Xie Aitong guò fully demonstrated his talent in the battle of Liang Zhao and became a general star in the rise of the Liang Kingdom, and was deeply appreciated by Zhang Chonghua, the king of Liang, and loved by the soldiers in the army.

And Zhang Chonghua, the king of Liang, also used this battle to greatly establish his prestige, thus making his ruling position more stable.

After the truce of Liangzhao Liangguo, Xie Ai led his soldiers and horses back to Guzang and handed over the military power to Zhang Chonghua, in order to show that he had no ambition to support the army and self-respect, and also reduced the unwarranted suspicion and attack of the old nobles of Liangguo.

Seeing that Xie Ai had made great achievements in war and was not arrogant, Zhang Chonghua trusted him even more, and canonized him as the Taishou of Jiuquan here, and consulted Xie Ai on some important military affairs.

The army of Liangguo broke the Zhao army and achieved a brilliant victory, as the lord of a country, Zhang Chonghua naturally had to celebrate in addition to rewarding his merits.

In the palace of Guzang City, Zhang Chonghua held a feast and invited important figures in the DPRK and the army to a banquet to celebrate the victory in the Battle of Liangzhao.

As the core figure of this victory, Xie Ai was naturally Zhang Chonghua's first guest, and in order to show his favor to Xie Ai, Zhang Chonghua asked Xie Ai to sit beside him in order to communicate with him.

For Zhang Chonghua to value Xie Ai so much, the old nobles of Liangguo were naturally a little uncomfortable in their hearts, but such a brilliant victory in this battle was indeed the credit of Xie Ai, and even these old nobles had to admit this, for this reason, although they were a little sour in their hearts, they did not express much opinion, and the banquet was still carried out in a relaxed and happy atmosphere.

At the time of the staggered planning, the ministers and generals. Inevitably, they had to compliment each other a few words to connect with each other's feelings, and all kinds of flattering words filled the entire banquet.

When the wine was half-drunk, Zhang Chonghua looked at Xie Ai and asked softly: "General Xie, this time our army broke the Zhao army, this is all your credit!" I want to thank you very much. As he spoke, he picked up his glass and looked at Xie Ai.

Shaythorn was flattered, and hurriedly stood up and raised his glass. Zhengse said: "Share worries for the king." This is the duty of a courtier, and the minister is just doing his duty. With that, he drank the wine in the cup.

"Haha! General Xie is still so humble, with General Xie here, this king can sit back and relax. Zhang Chonghua said. Drink the wine from the glass.

Xie Ai saw this. There was a pause. said: "Your Majesty, the army of Zhao returned from a crushing defeat this time, and King Shihu of Zhao must be furious. If the minister's expectations are good, at least a few months, or at most a year, the army of Zhao will inevitably enter the army again, and the king still has to make more preparations! ”

When Zhang Chonghua heard this, he nodded, and said: "You are right, Shi Hu is not good at stubble, this time Ma Qiu returned from defeat, Shi Hu will definitely not be willing to give up, our army does have to be more prepared, General Xie can lead his troops to garrison in Caohan to resist the Zhao army, can you?" ”

Xie Ai shook his head and said softly: "Your Majesty, the Zhao State occupies the land of the Ten Prefectures, and its national strength is far superior to that of my Liang State, and the Guanzhong army alone is no longer under my national army. ”

Zhang Chonghua was shocked when he heard this, he was very clear about the national strength of Zhao, just because Liang Guo occupied a corner of the northwest and confronted Zhao for a long time, it would be a great damage to the national strength, and once the national strength declined, Liang Guo would soon cease to exist.

"Zhao is rich and strong, what strategy does General Xie have to deal with." Zhang Chonghua asked Xie Ai for advice.

Xie Ai hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, my Liang Kingdom must do its best to get in touch with the Great Jin Imperial Court in order to contain the Zhao State with the help of the power of the Great Jin Imperial Court. ”

When Zhang Chonghua heard this, he nodded, and said softly: "You are right, my Liang Kingdom has been loyal to the Great Jin Dynasty for generations, and now, Qiu Chi and Shu have been recovered by the Great Jin, and the envoys sent by this king can directly enter Wudu County, so as to get in touch with the imperial court, without having to worry about borrowing the road." ”

"Your Majesty, as long as our army can echo with the imperial army in Liangzhou and cooperate with each other, we can effectively resist Shi Hu's retaliation, and I hope that the king will do his best to get in touch with the imperial court, so that the Liang Kingdom can have no worries." Xie Ai said.

Zhang Chonghua nodded, indicating that he would immediately send an envoy to Jiankang City to get in touch with the imperial court.

As soon as the banquet ended, Zhang Chonghua couldn't wait to write several letters by hand, one was sent to the imperial court, and the other was written to Hua'an, the military governor of Liang, Yi, and Qin, so as to gain the support of the Great Jin court and the border general Hua'an, so as to jointly deal with the threat of Zhao.

After the letter was written, Zhang Chonghua sent two envoys overnight, respectively to Jiankang City and Nanzheng City, and asked the envoys to travel as fast as possible.

