Chapter 196: The Five Nations Scuffle

"Your Majesty, this is the message that my Supervision Department has received. Cheng Yang and Zhou Yan came to Chu Yun, originally Cheng Yang wanted to be at odds with Zhou Yan on the surface, after all, Cheng Yang was not ungrateful, it was Zhou Yan who brought him step by step to the position of deputy commander of the Supervision Department, and was promoted to commander by Chu Yun. But many things are not changed by personal will, there are more and more contradictions between the Supervision Department and Jinyiwei, and the competition is becoming more and more fierce, which also affects Cheng Yang's psychology, and now the two of them are basically about to become enemies, so making meritorious contributions in front of Chu Yun is Cheng Yang's urgent hope, after all, Jinyiwei has made a lot of great contributions under the leadership of Zhou Yan, and now he has suppressed the Supervision Department.

Zhou Yan was not in a hurry, he looked like he was holding a bamboo, of course this is what Chu Yun wants to see, the two intelligence departments are like a family, and he is not comfortable as an emperor, what if they hide some important news?

Chu Yun opened the information handed over by Cheng Yang and looked at it, there were a lot of high-level news of Da Liang and the two Xianbei high-level in the intelligence, as well as their connection with Zhao State, and it was summed up in one sentence that Da Zhao spent a lot of money to buy off these three forces, originally they did not deal with Da Ming, and now they have received the benefits of Da Zhao, so the three forces will play with Da Ming like this, but what makes Da Zhao support Da Liang so recklessly is unknown. You must know that Da Zhao has cheated Da Liang Guo several times, and this time he obviously really wants to help Da Liang Guo.

I have to say that the work of the Supervision Department is still good, at least there are people infiltrating the top level of the forces of various countries, and generally speaking, the major actions of various countries cannot escape the supervision of the Supervision Department, but that's it. They lack the top sources, for example, the line of Zhang Zuo, the eldest prince of the Great Liang Kingdom, is only controlled by Zhou Yan, the Jinyi Guard, but Zhou Yan has worked in the Supervision Department for more than ten years, and it is deserved to have these backhands, otherwise he will not have worked in vain for more than ten years. Chu Yun believed that the Supervision Department would really compete with Zhou Yan's Jinyiwei in Cheng Yang's hands in a few years, after all, the foundation was thicker.

But now it still depends on Jinyiwei, Chu Yun raised his head, and Zhou Yan automatically walked over, he has followed Chu Yun for more than ten years, and he knows Chu Yun's character well. Chu Yun looked at his confident smile and knew that he should have mastered more hard goods.

"Is the news reliable?" Chu Yun raised his eyebrows after reading Jinyiwei's information and looked at Zhou Yan.

"Your Majesty, this news was obtained from the No. 1 of the Great Liang Kingdom and the No. 2 of the Great Zhao Kingdom, and you also know their status in various countries. Zhou Yan said calmly.

"You are very good, Zhou Yan, you have followed me for more than ten years, and now you are not confused, you can't go to the battlefield to get military merits, but I have never forgotten your merits. Don't worry, if your information is correct this time, then I will make you a marquis. After Chu Yun finished speaking, Zhou Yan immediately knelt down excitedly, the title in Daming is too rare, although his father Zhou Bin was named the Duke of the Kingdom because of his martyrdom for the Iron Army, but the title was inherited by Zhou Yan's brother, not that Zhou Yan didn't want it, it was really young and orderly, and his brother was affected by the defeat of the Iron Blood Army and became disabled when he was in exile, Zhou Yan felt guilty and pity, and had to give way to his brother because of etiquette.

But how could Zhou Yan not want to get a weighty title that could be passed on? But according to the title system of the Ming Dynasty, except for those titles that have made great contributions to the hereditary replacement, the rest will decrease from generation to generation, and he is just a baron, although he is a first-class baron, but after three generations, he will become a commoner, how can Zhou Yan be willing. Now that Chu Yun is ready to give him the title of marquis, even if he is the lowest-ranking marquis, he can guarantee that his six or seven generations will be nobles, so he can't help but be excited.

"Continue to investigate, in addition, Cheng Yang, you also take a look at this piece of information, and mobilize the people of the Supervision Department and Jinyiwei to investigate with all their might. After Chu Yun finished speaking, the two of them retreated.

When he went out, Zhou Yan sneered at Cheng Yang and left, Cheng Yang snorted coldly, this time he actually let Jinyiwei take the lead, but next, he didn't have no chance.

