June 20 of the seventh year of Hongdao.

Outside the city of Changsha, in the northern suburbs, the altar of worship.

Banner hunting, spears like a forest.

A sea of red, divided into several clusters, neatly arranged on the field.

"Wow!"

The eagle hovers and flutters in the sky, and between its wings, a pair of sharp eyes look down from time to time.

In the head of this air overlord, there is something incomprehensible, what are the human beings below doing together?

Suddenly.

In the crowd below, there was a wave of sounds.

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! ”

The sound waves that rushed into the sky, and the eagle flying in the air in an instant, startled.

With fluttering wings, he quickly moved away to a place, and left the place as if he had fled.

On the field.

Lu Yuan rode a red horse that was one in a million, wearing a bright yellow armor, and slowly walked forward from the vacated area between the armies.

Behind him, a group of majestic knights, also dressed in yellow armor and holding a long ge, followed.

Wherever the procession passed, the soldiers on both sides all cheered, and the spears in their hands shook the ground with a neat vibrating sound.

In this way, amid the cheers, he walked through the long military column and came to the Temple of Heaven at the front.

At this time, under the Temple of Heaven, thousands of celebrities and heroes invited from the local government and county looked at Lu Yuan who came from the prancing horse, and all of them lowered their heads in awe.

In this troubled world, everything is respected by force.

Even if the country is founded, there is no strong force, and it is not enough to maintain the national ancestry.

And the man in front of him, who is about to ascend the throne and become the king above ten thousand people, is undoubtedly the one with the strongest force.

Only such a king can protect the place and stabilize the people.

Dongting County, which has been ravaged by war for several years, needs such a king at this time to come and pacify the party.

Lu Yuan's gaze swept over the gentry in these places, and everywhere he went, none of them dared to look at him.

Today, when this king ascends the throne, he is the protagonist of all, the only light under this heavenly firmament.

An indescribable sense of accomplishment and pride poured out of Lu Yuan's heart.

At this moment, he understood what Liu Bang said after seeing Qin Shihuang's traveling carriage and horses, "Husband, it should be like this." In the future, it will sweep Liuhe and set the world, what kind of heroism is it.

This kind of supreme power in the world, all the people bow down, and the king dares not to obey the power is indeed intoxicating.

Rolled over and got off his horse and threw the reins to the retinue behind.

Lu Yuan pressed the sword on his waist and stepped in front of him, and the steps of the red carpet had already been paved.

On both sides of the red carpet, the civil and military officials who had already put on the official uniforms of the new dynasty and were arranged according to their ranks, all bent down and saluted and surrendered when they passed.

Step by step, he walked firmly and forcefully.

Soon, the three floors of one hundred and thirty-five stairs built according to the regulations were completed.

On the highest staircase, Yang Jing, the angel who was in charge of reading the edict of the imperial court, looked at the new king in front of him with a complicated expression, and then picked up the edict and read it aloud: "Fengtian is ordained."

…… Lu Yuan, the general of the expedition to the south, rebellious and rebellious, stabilized Dongting...... This merit is not a feudal state, and there is no reward for it......

The emperor's decree is clear, and it is granted by heaven.

Now give the land of Dongting, with the merit of Jialuyuan, the founding of Changsha, carry the throne as the king, establish the business of the princes, and become a vassal of the imperial court. Wang'er guards the ...... place"

After a short moment, Yang Jing finished reading the edict of hundreds of words, then closed the edict, handed it to Lu Yuan with both hands, and said, "King of Changsha, take the edict." ”

"Minister Lu Yuan, King of Changsha, take the edict."

Lu Yuan looked at the edict handed in front of him, took a deep breath, and then took it firmly.

Soon an attendant came and took it from him. Then he took off his armor, put on a royal robe, put on a crown, and brought a seal, completing the transformation of his identity.

After doing this, another attendant handed over a prayer to the heavens.

Seeing this, Yang Jing sighed secretly in his heart, and then also withdrew to the side, and exchanged glances with Shangguan Ming and the others who came to watch the ceremony together, each with complicated feelings.

The two princes of the imperial court lamented and were depressed, and they were worried about the decline of the society.

But Jihui Holy Monk and Qiao Kangquan had some joy and envy in their eyes.

The two of them were also promised by the imperial court that they would be feudal and state-building, and they were called alone.

Now, Lu Yuan and Yan Wangqiu and other pioneers have successively established the country and completed this matter.

Especially today's Lu Yuan, supported by all armies, surrendered by hundreds of officials, and obeyed by the people, I don't know what kind of majesty.

Seeing this scene, the two of them, who were both preparatory princes, didn't want to follow suit.

