Chapter 319: Triple Alliance
Tang Niu took down the Di tribe, and when he learned that Dangliang's defense was lax, he immediately led his troops to kill.
It turned out that Sima Fa brought the entire Lu family to the imperial city of Miliang, and the clansmen were named members of the royal family, so they settled in the imperial city to enjoy themselves.
After the Lu family left, the Liang army was not as tight as it was at the beginning.
In addition, Lu Cong focused on Qiangyang and Xiacheng, and there was no war here for a long time, and the officials were busy with disaster prevention and slacked off, giving Tang Niu a chance.
Tang Niu led the troops to kill suddenly, and when the officials in Liang City hurriedly stationed at the city gate, the flying pigeon asked for help from Duosi County.
On the other side, Zhou Hao and Mei Xu confronted each other in Xiacheng County.
Mei Xu is as stable as Mount Tai, no matter how Zhou Hao provokes, he just can't stick to it.
Zhou Hao had no choice, Lei He's reinforcements arrived, and after understanding the situation, he suggested to him that he could pretend to turn around and attack Liuzhou County, and the army slowly moved westward. Mei Xu must be worried that when the time comes, the division of troops to rescue will weaken the defense of Xia City.
During the period, the soldiers and horses of Pinggu County were notified to get ready, and the army turned around at any time, outflanking the soldiers and horses of Pinggu County, and caught Mei Xu off guard.
Zhou Hao listened to Lei He's strategy, mobilized troops and horses to slowly move west, and made a posture of attacking Liuzhou County, and at the same time Feige sent a letter to order Pinggu Tai to garrison all soldiers and horses, and wait for the transfer at any time.
Mei Xu saw that Zhou Hao's army was moving, and he really hit the plan, thinking that the other party was preparing to change the target and attack Liuzhou, which had relatively weak troops.
As Lei He expected, he hurriedly divided his troops, and ordered his henchman Lin Xuan to lead his troops to take a shortcut and rush to Liuzhou to support.
Lin Xuan arrived in Liuzhou as quickly as possible, but he didn't expect Zhou Hao's soldiers and horses to turn back halfway and suddenly speed back to Xiacheng County.
On the other side, Pinggu Taishou was ordered to lead his troops over, and attacked the east and west gates with Zhou Hao's soldiers and horses respectively, forming a flanking attack.
Mei Xu was caught off guard, because more than half of his troops were allocated to support Liuzhou, and he was in a difficult situation in the face of the enemy's army.
Lei He offered advice and created rumors to cause chaos among the people of Xia City.
Mei Xu took care of one and the other, and finally lost the city gate, so he had no choice but to lead the main force to retreat from the north gate.
Zhou Hao successfully took Xiacheng and directly marched into Liuzhou.
Mei Xu's main force retreated to Liuzhou County and set up a defense.
The news of the loss of Xiacheng County reached Tang Niu's ears, which made him quite annoyed.
So he stepped up the siege of the city, and before the arrival of reinforcements from Doth County, he successfully took Dangliang.
After capturing the city, he left the army to defend it, and quickly led his subordinates to rush back to Bian Zhou day and night, planning to recapture Xiacheng and Pinggu County.
In the southern direction, Sima Fa's army and Feng Qiao confronted Qiangyang, attacking and defending each other.
Feng Qiao said to Ma Jian: "The enemy army is gathered here, if you send a general from Chengde County to attack the meridian, it will be a miracle!"
Ma Jian listened to the suggestion and immediately ordered Ma Lian to secretly go to Chengde disguised as a businessman, and at the same time find a person with a similar appearance to disguise himself as Ma Lian to follow him and deceive the eyes and ears of the enemy.
When Ma Lian arrived in Chengde, he immediately mobilized his troops and horses to cross the mountains and mountains, and set off from the small road to reach Ziwu County.
Take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and make a surprise attack.
The Taishou of Ziwu County was patrolling outside the city, but he was attacked by the enemy and had no time to escape, and was captured alive by Ma Lian on the spot.
In order to survive, the meridian Taishou could only surrender and assist Ma Lian to open the city gate.
Ma Lian's army rushed into the county seat, and the defenders of the city were in disarray.
After a while of resistance, it was occupied by Ma Lian.
Sima Fa was surprised to learn that Ma Lian had appeared in Ziwu County.
