"In today's Chao Kingdom, the capital of Chao City and the other sixteen counties within the protection of Chao River are still owned by Chao Bo. The remaining ten counties have now been replaced by the legitimate sons of the great nobles of various countries. For example, the Young Master Si of the Wei family , the young master of the Han family is Fei, the young master of the Zhao family is Wuxie, and the young master of the Zhao family is Quliang..."
"The prefects of the seven counties west of Chaohe have now been replaced by Wu people, and the internal county magistrates are also constantly changing."
"In the past three years, the two counties among the seven western counties that directly belong to the Chao Kingdom have been replaced by people from the Wu Kingdom."
"The remaining five counties belonging to the nobles have also been suppressed by Xiang Liu for various reasons. Now, only one county is still in the hands of the Qing clan, and the remaining four counties are basically in the hands of the Qing clan. It can be considered as belonging to Wu State."
"In other words, six of the seven counties in the west have already belonged to the state of Wu. The most important thing is that the west is bordering the state of Wu."
"So, now these six counties have been completely occupied by the State of Wu, and the nobles in them have been directly moved to the State of Wu, turning it into a white land. The nobles of the State of Wu have also been moved over. These six counties can now be regarded as It’s Wu’s territory.”
"This approach of Wu State makes the nobles of Chao State very uneasy. Therefore, the other three major clans have started to contact us. However, it is difficult to say whether these clans are trustworthy."
"The Qing clan of the six northern counties is the Wang family. The Wang family was swept away by the Taiping Taoists three years ago. At that time, many high-ranking officials in the six counties were killed."
"Now Wang has started to contact us. It may be sincere or it may be false. You can't say for sure."
"There is also the Li family in the Seven Counties in the West. They have a long history, but now they have been beaten into dogs by the Wu State. They have the possibility of surrendering to us, and they also have the motive to cooperate with us, but again, they also have betrayal Our possibility.”
"There is the Zhang family of the Qing clan in the four southern counties. According to intelligence, after learning about the fate of the seven western counties, the Zhang family has begun to secretly collude with the Yue State and plans to take the four southern counties to join the Yue State. Now it has been frequent There are nobles from the Yue Kingdom appearing in the four southern counties, and the two parties should be negotiating the price, but it is obvious that if we don't take action, these four counties will belong to the Yue Kingdom."
"Perhaps inspired by the Zhang clan of the Qing clan, the Wang clan of the northern Qing clan also began to contact Xu State. This is six counties, not a small number, so Xu State also urgently mobilized two Huang-level Taoists. The soldiers and several ministers are here."
"Chaohe River is an ellipse, not to mention the twenty-six counties inside it."
"The four southern counties have been targeted by the Yue Kingdom. The person responsible for this matter is Shang Dafu Wenzhong, who defected to the Yue Marquis three years ago."
"Wen Zhong was previously the Wancheng Order of the Chu Kingdom. His strength reached the level of Prime Minister early. He is also a Taoist priest. He is an experienced, powerful and intelligent opponent."
"Later, he felt that the politics of Chu State were dark, and it was impossible for someone with no background like him to be a prefect, so he came up with the idea of leaving Chu State."
"Shaobo Fan, the governor of our jointly governed county, is a good friend of him. It's just that Mr. Shaobo chose our place, and his culture chose the country of Yue."
"After Wen Zhong went to the Yue Kingdom, he was highly regarded by the Yue Marquis Gou Jian, and he was granted the title of Shang Dafu not long after. At that time, Wen Zhong had not made any achievements, and he directly became the actual title of Shang Dafu. The fiefdom has a county, and this county is also famous as a prosperous place."
"With this kind of kindness, there is no possibility of winning over Wen Zhong."
After hearing this, everyone knew what was going on.
You definitely can't win over this kind of person.
If he was a loyal person, he would not be able to rebel even if he died directly.
If he is not a loyal person, who would dare to use it?
Gou Jian was so kind to you, but you sold him out in the blink of an eye. Who dares to use you? No one dares!
Having said this, Xiao He nodded slightly, and a map appeared in front of everyone.
There are dozens of colors on this map.
Among them, the color of the four southern counties is the same as that of the Yue Kingdom, which is black. The six northern counties have the same color as Xu State, which is green. The seven western counties have the same color as Wu State, which are red. The color of the sixteen counties surrounded by the Chao River is all yellow, which is the color of Chao Bo. As for the remaining ten counties, the colors are different.
"Now Wen Zhong has brought several ministers and dozens of doctors to the border. Once there are changes, he can go to the four southern counties as soon as possible."
