The sun is setting at dusk, and the smoke is lingering.
Bodies were spread all over the messy grass, and countless soldiers with broken swords were scattered among the bushes.
Falcons and vultures circled in the sky, and green-eyed wolves on the ground flashed greedily, their eyes wandering over the broken corpses.
Da da da.
A sound of soldiers clashing passed by in the distance, immediately waking up these greedy beasts.
After glancing at the breezy and fierce human team, these beasts were frightened and fled far away, not daring to stay here.
However, the human troops just glanced at them and continued to move forward, ignoring them.
This messy battlefield will be cleaned up by dedicated people, and the soldiers from Siqianfu County who will come later will take care of it.
And they, these elite soldiers, bear even greater responsibilities.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to destroy the main force of the Dachanghe army, they quickly moved forward, occupied the barbarian cities with empty defenses, and reaped and expanded the fruits of this victory.
On the vast wilderness, a long army of dragons disembarked from the boats one after another, and then under the command of military orders, they advanced towards the hinterland of Huichuan Kingdom to the west.
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"Report——"
In the camp that had just been cleaned up, Lu Yuan was dealing with many military affairs after the war. He was feeling a little tired and was about to take a rest when a messenger came quickly from outside.
"What's up?"
Asking someone to let the messenger in, he asked aloud.
"Back to your Majesty, Zhenren Huang sent someone to report back. Zhenren has led his army to attack Shama City, an important town in Huichuan Kingdom. More than 2,000 of the ten thousand defenders in the city were killed and more than 6,000 were captured. The rest all fled, and Zhenren has sent people to pursue them. "The messenger replied below.
"Has Sama City been destroyed?"
Hearing the news, Lu Yuan nodded with a smile on his face.
Shamacheng can be said to be the second largest city in the area under the jurisdiction of Huichuan State, second only to Fengpa City, the capital of that country. Its specific status is roughly equivalent to the prefectural city of Chu State.
By occupying this city and then radiating to the surrounding areas, Huichuan Kingdom would have lost almost half of its territory.
On the first day of the war, they defeated the army of the Great Chowa Kingdom and then captured a large city. It was a good start.
Such a harvest naturally made him happy.
Happy, he looked at the messenger below and his tone became better: "I know this. You have worked hard to deliver the message. Go down and receive the reward and rest."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The messenger was overjoyed when he heard this, kowtowed quickly, and then withdrew.
After the others left, Lu Yuan did not continue to deal with official duties, but began to ponder.
Today's battle is a great harvest.
Not only did he take advantage of the battle between the Chili Tribe's Great Witch Festival and Huang Xuan, he waited for an opportunity to sneak attack and kill the opponent, he successfully eliminated Da Chang and Guoyi Xiantian, and destroyed half of the opponent's top combat power.
It can be said that killing a great wizard would have a devastating impact on the country of Dachowa as much as the destruction of the opponent's 100,000-strong army.
Even worse.
Because an army of 100,000 can be raised easily as long as the population is sufficient and the money and food are sufficient.
But if you want to cultivate an innate master, you need to spend a little more divine blood.
With the general trend of the world's spiritual energy being increasingly depleted, it will definitely become increasingly difficult to cultivate innate masters in the future.
The number of innate masters will also become less and less.
In this case, the real value of an ordinary army that can be raised as long as someone has money is naturally far less important than an innate grandmaster.
"And this is only in terms of personal value. In terms of strategic value, the country of Dachanghe has lost an innate master, and the other party has one less trump card. In the future, it will have less confidence to dare to challenge Chu State with me. half.
Our Da Chu can kill the innate grandmaster. As long as this is confirmed, the remaining innate grandmaster of Da Changhe will have to worry about this when he wants to rely on killing ordinary people in Chu as a threat.
He only has one person, and our country of Chu will soon have five innate masters, including Huang Xuan and I who are strong enough to kill him alone.
This powerful deterrent, as long as it is put on the surface, can definitely deter the opponent.
If he dared to lift the table, he might be able to kill hundreds or thousands of Chu people at a time.
But every time he takes action, his whereabouts will be exposed, increasing the possibility of being caught.
Our country of Chu can afford the death of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people. But as long as he loses once, the country of Ojowa will be completely over.
No, as long as he dares to overturn the table, Ochang Wakuni will be finished, but he is the last one to be finished. "
Lu Yuan analyzed slowly.
The intimidation of two innate masters is not at the same level as the intimidation of one innate master.
This is not a math problem, simply one plus one equals two.
But one plus one equals three, equals four, or even more.
To guard against a sneak attack by an innate master, Chu State only needs to prepare one innate master. If you want to hunt down the opponent, you need more than two innate masters.
It can guard against sneak attacks by two innate masters, because the opponent has more options to attack at the same time, and the Chu State will have to fortify everywhere.
