On December 10th, there was a light rain in Jinling, which looked a little cold. The leaves of the big trees on both sides of the city's avenues had also withered. However, countless people, scholars, businessmen, and the children of the powerful officials in the city came to visit today. out.
The originally shady city became very noisy.
On both sides of the spacious street, groups of elite soldiers formed a human wall. Behind the human wall were many ordinary people, who had received the news. Your Majesty has pacified the Central Plains and won a complete victory. Today he is returning to the DPRK from the Central Plains.
Among the more than two million elite soldiers who followed Wang Jing in the Northern Expedition, many of them were from Jinling. As the capital of Daxia, the capital had a large number of elite soldiers whenever there was a military recruitment.
Their families and relatives are spread all over Jinling. Whenever news of the victory of the army comes out, many people in Jinling cheer because the victory of the army means that their family members in the army can ensure the greatest possible safety.
At the dock outside the city, the officials of Daxia, led by Shen Yi, Bu Zhi, and Xie An, came with a guard of honor to welcome Yu Zhou.
Woohoo.
Along with three horns, ships appeared on the river in the distance.
Wang Jing is wearing golden armor and has an extraordinary majesty. Gao Xi, Yu Yunwen, Yang Kan and others are lined up on the left and right.
When his figure appeared, the people in the darkness in the distance suddenly let out loud mountain shouts and shouted long live. In an instant, the entire Jinling was immersed in cheers that soared into the sky.
Yu Xu, Di Qing and others who were disembarking from the boat in the distance saw this, their eyes moved slightly, taking in these situations, but they were not too shocked.
Because when the Eastern Han Dynasty sent troops to sweep across all directions, the people of Luoyang welcomed the Han army in this way.
"I respectfully welcome your Majesty back to the capital!"
After the cheers subsided slightly, Shen Yi stepped forward to salute.
Wang Jing waved his hand casually, without asking the ministers to be more polite. He gestured to the people in the distance whose voices had not yet stopped, and said with a smile: "When I was not in Jinling, you all, my beloved, were more troublesome."
Outside the city is not the place to talk.
Wang Jing and the others exchanged a few pleasantries before boarding the imperial banquet.
The canopy of flags and flags erected high up guarded the emperor's left and right, and his personal guards were leading the way. Wang Jing didn't bother to hold any ceremony outside the city, so he called many civil and military officials to return directly to the city.
After returning to the city, Wang Jing did not immediately summon his ministers to discuss government affairs, but took Zhen Mi back to the harem...
In the harem.
Da Qiao has been waiting for a long time with the emperor's eldest son.
I haven’t seen him for about a year. Da Qiao is as beautiful as ever. His son Wang Zhen looks like he is five or six years old. He is serious and like a little adult.
When Wang Jing got off the ship, Da Qiao knew that when the emperor returned, he would be accompanied by a woman, and this woman was a peerless beauty of his own generation, Zhen Mi, known as the Goddess of Luo.
Da Qiao doesn't have many negative emotions. As a queen with her eldest son by her side, her position in the palace is unshakable.
Not to mention Zhen Mi, even if Diao Chan, known as one of the four beauties in history, entered the palace, Da Qiao would not be afraid.
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In Jinling City, some soldiers who returned with Wang Jing dispersed and returned home. The originally lively situation in the city became even more lively.
The results of Daxia's Northern Expedition were exceptionally great, and they fought all the way with more victories than defeats, or in other words, only a handful of defeats.
Many people are very interested in the process of the Northern Expedition. They want to know the detailed achievements of Xia Army during this process and how Xia Army defeated powerful enemies.
Many of the powerful children who followed Yang's army on the expedition returned home at this time, bragging about their achievements to their families.
Except for a few families whose husbands and sons died in the war, Jinling fell into a sea of joy.
It wasn't until the third day that the noise slowly subsided.
Wang Jing stayed in Kunning Palace for these three days, rubbing elbows with Queen Qiao, enjoying the Queen's service, and fell into a gentle country.
It wasn't until the latest military information sent by Gao Xi and Yu Yunwen that he walked out of the harem and returned to Qinzheng Hall.
The latest military information is similar to what was sent a few days ago, especially in Guanzhong. It is like before a storm comes, and it seems extremely dull. Both sides are silently accumulating strength.
They will not rashly start a war before gathering enough strength.
On the other hand, in Hebei, the Tang army went all the way north and finally attacked near Youzhou. Li Mulianpo and the others were not weak in ability, but they were unable to defeat four opponents with two fists. The Tang army had famous generals such as Li Jing, Li Ji, Su Dingfang, as well as Li Cunxiao and Li Xiaogong.
In addition, the Ming army suffered a disastrous defeat and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses lost could not be recovered in a short time. Therefore, on the battlefield, Li Mulian was retreating steadily.
