The second night is close to Zhongzhou (2)

The Zhongzhou Great Plain is the most vast large plain in the Dongzhou continent, the longest point from east to west reaches two thousand miles, even beyond the scope of Zhongzhou, extending westward into Ang County of Kanzhou, and Cangshan Town, one of the nine towns of Dongzhou, is only separated by a north-south mountain range, and to the east it reaches Lizhou Fang County, and then to the east is the heart county located in the northwest of Donghai Town.

The north-south direction of the Zhongzhou Great Plain is relatively shorter, but the widest point is more than 1,000 li, and it is close to the Xuxian County of Kunzhou Prefecture. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that there was a large river running east-west between Gangxian and Xuxian, the Zhongzhou Plain could have continued to extend northward, but at this moment, the alluvial plateau formed by this big river cut the Kunzhou Plain in the north.

As the power center of the Dongzhou Continent, Kui County, where the Dongzhou Imperial Court is located, is in the center of the Great Plain of Zhongzhou, sitting on the richest land of more than 5 million hectares in Dongzhou, and Zhongzhou is also the only state in Kyushu that does not have any rebel forces.

From the city to the northwest, more than 700 miles to the northwest, is where the Dongzhou Imperial Court is located, no wonder the three top decision-makers of the Eastern Navy will be moved by this.

"Kill the past?" After looking at it stupidly for a long time, Huang Zhicai turned his head and asked the captain.

Sima Fuqiang also pondered for a while when he heard this, before he shook his head regretfully, "I'm afraid it won't work......

On the side, Zhang Wei also expressed his opinion, "A small one can move five thousand people from the state capital, and only one Li Wei can mobilize 5,000 people, so it is conceivable that the number of soldiers and horses held by the Dongzhou Imperial Court is definitely not less than 50,000, otherwise it is difficult to ensure that there are no rebel forces in the entire Zhongzhou." ”

He didn't say much about the rest, but the implication was quite obvious, that is, the Eastern Navy was not enough to argue with the Dongzhou Imperial Court, even if the whole army was dispatched, it would not be enough for people to plug their teeth. Huang Zhi and the captain are not brainless people, so they naturally understand what Zhang Wei means. And in fact, not to mention the Dongzhou Imperial Court, even if it is the state capital, it is not something that the current Eastern Navy can contend with.

Sometimes, quality doesn't replace quantity. If the Eastern Navy insists on fighting a sports war, perhaps the numerical superiority of the officials and troops from the state capital is not in their eyes, but as a force with its own foundation, the Dream Man cannot let the East China Sea territory go unattended and lead the Eastern Navy to fight guerrillas.

Don't look at Li Wei's war is not very good, and the people in his dreams don't take him seriously, but he is not the only general who leads troops from the state capital, there are as many as seven or eight like him, and the number of troops is ten times that of the Eastern Navy. As long as the state capital is willing, it is completely possible to gradually encroach on Donghai County in a few ways, so that even if the Eastern Navy can win a victory over a certain officer and army, it will be useless.

Just as the Nanhai team recognized, the people of Donghai County are their weakness, and they can't give up the foundation. As long as the Donghai team needs to survive in this world for a day, they need the people of Donghai County to provide them with poll tax points, and they need the base of Donghai Town to buy supplies and improve their skills.

"In other words, unless we can shatter the dream, with our current strength, it is really not suitable to provoke the officials and soldiers." Sima Fuqiang reluctantly withdrew his gaze from afar.

Huang Zhi looked at the limit of his eyes unwillingly, there were too many secrets they wanted to discover and reveal, and perhaps there was a way for them to shatter their dreams.

However, as long as they don't have the strength to be able to run rampant on the Dongzhou Continent, they can't easily give up their territory until they can't find a way to shatter their dreams; Without giving up their territory and going deep into the Dongzhou Imperial Court, it was difficult for them to really find a way to shatter their dreams. It's like the chicken-and-egg problem, they can't bet on whether an illusory proposition is true or not.

Just as the defender of Tyrannosaurus City was about to leave the west with everyone, Huang Zhi suddenly stopped again, "Brothers, if we say that we are rebelling by leading troops into Zhongzhou, then if we don't bring troops, just a few of us, how about it?" ”

Sima Fuqiang stopped and hesitated for a moment before shaking his head again to veto his proposal, "Leave the army here, can you rest assured?" Although we have basically solved the problem of the Northern Plains, don't forget that the Hengduan Pass is still in the hands of the mob army, and the Northern Plains will not be completely ours until we take this level. ”

Huang Zhi was also a little frustrated when he heard this, the captain was right, now the situation in the northern plain of Bangxian County is not stable, there are great variables, and it is definitely not something that a few commanders of the Eastern Navy can suppress, and it needs to be personally controlled by the person in the dream.

