After the hard work of the two generations of previous kings, the authority of the Son of Heaven became more and more majestic, especially in the Central Plains, there were many princes surnamed Ji, and the Song Duke had the royal order granted by the Son of Heaven.

Just when the three of Luosu convened the princes to prepare for King Qin, Zhou Tianzi in Luoyi also began to prepare for the southern expedition, he grew up listening to the story of King Wu and King Su's Eastern Expedition since he was a child, and yearned for the deeds of the two previous kings, and the abundant treasury and strong army gave him confidence.

In the Luoyi Palace, since the important ministers who stopped the southern expedition were expelled, Ji Wan, the Son of Heaven, has been pointing at the battle map with great interest.

"Ji Hou, You Hou, you say that the widow caught that Chu Man, how to punish him, in order to show the majesty of the Son of Heaven?"

Ji Hou shook his head and said with a smile: "It's better to imprison him in the car, expose his head, and spread it to all countries, the princes of all countries will definitely be afraid and be more respectful to the Son of Heaven." ”

Hou also suggested: "Chu Barbarian arrogance is king, this is a great rebellion, Su Wang used to punish the palace in the country of Xian during the Eastern Expedition, and when he broke through the capital of Chu Man, it is better to follow the old system, all men are punished by the palace, and women are reduced to slaves." ”

Ji Wan was overjoyed, and then heard Handhou say angrily: "The Son of Heaven must not listen to the flattery of You and Ji, although Xiong Dun usurped the throne and his sin is unforgivable, but it is enough to kill him and his relatives."

Although Danyang City is not a Zhou person, it is also a Xia people who are familiar with Zhou etiquette, and Xia Jun Yimin and Xia are the national policy of our Bang Zhou, and there must be no damage in the slightest.

Moreover, tens of thousands of Xia Min can be divided into clan nobles in the future.

If you kill it, it will damage the benevolence of the Son of Heaven, and the way of Xia Jun and the people of the previous kings from King Xianwu may even be destroyed in one fell swoop. ”

The Marquis of Handan was in line with Luo Su in the royal court and opposed Ji Wan's southern expedition, but the Son of Heaven insisted on this, so he could only follow.

Although he doesn't know how to command the troops, he is still good at being a military advisor, and he is still good at offering ideas above the military array, and he only hopes to be able to check and fill in the gaps, and not to lose too badly.

I really didn't expect to hear the slander of You and Hou when they discussed countermeasures for the first time, and the Son of Heaven was still moved, and his beard was cocked when he was angry.

Ji Wan felt that what Handhou said made sense, so he hesitated, and hesitated to You and Ji: "By Hou, Ji Hou, the widow thinks that what Handhou said is reasonable, in the past, the ancestors of King Wu and King Su's Eastern Expedition were all ordered to be feudal on the new land, and after the widow conquered Chu Man, he must reward the heroes, although Chu is a barbarian land, but after all, it is also a gift to be the lord of a country, and after sealing the country, there is no need to reward more money." ”

If Luo Su is present, I am afraid that he will slander again, and even give him the nickname of "Son of Wealth", treat meritorious heroes harshly, and be stingy with money, and the important ministers of the royal court are either your clan relatives or your relatives, these people leave their own country, give up beautiful clothes, beautiful women, and the highest position in the country, and come to the royal court to assist you, but you are reluctant to even have some wealth.

If you don't have the ability to deter the ministers, and you don't know how to show grace to the ministers, where is this the style of the Holy King?

Handhou also knows Ji Wan's character better, and there is no expression on his face, he is a prince surnamed Concubine who was entitled during the period of the first king, and Chen Hou is the same clan, because the first king was kind to him, and he was one of Ji Wan's teachers when he was the prince, so he sent his eldest son to Handi to build a country, and he stayed in the royal court to assist Ji Wan.

When Luo Su relied on himself that he was the king of Su, he often scolded the two, but the Luo family was strong in many princely states surnamed Ji, and the in-laws were even more powerful, and the reputation of the Luo family was also high, so the two naturally did not dare to fight back.

But I didn't expect that Handhou was a prince with a foreign surname, only 20 years after the founding of the country, and his daughter was only one of the nine concubines, the country was weak and had a humble bloodline, so he dared to fall into the face of the Marquis surnamed Ji, if it was a noble relative with a foreign surname like the Marquis of Qi, they would endure it, but the Marquis of Handan also dared to come and tease the tiger's whiskers, the two glanced at each other, and instantly reached some kind of consensus.

Handhou didn't know that just a paragraph made Hou and Ji Hou murderous to him, and when he saw that the Son of Heaven adopted his opinion, he put his heart at ease a little, and put forward his own suggestion, he stepped forward and pointed to the battle map and said: "Your Majesty, the state of Chu is located in the land of the Southern Barbarians, much more south than the land of the Marquis of Hui in the past.