"In other words, if we want to acquire the four southern counties, we must be prepared for Yue's intervention. At least we must be prepared for Wen Zhong and his masters to take action?"
"Should we eat Wen Zhong and the accompanying masters? If we eat them all, how will Vietnam react? Will the scale of this war become bigger and bigger?"
"It is true that we have the final say when the war starts, but do we also have the final say when the war ends?"
"Although the Yue Kingdom is not as powerful as the Wu Kingdom, it is still stronger than the Chao Kingdom. There are more than 200 counties in the country. However, the Yue Kingdom is densely forested, with water veins everywhere, and there are many monsters and ghosts. Although the area looks very large, There are more than 200 counties, but many counties only govern two or three counties, and the actual population is small."
"There are even many counties that are co-governed by demons and are in a strange symbiosis."
"Although there are more than 200 counties, on average, a county may only have a population of four to five million, and the total population may be just over 10 million."
"More than ten million? Isn't that too little? Our Yancheng has absorbed the savages from the entire nest country, and now the total population is 24 million."
"The current population of the twenty-six counties surrounded by the Chao River is about 30 million."
"If you add the seven counties in the west, six counties in the north, and four counties in the south, there will be 15 million. Calculated in this way, the total population of Chao country is nearly 70 million. The Yue country also has more than 200 people. What about this county? Is the population too small?" Jun Weiyan asked directly. He rarely cared about the situation abroad. He just subconsciously compared it with Chao Country and felt that the population of Yue Country was small. unusual.
Xiao He glanced at Jiang Hua and replied directly: "This is actually a lot. A small population is normal. A county like Chao State has an average population of less than one million. In core counties, a county has a population of two million." , is a very small minority.”
The area is large and basically undeveloped. Monsters and monsters are everywhere. Development is too difficult and it gives people headaches. This is the current situation of Yue country. To put it harshly, it was a piece of bad land, the kind that no one in history wanted to develop.
Of course, not only is most of the territory of the Yue Kingdom poor, but the same is true of the Chu Kingdom.
The territory of Chu State is the largest in the world in terms of area. Compared with the area of the entire Central Plains combined and the area of Chu State on the map, it is hard to say which one is bigger and which one is smaller. The entire south is the territory of Chu State on the territory. According to the division of the Central Plains, Chu State now has thousands of counties.
However, in most counties, there may be only one county, and the other areas are full of monsters, water ghosts, mountain gods, etc. everywhere.
Think about it, a good place like Yecheng is now occupied by water ghosts and demon gods. The local people have to make offerings to the demons. It is estimated that they will have to wait until Ximen Bao takes office before they can kill the demons and build Yecheng into a food base. , built into the important place of Wei family.
"The reason why Chao Kingdom is what it is today is mainly because the first generation of Chao Bo personally evolved his true form and used the power of heaven and earth to open up the Chao River. Then he opened up six major tributaries based on the Chao River."
"The Chao River is directly connected to the Yangtze River and is considered a major tributary of the Yangtze River. The Chao River has opened up six more tributaries, two of which run across 26 counties, and the remaining four tributaries are in the southeast and northwest."
"Everything in the Chao Kingdom now revolves around the Chao River."
"From generation to generation, the entire Chao Kingdom has been well developed. Especially after the death of the first generation of Chao Bo, the Chao Kingdom's national strength was weakened and it had no energy to continue to develop. Even many of the original territories were taken away by Wu and Xu. "
"With no other choice, we began to actively reclaim the original land. A large number of demons and ghosts were eliminated, and a large number of terrains were reorganized directly using Taoism. That's why we have the current nest country, with plains everywhere, and the demons are compared with other countries. Up, there are really very few.”
"However, there is actually no need to worry too much about Yue."
"The Chao Kingdom and the Yue Kingdom are not bordering each other. There are large jungle swamps in between. These jungle swamps have not been fully developed and there are many monsters in them. If they are all developed, we can probably get two to five counties. However, it has not been developed yet, so the Yue Kingdom There is no border with these four counties, and even if Wen Zhong has extraordinary abilities, he can only lead a few masters here."
"So, the four southern counties are not a big problem. Unless one day, we continue to expand outwards and completely open up the jungle, then the country of Vietnam will directly border us. However, that will be a long time ago."
"However, I still suggest that things should not be done to death. If possible, try to let them leave after defeating them. Of course, if Wen Zhong can't see the situation clearly, then we can only deal with business affairs and treat them as enemies."
Having said this, Xiao He pointed to the west on the map: "Wu is the biggest enemy!"
