Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the sixteenth year of the Great Zhou Republic, that is, the five years of the Eastern Song Dynasty, the sixth year of Jingkang in the Western Song Dynasty, and the 1130 years of the Western calendar.

For most Chinese living in this era, this year is definitely not a good year.

Because the situation in the world is still going on, and war breaks out again in Henan and Hedong!

After the Huang, Huai, and Yun control projects finally came to an end, Wu Yijiu, who was preparing to be re-elected as the head of state, launched an attack on the Western Song Dynasty in the two directions of Hedong and Henan.

According to the assumption of the Military Machinery Division of the Great Zhou Capital, this will be a limited war, with the aim of seizing the whole of Hedong and Henan.

Before the start of the war, in the direction of the east of the Western Song River (referring to the east of the Yellow River, excluding the Fulin Road located west of the Yellow River), it still controlled the Volcano Army, the Baode Army, the Kelan Army, Lanzhou, the Jinning Army, Xizhou, Cizhou, Jinzhou, Jiangzhou and other ten state armies. It poses a serious threat to the security of the Hedong Autonomous Province of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

In the direction of Henan, the Western Song Dynasty also controlled the entire territory of Henan Prefecture and Dengzhou, as well as the part of Ruzhou and Tangzhou, and also built Luoyang in Henan Prefecture and Nanyang in Dengzhou into strong fortress-type fortresses as the support of the Western Song Dynasty in the Central Plains battlefield.

But it wasn't the election that prompted Mr. Takei to go to war – he has done a very good job as a head of state over the past five years. The land reform in Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Nanzhi and other places was a great success, and the funds obtained through the land reform (the issuance of land mortgage bonds) effectively guaranteed the construction of the "Huang, Huai, and Water Conservancy Projects" and the conquest of Japan.

Therefore, the "Huang, Huai, and Water Conservancy Project" also passed the acceptance at the end of the 14th year of the Republic and was completed!

The conquest of Japan, although not finalized, progressed quite smoothly. After the Kanto and Tohoku regions, the five countries of Echigo, Sado, Echichu, Noto, and Kaga in Hokuriku, Japan, as well as Suruga and Enoe along the coast of the East China Sea, and Kai Province in the Koshin region, were all captured by Takeshi Yoshiyu!

On the battlefield of Japan, so far, Wu Yiyong's army still holds a record of complete victory.

While winning military victories, Wu Yiyong also adopted many political means to induce surrender. For example, the lands of Echigo, Sado, Echichu, Noto, Kaga, Suruga, Enoe, Kai, and other countries were distributed to the Japanese samurai who had contributed to the Japanese dispatch corps.

Moreover, at the same time as the sub-sealing, it also cooperated with the re-sealing, that is, the wealthy families in the Kanto and Northeast regions were sealed to Hokuriku, Jiaxin, Yuanjun and other places.

In this way, more land was freed up in the Kanto and Tohoku regions, which could be distributed to the knights and soldiers of the Central Plains in the past.

According to Japan's plan to dispatch military inspectors, "one province, two systems" will emerge in Japan in the future, with a military citizenship system in eastern Japan and a samurai feudal system in western Japan.

All samurai families who belonged to the Ming Dynasty could get a fief in the Western Japan Province and become vassals under the Japanese provinces of the Great Zhou Republic.

In this way, the Great Zhou was able to turn a part of the middle and lower class samurai, who had a weak sense of the state, into the basis of his rule in Japan.

At the same time, western Japan, which was densely populated and had very rugged terrain, and there was no large plain to cultivate, was entrusted to feudal lords to reduce management costs.

With the foundation of the "Huang, Huai, and Transportation Projects" and the "Japanese War", Wu Yijiu's second term can be said to be nine out of ten. There is no need to speak with the victories of Henan and Hedong at all.

And there is only one reason why he launched wars in Henan and Hedong, that is, the Western Song Dynasty, which has completed the land reform in Guanzhong, Hanzhong, Shaanxi Yuanbian, Shuofang and other places, is ready to carry out land reform in the jurisdiction of Henan and Hedong!

Once the land reform in Henan and Hedong was completed, the power of the Western Song Dynasty in the Central Plains would be strengthened, and perhaps it would pose a threat to the Great Zhou Republic.

Therefore, Wu Yijiu was ready to strike first, secretly mobilized 300,000 troops, and launched a surprise attack on the Western Song Dynasty territories in Henan and Hedong.

To the east of the river, the war was hampered by the rugged terrain and proceeded at a slow pace, and in the sixteenth year of the Republic, neither side did much action, but continued to test the opponent's hole cards with small-scale sorties.

At the same time, Wu Yijiu also offered generous conditions to the Fulin family, wanting to win over the pillars of the Great Song Dynasty on the battlefield in the northeast of Hedong.

On the battlefield in Henan, the offensive of the Zhou army was very fierce. The 200,000 troops divided into two routes and went straight to Luoyang and Nanyang. He also fought two battles at Xingyang and Yexian, defeated the hastily mobilized Western Song Jingxi Route Army, and soon surrounded Luoyang and Nanyang.

