Imperial City, School Grounds.

Bursts of shouts of killing rushed into the sky.

Zhao Yu sat on the high platform, looking at the more than 300 elite soldiers wearing red armor, holding swords and shields, carrying bows and crossbows, and practicing the formation, his eyes showed a look of satisfaction.

In the eyes of Zhao Yu, Lin Chong, Qin Liangyu and other advanced cultivators, the qi and blood wolf smoke emitted by these elite pawns were faintly connected with the qi of heaven and earth, turning into a large net composed of red qi, linking these three hundred elite pawns with each other.

Under the blessing of the qi machine, these three hundred elite soldiers are like one, covering each other, attacking layer by layer, and the offensive is like mercury pouring into the ground, which is daunting.

"Volley!"

Under the command of the leading colonel, the front row of soldiers half-squatted on the ground, inserted the triangular shield in their hands on the ground, and the soldiers behind them took off a strong crossbow about one meter long from their backs and skillfully filled the crossbow into the groove.

Airplanes!

With a vibrating sound like a buzzer, one after another powerful arrows came out of the line, drawing straight lines in the air.

Arrows fall like stars!

In the school field, the scarecrows who served as targets suffered in an instant, and the iron armor on their bodies was pierced by crossbow arrows.

Hiss!

Looking at this scene, Lin Chong and Qin Liangyu, who were standing beside Zhao Yu, suddenly took a light breath.

Lin Chong was speechless: "Your Majesty, this divine arm crossbow is so powerful?" ”

Qin Liangyu even said: "Not to mention the power of the crossbow arrows, the combat power of these elite soldiers seems to be stronger than the white pole soldiers of the last general." ”

As a female general, Qin Liangyu was appointed by Zhao Yu as a general of the Praetorian Guard, and trained a group of white-pole female soldiers to protect the safety of the concubines in the palace.

Hearing the words of the two, a smile broke out at the corner of Zhao Yu's mouth.

These 300 elite soldiers are the Danyang elite soldiers who he took the time to train after returning to Beijing, although there are only more than 300 people for the time being, and they are only in rudiment, but their combat power cannot be underestimated.

[Class]: Light Infantry - Danyang Elite Soldier

[Combat Power Rating]: Four stars

[Attributes]: Attack A, Defense A, Speed B, Meaning B, Blood B

【Trait 1】Soldier Robes: 40% of the damage suffered by the Danyang elite soldiers is shared by the surrounding soldiers.

[Trait 2] Shield Crossbow: When receiving a ranged attack, the damage is reduced by 30%, and the counterattack is launched immediately; The power of the bow and crossbow is increased by 30%, and it has the effect of "Armor Piercing".

[Trait 3] such as the arm of the command: The command required to command the Danyang elite pawn is 60 points, on this basis, for every 10 points of the commander's command value, all attributes of the Danyang elite pawn under his command will increase by 5%.

The elite soldiers of the Three Kingdoms went out of Danyang.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no general under the command of Mu Taoqian in Xuzhou, but with the Danyang elite soldiers in his hands, he defeated the Yellow Turban Army and sat firmly in Xuzhou. Later, Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou three times but did not defeat it, and finally understood the power of the Danyang soldiers. Liu Bei reinforced Tao Qian to resist Cao, and Liu Bei's power was extremely weak at that time, so Tao Qian gave him 4,000 Danyang soldiers; This elite soldier became Liu Bei's "family base", and then followed Liu Bei to fight thousands of miles and made great achievements. Fight against a male lord like Cao Cao.

Cao Cao said bluntly, Danyang Mountain is dangerous, the people are fruitful, good at martial arts, noble strength, and a place of elite soldiers.

In fact, Danyang soldiers were already famous in the Western Han Dynasty. In September of the second year of the Tianhan Dynasty (99 years), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered the famous general Li Ling to lead 5,000 elite soldiers out of Juyan to meet the Xiongnu in Junji Mountain. The Xiongnu summoned more than 80,000 elite iron cavalry to besiege the Han army, but they were defeated in succession. Shan Yu exclaimed: "This Han elite soldier can't hit it." In desperation, he planned to withdraw from the army. At this time, a traitor to the Han army told that Li Ling's army was running out of arrows and had no backup; The Huns fought desperately. The Han army suffered heavy casualties, and only more than 400 of the 5,000 soldiers withdrew to the pass. However, this battle made the Xiongnu fearful. The main force of these 5,000 elite soldiers is the Danyang soldiers, and a small part of them are Chudi soldiers.

