At this point, the most obvious thing is that with the expansion of the Cangguo, the territorial scope continues to expand, and the battle line between the eastern and western territories continues to open, the logistics are a little stretched. ], wonderful free reading without pop-ups!

Generally speaking, in a country like the Jin Kingdom, one million soldiers are fighting on the front line, and at least four or five million people are running in logistics, and millions of people are needed just to escort grain and grass.

Although Cangguo has built a cement road, connecting the east, west, north and south into a large network, the marching speed has increased several times, and there are also rails to transport grain, grass and baggage, but if there are one million people fighting on the front line, six or seven hundred thousand logistics personnel are still needed.

Let's just say that in the Battle of Changping during the Warring States Period, the combat effectiveness of Zhao's ** team was not weaker than that of Qin State, which was stimulated by the Qin State under the meritorious lord system, but because of logistical reasons, it fell into a weak position in only the second year, revealing its defeat.

If it is said that the armies of Cangguo and Jin State are put in a position to fight, then Yang Mu is confident that he will fight and still have the certainty of victory, but if he falls into a stalemate like the Battle of Changping, then it will be bad.

Therefore, once Cangguo falls into a protracted war, it is quite unfavorable, and the size of the country limits the national strength, and it is destined to not be able to grit its teeth and hold on for a few years like Wei.

Cangguo can't afford to drag it out, and it can't afford to fight.

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After the beginning of spring, the sun comes out, the snow and ice melt, and the road surface quickly dries out and is no longer muddy.

The Jin army was ready to move.

The caravans leading to Chu suddenly increased, and it was obvious that the caravans of various countries began to do business in Chu, and Qu Dan, the envoy of Chu, also came to Cangguo again, begging for the batch of weapons ordered to be delivered to Chu in advance.

In this regard, Yang Mu of course sternly refused.

Just kidding, Cangguo is still worried about it, in case Jin Guo takes the opportunity to give Cangguo a while, and expects this batch of weapons to quickly recruit reserves and expand their strength.

Handed over to the State of Chu in advance, what if the State of Cang is in trouble?

Therefore, it is impossible to deliver in advance, it is better for everyone to come up according to the contract, and deliver it slowly in batches, as for the instant noodles and compressed biscuits that are about to expire, you can bring them back first.

At the same time, Cangguo also seized the time to actively prepare for war.

The Blue Dragon Legion and the White Tiger Legion have always been stationed in the western part of Cangguo, and after receiving the order of the imperial court, they immediately all went to the border, vigilant against every move of the Jin State, and a team of scouts patrolled continuously every day, and they had entered a state of war.

The Qilin Legion stood still, stationed in Linshui County, and practiced endlessly every day, without the slightest slack.

Only the Vermilion Bird Legion and the Xuanwu Legion behaved calmly, training and exercising as usual, waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to send troops.

Because in the previous wars, Cangguo fought passively, in other words, other countries invaded Cangguo first, causing Cangguo to have to fight.

But this time it's different, Cangguo wants to take the initiative to provoke a war.

This nature is completely different, for example, the Qin State during the Warring States Period, after the changes in the Qin Xiaogong period, defeated the fierce rival Wei State at that time, and then sought to go east is a reason, to the later Qin Huiwen King, several times to the east failed, Qin State was almost blocked out of the Central Plains.

Cangguo is in the same situation, if it does not take the initiative to expand, it will always be able to shrink into a small territory, even if it develops science and technology, what use can it be?

The longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to the Cangguo.

However, at this time, launching a war of aggression against Sheng Guo was a very blow to the reputation of Cangguo, after all, the two countries had signed an alliance before, at least before the date of reparation in the alliance came, Cangguo took the initiative to Sheng Guo to be criticized.

The best way is to let Sheng Guo take the initiative to default.

There are many ways to breach the contract, and this requires Cangguo to operate from it.

According to the covenant, Sheng Guo still owes Cangguo two years of indemnity, as well as one year of iron ore, of which the delivery of iron ore is according to the month, as early as December last year, Sheng Guo has already paid two months of iron ore in advance, which is not a loophole.

Indemnity, that's easy to operate.

The annual indemnity of 10 million taels of silver was barely squeezed out by Sheng Guo when taxes were greatly increased and the royal family and nobles were frugal.

As a result, the people of Shengguo are boiling with resentment.

Not only that, the salaries of officials have also been reduced a lot, which has caused many grassroots officials to be dissatisfied with the imperial court, and has bred a lot of **, deducting silver taels from taxes, looting people's fat and people's ointment, in the past, when the lawsuit was fair, now whoever has money can win.

People's hearts are like this, just like in the late Qing Dynasty in China, the more the country bears a heavy burden, the more likely it is to breed, and it is even more serious than the Taiping period.

In such an atmosphere, the national strength of the prosperous country is declining, and decades of hard work have been ruined in less than three years, and the lost popular support can no longer be recovered.

If Cangguo wants to work the covenant, it is silver.

Prior to this, Jin Yiwei had infiltrated the people of Shengguo and formed one secret force after another to resist the imperial court.

In the past two years, the people have become more and more impoverished, and these hidden forces have continued to absorb the population, propagate theories, and become stronger and stronger.

This point is similar to that of the Southern Song Dynasty, although the emperor of Shengguo Min Lei is not a mediocre king, but the general trend is like this, he has no choice, but like the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, he was frightened, and a few main battle factions also put away their voices and stopped talking, and they wanted to rectify the armament, but they also gave up because they had no silver.

According to the detailed report of Cangguo, which was lurking in the Sheng army, the main army of the Sheng State had not changed its equipment for three years, and many of the soldiers' weapons had rusted and were simply unusable.

In the sixth year of Taiding, February 18.

In several cities in Shengguo, serious riots suddenly broke out, and several cities were captured by mysterious forces without any defense, and then the banner of overthrowing the Shengguo court was raised.

Sheng Guojun and his ministers were shocked and immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.

For a long time, Sheng was attacked by public opinion in Cangguo, using newspapers and other things to brainwash ordinary people, these things were seen by the imperial court, and they could be regarded as turning a blind eye and doing nothing at all.

Suddenly this kind of chaos broke out, and the court also guessed a few points, this is what Cangguo did.

So the question is - Cangguo, what do you want to do?