At the moment, I secretly cheered in my heart, and when I ascended the throne in the future, I would definitely make it bigger than the pomp and circumstance at this time.

When the time comes, 50,000 people will be called, nay, 100,000 people will be invited to celebrate together, and the court will be invited to come and pay tribute.

We must not let this Lu Yuan be in the limelight.

The two of them thought so in their hearts.

Lu Yuan in front of him had already recited the prayer to the heavens: "Minister, Lu Yuan, King of Changsha, edict to the emperor...... Today's ministers are here, the founding of Changsha, the king is here, the emperor and the sky are together, and the soil is inherited, and our country is blessed. ”

After reading the last prayer, Lu Yuan threw the prayer in his hand towards the bronze tripod in the center of the Temple of Heaven, symbolizing the mountains and rivers.

In an instant, the prayer was put into the crown, and it was ignited by the flame that ignited inside, and the prayer was sacrificed to the emperor and the queen of heaven.

Lu Yuan watched the prayer being burned, then turned around, looked at the hundreds of officials and thousands of troops below with a pair of tiger eyes, and then was really lucky, and shouted loudly: "This king declares, today, Changsha State, I am the king of Changsha." ”

The sound was like thunder, and with the help of true qi, it instantly resounded through the field.

And the army of hundreds of officials below who heard this sound also instantly knelt down and worshiped as if they had been rehearsed before, and shouted together: "Changsha Wannian!" Long live the king! Congratulations to the King! ”

Three words, neatly as one, echoed in this heaven and earth.

And Lu Yuan listened to this congratulation, stood on top of the Temple of Heaven, and the whole person looked down, looking at the backs of kneeling down one by one, and at the same time with pride in his heart, he couldn't help but think.

With so many people down there, is there anyone thinking that he can take his place? ’

The position of the king not only represents power and wealth, but also represents duty and danger.

He is the king of Changsha today, enjoying a county, a thousand miles of territory, and millions of people.

But do you know that in this country, no one is coveting themselves, and they are blushing at these powers, and they want to replace them?

But no matter whether there is "Xiang Yu" or not, with this king, this Changsha country, this Dongting land, can't turn the sky. ’

Thinking like this in his heart, Lu Yuan closed his eyes slightly, greeted the sunshine shining in the sky, and began to enjoy this cheer.

Seventeen years have passed since then, and this body is also thirty-two years old, and today it has finally ascended the throne as a king, calling it a lonely party.

In the past, when he crossed over, he made a grand wish in that cold cave, to be the emperor of the king, to lead millions of soldiers, to take the holy witch as his wife, to have three thousand beauties in the harem, to achieve great martial arts, to be invincible in the world, and most of them have been realized today.

Wouldn't it be nice for a man to have such an achievement! Joy!

Big husband, when it is.

On that day, on June 20 of the seventh year of Hongdao, Lu Yuan worshiped the heavens outside Changsha City, ascended the throne as the king, and Changsha was national.

Then he canonized a hundred officials, with his disciple Zhou Qing as the general, and took charge of military affairs. With Cui Changqing as the left minister and Sun Siwen as the right minister, the two are jointly in charge of government affairs.

The rest of the generals and officials were canonized countless times.

Then on the same day, on the Temple of Heaven, Lu Yuan personally announced that he would lead 100,000 troops to the Northern Expedition to the Zhou people to recover the lost Tianmen Mansion in China.

The 40,000 troops who were arrayed under the stage suddenly moved and headed north, heading straight for Yiyang.

……

A few days later, outside the city of Yiyang.

Lu Yuan led the army to arrive here, and the gate of Yiyang City was opened.

"King, three days ago, after the news that the king ascended the throne and established the country and led his army to the Northern Expedition came.

The Zhou defenders in Yiyang City abandoned the city and fled north.

The minister led the troops to pursue, straight to a hundred miles, beheaded more than 2,000 thieves, captured more than 4,000, and more than 1,000 thieves scattered in the countryside, so that they could be cleaned up and recovered.

But the thief leader Li Yanjing and others still led these hundreds of remnants to flee, and the ministers couldn't catch up, so they asked the king to punish them. ”

At the gate of the city, Lu Yuan sent Chu Wei, a disciple who stayed here, to report to the guilty Dao at this time.

After hearing this, Lu Yuan was also slightly surprised, he didn't expect Li Yanjing and the others to run away without a fight.

But on second thought, this also makes sense.

Although he led his troops to surround Yiyang City before, he never launched a strong attack, but only surrounded it.

Combined with his confrontation with the imperial court across the river and his actions of guarding each other, it naturally gave the Zhou people an illusion that he could fight for.

