Tonghai and Song State are at the junction, and Ma is stationed at the customs.

"Ha, these Song people finally sent envoys to surrender, and I thought they were going to die to the end."

In the conference hall, the generals of the Chu army gathered, and at the top of the place, Qinghezi held the national letter handed over by the Song State, and couldn't help but let out a chuckle.

"The Song State was already weak, and it was the end of the three southwestern kingdoms, and the reason why it resisted stubbornly before was just to see that Nanzhao and Dali were still resisting, and they were just lucky.

Now that Nanzhao has surrendered, the three southwestern countries have gone to one of them, and I have won one of them, and there are only two left, which are naturally not my opponents.

That Song Jun was born in a family of Linhai and was the best at franchising, and when he saw that the general trend had gone, of course he would not stubbornly resist and throw his life here. ”

On the left hand below, Li Liang, the defense envoy of Yulin County, sneered at this time: "My Da Chu has a favorable condition for him. As the king of the dead country, he can still get half of the county to seal the country, if it is changed to the past, how can there be such a good thing?

Now the heavens and the earth have changed, and the land in the south is worthless, so the king has given it to these small countries.

If he is not grateful to Dade again, he should really die under the sword. ”

Regarding the great changes in heaven and earth, after the war with Ning Guo, Lu Yuan has also successively informed all the innate grandmasters in the country for more than a year.

This is naturally to unify people's hearts and make everyone aware of the seriousness of the matter, so that they can gather all their forces to go north and fight for the future land of Zhongzhou.

Obviously, after more than a year of hard work, the results achieved this time are not bad.

That's it.

For Lu Yuan's preferential treatment of the southwestern countries, the high-level officials of the Chu State who knew the truth had no objection to this.

It's just a piece of rotten land that can only be operated for a hundred years, or even decades.

Even if the Chu State is defeated, if it wants to govern and develop, it will not take a few decades, and it will be impossible.

And when it was finally developed, the four-pole natural disaster also came.

The land south of the Yangtze River may be reduced to a place where poisonous fire boils in the future.

After decades of hard work, everything eventually came to naught, and a fool would do this kind of loss-making business.

Rather than this, it is better to take these rotten lands out one after another, and let the lords of those small countries manage the barbarian people on their own territory.

And the Great Chu stood on their heads to collect grain and taxes, and at the same time drew out their soldiers and horses and innate grandmasters, and contributed to the future Zhongzhou campaign of the Chu State.

This kind of tributary means is the most time-saving and cost-effective.

"Now that Nanzhao and Song are all served, there is only one Dali country left in the southwest.

Although this country is strong, there are four congenitals and more than 2 million people.

But with the land of one country and two counties, if you want to fight against my southwest of Great Chu, Lingnan, and the western counties, it is just a mantis arm to block snipers.

If the king of Dali knew each other, he would send an envoy to surrender after hearing the news of the surrender of the Song State. ”

Han Hu, the defense envoy of Tonghai County next to him, also said with a smile.

Having said that, no one can guarantee whether the people of Dali will really be hard-headed and carry it to death.

Just in case, I still have to push him. ”

Qinghezi listened to the words of his subordinates, nodded slightly, but for the sake of caution, pondered, turned his head to look at Li Liang next to him, and ordered: "General Li, this chief will transfer you to the defense envoy of Jiuzhen County, and from now on, lead the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to Jiuzhen County to take up his post."

After arriving at the ground, he took over the soldiers and horses of Jiuzhen County of the Song State and stabilized the place.

At the same time, he supervised the rest of the Song State, and ordered them to raise troops in Yinsheng County, Fengguo, and threaten their territory in the rear of Dali State, forcing them to submit. ”

Dali surrendered, in addition to handing over Jiuzhen County, the soldiers and horses in his hands naturally had to be handed over.

Now, after more than a year of recovery, after the defeat of Yulin before, the internal soldiers and horses of the Song State have been reorganized back to 100,000 people.

And among these 100,000 people, 80,000 are from Jiuzhen County.

For these soldiers and horses, it is naturally impossible for the Chu State to let the Song State take them away.

Therefore, at this time, it is necessary to send a general to Jiuzhen County.

While receiving soldiers and horses, I hand over the place.

While monitoring the Song Kingdom, take precautions.

And looking at the command, the most suitable person for this matter at this time is only Li Liang.

After taking over Jiuzhen County, Yulin County was in the rear of the hinterland of Chu State, and it no longer bordered the enemy country, and it was basically peaceful.

In this case, the three forbidden armies originally commanded by Li Liang and stationed here, 60,000 soldiers and horses, of course, cannot be wasted.