And being fortified everywhere is equivalent to not being fortified.
Not to mention that with the strength of Chu State, it is impossible to fortify everywhere.
As for hunting the opponent, that's even more difficult.
Not to mention that after the two innate masters join forces, how many people will be needed to deal with the doubled strength?
It is said that the two innate masters cooperate with each other to interfere with the captor's sight. It will be more difficult than before to find traces of each other.
Dealing with individuals and organizations is not at the same level of difficulty.
The Great Chowa Kingdom, which originally had two innate masters, could barely be regarded as an organization with top-level combat power.
But now, with the removal of an innate grandmaster, the Great Chowa Kingdom has instantly changed from a two-person organization to a single individual, and the difference is not too big.
It was precisely because the difference was so great that Lu Yuan had always restrained his hands when dealing with the southwestern Yi countries, not daring to push the opponent too far.
Until now, he had developed a clone of the Yellow Turban Warrior. At the same time, he had also broken through the realm of condensing energy. His strength had more than doubled, and he was absolutely sure that he could hunt down an innate master.
Only then did he make up his mind to take action against Da Changheguo.
At present, it seems that this stability is indeed correct.
Faced with the cooperation of Lu Yuan and Huang Xuan, the great witch priest of the Chili tribe was killed without any resistance at all.
The technique of two people attacking together is simply not too strong.
"From now on, Huang Xuan and I join forces, and we are equivalent to being in the first realm of innateness. No matter whether we are warriors or monks, we will never escape alive.
Even those who are in the second realm of Xiantian are still 70% sure that they can be killed.
With the threat of trump cards, those forces or countries with only one innate master can no longer pose a threat to our great Chu, and can only become meat on the eucalyptus board. "
Thinking of this, Lu Yuan felt very happy.
In today's world, there are not many forces with more than two people with innate military force. Most of them are big and powerful countries. For example, the three major barbarian states in the southwest generally owned more than two counties, or the overlord states such as Zhou, Liang, and Ning.
Only these big countries that have an important influence on a state or a place have enough strength and foundation to cultivate more than two innate masters.
For others, such as small countries such as Su, Song, and Hanzhong, or Jianghu forces such as the Liuyang Sect, the ability to cultivate an innate master is already the limit. Some, like the Nanhai Kingdom, have not even been able to cultivate them.
And these small country sects with only one innate grandmaster, when faced with the cooperation of Lu Yuan and Huang Xuan, the other side's innate grandmaster will be killed as long as they meet.
After dismantling the top-level combat power and using the innate masters to cooperate with the lower-level soldiers, it would be easy for the Chu State to destroy these countries or forces.
“However, with Chu State’s current strength, only five innates can protect the current four counties, which is almost the limit.
If we want to continue to expand and develop new innate force, there is no hope for the time being.
No matter what, it would take about ten years for the Chu State to digest the whole Qianzhong County and half of Xichuan County.
Ten years later, Brother Sun had almost broken through the innate realm and consolidated his realm.
At that time, a new round of expansion can begin. "
Lu Yuan pondered for a moment, and then gave up the tempting idea of swallowing up Da Changhe Kingdom in one fell swoop and expanding further.
Although the current strength of the Chu State is enough to destroy the Great Changhe State and swallow up one or half of the county.
It can be said that the Chu State's population of just seven million is extremely reluctant to fill the newly conquered Qianzhong County and Xichuan County.
Even if the newly expanded territory is left, there will not be more core population to fill it.
And if the newly acquired territories cannot be digested and provide a steady stream of output, then these territories are just a burden.
Not only does it cost the Chu State's troops, money and food to control the occupation, but it also has to bear the backlash and turmoil on the territory at any time, facing countless troubles.
Lu Yuan would not do this kind of loss-making business.
After all, his motivation for outward expansion was to enhance Chu's national power. The purpose is to gain luck for oneself by strengthening the state of Chu.
The above-mentioned negative growth is obviously unlikely to bring more national fortunes to the Chu State, but may actually reduce the national fortunes of the Chu State.
He would only do such stupid things if his brain was out of control.
Maintain the current situation and occupy Huichuan Kingdom according to the planned plan. Then the soldiers pressed down on the border, forcing Da Chang and the country to surrender, and gave Da Chu another dog in the southwest region.
After stabilizing the situation in the southwest, we can lead the army to the west, regain Xichuan, and interrupt Nanzhao's claws towards Dongyang's homeland.
The above three steps are Lu Yuan's strategic goals for sending troops this time.
Now the first step of occupying Huichuan Kingdom is half completed.
After defeating the northern front army of Dachowa Kingdom, it would be easy to collect the remaining half of Huichuan Kingdom.
After taking over this territory, it was only natural for him to lead his troops to threaten the country of Ojowa.