Although Chu Yun knew what happened outside the door, he didn't pay attention to it, what really made Chu Yun care was the piece of information that Zhou Yan gave him, Chu Yun sat quietly in his seat, thinking about the impact of this information on Da Ming if it was true, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that a new round of crisis in Da Ming should come. In the first two crises, one was defeated by the iron-blooded army, and the other was under Chu Yun's desperate efforts, he finally turned the corner into safety, but he also suffered heavy losses, but he didn't know what would happen this time. However, Chu Yun was no longer afraid, but was ready to move, this time the people behind the scenes should be completely exposed, only if Da Ming can survive it, he should have another smooth road, thinking of this, Chu Yun felt a burst of excitement in his heart.

"If you really fake your death, then I'll let you make it true, are you the Blood Buddha hidden behind the scenes? Interesting, this is a little interesting, I haven't had a good fight with someone for a long time. Chu Yun had a eager smile on his face, if anyone saw it, they would definitely be surprised, Chu Yun's authority was growing day by day, and he usually controlled his emotions very well, no one had ever seen Chu Yun so emotionally exposed.

In the first month of the seventeenth year of Shengwu, the great war between the Ming Dynasty and the Great Liang Kingdom that had been maintained for more than half a year calmed down, and more than 700,000 troops on both sides fought on the Western Front, although Wang Jie won several victories and annihilated nearly 100,000 enemies, but the Great Liang and the two Xianbei fought to the death. The first lunar month is the traditional New Year of the Chinese people, and both the Ming and Daliang are countries established by the Han people, so the two sides temporarily halted their troops and waited for the new year to start again.

The coach of the Western Front, Wang Jie, quietly withdrew from the front line, Chu Yun secretly met with Wang Jie, and the two sides discussed for a long time, and Wang Jie quietly returned to the front line. At the same time, Xie Ai and Lu Zhong of Sili Prefecture also returned secretly, and they came back quietly like Wang Jie, and left quietly. However, what is surprising is that Xie Ai and Lu Zhong quietly changed tasks, Xie Ai came to Sili Prefecture, and Lu Zhong went to Bingzhou, but after Chu Yun's disguise, the two exchanged except for a very few people, no one knows, even a few ministers.

In February of the seventeenth year of Shengwu, the battlefield on the Western Front, which had been suspended for a month, had another major battle, and the Ming side just shot a thunderous blow, more than 300,000 people poured out of the nest and stormed the defense line of the Great Liang Kingdom.

This city, which was established in the sixth year of Emperor Yuanding of the Han Dynasty, was named after the hub of "Zhang Guo's arm to pass through the Western Regions".

The Great Liang Kingdom has been defeated in a row, and its strength has decreased sharply, the Great Liang Kingdom advocates Jun calling on men over the age of thirteen and under the age of fifty to join the army, and he personally led the hundreds of thousands of troops gathered to support Zhangye County, which is the real power of the country, if it loses, then the Great Liang Kingdom will be gone forever. Like the Great Liang Kingdom, the Ming Dynasty also sent tens of thousands of recruits to supplement the losses on the Western Front, bringing the number of Ming soldiers to 300,000 again. Both sides have already thrown in 150,000 or more troops here.

The two sides once again resumed the confrontation of more than 700,000 troops at the beginning, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is the final decisive battle between the two sides. If the Great Liang side fails, then the Great Liang, the begging Xianbei, the bald Xianbei and the Qianghu will all usher in the catastrophe. And if the Ming Dynasty fails, then all countries in the world will pounce like wolves. Da Zhao, Da Jin and even the Great Yan and Liao States allied with the Ming Dynasty will bite the Ming Dynasty hard, even if the Ming Dynasty had better survive it, the first power in the world of the Ming Dynasty will fall to other families, and even there will be no chance to unify the world in a few years and decades.

"General, the last general is ready. In the Daming military camp in Zhangye County, a veteran with white hair knelt on one knee in front of Wang Jie, this person is called Yang Sheng, the younger brother of Hou Yangye, the supreme general who died in battle since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and the commander of the former battalion of the forbidden army of the five camps of the Ming Dynasty.

"Old general, if the plan succeeds this time, then I, Wang Jie, guarantee that Your Majesty will not fail your Yang family, what a glory it is for a double marquis. Wang Jie helped Yang Sheng up.

"Haha, the old man is from a poor background, His Majesty does not dislike the old minister, and promotes the old minister to Weimo, why don't I try my best to repay the favor? Not to mention that my brother died in the hands of the people of Liangguo, the old man is already more than sixty years old, now give the old man the opportunity to take revenge in person, what else do I want?" Yang Sheng said with a laugh, arched his hand and turned to leave.

