Chapter 5: The World
On the way to the county seat, Lu Chen had also been secretly thinking about what method should be the most appropriate way to ask for armaments after meeting the county head, first of all, he directly ruled out the plan of speaking in a low voice, because it was very likely that he would not be able to ask for armaments, not to mention, and he would lose face in front of his subordinates, and the little prestige that he had built up would be lost in an instant.
What's more, this will make the county head, his top boss, eat himself to death in the days to come. Lu Chen didn't want to be oppressed by him all the time. After a period of sifting in his head, he had a decision in his mind.
Next, he went through his perception of the world again in his mind, which was inevitable and would allow him to integrate into it faster.
The territory of the Central Plains of this world is much larger than that of China in his previous life, and its name is the Celestial Dragon Empire.
The establishment of the Tianlong Empire has been as long as more than 1,000 years, after the founding emperor ruled the world, the nine princes and kings were divided, in the first four hundred years, the emperor of heaven has more eloquent masters, all along, the world is relatively peaceful, although the nine kings have their own fiefs, but they are all safe and guarded, and the imperial court is also paid tribute every year, and the years are called ministers.
But with the gradual weakening of imperial power and the relative rise of the power of the Nine Kings, by the seventeenth generation of the Son of Heaven of the empire, a major event occurred in the world.
The emperor of this Son of Heaven was called '纣', but he was not the Shang king in Chinese history. This person is not only tyrannical and moody, but also absurd, as long as the minister's advice is slightly disobedient to his heart, no matter how big the official, no matter how loyal the heart, he will be killed by him, the minister is still like this, not to mention his attitude towards the people of the world.
Not only that, but he often said to his ministers: The world is owned by me, not owned by the world...
In other words, he regarded the whole world as his happy plaything, and in this case, the riot finally happened, which is also the most famous 'Nine Kings Battle' on this continent! Therefore, the Nine Kings led their troops to attack the Beijing Division, overthrew the tyrant, and then divided the Central Plains into nine administrative regions, namely: Qing, Chu, Lian, Zhang, Su, Yan, Feng, Li, and Jing.
These nine regions, that is, the nine vassal states, evolved to the end, the empire has existed in name only, the nine kingdoms have gradually ceased to pay tribute to the imperial court, and no longer obey the orders of the imperial court, supporting troops on their own territory, annexing each other, and now, the world has become more chaotic, the mountains and rivers have long been broken, and the countries are competing for hegemony.
"Windy Country... Binh Duong... Border City County Guard... Wuguan... 30,000 defenders..."
Lu Chen muttered to himself, opened his eyes suddenly, and then slowly narrowed, through the sorting of cognitive information in his brain, he clearly knew that his current exit was very bad, and it could be said that he could die at any time.
And the Wind Country, among the nine major vassal states, is the lowest category in terms of strength, located in the far northwest of the empire, and is a bitter and barren land.
In terms of the environment, the four seasons of the wind country are distinct, the summer is hot and the people are frozen, and the winter is cold and frozen, which is far inferior to the four seasons of the green, Chu and other countries are like spring; In terms of national strength, it is not as good as Lian, the trade of the Soviet Union and other countries, and the country of Zhang is the land of fertile land, the land of many fish and rice, and the output is abundant; In terms of the vast area of land, it is at the end of the nine major vassal states, with only a pitiful seven counties and sixty-one counties, which cannot be compared with more than ten counties in other countries.
And the county system in this world is almost equivalent to the provincial and municipal system in Lu Chen's previous life, with counties in the same province and counties in the same city.
Then there is the most important military strength in the troubled times, war, that is, it is burning money, especially in the era of cold weapons, which requires the support of strong national strength, even Lu Chen, a modern person, still understands this.
Although the national strength of the Wind Country is very weak, the only thing worthy of praise is the national style of the Wind Country, and it can also be said that the entire Wind Country is belligerent and the people are fierce!
Everyone in the world knows that the wind wine is the strongest, especially the wind people!
Retracting his thoughts, after a period of adaptation, although Zhao Chuan had been walking with the reins of the war horse, he had gradually mastered some basic skills of horseback riding, so he ordered to start a rapid march.
There were no words along the way, and after a long journey, at about ten o'clock in the evening, Lu Chen led two thousand soldiers from the border city to finally arrive at the destination, Pingzhou.
The county seats of the Tianlong Empire are all named after the 'state', and the county seat is named after the 'city', and Pingzhou is the county seat of Pingyang County.
It is now more than ten o'clock in the evening, the city gate of Pingzhou has long been closed, although the city is still brightly lit, but there are no pedestrians walking outside the city, plus Pingyang County is the border county of the wind country, so the city gate is closed earlier than other counties, and the soldiers who keep vigil are much more than more than ten in other counties, not only there are pikemen standing on the city wall every three or five steps, but there are eight soldiers guarding both sides of the city gate.
From a distance, seeing such a large group of people and horses walking towards the city gate, the soldiers guarding the city were startled, and before Lu Chen and them could get closer, one of the soldiers pulled out the saber on his waist and shouted: "Stop!" What people!? Dare to break into the county town at night!! ”
The other soldiers were all spears, but he was the only one with a saber on his waist, and he didn't need to think about it to know that he was the captain of the squad guarding the city tonight.
And with his shouts, the pikemen on both sides of the gate also gathered around him with spears in hand.
Seeing this, Lu Chen raised his hand slightly to signal the team to stop, and Zhao Chuan was secretly grinning, it was already so late, and the city gate was no longer allowed to go, not to mention that he still brought troops to come, based on this alone, the county head could make a big fuss, and he could even directly convict himself of committing a crime!
Thinking about this, Zhao Chuan couldn't help but secretly glanced at Lu Chen's face, he didn't know what Lu Chen was thinking in his heart, but Lu Chen's face looked much better than him, and he was calm as usual.
Just when he was thinking nonsense, Lu Chen smashed the horse's belly slightly with his legs, and rode a war horse slowly in front of the squad leader, he didn't mean to get off the horse at all, but waved his hand and whipped the whip in his hand on the squad leader's helmet, and shouted angrily: "Bold!" Blind your dog's eyes! Don't you see the official uniform on this official!? ”
Now, he has a clear understanding of the structure of this world, and he has no right to execute a small county guard, although he has no right to execute, but there is no problem at all with beating and insulting him, and he dares to be 100% sure that the other party will not dare to speak out.
Sure enough, hearing Lu Chen say this, and then looking at the county guard uniform on his body, the squad leader suddenly lost his confidence, he quickly helped the helmet that was crooked by the horsewhip, and asked with a flattering smile: "Ah, I don't know which county guard arrived, this late night to bring troops into the city, is to..."