The sun is setting at dusk, and the wolf smoke is still burning.

Corpses were scattered all over the ground, and countless remnants of broken swords were scattered among the bushes.

Falcon vultures hovered in the sky, and green-eyed jackals flashed greedily on the ground, their eyes wandering over the mangled corpses.

Da-da-da-da.

The sound of armor clashing from afar, instantly awakened the greedy beasts.

Glancing at the breezy and fierce human ranks, the beasts were so frightened that they fled far away, not daring to linger here.

But the human armies just glanced at them and continued to push forward, ignoring them.

This messy battlefield is cleaned by special people, and the 4,000 county soldiers who came later will deal with it here.

And they, the elite soldiers, bear a greater burden.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to destroy the main forces of the Great Commander Army, he quickly moved forward, occupied those Yiren cities with empty defenses, and reaped and expanded the fruits of this victory.

On the wide field, a long army of dragons disembarked from the boats one after another, and then advanced towards the hinterland of the Huichuan country in the west under the command of military orders.

……

"Newspaper—"

In the camp that had just been cleaned up, Lu Yuan was dealing with many military affairs after the war, and he was feeling a little tired, and when he was about to rest, a messenger came quickly.

"What's the matter?"

Someone to let the messenger in, he asked.

"Back to the king, Huang Zhenren asked people to send back the report, and the real person has led the army to break through Shama City, an important town in Huichuan State. More than 2,000 defenders in the city were killed and more than 6,000 captured, and the rest all fled, and the real people have sent people to pursue. The messenger replied.

"Shama City is broken?"

Hearing this, Lu Yuan nodded, a smile on his face.

Shamacheng can be said to be the second largest city in the area under the jurisdiction of the Huichuan State, second only to Fengpacheng, the capital of the country, and its specific status is roughly equivalent to the capital city of the Chu State.

Occupy this city, and then radiate the surrounding area, and the Aikawa country will lose almost half of its territory.

At the beginning of the war, he defeated the army of Dachang and Guoda, and then captured a big city, which can be described as a good start.

Such a harvest naturally made him happy.

Happy, he looked at the herald below, and his tone was a little better: "This matter is known alone, you have come to deliver the message hard, go down to receive the reward and rest." ”

"King Xie!"

The messenger was overjoyed, bowed his head, and then withdrew.

After the others left, Lu Yuan did not continue to deal with official business, but groaned.

Today's battle is a great gain.

Not only did he take advantage of the battle between the Chili Clan's Great Witch Festival and Huang Xuan, he waited for an opportunity to sneak attack and kill the other party, successfully eliminated Dachang and Guoyi Xian, and disintegrated half of the opponent's top-level combat power.

It can be said that killing a big witch sacrifice is no less than destroying the opponent's 100,000 army for the Great Changhe Kingdom.

It's even more than that.

Because of the 100,000 army, as long as the population is sufficient and the money and food are enough, it can be easily pulled up.

But if an innate grandmaster wants to cultivate it, what he needs to spend is a little less divine blood xenomorph if he uses it now.

With the general trend of depleting aura today, it is definitely becoming more and more difficult to cultivate an innate grandmaster in the future.

The number of Innate Grandmasters will also decrease less.

In this case, as long as someone has money, the real value of an ordinary army that can be pulled up is naturally far less important than that of an innate grandmaster.

And that's just personal value. In terms of strategic value, Da Chang and the country have one less innate grandmaster, and the other party has one less hole card, and the confidence to dare to open the table with me in the future is also half less.

My Great Chu can kill the Innate Grandmaster, as long as this is confirmed, the remaining Innate Grandmaster of the Great Changhe Country, when he wants to rely on killing the ordinary people of the Chu State as a threatening means, he has to take care of this.

There is only one person, and my Chu State will soon have five innate grandmasters, among which there are strong people like me and Huang Xuan who can kill him alone.

This powerful deterrent force, as long as it is put on the surface, can definitely deter the other party.