"The old general is good. Wang Jie, Ran Min and the others had reluctance in their eyes, this time Yang Sheng was likely to never come back.

"Pass my orders, send a few generals to the big tent. Wang Jie instantly regained his coldness.

And at the border of Sili Prefecture and Yuzhou, the Da Zhao army secretly moved frequently, and all the good generals who could lead the troops such as Li Nong, Zhang Raccoon, Li Su, and Ma Qiu gathered here, and Da Zhao mobilized 400,000 troops to wait for the day, and even transferred most of the troops in Youzhou, it seems that they are preparing for the battle of the country.

And in the Great Yan Kingdom, Murong Hao, the lord of the Great Yan Kingdom, also issued an order for an emergency assembly, and all the large armies in the country were ready at any time, including 200,000 cavalry and 150,000 infantry soldiers in Youzhou, but I don't know if their target is the Ming or the Great Zhao State.

And in the south, the Great Jin State, which has always been a small and transparent state, is also rare this time, and the new minister Huan Wen of the Great Jin State is hoarding troops outside Yizhou on the one hand, and on the other hand, he is gathering heavy troops in Yangzhou, which is ceded by Da Zhao, but no one knows who their target is.

In the first year of Yonghe (345), Yu Yi died of illness, and before his death, he asked his son Yu Zhanzhi to take over Jingzhou, but He Chong, the servant of the auxiliary government, recommended Huan Wen. Danyang Yin Liu Yi thought that Huan Wen was indeed a genius, but he also had ambitions, and he could not let him master the Jingzhou shaped land. He suggested that Sima Yu, the king of Huiji, take Jingzhou by himself, but Sima Yu refused to accept it. In August of the same year, Huan Wen was promoted to the general of Anxi, the assassin of Jingzhou, the governor of Jingsi, Yongyi, Liangning, and the military of the six states, and led the captain of the Nanban school, and mastered the military power in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

In history, this person destroyed the Dacheng Kingdom, and three northern expeditions, forcing the imperial court to add its nine tins, and his son Huan Xuan directly usurped the throne and wanted to be the emperor, but unfortunately it was pacified by Liu Yu in just over a year, and their family was also beheaded. However, his son's usurpation of the throne laid the foundation for Liu Yu to replace Liu Yu in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and later the Eastern Jin Dynasty was extinct by the Song Dynasty established by Liu Yu, and their family also made wedding dresses for others. However, this cannot hide Huan Wen's achievements, this person is definitely one of the last famous ministers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

As for the only remaining small country in the world, Liao, is tied to the Ming Dynasty, and the people are weak and the country is weak, and the domestic army is all sent by the Ming Dynasty to train, so it can only go to the black with the Ming Dynasty, and Dacheng and Qiu Chi were destroyed by the Ming Dynasty. As for the Xia State and the Dai Kingdom, they competed for hegemony in the grassland, and under the provocation of the Ming Dynasty, they were inseparable from each other, and they had no time to take care of the affairs of the Central Plains.

Therefore, now the world is also the five kingdoms of Daming, Dazhao, Dajin, Dayan, and Daliang, which is a bit of a feeling of competing for the deer during the Warring States Period.

In April of the seventeenth year of Shengwu, a news that shook the world spread all over the world, the battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Great Liang was divided into winners and losers, and the former battalion commander of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Sheng, dissatisfied with the harsh treatment of the general Wang Jie, led 10,000 henchmen to oppose the Ming, burned all the grain and grass of the Ming Dynasty, and defected to the Great Liang State.

Zhang Jun of the Great Liang State was overjoyed, named Yang Sheng as the Duke of the Kingdom, and ordered the whole army to attack, more than 400,000 troops slowly pressed up, and Wang Jie's army, which had no food and grass, immediately retreated, but was firmly stuck by the Great Liang State and the Hu people's coalition army, and lost tens of thousands of troops in a short time. Wang Jie gecko broke its tail and ordered the commander to defect and the rest of the front battalion to drag the army of the Great Liang Kingdom, and the front battalion was ashamed and brave, and firmly resisted the more than 400,000 troops of the Great Liang Kingdom for a full fifteen days, creating conditions for Wang Jie's army to escape. Nearly 40,000 people in the front battalion were killed in the battle, but the coalition army of the Great Liang State also suffered 60,000 or 70,000 casualties before it was finally annihilated.