However, in recent years, other princes have also achieved some results in opening up the south, and according to their feedback, the land of the southern barbarians is very different from our China, with many rivers in its territory, abundant rain, and hills, and because of its small population, there are many forests, and our army is probably not suitable for fighting in that kind of place in a short time. ”

Hearing what Handhou said, a smile appeared in Youhou and Ji Hou, and Ji Hou immediately interrupted what Handhou was about to say, and said dissatisfiedly: "Handhou, the king is ordered by the sky, how smart he is, don't you know these clichés?" Seeing that you are dead and unchangeable, you want to stop the king from going south, and ask the king to cure the crime of the Marquis of Handan! ”

Handhou was stunned, and saw that the Son of Heaven also had a gloomy face, and his heart couldn't help but feel cold, and he said angrily: "Your Majesty, the minister is just making suggestions, and there is absolutely no intention to stop your southern expedition. ”

Hearing Handhou's explanation, Ji Wan's face was a little pale, but he didn't have the heart to talk about it anymore, so he waved his hand and asked several people to retreat.

"Retire!"

The three of them withdrew from the hall and glared at each other, and Handhou snorted coldly: "You blindly compliment the Son of Heaven, where is the ancestral temple?" You are all princes surnamed Ji, the lord of a sect, why do you want to do this kind of thing that hurts relatives and enemies are happy? ”

With a sneer on his face, Yu Hou said disdainfully: "I don't understand what you're talking about, when Gu assists the Son of Heaven to pacify the triumph of the Southern Barbarians, Gu Ding wants Luo Hou to take a look, this clan surnamed Ji is not the only one who can determine the world, see how he will rely on his identity in the future and look down on Gu!" ”

Ji Hou also looked the same, and said proudly: "Xiong Dun is not worthy of his name, but he is just a viscount in a wild land, and when the army of the Son of Heaven arrives, it will definitely be like a chicken and a dog, and it will be vulnerable. ”

Hanhou really didn't expect these two people to have this kind of thought, they didn't deliberately deceive the Son of Heaven, but really felt that the soldiers could win as soon as they arrived, and wanted to establish meritorious deeds with this, and not let King Su be beautiful.

The Marquis of Han didn't know what to say for a while, he couldn't believe that two high-ranking princes could be so stupid and arrogant. Xiong Dun annexed more than a dozen vassal states, and defeated the powerful southern vassal Hui State in World War I and did not dare to go south, these achievements were so despised.

Handhou shook his head, said no more, turned around and walked out of the palace, ready to hand this information to Luo Su.

At this time, the Son of Heaven decided to march south, and the news that Taifu Luosu abandoned his official position and returned to China finally spread to the vassal states of the entire world.

The reactions of all parties were different, and the border princes generally did not expect that the Son of Heaven would use such a radical means of pro-conquest, and they knew very well that the most common thing in war was accidents, especially when leading a large army to a strange place.

But most of the princes were happy in their hearts, and there was a reason for their joy.

In the past, in the face of this situation, it was common to send a prince of the four towns as a general to lead an army of the forbidden army from Wang Jizhong, and at the same time, the Son of Heaven issued an edict ordering each vassal state to send troops with their own armor, horses, grain and grass to accompany the army, and after the war, they should be rewarded or punished according to the performance of each country in the war.

This system can not only ensure that the forbidden army of the Son of Heaven has actual combat, but also prevent the sudden annihilation of the six armies, which will cause the Son of Heaven to completely lose the force to suppress the princes, and can also regularly consume the manpower and material resources of the princes, and part of the captured goods can also enter the treasury of Wangji, so as to ensure that Wangji's finances are good.

Therefore, the princes have always regarded going out with the army as a chore, and the benefits obtained are extremely limited, and usually only a few people can get back the capital.

This time, the Son of Heaven wanted to lead the six armies to conquer in person, and also mobilized the manpower and material resources of the entire Wangji, and they didn't need to send troops and money, who could not be happy?

No one thought that Ji Wan would lose, what are you kidding?

It was a forbidden army raised by the princes with countless money and food, and it could be seen that it was a strong army when the alliance was met.

Ji Zhao, who understood everything, was a little speechless, the policy he tried his best to come up with was for normal people, as long as he did it in accordance with the rules, it would be fine, but when he encountered Ji Wan's kind of pitfall, no matter how exquisite the system was, he couldn't save him.

Among Wang Ji's ministers, only Luo Su may be able to restrain him, but after Luo Su's hard persuasion was fruitless, he gave up on him directly, and in Luo Su's heart, Bang Zhou's Zongmiao Sheji was greater than that of the Son of Heaven.

Since Ji Wan can't rule the world, then change to a qualified son of heaven, Ji Wan has two sons-in-law, cultivate well, maybe there will be another saint like King Kang?