He dared to flip the table, maybe he could kill hundreds or thousands of people of Chu at a time.

But every time he makes a move, his whereabouts will be exposed, increasing the possibility of being caught.

My Chu State can afford the cost of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of deaths. But as long as he loses once, the Great Changhe Kingdom will be completely finished.

No, as long as he dares to flip the table, Dachang and the country will be finished, but he is the last person to finish. ”

Lu Yuan analyzed slowly.

The deterrence of two innate grandmasters, and the deterrence of one innate grandmaster, are not of the same magnitude at all.

It's not a math problem, a simple one plus one equals two.

Rather, one plus one, equals three, equals four, or even more.

To prevent a sneak attack by an innate grandmaster, the Chu State only needs to prepare an innate grandmaster. If you want to hunt and kill each other, you need more than two Innate Grandmasters.

It can guard against a sneak attack by two innate grandmasters, because the other party has more options to strike at the same time, and the Chu State will have to fortify everywhere.

And fortification everywhere is also the same as no fortification.

Not to mention that with the strength of the Chu State, it is impossible to fortify everywhere.

As for hunting each other, it's even harder.

Not to mention that after the two innate grandmasters joined forces, how many people would have to deal with the doubling of their strength?

Let's just say that the two Innate Grandmasters cooperate with each other, interfering with the captor's line of sight, and it will be more difficult than before to touch each other's traces.

Against individuals and organizations, the difficulty is not at all an order of magnitude.

Originally, the Great Chang and the Kingdom, which had two innate grandmasters, were barely an organization with top-level combat power.

But now, except for an innate grandmaster, the Great Chang and the Kingdom have instantly changed from a two-person organization to a single individual, and the difference between them is not too big.

It is precisely because the difference is too great that when Lu Yuan was dealing with the Southwest Yi people before, he had been restrained and did not dare to force the other party too much.

Until now, he has practiced the Yellow Turban Lux clone, and at the same time, he has also broken through the realm of condensation, his strength has more than doubled, and he has absolute certainty that he can hunt and kill an innate grandmaster.

Only then did he make up his mind to take action against Dachang and the country.

At the moment, this security is indeed correct.

The Great Witch Sacrifice of the Chili Clan, in the face of the cooperation of Lu Yuan and Huang Xuan, was simply killed without the slightest resistance.

The technique of the two of them is simply not too strong.

"From now on, Huang Xuan and I have joined forces, which is equivalent to the existence of the first innate realm, whether it is a martial artist or a monk, it will definitely not be able to escape.

Even if it is a person in the congenital second realm, he is seventy percent sure that he can be killed.

With the deterrence of hole cards, those forces or countries that only have one innate grandmaster can no longer pose a threat to our Great Chu, and can only obediently become meat on the eucalyptus. ”

Thinking of this, Lu Yuan was in a happy mood.

In today's world, there are not too many forces with more than two innate forces, and most of them are big and powerful. For example, the three major Yi states in the southwest generally have more than two counties, or the overlords such as Zhou, Liang, and Ning.

Only these large countries that have an important influence on a state and a place can have enough strength to cultivate more than two innate grandmasters.

Others, such as the small countries of Su, Song, and Hanzhong, or the Jianghu forces such as the Liuyang Sect, can cultivate an innate grandmaster is already the limit. Some, like the South China Sea country, can't even be cultivated.

And these small country sects with only one innate grandmaster, when facing the cooperation of Lu Yuan and Huang Xuan, as long as the other party's innate grandmaster looks at him, he will be killed.

And it is easy for the Chu State to disintegrate the combat power at the top, and to use the innate grandmaster to cooperate with the soldiers at the bottom, to destroy these countries or forces.

"However, with the current strength of the Chu State, there are only five innate people, and it is almost to the limit to be able to protect the land of the four counties now.

In the future, if you want to continue to expand and cultivate new innate forces, there is no hope for the time being.

