But it was said that Jia Ke took people and horses to stay overnight and walked for more than a month before coming to Yunnan.

By the time Jia Ke arrived in Kunming with a large group of men, ten miles away from Kunming City, there were already Yunnan governors and officials waiting there.

Since Guo Yu, the governor of Yunnan, received the news that Jia Ke was leading his troops south, he immediately ordered people to hoard grain and grass, and asked the troops on the border to strengthen their vigilance. It is these small countries that are afraid of the border that they will attack in advance when they get the news.

Fortunately, those small countries did not expect that the Celestial Empire, which has always been tolerant and generous, would wave its troops south. They are still immersed in the fact that as long as there is a shortage of money, just like the invasion of the Celestial Empire, as long as they submit a few letters of apology in the future, they can settle things.

Jia Ke arrived at the outskirts of Kunming, met with the Yunnan officials who came to greet him, and then arrived outside Kunming with his men and horses, let the horses and horses station, and brought his own soldiers to Kunming with Guo Yu, the governor of Yunnan, and the city had already prepared a house for him.

When he arrived here, Jia Ke sat in the middle, and dozens of generals under his command stood on both sides, and below was the minister of civil and military affairs in Yunnan.

"Yunnan Governor Guo Yu."

Listening to Jia Ke's call, Guo Yu hurriedly came out of class and knelt down on his knees to salute Jia Ke.

"Lord Guo doesn't have to be polite, please hurry up."

Only now did Guo Yu dare to stand up, and then glanced up with some trepidation, after all, he was the governor of Yunnan appointed during the period of Emperor Taishang, and now Jia Ke is in charge of the imperial court, and his official position depends on Jia Ke's face.

"Lord Guo, how are the wolf soldiers in various places preparing now?"

"Back to the prince's words, the wolf soldiers from all over the country have all been assembled and are stationed in the south of Kunming City."

After listening to this, Jia Ke looked down, but found no one in ethnic minority costumes.

"Who is the leader of the wolf soldiers? Why don't you see anyone coming? ”

After Guo Yu listened, he said indifferently: "Barbarian people, then they are qualified to come to see adults." ”

When Jia Ke heard this, he knew that these ethnic minorities in the south were discriminated against by the Han people, and even the general who commanded 80,000 horses was not qualified to enter this hall.

However, Jia Ke couldn't correct these people's thoughts for a while, after all, these scholars were very stubborn.

Jia Ke then diverted the topic, "How is the grain and grass raised?" ”

Guo Yujian asked without the slightest sloppiness in the matter, "Back to King Yan's words, all the grain and grass have been raised, and the small ones have been notified to all parts of Yunnan, and more than 100,000 strong men have been prepared for the adults, and they will transport grain and grass to the front line for the adults at any time." ”

Jia Ke was quite satisfied after listening to it, it seems that this Yunnan governor is still capable and capable of doing things.

In the next few days, Jia Ke ordered his men and horses to join the wolf soldiers, and then the 20,000 elites drawn from all over Yunnan had also arrived. Just wait for the people of Guangxi to arrive and then go south.

As a result, on the third day, Guangxi's men and horses came to Yunnan, led by Wu Lu, the chief soldier of Guangxi.

Seeing that the men and horses had been prepared, Jia Ke immediately ordered Guo Yu, the governor of Yunnan, to deliver the letter of state to the king of Annam.

The general meaning of this national letter is this, Annan as a subject country, repeatedly violated the Celestial Empire, today the king of Yan is a thousand years old, commanding a million soldiers, intending to hunt Annan, if the king of Annam still has a trace of remorse, when the hair comes to ask for sin, so that the life of the country of Annam can be spared, and the temple of the king of Annam is not lost.

This letter of state, Guo Yu sent people to Thang Long City, the capital of Annam.

During the time when Jia Ke was waiting for the king of Annam, Nguyen Zhengyu, to reply, he was not idle.

Since he got Jia Mu's book on making instruments, he has used a new study, and this attack on Annan can be regarded as a small test.

The craftsmen in General Jia Ke, as well as famous craftsmen from all over Yunnan, gathered together and sent down the drawings one by one for them to make carefully.

These craftsmen have been engaged in the craftsman industry for several lifetimes, and if they want to let them invent something, they don't have the ability, but they also say that the craftsmanship is exquisite, and it has been passed down for several lifetimes.

As soon as Jack's drawings were delivered to the old craftsmen, they gathered together and studied them carefully for a day or two, and finally began to work on them, and soon sent the contents of the same paper to Jake.

Jia Ke was very satisfied with these things after watching them carefully.

The most powerful of these tools are the eight-ox crossbow, the catapult, and the ramming vehicle.

Among them, the eight-ox crossbow is the most delicate and complex to make, but its power can be said to be the pinnacle in ancient times.

This eight-bull crossbow can shoot a distance of one or two thousand steps, and can also shoot multiple arrows at a time, when the bed crossbow fires multiple arrows, it is necessary to install an iron bucket on the string, and put dozens of arrows in it, all of them are shot out at one time, forming a covering kill. This is simply an ancient machine gun, if a dozen of these eight-bull crossbows are placed in front of the two armies, no matter how many people in the enemy army are, they will not be able to approach this formation.

When Jia Ke was tinkering with these strange and obscene skills, Ruan Zhengyu, the king of Annam, received the letter of state, and he was so angry that he smoked.

