Since the Xia Kingdom took control of the maritime trade between the East and the West, the trade between almost all countries has been greatly improved, and the exchange of information is also closer than in the past history, as long as something happens in one place, other countries will soon know.

In the face of the great changes that have taken place in the South and Western Oceans, almost all countries are paying attention to the next behavior of Xia Kingdom, and they are all looking to see if this country still has the vigorous spirit of the past twenty or thirty years, which also determines their next actions.

"Tens of thousands of troops must be sent to teach these countries a hard lesson!"

Faced with this situation, Wang Ze did not hesitate, and he quickly gave the order to send troops.

And the Government Council, which has always been hesitant about the continuous foreign wars of the Xia Kingdom, did not have any intention of delaying this time, but seemed to be more active than Wang Ze.

Before Wang Ze issued the order to send troops, Liu Xin and others had already made all the logistical preparations, and at the same time as Wang Ze's order to send troops, a large number of ships carrying ordnance and baggage had already set sail in advance, and the army went ahead before moving grain and grass.

The reason why the Government Council is so active this time is also very simple, because the provocative acts of the countries of the South and Western Oceans have seriously threatened the national economic security of the Xia Kingdom.

Running the seafaring trade between the East and the West can be said to be the current economic pillar of the Xia Kingdom, although the current agricultural products of the Xia Kingdom can fully meet their own needs, and the industrial products are rich enough, but the advanced and perfect national welfare system of the Xia Kingdom needs to spend more money and food.

Social and economic development, one step ahead is advanced, ten steps ahead is looking for death, Xia Guo can achieve the basis of advanced welfare, or because of the huge profits brought by maritime trade, with so much money to have the conditions to engage in various welfare policies.

In addition to children under the age of six who need a large amount of money and food subsidies, a large number of schools, technical colleges, etc. in the basic education system established by Xia Guo need a large amount of funds to meet the needs.

In addition, with the extension of the establishment of the Xia Kingdom, the group of people who moved to the East China Sea with Wang Ze gradually entered old age, and the subsidy for the elderly in the Xia Kingdom began to increase gradually.

Although Xia is currently very rich, not only in the East China Sea on the Changzhou Islands of gold and silver ore production is increasing, but even in the Wanshui Basin, Nanyang, Penglaizhou and other places have found a large scale of gold and silver mines, but a country's economy cannot completely rely on gold and silver to survive.

With the increase of maritime trade between the East and the West, the economic ties between the Xia Kingdom and the Western countries have become closer and closer, and the maritime trade is no longer dispensable as in the past, and the Xia Kingdom is somewhat similar to the economic situation in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Once the east-west sea trade route is cut off, even if it only affects a few months, it will lead to great economic problems in Xia.

Many products are produced exclusively for the purpose of export, and in this case, it will be difficult to sell, and there may even be the world's first economic crisis, which is not just a joke, and Wang Ze cannot afford not to pay attention to it.

Wang Ze's decision to send troops was also difficult, as the Xia State was currently at war against the powerful Turks, with almost half of the infantry and almost all of the cavalry being sent out, as well as the hostile attitude of the nascent Sui Empire.

If Xia continued to send troops to the South and Western Oceans to fight at this time, I am afraid that the garrison of Xia State's own hinterland would be too empty, and the force would be too serious.

Although the Sui army had just lost 300,000 troops and many generals of the unified army, once they learned that the internal forces of the Xia State were empty, it was very likely that they would launch an all-out attack again regardless of the losses, which was too risky for Wang Ze to afford.

Fortunately, after analysis, Wang Ze believed that most of the countries in the South and Western Seas were coastal countries, and their strength was generally not strong, and he finally decided to send only tens of thousands of infantry troops and nearly 10,000 sailors of the First Fleet to attack, and did not need other arms to go on the expedition.

In the South Seas itself, the Second Fleet has been stationed, and in the past ten years, because they have been stationed in the South Seas for a long time, their strength has reached seven or eight thousand, and the First Fleet has a scale of nearly 10,000 people after expansion, so the strength of nearly 20,000 troops after the convergence of these two naval armies is absolutely invincible in the South Seas.

After looking around for a week, Wang Ze finally selected the blue wolf army led by Cao An and the viper army led by Lin Jing to act together, although the army of the Nanyang country was far from combat, but the local rainforest environment made him have to be cautious.

The news of Wang Ze's almost simultaneous military strikes against the Turks and the countries of the South and Western Oceans spread quickly, and a month later, Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of Sui, who was far away in the city of Daxing in Chang'an, was greatly relieved, because his pressure had been too great.

While Wang Ze was afraid of the Sui Empire, Yang Jian didn't care about Wang Ze. Excellent reading books

Previously, in order to stifle the strength of the Xia State, Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian took his younger brother Yang Shuang as the general manager of the Liaodong march, commanding an elite Sui army of more than 300,000 people, and also united with 300,000 Turkic cavalry to attack Liaodong.

