Since the Kingdom of Jin and the Great Yuezhi also ended up at war with Daxia, the atmosphere in the capital has become increasingly depressing.
Not to mention the Gong Gong princes in the court, even the ordinary people in the capital are all concerned.
Today's Daxia is under attack from the Three Kingdoms. If you are not careful, you will fall into an abyss.
And when the nest is overturned, how can there be any eggs? If you become a slave to the subjugation of your country, your life will be worse than that of a pig or a dog.
How could they not be afraid under such circumstances?
In the east and west houses of the Jia family, they were nervous and praying for Jia Huan.
In the Grand View Garden, Lin Daiyu had just worshiped the Bodhisattva, stood up and looked towards the south with worry in her body.
She really didn't know how Brother Huan was doing now, whether he was healthy?
In Yihongyuan, Tanchun had just finished copying a volume of Buddhist scriptures, put down his pen, and sighed slightly.
I don’t know what’s going on with Third Brother Huan in the southwest. Can he be injured while fighting on the battlefield?
In Rongguo Mansion, Aunt Zhao was deceived by Ma Daopo into taking 500 taels of silver.
He said that this silver was dedicated to the Bodhisattva, and the Bodhisattva would definitely bless Brother Huan to come back safely.
In the Ningguo Mansion, the girls such as Qingwen, Xiangling, Yuanyang, etc. have also lost their former liveliness, and are worried about the third master Huan every day.
Qin Keqing lost a lot of weight and his chin became pointed again.
On this day, outside the capital, suddenly there was a travel-stained and weathered messenger, riding a fast horse, heading straight for the capital.
This horse does not slow down when entering the city and does not avoid people.
However, the common people and pedestrians along the way gave way to him.
Having lived in the capital for a long time, they naturally knew that this was a special envoy delivering urgent news from eight hundred miles away.
In front of him, those who stand in the way will be killed, and those who obstruct him will be punished.
Daxia is now at war on three sides, and the situation is critical.
I don’t know what news this time will bring.
This special envoy entered the city from the south gate and should have brought news from the southwest.
In the southwest battlefield, the imperial court sent General Niu as the commander-in-chief and General Jia as the vanguard to rush to the southwest battlefield.
As soon as General Jia arrived on the southwest battlefield, he made plans to kill the enemy one after another. He hoped that this time he would still bring good news.
The next moment, the special envoy was heard shouting: "Good news! Good news! Great victory in the Southwest! Great victory in the Southwest!"
"General Jia's magic mirror burned grain and grass, and the Southern Barbarian King knelt down in fear and prayed for surrender! The Southern Barbarians surrendered! The Southern Barbarians surrendered! The Southern Barbarians surrendered!"
The Nanman surrendered!
General Jia's magic mirror burned grain and grass, and the Southern Barbarian King knelt down in fear and prayed for surrender!
Although I don’t know exactly how General Jia operates it, it sounds very powerful.
Of course, more importantly, the Nanman surrendered!
When the Nanman surrendered, the southwest battlefield was over.
Daxia will be able to withdraw all the troops from the southwest and devote them to the battlefield with the Jin Kingdom and the Da Yueshi.
Most of them will be sent to the Dayue clan.
Because the Jin Kingdom is full of cavalry, they come and go like the wind. When the Jin Kingdom sees that the situation is bad, they will flee quickly, and they will never be able to catch up.
It is too difficult to inflict heavy damage to the Kingdom of Jin.
In this case, it would be better to simply send these troops to the Great Yuezhi battlefield.
Da Yueshi's complexion is sharp and pale, and she is very empty inside.
Once the Daxia Red Flame Army arrives, they will definitely beat the shit out of them.
They even couldn't hold on until the Red Flame Army arrived.
I'm afraid that if they learn the news, they will rush to withdraw their troops.
The end of the Southwest War basically means the end of the Three-Front War, and the crisis faced by Daxia will collapse on its own.
How could such news not make the people of the capital ecstatic?
Within the palace, the Emperor's health was getting worse day by day.
Emperor Chongkang was anxious and seemed to be much older.
The three-party battlefield really put too much pressure on him.
And the pressure he endured was far more than that.
For Emperor Chongkang, there was far more than pressure from these three parties.
The traitor inside was what he feared the most.
This thief has been preparing for this for who knows how many years.
If he breaks out, I'm afraid Daxia will really suffer a catastrophe.
The huge pressure made Emperor Chongkang unable to sleep peacefully for more than a month.
But at this moment, Emperor Chongkang heard someone outside shouting:
"Great victory in the southwest! Great victory in the southwest! Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty!"
Hearing this voice, Emperor Chongkang, who was originally full of vicissitudes of life, could not help but feel refreshed.
He immediately said: "Quickly, submit the report."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Soon, Emperor Chongkang took the report and read it carefully.