In Ruan Zhengyu's heart, although the northern Celestial Empire is huge, but the soldiers are very cowardly, since he ascended the throne, he has invaded the north more than ten times, and each time he has returned with a full load.

And the Northern Celestial Empire, the most punishment for himself is to send an envoy to hold him accountable, and as long as he says a few good words, he will be safe.

In this way, Ruan Zhengyu thought that the Celestial Empire was weak, but it was only by relying on its huge physique that it could suppress the south, and if it really fought, he would really not be afraid of him.

Now the other party actually sent a letter of state, asking him to go and ask for guilt, how can he stand it.

So Ruan Zhengyu was furious and wanted to send someone to put the messenger to death.

Although Ruan Zhengyu is already a little arrogant, the ministers under him are sober.

This person was no stranger, it was his prime minister Li Guangqing, who saw that the king was going to be executed, so he hurriedly came out to stop him.

"Your Majesty can't do this, although the Northern Dynasty came to attack for no reason this time, but there is a way that the two armies are fighting against each other, and I also ask the king to take a break from the thunder and put this person back, which also shows the national prestige of my southern country."

Although Ruan Zhengyu was still angry after hearing this, he still calmed down for the time being. Then he said to the envoy: "Go back, and tell your Jia Ke that I am in the southern country of Da'an with a million heroes to dominate the south, if he dares to come, I will let his whole army be annihilated, and his head will hang in Thang Long City." ”

This envoy had been frightened by Ruan Zhengyu just now, and now he did not have any refutation of Ruan Zhengyu's words, but agreed resignedly.

Ruan Zhengyu couldn't help but feel more confident when he looked at the messenger's nest, so he waved his hand and asked the soldiers to drive the messenger down.

After the envoy was driven away, Ruan Zhengyu said to the civil and military officers in the main hall: "The Northern Dynasty is unkind and violates my border. Now the king wants to lead a large army to the conquest, what do you think? ”

When all the civil and military officers in the main hall heard this, they all began to talk about it.

Most of these people are still very afraid of the Celestial Empire, because they know that the Celestial Empire has a huge territory and countless populations, if they really want to be embarrassed by Annan, Annan has few people and few people, where is the opponent?

It is that Annan can win for a while, but the Celestial Empire in the north does not give up, and continuously sends people to attack, if the time drags on for a long time, even if it drags on, it can also drag Annan down.

Now that he can fight with the Celestial Empire, he has gained some upper hand, but because the Celestial Empire has not focused its energy on the south, and now the King of Yan of the Celestial Empire is leading his men and horses south, I am afraid that he will settle accounts with Annan.

Shenwuwei General Ruan Tiande knew very well that Annan's strength was simply a firefly compared to the Celestial Empire, comparable to Haoyue.

Moreover, this Ruan Tiande knew more clearly that the center of gravity of the Celestial Empire was in the north, and their elite troops were all in the north to resist the Tatars. And these armies in the south are nothing more than some old and sick people.

If the Celestial Empire had transferred the elite divisions from the north to the south to conquer Annam, with the bravery of the soldiers who had been fighting against the Tatars all year round, Annam's army would probably be even worse.

Now Ruan Tiande heard that the emperor wanted to lead the army north to confront the Celestial Empire, so he was very anxious, so he came out to advise: "Your Majesty, the Celestial Empire is powerful, this time the Celestial Dynasty Yan King led the troops south, and the leader must be the elite of the northern and Tatar battles. ”

After hearing this, Ruan Zhengyu smashed a piece of jade in his hand directly on the ground, and now he was only so angry that his face was flushed, if it weren't for the fact that Ruan Tiande was of the same clan as himself, he would have been pulled out and beheaded.

"You shut up for me, how can anyone who has not yet fought, grow the ambition of others first, and destroy his own prestige."

Li Guangqing saw that the king was angry and was afraid that Ruan Zhengyu would do something to Ruan Tiande in anger, so he hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty, Ruan Tiande is speechless, please spare him this time." ”

After hearing this, Ruan Zhengyu finally suppressed the fire, so he flicked his robe sleeves and said to Ruan Tiande: "I miss you for being old, forget it this time, but go back to retire from now on." ”

Ruan Tiande is now burning, but there is no way, in the end he can only kneel on the golden palace and kowtow to the king a few times, and then tremblingly took off the black yarn on his head, put it aside, and finally stood up and trembled out of the hall.

At this time, all the opposing words of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were swallowed into their stomachs, and they didn't dare to say it again, even the elders of Ruan Tiande, who were relatives of the emperor and the country, were all driven out of the court, and they went out to admonish, so didn't they immediately fall to the ground?

Ruan Zhengyu saw that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were silent, and slapped the table angrily and said: "Lonely desire to go north, what do you think, come quickly." ”

At this time, Ding Xiaochun, who was the captain, could only stand up and say: "Your Majesty, since you want to go north to resist the enemy, then we must be prepared." ”

Ruan Zhengyu saw that someone finally came out to say something serious, so he hurriedly said: "Old Aiqing, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Ding Xiaochun arched his hand upward, and then said: "The minister thinks that when the elite of the whole country is gathered, especially the four guards of the elephant taming and the four guards of the horse, as long as there are these eight guards, plus the cooperation of the other guards, they may be able to defeat the current enemy." ”

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