Chapter 65: The Annexation of Pontus
After receiving this information from Liao Hua, Shi Jinshui also felt embarrassed, and through the eyes of those other factions he planted, he learned that not only Pontus, but also several factions were also pulled into the alliance by Seleucus, and were ready to send troops together to deal with New Carthage. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info With so many factions united, the strength is definitely very large, and with the current strength of New Carthage, the odds of winning the battle are really not high. After he incorporated the 100,000 troops left by Adjani to him, he was selected and reorganized, and finally left more than 60,000 people, plus his original soldiers, the number of troops was only more than 90,000, as others said, less than 100,000 soldiers, which is indeed a little small compared to the huge territory of New Carthage.
When Shi Jinshui was distressed by the huge number of enemy troops, Yakexi, who was captured by Liao Hua, suddenly asked someone to bring a message to Liao Hua, saying that he wanted to take the initiative to go back and persuade his father to switch to New Carthage's side and turn enemies into friends with New Carthage. This is also a decision made by Axis after careful consideration, he feels that the strength of New Carthage is too strong, they are the closest faction to New Carthage, once the war starts, the pressure is definitely the greatest, no matter whether New Carthage and Seleucus start a war, their little Bendu is afraid that it will be destroyed by New Carthage in minutes, rather than this, it is better for him to let his father switch to New Carthage. After all, as far as he knew, although Seleucid was strong, he would never be able to defeat them in a short period of time like New Carthage.
After thinking about it for a while, Liao Hua finally decided to take a gamble and bet that what the other party said was true. In the afternoon of the same day, he put Yaxie back.
And Yakexi did not let Liao Hua 100,000, after being released, he hurried back to the royal capital overnight, met his father King Apdullah, and used his personal experience to persuade his father to agree to switch to the New Carthage camp.
Liao Hua was also relieved after getting the accurate news that Bendu agreed to attach, he would take a risk this time, and he was forced to take a gamble, whether it was martial arts or stratagem, among the orphans adopted by Shi Jinshui, he was not very outstanding, if he didn't take the risk to earn some great merit for himself, he might never be able to attract Shi Jinshui's attention, so that the inheritance to the throne of New Carthage naturally had nothing to do with him.
That's right! Now the news that Shi Jinshui is going to pass the throne to the younger generation of them, has spread all over the army in just a few days, and most of this is naturally due to the credit of this guy. During this time, this guy has been seeking teachers everywhere, looking like he wants to change his mind and become a good student. People who are familiar with his character know that this guy is only hot for three minutes, and I'm afraid it won't take long for him to give up. However, most people still find the news revealed by this guy credible, after all, this guy's Lao Tzu is a celebrity around Shi Jinshui, and he has been serving by Shi Jinshui's side, and it is normal for him to learn about such a major event in advance.
In order to completely confirm his great achievement, Liao Hua rushed back overnight and personally relayed the good news to Shi Jinshui, after saying the news, Liao Hua glanced around and found that most of the students who were at the same time as him looked at him with extreme jealousy, after all, this time Liao Hua's limelight was really too big, and it was likely to leave a deep impression on their teacher Shi Jinshui. Perhaps only Adams can be indifferent, he is already destined to inherit the position of faction leader in Thrace in the future, so he will not participate in the competition for the throne of New Carthage.
Shi Jinshui was not blind, and soon discovered that something was wrong with the eyes of his students, which suppressed the glimmer of joy that had just risen in his heart because of Liao Hua's news. After knocking the table with the scabbard and attracting everyone's attention, Shi Jinshui said with a dark face: "I said what are you all thinking?" Yes! Our New Carthage is still far from dominating the world! You guys are all thinking about fighting for that throne, and if this continues, I'm afraid it won't be long before our new Carthage will be ruined in infighting. ā
Seeing that Shi Jinshui was really angry, his students hurriedly put away their jealous eyes, and also stepped forward one by one to congratulate Liao Hua on his great achievements.
When Shi Jinshui saw this scene, he couldn't be happy in his heart, because he knew that all this was an illusion, because of the battle for the throne, a rift had appeared between his students, and he could no longer return to the original state of loving each other. This made him regret a little that he prematurely revealed the news that he was going to pass the throne to these younger generations.
Three days later, Shi Jinshui arrived in the territory of Pontus with an army of 50,000, and the king of Pontus, Abdullah, who had already received the news, came out to greet him in person with a cadre of civil and military generals.
If it was in the past, Shi Jinshui would definitely have to talk to each other enthusiastically and deepen the friendship between the two factions. However, he has been depressed these days because of the open and secret battles of those students under him, so in the face of Apudullah, the king of Pontus who came to greet him in person, the whole person behaved very coldly, greeted the other party expressionlessly, and after saying a few words, he ignored the other party.