It's okay, just after eating a Qianzhong County and half of Xichuan County, it will take about ten years for the Chu State to digest.

Ten years later, Brother Sun has almost broken through the innate and consolidated the realm.

Then it's time to start a new round of expansion. ”

Lu Yuan groaned slightly, and then let go of the tempting idea of directly swallowing the Great Changhe Kingdom in one fell swoop and expanding further.

Although with the current strength of the Chu State, it is enough to destroy the Great Changhe State and swallow one or half a county.

It can be extremely reluctant to use the population of just seven million in Chu State to fill the Qianzhong County and Xichuan County that have just been conquered.

Even if the rest of the territory is newly expanded, there is no more core population to fill and digest.

And the newly laid territory that cannot be digested, so that it provides a steady stream of output, is only a burden.

Not only do you need to spend the troops, money, and food of the Chu State to control the occupation, but you also have to bear the backlash and turmoil on the territory at any time and meet countless troubles.

This kind of loss-making business, Lu Yuan will not do it.

After all, the driving force of his outward expansion was to enhance the national strength of the Chu State. In order to gain luck for himself by strengthening the state of Chu.

Obviously, this kind of negative growth will not bring more national fortunes to the Chu State, but may also reduce the national fortunes of the Chu State.

This kind of stupid thing, he will only do it when his brain is pumped.

Maintain the current situation and occupy Aikawa Province according to the predetermined plan. Then the army pressed the border, coerced Dachang and the country to submit, and gave Dachu another dog in the southwest region.

When the situation in the southwest is stabilized, he can lead the army to the west, recover Xichuan, and break the claws of the Nanzhao Kingdom to reach out to the hometown of Dongyang.

The above three steps are the strategic goals of Lu Yuan's dispatch of troops this time.

Now the first step to occupy Aikawa Province is half completed.

And after defeating the Northern Front of the Great Chowa Country, the remaining half of the Kawa Kingdom was left, and it was easy to collect it.

After receiving this territory, it is also logical to lead troops to coerce the Great Chang and the country.

"So, everything was perfect. After killing the Great Witch Sacrifice, the biggest obstacle is gone, and all that remains is to collect the fruits of my victory. ”

After taking stock and confirming that there was nothing wrong with the plan and that it was being implemented step by step, Lu Yuan had a smile on his face.

After his heart was relieved, he only felt full of motivation and continued to deal with his official duties with great enthusiasm.

……

As Lu Yuan expected, after defeating the large army used to block the northern part of the Great Changhe Kingdom, the remaining 1,000 miles on the west bank of the Huichuan Kingdom was easily captured in only five days under the leadership of Huang Xuan and Lu Yuan.

Facing the leadership of the two innate grandmasters, the remnants of the military force of the Huichuan Kingdom could not be stopped at all.

Almost as soon as the two of them made a move, the enemy was defeated, and the tall city walls could not produce any obstacles at all, and the city gates were easily opened, and then occupied by the incoming army.

In this way, on April 7, the Chu army began to cross the river, and by April 13, the entire territory of Huichuan fell.

Later, Lu Yuan left 10,000 forbidden troops and 4,000 county soldiers to guard this place, while quelling the remnants of the local rebellion, while watching over the more than 40,000 Yi soldiers who had been captured these days.

He and Huang Xuan took the remaining 50,000 forbidden troops all the way down and marched towards the Great Changhe Kingdom.

On 15 April, Lu Yuan led his army to conquer the Kebu State under the direct jurisdiction of Dachanghe State and entered the core area of the country.

On April 17, he led his army to break through the city of Nuotang and capture the northernmost city in Kunhai.

On 19 April, he led his army to approach Lucheng City, where the Dachanghe army was engaged in a battle with the Kun navy, and successfully rendezvous with the Kun navy led by Li Xiong, and surrounded the Dachanghe army in the north and south.

On 20 April, the combined forces of Chu and Kunhai launched an attack on the Dachanghe army.