"So, everything is perfect. After killing the Great Witch Festival, the biggest obstacle is gone. All that's left is to collect the fruits of my victory."
After taking stock and confirming that there was nothing wrong with the plan and that it was being implemented step by step, Lu Yuan had a smile on his face.
After feeling relieved, he felt full of motivation and continued to handle his official duties with enthusiasm.
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Just as Lu Yuan expected, after defeating the blocking army in the northern part of Da Changhe Kingdom, the remaining land of a thousand miles on the west coast of Huichuan Kingdom was covered by Huang Xuan and Lu Yuan in just five days. Under the leadership, it was easily captured.
Facing the two innate masters, the remaining military power of the Huichuan Kingdom was unable to stop them.
Almost as soon as the two of them made a move, the enemy was at a loss. The tall city wall did not create any obstruction at all, and the city gate was easily opened, and then the army came in and occupied it.
In this way, on April 7th, the Chu army began to cross the river. By April 13th, the entire Huichuan Kingdom fell.
Lu Yuan then left 10,000 imperial troops and 4,000 county soldiers to guard the area. While quelling the remaining military rebellion in the area, he also watched over the more than 40,000 barbarian soldiers captured in these days.
He and Huang Xuan took the remaining 50,000 forbidden troops and headed straight down towards Da Changhe Kingdom.
On April 15, Lu Yuan led his army to conquer the Ministry of Science and Technology directly under the jurisdiction of Daichanghe State and entered the core area of the country.
On April 17, he led his army to attack Nuodan City and captured this large city in the northernmost region of Kunhai.
On April 19, he led his army to approach Ludan City, where the Daejanghe Army was fighting the Kunming Navy. He successfully rendezvoused with the Kunming Navy led by Li Xiong and surrounded the Dajanghe Army from the north to the south.
On April 20, the allied forces of Chu and Kunhai launched an attack on Da Changhe's army.
During this period, Lu Yuan and Huang Xuan went into battle in person, and Li Xiong also charged in armor. Li Chuan, the general of Da Changhe's army, went into battle to stop him, but was severely wounded by Lu Yuan with his talisman sword skills. Finally, he deliberately put himself under the water, found an opportunity, and escaped with his life.
At this point, the top combat forces of Da Chang He's army escaped. After losing all scruples, Lu Yuan and the other two men went on a killing spree. They personally acted as the vanguard and led their troops to attack Da Chang's army's formation.
After three days of bloody fighting between the two sides, the Daochang and his troops finally couldn't resist, and after leaving more than 40,000 corpses behind, they fled in disarray.
Then the coalition forces gathered their troops, pursued the prisoners, led an army of 120,000, and marched into Dachang and Yangcheng, the capital of the country.
For a time, the country of Dachanghe was in turmoil, Kunhai was in turmoil, and the countries in the southwest were in turmoil.
The country of Ojowa, which has been inherited for more than 500 years, has fallen into a state of turmoil and disintegration under the approach of powerful enemies.
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The vast and boundless lake ripples with layers of waves blown by the breeze.
Pieces of farmland on both sides of the strait were already growing green seedlings.
It's just that during this farming season, there are no farmers coming to take care of this fertile farmland, and not even a single barbarian citizen can be seen in the empty fields.
Instead, there were just military camps built on the fields, and military patrols and drills going back and forth between the various military camps.
The dull sound of drums sounded in the camp, coupled with the sergeants' shouts, making the world seem to tremble.
And outside this noisy camp, next to Kunhai Lake, there is an empty small pier.
Lu Yuan was leaning in a small pavilion in the middle of the lake, looking at the sparkling waves of this thousand-mile lake, and couldn't help but admire: "It is indeed one of the three largest lakes in the southwest. This thousand-mile lake stretches as far as the eye can see, almost as much as Dongting Lake.
In the eyes of the Yi people who have never seen this mountain range, the vast sea is indeed boundless. No wonder they named it Kunhai.
If the Pichi ditch is built here to divert the water from the Kunhai Sea to both sides, hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile farmland will be available at your fingertips.
This is truly the foundation of the king, the land of heaven. "
Next to him, Li Xiong's face froze when he heard Lu Yuan's praise, and he couldn't help but beat a drum in his heart.
It was just Lu Yuan's first time here. When he saw Kun Hai for the first time, he was so impressed.
And he has unified the southern and eastern parts of Kunhai, and even the northern part accounts for more than half, and has ruled for more than a year.
It was precisely because of this experience that Li Xiong fully understood how wealthy the Kunhai area was.
In the half of Kunhai under his control alone, there are 100,000 hectares of fertile farmland that have been reclaimed by the local barbarians, enough to support 600,000 to 700,000 people.
And this is not the limit.
As Lu Yuan said, if ditches are built on both sides of the river, the amount of cultivated farmland can be increased by about half, and more people can be fed.
