When the news of Su Chen's ascension to the throne as emperor and the three armies of the military force spread in all directions, it was already late March.

Since Xirong was annexed to Su Chen and the Xirong Zhenfu Division was established, the Qi State in the south, the Liang State in the southwest, and the border states and counties next to each other could hardly have a good life.

In more than ten days, it was attacked by the Xirong grassland cavalry several waves, although it did not cause major losses, but the merchants who came and went here almost no longer came, so they went to the Western Regions.

The Iron Buddha of the Zodiac would sometimes lead his troops around the Western Regions to block the Liang Kingdom's trade routes to the Western Regions.

To the south, the two countries had to trade with the Central Plains through Meizhou, where the Xiliang Army and the Xiqiang Flying Cavalry were stationed, and since Su Chen's order, the trade between the two countries to the Central Plains was almost blocked, and even the Hunhe waterway was blocked.

This move dealt an almost devastating blow to the trade between the two countries, and Su Chen completely gave full play to the role of geographical advantages.

As for the south of the Huaijiang River, against the Yue and Wu countries, Su Chen did not cut off the trade, and still kept the trade routes open, and his purpose in doing this was obvious, that is, to let Wu and Yue know that he had no intention of going south.

Originally, this was not the case, but after receiving the credentials submitted by Yue Guo, Jia Xu dissuaded Su Chen's trade ban against Wu Yue, and instead expanded trade with them.

In the words of this old fox, there are many waterways in the south, so stay at the end, first subtract the two countries of Qi and Liang in the northwest, and then wave the troops south.

At the same time, make friends with the country, so that it has no worries, after all, the dispute between Wu and Vietnam has been a long time, and the border between Wu and Vietnam is still fermenting because of the poisonous plan left over by Jia Xu before, and at this time, small-scale wars have broken out between the two countries from time to time.

On March 15, Qi and Liang received a letter from the new emperor of Xia and invited them to send envoys to Luyang in the Central Plains to observe the military might of Xia.

On 27 March, Wu and Viet Nam received letters almost simultaneously.

The Emperor of Liang, Tuoba Kui, who was the first to receive the news, faced the Emperor Xia who was a few years apart, he crumpled the letter to pieces, but in the face of the envoy who submitted the letter of state from Xia, he still promised to send the messenger with a pleasant face.

After dispersing the court discussion, I returned to the harem to visit the queen mother, and something was smashed on the ground.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor of Xia killed your uncle...... How could you send an envoy to the Central Plains at the invitation of the emperor! Zhao Xifeng, the angry Empress Dowager of Xiliang, looked at her son who came in.

Tuoba Kui picked up a bronze lamppost from the table that had not been broken, and stood it on the ground again, he squeezed out a smile: "...... The queen mother, for the emperor, everything must not be exposed, what should be gone must go! ”

The palace people around the Queen Mother's bedroom have left.

Seeing that his son was still laughing, Zhao Xifeng raised his hand and flicked it, and the lamppost that had just been erected fell to the ground: "You admire the Central Plains, you should know what filial piety is, when you were a child, when you were a child, your uncle often took you around to play, and now you can still laugh!" ”

"Queen Mother, my uncle treated me well, I remember it in my heart, and this revenge will definitely be avenged for him."

"Then you are still close to the enemy?"

"He practiced martial arts in three armies, and his son swept his face, which can be regarded as a kind of revenge!"

"What are you going to do?"

"The queen mother doesn't have to pay attention to it, I will arrange it properly."

"Then you have to clean his face."

Coming out of the Queen Mother's bedroom, Tuoba Kui returned to the study, stepped into the room, he stopped, and summoned the old eunuch who accompanied him, "The old immortal who sent someone to invite before, is there any news?" ”

"Your Majesty, the slave is about to tell you."

