In Changsha City, Lu Yuan was in the palace and met with the envoys of Ningguo who came from afar.

"The minister has seen the king."

This envoy of Ningguo was a middle-aged man who looked like he was in his thirties and forties, handsome and graceful. It is not difficult to see from his temperament that this should be a person from a family near the sea.

"No need to be polite."

Lu Yuan looked at the envoy twice, and then asked, "The envoy came from Jinling, I don't know what the so-called thing is?" ”

The envoy of Ningguo said solemnly: "Since Longqing, the Yue family has lost morality, and two generations of monarchs have been deaf, and the world has been in turmoil and the people have been displaced. It is because of the turmoil in the society, and the world will suffer for a long time.

When it was, my lord suppressed the rebellion in the interior, destroyed Jinghai in the south, slaughtered the Qiang thieves in the west, attacked the Zhou State in the north, and retreated the Liang people.

This can be said to save the building in the future, save the people in the fire and water, and undoubtedly have the merit of rebuilding in the community.

In this way, all the people admired, the common people wept, and all the ministers of the people went to the book of persuasion, and the son of heaven also issued an edict of Zen concession.

Therefore, my lord bears the high hopes of the world, and cannot bear to refuse the hope of the people, and finally blesses the fourth day of the first year of November by the Son of Heaven.

Now I am the lord of the establishment of a great country, changed the Yuan and Jianwu, and has replaced the Yue Room as the lord of the five counties and five countries of Yangzhou.

When the Son of Heaven ascends the throne, he should announce it to the princes of the four directions.

Therefore, the foreign minister was ordered to come and inform the king of this.

And asked the king to send someone to Jinling to meet the Son of Heaven in order to determine the status of the monarch and minister. Make the society stable and orderly. ”

The envoy of Ningguo said a lot, and finally tried to see the poor dagger in the back, and said the purpose of the trip,

Let Lu Yuan send an envoy to Jinling City to meet Shenqiu to show his submission to Ningguo.

As originally guessed.

Ningguo, who inherited the unification of the Yue Kingdom, not only inherited the land of the five counties. For those tributary systems of the Yue Kingdom, I also want to accept them at this time.

At this time, if you want Changsha and Ning to set the status of monarchs and ministers, that's it.

But how could Lu Yuan fulfill the other party's wish?

So when the envoy finished speaking, he looked angry, and said with a little coldness in his tone: "Go to Jinling to meet the Son of Heaven?" Dare to ask the messenger, which son of heaven is it?

My Changsha country is sealed by the Yue Chamber, and I have always only respected the orthodoxy of the Yue Chamber.

The lonely king only knew that there was a son of heaven in the world and blessed the son of heaven, but he had never heard of the son of Jianwu.

Your lord Shenqiu, received the great grace of the Yue Chamber, and was able to take charge of the country's affairs, as a great general, and a very popular minister. Later, it was even more sealed as two counties to build a big country.

What courtier in the world can obtain such a blessing and honor?

But your Lord is not satisfied with this grace.

I don't want to serve the Son of Heaven, but openly conspire against and usurp the throne, which is disloyal.

Such a violent act of rebellion provoked the anger of the whole world, and the Liang State came to attack.

made the originally quiet world rise again.

It is unkind to burden the world for one's own selfishness.

Besides, the Son of Heaven, although he had all kinds of bad deeds, he also abandoned the national government during his reign, making the world decline.

But no matter how he is, he is also the Son of Heaven and the Father of the King.

And in the face of the Son of Heaven, no matter how wrong he is, you can't kill the king.

Hum!

There was a great epidemic in the palace, and the son of Hongdao and his heirs all died in this epidemic.

Such a ridiculous reason, you can also think of it, if there is a plague in the palace, why is there no Jinling City?

Do you really think that such clumsy methods can cover the eyes of the world and block the mouth of Youyou?

When Shen Qiu did this, he was not afraid that the later ones would follow suit, and he would treat his children and grandchildren like this in the future?

Killing the Son of Heaven, without a king and without a father, such virtues are also worthy of ruling the world?

Moreover, the rebellion in Neiping, the destruction of Jinghai in the south, the slaughter of Qiang thieves in the west, and the attack on the people of Zhou in the north, if King Gu is not mistaken, it is the credit of Wu'an Hou.

Even if Wu Anhou dies, the person who makes the first contribution should be the lone king.

Your lord sits in Jinling, high in the temple, and only boasts, conspiracies, how dare you take this credit?

Is it up to your lord to rely on the benefits of the great river to survive the Liang people he attracted in Guangling County?

How can such a person who is loyal, unkind, faithless and unrighteous be able to be the Son of Heaven?

Besides, my Changsha country is sealed by the Yue Chamber, and I have received the grace of the Yue Chamber, what does it have to do with your rebellious country?

