After Zhao Wuxie returned to the Zhao family, he soon began to take charge of the entire Zhao family.
It is estimated that after waiting for another two or three years, after he is completely familiar with everything about the Zhao family, it will be time to start reforming. After the reform, the Zhao family will definitely become stronger.
Zhao Wuxie, Wei Si, and Han Fei all planned this.
Zhiyao, as the ruler of the Jin Kingdom and a powerful master, is now planning the Jiuding of the king.
There is a Jiuding in the Jin State, but during normal times, this Jiuding is mainly placed in the Ancestral Temple of the Jin State. It will only be taken out for use when there is a big war. It is not used at ordinary times.
Every time this Nine Cauldron is used, the monarch, the ruler, and the ministers must all agree. The process is very complicated.
However, Zhiyao is now interested in this Jiuding.
The line of monarchs in the Jin Kingdom has long been in decline. It has not been in power for a long time. The ministers have always been in charge of the Jin Kingdom. The people of Jin also suffered heavy losses. The clan of Jin was very strong at first, but later became weak after being rectified by Ji Chong'er.
Later, when the Six Ministers came to power, the clan was never stronger.
At this time, it’s not surprising that Zhiyao would put her focus on Jiuding.
All we can say is that everyone is becoming stronger in their own way, and everyone is working hard to become stronger.
This is an era where if you don't work hard, you will go backwards, and you will face the risk of annihilation of the country and the genocide. The whole world is involved.
This is actually the reason why Gou Jian wanted to secretly attack the state of Wu.
The State of Wu is getting stronger, and the State of Wu is the enemy of the State of Yue. If the State of Yue does nothing and just sits back and watches as the State of Wu becomes stronger, will the State of Wu still let the State of Yue go when it becomes completely powerful in the future?
Gou Jian felt that it was very foolish not to pin the future destiny of Yue State on the kindness of the monarch of Wu State.
Therefore, he would rather train the soldiers himself and fight with Wu State, so that whether he wins or loses, at least he will decide it.
Everyone is working hard, and Jiang Hua will certainly not relax.
So, he came to the front line to inspect.
The front line here is not really a front line. It needs quotation marks. Jiang Hua came to an island six thousand miles away from the coast of Qi State. Here he met Zhou Lang, the vanguard of this battle and the current actual person in charge of the naval battle. and Sun Lang, listening to the two talk about their recent experiences.
"My lord, please first report on the recent battle situation."
"It's been almost a year since we started a war with the Tian family."
"The Tian family didn't take us to heart at first, at least not very seriously. But after losing a few times, especially after we killed a demon god who had colluded with the Tian family, the Tian family reacted immediately. "
"When Tian became interested, his combat effectiveness obviously increased to a new level. Various secrets were used to cover up, forge secrets, and set up traps."
"Although we currently dominate the sea, the Tian family uses various means from time to time to sneak attack and assassinate us."
"Sometimes, the Tian family will artificially create some ferocious beasts. Most of these ferocious beasts have flaws and are short-lived, but they are very powerful in the sea. They are a specially prepared ferocious beast weapon. They are large in number and have great combat effectiveness. Rich and strong in naval combat.”
"These ferocious beasts, water-attributed magic is basically useless against them. Apart from low intelligence and short lifespan, they have no obvious flaws."
"Perhaps this is Tian's true heritage, the technique of preparing ferocious beasts."
"Judging from the ferocious beasts we have encountered in the past six months, Tian's hands do have stable, targeted mutagenesis technology for ferocious beast transformation. Moreover, this technology is relatively mature. As long as the resources are sufficient, it can be used on a large scale. Scale production.”
"Currently, we have encountered tens of thousands of these ferocious beasts in the sea. Although they have all been wiped out, our losses are not great, but our gains are not much."
"After dissecting and studying these ferocious beasts, some gains have been made, but not much. The core technology may not be in the ferocious beasts."
"At this stage of the war, it has become a pure war of attrition."