However, these two castles are very difficult to gnaw and very well stocked. Therefore, starting from the encirclement of Luoyang and Nanyang, the Henan battlefield also began "slow motion" - now it is in a period of great development of the fortress, and the defense is superior to the offensive. It doesn't take much to defend a strong bastion, and it's hard to break it.

In historical Europe, the era of the bastions occurred in the 16th and 17th centuries, when wars were often long and inefficient. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the pace of warfare was significantly accelerated by the development of artillery technology. Later, there were static wars such as trench warfare, until the era of mechanized warfare came......

The pattern of warfare is like this, constantly changing with the advancement of technology, with one time favoring defense and another favoring offense.

In an era conducive to defense, the situation of the division of the Great Zhou, Eastern Song Dynasty, and Western Song Dynasty could not be changed.

And when the era of attack is king, there is no way to avoid a war of unification......

However, people living in what later historians called the early days of the "post-Three Kingdoms era" were far from seeing the hope of the unification of the world.

There are still long troubled times waiting for them!

However, it was precisely this long and troubled era that made the New Zhou Dynasty and the Eastern Song Dynasty rise to become two world empires in the fierce competition of the Ocean Age.

The year 1130 of the Western calendar is the era when the legend of these two world empires began to reach its climax.

In this same year, the Eastern Song Dynasty and the New Zhou Dynasty simultaneously formulated a plan to open up a new continent that would be considered ambitious by later generations and completely change the world.

It's exciting!

It's also a bit ridiculous......

The person who is excited is Wu Haogu, and the person who laughs is also him.

Because most people in this era, including Wu Yijiu, the head of the Great Zhou Republic, did not think that the "New World" would have a bright future. I didn't expect to occupy this continent, what would it mean for the Chinese nation?

Only Wu Haogu knows that the future of all mankind already belongs to China!

And the ridiculous is because he knows that the Great Zhou Republic has not actually discovered the New World...... Wu Tiexin, who had just been promoted to vice admiral for his meritorious service in discovering the New World, actually only arrived at the Kamchatka Peninsula, which had already been discovered once during the Tang Dynasty - the Tang Dynasty people called it the Ghost Country, and there were once chieftains of the Ghost Country who sent people to the Tang Dynasty to pay tribute.

In addition, the geographers of the Great Zhou and Eastern Song dynasties still believe that the new continent they discovered, the Kamchatka Peninsula and Australia, belong to one continent!

Therefore, you must seize more territory before the other party, or you will suffer......

Looking at a world map that I didn't know which planet it was, Wu Haogu was really a little crying and laughing...... There is even a slight suspicion: Did you travel to an alien planet?

"My lord, Zhao Sanlang's letter said that the new continent can not be called 'New Song', but it cannot be called 'New Zhou', because this continent does not completely belong to either of our two countries...... He suggested naming the New World America! ”

"Americas?"

"The continent of beautiful girls." Wu Yijiu said, "You can use the beautiful character of the eldest sister to name the newly discovered continent." ”

"Oh......" Wu Haogu nodded, thinking: Kamchatka and Australia are now part of the Americas? You really can do it!

Wu Haogu paused, and still said: "I think it's okay, let's call it America!" ”

Wu Yijiu said with a smile: "In addition, the two countries should also avoid conflict on the American continent. ”

Wu Haogu was almost amused by this topic - one in Kamchatka, the other in Australia, the conflict is hairy? You have to use ICBMs to get it! Do you have that?

Looking at Wu Haogu's smiling face, Wu Yijiu thought to himself: The old man still feels sorry for his daughter, and he is afraid that the eldest sister will be splinted......

"So the two countries intend to sign an agreement." Wu Yijiu said, "China has expanded from Japan to the Northeast to the Americas. The Song Kingdom traveled south from Bali and Sandalwood to explore the Americas.

The dividing line between the two countries on the American continent is based on the place where the two countries' pioneer groups met. ”

Then maybe...... Wu Hao Guxin said: One is going from the Kamchatka Peninsula and the other is going to Australia, how can they meet?

"Okay, that's fine." Wu Haogu still nodded.

Wu Yijiujie continued: "So we have to hurry up, otherwise the territory will be robbed by the Song people." ”

"It's going to have to be faster." Wu Haogu asked, "Where is it now?" Is it to set up a chamber of commerce for development? ”

Wu Yijiu shook his head: "The Chamber of Commerce doesn't need it...... Because there is no oil or water, it is estimated that no businessman will be willing to throw money into it. Therefore, the initial development was prepared to be undertaken by the ruling government. ”

"Now we have established a stronghold here in Yinzhou," said Wu Yijiu, "named Liangshan Town, and there are 108 immigrants." ”

"Liangshan, 108......" Wu Haogu thought for a moment, "who are they?" ”

"They're all thieves!" Wu Yijiu said, "They should have been killed, but now they are spared and sent to Yinzhou." This year, I plan to send another batch of criminals and Japanese women over, so that Liangshan Town can be more popular. The next step is to reclaim or fish around the town of Liangshan. If we can achieve food self-sufficiency, then Liangshan Town will become a base for us to continue to expand eastward. ”

"That's good!" Wu Haogu nodded, "Father or let the Republic send a survey ship to see what resources are available there?" For example, fishing, fur, gold and silver mines, etc. As long as it is profitable, it will develop quickly. ”