Therefore, Qinghezi directly asked him to go to Jiuzhen County, while accepting the surrender of the Song State, and handing over affairs such as territory, household registration, soldiers and horses, and the treasury.

On the one hand, as an overseer, he urged the Song State to send troops to assist in the encirclement and suppression of Dali.

"The last will obey."

When Li Liang heard this appointment, his expression was not abnormal in the slightest, and he responded directly.

Now, as Lu Yuan no longer pretends, many high-level officials under the Chu State have slowly realized that the Qinghuang two real people have a close relationship with their own king.

Therefore, in the face of Qinghezi, who is likely to be a doppelganger of his own master, or some other identity, Li Liang did not dare to be disrespectful in the slightest.

At this time, in the face of the other party's direct appointment and dismissal of a county defense envoy, I don't think there is anything wrong.

The king's doppelganger, isn't this equivalent to the king's personal presence?

And the king wants to appoint and dismiss the transfer of a county defense envoy, that is not a matter of one sentence, who dares to oppose it, who can oppose it?

"Okay, the affairs of the Song Kingdom have been decided, and the Nanzhao Kingdom has also sent people to urge them, so that their three vassal kings can quickly raise troops and go to the border of Dali to echo our army from the west."

After making the arrangement, Qinghezi's heart also relaxed a lot, and there was a trace of contempt on his face: "This chief manager wants to see, there are enemies in the northwest and south, and under the pressure of my 500,000 army, will Dali dare to hold on." ”

Although the soldiers and horses of Xichuan County invited from the north, after helping to subdue the Nanzhao Kingdom, they quickly withdrew because Huang Xin wanted to deal with the Xiliang Kingdom.

However, with the assistance of the Nanzhao Kingdom, which had just been split, and the Song Kingdom, which was being split, the number of soldiers and horses that Qinghezi could gather in the southwest and Lingnan regions reached an exaggerated 500,000 people.

And there are as many as eight innate grandmasters.

Whether it is the number of soldiers and horses, or the number of masters, it has twice as many as Dali.

It's ugly.

Now even if Dali Kingdom does not surrender and wants to resist stubbornly, Qinghezi wants to destroy the other party, it will not take much effort.

The overall situation of the southwest has been decided at this time.

……

Dali naturally did not dare to resist.

They're just tough, not stupid.

In this situation of heavy encirclement and heavy troops, the head will naturally not be so iron, and it will know how to be flexible and submit.

In fact.

After hearing the news of the surrender of the Song State, the envoy sent by the Dali State to negotiate surrender was already on the way.

It's just that it's not long since we set off, and we can't get to the horse station where Qinghezi is located for the time being.

I have to say.

After the state of Chu defeated the four kingdoms of Lingnan and Jiangdong and seized the hegemony of the entire Yangzhou, in the face of this unification and the prestige of the motherland, there were too few people left who dared to resist.

Now through the southwest, even if it is as strong as Nanzhao and Dali, in the face of the military might of Chu, he is still afraid of submission and does not dare to resist.

You must know that at this time, it has only been six or seven years since the Chu State returned from the last battle of conquering Yi.

That's not enough time to forget everything.

Many people in the southwest still have deep memories of the cruelty and horror of the Chu soldiers.

At this time, the state of Chu was far stronger than at the beginning, and how could Nanzhao and Dali dare to resist?

The reason why I surrendered so readily now.

The prestige of the Chu State is now soaring, and the military power left behind in the southwest is not the same thing.

Either way, though.

With the submission of the Three Kingdoms and the dismantling of the great powers, the small country in the southwest is left with only a half-county land, and it is difficult to become a climate.

The rule of the Chu State here is almost stable.

So when Qinghezi finished taking care of all the things in the southwest, after throwing in August.

Lu Yuan just confessed that he would merge the land of the northern half of the county and the four prefectures offered by the Nanzhao Kingdom with the river valley county to form a complete county of the ten prefectures.

Hegu County, located in the west of the Chu State, not only borders Xichuan and has a passage, but also has a passage connection with the Nanzhao Kingdom in the south.

When he attacked Xichuan Kingdom, he took advantage of the people of Hegu County to catch Jihui off guard, which led to the destruction of the Buddha Kingdom.

Now that Nanzhao has surrendered and given up the northern land, Lu Yuan naturally wants to be optimistic about this pass to Xichuan, so he simply merged this place with Hegu County.

In addition to merging the counties and settling the affairs of the southwest, Lu Yuan continued to appoint Qinghezi as the governor of the southwest, managing the two counties of Qianzhong and Tonghai in the southwest, as well as the eleven small feudal states.