"Ever since we wiped out more than half of the navy, Tian has stopped sending men to fight with us. Instead, he has been sending ferocious beasts to attack this sea area."
If you don't deal with these ferocious beasts, then the ferocious beasts will go crazy in the ocean and eventually affect the sea area of dozens or hundreds of miles in radius.
Even when the beast's lifespan is exhausted, its blood will pollute the entire sea area.
Tian made it clear that using this method is disgusting to Yancheng. Don’t you want maritime trade? Then I will destroy this sea area. Can you save it?
Destruction and destruction are much easier than creation.
I don’t want this sea area anymore, and neither do you!
Sun Lang continued: "In addition to naval battles, sometimes there will be land battles, and they will try to capture cities and territories, and then plunder the population and resources."
"In the beginning, we had a lot of success. We moved many county towns and entire county towns away."
"But after Tian came to his senses, he directly took the initiative to shrink the county seat. Now he has even banned the sea. All the county towns, towns, and villages that are thirty miles away from the coastline have given up."
"Furthermore, the Tian family has also learned from our investigation methods and set up all-round 'eyes' near the sea. Sometimes our fleet has been discovered by them before it even lands ashore."
"Then, a large number of masters came directly to fight with us."
"Actually, it doesn't matter. There aren't many living people in our battleship anyway. Most of them are battle puppets and talismans. But as we fight, it becomes a war of attrition."
"What's more important is that the Tian family has already completely controlled the entire Qi Kingdom. Every spiritual energy and every inch of land here has been practiced by the Tian family. This feeling becomes even more obvious after landing ashore."
After thinking about it, Sun Lang opened up his memories from a few months ago and said seriously: "At that time, I could clearly feel the malicious intent above my head."
"It's as if the whole world is rejecting us. Once the soldiers are alone, it is easy to fall and choke on the water. But fortunately, we don't have many soldiers and there are even fewer alive, so even in a hurry , the losses are also extremely limited.”
"However, the whole world is rejecting us. Everything around us regards us as intruders. It is as if the world has come to life and actively hates us. The overall strength has been seriously affected."
"This is one of the most powerful foundations of a truly great vassal state." Jiang Hua said directly.
The State of Qi is not a big parallel import like the State of Yue that was forcibly brought up by the State of Chu. The State of Qi is a genuine powerful country with a solid foundation. It has been a powerful country since the Taigongwang era and has been strong until now. It has been able to keep up with every reform.
Even with today's Qi Refiner reforms, Tian has not missed it.
"The real big vassal states, or the real powerful countries in today's world, have completed their domestic sacrifices. The entire country is like a kingdom of gods. The civil war is okay. Once foreigners or other countries' armies enter, it will be a disaster. If you wait for someone else, you will be discriminated against by the entire country, and you will naturally be looked down upon by the world around you.”
"Of course, there is a price to pay for doing this. Normally it won't be like this. But if you are pushed hard, you can go to a more extreme level."
It's like the God of Death is coming, there are crises everywhere, and people will be gone with just a random accident.
As the army marches, meteorites fall from the sky, or there is a sudden earthquake on the ground. There are ten thousand ways to kill foreign enemies.
"Moreover, the master of the country can temporarily unite with the entire region after paying a price. The rulers or princes after the alliance can mobilize the power of the entire country and the entire mountains and rivers in a short period of time, but the cost is very high, and Usually it can only be effective against invaders, not during a civil war."
"This is also one of the ultimate trump cards of the princes. It's just that the princes or rulers will not do this unless it is absolutely necessary and the country will be destroyed and the family will be destroyed."
"In addition, except the Chu State, the Chu State's territory is really too big. The Marquis of Chu simply does not have enough energy and time to train the entire Chu State."
"Not many can completely train an entire country."
"Of course, although many countries cannot practice the entire territory, it is not difficult to practice the capital and its vicinity."
So, when some princes were beaten near the capital, they ran away without saying a word. What was going on in their minds?