Not to mention, the establishment of Soochow, Danyang elite soldiers have made great contributions.

At the beginning of Sun Ce's departure from Yuan Shu and crossing the river to the south, the team in his hands, in addition to the 1,000 old troops left by his father Sun Jian, was the Danyang elite soldiers that Zhou Yu brought with him when he defected.

Zhao Yu looked at Lin Chong and asked with a smile: "General Lin, I am ready to select soldiers and train 3,000 soldiers according to this method to prepare for the Northern Expedition." I wonder if the general will dare to take over this position? ”

Among the generals, Lin Chong was the head of the soldiers and horses in the Qi State, and he was good at training soldiers, and it was very suitable to put the task of training Danyang elite soldiers in his hands.

"I am willing to smear your majesty's liver and brain!"

Hearing that the training of such soldiers was for the future Northern Expedition, Lin Chong's expression suddenly became excited, he knelt on one knee and hugged his fists:

"The minister only asks His Majesty to go with His Majesty during the Northern Expedition."

"General Lin's heart, can I know it?" Zhao Yu stretched out his hand to help Lin Chong, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "The hatred in the general's heart should be repaid by the general himself." Although I am the Son of Heaven, how can I go beyond my bounds? ”

When Lin Chong heard this, a pair of tiger eyes burst into tears, choked up and couldn't speak, just nodded incessantly.

Zhao Yu added: "The armor and weapons required for military training, the general does not need to take it to heart, I will let the Ministry of Works' ordnance supervisor prepare properly, but the divine arm crossbow is a new work, and it still needs time to debug and improve, so it can only be replaced by an ordinary strong crossbow for the time being." ”

"Wechen knows."

Lin Chong nodded hurriedly.

The Divine Arm Crossbow is the product that comes with Zhao Yu's latest Dika, but because it has just been developed, it has not yet had time for mass production.

Counting from the day Zhao Yu ascended the throne, unconsciously, more than half a year has passed.

Not long ago, when Zhao Yu was sorting out the backpack of the system, he found that the random blue and purple card pack fragments he obtained by signing in had made up enough six, which was enough to exchange for a random blue and purple card pack.

When the purple card leaped out of the illusory giant roulette, a middle-aged shadow of the emperor appeared beside Zhao Yu, his eyes full of tenderness, melancholy, and tiredness.

I saw him put his hands behind his back, looked up at the sky, and sighed faintly:

"Self-denial and retribution, love the people and love things! The will of heaven is unpredictable, but I am the lord of the society and the king of the people, and I am only willing to work with the Qing and others to cultivate political affairs, to govern with virtue, to love the people with benevolence, and my monarchs and ministers work hard all night to answer the precepts of heaven. ”

[(Purple) Dika: Song Renzong - Zhao Zhen]

[Card description: Renzong, the one who curbed the soldiers of Western Xia, Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan; To the ruler of Qingli, the power of Han, Fan and Fu Bi is also. And the emperor's frugality and love for the people, forty-two years have been consistent, which can really be described as benevolent. 】

[Mandate of Heaven Effect: Renzong is prosperous, but benevolence is stable, martial arts are always necessary, and natural disasters are endless. 】

Renzong Shengzhi: Yongxi in the four seas, calm in the eight wildernesses, Shinong is happy to work, civil and military loyalty, Shengming has the Tao Tang Yushi, and the sun and moon are selfless in the spring of heaven and earth. The loyalty of courtiers increases by an additional 1 point per year, the probability of obtaining a famous minister increases by 3%, and the efficiency of national administration increases by 10%; The city growth rate is increased by an additional 20%, the population growth rate is +10%, and the talent discovery rate is +5%; The treasury has an additional tax of 500W taels of silver per year.

