At the beginning, the main reason why he decided to start a war against Duanguo was because he was unhappy with Duanguo.

He had even decided to live a few years of poverty, tighten his belt and go to the royal expedition.

But I didn't expect Duanguo to surrender so quickly.

I also did not expect that after the surrender of Duanguo, the Tang State withdrew its troops, the Liang State changed its attitude on the frontier issue, and the Song State did not take measures to check and balance the Wei State, but gradually revived some trade exchanges.

This series of reactions was really something that Zhao Changqing didn't expect, but

It seems that a few months ago, despite the doubts of the ministers, it became a wonderful thing to resolutely start a war?

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Well, I didn't think about it in the first place.

In the Chengde Palace, Zhao Changqing listened to the praise of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and felt very harsh, but he couldn't show that he didn't like it.

I didn't expect that I, a faint gentleman, would really become a Ming monarch in front of him.

If this is spread out and written into a book, I guess many people will not believe it, right?

I guess a lot of people will laugh at that book, right?

But this is indeed true!

Zhao Changqing felt tired and retreated.

Liangguo sent someone to pick up Xu Jiao, but Zhao Changqing refused.

Currently, Xu Jiao is under house arrest.

Zhu Yanxiu, a poison doctor, added Huagong Powder to Xu Jiao's meals, so that her cultivation of land immortals could not be fully developed.

The land immortals who can poison all the poisons in the whole world can only be done by Zhu Yanxiu.

If you were someone else, you wouldn't know what to do.

The name of the poison doctor is really not fake.

The problem of the border between Liang and Wei has been comprehensively resolved, but Wei will not let go.

Huang Cheng is also in Liangguo.

Xu Jiao didn't return to Liangguo for a day, and Huang Cheng couldn't leave.

If you can't go, you can't go.

Huang Cheng felt that it was nothing.

Anyway, I'm this age, and it's the same wherever I die, as long as I can help His Majesty the Emperor.

Xu Jiao knew that Zhao Changqing was imprisoning herself, so she scolded and threw things in the house every day.

Zhao Changqing sent someone to tell her that it was not impossible to leave if she wanted to, and wrote down everything she knew about that mysterious Jianghu force.

Of course Xu Jiao refused.

Zhao Changqing has been locked up like this all along.

One level is five years.

Five years later, Xu Jiao was about to go crazy.

As usual, she scolded Zhao Changqing or Slope.

But one day in the fifteenth year of Taichu, Zhao Changqing came to Xu Jiao's courtyard again.

When Xu Jiao saw him appear, she immediately rushed towards him.

But Zhao Changqing, who has been in the past five years, has cultivated diligently, and with one hand, he can deal with Xu Jiao, Xu Jiao is helpless, like a little girl, kneeling on the ground with her head in her hands, and crying bitterly.

In the past five or six years, Liang Guo tried all his ways to save Xu Jiao from escaping, but they were all stopped by the three major forces of Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Sword Pavilion.

Xu Fengyun even had the idea of crusading against the Wei State.

But he knew it wasn't time yet.

With nothing to do, we can only look for another opportunity.

In the past few years, Zhao Changqing has come once a year, never more.

I have to say that this is the first time he has seen her cry.

Zhao Changqing shook his head and said, "I haven't seen the scenery outside for a long time, right? This is a kind of torture for you who like to travel the rivers and lakes, why don't you want to tell me what you know? Tell me, and you won't have to suffer this anymore." ”

Xu Jiao choked up and sobbed: "If I tell you, after I go out, I will definitely be punished, you just locked me up for more than five years, and I was punished by them, I'm afraid it will take ten years to start, I can't stand that kind of torture, it's worse than death!"

Zhao Changqing saw that she gradually stopped crying, smiled, and said, "I haven't told you all this time, if you don't tell you about the whereabouts of that mysterious force, or what you know, I will keep you locked up until you die." ”

With that, he turned and walked away.

Xu Jiao suddenly got up and pointed at Zhao Changqing's back and scolded him.

There were two black-clothed figures, which suddenly appeared in front of Xu Jiao's eyes, and one of them said, "Miss Xu, please go back to the house!"

Xu Jiao stomped on the bluestone paved ground angrily, gritted her teeth and muttered, "If you have a chance, this girl will definitely bite you to death!"

Zhao Changqing, who had nothing to do, came to the Xuanzheng Hall to practice calligraphy, and suddenly, an eager voice outside the hall made the entire rice paper in front of Zhao Changqing stained with a drop of black ink, and this paper was wasted.

He threw the rice paper aside and said to the outside of the hall, "Why are you so flustered?"

The person who reported outside the hall replied loudly: "Back to Your Majesty, Lord Huang Chenghuang, who was in charge of the envoy to Liangguo, died of illness in Liangguo. ”

"Passed away?" Zhao Changqing was a little surprised.

He lost the mood to practice calligraphy, and instructed outside the hall: "Tell Xu Fengyun, the emperor of Liangguo, and say, let us bring the body back to China." Huang Cheng can be regarded as having worked hard, and he should not be buried in a foreign country. As quickly as possible, notify Shen Wansan of all the trading shops in Liangguo, and let them find a way in the local area to see if they can buy a cold ice coffin, otherwise, Huang Cheng's body will be completely decomposed before it reaches the capital. ”

The people outside the hall said, "No, my subordinates obey the order." ”

"It's been five years. ”

Zhao Changqing sighed a little.

Five years, a lot has happened.

First of all, the countries have been at peace for a few years.

However, it is said that among the four countries, they have not been idle in the past few years, and they have been recruiting troops, and the small Duanguo alone currently has an army of six or seven hundred thousand.

That's a scary number.

In such a small place as Duanguo, to be honest, it is shocking to squeeze out 300,000 troops, let alone 600,000.

This can only show that Duanguo is beginning to rise hard.

An army of six or seven hundred thousand, if properly commanded, could easily hold the territory of Duanguo.

But if you want to expand externally, it will be difficult.

As for the side of Liangguo, while running for Xu Jiao all these years, he has not fallen behind in terms of martial arts, and the military strength of Liangguo has never been judged by numbers, they are all elite soldiers, 400,000 iron cavalry, and 150,000 regular troops.

This combat power can bring Duanguo up to fight.

The Song State invested all of its financial revenues in the military for several years, so that its military strength has achieved unprecedented development.

As for the Tang Kingdom, as in the past, it was either recruiting troops or on the way to recruiting troops.

The total strength of their country is about the same as that of Wei.

However, you must know that the Wei State is a patchwork of Chu and Wei, and the original one-third of the territory, and it is the country with the most extensive territory today.

Wei had so much territory that its military strength was only maintained at about 1.7 million, and it was known to the outside world as 2 million.

However, in the Tang Dynasty, there was no external expansion, and the territory was not as large as that of Wei, but such a country actually had an army of more than 1.5 million, which shocked all countries.

Although the military strength is almost the same as that of Wei, the economic strength of Wei is far greater than that of Tang.

Wei Guoli is in the territory, many places have not been developed, and the economy has been showing an upward trend.

The current Wei State can only be described in four words - the country is rich and the people are strong.

There is no clear statement in the world about the real strength of Wei and each country, but it can be guessed that other countries are suspected of exaggerating their own strength, but Wei is the only country that is likely to say that its own strength is smaller.

(End of chapter)