Alien Arms Empire.

In Wuyang, the capital of the Qin Kingdom, there was a joyful scene in the royal palace.The state of Qin has achieved staged victories in the war against the state of Shu, and at the same time the trade route between the Tang Empire and the state of Qin has been restored. This is definitely a double blessing for the state of Qin.

But Qin Duo, the king of Qin, was in a bad mood because he was affected by two things. The first thing was that the Tang Empire was clearly capable of solving the problem of transportation lines, but it chose to let Qin take the risk of attacking Shu. It made him feel that things were not as simple as they seemed; the second thing was that the border dispute with Chu State in the north of Shu State had indeed planted some hidden dangers for Qin State.

The first thing was what Qin Duo and his confidants realized afterwards: the civil war in the Great Hua Empire cut off the trade route between Qin and Tang, but in fact the Great Tang Empire has always been able to solve this problem.

As long as the Tang Empire is willing, it can launch missiles to attack the city in advance, and then force the Dahua Empire to restore the railway transportation line-just like it did a while ago.

But the Tang Empire did not do this in advance. Instead, it pretended to be deaf and dumb, and let Qin solve the problem of transportation lines by itself, which eventually directly promoted a series of decisions by Qin to declare war on Shu.

This is tantamount to saying that the Tang Empire is forcing Qin to declare war on Shu, and it is tantamount to saying that the Tang Empire participated in Qin's strategic decision to conquer Shu.

Decision makers in any country will be afraid of this kind of thing happening: other countries can deeply influence their own country's strategic decision-making. Doesn't this kind of thing mean that they are being led by others?

What Qin Wang Yingduo cared more about was actually the various meanings behind this incident: What was the reason why the Tang Empire allowed Qin State to invade Shu State?What did the Tang Empire really want to gain from the Battle of Qin and Shu?
Although the Tang Empire seemed to have revealed its intentions by asking for Nanshan Port afterwards, Qin Wang Yingduo always felt that things were definitely not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

He suspected that the Great Tang Empire must have some shady secret hidden in the war that forced Qin to fight against Shu.

Another thing is also related to this war. Zhang Xuan, Qin's frontline commander, was greedy for credit, and advanced about 70 kilometers more than expected, occupying a large area of ​​Shu territory that should have belonged to Chu.

Ying Duo's immediate reaction was to order Zhang Xuan to withdraw from these areas immediately, but Zhang Xuan sent maps of these areas and his own explanation.

From the report, it seems that these areas should not be given up, because the areas occupied by Zhang Xuan are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and they are a good barrier.If you want a stable border, you really should hold these areas in your hands.

Chu State didn't have any serious strength to take back these areas. Qin State's troops were stationed on the mountain. Even if the Tang Empire's troops attacked in person, it would take a lot of effort, let alone Chu State with low combat effectiveness?
Relying on the Chu State itself, it is very difficult to recover these lands from the Qin State's tiger and wolf army. In theory, the Tang Empire must come forward.

Ying Duo was also mentally prepared. If the Tang Empire really came forward to reprimand Qin, he would take the initiative to withdraw from these areas and calm down the matter.

But what Qin Duo didn't expect was that the Tang Empire pretended to be deaf and dumb on this matter, and did not respond to Qin's provocation.

The high-level analysis of the Qin State believes that it may be because the Tang Empire is unwilling to get involved in the war for the vassal state, and at the same time, it has not made a strategic preparation for war, so it has adopted a policy of appeasement in this matter.

Although Ying Duo thinks this analysis is very reasonable, he still thinks that the occupation of the land of Chu State is like planting a mine for himself, which might detonate at any time.

But the situation of victory is in front of us, and Qin State has indeed won an unprecedented victory: not only has it completed the strategic goal of invading Shu State in the first stage, but it has even restored its trade links with the Tang Empire.

This series of great victories also gave birth to Qin's ambitions. Those who were familiar with the decline of the Great China Empire immediately connected the Great Tang Empire with the Great China Empire.

A newly rising empire has begun to corrupt and degenerate. They think they are invincible, but they have begun to hate the cruelty of war from top to bottom.The powerful empire began to avoid wars, hiding in its huge territory to divide interests...

Frankly speaking, this script is too familiar. Whether it is Zheng Guo, Qi Guo, or the most typical Dahua Empire, which one is not prosperous and dying?
As a spectator, many people in the state of Qin feel that they are still spectators, watching the rise and fall of the Tang Empire: seeing him build a tall building, seeing him entertain guests, seeing his building collapse.

The Qin State is completely different, because their country's economy is not good and the geographical location is not good enough, so they have a sense of crisis from beginning to end, and they are all in a state of destruction if they do not strengthen themselves.