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In the direction of Nanzhengcheng, due to the role of black powder, mining, quarrying and other related industries have developed by leaps and bounds, and a large number of pig iron raw materials and square stones are piled up in the warehouses of Nanzhengcheng.

With enough raw materials of pig iron, Pu Tie of the Armory Hall is the happiest, in the past, when he planned to build improved iron weapons, he was always worried that it would be too wasteful of raw materials, so that it was not really implemented, but now that he has enough raw materials, he can naturally let go of his hands and feet to experiment with various improved weapons to improve the equipment level of the army.

The accumulation of a large number of stones has provided enough raw materials for the large-scale streets under construction, and a large number of stones have been laid on the ground in the newly built streets north of Nanzhengcheng, which look quite high-grade, and various shops and inns are also under construction, and the row of shops closest to the medical hall and the literature hall has been completely completed, and merchants have begun to move in, and the new streets have begun to show signs of prosperity.

While tremendous achievements have been made in various economic constructions, military construction has not been left behind; the nearly 50,000 newly recruited recruits have initially formed combat effectiveness after several months of adaptive training; as long as there is war at the border gates, they can be put into battle at any time, all kinds of combat equipment are also in place, and military rations and other materials are enough to consume for several years, so there is no need to worry.

News from the northwest direction was still coming, and Hua An'an was very happy to learn that Xie Ai led the army to be invincible and had completely defeated Ma Qiu's Zhao army.

Zhao was hit hard by this, and he was no longer able to take revenge in a short time, and the direction of Liangzhou and Qinzhou was temporarily safe, and Hua'an could better develop the economy and train the army.

In the Assassin's Mansion, Hua An is dealing with all kinds of important official affairs, and Hua An is happier than anyone else for the great achievements made in various works in Liangzhou.

"General, the envoy of Liangguo asks to see you." At this moment, a personal soldier reported the news of the arrival of the envoy of the Liang Kingdom.

Hua An was stunned when he heard this, at this time, what did Zhang Chonghua send a messenger for! What is the purpose.

"Hurry up, please." Huaan ordered the invitation.

Soon, the envoy of the Liang Kingdom arrived at the Assassin's Mansion and respectfully visited Hua'an, handing over a letter written by Zhang Chonghua, the king of Liang.

Hua An took the letter and read it in front of the messenger, and saw that Zhang Chonghua intended to use his own strength to contain the army of Zhao Guo, Hua An smiled lightly.

Zhang Chonghua's plan is exactly what Hua'an can't ask for, in the face of the powerful Zhao State, Hua'an can only calmly deal with the common crisis with the army of Liangguo, so as to reduce the pressure faced by both sides.

After thinking for a moment, Hua An took out a pen and paper and wrote a reply letter to Zhang Chonghua, in which Hua An agreed to Zhang Chonghua's construction and said that he would unite and work together to deal with the powerful Zhao State.

After the envoy of Liangguo left, Hua An's heart suddenly felt a lot easier, as long as he cooperated with Liangguo, within a few years, Liangzhou and Qinzhou would be safe.

A few years later, Shi Hu died, Zhao was torn apart, and the Central Plains was full of bloody battles.

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In the direction of Yecheng, Shi Hu, the king of Zhao State, heard that the three-way army of Ma Qiu, Sun Fudu, and Wang Zheng was defeated by Zhang Chonghua, and he couldn't help but be angry.

The defeat of this battle completely disrupted Shi Hu's ambition to unify the north, so Shi Hu, who was furious, roared to behead Ma Qiu, Sun Fudu and other generals, and only gave up under the hard persuasion of the ministers.

However, for this defeat on the front line, Shi Hu did not intend to stop there, how could he endure such a shameful humiliation.

In order to avenge this arrow, Shi Hu planned to immediately send the elite soldiers of Yecheng to reinforce the Guanzhong Army in the west, and immediately launched a new round of attack on Liangguo.

After studying with the ministers of the court, Shi Hu decided to raise heavy troops again to attack the Liang State in the spring of the second year, and decided to use the elite soldiers of Yecheng to enhance Ma Qiu's strength.

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A few months later, it was already the autumn harvest season, and the whole territory of Liangzhou began to grab the crops, all kinds of fresh crops were piled up in the warehouse, this year, it was another bumper harvest year, and the grain stocks of the people and the government treasury increased a lot.

In Nanzhengcheng, where grain was plagued, the prices of all kinds of grain and straw were greatly reduced, and this harmed the interests of the common people who grew grain to a certain extent.

In order to stabilize prices, Hua'an purchased most of the surplus grain on the market, which not only ensured the reasonable price of these grains, but also further increased the stored grain and grass for the Northern Expedition.

At the same time as the autumn harvest, the newly built streets in Nanzheng City were basically completed, and because of the close proximity to the north gate and the good terrain, there were already many inns and shops stationed in the merchants.

Such an atmospheric street is naturally more attractive to foreign merchants, after these merchants have entered the new street, merchants from all over the world have poured into the new street, especially the large-scale caravansera, but also like to shop and sell goods from afar in the spacious new street. (To be continued......)