At this time, you dare to lick your face and let me go to Jinling to worship?

You are shameless, and you are willing to recognize a man who has no loyalty, no benevolence, no king, no father, no faith and no righteousness as the master. But the lone king is a hero in the world, and he has his own etiquette and shame, how can he be with traitors like you?

Go back and tell Shen Qiu that if you want King Gu to recognize him as the Son of Heaven, it is impossible in this life.

If you plot against a traitor, how can you be my master?

If he is not satisfied, he can raise troops to attack.

The lonely king led his troops to wait in this Baling City, and when the two armies lined up, they would decide life and death.

If he can defeat me and destroy my country, then he has some ability.

If not, wash up early and go to bed.

There is everything in the dream. ”

Lu Yuan's mouth, as if he was on a machine gun at this time, spit out a series of outputs.

This tirade, with the utmost irony, refuted the envoy's original words to the fullest, tearing off the last fig leaf of the Ning Kingdom established by Shen Qiu.

And when he heard these remarks and was insulted by this, the messenger was naturally extremely angry, and his whole face was gloomy.

The original calm bearing, I don't know when it has disappeared.

He had the heart to refute.

But what Lu Yuan said was true.

Judging from the bright side, Yue Mu did not live up to Shen Qiu, and gave everything he could give, and even gave what he couldn't.

can be described as treating him with heart and lungs,

But what about the sunken hills?

won many honors and rewards, but he killed the king with his backhand, and then began to usurp the throne.

And the credit for Shenqiu's external propaganda was basically won by Wu Anhou, Lu Yuan and others, and it didn't have much to do with him.

The only battle of Guangling that is worth boasting about is also suitable for the two to confront each other across the river, and they survived each other by staying up for time.

These acts, these merits......

All right.

This envoy thought about it carefully, if he only looked at these things on the surface, then Shen Qiu was really not worthy of sitting on the throne of the Son of Heaven. And those who follow him, aren't they traitors and villains?

But if you put aside these superficial phenomena and only look at the core essence, after understanding the operating logic of the Linhai County family adopting the election system and the emperor being elected by each family.

So this time the change of dynasty, the Ning Dynasty Yue Room, is actually not as serious as it is said on the surface.

Because in essence, it is just those families who have actually mastered the shares of Yueguo to replace the shopkeeper who they did not like before and launch another agent again.

If the owner changes a shopkeeper, what does it matter to you and outsiders?

The only thing that is a little rough is the killing of Emperor Hongdao.

It can be seen that the reason why he wanted to kill this person was also because the other party colluded with outsiders and wanted to sell the interests that belonged to everyone in exchange for his current position.

It was Emperor Hongdao who betrayed the rules first, and they made a countermeasure.

The other party is unkind first, and the Linhai County family is unrighteous last.

But these rules are challenging secular ethics and cannot be brought to the fore.

Unspoken rules can only be unspoken rules forever.

Expose it and you'll die violently.

Therefore, in the face of Lu Yuan's accusation, although the envoy was angry in his heart, he could not refute it.

'It's all Xiao Ji's fault. At the beginning, I accepted the arrangement well, and how good it was to abdicate.

Getting things to this point not only made the new emperor bear the stigma of killing the king, but also caused a lot of trouble.

This father-killing witch Gu emperor is really harmful, and he can't be resurrected and killed. ’

In his heart, this envoy killed the dead Hongdao Emperor again, and then collected his mood, looked up at Lu Yuan, and asked angrily: "What the king said just now, is it serious?" Does Changsha really want to do this rebellious thing and start a war with the imperial court? ”

"What is the peace room for me?"

Lu Yuan suddenly asked: "Since you don't have a little favor with me, how can you dare to call me the lord with the face?" If you are not my lord, how dare you call yourself a rebel? ”

After three rhetorical questions in a row, he sneered: "As for whether to start a war, I'm afraid you won't be able to be the master, envoy." I'll ask your lord if he dares to fight me. ”

"You ......" When the envoy below heard this, he couldn't hold back any longer, and his face turned red with anger. I just wanted to have a seizure, but I felt a chill in my heart at Shang Lu Yuan's calm eyes.

This is to think of the king of Changsha in front of him, but the world is known as the second new generation of military gods of Wu'anhou.

Not only is the leading army extremely powerful.

is even on the battlefield, personally killed two congenital peerless murderers.

With such a proud figure, he really has no confidence to say anything provocative.

So in the end, he had to say: "Since the king of Changsha means this, the foreign minister has no choice but to return to Jinling and tell my lord everything the king said." If the two countries raise troops at that time, I hope that the king will not regret today's words. ”

Lu Yuan was still indifferent: "The messenger please." ”

"Hmph."

Seeing that he still had such an attitude, the messenger waved his sleeves and turned to leave.

And Lu Yuan just watched this person leave without the slightest movement.