Emperor Chongkang quickly finished reading the report, and then his hands couldn't help but tremble.
He couldn't help but read it a second time, a third time, a fourth time...
Immediately, Emperor Chongkang laughed loudly.
"Haha, good, good! You are indeed the pillar of talent that I have chosen! You are worthy of the Red Flame Army that I created with my own hands! Wherever the red flames pass, not even a blade of grass will grow! Haha, good! Good!"
"Come here, call the cabinet bachelor to come."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Soon, four cabinet bachelors were invited to the upper study room.
These four cabinet bachelors are headed by Zhao Heng.
The four cabinet bachelors had not seen a smile on Emperor Chongkang's face for a long time.
As soon as they entered the upper study today, they saw a smile on Emperor Chongkang's face.
This could not help but lift the spirits of the four of them.
Judging from His Majesty’s expression, there must be good news!
After everyone arrived, Emperor Chongkang directly handed the report to Zhao Heng.
"Zhao Aiqing, this is the report from the Southwest that was just delivered. Zhao Aiqing might as well take a look."
Zhao Heng nodded and took the report. After reading the report at a glance, Zhao Heng couldn't help but said with great joy: "Okay, okay! Great victory in the Southwest! Great victory in the Southwest! Jin Yu is really good!"
The other three bachelors were tickled by what Zhao Heng said. They hurriedly took the report from Zhao Heng's hands and watched it carefully.
After they finished reading it, they all smiled and cheered.
After a while, both the monarch and his ministers calmed down and felt happy.
Emperor Chongkang couldn't help but ask: "The four beloved ministers might as well discuss how to deal with the southwest."
"How should Jia Aiqing be rewarded? How should the battlefields between the Jin Kingdom and Da Yueshi be operated?"
The four bachelors are not of the same mind, two of them are reformists and two are conservatives.
Two of the conservatives were promoted by Emperor Chongkang.
Although Emperor Chongkang trusted Zhao Heng, he advocated reform.
But he could not allow the reformist family to dominate.
However, although these four people have different positions, they cooperate tacitly on matters that do not involve factional disputes.
The four of them were all people seeking the country, and they quickly gave answers to the four questions raised by Emperor Chongkang.
First of all, for the Southern Barbarians and the Barbarian King, the main purpose should be to maintain stability, and the Barbarian King can be named the King of Zhennan.
The Southern Barbarians were ordered to pay tribute to Daxia every year from now on.
As for the reward for Jia Huan, because Jia Huan's contribution this time is really too great.
His merits are enough to make him a public official.
However, the last time Jia Huan was granted the title of marquis, he was very reluctant. He was the champion marquis when Emperor Chongkang thought that Jia Huan was dead.
And if he is granted a title this time, then he will really have no title in the future.
This time, even Zhao Heng did not advocate for Jia Huan to be granted a public title.
Finally, after some discussion, it was decided to use this reward to Lin Daiyu.
As for the two battlefields with the Jin Kingdom and Dayuezhi, the main focus is still on peace.
Of course, times have changed.
Summing now is completely different from summing before.
Now that Daxia is seeking peace, the two sides are negotiating peace from an equal position.
For Daxia, what is needed most now is time.
As long as Daxia is given ten or eight years to develop, Daxia will definitely be different.
The discussion was finalized, and the four bachelors quickly formulated a decree and mobilized officials to take up posts in the southwest.
Then he ordered Wei Hong to stabilize the situation in the southwest and mobilized Niu Jizong and Jia Huan's troops to return to the court.
This time in the southwest battle, all the credit goes to Jia Huan and the Red Flame Army.
Poor Niu Jizong and the soldiers from the Beijing camp led by him, the war was over before they even arrived at the battlefield.
They really didn't even take a sip of the soup.
As for the battlefield situation between the Jin Kingdom and the Da Yueshi, there is no need to be too anxious at this time.
It won't be too late to make a decision after the news of the pacification of the southwest battlefield spreads.
There is no need to rush the eight hundred miles to issue the decree this time.
It will take about seven or eight days for the decree to reach the southwest.
The details of the southwest battlefield are slowly spreading in the capital.
Of course, this detail is actually a detail that everyone figured out on their own.
Its spread is much more exaggerated than in the southwest.
The name of the magical mirror in Jia Huan's hand is: Haotian Divine Mirror.
Jia Huan used the mirror to look at it, and a stream of heavenly fire immediately flowed out of the mirror.
In an instant, Nanman's food and grass ignited into a raging fire.
The Southern Barbarians, from the barbarian king to the barbarian soldiers, were all horrified.
They fell to their knees and shouted loudly.
This news was spread so outrageously that if Jia Huan heard it, he would probably scream "incredible".
Let us say that Jia Huan lived quite comfortably along the West Sea.
Xue Ding's health became worse day by day. He held a banquet for Jia Huan at home.
