Chapter 34: The decisive battle at Hangu Pass
I don't know when it started, and a terrible rumor spread in the land of Shenzhou.
The Han court connived at the Five Dou Mi Sect and studied the cruel blood curse, which was cast under very harsh conditions, and the production process was also unconscionable. After the cast, there was no distinction between friend and foe, until the sun came out, and the killing continued for twelve hours.
The skulls of hundreds of thousands of Xianbei people were directly brought back and piled up outside Shouchun to form a Jingguan. There are bones of men, women and children in this Jingguan, and it is directly a pyramid, which looks very impressive. At night, the night wind passed through the Jingguan, bringing out bursts of mournful screams, which frightened the people from walking at night.
More and more people came to watch this Jingguan, and then angrily scolded the Han Court for violating humanity and actually researching such a heart-wrenching spell. Even some merchants in Bashu and Guanzhong, after seeing this Jingguan and hearing that rumor, couldn't help but worry, if there is a heavenly court using this spell in Guan, or if there is a problem in research, then how many people will have to die? Thinking of this, I immediately shuddered.
Emperor of Great Chu, Li Ming officially issued a general order: Emperor Liu Ting of the Han Dynasty was not right, his methods were brutal, and it became more and more intense with the passage of time. At this point, I call on the heroes of the world to jointly condemn the big man!
People of insight, don't be an official in the Han court; Merchants, do not enter Bashu and Guanzhong to trade; Call on the people of Guanzhong, for the sake of your safety, you should migrate to Dachu for money! As for the Han court, please destroy the blood curse, destroy all research materials, and kill all those involved in research!
I have to say that after this announcement was issued, it did have some effect. Not to mention anything else, in 206 AD, that is, the year when Li Ming was 40 years old, the business travel that entered Guanzhong in the first half of the year decreased by 80% compared with last year. After deducting some merchants who really need to make a living, or can't stand the profits of Silk Road goods, most of them have ventured into Guanzhong, and most of them have expressed their support for the imperial court and refused to trade with Guanzhong!
This year, the imperial examination held by the Han court had less than 200 participants; The number of participants in the family has also decreased, and the key is that the past candidates under the rule of Da Chu have dropped by 99% compared to the last time. The final result was that in the imperial examination of Hanting, he did not even get together the three jinshi.
A large number of Silk Road commodities were unsalable, and the fiscal revenue was directly halved. If there is no way to change this status quo in the second half of the year, it will be an absolute fatal blow to Hanting. To tell the truth, whether it is Guanzhong, Liangzhou, or even Bingzhou, the grain output is not high, and it is even difficult to rely on local production to meet the needs of the local people, and foreign imports are the mainstream.
Bashu can provide a part, and now it can be said that Bashu is the main grain producing area of the Han Dynasty. But the problem is that there is still a 40% gap that needs to be imported from Dachu. But now Da Chu would rather lose money than put a grain of rice in the past, and suddenly many people have a problem with eating, and the price of grain has risen by 50%, and this situation is estimated to be further aggravated.
As a result, the officials of the Han court, minus a few of Liu Ting's henchmen, united for the first time, and wrote letters one after another, asking to agree to Li Ming's announcement and stop studying the blood curse. Yes, they are definitely for the people of the Great Han, and they are definitely not worried about the blood magic curse research process getting out of control, and the result will lead to incalculable consequences.
In particular, the officials of the Yizhou department are worried, after all, they probably know that the research base is on the other side of Hanzhong. Guanghan County and Ba County are all in the radiation range, and even Chang'an is in danger.
In the end, Liu Ting mentioned Chen Qun, and in the presence of everyone, personally burned the so-called 'research materials', and at the same time beheaded more than 200 people dressed as Taoist priests in the vegetable market to show the public. At this moment, many people were a little relieved, but there were still many people who thought that Liu Ting did not destroy the 'real' information, or that Liu Ting had left a copy.
As for whether Liu Ting did that or not, in the end, it is the benevolent and the wise and the wise. To be honest, the officials also know very well that it is a good thing for the country that there is really such a powerful spell. But if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, such as the prosperity of the country, and sometimes the safety of the individual is put at the forefront.
"Li Ming, you don't want me to live, and I won't let you live!" Seeing that the effect did not reach the predetermined situation, Liu Ting was also depressed to death. However, as many have speculated, the data has not been destroyed, but has been transferred to more hidden places.
The next step in the research is how to get the Blood Fiend to recognize friend and foe and make sure that they are only attacking the enemy. Even how to make the blood demon survive longer is also a subject of research.
Originally, this research was developed by the Wudou Mijiao itself, and later Zhuge Liang suggested that this research must be in the hands of the imperial court, at least under the supervision of the imperial court, before it became a joint study of the Taiping Sect, the Wudou Mijiao and the imperial court. The three points contain and supervise each other to avoid the leakage of research content.
However, Li Ming made such a big battle, and let him fall into such a passive environment, and he was immediately annoyed.
"It's just that it's not good to use the blood spell now, otherwise the previous actions will make the court completely lose trust among the people." Chen Qun stepped forward and persuaded him.
"I know that we don't have the ability to attack them at all, at least for nine years!" Liu Ting was even more depressed when he heard this, Cao Cao had brought back the slaves to the maximum extent in his body. And in a short period of time, these slaves have helped them to do a lot of rough work, and have made a lot of contributions to local construction and ore mining.
Rao is like this, the training of warriors, as well as the training of soldiers, this is not something that can be done overnight.
"In terms of logistics, there is the 'wooden ox and flowing horse' provided by Zhuge Aiqing, which saves a lot of trouble, but the source of soldiers is still scarce...... "Liu Ting is also very painful, if he continues to recruit young people into the army, then it will really be ten rooms and nine empty.
"Report! The front line sends back urgent paperwork! At this moment, there was a regular attendant outside shouting.
"Xuan!" Liu Ting immediately shouted when he heard this.
Not long after, a herald ran in in a panic and saw Liu Ting saluting naturally. When asked what an urgent document was, he immediately handed a document to Liu Ting.
"What!?" Liu Ting opened it and looked at it, and was immediately surprised, and then handed the paperwork to the other four curious babies.
"Li Ming actually plans to make an agreement with us to fight to the death in Hangu Pass next year? Hehe, if he wants to die, I will fulfill him! Liu Ting said with interest, if he was just fighting alone, Li Ming would not be his opponent. The key thing is that Zhang Yan has gradually perfected the means of dealing with Li Ming's existence.
As a result, if he doesn't come, if he comes, Liu Ting will only tell him to come and not come back!
"Liu Ting doesn't have to worry!" Zhuge Liang arched his hand and said, "The real question is whether the other side will launch a full-scale war!" ”
"It's not possible, it's inevitable! There are more and more grain reserves in Dachu, and a lot of railways have been built this year, and at the same time, 100,000 people have been conscripted into the army, and there are 200,000 Nanzhong tribes alone, and the barbarians of the Wuxi Barbarian tribe and the Pengyue tribe are eyeing each other, and they must be guarded against! Sima Yi understood the situation better, so he hurriedly stepped forward to remind.