Chongxuan and Chu Liang refused to surrender for three times. Yang Jiande had no choice but to raise troops and ordered the whole country to serve the king.
From the point of view of the public opinion of the world, Yang Guo's raising of troops to attack the army that trapped the country is beyond reproach both in terms of justice and reason.
But at the same time, in order to maintain order in the eastern region, Qi State sent troops to block the plague so that it could not continue to spread and cause harm. This also makes sense.
In particular, the State of Yang was originally part of the State of Qi. From the perspective of the word "ritual", the state of Yang could also be regarded as the land of Qi.
Moreover, when Chongxuan Chu Liang sent troops to Suoyang Kingdom, he apparently only targeted the plague and did not invade an inch of Yang Kingdom's land. If he is attacked by the Yang army, it is reasonable to fight back.
In other words, at the level of "public discussion of the world", the only level where the Yang State may have an advantage, because of the unshakable stability of Chongxuan and Chu Liang, both Qi and Yang stood at the same starting point.
In the head-to-head confrontation between the two old men, Yang Jiande lost the first round.
From the moment he decided to send troops, he lost the possibility of sympathy in the public discussion.
But this is also an unavoidable choice, and it is still limited by the current situation and general trend. It does not mean that Yang Jiande is not as good as Chongxuan Chu Liang.
It's just that the trump cards held by both sides are really far apart.
Moreover, although "public discussion" has its significance, most of the time, it is impossible to determine the direction of the war.
If Yang Jiande can defeat Chongxuan Chu Liang, the diplomatic space will be opened immediately.
If not, everything will stop.
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After many years of peace, war broke out suddenly.
A large number of soldiers and horses from the entire Yang Kingdom gathered in the royal capital. Yang Jiande wanted to worship his ancestors and heaven in the Ancestral Temple, and then personally led the entire country's troops to fight against Chongxuan at the border.
There are three counties in Yangguo, namely Hengyang, Rizhao and Chiwei.
Hengyang County is where the royal capital is located. Needless to say, almost all the soldiers who can fight have risen up, gathering 150,000 troops in one day. Among them, 50,000 were originally from the king's division who defended the capital, and the remaining 100,000 were gathered from various cities.
But in Akao County, the response from various cities was not so positive. Kankan gathered 50,000 soldiers and rushed to the royal capital. It is worth mentioning that 20,000 of them were volunteers, and they prepared their own armor and food to accompany them. And there are at least 10,000 volunteers, all coming from Cangfeng City.
Going to Rizhao County, the enthusiasm was even lower.
The first reason to bear the brunt is, of course, the mutated plague that is raging in the Yang Kingdom.
Hundreds of thousands of troops gathered, and the soldiers were powerful enough to disperse evil spirits like the plague. The soldiers themselves are not afraid of being infected by the plague, but the people in various parts of the Yang Kingdom have not yet received a proper protection strategy.
Every soldier is a person of flesh and blood, and has his own relatives and friends. Putting the country before the family can certainly be called great, but putting the family before the country is only human nature.
There are those who raise their families to donate to the country, and there are those who close their doors to avoid disaster. People are different.
However, the real core reason is actually the consequences of Yangting's chaotic governance and lack of concern for people's livelihood for so many years. Yang Jiande focused on his spiritual practice and ignored state affairs. The dead prince Yang Xuanji only focused on seizing power and suppressing his brothers, and was actually very perfunctory in state affairs.
In the plague brewing in White Bone Road, Yangting's administrative inefficiency and incompetence... were fully exposed, and it can be said that it has long lost the support of the people.
Of course, in Rizhao County, it was more of the personal reasons of County Governor Song Guang. Long before Yang Jiande ordered King Qin, he had already taken action to gather troops and food.
Although Shi Jing, the new lord of Jiacheng, died unexpectedly, the remaining six cities in this county alone gathered 80,000 soldiers for Song Guang. Under his tireless search, he obtained countless amounts of money and food.
However, he only sent 10,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people to Zhaoheng City. He said that the terrain of Rizhao County was special. Recently, the Qi State wanted to retain "the remaining strength of the old people to serve as a barrier for my king", but in fact, he held his own troops and waited for a price.
His memorial made Yang Jiande laugh out loud.
