After the Tang Empire announced that it would incorporate the entire Lanshui Kingdom into its territory, the Monia Empire immediately began to jump up and down, and even instigated the other countries of the Nine Kingdoms Military Alliance to directly declare war on the Tang Empire now.

However, at this time, the super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers under construction by Yingluopa, Sharad and other countries have not yet been completed, so Yingluopa, Sharad and other countries do not agree to declare war in advance, hoping to declare war on the Tang Empire on August 1 in accordance with the previous agreement of the prime ministers of the nine countries.

However, just when the merger of Lanshui into the Tang Empire had not subsided, at the end of March 3016 in the Tang calendar, the Wupe Kingdom, which belonged to the sphere of influence of the Noomi Empire, and the Dongyao Kingdom, which belonged to the sphere of influence of the Yingluoba Empire, also underwent military coups one after another, and they also succeeded easily, and a small number of Noomi troops and Yingluoba troops stationed in these two countries were also completely annihilated by the armies of these two countries.

Immediately after that, the military and political leaders of Wupe and Dongyao launched military coups announced that they would merge their countries into the Tang Empire.

It is obvious that the military coups of Wupe, Dongyao and Lanshui, all have the shadow of the Tang Empire behind them.

The Tang Empire had no scruples about this, and soon accepted the request of the Wupe State and the Dongyao State, and included the Wupe State, which had a land area of about 4.6 million square kilometers, and the Dongyao State, which had a land area of about 5.4 million square kilometers, into the territory of the Tang Empire.

At this point, the land area of the Tang Empire expanded to about 100 million square kilometers, and the total population reached almost 5.4 billion.

Although the expansion of the Tang Empire to the outside world touched the nerves of the entire nine-nation military alliance, because Yingluoba, Sharad and other countries still had many super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers that had not been built, so after the Tang Empire successively annexed the Lanshui Kingdom, the Wubei Kingdom, and the Dongyao Kingdom, the nine-nation military alliance still did not choose to formally declare war, but in terms of diplomacy, it put forward the strongest protests and warnings to the Tang Empire, hoping that the Tang Empire would be lost.

The verbal protests and warnings were directly ignored by Su Yi, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Tang Empire only issued a statement that the Lanshui Kingdom, the Wubei Kingdom, and the Dongyao Kingdom were voluntarily incorporated into the Tang Empire, and other countries had no right to interfere.

After the Tang Empire successively annexed the Lanshui Kingdom, the Wubei Kingdom and the Dongyao Kingdom, the smell of gunpowder between the Tang Empire and the military alliance of the Nine Kingdoms became stronger and stronger, and both sides began preparations before the war without any scruples.

The Tang Empire knew very well that once the super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers under construction by Yingluoba, Sharad and other countries entered service, then war could break out.

But the military and political leaders of the Tang Empire and Su Yi, as the emperor of the Tang Empire, did not have a preemptive plan, after all, even if the Tang Empire now declares war on the Nine Nations Military Alliance, there is no good way to destroy the super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers being built by the countries in the Nine Nations Military Alliance, after all, the shipyards that build these super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers have a large number of shore defense guns to protect.

Even because of the mines, the fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire may not be able to get close to the ports where those shipyards are located.

Time passed slowly in this increasingly strong smell of gunpowder, and soon it was the beginning of May in 3016 of the Tang Dynasty, and the time of the Han Kingdom also came to 1672 in the Han calendar.

Because of the influence of space-time turbulence, the system is independent of each other in the two worlds, so in the world of the Han Kingdom, in the new year, the system will also have a New Year's gift package for Su Yi.

This year's New Year's gift package on the side of the Han Kingdom is a diamond treasure chest, and after Su Yi clicked on it, a total of six cards appeared.

The six cards include a limit of four Forrestal-class aircraft carriers per year, four Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carriers per year, eight Ticonderoga-class missile cruisers per year, sixteen Burke-class missile destroyers per year, sixteen Soryu-class conventional submarines per year, and sixteen Type 901 integrated supply ships per year.

In this way, the number of the above six types of warships has doubled every year, and if Su Yi is willing, he will be able to add sixteen more aircraft carrier formations to the Han Navy, making the Han Kingdom the country with the most aircraft carriers in the world, but considering the tight finances of the Han Kingdom, as well as some other factors, Su Yi did not take out the sixteen aircraft carrier formations for the time being.

