The desert is lonely, and the sun sets over the long river.

The ancient land of Hexi, with the arrival of the Qi people, radiated new vitality.

Towns and villages are built along the road that winds east, and in the few farmlands, new crops are growing well.

It was only with the sound of clattering horses' hooves that the tranquility of the countryside was shattered.

Children playing outside the village watched curiously as a horse galloped past them.

The red robe on the cavalry proved that this person was a soldier of the Qi State.

It wasn't until the knight had completely disappeared from sight that the children at play dispersed.

July of the twenty-second year of Hongwu.

Outside the city of Chang'an.

The soldiers at the city gate were shocked when they saw a cavalryman, a man and two horses, galloping towards this side, and looked at the four small flags pinned to their backs.

This is a sign that can only be worn when the border is urgent.

The general at the city gate hurriedly dispersed the pedestrians and let the rider enter the city as fast as possible.

Palace.

After the rider dismounted, he unloaded his saber and galloped all the way under the leadership of the palace people.

"Hexi expedited, Hexi expedited."

Yang Hao sat up from his chair violently.

The soldier who delivered the message knelt on one knee panting and said, "Report to the king, Hexi urgent paperwork." ”

Yang Hao took the paperwork and read it quickly, his face couldn't help but change wildly.

"Huang Mu, arrange for this warrior to rest, and let people call the three prime ministers and a few Shangshu over."

After the palace people went down with the heralds, Yang Hao looked at the documents again with an extremely solemn expression.

"General Xu Huang of Zhengxi.

Since the minister's conquest of the western barbarians, do not forget the king's instructions, at the beginning of the year, the rebellion in the west of the river has been quelled, but the remnants of the Xiongnu fled to the west, the minister was worried that the remnants of Wuliang had a resurgence of the momentum, so he sent people to track along the way, a few days ago, I returned from the horse to find out the whereabouts of Wuliang.

It's just that the news minister thinks it's important and doesn't dare to make a decision, so it's to play the king.

According to Tan Ma.

The rest of the Wuliang went from the west, plundering the Western Regions along the way, and disappeared after crossing the mountains.

After several inquiries, Tanma learned that the western mountains are more than 1,000 miles away, and there is a country named Ruoman, whose people have high noses and deep eyes, which are different from the people of Middle-earth.

Its territory spans thousands of miles, its people are tens of millions, its soldiers have muskets, artillery, and countless countries have been destroyed.

The minister thought that if he went west, he would meet this country.

Although my Great Qi is thousands of miles away from this country, I think that the king should make plans as soon as possible.

If what the people of the Western Regions say is correct, this country is a fierce enemy of our Qi country.

Xu Huang, the general of the Western Expedition, bowed to Qi.

June 13, 22nd year of Hongwu.

”

Yang Hao held the official document in his hand, and his face was gloomy as water.

This news can be said to be the worst situation of all his expectations, he once thought that the person in the West was his contemporary, but now it seems that the situation is far more serious than previously expected.

To the south of Central Asia is India, and that country of Romans has developed firearms and conquered a large territory, which is by no means an overnight achievement.

I worked hard for so long to barely unify China, and it took nearly thirty years.

The news was like a sword hanging in the air, and it dropped a few more points.

Especially in this era, the strength of the other three countries, which are the four ancient civilizations, is also stronger than that of China in the same period, so it may not be an exaggeration to think that the population of that country is tens of millions.

"TMD, it doesn't matter what you are Ruoman or if you are fast, since Lao Tzu has relived for a while, he can still let me be bullied by the barbarians such as Er, MD, Lao Tzu will let you see what the Son of Heaven is angry."

When several ministers came to the palace, they saw Yang Hao sitting there with a serious face.

Seeing this, everyone's hearts were also tight, for so many years, they had never seen Yang Hao so serious, and they couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in their hearts.

After everyone saw it, Yang Hao sent the official document down for everyone to circulate.

After several ministers saw it, they were all shocked.

What is the situation in the Qi country, their status is naturally clearer than anyone else.

The surrounding small forces are as small as ants in front of the soldiers of the Qi State, and now someone suddenly tells them that there is a tiger lying next to their country that is stronger than themselves, how can this make them believe.

Yin Dao: "King, General Xu's information is accurate. ”

Yang Hao said: "Don't doubt the authenticity of this information. ”

The crowd fell silent again.

After a while, Yin bowed and said: "If there really is such a powerful country in the West, the minister thinks that it is better for my Daqi to prepare early, complete the army redress as soon as possible, and expand the army in case of a strong enemy." ”

"Great King, the minister thinks that the expansion of troops is not in a hurry, although this Ruoman country looks strong, but it is not sure that it is the enemy of our Qi country, wouldn't it be better for the two countries to communicate with each other."

The Ministry of Rites is still in the book.

When Yang Hao heard this, he didn't know what bad meeting he had.

Stand up straight from your position.

"Fuck it, don't you see the countless destruction of the country? He is not the same as the people of my Middle-earth, how can he be called a man?

This is not a war with humanity, it is a war between races.

If I am defeated, there will be no one like me in this world.

This is the threat of extinction of the dead race, and there can only be one side between my Daqi and Na Ruoman to survive and the world, and there is no second possibility.

I have not called you here to listen to what you are saying.

In the face of such an unprecedented enemy, we must not work together to prepare for war.

When there are many tribes today, I would have wanted to preach to them and integrate them into the Qi country with the way of indoctrination.

This time it seems that this practice is tantamount to the way of death, now the king has made up his mind, starting tomorrow, the king's order, all my great Qi surrounding countries and tribes, within a year to return to our country, anyone who does not obey will be killed.

When the army entered a state of war, all departments immediately reorganized the army, allocated materials, replaced equipment, and went all out to prepare for war.

Again, those who make peace will be punished for treason.

The state officials made every effort to supervise the production, and those who were short of manpower were relaxed for the planning period of the people of Fanbang, and those who could speak to the state were exempted from slavery and treated the same as the people.

Whoever resists will be killed, and officials will be killed if they are lawless!!

This matter is about the continuation of the race, if anyone drags on this matter again, kill!

”

After the murderous words came out, everyone was suddenly silent, and only then did they recall that Yang Hao was never a saint, but the leader who used to kill people without blinking.

Decades of comfort have made them ignore Yang Hao's nature.

With Yang Hao's current prestige and status, some people dare to have half a doubt, and they have made high promises.

As for the life and death of the surrounding barbarians, there is no idea of caring at all, what can the barbarians do if they are dead, since the king has decided to fight, they can only do their best to complete this matter as human ministers.