As for the three counties of Nanhai, Yulin, and Jiuzhen in Lingnan, they were transferred back to Qingxuanzi from Jian'an County, and he was appointed as the governor of Lingnan and the defense envoy of Yulin County, responsible for the defense of the southern Xinjiang of Chu State.

In addition, considering the increasingly severe situation in the north, Lu Yuan sent a doppelganger Huang Yun to Xiangyang County from Yuzhang County to serve as the governor of Jiangbei, governing Xiangyang County, with Zhou Qing and 130,000 soldiers and horses under his command.

In this way, there is Huang Xin in the west, Qinghezi in the southwest, Qingxuanzi in Lingnan, and Huangyun in the north of the Jiangbei, and the nine counties and eleven countries under the jurisdiction of the four major defense regions of Chu are basically firmly controlled.

With these four doppelgangers watching, Lu Yuan can basically sit back and relax.

So after dealing with the internal problems, he turned his attention to the war in the northwest that was scorching at this time.

……

The withered yellow weeds were covered with frost, and the vision was desolate.

On the vast meadow field, at this time, one east and one west, two armies fought fiercely.

Dressed in animal skins, with braids, holding short bows, and wielding scimitars, the Tibetan cavalry on the other side was also dressed in a variety of colors, rarely armored, holding a cavalry spear or cavalry knife, and a group of Xiliang knights dressed as ordinary people rushed back and forth to kill.

Just from their clothing, it can be seen that at this time, only the herdsmen of the Tibetan people and the militia of the Xiliang Kingdom went to war, and they were not the elite soldiers and horses of the two armies.

Even on the battlefield, the number of Tibetan herdsmen was a little more, with more than 5,000 horsemen, while those Xiliang militia only had more than 3,000 people, and the strength was a big difference.

But at this time, the two armies caught each other and killed each other, and those Tibetan herdsmen were obviously much inferior to the Xiliang militia in terms of riding and archery and martial arts.

Even in terms of tenacity and hardship, there is a clear gap.

At this time, the battle was only a moment, and the Tibetan people lost nearly 1,000 people, and the Xiliang militia only died more than 500 people, and gradually they could not support it and began to disperse.

In this tentative encounter, the Xiliang Army gained the upper hand.

"This Xiliang country is worthy of being the Northwest Strength Country, such majestic people are really elite, and they are not worse than the soldiers and horses of the prefectures and counties in the middle of my Chu country.

It is no wonder that the Tibetan people have been beaten and retreated, and they still have to ask for help from our Chu State, which is really not wronged. ”

In the eastern camp, the flags of the Chu State and other banners with different banners were fluttering, and where the soldiers were sanitating, Huang Xing led the generals of the Chu State to watch the battle between the herdsmen of the Tibetan people and the knights of Xiliang in the distance, and couldn't help but be amazed.

Unlike the half-people, half-pastoral mortals, the Xiliang Kingdom, which has a complete state structure and is half-nomadic and half-agrarian, has far more standing soldiers and horses in the country than the number of Tibetans who outnumber them.

In the battle of Helong in the past few years, in the spring and autumn of each year, although the Tibetan people could pull out four or five hundred thousand, or even six or seven hundred thousand horsemen, the momentum can be described as boundless.

But among the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, more than eighty percent were Tibetan herdsmen who were temporarily recruited.

The number of Tibetan knights who can really be completely out of production, the sum of all departments, is only more than 100,000.

You know, this is an elite soldier made up by more than 10,000 people.

Judging from this ratio, it is almost equal to 100 people to support a full-time soldier.

This kind of production efficiency is still far from that of the countries that are now vying for hegemony in Kyushu.

Like Chu, Wei, Liang and other countries, basically three households raise one soldier, that is, fourteen or fifteen people raise one full-time soldier.

The conversion rate of the population is six or seven times that of the Tibetan people.

With such a large production gap, it is no wonder that the Tibetan people have been stumbling to the river in recent years, and there are two or three million soldiers killed here, but there is still no progress.

On the contrary, he was repeatedly defeated by the Zhou people, and suffered heavy losses.

If it weren't for the sudden intervention of the northern Wei state in the end, it hit the Jinggi region of the Zhou state, forcing the Zhou people to send troops and horses to help back and abandon the northwest land.

Otherwise, I am afraid that at this time, the various tribes of the Tibetan people will still be huddled on the snowfield, going down the mountain day after day to die, and draining the blood on this river.

However, even if the Zhou people left, the snowy people who occupied the second county of Helong did not be proud for long.

Because the Xiliang people, who are as fierce as the Zhou people and are even poorer, came.