Benevolence and stability: Strive to maintain the interests and equality of all people, and reduce the negative effects of Zeca by 50%; When cleaning up idle officials, an additional severance pay will be given according to the rank of the official (an additional 1,000 taels of silver per grade); Faction fight chance reduced by 30%.

General Essentials of the Martial Classics: If the court has three courtiers with a military strategy greater than 90, a command greater than 90, and a political strategy greater than 90, the "General Essentials of the Martial Classics" can be compiled. After the compilation is completed, the nine-star treasure "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" will be obtained. The effect of "General Essentials of the Martial Arts": Army morale +10, military discipline +10, training +10, and the damage dealt by non-commissioned soldiers to the enemy is increased by an additional 20%. The [Divine Arm Crossbow] can be developed and equipped, and the special class [Clear Edge Crossbowman] can be formed.

Natural Disasters: During the period of equipping this card, there will be at least one natural disaster every six months, including but not limited to locust plagues, plagues, droughts, floods, etc. If disaster relief is not performed, the people's will will be reduced by an additional 5 points, and the royal power will be reduced by an additional 500 points. After each successful disaster relief, the morale of the people increases by 5 points.

[Note: It will take at least one year to remove this card after equipping it.] If you want to forcibly remove this card, you need to consume 1000 Huangwei points; For each additional month of the year, an additional 500 points are consumed. 】

If the effect of Dika [Changsha Huan Wang - Sun Ce] is inclined to lead the army to conquer and expand the territory of the "Wu", then the effect of this [Song Renzong - Zhao Zhen] is inclined to govern the country and cultivate talents, and balance the "Wen" of the court.

Of the four Destiny, except for the last "Endless Disaster", which is a proper negative effect, the other three effects are quite strong positive effects.

Now that the border situation is stable, his prestige is enough to deter the juniors of the court, so after thinking about it again, Zhao Yu still replaced the emperor card [Changsha Huan Wang - Sun Ce] and equipped the newly obtained [Song Renzong - Zhao Zhen], and exchanged the reduction of personal force for the accelerated development of Great Chu.

Zhao Yu had already made up his mind, and in the following time, in addition to staying in the palace honestly, he was going to work hard to cultivate the imperial martial arts and improve his personal strength as much as possible.

After the preliminary test on the school field, the Danyang Elite Pawn produced by the Dahan Dynasty was matched with the Divine Arm Crossbow produced by the Great Song Dynasty, and the effect of one plus one was greater than two, so it was completely possible to use the Divine Arm Crossbow as the standard equipment of the Danyang Elite Pawn to replace the ordinary bow and crossbow.

What makes Zhao Yu a little pity is that the "Qingbian Crossbowman" in Song Renzong's Mandate of Heaven [Wujing General Essentials] needs to recruit border barbarians and young people before they can be trained.

Although he had a bloody alliance with the tribes of southern Xinjiang, he had to put aside the idea of training crossbowmen for the time being, considering that recruiting soldiers from the tribes in southern Xinjiang as soon as the alliance was formed, which might cause misunderstandings and make the already stable situation chaotic again.

In addition, thinking of the scene of the farmland he saw along the way back to Beijing, as well as Song Renzong's negative destiny [Natural Disasters Are Endless], Zhao Yu's brows gradually furrowed.

This summer, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to get through, so let the court and the people prepare early.

Just when Zhao Yu was worried about this summer, the Burmese court that got the news of the defeat at the front line was already deadly.

The capital of Myanmar, Chengtianfu.

In the imperial city, in the Tianhua Hall where the monarchs and ministers deliberated, the civil and military officials of Burma lowered their heads, like mourning.

Burmese Emperor Nguyen Ngoc Thanh sat on the throne, listening to the reports of the officials, and his heart was dripping blood.

"Your Majesty, our army has returned a few days ago! It was only the 40,000 troops that went out, of which more than 20,000 died under the poisonous plan of Chu thieves, more than 10,000 people were captured, more than 5,000 people were lost on the way back, and only more than 3,000 people returned safely, and the main general Wu Jianning was killed in battle. Of the thirty giant elephants sent by His Majesty to help, only a dozen remained......"

