Chapter 1287: Advance to Zhongzhou
"Honorable Order!"
After the courtiers received their orders, the ministers dispersed, each entered their posts, and made the final preparations for the expedition, and a few days later, the 180,000 soldiers of the Han Dynasty divided into several roads and marched towards the various empires in the northwest of the Douqi Continent.
First of all, Xiao Yan and Yaochen led 20,000 soldiers to camp on the periphery of the capital of the Gamma Empire, and under the deterrence of Yaochen and the attack posture of the 20,000 army, the royal family of the Gama Empire knew that they could not be enemies with the Han, so they agreed to surrender to the Han.
In order to show the mercy of the Han Dynasty to the surrenderers, Liu Xiefeng was the lord of the Gama Empire, and the original capital of the Gama Empire was used as the back cover, allowing the royal family of the Gama Empire to live in his homeland. At this point, the entire territory of the Gama Empire was owned by the Han Dynasty.
Under the guidance of Pi Qianqi, Lu Bu's 40,000 army also quickly entered the Black Corner Domain, and following Liu Xie's arrangement, Lu Bu's 40,000 army used Canaan Academy as a supply and foothold, and fought in the east and west, plus the help of the teachers and students of Canaan Academy, and soon swept away the Black Corner Domain.
The process of sweeping the Black Horn Domain was not as easy as subduing the royal family of the Gama Empire, and the soldiers of the Great Han encountered resistance from the major forces in the Black Horn Domain, especially the resistance of the Blood Sect and the Demon Flame Valley was the most fierce, in order to deter the objects to be conquered in the future, Lu Buzun Liu Xie's order to wipe out all the people of the Blood Sect and the Demon Flame Valley.
Lu Bu's brutal performance in the Black Corner Domain directly shocked the people of the Black and Yellow Sect, and in the final battle against the Black and Yellow Sect, the Black and Yellow Sect people did not dare to be enemies with the Han Dynasty, and they all defected, and its sect leader Mo Tianxing was also killed by the people, and all the people of the Black and Yellow Sect surrendered, so that the Black Corner Domain, which had been chaotic for thousands of years, finally ushered in the era of order again with the efforts of the Han monarchs.
On the other side, in the process of Zhao Yun's expedition to the Izumo Empire and the Golden Goose Empire, he was obstructed by the strongest forces of the two countries, the Poison Sect and the Golden Goose Sect, but because the strongest of the two forces was only in the realm of the Dou Sect, he was easily killed by Zhao Yun when he fought, and the two major sects were also destroyed by Zhao Yun.
As a result, the two countries of Izumo and Jinyan lost their biggest support and had to surrender to the Great Han. Yue Fei, who set off for the Mulan Empire and the Heavenly Snake Empire at the same time as Zhao Yun, also made good progress, and successfully recovered the land of the Heavenly Snake Mulan after killing several masters of the Heavenly Snake Mansion and Mulan Valley. At this point, the northwest of the Douqi Continent has all become the land of the Great Han.
The soldiers of the Han Dynasty sang a high-spirited song of triumph like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and within a month, they swept away all the major empires entrenched in the northwest of the Douqi Continent, and now the Han Tiger is located in the northwest of the Douqi Continent and has become the strongest force on the bright side of the Douqi Continent.
After the return of several large army divisions, Liu Xie rewarded the officers and soldiers of the three armies as usual, and sent the civil ministers led by Mei Changsu to dispose of the resources and land confiscated from various countries, and of course, the nobles and officials who surrendered from various countries.
Mei Changsu and Jia Xu were both famous ministers at that time to deal with these affairs can be said to be proficient, only a few months later, with the efforts of the ministers, some of the systems were all scrapped, replaced by the Han system, the former empire became the state and county under the rule of the Han Dynasty, and the former nobles became the officials of the Han Dynasty after the selection.
In this way, the northwest of the Douqi Continent was completely integrated, and after unifying the northwest, Liu Xie's next goal naturally turned to Zhongzhou. Zhongzhou's strength is obviously much stronger than that of the Northwest Continent, and for the sake of insurance, Liu Xie also deliberately summoned the three masters of the worship hall from the main realm, Guiguzi, Zhang Sanfeng and Dugu to seek defeat.
One day after the Han Dynasty had thoroughly digested the resources of the various empires in the northwest, Liu Xie summoned several confidants and ministers to the study to discuss the plan to capture Zhongzhou.
"Danta, Soul Hall plus the two sects, three valleys and four square pavilions, the forces on the bright side of Zhongzhou are probably these, now that my Han has all occupied the northwest, the next step is to use troops against Zhongzhou, but this is to subdue this Zhongzhou land, I am afraid it will not be as easy as sweeping the northwest." ”
"Today, I summoned a few Aiqing to ask you, I want to know if there is any way for my Han to take Zhongzhou at the lowest cost. ”
Among the three ministers, Jia Xu was the first to stand up and speak, Liu Xie looked at Jia Xu and stroked the mustache at the corner of his mouth and knew that this old fox had a plan, "As the emperor said, compared to this northwest land, Zhongzhou will indeed be a difficult bone to gnaw, but as long as my Han's troop dispatch strategy is appropriate, it is not difficult to reduce losses." ”
"However, as far as the minister knows, the major forces in Zhongzhou are not monolithic, and some of them only see that there is even a sea of blood feuds, in the eyes of the minister, this conquest of Zhongzhou, my big Han should make good use of the contradictions between the various sects in Zhongzhou, and for some forces, we can use them to help them eliminate the enemy as a condition in exchange for their active submission. ”
"For example, the Flower Sect and the Heavenly Netherworld Sect, the Burning Flame Valley and the Glacier Valley are two pairs of enemy sects, and the emperor can pull one of the factions to deal with the other, and after the matter is completed, the party that accepts our helper will naturally be willing to submit to my great Han. ”
"Win over a group and crack down on a group, Wen He is a very clever plan. Hearing about Jia Xu's plan, Liu Xie nodded in agreement. "It's just that there are many forces in this Zhongzhou, where do you think I should attack first?"
"You can attack the Danta first!" Guo Jia, the person who spoke, "Chen Suwen is extremely rare in this world, this Danta is the gathering place of Zhongzhou alchemists, and its influence is very high in Zhongzhou and even the entire Douqi Continent, if my Han can take the Danta first, he can take the lead in a series of battles to capture Zhongzhou." ”
"Feng Xiao's words are good, if you can take Danta, you can indeed strengthen the prestige of our army at the beginning, and if you can take in the high-frequency alchemists in the family, with their help, my subordinates may be able to have a few more generals above the imperial realm. ”
"Oh yes, Yao Lao, as a high-grade alchemist, you should know some people from the Danta. ”
Hearing this, Yaochen walked out of the group of ministers and replied to Liu Xie: "Don't hide it from the emperor, among the three giants of Danta, Xuanyi and Xuankongzi do have a good relationship with the ministers. ”
"So, if I send you to recruit Danta, do you think it's feasible?"
"It shouldn't be difficult for the minister to persuade the two old friends and the minister to work together for the emperor, but if Danta wants to surrender, I'm afraid it won't be easy. Yao Chen replied with a complicated face when he heard this.
Looking at the puzzled look on Liu Xie's face, Yaochen explained, "The emperor doesn't know, the title of the three giants in the Danta is given according to the level of alchemist alchemists, and has nothing to do with the size of the real power, that is to say, although my two friends are the two of the three giants of the Danta, the power in their hands is not very great. ”