Today's verbal attitude is a strategy he has set a long time ago, and now it is just a matter of implementing it.

The Ning Kingdom is powerful, with five counties and five innates.

With the strength of Changsha State, it is not the opponent of the other party at all, so it is not advisable to take the initiative to go to war.

But if you don't go to war, you will have to break off the master-slave status with the other party, and break away from the tributary system under the Jinling court, so you have to find another way.

Among them, it is one way to contact other vassal states and stand up with yourself to resist.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of Ningguo to send envoys, it is another way to break off relations with the other party diplomatically and break it off in name.

The former can strengthen itself, and the latter can show attitude.

Now that the envoys from the South China Sea and Ninghai and Changsha have gone to the event, they will not be able to come in January, and there will be good news coming back.

And on the side of Jinling City, at this time, Lu Yuan was also in front of the envoy of Ningguo, indicating that he would never obey the Jinling Imperial Court and wanted to be independent.

Both preparations have been completed, and next, how things should develop depends on the attitude of the emperor of the new dynasty of Ningguo.

……

In front of the other party's envoy, after breaking with the Ning Kingdom, Lu Yuan had already gone to the opposite side with the Jinling Imperial Court.

So no matter what the final reaction of the Jinling Imperial Court is, the preparations here are to be made.

So after Lu Yuan sent away the envoy of Ningguo, he urgently issued two more edicts.

One is to draw two more forbidden armies from Changsha and join his main force on the side of Baling City. The strength here reached five forbidden armies and 100,000 soldiers and horses.

Then, in the territory of Dongting, 10,000 county soldiers were drawn from all over the country and asked these people to assemble in Changsha City.

In this way, in the temporary capital of Changsha State, there is a forbidden army, 10,000 county soldiers, a total of 30,000 soldiers and horses.

Baling and Changsha, with a total of 130,000 troops, lined up along the Yangtze River and Xiangshui, confronted Yuzhang County and Ningguo soldiers and horses across the border.

On the side of Changsha State, soldiers and horses are frequently mobilized, and they have a posture aimed at Ning State.

Such movements naturally aroused the vigilance of Ning Guo.

Shangguan Ming, who was managing 100,000 sailors in Yuzhang County, heard about Lu Yuan's movements, and this old acquaintance, who once wanted to be his father-in-law, immediately gave an order.

Pumped out 50,000 sailors to the west, directly blocked the Yangtze River waterway, divided Changsha into two, and completely isolated the land south of the Yangtze River and north of the river.

Then he led the remaining 50,000 sailors to move from the Xunyang camp to Chaisang Mansion to confront Lu Yuan's 100,000 soldiers and horses in Baling City.

Then he ordered that the county government and county soldiers of Yuzhang County gathered, gathered 30,000 troops, and rushed to Yichun Mansion to confront the soldiers and horses of Changsha City.

In this way, each side sent 130,000 troops to confront each other on land and water.

For a time, the front-line army along the river gathered, and the battle clouds were dense.

Within the two counties of Dongting and Yuzhang, there is a dull atmosphere of wind and rain.

The surrounding countries also heard the news, and all sent a large number of spy messengers to Baling and Chaisang to spy on the news.

……

"Our countries along the river, the north and south, the transportation of goods, and the expedition of large armies all depend on the power of boats.

However, the Ningren Sailor is unobstructed, wantonly blocking the river in our country, making our waterways not smooth, and the territory is cut off into two sides: Jiangnan and Jiangbei.

Such a thing is truly a great shame. ”

Baling City, on the high-rise building in the north of the city, Lu Yuan led a group of ministers and generals, looking at the Ning Guo Naval Division who was showing off his might on the river in the north, and couldn't help but sigh: "After this turmoil, I must build a new naval division and build a powerful ship to guard against the river."

My Changsha land, even if it is a waterway, cannot be allowed to outsiders to come and go at will.

This situation of being controlled by others must not happen again in the future. ”

In this confrontation between the two sides, although the strength of the soldiers and horses on both sides is extremely similar, they are both 130,000 troops and one congenital, and no one is weaker than the other.

But on the bright side, no one on either side is left behind.

But in terms of details, for example, the Ningguo Naval Division in front of him has already overwhelmed Changsha with an absolute advantage in terms of water warfare.

Yue was originally a big country in the south of the Yangtze River, with domestic waterways and the Yangtze River, so it was natural to develop water divisions.

And its sailors are powerful, 100,000 boats across the river, countless times to save the country from danger.

Far before the Dongting Rebellion, the 300,000 troops of the Zhou people gathered in Tianmen Mansion to shock Jiangbiao, and the troops pointed directly at the south of Dongting County.

But even though there are many Zhou people and soldiers, facing the surging Yangtze River and surging rivers, they are still blocked by the sailors and cannot move in the north of the river.

In the end, I had to look at the river and sigh, and it was difficult to cross the river.