The officials who reported the losses in the battle to Nguyen Ngoc Sung were unable to cry in the end.

"Your Majesty, more than that, my Ying Yangwei secret agent found out the news, and the emperor of Chu State even blatantly slaughtered all the captured soldiers of our dynasty and built a Jingguan at the border."

Chen Guochang, the commander of the Eagle Yangwei, said even more hatefully.

"Your Majesty, our military department has received an urgent report, and a small group of soldiers and horses of the Chu State have infiltrated our country and attacked the border state capitals everywhere, although the loss is not large, but the people are shocked overnight, and the people's hearts are in turmoil."

An official from the Ministry of War came out and said.

One bad news after another made Ruan Yucheng's heart more and more irritable.

The 40,000-strong army was wiped out in a battle, even if the Burmese country was strong, it was a little unbearable for a while, and what made the Burmese emperor even more heartbroken was that of the thirty giant elephants sent to help, only more than ten returned safely.

Nearly twenty giant elephants were left behind in the Chu State, losing almost one-tenth of them, which was undoubtedly a huge weakening of the military strength of the Burmese State.

After a moment of silence, Ruan Yucheng sighed lightly:

"Zhuqing, it seems that I and the Lord of Qi underestimated the Son of Heaven, it seems that this person can overthrow Huang Jingming and return to the government, and he does have some ability."

Seeing that Ruan Yucheng, who was the Son of Heaven, took the initiative to take responsibility, the Chinese martial arts officials of the hall hurriedly knelt on the ground in unison, and said in their mouths:

"It's the ministers who can't share the worries of the king, and ask the king to punish the crime!"

Ruan Yucheng waved his hand and said in a deep voice:

"You are all people who do things according to my will, and if you say something wrong, you are also a mistake. General Wu died on the battlefield and sacrificed his life for the country, and the souls of nearly 40,000 soldiers were not allowed to return home. National Teacher, I want to invite the masters of the Four Pillars Academy to hold a water and land festival in Beijing to pray for the blessings of my monarch and the people, I don't know the meaning of the national teacher? ”

Hearing Ruan Yucheng's words, standing under the Son of Heaven and presiding over the Four Pillars Courtyard with folded hands, Jin Yunzheng, the Imperial Seal National Teacher, and the Great Mercy Dharma King, lightly pronounced a Buddha horn and said: "Your Majesty has the sincerity of the people, and the monks of the Four Pillars Courtyard should do their best to help." ”

"In this way, I will have peace of mind."

Seeing that the other party should deal with this matter, Ruan Yucheng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, looked at the ministers below, and continued:

"As for the state of Chu sending troops to harass, it can make the provinces transfer young and strong, form a militia, fortify the walls, clear the wilderness, and stick to the city. Seeing that the Chu army could not take any advantage, they were worried that the supply line would be cut off by our army, and that after a long time, they would retreat. As for the DPRK and Chinese armies, they must not be moved lightly until they are absolutely necessary. ”

When the civil and military officials below heard this, they all surrendered their hands to the order.

They also understand His Majesty's distress.

In the southwest of Burma, the whole country of Yue is preparing to avenge the defeat of the previous year.

At such a sensitive moment, the Burmese army, which had already suffered a major defeat at the hands of the Chu State, could no longer disperse its forces.

Ruan Yucheng rubbed his eyebrows and said a little tiredly:

"Now the imperial court should concentrate on dealing with the invasion of the Yue State, as for the Chu State, don't make too much action for the time being, Commander Chen, let your Ying Yangwei collect more information about the Chu State for the future reference of the Ministry of War."

"Command!" Chen Guochang bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Ying Yangwei has also heard the results of Qi Guo's dispatch of troops. ”

Ruan Yucheng showed an interested look in his eyes and asked, "Oh? What are the results of the battle on the Qi side? ”

This time, Myanmar sent troops to Chu State, which was brokered by Qi State, and now that their side has been defeated and lost, they naturally want to know the situation on Qi's side.

"Your Majesty, the first battle of the Qi State Naval Division was almost wiped out, and Zhang Zhaoxing, the commander of the Naval Division, died in the Canglong River."