I knew that it was a fake who followed Ma Jian, but I didn't expect to be put on a role by Feng Qiao, and immediately dispatched Lu Yuan to lead the troops to recover the meridian.
Ma Jian wantonly increased his troops to defend Ziwu County, and even sent generals to assist Ma Lian.
Sima Fa was pinned down by Feng Qiao in Qiangyang, as long as he didn't go over, Ma Lian adopted a stick mode, even if Lu Yuan personally led the troops, it was not so easy to break through the city.
Tang Niu returned to Bian Zhou and immediately mobilized troops and horses to attack Xiacheng County.
Zhou Hao and Lei He held the city and launched an offensive and defensive campaign with the Tang Niu army.
The War of the Three Kingdoms lasted until the beginning of winter, when the war was suspended and recuperated.
Xihua 3 years, spring.
Time flies, and another year has passed in the blink of an eye.
Hybrid crops have made progress, and samples 39, 62 and 97 have been successfully cultivated through artificial pollination, which is more than double the yield of ordinary rice seeds.
Although it is far from Ning Ze's goal, it has epoch-making significance.
The institute continues to cultivate and strive to move towards the goal set by Ning Ze, and this batch of rice seeds will be promoted in Jinzhou first.
Although the four countries continued to fight with each other, their trade did not stop.
Merchants from various countries trade with each other, in fact, they also belong to intelligence officers.
Merchants from all over the world who came to Golden State to do business were of course the first to learn about hybrid crops.
Of course, they didn't know anything about hybridization technology, except that they learned about the Jinzhou region of Dahua and began to promote a new variety with a yield of at least twice as much as the original rice variety.
I don't know where the new varieties of rice came from, but it's definitely an earth-shattering thing!
So the news quickly spread to the three kingdoms of Zhou, Liang, and Nancheng.
Rice seeds with more than double the yield, the businessman saw it with his own eyes in the experimental field, is this worth it?
Because of various policies that benefit the people, Dahua has attracted most people, and among the four countries, Dahua has the largest number of grassroots people.
Because of this, there is a lot of pressure on domestic food, and the tax on grain is set very low.
The other three countries felt that under such pressure, the Great China would not be able to hold out for a few years, and sooner or later it would collapse due to lack of food.
At the same time, under the tremendous pressure, Dahua's military rations, taxes and silver were relatively small, and the threat to other countries was not so great.
But it's different now!
Dahua obtained new crops that at least doubled the output, which not only alleviated the people's food problem, but also greatly increased the collection of taxes, silver and military rations, which had an unimaginable increase in national strength.
If Dahua has enough grain and grass, the trouble is the other three countries.
However, before the Great China shared the experience of fighting drought, the three countries had the idea of luck, and each sent envoys in the hope of obtaining rice seeds.
The envoy arrived in Huajun and was directly rejected by Ning Ze after making a request.
The envoy also said that he would buy rice seeds, but Ning Ze also refused.
Touching a soft nail, the envoys of the Three Kingdoms tried to steal the rice seeds, but Ning Ze had already sent someone to monitor the whole process, so that they could not succeed.
Hybrid rice seeds are not the same as the experience of fighting disasters, this is something related to the lifeblood of the country, how can it be shared? At least we must hold it in our arms for enough time, have enough strength in Dahua, and even after the unification of the 16 states, we will benefit the people of the world by ourselves.
The envoys of the three countries failed to achieve their goal and returned separately.
The forces that had previously fought against each other finally reached a consensus - if they could not get a new rice seed, they would either destroy it or destroy the forces that held it.
Dahua has been recuperating for so long, and it was already powerful, but now it is even more dominant.
If the three countries continue to fight each other, sooner or later the other side will become an invincible behemoth.
With this in mind, no matter what grievances there are between the three countries, they must all be put aside and the threat should be nipped in the bud.
Sima Fa proposed that Lu Cong write a letter of state, and invited Tang Niu and Ma Jian respectively to temporarily form an alliance to deal with Dahuaguo.
Tang Niu received a letter from Liang Guoguo and convened hundreds of civil and military officials to discuss the matter.
Zhou Yuan had a good impression of Ning Ze, but considering Zhou Guo's situation, he couldn't speak for Ning Ze, so he chose to remain silent.