Nearby, there was the battle of Shenqiu Zhengbei in the first two months.

500,000 Liang soldiers lined up along the line of the Yangtze River, while Yue Guo only put 100,000 sailors on the river, which was not convenient.

In the end, hundreds of thousands of troops were blocked in Jiangbei, and after spending a lot, they had to retreat depressedly.

These examples all illustrate the importance of a strong naval division to a Jiangnan regime.

Now that the Yue family has been destroyed, Ning Guo has inherited the mantle of Yue State, and has also obtained the control of the original 100,000 sailors of Yue State.

Therefore, with this water division, the other party can run rampant in the Yangtze River basin and suppress the south of the Yangtze River like the previous Yue country.

But Changsha didn't have this good fate.

Lu Yuan is not from a Jinling family, he comes from a humble background, and he has struggled all the way to this day, relying on his own efforts.

When Changsha was established, it was also a grass platform team, and everything was waiting to be revived, all of which were white cloths that needed to be accumulated slowly.

Now that a few years have passed, seeing that the country has stabilized, and a team of more than 200,000 male soldiers has been accumulated, and it is slowly on the right track.

But in terms of water masters, Lu Yuan, who had never accumulated before and did not have the need for this aspect, seemed to be powerless.

Previously, when he was backed by the Yue Imperial Court and could borrow the other party's sailors, he didn't feel much about it.

Now he is against Ning Guo, and the sailor who originally relied on him has become his great enemy.

It suddenly made Lu Yuan realize the feelings of the original Zhou people and Liang people, and knew how disgusting it was to face a powerful sailor.

So constrained by this, he naturally wanted to make a change.

Building a new powerful naval division after the war was Lu Yuan's strategy for his weaknesses.

He has decided.

In the next five years, 10 years, and even longer, a lot of energy will be invested to achieve this goal.

But in this way, the expenditure of all kinds of money and food is another astronomical amount. ’

Thinking of this, Lu Yuan's heart couldn't help twitching slightly.

The Mariner is not a cheap class. Raising an army of the same number of troops may even cost twice as much as the same number of armies.

If he wants to raise a 100,000 sailors, it is equivalent to raising 200,000 troops, which is almost double the current military expenditure of Changsha State.

Even if you only raise enough sailors to protect yourself and protect the Yangtze River waterway, then you have to have more than 1,000 ships and 40,000 or 50,000 people.

This is equivalent to raising another 100,000 troops.

Now that Changsha has 240,000 soldiers and horses, it is already extremely difficult, and it is necessary to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall.

If you are raising a 50,000 water master, don't doubt it, it will definitely make the finances of Changsha State bankrupt in an instant.

Fortunately, the water master cannot be built overnight, I can spend five years and ten years, slowly investing, slowly accumulating. In this case, the expenditure will not be very large, and the finances will still be able to support it. ’

Lu Yuan thought like this in his heart, and looked at Ning Guo outside the city, and after confirming that the other party should not dare to go ashore, he lost his interest, so he ordered this person to get off the city wall and return to the city.

And then the days after.

The army of Changsha State guarded the river bank, and the Ning State Water Division showed off its might on the river, one on both sides did not dare to go down, and the other did not dare to come up, so they scolded each other across the river.

In this piece of noisy shouting, half a month has passed.

So on the seventh day of the twelfth month of the first year of Jianji, the envoy sent by Lu Yuan to Ninghai Kingdom finally replied.

Su Xuange agreed to his request, officially raised troops in Ninghai State in response, and followed Lu Yuan to announce that Ninghai State did not obey the Ning State that killed the monarch and usurped the throne, that is, it broke away from the tributary system of the Jinling Imperial Court.

Then Ninghai sent 100,000 troops, and laid down heavy troops on the front line bordering Jiuzhen County in the country, and confronted Xie Ning, Marquis of Wuping.

Changsha and Ninghai have moved one after another, and the South China Sea countries, which have been following in the footsteps of the two countries, naturally cannot get out.

Finally, on December 13, Yan Wangqiu received the news that Su Xuange had responded to Lu Yuan and broke with the Ningguo Imperial Court.

In desperation, he had to announce that the Nanhai Kingdom would also break away from the Jinling court and move towards independence.

It's just that I don't know if I don't want to offend Ning Guo completely, or if Yan Wangqiu is really old and can't do it anymore.

After the news of independence was announced, the Nanhai Kingdom only sent an envoy to inform Jinling City, and did not station troops on the border with Ning State to confront each other like the other two countries.

But in any case, with the successive statements of the two countries in the South China Sea and Ninghai.

So far.

On the matter of independence, Lu Yuan and their small circle of the Triple Alliance advanced and retreated together.

And after the three kingdoms expressed their attitudes one after another, the pressure was given to Jinling City and Ning Guo's side.