It's a pity that the interstellar gate is too small, if Su Yi can transport a few aircraft carrier formations from the world of the Han Kingdom to the Tang Empire, then the so-called Nine Nations Military Alliance will not pose much of a threat to the Tang Empire.

Although he couldn't move the aircraft carrier formation to the world on the side of the Tang Empire, Su Yi still transported a lot of good things from the world on the side of the Han Kingdom to the Tang Empire through the Star Gate, after all, the scientific and technological level of the two worlds is at least more than twenty years apart in many aspects.

In the following time, with the completion of the construction of new super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers in Yingluoba, Sharad and other countries, the outbreak of war has entered the countdown.

In the middle of May of the year 3016 in the Tang calendar, the Yingluoba Empire's thirty Tenacity-class super dreadnought-class battleships and thirty ambush-class battlecruisers all joined the sequence of its Royal Navy, bringing the number of super dreadnought battleships of the Yingroba Royal Navy to one hundred and six, and the number of battlecruisers to ninety-seven.

In early June of the year 3016 of the Tang calendar, the Noomi Empire's thirty-six Tengyun-class super dreadnought battleships and thirty-six Seahorse-class battlecruisers were all put into service, bringing the number of Noomi Royal Navy's super dreadnought battleships to eighty-eight and the number of battlecruisers to eighty-six.

In the middle of June, sixteen of the Orenza Empire's super dreadnought capital ships and sixteen battlecruisers entered service, bringing the number of super dreadnoughts of the Royal Orenza Navy to thirty-two, and the number of battlecruisers to thirty-two.

In the middle of July of the year 3016 in the Tang calendar, the 30 Julang-class super dreadnought battleships and 30 Wutong-class battlecruisers of the Sharad Empire were all put into service, bringing the number of super dreadnought battleships of the Sharad Royal Navy to 85 and the number of battle cruisers to 85.

In late July, the Ryerland Empire also had eight super dreadnought capital ships and eight battle cruisers in service, bringing the number of super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers of the Royal Navy's to twenty-five.

The eight super dreadnought capital ships and eight battle cruisers newly built by the Ruierland Empire can be said to be the last batch of capital ships to enter service before the declaration of war on the side of the Nine Nations Military Alliance, so far the navy of the Nine Nations Military Alliance combined, at least on the surface, has surpassed the powerful Royal Navy of the Tang Empire.

On the afternoon of July 27, 3016 in the Tang calendar, in the palace of Merseca City, the capital of the British Luopa Empire, Prime Minister August said to Emperor Penelope in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the Ruierland Empire has just received news that their last few new battle cruisers have also joined the sequence of the Ruierland Royal Navy, and in the next year, the nine countries of the Nine Nations Military Alliance will not have new capital ships launched. ”

Emperor Penelope took a deep breath and said: "This also indicates that the time has come for our nine-nation military alliance to declare war on the Tang Empire, and now the navy of our nine countries combined, the capital ships alone include four hundred and fifty-three super dreadnought battleships, four hundred and thirty-three battlecruisers, seventy-two dreadnought battleships, one hundred and three former dreadnought battleships and one hundred and thirty-eight ironclad battleships, compared to the Tang Navy, it finally occupies a big advantage, by the way, how is the situation of the Royal Army and the Royal Air Force?" ”

Prime Minister August immediately said: "Your Majesty, at present, the Royal Army has been expanded to 160 infantry divisions, with a total strength of 16 million, and these 16 million Royal Army troops have been reorganized and ready to be drawn into the battlefield at any time. ”

Ten months ago, the total strength of the Royal British Army was just over 10 million, and in these ten months, the Royal British Army has expanded to a full 6 million troops.