Take Tyrannomy City as an example, it was only the Eastern Navy soldiers who agreed to change banners under pressure, and they have not yet established enough trust and dependence between them. Once the mob army in the south returns through the Hengduan Pass, these people will definitely change their course again and re-erect the banner of the mob army. In that case, in addition to Chen Chuang's troops who stayed behind in the storm earthquake pass, these battalions of the Eastern Navy on the plain will suffer, and it is very likely that they will be besieged here.

Therefore, the dreamman cannot leave now, and the situation in the northern plains must be stabilized, and the expeditionary force of the Eastern Navy must be settled in a relatively safe environment before he can do this with confidence. But looking at the entire northern part of Storm County, only the Storm Earthquake Pass, which is guarding the way home, is a safe place, and if you really want to withdraw there, the dreamer may not have much time to cross five hundred miles back to Storm City, and then go to Zhongzhou from here.

From beginning to end, it is a tangle, no matter what you do, it is a contradiction, it can only be said that it is not yet the time for the Donghai team to go to the Dongzhou Imperial Court. Huang Zhi could only swallow back all the words in his stomach.

Compared with Huang Zhi, who was most anxious to shatter his dreams, Zhang Wei was more open, "Let's go, let's turn around and win the Hengduan Pass, this is the top priority at the moment"

======================== the dividing line between dream and reality =======================

When the dreamers are entangled in the proximity of Zhongzhou but have no chance to step into it, somewhere in the central Kui County of Zhongzhou, a question about them is also bothering other people at the same time.

This is a large wooden hall, black bricks, black columns, black curtains, black domes, and a group of people dressed in black ancient court clothes, deep and solemn, although there are many people, most of the time it is as quiet as a silent night.

In the deepest part of the main hall, a man on a five-foot boss is wearing a round gold silk crown with nine dragons around the top, and he is wearing a black gold silk nine dragon robe, no matter how he looks like a legendary emperor. To be precise, this person is the Dongzhou Emperor who has always longed for a true face in his dreams.

A middle-aged official took a step out of the queue of officials, picked up the jade wat in his hand and bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the Imperial History Observatory has something to say about the person in your dreams. ”

"Quasi-play." At this time, the Emperor of Dongzhou was in a good mood.

Nian Yushi raised the jade wat in his hand a little higher, and looked at the few memos displayed on it. "After the East China Sea Dream People led the army to cross the border into Duzhou Storm County a month ago, another Dream Man showed a rebellious behavior."

Emperor Dongzhou's face immediately became ugly, about the actions of the dream man in the East China Sea and the Eastern Navy, he learned about it at the court ceremony three weeks ago. At that time, he was already deeply dissatisfied with their self-assertive behavior, and if it weren't for the fact that the target that the Eastern Navy was going to deal with was a mob army that was quite a headache, the emperor would have wanted to go crazy that day. Unexpectedly, just three weeks later, another group of dreamers began to mess around.

This situation reminded him of the rebels that sprung up in various places a few years ago, that is, from one to two, from two to three, from three to one out of control, is it possible that the people in the dream today want to reproduce the scene of the year.

"Who are the guys this time? What did these guys do? Emperor Dongzhou's voice became extremely low.

The middle-aged Yushi felt Long Yan's anger, and subconsciously wiped the sweat drops that burst out of his forehead, and then said cautiously, "This time it is the dream people of the South China Sea, they sent troops to the north privately, and now they have entered the territory of the defeated county. ”

"Defeated county? There are no rebels there, do they want to rebel" Emperor Dongzhou could no longer suppress his voice, and the anger in his heart made his voice rise an octave in an instant.

The Imperial Observatory was unable to provide any answer to this question, and their duty was to supervise and impeach, but they were unable to make military judgments. The middle-aged imperial history had to turn his head and cast a plea at the other official opposite.

