order from the Langzhou Mansion in the town of Wuping Jiedu.
Among them was his sworn brother Zhang Wenbiao, the assassin of Hengzhou, who wanted to cut off the back of this advance force in Quanzhou and Chengzhou, and encircle the entire army in Chu and strangle.
The Shuzhong army also sent troops from Qianzhou from time to time, but unexpectedly found that the Han army not only occupied the border between Shuzhong and Hunan. And immediately there were officials of the Great Han Kingdom, who occupied the county government in the local area, calling on the local people to recognize the regime of the Great Han State and pacify the lives of the local people.
This vanguard force, led by Guo Jing, who was known as the first regiment training envoy in the southwest by the Great Han State, opened up a route connecting the border of Shuzhong in just over half a month.
And the Great Han Kingdom also completely separated Hunan, Shuzhong and Lin Keguo, and this belt of more than 100 miles wide was later called the first road to advance into the Central Plains!
The hedonistic Shu Dynasty did not pay attention to it, and it played a major role in opening up this road for the Great Han Kingdom. Several small countries allied with Lin Ke also remained silent and acquiesced after accepting various food items sent by the Great Han State.
Surprisingly, Dali did not intervene in the actions of the Great Han State, nor did he send anyone to inquire about Lin Keguo's promise.
Liu Gang (Liu Jixing) made the secret party in Chu, Shu, and Lin Ke play a huge role, consolidating and strengthening the control of the first road to the Central Plains. He also sent more than a dozen selected members of the secret party, each leading his own team to steadily strengthen the forces around him, and then gradually advanced into the depths of Hunan.
And the secret party members who had infiltrated Chudi and Hunan launched large and small rebellions and riots in various places, so that Zhou Xingfeng had no energy to suppress them at all.
This first road to the Central Plains is getting wider and wider, and it is becoming more and more stable. With the addition of 3,000 regular army special forces sent by Liu Gang and Liu Jixing, the army that was incorporated from all parts of the occupied area was strengthened. The subordination of the mountain bandits and water bandits launched by the conquests in various places was even more concentrated, and the so-called army on this road reached a staggering nearly 30,000 men.
And the young Guo Jing made an exception and was named the Northwest Road Recruiting Envoy and placed it under Pan Chongche, and then the two assistants around him were also named Deputy Recruiting Envoys.
In the meantime, because Gao Baorong, the king of Nanping, who has always been known for his shamelessness, was intimidated and lobbied by the Zhou State, he constantly sent people to persuade the Shu lord to join the Zhou State. Shuzhong had no choice but to be angry, so he had to secretly turn to Guo Jing, the envoy of the northwest of the Han Dynasty who was active on the border.
As a result, the Great Han Kingdom suddenly sent a team of 2,000 people to cross the river in the rain to attack the county capital on the border of Nanping. The sudden attack not only easily occupied the yamen of the county government, but also made Nanping, who had always been accustomed to seeing the wind and steering, hurry, and even more frightened Gao Baorong did not dare to leave the base.
Because of the leap July of this year, the Qingyuan Jiedu, who had always been attached to the Tang State, suddenly sent Cai Zhongbin to secretly send a message to the Zhou State, saying that he was willing to leave the Tang State and join the Zhou State as a vassal.
The Han State Secret Party accidentally intercepted Cai Zhongbin and knew about it. After Liu Jixing ascended the throne in August, he told the Tang envoys who came to Xingwang's mansion about this, questioning the Tang State to destroy the balance between regions, and asking the Tang State to send troops to conquer and stay in the court.
However, Liu Jixing set out from Chaozhou in mid-September on the grounds that Liucong was destroying the balance of power and stability of neighboring countries, and sent troops to approach the Qingyuan army to question Liu Congxiao, hoping that he would come out to explain the matter.
In Fujian, there are the descendants of other branches of the Wang Dynasty, and the descendants of Wang Yanzheng, who moved to the Tang Kingdom to be the Duke of Anle, and they have sent people to stand up and ask for staying in the court.
Liu Congxiao didn't expect such a big reaction, cursed Cai Zhongbin in his heart, and tried his best to suppress it in the hope of calming down the matter. However, the members of the secret party in various places played an important role, leading people to expose the evil deeds of the Liuxiao group, and even launched attacks on county governments in various places, mobilizing the people to accuse Liuliuxiao of causing the people to fall into the flames of war.