After the discussion of hundreds of civil and military officials, it was finally summarized by Prime Minister Mei Xu: "The three kingdoms of Zhou, Liang, and Nancheng fought repeatedly, and their national strength was weakened. Hua rests and recuperates, accumulating strength. Now the new rice varieties are promoted, once they are popularized throughout the country, the grain and grass will be sufficient at the time of harvest, and the national strength will be given again, which will endanger our country. Although he has an enmity with the Liang State, he should put it down for the time being and work together to build the Chinese country!"
"The ministers seconded the proposal!!" the civil and military officials responded in unison.
With the same opinion, Tang Niu immediately said: "In this case, I will send an envoy to the Liang State and sign an alliance with Emperor Liang!"
On the other side, Lu Cong's envoy sent the letter of state to Ma Jian.
Ma Jian was reluctant to join forces with Lu Cong and wanted to refuse.
Feng Qiao persuaded: "Today, the country in the east is big and threatening. The minister knows that His Majesty hates the Liang Kingdom, but the eldest husband needs to endure what others can't bear, if he doesn't destroy the Hua Kingdom, he will be destroyed by the Hua Kingdom one day!"
Ma Jian thought for a long time and reluctantly agreed.
So he sent an envoy to Miliang to sign the covenant.
The envoys of Zhou and Nancheng arrived, and Sima Fa was responsible for drafting the letter of alliance, agreeing that the three countries would temporarily truce and make every effort to destroy China.
After the alliance, it was agreed that Tang Niu would send troops from the north to attack Bozhou, Ma Jian would send troops from the south to attack Jiangzhou, and Lu Cong would send troops from the central part to attack Yuanzhou.
The Three Kingdoms urgently mobilized troops and horses to prepare for the campaign.
When the news reached Huajun, Liu Yuanxiang summoned hundreds of civil and military officials: "Tang Niu, Lu Cong, and Ma Jian have an alliance to jointly send troops to attack our country, how to deal with it?"
Dewey stood up and replied with his fists clenched: "The last general is willing to lead his troops to fight off the enemy!"
"Although the general is brave, the tripartite army is afraid that it will be difficult to resist!" Liu Yuanxiang looked at Ning Ze, who was sitting beside him.
Ning Ze got up, saluted Liu Yuanxiang, who was sitting on the dragon chair, and said with a smile: "When they sent an envoy to ask for rice seeds, Gu had already expected today's events. Your Majesty, don't worry! The soldiers will block it, the water will cover it, and the ministers are willing to lead the troops to the battle to block the three-way army!"
"Your Majesty!" As soon as Ning Ze's words fell, Ouyang Chun stood up and said loudly, "The ministers must swear to assist the prince to the death and repel the enemy army!"
"Swear to the death to assist the prince and repel the enemy army!!" all the civil and military officials stood up and shouted in unison.
"Good, good!" Liu Yuanxiang was quite excited, "I have all the kings, and I am not afraid of strong enemies!"
"The minister is here!" Ning Ze stepped forward.
"I order you to coordinate the world's soldiers and horses, and all the officials in the DPRK and China will listen to the transfer!"
"Obey the order!"
Above the court, the husband and wife are official and well-behaved.
"Your Majesty!" As soon as the words fell, a young general stood up, knelt down on one knee and clenched his fists and said, "The last general is willing to be the vanguard!"
Everyone looked for a voice, and it was Liang Teng's youngest son Liang Yi who stood up.
He was only 12 years old when Ning Ze first crossed, and now he is just an adult.
Ning Ze and the Liang family have always had a good relationship and have contacts with each other.
In the past two years, Ning Ze has been in Huajun, and Liang Yi often comes to ask for advice on martial arts and the art of war, and his attributes are very different from the original.
【Military General】Liang Yi, male, 16 years old
[Affiliation] Huaguo [Loyalty] 99 [Official Position] Captain
[Stamina] 89 [Force] 76
[Intelligence] 71 [Politics] 53
[Command] 66 [Rende] 50
Class: Infantry A, Archer B
[Stunt] Heads-up Lv4, Hold Lv3, Water Train Lv2, God Speed Lv1
Although it is still a third-rate level, it is not bad.
Liang Yi has never been on the battlefield, and now he takes the initiative to fight, and everyone looks at Liang Teng.
After all, he is his most beloved youngest son.
Liang Teng faced everyone's eyes and sighed: "The boy is ambitious in all directions! Yi'er has also grown up, since he is determined to serve the country, of course the father supports it!"