So he sent an envoy to persuade Lu Yuan to surrender.

During that time, in order to take advantage of the power of the Zhou people, he also released a lot of good intentions, and even allowed the Zhou people in Yiyang City to go out of the city to collect firewood and water, and the relationship was harmonious.

At that time, Li Yanjing and the others were surrounded, so they naturally did not panic, after all, there was still hope.

But now, with the news that Lu Yuan accepted the canonization of the imperial court and established the Changsha Kingdom, all the original hopes and illusions were naturally shattered.

Especially a few days ago, after tens of thousands of troops from the imperial court gathered and played the banner of Shangguan Ming and Yang Jing, this made Li Yanjing and them even more panicked.

After all, counting Lu Yuan's army on the outskirts of the city, it was more than 200,000 strong soldiers and six innate grandmasters.

Whether it is an ordinary soldier or an innate combat power, they have already surpassed Li Yanjing and them.

If these Zhou Grandmasters were still in the city, then when Lu Yuan's army arrived, it was really possible to leave them all.

And if he can stay at one time, the three innate grandmasters of the Zhou people, Lu Yuan will not miss this opportunity.

As long as Li Yanjing and these people are left behind, they will be beheaded here.

That week, the people lost three innate grandmasters at once, and the top-level combat power was directly lost by half, and there was no longer a threat from then on.

At that time, the border pressure in the north of Lu Yuan will be directly and greatly relieved.

There is no need to worry all the time, when will the Zhou people cross the river and hit their own country.

Pity.

Thinking that Li Yanjing and the others also understood this, so after confirming that Lu Yuan had officially fallen to the Yue Kingdom, they directly abandoned the city and fled.

Now that the three innate grandmasters have left the cage of Yiyang, the world is vast from now on, and it is almost impossible to catch them.

"It doesn't matter. It is a good thing to be able to recover Yiyang County. ”

With such a sigh in his heart, Lu Yuan looked at his disciple, shook his head and said, "As for Li Yanjing and the others, they are all innate grandmasters. They want to escape, you don't have the help of the innate grandmaster, it's normal if you can't stop it, get up. ”

With the strength of the innate grandmaster, as long as it is not the head iron, he must stand up to the army.

So among the ten thousand armies, it is still very simple to find a direction to break out of the encirclement.

Not to mention the innate grandmasters in the city, there are three of them. It's normal for a disciple of oneself to not be able to stop the other party.

It should even be said that it can be stopped, which is not normal.

"Thank you, Lord for forgiveness." Chu Wei was relieved when he heard his master, who had already ascended the throne as king, say this.

Seriously.

This disciple is really a little worried in his heart, the new dynasty is at its peak, and he didn't stop Li Yanjing and the others, will his master be annoyed and angry, and make an example of killing chickens and monkeys.

At the moment, it seems that I am thinking too much.

With a little luck, he hurriedly asked people to open the city gate, and then led Lu Yuan's team into the city and headed towards the yasha that had been packed.

……

After entering the city and settling down, Lu Yuan called Yang Jing and the others, and the two sides discussed the county government together.

"Now Li Yanjing heard that my soldiers were coming, fled from the wind, abandoned the city and fled away, and Yiyang County has been recovered without much effort."

Lu Yuan looked at the several generals and national teachers of the Yue Kingdom in front of him, and said solemnly: "In this case, the enemy in the south of the Yangtze River has already dispersed. In the king's opinion, we can take advantage of the victory to go north, cross the river, and fight a decisive battle with the enemy. ”

After the founding of the country, Lu Yuan's desire for war for the Zhou State began to rise in a straight line.

The Ten Prefectures of Dongting, now Changsha State, only have the land of the Nine Prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, which are under control. The Tianmen Mansion in Jiangbei is still in the hands of the enemy.

Even the original Baling County City, the capital of a county, was not under his control and was still controlled by the imperial court.

And this is also one of the conditions reached after the imperial court and Lu Yuan discussed.

The imperial court gave Lu Yuan the title of king and established the country, and Lu Yuan still controlled the Dongting county town of the imperial court, and temporarily entrusted it to the imperial court as a logistics support base for the imperial army's Jiangbei army.

Before repelling the Zhou people and recovering Xichuan County, whether it is Baling County or Tianmen Mansion, the imperial court will not return it.

Therefore, if Lu Yuan wants to make his land complete, especially to get back the symbolic Baling County, he first has to help the imperial court defeat the Zhou people.

In this way, after Lu Yuan founded the country, he was naturally very active in the Northern Expedition.

He is ready to use Baling City as the capital of the country, and now the capital of a country is controlled by the imperial court, what is this like?