Liu Jixing did not politely let the infantry 10,000, and at the end of September he openly attacked from Chaozhou by land, while the naval army attacked from three directions. In less than a day, the Han army occupied Dongshan Island and Kinmen Island and Xiamen Island (Tong'an County).
Then, with the three islands as a base, he continued to bring in the initially well-trained troops in the country, and even attacked the territory under the jurisdiction of the Qingyuan Army by combining land and water. Of course, most of the land routes were the territory occupied by the Tang State in the past.
Moreover, in less than five days, the naval army and marines of the Han army established a water village military camp to garrison the three islands. In particular, in Tong'an County (Xiamen Island), a 3,000-strong command guard post was established.
The powerful building ship force of the Great Han Kingdom made Liucong go all out to meet the enemy. But he didn't understand why the Han army was very popular with the people. The people welcomed the army wherever they went, and they joined forces to attack the Qingyuan army.
In less than three days, the land Han army had approached thirty miles outside Zhangzhou. Combined with the command guard post established in Tong'an County, the Tang garrison was constantly defeated and the army of the Qingyuan Army was encircled and suppressed, so that the Qingyuan Army was defeated and retreated.
And the most surprising thing is that the generals sent by the army of the Great Han State turned out to be only two unknown Zhi Tingxiao and Li Chengwu.
Zhi Tingxiao was a friend of King Wei when he was a prince, and after adhering to Liu Jixing's wishes, he was reused by Liu Jixing this time. As the coach, Zhi Tingxiao fought from Chaozhou to Zhangzhou by land, and of course he understood that this was not his ability. He acted in accordance with Liu Jixing's wishes, coupled with the leadership of the generals trained by the green battalion, Zhi Ting Xiaochun was invincible all the way, which made him throw himself into the five-body body that Liu Jixing admired.
What made people stunned was that the general who assisted him by the Han waterway turned out to be a civilian official Zhao Cijian. This former Bao'an County Commander, in this military operation, served as the Northeast Envoy of the Han State Naval Army.
At first glance, this official position was invented by the Liu Dynasty, which was good at creation, but with the name of suppressing bandits and pirates, and the role of putting pressure on the Qingyuan army, he entered the territory of Liu's follower, and later made the Tang Kingdom stunned.
Zhao Cijian led a fleet of six buildings in high spirits to encircle Dongshan Island, Kinmen Island, and Tong'an County.
As the supreme commander of the naval army of the Great Han State, Wu Yanrou, the envoy of the Great Han State, only sent a tooth general, Wang Rui, to Zhao Cijian as his deputy. The marines of the Great Han State Naval Army easily broke through all the defensive lines of the Qingyuan Army, which played a major role in Zhi Tingxiao's land offensive.
As the deputy marshal of the land route for this operation, Li Chengwu, who has always studied with the general Wu Xun. At first, he worked at the grassroots level of the army for more than ten years, and was promoted by Emperor Liu Jixing, and followed the general Wu Xun to learn the elephant army, which was reused in just one year.
And he really did not disappoint Emperor Liu Jixing, and led his elephant army with raised eyebrows, so that the formation of the Qingyuan army broke in the wind. He almost drove straight in as the vanguard of the Han army, causing the Qingyuan army to flee in fear.
When Tang Guo finally heard that there was a fleet of six building ships attacking on the sea surface of the Great Han Kingdom, and he couldn't help but want to teach the Qingyuan army a lesson. However, the Tang State was far from being able to catch up with the rapid acquisition of information from the Great Han Kingdom, and by the time they made a move, the purpose of the Great Han Kingdom had already been achieved. Of course, the Tang State still let the Baisheng Jiedu envoy stationed in Longyan, Fujian, and the Yongan Jiedu envoy stationed in Dehua and Dehua, and the small Qingyuan army stayed behind to stay in effect and suffered the enemy on three sides for a time.
It was not that the Qingyuan Army, which had always been good at fighting, was unable to do so, but that the rapid action of the Han army and the tactics of anticipating the enemy's opportunities caught the army command of the Qingyuan Army off guard.
What surprised the army commander of the Qingyuan Army even more was that many natives of Fujian took the initiative to guide the Han army, and destroyed the army garrison of the Qingyuan Army, as well as the spies who confused the Qingyuan Army.