However, the more he behaved coldly, the more King of Pontus Abdullah did not dare to have dissent, in Abdullah's opinion, as a powerful faction leader, Shi Jinshui naturally did not care much about the sincerity of a small faction like Pontus, after all, it was just a little ant that could be crushed to death casually, how could it be worth the other party to care too much! Now Shi Jinshui's cold attitude made Apdullah feel that the other party was extremely confident in his own strength, so he felt more at ease in his heart, and felt that it was a wise decision for him to surrender as soon as possible.
I don't know what Shi Jinshui's reaction will be after knowing what Abdullah is thinking. But he really doesn't have much of the heart to care about these things now, and what he is thinking about now is how to resolve those contradictions between his students. Not to mention, after pondering and meditating for more than a week, Shi Jinshui really thought of a way that was not a solution. That is to divide his future empire into hundreds, one for each of his outstanding students, which may greatly ease the strife among his students. As for whether these students will be greedy enough to annex other people's territories and cause wars or anything after being assigned to their own share, he can't care, after all, by that time, he has already returned to the real world, and it can be regarded as out of sight.
After Shi Jinshui told his students about his new decision, those students were also shocked, and they all thought to themselves, this time it was divided into hundreds of shares, how much can each person get! That's a bit too bad, isn't it?
Shi Jinshui looked at the expressions of his students, and knew that these guys were not satisfied with this decision, which made him finally crazy, and said angrily on the spot: "You little bastards, is it easy for Lao Tzu to pull you with a handful of shit and urine?" Lao Tzu kindly wants to leave you some inheritance, so that you can enjoy the rest of your life, but you are not satisfied one by one, what do you want! Believe it or not, I finally left the throne to Rowan as an illiterate, and I didn't leave it to you at all! ā
Rowan was very dissatisfied with the fact that he was shot while lying down, and he shouted on the side: "Shi Shuiqiu, what do you mean!" How am I illiterate! I already know hundreds of words by now! How can it be said that it is illiterate! ā
"Damn! As a field marshal, you have only learned a few hundred words after studying for so many years, and you also said that you are not illiterate, I found a random three-year-old child from China, and it is estimated that he can read more words than you! Suffice it to say that you guy is a disgrace to Neo-Carthage! Seeing that this guy Rowan still dared to talk back to himself on this point, Shi Jinshui couldn't help but be angry, and immediately scolded the other party.
"Then you still say that you want to pass the throne to me, do you want us to make New Carthage a laughing stock in the eyes of the world?" Hearing Shi Jinshui comment on himself like this, Luo Wen couldn't help but ask angrily.
"Laughing stock! I'd like to see which of them dares to laugh, the truth is only within the range of the cannon! When we New Carthage dominates the world, we will be the masters of this world, and we can do whatever we want, and no one else is qualified to talk nonsense! ā
When Shi Jinshui's students heard this, they couldn't help but raise their hearts, because listening to their tone, the matter of passing the throne to Rowan didn't seem to be a joke, if they made Shi Jinshui angry again, the other party would be disappointed, maybe they would really break the jar and pass the throne to Rowan as the marshal. Don't look at their Uncle Rowan is illiterate and can't read a few big characters, but his prestige in the country is much higher than theirs, if Shi Jinshui really passes the throne to the other party, there will definitely be a lot of people who support him in China.
As if sensing the thoughts of those little cubs, Rowan suddenly turned his head to Shi Jinshui's group of students and said, "You little guys, aren't you really worried that I will take your throne!" I'm in my forties this year, but Shi Shui forced this guy, but he couldn't even unify the Mediterranean! You have all seen the globe, how vast this world is, you should all know, by the time we unify the world, I am afraid that decades have passed, by that time, I am afraid that I will be too old to walk, how can I fight with you! Besides, I have no interest in this position, and after the world is unified, I just want to go back to my hometown and spend the rest of my life in peace! ā
Shi Jinshui listened to Luo Wen's words on the side, but he couldn't help but have a trace of sadness in his eyes, because he suddenly found that the general, who had followed him for decades, although his figure was still so burly, but he didn't know when, there were many more wrinkles on his face, and even he found a white hair behind the other party's head, all of which meant that the other party was slowly getting old. Not only Rowan, but also the patriarchs who followed him to establish New Carthage slowly grew old unconsciously, but he couldn't do anything about it, after all, he was not a real water god, just a water force who liked water stickers, and he couldn't give his old subordinates eternal life.
After Luo Wen turned his head back, he immediately noticed Shi Jinshui's strange eyes, and after getting along with the other party for decades, he understood the meaning in the other party's eyes almost instantly, he raised his hand and hammered the other party's chest hard, and scolded with a smile: "Shi Shui, why are you suddenly so sad!" Didn't you say that! People are inherently dead, no one can escape this cycle of birth, old age, sickness and death, I can meet you, I have experienced such a magnificent life, it is not worth this life! ā