The eunuch Heavenly Court was full, and he took half a step forward with a sneer: "Your Majesty, the news of the old immortal was inquired about, but the other party said that the old immortal and a fellow immortal named Zhang Jiao went somewhere. ”

Tuoba Kui stepped into the study, his palm curled on the table and clicked a few times, he originally planned to invite the rumored old immortal on Fuyun Mountain in the Liang Kingdom to go to the Central Plains to tease the emperor of the Xia Kingdom, but he didn't expect to be at home.

This is the only person who is beyond the worldly masters above the five great grandmasters.

"Who is that horn...... I can actually invite the old fairy to travel with ......"

However, since no one was found, it was impossible for Tuoba Kui not to have other plans, after all, the old immortal was difficult to invite, and he knew it, so he prepared a backhand.

There are also martial arts masters in the territory of Daliang Kingdom, as well as strange people.

Thinking of this, Tuoba Kui smiled, and knocked his fingers on the table again, and settled the matter.

Compared with the Liang State, Qi Qingbao, the monarch of the adjacent Qi State, walked around the dormitory in a panic, walking back and forth for an unknown number of steps.

He is a little timid by nature, even if he slapped the queen once before, but he should be afraid of it, Qi is different from Liang State, he is facing the grassland of the Xirong people, the land is barren, and the population is small, this time he was cut off from the trade route, which can make him sad to death.

As soon as the envoy who invited the Qi State to send envoys to Luyang in the Central Plains to observe the ceremony left, he immediately began to prepare for the selection of envoys, but unlike the Liang State, he wanted to take this opportunity to move the Emperor of the Xia State to reopen the trade route.

As for the queen's obstruction, he asked people to be invited to stay in the 'cold palace' this morning.

……

At this time, in the north, Su Chen came out of the Taiqing Hall with a frown, and went to the Xuanwu Hall for a walk, but he didn't see a single general.

"Where has this man gone?"

"Your Majesty, it seems that all the generals have taken leave."

Su Chen walked down the steps, was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look at Wu Zixun: "Take leave?" ”

This is the first time he has heard these Chinese generals under his command take leave, or collectively take leave, he turned to look at Dian Wei and Xu Chu again, "You two are still reliable!" ”

"That's because they didn't invite us."

Xu Chu replied angrily, and was kicked on the calf by Dian Wei, "What the truth!" ”

"What the hell is going on?"

"Lu Bu's daughter came over, she was very happy, no one went to treat her everywhere, but General Zhao's mother-in-law also came here, Li Jing's apprentice also came, and Qin Qiong was not available there, as if she was receiving some brothers."

"What about the champion Hou? He didn't go? ”

Dian Wei took over and replied: "He didn't know where to go, so he simply ran to mess with Guo Jia and Li Bai." ”

Hearing this, Su Chen reacted at this time, isn't it just a deputy general who will be added to everyone and promoted to the knighthood...... Wait, since you are a deputy general, why do you still bring your family?

Could it be that the second promotion is someone close to him?

If I directly pull the generals to the highest, will it have an effect? Su Chen guessed for a while, and then dispelled this idea, if it didn't work, his holy decree would be issued, and there would be no room for promotion in the future, not to mention that there would be no deputy general in the back, wouldn't he have to demote and start over? That's not a shameful face.

Then why doesn't the champion Hou have a lieutenant?

Isn't this special title of the Marquis without a lieutenant?

Thinking all the way, I unconsciously walked to the side of the Huaxia Sect Temple, and saw Li Xuanba stomping on the weeds on the edge of the flower garden from a distance, and his mouth was broken.

"Why didn't I?!"

"Why, I didn't!"

"Xuanba, what do you have?!"

Hearing Su Chen's voice, Li Xuanba stopped moving, stopped taking the weeds to vent his anger, and hurriedly rushed over, "Your Majesty, why do they all have relatives coming out, but I don't?" ”

"I guess it's not time yet."

That's right, Li Xuanba's Shenwu General is also ad hoc, and he has no disease like Huo Qu, which further confirms Su Chen's guess, from the marquis to the official position, you must be realistic.

Thinking of this, Su Chen also had a bottom in his heart, and he patted Li Xuanba's thick arm.