Chu State, Yingdu.

The news that Ji Wan was going to personally conquer Chu also reached Xiong Dun's ears, when he was practicing martial arts in the school field, a minister hurriedly ran in to tell him the news, Xiong Dun was stunned for a moment and then laughed directly, "The widow hasn't gone to find Ji Wan's trouble, he dared to come to Chu to find the widow." ”

The important ministers of the Chu State were actually very worried in their hearts, after all, there were many soldiers and horses in the six armies of the Son of Heaven, and there was plenty of food and grass, and the wearing rate of armor was also very high.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Sixth Army of the Son of Heaven is the most elite group army in the entire Bangzhou today, and it is also the largest in number.

But Xiong Dun was not worried, he laughed very loudly, and even the flesh on his body trembled, his appearance had nothing to do with handsome and elegant, his height exceeded one meter nine, his body could only be described as huge, and the surface was a thick layer of fat, but he was definitely not a fat man who moved slowly.

On the contrary, every time he wielded Changge, he was full of power, and beneath that thick layer of fat were muscles like dragons.

His strength was extremely strong, and he was very fast in tossing and turning, and the thick fat not only allowed him to resist heavy blows, but also allowed him to continuously wear heavy armor to fight without prostration, and he used to fight from morning to evening, relying on strong physical functions.

If Ji Zhao can check his attributes, he will find that this is a natural god of war who has reached 99 points in command and force, and the one who can reach this value in real history is called the Overlord of Western Chu, who is good at winning more with less and breaking the will of the enemy.

After reading the information from the north, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "This Ji Wan is so stupid, he actually let Luohou Su abandon his official position, I really don't know why the mandate of heaven came to him, this time the widow will try the quality of this son of heaven." ”

Although there were still some worries in their hearts, since the lord was so confident, and they had unconditional trust in the lord's ability to fight, these ministers who had followed Xiong Dun for many years still made themselves laugh.

Xiong Dun is still familiar with Luo Hou Su, when he was not yet arrogant to the king, Luo Su once tried to include Chu into the circle of upper princes, when he was ready to make a merit for Xiong Dun to conquer the Southern Barbarians, please be a marquis, and then find a noble girl surnamed Ji for him to marry.

Later, Xiong Dun usurped the king, which naturally touched Luo Su's bottom line, although he did not understand the military, but there was no shortage of people who were good at military affairs in Bang Zhou, he relied on the high position of the three dukes, contacted the countries, created a defensive line, supplied money and food, and Xiong Dun has been fighting a war of attrition.

This move really made Xiong Dun very uncomfortable, and from the formation of the defensive line, he no longer tried to go north to Luoyi, but began to conquer in two directions to the southwest.

Unexpectedly, now Ji Wan not only took the initiative to give up the advantage of strong national strength, but also took the initiative to fight in an environment he was familiar with, and even forced the important ministers away.

This made Xiong Dun couldn't help but sigh: "There are virtuous ministers like Luo Housu but they can't use it, and there are correct methods but they don't implement it, Ji Wan is really a monarch like Ji Xuan, how can such a monarch be favored by the heavens?" Presumably, when he came to the south, God let him die in the vast mountains and forests. ”

Xiong Lin, the minister of Xiong Dun, said with a smile: "The time and place are favorable, the two kings will hunt, only one of them will be left, maybe God is destined to let the king rule you in the world?" ”

Xiong Lin said this to Xiong Dun's heart, Ji Wan and his father have insulted the Chu State, Xiong Dun thinks he has merit, and he really hates the two fathers and sons in his heart, and he listens to the flattery of the ministers and says: "The place of sacrifice to the sky in Luoyi City, there is the Jiuding cast by the first king Dayu, which carries the destiny of Zhou in the legend, if you can defeat Ji Wan, I can't say that you and I can go to Luoyi to try the Jiuding, but the widow wants to know the Ding of Zhou Tianzi and the Ding of my Chu State, which is more important?" ”

As soon as Xiong Dun's words came out, Xiong Lin's eyes flashed, and he said in surprise: "Your Majesty, if Ji Wan leads the army to come, the minister will send a messenger to relay the king's words to Ji Wan on the battlefield, provoking him, and then he will not be able to tolerate it, and if he is eager to lead the army to attack, it will definitely be full of flaws." ”

Xiong was stunned for a moment, stretched out his futon-sized hand and patted Xiong Lin, and said with a smile: "The national minister has a wonderful idea, if it is meritorious, the widow will definitely not be stingy with rewards." ”

The monarchs and ministers of the Chu State are single-minded, and they have already begun to prepare traps for Ji Wan one by one, just waiting for Ji Wan to jump in, and the war machines of the various official offices in Wang Ji have also begun to operate.

Ji Zhao is ready to remove all the luck points that have accumulated for decades and enrich his inventory.