This place alone can support millions of people.
And this is only the area near Kunhai, within Kunhai, but there are still large areas that are not within the scope of both sides of Kunhai.
Although these areas are mostly mountainous, tens of thousands of hectares of farmland can be developed, and they can also support two to three hundred thousand people.
With only two and a half mansions, the potential is so huge.
It’s really hard to imagine what it would be like if the entire Kunhai area was occupied and then fully developed.
'Isn't it easy to feed two to three million people? '
Li Xiong thought like this and couldn't help but become more nervous.
He was very excited when he saw such a prosperous land, and regarded it as the basis for his dominance in the southwest.
And it is impossible for the Lord of Chu State in front of him not to be moved when he sees such a fertile territory.
If the other party changes his mind and faces the huge Chu State, wouldn't the territory he finally conquered have to be handed over again?
No one is willing to give up the inheritance that he has worked so hard to save.
Li Xiong is no exception.
But he didn't have the strength to refuse to resist all this. No matter what decision he had to make, Li Xiong had no choice but to accept his fate.
How could he not be nervous like this?
"Relax."
Lu Yuan's cultivation level was so high that his consciousness was extremely sharp. Li Xiong almost had this idea in his mind when he noticed it from the other person's expression and body movements.
Just by thinking about it for a moment, you can tell what the other person is worried about.
So he couldn't help but smile and said: "Gu said before that whatever you conquered the land of Kunhai belongs to the Kunhai State. As long as the Kunhai State is loyal to the Chu State and there is no shortage of money, food and materials provided every year, Gu will not interfere.
Our Da Chu has conquered Qianzhong County, which is the limit. Within a few decades, we will have no energy left to expand to the outside world.
And even if we want to expand further, it won't be to the southwest, west or south. The places there are not inferior to Kunhai, and they are easier to digest.
In this barbaric land, I only plan to control the country and collect some vassal countries, and do not intend to develop it further. "
Lu Yuan looked at Li Xiong and said meaningfully.
When the latter heard this, his heart suddenly relaxed, his face showed joy, and he wanted to say thank you and explain.
But before Li Xiong could speak, a team of more than ten people in the distance also passed through the layers of blocked guards and came towards the center of the lake.
Seeing this, Lu Yuan waved his hand to stop Li Xiong and said with a smile: "Li Qing, look, the people from Da Changhe Kingdom are here. They will be your colleagues in the future.
The two countries of Dachanghe and Kunhai will coexist in the land of Kunhai and Kunhai from now on, and they will be our vassal state of Chu.
Facing the two countries of Dali and Nanzhao, you must work together to shield Dachu from foreign enemies and stabilize the southwest. "
Next to him, Li Xiong looked at the envoy of Da Changheguo who was gradually approaching. His eyes showed a hint of complexity and he opened his mouth, wanting to say something.
But in the end, he sighed in his heart and nodded bitterly: "I obey my orders."
The words fell.
Li Xiong knew that his ambition to occupy the entire Kunhai and dominate this fertile land was completely in vain.
The King of Chu in front of him cannot allow any country to occupy the land of Kunhai alone.
Splitting the land in two and handing it over to the two countries it controls is the way to balance the emperor.
Kunhai Kingdom, which has no strength to resist, can only accept this reality no matter how unwilling it is.
As soon as I thought about it, the ambition that Kun Haigong had managed to build up in all the wars in recent years was completely wiped out.
May 1, the sixth year of Shenwu.
King Lu Yuan of Chu led an army of one hundred thousand and surrounded Dachang and Yangcheng, the capital of the country.
At this time, there were only thirty thousand soldiers in Yangcheng, and most of them were old and weak. General Li Chuan was seriously injured and his strength was greatly reduced.
The people in the city were frightened. From the royal family to the common people and soldiers, they were all frightened and had no fighting spirit.
So the next day, the capitulation faction in the city reached a compromise and sent envoys out to discuss surrender matters.
On May 5, after several days of negotiations, Dachanghe State officially surrendered to Kaicheng of Chu State.
Subsequently, according to the agreement, the country of Dachanghe was declassified and renamed the country of Chili, and the leader of the country was called Lord Chili.
The northern half of Kunhai controlled by Chili State was ceded to Kunhai State. Only the western area of Kunhai, as well as the eleven western countries and about six prefectures, are retained.
The Kunhai Kingdom controls the south, east, and north of Kunhai, a total of four lands.
Chili State officially became a vassal state of Chu, and the war between the two countries ceased.
At this point, in the southwest, the Chu State occupied one county and ten prefectures in central Guizhou, and took Kunhai and Chili as vassals, opening up one county and two countries in total.
The Great Chu's conquest of the southwestern Yi lasted for one year and ten months and officially came to an end.