"Do you think the champion Hou Li is powerful?"

Li Xuanba frowned and pursed his lips: "Fight alone, he can't do it." But in battle, he is better than me. ”

"That's right, you fight well, he fights well, doesn't this prove that powerful people don't need helpers."

These words made Li Xuanba's eyes light up, didn't the emperor praise him in disguise, and suddenly frowned again.

"Then Lu Bu is also powerful, but why is his daughter here? Zhao Zilong and his wife are also here! ”

"Do you have a daughter?"

Li Xuanba shook his head.

"Do you have a wife?"

Li Xuanba's head shook like a rattle, "No, but I have a father and mother, as well as a big brother and a third brother." ”

"This ...... You have to ask your second brother if he agrees or not. ”

Ahem!

Under the eaves of Zongmiao, Li Shimin was behind him with one hand in the distance, and the other hand was slightly clenched into a fist on his lower lip and coughed twice, and the voice came from here: "Xuanba, come here and do your homework!" ”

"Oh!" Li Xuanba's shoulders drooped, walked back slowly, passed by his second brother Li Shimin, stopped and asked: "Second brother, I want my father, and ......"

"Don't ask, you just can't ask."

After speaking, Li Shimin also glared at Su Chen's side, and the surrounding Zhu Di, Liu Xie, Zhao Kuangyi, and Cao Pi laughed strangely, and Li Longji glanced at them.

"You're not going anywhere."

Looking ahead, Su Chen, Dian, Xu, and Wu had already run far away, Su Chen held his hands, kicked his hem and walked quickly, raised his hand and waved it twice.

"They don't invite me to eat and drink, so forget it, let's go to the armory shop in the north."

The military exercise is imminent, and many things have already begun to be prepared, and they will be pulled to Luyang in the Central Plains in two days to equip the three armies.

In addition to the repeater, the rest of the number is not much, especially the Mo knife is the most difficult to build, in the past so long, counting the original two batches, the sum can barely make up the number of five thousand, and distribute it to the hands of each army, at most one army and one thousand people Mo Dao team.

His prediction was two thousand per army.

It was almost noon, Su Chen arrived here in a carriage, and Zheng He happened to be there, and he was thrown over by Su Chen, so that he could quickly participate in the design of firearms.

Then, he saw a sky monkey rushing into the sky, and he was gone.

There wasn't even a sound of explosions.

Su Chen came down from the viewing platform and smiled so that the officials who tested the shooting did not have to excuse themselves, "It's a lot better than a year ago, it's okay, do it slowly, don't worry, hehe!" ”

To get a firearm so quickly, and to catch up with the level of the Ming Dynasty, Su Chen boasts that he is not so capable, after all, he is not a science student, even if it is, the existing basic industry cannot reach the safety level at all, and the biggest possibility is that the ratio of the workshop will be blown up directly.

Coming out of the test grounds, he inquired about the fleet, which he was absolutely concerned about.

"Back to Your Majesty, over there in Feiyungang, the shipbuilding speed is a little slower, but the sea ships are good to be solid and safe, those red-haired barbarians are quite attentive to their work, Your Majesty might as well reward them with a half-official position and make them more dedicated."

Su Chen knew who those red-haired barbarians Zheng He was talking about, these people had made a lot of efforts in the battle to defend the city at Yantang Pass, and they had sailing experience, so it was not difficult to get an official and a half-job.

"The matter of the fleet, Zheng Zhangyin still has to worry more."

Su Chen walked up to the chariot and turned back to Zheng He, who was seeing him off, and said: "The sea is the gate of the country on the other side, and I will be handed over to my father-in-law, and in a few days, I will go south!" ”

The last day of March.

The military camp outside Yanjing City has signs of mobilization, and the army is full of the sound of weapons and armor colliding, and the craftsman camp, the sound of repairing and building has never been interrupted in the past half a month.

Soon after, the order to pull out came.

The three armies marched south, and Luyang practiced martial arts.

(End of chapter)