In order to fight against the Tang army, Zhu Di even recalled Zhao She who was resisting the Jin Kingdom in the east, and gathered all the elites in Youzhou to defend Youzhou.
The cavalry of the Kingdom of Jin took advantage of the fight between the two tigers and dispatched cavalry to sweep the eastern part of Youzhou.
"Without foreign aid, if you defend the city to your death, you will lose if you defend it for too long!"
Seeing this, Wang Jing couldn't help but feel pity for Zhu Di. He was one of the most wise kings in history, but it was a pity that he rose to power too late and did not have many talents under his command.
Based on the current situation, Zhu Di can probably persist for two months at most. Two months later, the Youzhou Ming Army will become a historical term.
"Li Tang pacified Hebei and captured Youzhou. If he can digest both places, his strength will catch up with ours and become our biggest opponent in the fight for world hegemony."
"Next, our government wants to stabilize Qingqi with the Central Plains, and Li Tang wants Yang to consolidate Youzhou, Hebei. Whichever of us can take the lead in digesting the territory will be able to take the lead."
Gao Xi said in a deep voice.
In the Qinzheng Hall, apart from Wang Jing and Gao Xi, there were only a few important ministers from the three provinces including Shen Yibu Zhao and Xie An. The military generals did not participate in these meetings.
"Yes, but the one who takes the lead must be our dynasty. Li Tang is two months behind us, and there are Jin cavalry in the east of Youzhou. It is not that easy to stabilize Youzhou!"
Bu Zhi said with a smile.
Everyone was discussing the situation in the world with each other. Wang Jing listened and flipped through the information in his hands.
Generally speaking, among the major dynasties in the world of China, the Daxia Dynasty was the first to end the war and enter a stage of recuperation, and it was the best among the dynasties.
Other dynasties all had their own problems and were stuck in wars with no way out.
The worse the opponent's situation is, the better it will set off Daxia.
"By the way, I originally ordered the Ministry of Industry to go all out to refine the flying boat...how many flying boats have been refined now?"
Wang Jing suddenly asked.
The Privy Council has jurisdiction over the military manufacturing of the Ministry of Industry, so Bu Zhao stood up as a representative and replied: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry has refined more than 8,000 flying boats. Since the materials previously accumulated have been exhausted, the Ministry of Industry has temporarily stopped refining. system."
There are more than 8,000 flying boats, each of which can carry hundreds of soldiers.
So many flying boats are enough to carry all the current combat soldiers, guard soldiers and even patrol soldiers of the Great Xia Dynasty.
The materials for refining the flying boat, among which the keel needs to be based on the skeleton of a monster beast of level 7 or above. A flying boat represents a monster beast of level 7 or above...
The Demon Suppression Division has been killing monsters and beasts in various places over the years, and most of the materials accumulated have been used on the flying boat.
If you want to increase the number of flying boats, you need the Demon Suppression Division to continue to work hard in the next time to hunt the monsters.
The price Daxia paid was worth it.
"More than eight thousand flying boats can allow our army to quickly mobilize troops to border towns with Jinling as the center...can directly drop elite troops, food and grass...With these flying boats, Daxia's control over the local area can be increased several times! "
Wang Jing had a smile on his face and was very satisfied with Bu Zhi's answer.
Before the Great Xia Dynasty conquered the Central Plains, its territory was already very vast. From Yiling in the west to Jinling, it was thousands of miles away. From the border in the south to Jinling, if you did not take the waterway, it would take dozens of days just to travel.
Once there is a problem in the border town, if you want to mobilize troops for support, you will not be able to arrive in a month or two.
The larger the territory of a dynasty, the greater the cost of governance.
Many dynasties in history, even the most powerful Han and Tang Dynasties, were unable to rule for a long time after expanding westward and controlling the Western Regions. After ruling for several decades, they lost these territories due to the decline of national power.
Unless later monarchs were willing to lose territory, they would really be unable to bear the cost of rule. There was something going on in the Western Regions, and if they wanted to mobilize troops and transport grain and grass from the Central Plains, the cost involved would be astronomical.
If those dynasties in history had flying boats that could control the sky and fly into the sky, then things like dispatching troops and transporting food would no longer be a problem.
"Now that the flying boats have been refined, we thought about it and selected a place in the Sifangbian Town of Daxia as a garrison for the flying boats. These flying boats can also carry cargo in normal times, increase revenue for the national treasury, and can be deployed in wartime Soldiers, horses, food and grass, reduce consumption!”
Wang Jing ordered casually.
Gao Xi, Bu Zhi and others responded immediately.
Wang Jing regarded the flying boat as the aircraft of the original world and later generations.
Well, actually the functions of the two are similar. Aircrafts can be used for both military and civilian purposes, while Daxia's flying boats can be used for both.
