si-mexico Chapter 516: Countries bickering with each other
Chapter 516: Countries bickering with each other
Yu Ziling fled in panic.
Sister Xiao Qiao, it’s not that I don’t want to teach you, but I can’t beat that hateful Lanling King.
Xiao Qiao spent the entire day sketching runes, and finally finished engraving the runes on both sides of the jade pendant.
After a night's rest, the next day, she used a compass to draw a circle on the jade pendant. After positioning the two sides, she made sure that the positions of the two circles were exactly the same, but she was not in a hurry to knock off the surrounding area.
But chose to stay.
After all, it is more convenient to hold it this way, and you don’t have to worry about accidentally scratching your hand while carving, which can improve the fault tolerance rate.
After finishing, she went to find Shen Changgong, sat not far from him, and began to carve patiently.
Little Ma Chao came to play with her. Seeing her carving seriously, he was very curious and clamored to learn.
Xiao Qiao asked Shen Changgong to pick up a stone for him to play with, just like he was sending away a beggar.
After carving for two quarters of an hour, Xiao Qiao put down the jade pendant, solemnly asked Shen Changgong to keep it, and then happily went to play with Xiao Ma Chao.
The two little children brought a lot of laughter and joy to the palace.
It’s a pity that happy times are always short.
Three days later, Yan Fuyao had completely sorted out the political affairs of Qi, formulated policies, checked accounts, and rewarded and punished a group of officials. Now that everything was done, it was time for them to set off.
The King of the South decided not to let his son and wife follow them to the front line, nor to allow them to go to Shengjing, but to stay in Linzi.
No one knows what the war will be like next year, and he doesn't want his wife and children to take risks with him.
When they parted, Xiao Qiao and Xiao Ma Chao were reluctant to leave, especially Xiao Ma Chao, who cried so hard that he didn't want to be separated from his good friend.
Xiao Qiao comforted him by saying that she was just traveling with the emperor and Lanling King and would be back soon. She would play with him for a few days before going up the mountain. If he wanted to find her, he could go to Mount Tai at any time.
Only then did little Ma Chao give up.
After setting off, Xiao Qiao was in a bad mood. She sat in the dragon chariot with a sad face, carefully carving a jade pendant.
In the past few days, Fairy Mei Yan has almost set up the Jiutian Tower branch in Linzi, and then arranged a capable confidant to be the chief leader of Qi. After recruiting a group of branch leaders, there is nothing to do, and they all happily follow Shen Changgong south.
She said that she would open a branch of Jiutianlou in Xingqing Prefecture and become the best in the world.
Yan Fuyao wants to be the empress of the court, and she must also be the queen of the world.
The dragon chariot slowly set off, with only Yan Fuyao, Tang Xinyi and Gongsun Wan'er in it.
Because the empress was working and dealing with memorials most of the time, Shen Changgong and the other women had nothing to do and did not disturb them too much.
Shen Changgong's own carriage was also very large, pulled by four horses. He took Mei Yan, Jiang Ruoxue, Yu Ziling, Tu Queling and Xiao Qiao with him, sitting in his carriage.
The team heading south numbered a total of 120,000 people.
Among them, 20,000 were the Changning Army brought by Yan Fuyao from Shengjing to protect their safety.
The other 100,000 are Nie Bei's Flying Eagle Army.
Nie Bei has been guarding Qi for several months. Now that everything is stable, the 20,000 new recruits are enough to guard Linzi and suppress bandits and rebellions. As the main combat corps, the Flying Eagle Army naturally cannot stay here and waste time.
Shen Changgong asked Nie Bei to lead the Flying Eagle Army south to join the army in the south and prepare to fight against the coalition forces of the five countries.
Of course, until now, the Five-Nation Alliance is just a concept and possibility, which does not mean that it will really exist. Now the envoys of Qin are still insisting on lobbying the four countries.
Wei State will definitely participate. According to top-secret intelligence, Wei State and Qin State are already in cahoots.
After all, Yan's million-strong army has been deployed at the border. As long as the emperors of the two countries are not blind, they will inevitably panic.
The attitude of the State of Chu was ambiguous and hesitant. They did not want to fight, but were afraid that the State of Yan would attack, and they were also afraid of the tyranny of the State of Qian, so they kept delaying.
The attitude of Sichuan State was very clear: you can fight however you want, but we have natural defenses, and the Yan people's artillery cannot penetrate. Although we Sichuan people are few in number and our country is weak, we are all brave and good at fighting, and we have natural defenses. We are not afraid of Yan State coming in at all, and we are determined to stay in peace in a corner.
The Qian Kingdom, on the other hand, had been weighing the pros and cons, and the court was in turmoil, divided between the pro-war faction and the conservative faction.
The pro-war faction believed that Yan State had evil ambitions and was determined to unify the world. As the lips and teeth would be interdependent, Qian State would not be spared in the end and had to use half of its military forces to fight Yan State.
The conservatives believed that the pro-war faction was too conservative. They believed that half of the troops could not defeat the State of Yan. If they wanted to send troops, they had to mobilize an army of 800,000. Except for the main corps for defense in various places, all other main corps would be sent out to join forces with the other four countries to fight a decisive battle with the State of Yan.
To avenge the assassination of the prince and the prime minister.
Otherwise, after Yan State annexed Qin, Wei, Sichuan and Chu, its national strength would reach its peak, and Qian State would probably be unable to withstand it.
So if we want to fight, we have to fight hard. It would be best to repel the Yan army in one go, capture Shengjing, and drive the Yan people back to their hometown in the northeast.
The ministers all had clear attitudes, except Emperor Qian, who was indecisive and extremely suspicious and could not make up his mind.
And even if you decide to fight, there will be a lot of hassles afterwards.
How many troops would each country need? How much military expenditure and food would be needed?
Qian is the farthest away, making it difficult to transport food and fodder. Can the other countries provide food and fodder nearby? Can they do so for free?
If Qian State were to provide its own food and fodder, nine out of ten bags of grain would have to be consumed on the way from Qian State to Qi State. How could they possibly fight? The food and fodder consumption would be too great.
It would be fine if the other countries were occupied areas of Qian State, but since they are not occupied areas, there is no way to collect grain locally and the only option is to argue.
Also, after repelling the State of Yan, how should the seized territory be divided?
The State of Yan occupied a vast territory in the north, but these territories only bordered the Qin and Wei states.
If all was given to Qin and Wei, wouldn't the other three kingdoms have fought in vain? They spent money, food, and manpower, but in the end got nothing?
But if it is divided equally, how will the non-bordering countries manage it? How will the annual tax revenue be brought back to the country? Will other countries block it along the way?
If we leave it to Qin and Wei to manage, wouldn't that be giving them the land for nothing? If they say how much tax to collect, then that's it. If they say nothing, then you won't get a penny.
After all, this is a war that has swept across the world, and it can be called a world war. We must be prepared.
Things like this would take a long time to sort out, so Shen Changgong was not in a hurry.
He was even confident that he could destroy Wei before the Qian army arrived in Wei, and then fight within Wei's territory.
Emperor Cao De of Wei also understood this truth, so he was very panicked. He didn't even have the mood to play with his wife. He worried about the news from the south every day, hoping that Qian and Chuchuan would agree to form an alliance.