Chen Guochang said loudly.

As soon as these words came out, a whisper suddenly sounded in the hall, and the faces of the civil and military officials showed more or less gloating.

People have such inferior roots, and what they want to see most when they are unlucky is naturally not that their peers have gained, but that the other party is as unlucky as themselves, or even more unlucky.

The civil and military performance of Myanmar is a true and unmistakable confirmation of this truth.

Ruan Yucheng heard that Qi Guo also lost his troops, so he felt a little better in his heart, and asked:

"Suffering this fiasco, what did Lord Qi do?"

Chen Guochang showed a strange look on his face, and said in a deep voice:

"Your Majesty! The Lord of Qi has sent envoys to the Jin Dynasty, hoping that the Son of Heaven of the Jin State can send an envoy south to mediate peace between Qi and Chu. ”

As soon as the words fell, the court was suddenly quiet.

What?

The civil and military officials of the Burmese State did not expect that the Qi State had just lost for a while, and they were going to ask for peace with the Chu State, and even did not hesitate to ask the Jin State to let the other party come forward and force the Chu State to accept the intention of peace talks.

You must know that the Qi State, like their Burmese State, believes in Buddhism, while the Jin State has believed in Taoism for more than 200 years since the founding of the country.

Taoism and Buddhism are fighting for their respective beliefs, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are "mortal enemies of each other"!

The Qi State, which believes in Buddhism, actually went to ask the Jin State, which respected Taoism, to come forward, if this scene was talked about by others, the Burmese civil and military forces would not believe such a ridiculous thing.

But the person who spoke was Chen Guochang, who was in charge of the Burmese secret spy agency Flying Eagle Guard, so they couldn't believe it......

The court was silent for a long time before the ministers barely digested this ridiculous news.

Of the three kingdoms of the Central Plains, the Jin State has the strongest national strength. If the Jin State forced the Chu State to bow its head, there was a possibility that the matter of peace could be achieved by three points......

Ruan Yucheng's eyes flashed with thought.

At this moment, a courtier gritted his teeth, walked out of the queue quickly, held a wat board, and said loudly to Ruan Yucheng:

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen is brave and begs His Majesty to send an envoy to the State of Chu to negotiate peace with him!"

As soon as these words came out, there were bursts of opposition in the court.

"That's a big fallacy! Let me ask you, will I not avenge my blood feud against 40,000 soldiers? The emperor of Chu State made the heads of my soldiers at the border as a Beijing view, such a great shame, as a person from Burma, how can he swallow this breath! ”

"You eat my big Burmese and are willing to be the dog of the Chu country? The seller seeks glory, nothing more than that! ”

"Your Majesty, please cut off this fang to warn others!"

Faced with the situation of public indignation, the courtier sneered again and again, faced Ruan Yucheng on the throne, raised the wat board in his hand above his head, and said loudly:

"Your Majesty, what the minister just said is for my great memory. Dare to ask your colleagues. If the State of Chu suddenly sends troops while our dynasty is at war with the Yue Kingdom, what should I do? Do you have a strategy to defend yourself against the enemy and retreat? ”

Previously, Myanmar and Qi jointly sent troops to coerce the Chu State, but they were all beaten back by the Son of Heaven of the Chu State with one enemy and two enemies, and they all lost their troops and lost face.

Now that their side is about to fight with the Moon Kingdom, if they are at war with the Moon Kingdom, the Chu State suddenly inserts a pole, and they are a little unbearable.

Even so, it is better to lose some property, lose some face, negotiate peace with the Chu State as soon as possible, or concentrate on dealing with the Yue State.

As for the humiliation of this moment, there will always be a day to get it back!

Hearing the other party's words, the ministers who were still opposing the noise were like ducks choked by the throat, and they couldn't say half a word in an instant.

Wu Jianning is already a famous general in Burma, and even when he faces the army of Chu, he can only be defeated and killed.

In the face of the Chu army, if you are a bystander, who dares to say that you will win?

Aren't you afraid of following in Wu Jianning's footsteps?