What's more, the combat effectiveness of the Han army also opened the eyes of the Qingyuan army, and these people can often attack a military camp with a dozen or so people, which makes the Qingyuan army really shudder.
And before the army of the Great Han State could reach the army of the Tang State, it had already occupied the city of Zhangzhou. In less than ten days, the territory of the Qingyuan Army had shrunk by one-third.
The strong attack of the naval army on the sea made the Qingyuan army panic even more, and the well-prepared naval army actually took the initiative to attack, obviously wanting to attack Quanzhou, an important city of the Qingyuan army, and left Congxiao to hurriedly send envoys to negotiate with the land commander Zhi Tingxiao and the naval commander Zhao Cijian, and also hurriedly sent people to Xingwangfu to discuss with Liu Jixing.
October in the south passed slowly! Some people feel like time flies, and some people feel like years!
Liu Jixing looked at the unremarkable man in front of him curiously, and he didn't feel the special momentum on his body at all.
But if he can be so admired by Yang Jiong, there must be something extraordinary about him! What's more, in the days to come, Liu Jixing knew that he would go down in history. Although now he is only a high-ranking general under his command, and even the city of Zhangzhou that he has just captured is under his jurisdiction.
Liu Jixing sat there and didn't move, after seeing Xia Qinghou, Pan Chongche, Shi Wu, Yang Jiong, these cattle people, he knew too well that this world was different from his own world, and what he knew was completely two different concepts.
What's more, when he was first washed by the divine stick of Daozun Shi Zhenren, he understood more about the world and some people who chased the way of heaven, although he was confused, although he didn't have too high cultivation, but there were more or less Daozun leftovers on his body, so he looked unfathomable, and sat there waiting for him to say that he would not change!
The man looked at Liu Jixing quietly, without a trace of hostile eyes, and even smiled a little.
He didn't hide the surprise in his eyes: "I heard Brother Yang mention His Majesty several times in the letter!" A certain family has always been curious about what kind of character will make the world-famous sick tiger Yang Jiong so highly admired, and it feels really extraordinary to see His Majesty today! ”
Liu Jixing looked at him noncommittally, naturally he would not be fluttering by what he said in a few words, and said with a slight smile: "General Chen is a well-known person in southern Fujian and even in the world, and he should have a better understanding of the living conditions of the people in southern Fujian, and I feel that I have a view on the entry of the Han army now!" ”
The man said slowly as if contemplatively: "Your Majesty's army does not offend the people at all, which shows that Your Majesty has a good command of the army; The cohesion and loyalty of the army are super strong, which shows that His Majesty has enough self-confidence and super control; This army is the most dynamic army that a certain family has ever seen, and it is no exaggeration to say that it will be the most effective army in a few years. When a certain family goes back to southern Fujian, they will definitely absorb the essence of His Majesty's army, and train the soldiers of the army to which they belong are like an iron wall! He actually laughed! and blatantly told Liu Jixing that he wanted to imitate.
Liu Jixing gently stroked the handle of his dragon chair, and understood what this man meant! I thought a little self-deprecating in my heart, I deserved to be the world-famous little Wenhou Chen Hongjin! It seems that he can't change it now, the fact that he has ruled southern Fujian for more than ten years since then! Unless you destroy the Qingyuan Army or kill him now.
Although I don't know if my actions will change history, if I can destroy the forces in Fujian now, I will be directly bordering Wu Yue and Tang. This time to take advantage of the situation to attack Wuping Jiedu in Hunan, Zhou Xingfeng did not react, as long as this dispatch can train a group of generals, he does not mind changing history.
Seeing that he has no heart to back down, if he does it to him now, I don't know if Yang Jiong and Shi Shao, as well as Changyang and Xie Qiongqi behind him, can leave this celebrity on the list of celebrities!
This man is Chen Hongjin, the famous little Wenhou on the Qiyi list, and it is said that his ranking is still in front of Pan Chongche and Yang Jiong, and he is almost on par with the ghost hand Shiwu. According to Yang Jiong, there will be a battle between him and Shiwu sooner or later, but Liu Jixing doesn't feel that Shiwu has this meaning.