What?

Why is it called Changsha Kingdom, it is not in Changsha Mansion to establish the capital, but it is going to Baling City.

This has to say that Baling has superior conditions.

First of all, in terms of economy, this city is near the river, sits on the Yangtze River waterway, and communicates the north and south, which is the most prosperous.

Secondly, in terms of agriculture, Yueyang Mansion, where Baling City is located, is also irrigated by the Yangtze River, and the land is fertile, which is a first-class grain production and farming.

Finally, in terms of military affairs, Baling City controls the waterway of the Yangtze River, and as long as the city is guarded, the Yangtze River can be cut off from it. It can hold the enemy from the north, and the distance is beyond the north of the river.

In these three aspects, it is an extremely superior town, such a majestic city in the world, and it is naturally the best choice to build the capital.

At the beginning, the Yue Imperial Court also valued this point and placed the county government here.

As for the election of Changsha Province, not to mention the poor economy, it is not necessarily better in agriculture, and it is not necessarily safer in terms of military.

Lu Yuan's brain was pumped, so he chose this.

However, in the face of his active request for battle, Shangguan Ming and others, who had been forcing Lu Yuan to send troops, were overwhelmed.

"Don't worry, King of Changsha."

Shangguan Ming glanced at Lu Yuan, but shook his head and said, "Naturally, the thief is going to be carried out. But now that the armies of all parties have not arrived, it is not easy to retreat the thieves with our strength.

Or wait for the arrival of the armies of the King of the South China Sea and the King of Ninghai, and I will wait for the armies of the Quartet to arrive before the Northern Expedition.

At that time, we will gather nearly 500,000 troops, and there will be nine innate grandmasters.

Crossing the river to the north like this, it is mighty, why worry about the Zhou people not breaking? ”

At the beginning, the imperial court and Lu Yuan agreed that after the establishment of the Three Kingdoms, they would each need to send 100,000 troops to help the imperial court repel the Zhou people.

Lu Yuan, who is now closest to the country and the latest to be founded, has fulfilled his promise and led an army of 100,000 to rendezvous.

There is even a congenital grandmaster Lan Cai'er, which can be described as extremely sincere.

But the other two have already been founded early, Yan Wangqiu and Su Xuange, who are in Lingnan, but there has been no movement so far?

The 200,000 troops promised by these two did not come, and at this time, the imperial court and Lu Yuan led the army north.

With the joint efforts of both sides, although it is not impossible to fight with the Zhou people.

But isn't it that the two of them have used cannon fodder for Ninghai and Nanhai for nothing, and used their own soldiers and horses to fight for these two countries?

There are such good things in this world.

Lu Yuan frowned when he heard this: "The two kingdoms of Nanhai and Ninghai have just been established, and the national affairs have not yet been clarified, let alone gathering soldiers and horses. When their handsome soldiers come from Lingnan, I'm afraid they will have to wait until half a year later?

We waited for hundreds of thousands of troops, stationed here, and people ate horses every day, chewing and consuming countless people.

How can it be wasted here?

Moreover, the soldiers of Lingnan are simply unbearable.

Counting on the 200,000 soldiers and horses of these two countries, it is better for us to go north directly and fight to the death with the Zhou people. ”

Sometimes, more is not always better.

The army is fighting and facing head-to-head, and the ones who can really play a role are those elite soldiers and strong generals who have been trained for a long time and are accustomed to seeing life and death.

But in the land of Lingnan, in recent years, there has been no major war since the destruction of Jinghai Kingdom.

Over the past few years, in addition to some county and county soldiers in China, there are still elites?

As for those county and county soldiers, whether the two countries combined can make up 20,000 is a question.

In this case, what can the two countries of Nanhai and Ninghai do if they want to fulfill their promise to the imperial court and send 100,000 troops?

I'm afraid it's not the end, so I can only pull some Mingfu out to make up the numbers.

The bigger problem is the internal affairs of the two countries.

Yan Wangqiu and Su Xuange are not like Lu Yuan, who began to prepare for the founding of the country more than a year ago.

Therefore, now that he has ascended the throne, hundreds of civil and military officials, local governments and counties, and officers and soldiers of the three armies have easily changed their banners and established a new order.

The two countries of Nanhai and Ninghai came to power in a hurry, and they experienced their chaotic administration of arbitrary dismissal of officials, and the localities began to be chaotic and disorderly.

In this state, expect the two countries to pull out 100,000 troops?

It's not that he doesn't even have the ability to pull strong men.

And when the national politics of the two countries are cleared up, it will be a few months later. If you wait for the troops to go north, it will take even longer.