After thinking about this, it is no wonder that they dare not keep quiet.

At the same time, several courtiers came out one after another and said to Ruan Yucheng:

"Your Majesty, for my sake of the people of Li, let's negotiate peace!"

"Please also ask Your Majesty to consider the future of my Great Burma, endure the pain for a while, first concentrate on breaking the army of the Moon Kingdom, and then settle the account with the State of Chu is not too late!"

"If Your Majesty agrees, the minister is willing to be an envoy and go to Chu to negotiate peace!"

After glancing deeply at the ministers, Ruan Yucheng closed his eyes helplessly, and let him admit defeat to the little emperor of the Chu State like this, which was really unwilling.

But in order for the imperial court to concentrate on the next big war, he had to do so.

Even if you become an emperor, you can't do everything as you want......

After sighing lightly in his heart, Ruan Yucheng struggled to squeeze out a sentence from between his teeth.

"Since all the secretaries have the intention to negotiate peace, then I will be as good as a stream, and at the request of the secretaries, I will send an envoy to negotiate peace."

"Shengming is no better than Your Majesty!"

Listening to the compliments of the ministers below, Ruan Yucheng felt even more ashamed in his heart.

Is this Shengming?

No, it's a shame!

Today's shame, he will repay it tenfold and hundredfold tomorrow!

Ruan Yucheng secretly swore in his heart.

Ruan Yucheng lifted his spirits and asked the ministers: "Zhuqing, who is willing to send an envoy to the Chu State for me to discuss peace talks?" ”

"Your Majesty, Wechen is willing to go."

Among the courtiers, a courtier walked out quickly and bowed to Ruan Yucheng.

Ruan Yucheng followed the prestige, but it was Huang Yunting, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

"Okay, Huang Qing has this determination, and I am relieved. At the request of the Qing, the Qing was the main envoy of the mission and sent to the state of Chu. I will hand over the matter of peace to Huang Qing. ”

"Minister, you will live up to Your Majesty's trust!"

Huang Yunting said loudly.

After the monarch and ministers agreed on the content of the peace talks, the bottom line and many other matters, Ruan Yucheng signaled to withdraw from the court.

After the hundred officials saluted and retreated, Ruan Yucheng sat on the throne and waited for a while, but saw Chen Guochang, the commander of the Eagle Yang Guard, returning to the Cultural Hall from the side door under the guidance of the inner attendants.

"Wechen greets Your Majesty."

Chen Guochang bowed to Ruan Yucheng.

"Today's affairs in the DPRK and China have greatly damaged the image of our dynasty in the hearts of the people, and I summoned Qing to ask Qing what is the solution?"

Chen Guochang lowered his head, was silent for a long time, and said:

"Your Majesty, the minister will let Ying Yangwei spread the news among the people, saying that some ministers of the DPRK and China are afraid of the soldiers of the Chu State and are bent on seeking peace. His Majesty saw that the souls of the 40,000 soldiers could not return, and his heart was extremely sad, and he had the intention of fighting to the death with the Chu State. But there is no choice but to have the Moon Kingdom sharpening their knives on the frontier, and there are courtiers who are trying to persuade each other. For the sake of my great Myanmar, His Majesty endured the grief and indignation in his heart and negotiated peace with the State of Chu. But His Majesty will never dare to forget the humiliation of this defeat, and one day, he will definitely pay for the blood debt of the Chu State. ”

Ruan Yucheng listened and nodded with satisfaction.

He is the most trusted person in me!

He was very satisfied with this plan.

Thinking of the little emperor of Chu State, Ruan Yucheng's face became extremely solemn, and he said:

"Even if it is to negotiate peace with the Chu State, don't forget to infiltrate the tentacles of the Eagle Yangwei, it is best to be able to plant someone around the person who is trusted by the Emperor of the Chu State, or even directly rebel against him. But you must remember that the monarchs and ministers of the Chu State are not idle people, and you must be cautious and cautious when you start with the eagle Yangwei, and you must not show the slightest sloppiness. ”

"Your Majesty rest assured, the minister knows the stakes and will be cautious."

Chen Guochang replied solemnly.

(End of chapter)