"Your Majesty, I have received a military report from Hanzhong. The intelligence said that Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty, created a magic circle that can detect the movements of flying boats through the fluctuation of the breeze between heaven and earth..."
"I believe that our government should also create similar means just in case."
Gao Xi seemed to suddenly think of something and reported it quickly.
"Well, leave this matter to the Privy Council. You send people to the Ministry of Industry and Daozhengsi, and let the Taoist priests of Daozhengsi come up with ways to study it."
Wang Jing said immediately.
After talking about a few things in the Qinzheng Hall, Wang Jing did not continue to discuss government affairs with everyone, but kept looking through the records of the Jinling ministers' handling of military and political affairs over the past year.
All major events were reported to Wang Jing by the officials in Jinling who did not dare to make decisions without authorization.
But there are still many matters, both big and small, that Jinling Court itself handles.
Wang Jing could delegate power to his subordinates to handle these matters, but he could not remain ignorant and truly became deaf and blind.
Sometimes, if some small things are not handled properly, they will slowly turn into big problems.
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December 20th.
Some soldiers of Daxia's Northern Expedition began to gradually return, and the five major camps in Qingqi, Xiangyang and other places in the Central Plains were formally established. In addition to Yue Fei as the general manager of the Henan camp, Qi Jiguang temporarily served as the general manager of the Jinan camp.
Now that Li Tang's main force is fighting in Youzhou, there will be no pressure on Qing Qi in the short term.
Therefore, Qi Jiguang's main task in Jinan is not to guard the border, but to train troops! It specializes in training young men recruited from Qingqi and Qi Dao, as well as Bianliang and other places in the Central Plains, as well as soldiers drawn from captured soldiers of Cao Wei and Eastern Han Dynasty.
Daxia's elite soldiers could only guard the Central Plains for a while, and the important task of defending the northern territory required northern soldiers and horses as the main force.
Han Xin, Yang Su, Han Qinhu, Murong Shaozong...
Except for a few who temporarily stayed in the north, most of these generals returned to Jinling with their troops.
The Northern Expedition was a complete victory, but the imperial court had not rewarded him for his merits.
Wang Jing had specially ordered the rewards for the lower-level soldiers to be distributed as soon as possible. Each soldier received a sum of money, and those who performed meritorious services could also be rewarded with profound cultivation methods.
With military merit, there is a channel to the top. As long as an ordinary soldier has enough talent and enough luck, it is not difficult to become a Qianhu or guerrilla general by exchanging military exploits for training methods and resources.
Even generals with mixed numbers have some hope...
The soldiers who received the reward immediately took the money home and prepared to have a good year. The pensions and posthumous titles for the soldiers who died in battle were also completed later.
The ninth-level generals who died in the Xia army during the Northern Expedition were all posthumously granted titles ranging from third-rate to first-rate uncle.
It can be regarded as living up to their contribution to Daxia.
However, the generals headed by Han Xin and Yue Fei have not yet received their rewards. Although Yue Fei's general manager of the Henan camp had the intention of raising merit, it was not a real reward.
For example, Han Xin and Yue Fei were the two chief generals of the Northern Expedition. Han Xin, who had accomplished the task of destroying the country, could be directly granted the title of County Duke and the rank of Duke. Yue Fei can be granted the title of first-class marquis...
For the rest, generals who perform well can get knighthoods.
Jinling City, Murong Shaozong's residence.
Murong Chong, who followed the Western Route Army in the Northern Expedition, came to visit him immediately after returning to Jinling.
After seeing Murong Chong again, Murong Shaozong's eyes moved slightly.
Murong Chong, who used to be extraordinarily handsome but had a slightly feminine temperament, seemed to have changed a lot. His aura became much deeper, more like a battlefield general, and his eyebrows became more serious.
These chilling auras have driven away all the previous femininity.
"I heard that after you went into battle, you were the first to get there many times and made a lot of contributions. You performed very well! With this reward, you can at least get the title of first-class general!"
After Murong Shaozong asked his servants to serve tea, his eyes showed appreciation.
"First-class general... I won't even be able to get a third-class soldier for the achievement I made in being the first to ascend?"
Murong Chong was slightly dissatisfied.
In his mind, he was also a relative, and his sister entered the palace and became His Majesty's concubine... With such a relationship, he did not receive any extra preferential treatment.
If I had known this, I would not have sent my sister to the palace in the first place. I would have allowed my sister to marry other powerful generals in Daxia so that they could take care of me...
Of course, Murong Chong just complained.
If he really goes back to the past, he will send his sister to the palace, and his sister Murong Zhi will enter the palace, so that they can gain a foothold in the Great Xia Dynasty and will not be suppressed by other powerful officials.
He understands the truth, it's just that people's hearts are not enough.
(End of chapter)