Stop looking, I’m talking about you, Lord Chu!
The area near Yingdu has long been transformed into a small world by the Marquis of Chu. If you, the Marquis of Chu, work hard and follow the Tao with your body, you won't be afraid even if Sun Wu brings earth-level Taoist soldiers. If you go head-to-head with him, who is afraid of whom?
At that time, even though Sun Wu had endless strategies, it was not easy to make a move when facing an opponent like this who could only fight head-on.
Therefore, high-level officials all over the world know that it is a joke for the little Wu State to want to destroy the Chu State!
The Chu State has so much heritage, is it comparable to the Wu State?
How many counties and counties has your Wu Kingdom completely conquered now?
There is also Yue State. The annual income of Yue State is already tens of trillions, but the countries in the Central Plains are not very envious of Yue State. In other words, they are somewhat envious of Yue State, but the degree of envy is not very deep.
Because the countries in the Central Plains have a long history and a long history, from generation to generation, they have already completed the sacrifice of the entire mountains and rivers.
This is why, among the wars between the Central Plains countries, there are rarely wars to destroy the country. They usually occupy a few cities today, and then occupy another city after a period of time, biting the bones bit by bit.
However, it is also very expensive to practice the entire mountain and river all the time.
Therefore, after the decline of some Central Plains countries, they did not practice the entire mountains and rivers for a long time, and eventually this trump card disappeared.
Really poor!
No money!
Over time, you can only practice some key places. Elsewhere, turn a blind eye.
Another example is the State of Lu. Originally, the entire State of Lu was sacrificed.
However, after a series of political struggles and a series of incompetent administrations, the country of Lu is now divided: other countries are a whole, and they are also a whole after the sacrifice. The State of Lu is a whole on the surface, but even the sacrifice A big project like heaven and earth is divided into four, and so many resources are spent in vain. When it comes to really fighting against Qi, it means nothing.
Even now, the State of Lu is still divided into four, there is no unified sacrificial practice, and Confucius is not able to speak well. Who asked Confucius to be reasonable?
"It doesn't matter, what we lost is just some money, and Tian's loss is the entire mountain and river. If this consumption continues, the Tian's will be the first to be unable to survive." Jiang Hua said.
Zhou Lang also nodded and drew a map of Qi State casually: "Today, the Tian family has a quarter of the army in the country. Apparently, three of the first generation have been attracted by us to the border of Qi State. Here they are with us. A long confrontation.”
"Qi is also very rich, so they should be able to last a long time in this battle."
"Therefore, I plan to expand the scale of the war of attrition. In addition, we can also take a multi-pronged approach and increase our lobbying efforts against Lu and Yan to strive for the last three kingdoms to conquer Qi."
Speaking of this, Zhou Lang concealed his secret, pointed to a certain place on the map and said: "This used to be the territory of Xu State, but now it is the territory of Wu State. This place borders Qi State."
"When the battle between Wu and Chu reaches a critical moment, we will tell Wu that the army will pass through Xu's old territory to attack Qi. We hope to be able to use the passage."
Once the Wu State borrows the road, after the battle with the Qi State is over, they can occupy the old territory of the Xu State when they turn back.
There is no need to find a reason for Yancheng to attack Wu State. Yancheng and Wu State already have enmity. Back then, Jiang Hua used secret techniques as a Taoist priest to defeat Xiang Liu, which was famous throughout the world.
Therefore, no matter when Wu Guo and Yancheng fall out, or Yancheng and Wu Guo fall out, no one is surprised.
But if the Wu State did not borrow the road, then Yancheng could openly occupy Xu State's homeland, and then go to attack Qi State.
All for the purpose of conquering the evil Qi State. Lu State and Yan State will definitely express their understanding and support for this behavior.
For the sake of the overall situation, Wu Guo will not make the situation so ugly by then.
"Okay, the Three Kingdoms are going to conquer Qi, and we have a head start."
(End of chapter)
