There are seven countries in the land of Kyushu, namely Chu, Yue, Qi, Han, Qin, Shu, and Zhou. People often call them by direction and name, roughly Chu is in the east, so it is called Eastern Chu, because it inherited the southern territory of Daqi in the past, and it is also called Southern Chu; The more in the south, hence the name South Vietnam; Qi is in the northeast, mostly called Northern Qi, in order to show the difference from the former Eastern Qi; Zhou is in the north, and it is the name of the Northern Zhou; Qin is in the northwest, and both Western Qin and Northern Qin can be; Shu is in the west, and the name of Western Shu has been since ancient times; The Han Kingdom, which is located in the center, does not have such a saying, so it is called "Great Han".

Among the seven countries, Xishu has the longest history, from the founding of the country to the present has been nearly 4,000 years, is a real ancient country. South Vietnam, on the other hand, has only been established for more than 200 years, making it the shortest in history.

However, the length of history is not necessarily related to the strength of the country.

Among the Seven Kingdoms, Western Shu is the longest, but in terms of national strength, it is almost the weakest in the Seven Kingdoms, if it weren't for the rugged terrain, except for the Shu people who are accustomed to trekking in the mountains, the [fucking] team has no way to adapt to the terrain, but I am afraid that it would have been wiped out long ago.

And the most powerful Han among the Seven Kingdoms, it has only been about 500 years since the founding of the country, and if you want to say short, it is naturally not short, but it is not very long.

For more than 300 years since the founding of the Eastern Chu country, the country's strength has gradually turned from strong to declining, and it is almost at the end of the road. Seeing that its country is declining, many surrounding countries have moved their minds to take advantage of it.

It is like a sick and dying beast, when it is healthy, the wild beasts in the vicinity naturally do not care about it, but now it is not, so in the eyes of those of the same kind in the past, it is no longer a predator, but only a prey.

There were three countries bordering the Eastern Chu State, the Northern Qi in the north, the Han Dynasty in the west, and the South Vietnam in the south. Among the three kingdoms, the Northern Qi and it are old enemies, and they have been fighting since the founding of the country, forcing the Eastern Chu to seal the most noble prince of the country in addition to the emperor and the crown prince in Dongshan County, which is adjacent to the Northern Qi, which is the origin of the first prince of Great Chu "Dongshan County King".

Since the Xiong Ho Rebellion, the elite of Dongshan County either refused to rebel and died, or rebelled, or fled to Northern Qi, and the entire Dongshan County's strength was greatly weakened. Northern Qi saw the opportunity and launched several attacks, but was blocked by the famous general Du Zhen again and again, and spent countless money, food, soldiers and horses in vain, but was not able to occupy even the size of the land.

After he grew old, his descendants also guarded the northern passes for the Great Chu State for generations, and the Tiebi Du family can be said to be one of the most famous generals in the Great Chu State.

But behind the prestige of the Tiebi Du family, there is the blood of more than 20 Du family disciples and close friends for more than 50 years, as well as countless Great Chu soldiers who have fallen in several battles. This iron wall guarding the north of the Great Chu Kingdom is not really made of steel, but is built by countless hot-blooded men with flesh and blood!

In addition to the Northern Qi Kingdom, the Great Han Kingdom has also tried several times to see if Eastern Chu is weak enough, whether it has become a fat pig that has lost its resistance and is just waiting to be slaughtered.

In the confrontation against the Great Han Kingdom, the most famous was the chariot general Shi Lei. Shi Lei's father, Shi Zhengying, was the chief minister of the Tian'an Emperor Xiong Du, and he was loyal, especially with great vision. It is said that when the prime minister of Lin Lushan was still a son, he evaluated him as a talent for auxiliary countries. It's a pity that the old prime minister also died in the Xiong Ho Rebellion, and even the whole family was almost martyred, leaving only one son, in that bloody night, together with Lin Lushan, who didn't know whether he had been lifted or not, escorted the prince out of the capital.

The specific circumstances of that battle left many legends. But there is no doubt that after that war, the heads of the civil and military officials of the Great Chu State were already destined to be Lin and Shi.

Lin Lushan later became the head of the Great Chu State, and then became the prime minister, he is the head of the Qingliu in the court, known as Qingtian Duxiu Peak, although he has been dead for many years, people say "prime minister", if you don't add a surname, most of them are still talking about this Lin Prime Minister.

Shi Lei first became the president of the forbidden army, and soon after the Great Han State launched a provocation on the western border, he led his troops to guard, which was thirty-five years.

Thirty-five years of division, he was cautious and firmly guarded the western frontier of the Eastern Chu State. Although the power of the Han Dynasty is far above that of Eastern Chu, it has never been able to find an opportunity to invade on a large scale.

But the past thirty-five years have also exhausted Shi Lei's entire youth and all his life, and in the end, he was old and frail because he couldn't afford to get sick because of overwork, and he was not able to return to his hometown until he died.

When Shi Lei died, Wu Xuanwei, the general of the Teng Snake of the Han Dynasty who had confronted him for about ten years, came to mourn in person, but many people said that if it weren't for the fact that this Teng Snake General was too difficult, Shi Cheqi would have broken his heart to help him become ill!