After a pause, Prime Minister August continued: "Our Royal Air Force already has more than 2,000 fighters, but in terms of performance in all aspects, compared with the fighters and bombers equipped by the Datang Air Force, there is still a certain gap. ”

Emperor Penelope waved his hand and said: "The key to determining the final outcome of the war is the navy and the air force, it doesn't matter if the air force is weak, as long as the navy and army are equipped with more anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, the impact of the air force being weak can still be minimized." ”

Prime Minister August immediately nodded and said: "Your Majesty, in the last meeting on the establishment of the Nine-Nation Military Alliance, the prime ministers of our nine countries initially set the time for declaring war on August 1, does Your Majesty think it is appropriate?" ”

Emperor Penelope hesitated for a moment and asked, "Previously, the Lanshui Kingdom, the Wupe Kingdom, and the Dongyao Kingdom were successively annexed by the Tang Empire, so it was almost meaningless for our Nine Nations Military Alliance to set up the Eastern Theater, how to solve this matter?" ”

Prime Minister August immediately said: "Your Majesty, I forgot to report this matter to you, the Monia Imperial Army and the Ruierlan Imperial Army, which were originally assigned to the Eastern Theater, will be assigned to the Southern Theater to enhance the strength of the Southern Theater. ”

Emperor Penelope asked again, "Then how about contacting the Zhuan Yue Kingdom, the Guhe Kingdom, the Langyue Kingdom, and the Xiyou Kingdom?" ”

The four kingdoms of Zhuanyue, Guhe, Langyue and Xiyou are all kingdoms, located in the southwest of the Tang Empire, with a combined area of more than 20 million square kilometers, mostly mountainous terrain, and a combined population of about 700 million.

Originally, these four countries were all subject countries of the old Tang Empire more than a thousand years ago, so that there were also a large number of Tang people in these four countries, and the number of Tang people in the four countries even exceeded 500 million, and the remaining 200 million people belonged to the Yue people.

After more than 1,000 years of assimilation, the Yue people are the same as several ethnic groups in the grassland, in terms of writing, language, customs, etc., almost no different from the Tang people.

Although the royal families of Zhuan Yue, Guhe, Langyue and Xiyou are all Yue, the status of the Tang people in these four countries is not lower than that of the Yue people, and the Tang people can also join the army and be officials in these four countries.

Prime Minister August shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the Zhuan Yue Kingdom, the Guhe Kingdom, the Langyue Kingdom and the Xiyou Kingdom have clearly refused to join the Nine Nations Military Alliance, and it should be impossible to pull these four countries into the chariot of our Nine Nations Military Alliance." ”

Emperor Penelope snorted coldly, "When our Nine Nations Military Alliance frees up our hands, we must teach these four ungrateful countries a good lesson!" ”

After the collapse of the old Tang Empire, the Zhuan Yue Kingdom, the Guhe Kingdom, the Langyue Kingdom and the Xiyou Kingdom have been dependent on the Cangyu Empire for many years, but after the Cangyu Empire was reduced to a weaker second-class power, the above four countries have a very close connection with the first-class powers such as Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi, and also announced their separation from the suzerainty relationship with the Cangyu Empire.

For example, the Yingluoba Empire considers itself the strongest of the four countries to be the Langyue Kingdom, which is already its own country's sphere of influence, while the Zhuan Yue Kingdom is regarded as its own sphere of influence by the Sharad Empire, and the remaining Guhe Kingdom and Xiyou Kingdom are classified as their own sphere of influence by the Noomi Empire.

Of course, the Zhuan Yue Kingdom, the Guhe Kingdom, the Langyue Kingdom, and the Xiyou Kingdom did not recognize them as the spheres of influence of the three first-class powers.

Prime Minister August hesitated for a moment and said: "According to the report of our Yingluoba intelligence department, the people of the Tang Empire are now lobbying the Zhuan Yue Kingdom, the Guhe Kingdom, the Langyue Kingdom and the Xiyou Kingdom to make these four countries become vassals of the Tang Empire again. ”

Emperor Penelope said: "With the strength of our Nine Nations Military Alliance and the Tang Empire, in fact, which side has those four countries, the impact is not great, since the super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers of the countries on the side of our Nine Nations Military Alliance have already been commissioned, then I still choose the date of declaration of war on August 1." ”

At nine o'clock in the morning on August 1, 3016 in the Tang calendar, the ambassadors of the Yingluoba Empire, the Sharad Empire, the Noomi Empire, the Monia Empire, the Gisk Empire, the Rilland Empire, the Orenza Empire, the Hessel Kingdom, and the Revelli Kingdom in Chang'an City submitted a declaration of war to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Tang Empire.

The staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Tang Empire handed over the declaration of war that had been prepared long ago to the ambassadors of the nine countries, and the war between the Tang Empire and the military alliance of the nine countries officially began.