"The State of Wu has directly brought its own army to the seven western counties. The remaining six counties of the seven counties each have a yellow-level Taoist soldier from the State of Wu, and every prefect is a minister of the State of Wu. Prime Minister, they are genuine, powerful Prime Ministers, not parallel imports like Hu."
"Moreover, Xiang Liu and Prince Wu Hou Fu Chai are also in Chao City. Once the war starts, they are likely to take action directly."
"At that time, we will have to face two first-generation monarchs whose strength has been suppressed. However, this is something we will have to face sooner or later."
Having said this, Xiao He looked at Wu Qi and Lin Er, and then at the creation Qinglian and Changkong Taoist beside them.
Soon, Yancheng will have two innate beings, one innate spiritual root and one spiritual treasure.
Such power is no longer considered weak!
Even the Wu Kingdom can touch it within the formation!
"However, the Wu Kingdom is powerful. I heard that Wu Hou Helu followed the path of pure blood. Now he is not far away from the first Prime Minister Liu. Although Wu Zixu is from Chu, he is now wholeheartedly assisting Wu Hou Helu. The first-generation monarch and the Xianren Tianren are also extremely powerful."
"And this Xiangliu, it is said that he is the younger brother of Wu Hou and the uncle of Fu Chai. Fu Chai himself was also the first monarch."
"In addition, Mr. Changqing is training troops in the Kingdom of Wu. He is training prefecture-level Taoist soldiers."
"The Kingdom of Wu has a profound heritage. These are already the five first-generation monarchs or immortal beings. Who knows how many more spiritual treasures and spiritual roots the Kingdom of Wu has hidden?"
"Once the overwhelming power of the Wu Kingdom comes, can we really stop it?"
"Consider defeat before winning. Have you ever considered this most extreme situation?" Jun Weiyan looked at Wu Qi and then at Xiao He and asked directly.
Like Jun Chengyu, Jun Weiyan also slowly had the idea of retiring.
The main reason is that he can't keep up and he doesn't want to drag down Yancheng, so now Jun Wei Yan is slowly handing over military matters to Wu Qi and letting Wu Qi take charge. And Wu Qi did not live up to the trust of Jun Wei Yan, and Yancheng's military capabilities did indeed achieve a huge breakthrough.
"Thinked about it!"
Having said this, Wu Qi also stood up. He tapped the void lightly, and a larger map appeared.
"The State of Wu borders the State of Yue, the State of Chu, and the State of Xu."
"Wu is the target of Jin's wooing. Its main function is to sneak attack Chu from behind when Chu attacks the Central Plains, so that Chu can't do its best."
"The State of Wu has always played this role very well, so even though the State of Wu was just a group of savages and barbarians, after the State of Wu recognized the surname Ji as its ancestor, the State of Jin held its nose and recognized it, even if the State of Wu Many people in the country have tattoos on their bodies and have strange hairstyles, but they also gritted their teeth and recognized it, directly completing the transformation from barbarians to Central Plains princes. This transformation, despite the efforts of the Chu State for so many years, was not overtaken by the Central Plains princes. accept."
I remember that the Chu State was very powerful back then, but when the Chu princes went to the Central Plains to participate in the large-scale princely celebrations held by Emperor Zhou, they were still insulted and looked down upon.
Finally, Chu State figured it out and stopped being a dog licker!
Then he focused on improving his strength and beat the princes of the Central Plains howling.
He often encloses the territory for himself and calls himself the King of Chu.
There is a reason for this. The former Chu lords were like boiling sheep, willing to lick dogs, but the emperor of Zhou and the princes of the Central Plains were unwilling to accept the Chu state.
In fact, Emperor Zhou felt very bitter about this matter.
Your Chu State has such a large territory, even if it is vast and sparsely populated, the larger the territory, the greater the population.
With such strong strength, if Chu is suddenly admitted into the circle of the Central Plains princes, who will have the final say among the Central Plains princes in the future?
Anyway, the Jin State stated that it would never accept the barbarians of the Chu State!
"But it was precisely because of this that Wu was hated by Chu."
"In order to attack the Wu State, the Chu State strongly supported the Yue State, which made the Yue State become stronger and stronger, from a small vassal to a big vassal today."
"There is no need to say more about the hatred between Wu State, Chu State and Yue State."
"So, if we can really kill a first-generation monarch, there is nothing to worry about."
"If the State of Wu comes out in force, we really can't stop it, but the State of Yue and the State of Chu are not dead. Then we will die together with the State of Wu. But is the State of Wu willing?"
"And if we only send one or two first-generation monarchs, we might still be killed by us."
(End of chapter)