On the Dragon Throne, the twenty-seventh generation king of the Yang Kingdom held this memorial and laughed at himself with disappointment: "I didn't expect that our Yang family had been established for hundreds of years, and since I had been ministering to Qi, in just a few generations, we had lost everything. As expected."
Liu Huai stood by and comforted him: "At least in Hengyang County, where the royal capital is located, the imperial court still has the support of the people. A hundred thousand troops have gathered and they are all out!"
Yang Jiande shook his head and said: "Just under the breath of a lonely man, facing the edge of the sword, I dare not not come. How many people can truly donate to the country with sincerity?"
"There are many righteous people who destroy their homes to help people in trouble, just to repay your father's great kindness!"
"What great favor can I do to them? It's just their love for their homeland." Yang Jiande threw away the memorandum in his hand, "No need to be relieved, Gu is not unable to face the reality. I just want to... "
He sighed: "The morale of the army and the people is so low. In addition, Qi's country is powerful and has always been powerful. Although this battle is in our own country, our army cannot hold out for a long time and must be decided quickly. If the battle fails even slightly, the mountains may collapse. The momentum is in an instant.”
He is a soldier who knows all the war considerations.
Liu Huai bowed and said: "Your Majesty, hold your sacred heart."
"That's right." Yang Jiande suddenly remembered something and asked: "This time the whole country is working hard for the king, in addition to the city guards coming out in full force, Cangfeng City also recruited 10,000 additional volunteers?"
"yes……"
Yang Jiande nodded: "Cangfeng City has always been a place where food and people are abundant."
At this point, he hesitated: "Why do I... seem to have some other impressions of Cangfeng City?"
Liu Huai knew that Yang Jiande was gradually losing human emotions by practicing the Blood Demon Kung Fu. Today, Song Guang laughed angrily and sighed about state affairs. This was a rare display of emotion.
He thought for a while and reminded him: "The little prince's world building is built there."
"Tianxialou?"
"It's that killer organization."
"Oh, it's the incident where Gu scolded him...is it still there?"
"The inner treasury has not allocated any money. The little prince has subsidized it himself."
"So this time the Cangfeng City Rebels...think about it, he is also hiding among the rebels?"
"It should...should be."
There was silence in the hall for a while.
"Liu Huai."
"The slave is here."
"Go find Xuance and take him away."
"I'll make arrangements now, my servant."
"It's not an arrangement." Yang Jiande raised his eyes and looked at him: "You have to go in person."
"Your Majesty!" Liu Huai knelt down in front of Yang Jiande: "Your Majesty, please choose someone else. I really don't want to leave at this time!"
Yang Jiande said quietly: "The building is about to collapse. Who can I trust in this deep palace?"
He stretched out his hand and patted Liu Huai on the shoulder: "You dog slave, if you are going to commit suicide alone, you must let me have no worries. Do you understand?"
Liu Huai cried and said: "Slave...take the order!"
"Well..." Yang Jiande seemed to be talking to himself: "There should be something left for him."
At this moment, his emotions seemed to have resisted the erosion of the Blood Demon Art of Killing Love and Absolute Desire, and there was an imperceptible softness in his eyes.
Liu Huai knelt on the ground, just crying.
Yang Jiande reached out, opened the royal box, patted and stroked the jade seal in the box.
Finally let it go.
He took off the Panlong Jade Pendant from his waist and put it in Liu Huai's hand.
Compared with the jade seal, although this jade pendant is exquisite, it has neither power nor sacred meaning. It's really much more ordinary.
But Liu Huai could understand why Yang Jiande only left this jade pendant to Yang Xuance.
Because a national seal will lead to endless pursuit for Yang Xuance. No one cares about this jade pendant.
The jade pendant itself has no other meaning, it is just a thought left by a father to his son.
"Your Majesty, do you have anything to say to the little prince?" Liu Huai asked with tears in his eyes.
Yang Jiande leaned back on the dragon chair, as if he was very tired, and waved his hands, indicating that he didn't need to say anything.
Liu Huai carried the Panlong Jade Pendant and nothing else, and hurried out of the hall and left the palace.
Yang Jiande sat alone in the main hall and was silent for a long, long time. Then he suddenly thought of something and said, "Tell Xuance, 'I'm sorry'."
After he finished speaking, he realized that Liu Huai had already left.
"That's all."
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