During this period, Lu Yuan and Huang Xuan personally went into battle, and Li Xiong also charged in armor. Da Chang and the general Li Chuan went into battle to stop him, but he was severely injured by Lu Yuan with his swordsmanship, and finally deliberately released the water, found an opportunity, and fled with his life.

At this point, the top combat power of Da Chang and the army fled, and after losing his scruples, Lu Yuan and the three of them killed and killed, and personally led the army to attack Da Chang and the army formation.

After three days of bloody fighting on both sides, the army finally couldn't resist it, and after leaving more than 40,000 corpses, they scattered and fled.

Subsequently, the coalition army collected the soldiers and horses, pursued the prisoners, led the 120,000 troops, and marched into Dachang and Yangcheng, the capital of the country.

For a time, the Great Changhe Kingdom was shaken, the Kunhai Kingdom was shaken, and the southwest countries were shaken.

The Great Chowa Kingdom, which has been inherited for more than 500 years, has fallen into a time of turmoil and disintegration under the approach of a powerful enemy.

……

The vast and endless lake is blown by the breeze, rippling with layers of waves.

The farmland on both sides of the river has grown green seedlings at this time.

It's just that in this agricultural time, there are no farmers on this fertile farmland, and there are no more than half of the people in the open field.

In its place, there were just military camps built on the fields, and military patrols and drills back and forth between the various military camps.

The dull sound of drums sounded in the camp, and together with the shouts of the sergeants, the heavens and the earth seemed to tremble.

And outside of this noisy camp, next to Kunhai Lake, on a small dock that was already empty.

Lu Yuan leaned in a small pavilion in the middle of the lake, looking at this thousand-mile lake, sparkling and sparkling, and couldn't help but exclaim: "It is worthy of the three major lakes in the southwest, and these thousands of miles of lakes are endless, almost no less than Dongting Lake."

In the eyes of the people who have never seen this mountain range and the vast sea, it is indeed boundless, no wonder they will give this place the name Kunhai.

If a Pichi ditch is built here to divert the water of Kunhai to both banks, hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile land can be obtained at your fingertips.

This is really the foundation of the king, the land of abundance. ”

Beside him, hearing Lu Yuan's admiration, Li Xiong, who was standing on the side, had a stiff face, and couldn't help but drum in his heart.

Lu Yuan was only here for the first time, and when he saw Kunhai for the first time, he was so impressed.

And he has already unified the southern and eastern parts of Kunhai, and even the northern part accounts for more than half, and has ruled for more than a year.

It is precisely with this experience that Li Xiong knows how rich this area of Kunhai is.

In the half of Kunhai under his control alone, there are 100,000 hectares of fertile land that has been reclaimed by the local Yi people, which is enough to feed 670,000 people.

And that's not the limit.

As Lu Yuan said, if ditches are built on both sides of the river, the amount of farmland reclaimed can be increased by about half, and more people can be fed.

This alone can feed a million people.

And this is only the area near Kunhai, Kunhai is domestic, but there are still large areas, which are not within the scope of both sides of Kunhai.

Although these areas are mostly mountainous, they can also develop tens of thousands of hectares of land, which can also feed two or three hundred thousand people.

There are only two and a half provinces of land, and the potential is so great.

It's really hard to imagine what it would be like if the entire Kunhai region were occupied and then fully developed.

'I'm afraid it's not easy to feed two or three million people, right?' ’

Thinking like this in Li Xiong's heart, he couldn't help but be even more nervous.

Such a rich land, he was thrilled to see it, and regarded it as the foundation of his own development of the southwest.

And the lord of the Chu State in front of him, seeing such a fat territory, it is impossible not to be moved.

If the other party moves his mind and faces the huge Chu State, then wouldn't the territory he had so hard won be handed over again?

No one is willing to give up the foundation he has worked so hard to save.

Li Xiong is no exception.