Jia Huan went to the appointment as scheduled and had a conversation over the banquet.
Jia Huan was astonished by Xue Ding's extensive knowledge.
Just Xue Xiaomei and Xue Baoqin followed Xue Ding, and the whole of Daxia was taken to six out of ten pavilions.
And Xue Ding himself traveled all over Daxia.
And we have trade relations with many countries.
Moreover, they even occupied an island as a transit point for their trade with other countries.
However, after the death of eldest brother Xue Ding, Aunt Xue, a woman, was afraid that the second wife would seize the family property of their first wife.
Therefore, he separated the first and second bedrooms, and took his children to the capital to join the Jia family.
As a result, Erfang's strength was greatly reduced.
In addition, Xue Ding became mentally ill after falling ill and was gradually giving up on the overseas islands.
After learning the news, Jia Huan couldn't help but look confused.
Unexpectedly, the second bedroom of the Xue family actually occupied such an island.
And he currently lacks such a place.
If he had such an island, he could move some Mohist disciples there and quickly carry out various researches.
And the development of various weapons can also be put on the agenda.
And through this island, we can conduct trade with overseas countries and earn a lot of profits.
At that time, you can also train an army that is only loyal to yourself.
It would be great if I could control the Xue family's island in my own hands.
But this was the first time the two of them drank together, so it was not good to bring up this issue now.
Therefore, Jia Huan kept this issue in his heart and only drank and discussed it with Xue Ding.
Although Xue Ding is well-informed, Jia Huan has experienced the baptism of the information explosion of later generations, and is no less generous than Xue Ding.
This conversation made Xue Ding admire Jia Huan even more.
On the second day, Jia Huan went back to invite Xue Ding.
Xue Ding went to the banquet with his two children.
It turns out that Xue Baoqin is actually his little crush, and Xue Baoqin likes Jia Huan's poems and articles very much.
I kept every article in my mind skillfully. In the past few days, I also asked Jia Huan a few questions, and the two gradually became familiar with each other.
A few days later, Jia Huan received an imperial edict, ordering him to return to the court with his troops after the chief official of Xihaiyanzi City took office.
There are still a few days until the chief official of this city takes office, so Jia Huan can rest here for a few days.
The worst offenders were Niu Jizong and the soldiers from the Beijing camp he led.
They were sent by the emperor to fight in the southwest, but before they arrived, the southwest was pacified by the vanguard officers.
Then before reaching the battlefield, we had to go back the same way.
His experience was so miserable.
Let's say that Jia Huan was quietly waiting for the official to take office in the city along the west sea.
During this period, he and Xue Tao had wine and banquets every day, and the two families soon became acquainted with each other.
Xue Ding's body was getting better day by day. Gradually, his daily walking was no different from that of ordinary people.
A few days later, the chief officer of Xihaiyanzizhu finally came to take up his post.
Jia Huan briefly exchanged words with him and then left.
Next, Jia Huan took the Red Flame Army and prepared to return to the court.
Xue Ding quickly proposed that he would follow the army and head to the capital.
This time, the Xue family really had to bring a lot of things.
When Xue Baoqin leaves the court, she will naturally have to take all her dowry with her.
In addition, when the Xue family goes to the capital, they naturally need to have some human connections, so they must bring some luggage with them.
From the west coast to the capital, it is thousands of miles, but the road is not smooth.
But it's different when you follow the Red Flame Army.
With the army here, no blind thief would dare to use their brains.
It's absolutely safe to follow the army.
After hearing Xue Ding's request, Jia Huan readily agreed.
Although the Xue family is following them, it will definitely delay their trip.
But this time when we go back, there is no time limit, so there is no harm in going slower.
Soon, the army moved out, and the Xue family followed behind the Red Flame Army.
Because the Xue family is following them, it will definitely not be as fast as they were before.
The journey is only forty or fifty miles per day.
More than ten days later, their group finally arrived in Yangzhou.
Once here, you can take a boat north and go straight to the capital.
However, the reason why Jia Huan came to Yangzhou was actually to meet Lin Ruhai.
Lin Ruhaitian was appointed as the censor of salt inspection in Yangzhou.
Because of her own reminder, Lin Daiyu wrote a letter home to Lin Ruhai asking him to be more careful.
Lin Ruhai must have listened, so the person who should have died long ago is now holding on strong.
Before leaving, Jia Huan promised Lin Daiyu that he would visit Lin Ruhai.
Jia Huan ordered the soldiers of the Red Flame Army to station outside the city, and he went into the city with ten personal guards.
Everyone in the Xue family also went to the city to rest.
Jia Huan rushed to Lin's house, presented a greeting card, and waited quietly.
Not long after, Jia Huan was invited in, and soon he saw Lin Ruhai in the back house.
Lin Ruhai's age is about fifty.
But his hair has turned gray and he looks very old. (End of chapter)
