Chapter 884: The Four Weeks of Great Xia
"The Ling family came to Xiangzhou Mansion a hundred years ago just to find out about my Great Xia?" Tong Shaohua still felt that Shen Yan's statement was too much of a coincidence, if the Ling family really secretly collaborated with the enemy country, why had it not been exposed in the past hundred years, and if so, then which country sent him? For a while, Tong Shaohua's mind was full of infinite doubts.
"In addition to the huge threat of Beihu in the north of my Great Xia, there are actually some small threats around, I think Tong Shaohua must have read more history books than I know." A faint smile appeared on the corner of Shen Yan's mouth, he glanced at Tong Shaohua indifferently, and said slowly.
"Although my Great Xia is the largest country in this land, but there is a group of fierce nomads living in the north, they are on the horse for the soldiers, and the people are on the horses, which can be said to be all the soldiers, but the biggest feature of this nation is that it does not produce, perhaps because of the environment, or perhaps because of their predatory nature, once this nation is about to pass the winter, it will definitely plunder the border areas of my Great Xia, and it is called the grass valley, which is actually a group of bandits." Hearing Shen Yan's words, Tong Shaohua's eyes flashed with a complicated look, not only proud of being a native of Great Xia, but also a faint dissatisfaction in his heart, perhaps feeling that with such a wide range of materials and manpower in Great Xia, he was so oppressed by Beihu that he had no power to fight back.
Fortunately, in order to suppress these predatory Beihu people, the current emperor did not hesitate to use the strength of the whole country to finally defeat Beihu, so that the border remained calm for more than 30 years, but unfortunately, this calm with the emperor's age and the power of the court was gradually replaced by the situation of the princes, coupled with the gradual development of Beihu over the years, or Beihu experienced a big defeat more than 30 years ago, and also learned from the pain, changed the previous situation of not doing business, They had already begun to know how to use their specialties to trade with Bactria and other ethnic groups, and it was precisely because of this that the strength of the Northern Hu gradually recovered and was greatly improved.
At this time, if Daxia encounters Beihu again, it may not be able to achieve the victory more than 30 years ago, and many people in Daxia still stay in the glory of the victory more than 30 years ago, and they are constantly proud in their hearts, and they don't take Beihu in their eyes at all.
As everyone knows, the cavalry of Beihu is already the strongest class of troops in this land, especially the Northern Jackal Cavalry, galloping on the grassland of Saibei at high speed, almost invincible, even if the strongest troops of Great Xia encounter the Northern Jackal Cavalry, they will only fail. Thinking of this, a flash of light suddenly appeared in Tong Shaohua's eyes, no, this situation has been broken by Shen Yan in front of him.
Shen Yan had previously defeated the 800 Northern Jackal Cavalry under the premise of the same strength, although the Beihu side did not reveal that this army was the Northern Jackal Cavalry at that time, but afterwards it could not withstand the inquiry of those who cared about it, and the 800 Northern Jackal Cavalry led by Kabulak, the first fierce general under the command of the Great Prince of Beihu Batur, was defeated by Shen Yan.
Of course, Shen Yan's defeat of these eight hundred Northern Jackal Cavalry does not mean that the Great Xia Royal Army under Shen Yan's command can defeat the Northern Jackal Cavalry, as long as they meet on the grassland or plain, the Northern Jackal Cavalry can still steadily suppress the Great Xia Royal Army, which is the power of the cavalry.
"To the south of my Great Xia is a group of continuous mountains, known as the 100,000 Great Mountains, whether there is a country on which side of the Great Mountain, at present, I don't know in Great Xia, because I Great Xia can't pass through the 100,000 Great Mountains in the south at all, even those ethnic groups who live around the 100,000 Great Mountains, my Great Xia has not yet conquered them." Tong Shaohua thought for a moment and continued.
"Those ethnic groups in the south seem to be scattered, but they completely ignore my Great Xia by virtue of their geographical advantages, fortunately, these ethnic groups are not as aggressive as Beihu, otherwise, my Great Xia is really suffering from the enemy."
"Although I have never been to the 100,000 Mountains, I have found from some history books that in fact, the people around the 100,000 Mountains are still quite friendly, or simple, as long as they do not deceive and bully them, under normal circumstances, they are still very good. Of course, there are always some people in any nation who play the role of bad guys, and there are also such a group of people in these nations, but compared to some people in our Great Xia, these people are still quite good. A faint smile appeared on the corner of Shen Yan's mouth, although he had not been to the 100,000 Mountains, he had some impressions of the 100,000 Mountains in his mind, maybe Shen Yan imposed some memories in his mind on the 100,000 Mountains, or maybe there were other reasons.
"The lower officials that the adults said are not clear, because the lower officials have never been there, and everything is hearsay, so the situation over there is not true." Hearing Shen Yan's words, Tong Shaohua's eyes were full of surprise, this was the first time he had heard the other side of the 100,000 mountains, if Tong Shaohua didn't particularly trust Shen Yan, or didn't know Shen Yan's personality very well, Tong Shaohua would definitely point to Shen Yan's nose and scold, but it was precisely because he knew Shen Yan's personality that Tong Shaohua felt special curiosity and surprise in his heart.
"Let's not care about the 100,000 mountains in the south, you can continue." A faint smile appeared on the corner of Shen Yan's mouth, and he said slowly.
"To the west of Great Xia is an endless and vast desert, but I heard that there is also a country on the other side of the desert, they look similar to us, but the nose is slightly higher than ours, the people of this country are brave and good at fighting, and the national strength has always been relatively strong, but for some reason, this country was divided more than a hundred years ago, and the civil war has been continuous, and the national strength has been greatly depleted." The corners of Tong Shaohua's mouth smiled slightly, and then said.
"But after a hundred years of recovery, presumably this legendary country is now unified."
"As for the east, there is an endless sea, there are some islands on the sea, I heard that there are indigenous inhabitants on some islands, their conditions are very bad, the appearance of these people is very imaginary with us, but the original inhabitants of the southern islands are slightly darker, and the northern inhabitants are more imaginary with us, whether it is the original inhabitants of these islands in the south or the north, they have always wanted to obtain land for survival on the mainland, especially in the past hundred years, the original inhabitants of these islands want to go ashore The idea is more intense." Tong Shaohua's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, and with a slight look of shock and admiration, he glanced at Shen Yan indifferently.
"Your Excellency means that this Ling family is from an island to the east? Or is it the fabled kingdom to the west? Tong Shaohua had to admire Shen Yan, you must know that Shen Yan's time as an official was only more than a month, and during this time, Shen Yan almost always led the troops to fight, and it was impossible to have leisure time to understand these things.
Especially Shen Yan's mastery of the Jinyi School is very short and in a hurry, it is impossible for Shen Yan to obtain these information from the Jinyi School, especially the Jinyi School has been a miasma over the years, and it is impossible to have any information and information in this regard, in this case, where did Shen Yan get this information and intelligence?