He wanted so many large armies to concentrate on attacking, and he didn't seek to conquer as many Xia cities as he did in a single battle, but at least he could also defeat the Liaodong City of Xia State, so that the Sui army would have a base to continue to attack the hinterland of Xia in the future, which was also the lowest goal of Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian.

The 300,000 Sui troops sent out by Emperor Wen of Sui are not powerful, at least 50,000 of them are elite cavalry trained by the Sui Dynasty itself, and nearly 10,000 of them are more powerful armored cavalry, all of which are heavy cavalry with men and horses in armor.

And the infantry army is all elite soldiers who have experienced all kinds of battle formations, and nearly 10,000 of them are very valuable Modao troops in the Sui Empire.

Because Yang Jian seized power through a conspiracy coup, he inherited the political and military heritage left by the Northern Zhou Dynasty relatively completely, and the Mo knife and black powder studied during the Northern Zhou Dynasty were inherited by the Sui Dynasty, so the Sui Dynasty almost had all kinds of military equipment that did not damage the color and the Xia army.

At that time, in order to ensure the smooth operation of Yang Shuang's army, Emperor Wen of Sui even approved tens of thousands of catties of rare black powder as a weapon for attacking the city.

After forming an alliance with Dulan Khan, Dulan Khan mobilized 200,000 Turkic cavalry, including some Turkic tribes, a total of nearly 300,000 cavalry, and they would unite with the Sui army to attack Xiping County in the Khitan and Kumoxi's hometown.

If it is really fought by the Sui army and the Turks, both sides give full play to their strongest strength, even if the Xia army can defeat the other party this time, it will still face strong losses, and the Sui Dynasty would rather use two young soldiers to consume one Xia army is also worth it.

The last time a million Turkic army attacked the Xia State, it caused the Xia State to lose more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians, which made Wang Ze itch his teeth when he thought about it so far, so even if the Xia army had the myth of winning a hundred battles, it was still unwilling to face such a battle with great losses.

However, people are not as good as heaven, and more than 300,000 troops only arrived in Beiping County, just in the summer, when the torrential rain of more than ten days in the summer soaked the entire army in water, which eventually led to a plague epidemic, and the 300,000 carefully selected elite army was lost.

Originally, the Sui Dynasty was prosperous, even if they lost these soldiers, they could still continue to recruit young and strong people to join the army, but Yang Shuang, Dou Lu Tao and many other leading generals died of illness in the army, and only one Li Chong survived in the end, which made Yang Jian, who was more convinced of ghosts and gods, have to dispel the idea of continuing to attack the Xia Kingdom.

After Yang Jian learned about it, he was silent for a long time, thinking that the Xia State had the favor of heaven, and the Sui Dynasty had just been unified at this time, and there were many places where troops were needed, so he could not afford to continue to send troops, and the Turks had no choice but to withdraw their troops, so both sides began to fall silent.

This time, the unexpected collapse of the Sui army even made Yang Shuang, the king of Wei, fall ill and die in the barracks, which made the subjects of the entire Sui Empire immersed in grief, but Yang Jian, as the emperor, was greatly relieved.

Regarding Yang Shuang's death, Yang Jian had another attitude, he was really suspicious of his younger brother before, no way, who let this kid fight so well, and Yang Shuang led the army very well, and he was very charismatic, as long as the soldiers who followed him would basically follow him with all their hearts.

Therefore, Yang Jian, who came to power by conspiracy, is also extremely suspicious of these people in his heart, even if it is his own brother, he can't believe it, Yuwen Hu killed Yuwen Jue and Yu Wenyu at the beginning, and they are not all his cousins, but they should be killed or killed in power.

But that's what people are all about, and while breathing a sigh of relief, Yang Jian began to miss his younger brother again.

After Yang Shuang's death, he not only canonized Yang Shuang as the king of Weizhao, but even gave preferential treatment to his son.

After some of the worries in Yang Jian's heart were eliminated, he also had to dispel the idea of continuing to attack the Xia Kingdom, but at this time, he began to worry that the Xia Kingdom would retaliate again, even after hearing the news that the Xia Kingdom had begun to attack the Turks, Yang Jian still did not dare to have any slack.

Fortunately, the good idea that Changsun Sheng came up with before came true, and the Zhenla Kingdom, the Charentra Kingdom, the Pandia Kingdom, and even the Persian Empire, which had been contacted in order to contain the energy of the Xia Kingdom, began to act against the Xia Kingdom because they coveted the profits of the maritime trade.

In the past, Yang Jian sent people to contact these countries, just to contain Xia Guo's energy and sight, but he didn't want them to become scapegoats to divert Xia Guo's attention.

But Yang Jian did not intend to participate in the war with the Xia State this time, although Yang Jian knew that once the Sui Dynasty abandoned those countries this time, it would be impossible to unite with them to deal with the Xia State in the future, but he still held the idea that the dead Dao friends would not die and the poor Dao, and it was better for others to die than to die for themselves!

If you can't beat others, then develop at home honestly, and then fight back when you have the ability! After making this idea, Yang Jian actively sent a large amount of ordnance and materials to the Turks, while working hard to develop the strength of the Sui Empire.