Therefore, they have been very vigilant and worked hard all the time, so Qin will be the victor in the end!
Driven by this kind of thinking, Qin State has been immersed in an optimistic atmosphere recently: they believe that the occupation of some land in Chu State is a beginning, the beginning of the rise of a Great Qin.They should make persistent efforts to push Daqin to the top.

The Great Qin Empire...Frankly speaking, it was a dream that even Yingduo was tempted by.How many Qin people have fought for it all their lives, and now it is really in front of them.

Who can not be moved?Who can resist such a temptation?Qin Duo couldn't, so he acquiesced in Zhang Xuan's greedy advance and did not take the initiative to return Chu's territory; so he sat and watched Qin's troops go south and continued to attack the Shushan defense line.

These things are actually beyond the scope of the previous negotiations between the Qin State and the Tang Empire. At that time, the Qin State told the Tang Empire that it only needed a freight route bordering the Chu State, but now the expansion of the Qin State has exceeded this guarantee.

But more than two months have passed, and the accountability of the Tang Empire has not come for a long time, as if the Tang Empire did not know what Qin did.

In fact, Qin State also tried it. They asked their domestic newspapers to report the victories in some areas, so as to test the reaction of the Tang Empire.But the Tang Empire still didn't ask about this matter, and even the trade between them was not cut by half.

Sometimes, courage and ambition are indulged in this way: Qin regards this compromise as the cowardice and incompetence of the Tang Empire.

Of course they knew the strength of the Tang State, but they generally believed that it was precisely because the Tang Empire was rich and wealthy that they were unwilling to continue fighting, just like the Great Hua Empire back then!
Wuyang City was decorated with lanterns and festoons today, because the main force of the Qin State going south surrounded another Shu State army that was fleeing south in front of the Shushan formation. Fifty thousand troops fell into the encirclement of the Qin State. For a long time, I honestly surrendered yesterday.

So far, the Qin army has almost wiped out all the troops of the Shu State south of the Shu Mountain. They have gone farther and faster than planned!
Because Shu's defense line collapsed too quickly, many supplies were too late to take away, and all were left to Qin.The state of Qin can be said to have made a lot of money, and basically managed to support war with war.

In this state of mobile warfare, the Qin army suffered very little loss and gained a lot of supplies, so the Qin State was naturally more rejoicing, and the calls to continue fighting were even more clamorous.

Only Ying Duo knew that every step they took to the south might arouse the dissatisfaction of the Tang Empire.Even if such dissatisfaction is not expressed, it must exist.

In the future, even this future is today's afternoon, or tomorrow's morning: the wrath of the Tang Empire will fall on the head of Qin State, and maybe the entire Qin State will be overthrown as a result.

Therefore, at the banquet celebrating the great victory, Ying Duo was not in high spirits. He said a few words to his confidants casually, and then returned to his bedroom, where he sat in a daze.

Now only he knows how much pressure is on his shoulders. He is really afraid that in the process of repeatedly testing the bottom line of the Tang Empire, he will wake up and hear the news that the Tang Empire has declared war on Qin.

At this moment, the door was pushed open from the outside, and a woman came in, and the maid who followed her was holding a food box in her hand.

"Father." The woman has a graceful figure, she walks like a fairy, and her voice is melodious and sweet. Ying Duo's mood improved a little when she called her father.

Seeing his daughter, Ying Duo immediately showed a smile on his face, pointed to the position beside him, and said in a very kind voice, "Yue'er is here? Sit!"

As the only princess in the Qin Kingdom, Yingyue is really loved by all kinds of people.She herself is very outstanding, and her status is even more precious.

Because Qin State is located in the frontier, it has always been known for its strong military power, so the King of Qin has always been valued by the Great China Empire, and most of the time he is the marriage partner of the princesses of the Great China Empire.

The mother of this princess Yingyue was the daughter of a prince of the Dahua Empire. She was named a princess and married Yingduo at that time.Speaking of seniority, Ying Duo is even the uncle of Emperor Zhao Kai of the Dahua Empire, but no one dares to use this relationship casually.

It is precisely because of this relationship that the Qin State sent troops to help the Great Hua Empire and the Great Tang Empire in the battle.Of course, it's just that in that war, no one expected that the mighty Qin army would be pushed to the ground by the Tang Empire and beaten violently.

Yingyue took the food box from the maid, brought out the dishes one by one, and placed them in front of her father: "Yue'er heard that you were not full in the front hall, so I brought some. It's delicious. It's not good to be hungry, it will be uncomfortable at night."

Glancing at his daughter's face, which resembled her mother who died young, Ying Duo sighed, grabbed the chopsticks, pretended to be careless, and asked, "How are you thinking?"