As Xiliang, which walked out of the border of the snowfield, grassland, and Yongzhou, and was at the junction of civilization and barbarianism, from its geographical position, it was destined that the country must be established by force.

Otherwise, under the prying eyes of a large number of barbarians and great powers, the Xiliang Kingdom would not be able to survive at all.

And so it is.

The harsh living environment has tempered the hard-working character of the people of Xiliang, and the threat of barbarism has cultivated the fierce ferocity of the people of Xiliang, which is a country of tigers and wolves like the Great Qin in Lu Yuan's previous life.

With a population of 4 million in the western Liang Kingdom, 300,000 standing soldiers and horses were supported, and about 500,000 militiamen who were half-cultivated and half-trained.

The majesty of this kind of martial arts is unheard of even in the most fierce wars in Kyushu.

At this time, the Zhou people, who were almost beaten by the Wei State and were about to die, had been forced to the point of exhaustion, and the country desperately exploded the army, and only then did it maintain a million soldiers and horses.

In terms of population, it is only twelve people to raise one soldier.

And Xiliang Kingdom, but five people raise one soldier.

Even if there are a large number of Tuntian troops among them, it is a remarkable achievement.

The most rare thing is that with this kind of reckless military method, the soldiers and horses raised by the Xiliang Kingdom have surprisingly good combat power.

At this time, Huang Xin came to Helong with the Chu army to reinforce the Tibetan people, and after receiving the assistance, the Tibetan tribe quickly gathered 400,000 soldiers and horses, and joined forces with the 100,000 Chu troops who came to attack Hexi County, which was taken away by the Xiliang State.

The two armies set up their own camps and confronted each other on this field.

Now, at the request of Huang Xin, the Tibetan people sent cavalry to test the background of the Western Liang Kingdom.

But now that the two sides are clashing, the 5,000 cavalry sent out were defeated by a mere 3,000 Xiliang knights, which is really surprising.

And what is even more shocking is that the Xiliang cavalry in front of them, which performed well and could win more with less, and the herdsmen of the Tibetan people, was just the militia of the other party.

Although there is still a lot of gap between the quality of these Xiliang militiamen and the war soldiers, they are not inferior to those standing prefecture and county soldiers in the Chu State.

"I've always heard that the people of Xiliang are brave and hard-working, and I thought it was just bragging, but when I saw it today, it was really amazing."

"No wonder the king wants to send me and others to the rescue, with the strength shown by the Xiliang army, relying only on those Tibetan people, they are really not their opponents."

"This time we are going to fight against the Xiliang Army, it seems that it is a hard battle."

Take a peek and see the whole picture.

The generals of Chu are also veterans who have fought for more than 20 years, and they are extremely skilled in the art of war and have a keen sense of smell.

At this time, although they had only seen the force of the Xiliang militia, just from their performance, these veterans knew that the Xiliang army was really a strong enemy.

Although his country is exhausted in military force, the combat power of the soldiers and horses it has raised is not bad.

Under the influence of the special environment of the northwest boundary, the 300,000 standing soldiers and horses in its country will never be inferior to the soldiers of the major hegemons in the world.

With the current situation that the Chu army has gone through several rounds of expansion, a large number of new recruits have been mixed into the ranks, and the combat effectiveness has been reduced.

Facing them head-to-head, it's really hard to predict the outcome or defeat.

"In the country of tigers and wolves in the West Liang, all the people in the country can fight, and the only thing lacking is that there are few people and the country is poor.

Now, if they take Helong and enslave these millions of Tibetan people, they will have a rich land, a large population, and the foundation of hegemony will be achieved in an instant.

At that time, there will be a hegemon in the northwest of our Great Chu, and there will be no peace on the border. ”

Huang Xin listened to the discussion of the generals, and his expression was grim: "Therefore, we must take advantage of the fact that their hegemony has not been achieved, the Tibetan people have not attached, and He Long has not been obtained, and this scourge will be strangled in advance, so as to prevent my future troubles." ”

As Lu Yuan's clone, he knows a lot about the idea of the ontology.

If it is said that through the description of the Fan people and the report of the Imperial City Division, Lu Yuan only has a general idea of the threat to the Xiliang Kingdom, and his experience is not very deep.

At this time, the doppelganger personally led the troops, arrived at the Helong battlefield, and observed the strength of the Xiliang soldiers with his own eyes.

He has regarded the Xiliang Army as an unprecedented enemy.

For the Xiliang Kingdom, it is also included in the target of destruction, or absolute to attack and weaken.

The Tibetan people, the state of Chu has been settled, and it must not be allowed to perish in this land of Helong.

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