After Shi Lei's death, several guards changed on the western border of the Eastern Chu State, but none of them had Shi Lei's ability and prestige, and the situation between him and the Great Han State had become more and more dangerous.

For these situations, Wu Jie, Qiao Feng and Lin Xiao, who are the people of the Eastern Chu State, are all knowledgeable. But they can't think of any way, since ancient times, immortals are different, and it is one of the most taboo things for immortals to directly fight against the army, and they will be almost 100% thundered by the sky. Trying to pray for blessings like Wu Xie and Xiao Buyi did and continue the national fortune for the Great Chu State is almost the limit of humane permission.

The tension on the western border is almost unknown to everyone in the Eastern Chu Kingdom, and many people are speculating about when the Great Han Kingdom will come over? Among the hundreds of civil and military officials, many have secretly handed over letters to the Great Han State, preparing to surrender as soon as the army arrives.

But no one expected that the first to put on a posture was not the Northern Qi or the Great Han, but the South Vietnam!

Nanyue is located in the southernmost part of Kyushu, and most of the entire territory is opened up from the wilderness, so it is often contemptuously called "Southern Barbarians" by the people of the Central Plains.

For a long time, the South Vietnamese Kingdom had no presence in the Seven Kingdoms of Kyushu. This is because its geographical location is really awkward, and the country of Nanyue is a long mountain to the north, and the only exit is in the sensitive area bordering Xishu and Dahan. Both countries had heavy armies and fortified cities. Mo said that South Vietnam has always been sparsely populated and its military strength is not strong, and even if its military strength is two or three times stronger than it is now, it is impossible to march into the Central Plains from there.

Therefore, the Nanyue Kingdom simply built that exit directly, built a Xiongguan that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and put on an attitude of learning from the Western Shu Kingdom and unswervingly taking the turtle route.

It looks like this, whether it is Western Shu, Dahan or Eastern Chu, they can't do anything about it, or they are also happy to have such a neighbor who is not interested in others, so the relationship between Nanyue and other countries is not bad.

Compared with the helplessness on land, the South Vietnamese state is very powerful at sea. It has built the most powerful naval army among the Seven Kingdoms, and is constantly expanding towards the South China Sea and Yunmengze. This naval army has always been the enemy of demon beasts, and the strength of its combat effectiveness is shocking, although the name of the "Beast Slayer Army" is very earthy and temperamental, but the combat effectiveness is not earthy at all, and the high-end atmosphere is very high-grade!

Not to mention anything else, almost everyone in the Beast Slayer Army has weapons and armor made from things on medium or even high-level demon beasts!

Now that the Eastern Chu State is in decline, and seeing that it is about to be divided by the Han Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty, Li Shihao, the current emperor of the Nanyue Kingdom, can't help but want to take a bite.

If they can take advantage of the current opportunity to seize the opportunity to move before the Han and the Northern Qi, and then the army will advance even if it can't swallow most of the Eastern Chu, it will have the upper hand when it negotiates with the Han and the Northern Qi! You can get more benefits!

For this reason, the South Vietnamese State frequently mobilized its troops, and used methods that were as unnoticeable as possible to reduce the world's most powerful naval army, the "Beast Slayer Army," into pieces, and under the banner of the East China Sea Navy, three ships at a time, two ships at a time, quietly transferred from the South China Sea to the East China Sea.

Because of the frequent sorties of the South Vietnamese navy, this kind of thing would not have attracted attention. Who knows that Lu Dao is probably not as good as the sky, but Jiujianmen, who has been doing business in Dongchu and Nanyue all the year round, stumbled upon this matter because of an accident.

"That was two months ago......," an elder of the Nine Swords Sect said with a bitter face, "At that time, more than 100 disciples of this sect were escorting a caravan that had been going back and forth between the Chu State and the Yue State for many years, and they were trafficking a batch of goods back from the Great Chu State. They met the navy of the Great Viet Kingdom at sea, and according to the rules, they had to board the ship to check whether they were trafficking in prohibited things, such as weapons and armor in bulk, or human trafficking. ”

Qiao Feng and Lin Xiao nodded, motioning for him to continue.

"Of course, they had no reason to refuse to inspect it, so they opened the cabin and let the navy take a closer look, because there was really nothing forbidden on board."

"Those navies checked very carefully, the first few ships were nothing, and when they found the last ship, there was an accident, and that ship, in addition to the general cargo, also carried an ironclad biao

"Iron Armor? Is it the kind of low-level monster that can breed with horses? Qiao Feng frowned, "That thing is not so rare, is it forbidden?" ”

"How can it be a forbidden thing! It's just that the iron armor biao who was locked in the cage was very vicious, but after seeing a few people in the Vietnamese navy, he showed obvious panic. The Elder of the Nine Swords Gate sighed, "At that time, everyone was surprised, and those few people didn't pay much attention to it, and they also teased and said, 'This Iron Armor Biao doesn't seem to be a good thing, I'm afraid it doesn't deserve any good horses.'" ”

Qiao Feng and Lin Xiao glanced at each other and nodded secretly.