Chen Hongjin seemed to see Liu Jixing's heart, and said with a faint smile: "It is said that the gods and goddesses attach great importance to Your Majesty!" It's true to see it today! His Majesty's cultivation should have broken through the innate realm, and he should be peerless at His Majesty's age! If Your Majesty is a general, you will definitely be able to surpass the cultivation of a certain family in a few years, and Your Majesty should be the top-ranked emperor among the sons of heaven in the world at this time! ”
Liu Jixing's eyes involuntarily looked at Yang Jiong, Yang Jiong looked at himself with a smile and nodded in response.
He seemed to have a good relationship with Chen Hongjin, nodded at Chen Hongjin first, and then said to Liu Jixing: "Brother Chen's cultivation of the sun-shooting magic skill is said to come from ancient times, and a certain family and General Pan also talked about it in the past, if we join forces to stop Brother Chen in this world, we may not be able to leave him behind!" His Majesty's cultivation comes from the guidance of Daozun Immortals, if he strengthens the enemy in the battle for another year or two, maybe Brother Chen will not be His Majesty's opponent in the future! His statement seems to be pointing at Liu Jixing, but in fact it is to warn Liu Jixing not to mess around.
Hearing Yang Jiong say this, Liu Jixing was a little shocked in his heart, he didn't expect this Chen Hongjin to be so powerful, of course he also knew what Yang Jiong meant when he said this! If Chen Hongjin wants to flee for his life, the people here will not be able to keep him, unless it is the Xia Qinghou who does not ask about the world, and I don't know how sure he is. Liu Jixing had no doubt that Xia Qinghou would definitely pay attention to himself with his divine thoughts, especially such a powerful master who came from the palace. But he won't necessarily make a move, after all, he is not in danger!
"If I have the chance, I will definitely ask General Chen for advice! It's just that I don't know what constructive news and sincerity General Chen brought to Xingwangfu this time! I know that I want to be a needle in the coastal and southern parts of the Zhou Kingdom after I stay! Liu Jixing knew that he couldn't do anything, so he naturally took the initiative to change the topic!
"The meaning of staying behind is naturally to hope that Your Majesty will not misunderstand the Qingyuan Army! Because back then, my Min Realm Wang clan was attached to the Tang Kingdom, and at that time, it was only because the Tang Kingdom was undoubtedly the strongest in the Jiangnan Kingdoms! And now Tang Guo himself has been attacked by the Zhou State and has no power to fight back! Thinking that after the Wang clan was annexed, he no longer managed the Fujian realm, and he was worried that if the Tang State himself was demoted to the lord of the country, he would not be able to guarantee the status of the Empress and the Qingyuan army in the Fujian realm, so he sent someone to contact the Zhou State! Chen Hongjin had no expression on his face.
Liu Jixing laughed: "He started in the Central Plains Zhou Kingdom as a feudal town!" It has been 40 years since the founding of the Han Dynasty, and he has never been in the Central Plains, and the general looks at how the army of the Han Dynasty is doing, and how the people of the Xingwang Mansion are living. I think that he was only established in the war of the Zhou State for a few years, and the people couldn't even eat. And now the people of my Great Han Kingdom can do everything with one heart, and he will definitely wave his army north into the Central Plains one day, so why should he go far after staying! The general should also be decisive! ”
Chen Hongjin was undisguised surprise on his face, looked at the resolute look of the young man Liu Jixing, and smiled: "Your Majesty's ambition is not small, a certain family will definitely convey it to the future when they return to Fujian!" He saw it better than anyone else, and although he was surprised, he didn't show too much.
"The general can rest assured! If you lead the Qingyuan army to join my Han Kingdom after staying! I must make him the hereditary king of southern Fujian, and even the general I must treat him with moderation first! Liu Jixing looked at Yang Jiong, pondered, then lightly looked at the first few accompanying officials, and then said: "The general can go down to rest first, I will write the Chinese book first, if I agree with my intentions, I can consider returning the land south of Zhangzhou!" If the meaning of staying is unclear, I don't care about managing southern Fujian for the Tang State that is now anxious! Liu Jixing stood up with a confident face.
Liu Jixing now knows that he is not a whim, and the strong combat effectiveness of the naval army makes him full of confidence, if he can really occupy the entire southern Fujian, it will be a good thing!
Chen Hongjin was obviously a little surprised that Liu Jixing would be so direct, of course he also understood the strength of the current Han Kingdom and his actions during this time, and he directly fought with the Han army, he had no doubt about the strength of the current Han Kingdom, so he bowed to Liu Jixing and retreated.