At this time, the Emperor of Dongzhou also set his eyes on this person, "Xia Qing, you can talk about it." ”

The so-called Xia Qing is not surnamed Xia, but another name for the military department, this is an old man with the spirit of a martial artist, and when he heard this, he also promised to step out of the queue, and replied after bowing, "The minister thinks that this is just an entanglement between people in a dream, and it should not have risen to the level of rebellion." According to the past information of the Imperial Historical Observatory and the Ministry of War, the Dream Man is an organization of eight people, and there is competition and inexplicable enmity between them. Before the unification of the Nine Towns, the struggle of the Dream People had a long history, and it was not without precedent. The minister judged that the target of the Dream Man of the South China Sea to lead the troops north should be the Dream Man of the East China Sea. ”

"Infighting, isn't it? That's great. Emperor Dongzhou breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, even if he was a son of heaven, he had to admit that he still felt quite pressure and trouble about the existence of the person in his dream.

Before he could be happy, another official stepped out of the queue, "Your Majesty, there are still other rebellious and evil deeds in this South China Sea dreamer. ”

"What's going on with your household?" Emperor Dongzhou's face became more and more difficult to look at.

Seeing the emperor's face change, Hubu Shangshu regretted it, but since he had already stood up, he had to continue, "The people in the dream of the South China Sea forged documents, fraudulently used the seal of the history of the Duzhou assassination, and used the grain reserves in various places for marching. ”

Hearing this, Emperor Dongzhou grabbed something in his hand and slammed it to the ground under the steps, "They really want to do the opposite, but they dare to forge official documents, where is Zhang Taishi?" ”

"The minister is here." A gray-bearded old officer, the oldest of the officers present, came out of the ranks tremblingly.

"What do you suggest from the Taishi Bureau? Can I do it? "Emperor Dongzhou's face was already full of murderous intent.

All the officials present looked at the old official who was about to fall at any moment, hoping to hear an affirmative answer from his mouth.

Since the appearance of those dreamers who entered this world from the "night", the Dongzhou Continent had to set aside the nine areas where the night was located as the shelter of these invaders, and they could only watch them come and could not punish them, which was a shame for the imperial court

The Taishi Bureau was later called Qin Tianjian, responsible for the astronomical calendar and sacrificial functions, and as the chief official of the Taishi Bureau, since the dream man appeared in this world, the old Taishi, who was about to enter the earth, who could only play a little warm-up in the sacrificial activities, suddenly became important, because only he could contact the "providence".

At this time, the old Taishi coughed twice, and barely made his hoarse voice sound that could be heard by the Dongzhou Emperor on the steps, "Emperor Qiqi, there is no new providence." ”

"There is no providence......," Emperor Dongzhou, who had already stood up unconsciously, sat down dejectedly, "Do we continue to sit back and watch them behave in a mess?" Providence let us cede one-ninth of the land to the damn dreamman for self-government, Providence let us assign the southern part of Weixian to the damn East China Sea, why can't Providence let us send troops to exterminate these damn guys? ”

"Yes, there is no such providence." The old lady repeated, and her voice became clearer.

Emperor Dongzhou's forehead was bruised, but there was nothing to be done, once they also tried to ignore the meaning of "heaven's will", forcibly sent troops to the Central Plains Town located in the east of Kui County, intending to camp the Central Plains Dream People who were messing around there, but they were greeted by a terrible plague, so that tens of thousands of soldiers who entered the Central Plains Town all died violently.

At that time, the leader was the third prince, and he was also the favorite son of the Dongzhou Emperor, who originally wanted this son to annihilate the "invader" of the dream man with an overwhelming military advantage and accumulate a little military merit.

Now, a few years have passed, and the Dongzhou Imperial Court has tried several other methods to deal with those dream people without giving up, but the results have all ended in failure without exception, and all the personnel involved in the operation against the dream people have ended their unfinished mission with violent deaths.

What's worse is that the Emperor of Dongzhou himself, every time he acts against the "will of heaven", in addition to the violent death of his soldiers, he himself will also be seriously ill, almost dying, and his life span is being shortened little by little. He was even worried that if there was another time, he might not be able to survive it.

Since then, the Dongzhou Imperial Court has known that the will of heaven cannot be violated

Therefore, no matter how angry the Dongzhou Emperor was this time, he no longer dared to take any action against the person in his dreams.

At this time, the military department Shangshu suddenly said, "Your Majesty, in fact, in the eyes of the ministers, this incident is not necessarily a bad thing. The Dream Man of the South China Sea is obviously going to deal with the Dream Man of the East China Sea, why don't we take this opportunity to let them kill each other? ”