Zhang Jun did not spare the army to press the border, and the remaining more than 300,000 people surrounded Wang Jie's remaining more than 200,000 troops in Guzang, the county town of Wuwei County, and the Ming army without food support defeated the siege of Daliang several times, but everyone felt that the defeat of the Western Front of the Ming Dynasty was just around the corner.

Just after the news spread all over the world, Shi Hong, the lord of the Great Zhao State, immediately fought without declaring a war, and more than 400,000 troops in Yuzhou killed Si Lizhou, in just half a month, the door of Si Lizhou's Tiger Prison Pass was surrounded by regiments, and the Tiger Prison Pass was only guarded by 30,000 people, although it was the world's first-class Xiongguan, but it was still crumbling.

On the one hand, the guard of Sili Prefecture "Lu Zhong" sent people to support the Tiger Prison Pass, and on the other hand, he asked Chang'an for help.

Half a month later, General Anxi of the Great Jin Dynasty, Jingzhou Assassin Shi Huanwen, led 30,000 troops to prepare a sneak attack into Nanzhong, and ran into the 50,000 troops of the Southern Army who were preparing to support the north to support Si Lizhou, the two sides fought fiercely for several days, and finally the weak Jin army was defeated and retreated, and only more than 12,000 people of the 30,000 people in the Great Jin Huan Wen Department were withdrawn, and the rest were either taken prisoner or killed.

When Huan Wen got the news, he was waiting for a few days, and the southern army would go north, and the empty Nanzhong was likely to be swept away by himself, and he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Of course, he didn't know that coming early or late would be the same consequence, and the Supervision Department and Jinyiwei had already gotten the news, and they were deliberately waiting for the Great Jin Army to come and send them to death.

Huan Wen's sneak attack failed, so he could only report and mobilize more troops to come, and fight a decisive battle with the Ming Dynasty in the open. After defeating the Huan Wen army, the southern army continued north. However, at this time, the 50,000 troops of the Zhennan Army scattered all over the country and the 30,000 recruits temporarily recruited had been assembled. In Yizhou, a place with poor mountains and bad waters, the defending side has a natural advantage, and when the Ming Dynasty is ready, Huan Wen will never be able to get cheap.

But Huan Wen is still gathered here with heavy troops, he thinks that the defeat of the Ming Dynasty has been decided, once the news from the north reaches Yizhou, Yizhou must be in chaos, and then he may not have the opportunity to completely annex Yizhou, think that he can expand his territory, is in the prime of life, and the enterprising Huan Wen is still excited.

The whole world quickly became a day, with the chaos on the grassland soon, the Central Plains was lit with a raging fire, the Ming Dynasty was besieged by the three kingdoms of Da Zhao, Da Jin and Da Liang, the three kingdoms of the least troops of the Da Jin have 70,000 troops, and Da Liang and Da Zhao are a country to send more than 300,000 troops, a country sent 400,000 troops, only the Great Yan State should have attacked the Ming Dynasty and the state according to the original plan, but it has not moved.

The capital of the Great Yan Kingdom, the lord of the Great Yan Kingdom, Murong Hao, convened the important ministers to discuss their goals this time, before Da Zhao and Da Ming continued to send envoys, Da Zhao asked Da Yan to send troops to merge the state, and was willing to send the merger to Dayan, but Da Ming sent people to Da Yan, telling them to wait for another three months, Da Ming will defeat Da Zhao, give Da Yan a chance to calmly occupy Da Zhao. The two sides are constantly improving their conditions, which makes it difficult for Murong Hao to choose.

However, there are really a lot of generals under Murong Hao who can fight well, not to mention that there are Murong Han, Murong Ren, Murong Zhao, and Murong You in the Murong family, all of whom are generals who can lead troops, and there are other generals, such as the Minister of State Feng Yi, Sima Hanshou, Si Li Yangqi, Taifu Yu, Redundant Cavalry Chang Huang Fuzhen, Redundant Cavalry Chang Yang Xie, General Song Huang, General Pingxi, and General Zhang Hong. These people are talented, literary, capable and martial, and they are all talents who are in charge of their own affairs.

It's not that there are so many talents in the Yan Kingdom, and it is impossible for them to defeat Da Zhao several times in history, defeat Goguryeo, and later defeat Ran Min, the king of Wumourning, and become the new overlord of the north. However, there are also disadvantages to having more talents, that is, whether to help Da Ming or Da Zhao The two sides argued.

After discussing it for a few days, Murong Hao's head was about to crack, and he still didn't make a decision, but in the end, Murong Hao's mother, Duan, said a word to Murong Hao, and finally Murong Hao made a decision.