But he didn't have the strength to refuse to resist all this, no matter what decision he could only make in front of him, Li Xiong could only accept the fate.

How could he not be nervous?

"Relax."

Lu Yuan is so cultivated, he is condensed, his divine sense is extremely keen, Li Xiong almost had this thought in his heart, he noticed it from the other party's expression and body movements.

Just a little thought, you know what the other person is worried about.

So he couldn't help laughing and said: "Lone said before, the land of Kunhai, you beat it, it is Kunhai country." As long as Kunhai State is loyal to Chu State, there is no shortage of money, food and materials provided every year, and Gu will not interfere.

My big Chu swallowed Qianzhong County, which is already the limit, and for decades, there is no spare energy to open up to the outside world.

And even if it is to open up to the outside world, it will not be the southwest, west and south, where the place is not inferior to Kunhai, and it is easier to digest.

In this wild land, Lone only plans to be restrained, and it is enough to accept some vassal countries, and does not plan to develop further. ”

Lu Yuan looked at Li Xiong and said meaningfully.

When the latter heard this, his heart suddenly relaxed, and his face showed joy, so he wanted to say thank you and explain.

But before Li Xiong could speak, a team of more than ten people in the distance also passed through the layers of blocked guards and came towards the center of the lake.

Seeing this, Lu Yuan waved his hand, stopped Li Xiong, and said with a smile: "Li Qing, look, the people of Dachang and the country are here." They'll be your colleagues from now on.

The two countries of Dachanghe and Kunhai will coexist in the land of Kunhai in the future and be the vassal state of our Chu State.

In the face of Dali and Nanzhao, you must work together to shield foreign enemies for Dachu and stabilize the southwest. ”

Next to him, Li Xiong looked at the envoy who was getting closer and closer, his eyes showed a hint of complexity, and he opened his mouth to say something.

But in the end, he sighed in his heart and nodded bitterly: "The foreign minister obeys." ”

The voice fell.

Li Xiong knew that his ambition to occupy the entire Kunhai and dominate this fertile land was completely empty.

It is impossible for the king of Chu in front of him to allow any country to occupy the land of Kunhai alone.

Dividing this place in two and putting it under the control of the two countries under his control is the way to balance the emperor.

And Kun Haiguo, who has no strength to resist, can only obediently accept this reality even if he is unwilling in his heart.

As soon as I thought of this, this was a trace of ambition that Kunhai Gong had managed to accumulate in the previous wars in recent years, and it was completely extinguished.

May 1 of the sixth year of Shenwu.

Lu Yuan, the king of Chu, led an army of 100,000 troops and surrounded Dachang and Yangcheng, the capital of the country.

At this time, there were no more than 30,000 soldiers in Yangcheng, and most of them were old and weak. The general Li Chuan was seriously injured and lay on the couch, and his strength was greatly reduced.

The people in the city were terrified, from the princes and royal families to the common people, all of whom had lost their hearts and had no desire to fight.

So the next day, the surrender faction in the city reached a compromise and sent an envoy out to discuss the surrender.

On May 5, after several days of negotiations, the Great Changhe State officially surrendered to the Chu State.

Subsequently, according to the agreement, Dachang and the country went to the tuba and changed its name to Chili State, and the lord of the country was called Chili Gong.

Half of the northern area of Kunhai controlled by the Chili State was ceded to the Kunhai State. Only the western region of Kunhai will be retained, as well as the land of the eleven western countries and about six prefectures.

The Kunhai Kingdom controlled the southern, eastern, and northern parts of the Kunhai Sea, totaling four prefectures.

The Chili State officially became a vassal of the Chu State, and the war between the two countries stopped.

At this point, in the southwest, the state of Chu occupied one county and ten prefectures in Qianzhong, and accepted Kunhai and Chili as vassals, and opened up a total of one county and two countries.

The battle of Great Chu's conquest of Southwest Yi lasted one year and ten months, and officially came to an end.