Steel Dynasty - Chapter 618

[Chapter 617 The threat from the feudal lord]

PS: There is one more chapter. After yesterday’s single chapter, many readers raised their opinions. Snail admitted that the plot was a bit dull during this period, and Snail was also very anxious. Sometimes he even felt like he couldn’t start writing. However, Snail is also adjusting his state and working hard to write wonderful things.

“When did this happen?”

Sitting on the main seat in the main hall, Xiao Ming’s expression was as cold as water.

He had thought of this possible outcome when he decided to capture Jinling City. The purpose of the three kings’ participation was to weaken King Wei without making Xiao Ming too powerful. However, in two months, the Zhongnan Expedition conquered Wei. The thirteen states of the country finally made them realize the real threat.

“Your Highness’s envoys from the three kings have just arrived in Jinling City. Now Governor Niu has personally gone to Yunzhou City to reorganize the city’s defenses.” Pang Yukun’s expression was solemn.

Although he didn’t want to see the feudal country raging in war, he had to admit that these were troubled times, and only through war could Xiao Ming be able to control the royal power of the Great Chongqing Kingdom.

“I thought that they would come to Qingzhou after Jinling City was broken, but I didn’t expect that it was a full month late. It seems that they must have reached an agreement within this month.” Xiao Ming said thoughtfully.

In fact, he had his own considerations when he decided to attack Jinling City. One of the considerations was that the Japanese country was preparing to use troops against Goryeo. If so, the barbarians would inevitably be involved in this war. After all, Goryeo was now a vassal state of the barbarians, not the mainland. A vassal state of Chongqing.

Although he did not get the specific time for the war between Japan and Goryeo on the ship, according to the information provided by Wang Xuan, this time did not seem to be too long. By then, the barbarians might not be able to fight two wars at the same time.

If so, King Zhao and King Liang would not be able to get reinforcements from the barbarians in time. In this way, he would not be afraid of the coalition of the three kings.

After all, although they have the same idea on this matter, they are not monolithic and are very suspicious of each other. There is only one emperor of Dayu, and everyone wants to be the emperor.

“What His Highness said is absolutely true. It’s just a question of how we should respond.” Pang Yukun knew that war was unavoidable, so he could only take the initiative to deal with it now.

Through the war against Wei, Xiao Ming became stronger and stronger. It was for this reason that he became more confident, and the most important thing was that his eyes did not stay on the three-acre land of Dayu.

In this glorious era of exploration, his goal was the ocean and colonies.

Today’s Western countries are precisely because of the accumulation of later generations during the Age of Discovery. A large number of colonies have made white people the most widely distributed in the world today, so white people look down on other races so much.

Now that he has come to this world, Xiao Ming’s ambition is not just to fight among each other. What he wants is to build a huge empire that spans the continent and the ocean.

For him, it is necessary to end the domestic war as soon as possible so that the united country of Chongqing can unite with the outside world.

But he understood that this was a very difficult task. Princes with different surnames had ruled their own vassal country for generations, and the people were more loyal to the vassal king than to the royal family.

The only reason why he was able to easily occupy Wei was because of his strong military strength. On the other hand, King Wei and Xiao Ming were both members of the royal family. The people did not have much resistance to him and their will to resist was weak.

Moreover, he is a prince, and it is his destiny to inherit the royal territory.

But this is of little use when facing the other three feudal kings.

“We cannot react passively this time. King Zhao has just occupied Jianmenguan and has not yet established a firm foothold in Shu. King Shu’s strength is still there. Now we need to support King Shu.” Xiao Ming hesitated and said.

“Yes, if the King of Shu can restrain King Zhao at this time, the remaining King Yan and King Liang will be easy to deal with.”

Xiao Ming paced back and forth and continued: “You can take the armor and weapons captured from Wei this time. In addition, the king captured 8,000 matchlocks in the Battle of Ryukyu last time, plus the matchlocks that Luo Hong replaced, and sent them to the King of Shu. Of course, there are also export-type artillery, which will be given to Chu. The king’s artillery will be given to the King of Shu for the time being.

“Are you going to give me all 150?” Pang Yukun felt a little hurt.

“Give them all, you ask Li Kaiyuan to allocate some merchant ships, and there will be warships to escort these merchant ships to deliver weapons to Shu.” Xiao Ming’s idea is very firm. These things are basically of little use to him, but to the King of Shu Not necessarily. Now he only needs the King of Shu to hold off the King of Zhao. Even if he pays part of the cost, it is worth it.

Pang Yukun nodded. Among the three kings, King Zhao was the strongest. In his opinion, Xiao Ming’s decision was right.

He continued to ask, “If that’s the case, please delay for a while and let the envoys of the three kings stay in Qingzhou for a few more days.”

Xiao Ming laughed when he heard this. Pang Yukun sometimes showed his cunning side, and now the three of them The envoy is still in Qingzhou, so now we should use a delaying strategy.

The two agreed and Pang Yukun went back, when Xiao Ming fell into deep thought.

These vassal kings with different surnames have been inherited for as long as the Great Chongqing Kingdom. Being able to maintain their rule for such a long time shows that they are not fools. In his opinion, this delaying strategy can only delay the war for a month.

He may have to face war in a month. Among them, Yan is the closest to him, and facing Wei, which he has just occupied, is the direct threat he faces.

He believed that King Yan must have thought of him the same way now, and it was even King Yan who was planning this alliance, because once Xiao Ming was defeated, it would be King Yan who would benefit the most.

After all, King Zhao and King Liang were too far away from Wei and Qi. Thinking of this, he naturally aimed at King Yan as his first target.

With calculations in his mind, Xiao Ming thought of the envoy group he recruited some time ago. The purpose of this envoy group was Osman.

Although the Japanese might be able to contain the barbarian forces, Xiao Ming was still a little uneasy. For him, the real threat to the barbarians was the Ottoman Empire, because he learned from Yue Yun that the Ottoman Empire was now so powerful that even the West was afraid of it. point.

The war between the two never stops.

Thinking of this, he decided to move to Bowen College tomorrow to teach them some simple communication languages, and then let them dress up as merchants and take a Dutch merchant ship to the Ottoman Empire.

“Why did His Highness just come back and be busy with government affairs without taking a break?” Fei Yue’er entered the main hall at some point and saw Xiao Ming showing a smile.

Xiao Ming’s expression softened and he said, “There are some urgent matters that cannot be delayed.”

While speaking, he saw Fei Yue’er gently putting her hand on her stomach, so he asked, “What’s the matter? Is your stomach uncomfortable?” “

Your Highness, the princess is happy,” Xiaohuan took the initiative to help Fei Yueer.

“We’re happy.” Xiao Ming looked surprised when he heard this.

Since the last time Fiji and Pang Yukun mentioned this matter, he has not deliberately avoided it, and now Fei Yue’er is finally pregnant.

“How long?” Xiao Ming walked towards Fei Yue’er, and the smile on Fei Yue’er’s face became stronger and stronger.

(End of chapter)