God Weird Fairy

Chapter 421: Using Force to Stop the Battle

Kan, Li, Zhen and Dui, the four dynasties stood on equal footing, but each had its own national conditions.

Li Chao corresponded to Nanzhou Xianmen, implemented the system of prefectures and counties, and turned the outer gate of Xianmen into an academy to educate the people.

The Kan Dynasty implemented the prefecture-county system, dividing the country into fourteen prefectures.

The eleven Yuezai Taoist sects each occupied a state as their place of teaching; then the three states bordering Li Dynasty, Zhen Dynasty and Dui Dynasty were where many side sects competed with each other, presenting a hundred schools of thought.

Each state has a high degree of autonomy, and one state is like a country. Therefore, the Kanchao practice world is also called the Northern Wilderness Brahma Kingdom.

Of course, all the states of the Kan Dynasty nominally respected the royal family and were closely united around Leizhou, which was under the jurisdiction of the royal family.

Getting back to the subject, what borders Lichaoyan County is Kanchao Yuanzhou.

Du Heng rushed to the border of Kanli and met Yuan Shida, the governor of Yuanzhou in Kanchao.

Leaving aside the red tape, Yuan Shida joked to Du Heng when he saw him, "Daoyou, August is the month of the pastor. Your country submitting a declaration of war at this time seems a bit disrespectful to the pastor."

This sentence, seemingly a joke, actually shows that Yuan Shida already knew that Emperor Li wanted to march north.

After all, Du Heng had only said that they had met here to discuss important matters, and did not mention the declaration of war.

The strong self-confidence revealed in Yuan Shida's words shows that he is looking forward to the battle between Kan and Li.

If we do not follow Nan Yi's method and simply think of being vague, it will indeed give Kan Dynasty a legitimate excuse to declare war and leave the dynasty.

However, the news that Nan Yi assassinated Emperor Li yesterday, or even that Emperor Li had passed away, should not have been reported back - as soon as Nan Yi took action, Lijing City was immediately sealed off, and the Wu'an Division activated a secret magic formation to intercept the transmission of news inside and outside Lijing.

Du Heng had to have the Lingxi Butterfly that had been reported in advance to keep in touch with Su Guang. Other means of transmitting messages, if the identity was unknown, would be intercepted by the secret-keeping array.

Therefore, the Kan Dynasty should not be aware of the latest changes in the capital city at the moment.

Du Heng thought so, and gently patted the imperial sword on his waist. He immediately took out a letter of war and handed it to the waiter beside him. He said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "Daoyou is right. Today we have an appointment to submit a letter of war to your country."

"However, submitting a declaration of war can only be regarded as a declaration of war. Agreeing on a time to start the war in advance does not constitute a formal start of the war. As long as the agreed time to start the war is not in August, it cannot be regarded as disrespectful to Sima."

The news of Kan Chao's detailed work was passed to the Kan Chao royal family, who then informed Yuan Shida.

Yuan Shida knew that Emperor Li was planning to march north, and he also knew that Li Jingcheng had activated the secret-guarding magic formation since yesterday and had not withdrawn it yet.

As he took the letter of challenge from the waiter, he thought to himself, "Oh? The war won't start in August? It seems that something unexpected has happened in the capital."

Then, he opened the gauntlet and took a closer look, and was suddenly stunned.

"There is a candidate for the Dali National Master, named Nan Yi, who wants to pass on his true qi martial arts to the Kan Dynasty. He will travel north on October 1st and tour the fourteen states of the Kan Dynasty. During this trip, he specially invites the heroes of the Kan Dynasty to fight in a martial arts competition, and the winner will be determined by purely worldly means."

"If we win, I hope Kanchao will open the door to facilitate the spread of Zhenqi martial arts in the Northern Wilderness."

"If defeated, I will promote steam technology in Lichao. It will be noted that the person who promotes steam technology is Taoist friend Jiadening from Kanchao."

Yuan Shida muttered, full of doubts.

Changing the time of war is normal. After all, declaring war only three days in advance is too hasty and easy to be criticized. Now it is more reasonable to declare war a month in advance.

But the spies had agreed to launch a northern expedition, but suddenly it turned out that the Li Dynasty's national master went north to visit Kan to fight with force, and he was a candidate for the national master. This was beyond Yuan Shida's expectations. He was ready for the war, but the Li Dynasty stopped the northern expedition? What does that mean?
At the moment, the Kan Dynasty also does not want a major war to break out. Instead, it wants to seize the time to innovate its armaments, and once its armaments advantage is completely consolidated, it will expand outward in one fell swoop.

However, Yuan Shida, as the governor of Yuanzhou, was a proponent of war and hoped to achieve military merits during his tenure rather than leaving them to his successor.

Therefore, for Yuan Shida, the emperor's intention to raise an army to the north was just like a blessing in disguise, it came at the right time.

As a result, the Northern Expedition turned into a military campaign from the south to the north? They also said that there were no taboos except for extraordinary means...

Yuan Shida was speechless.

Nan Yi wants to come to Kan Dynasty to promote his Zhenqi Martial Arts. If he takes the normal route, he will definitely be boycotted by the states in Kan Dynasty and will inevitably cede their interests.

However, Nan Yi submitted a declaration of war in the name of the country in a grand manner, and the governors of various states in the Kan Dynasty could not use some under the table means. It could only depend on whether the royal family of the Kan Dynasty would accept the challenge.

Nan Yi's revised declaration of war was not a unilateral declaration of war, but an invitation to war.

Yuan Shida could only report the contents of the declaration of war and wait for the next instructions from Kan Jun in Leiyin City, the imperial capital of Leizhou.

At that time, if Lord Kan chooses not to fight, then the original rash move of Emperor Li to forcibly issue an order to raise troops to the north will be easily resolved.

If Kan Jun chooses to accept the challenge, the battle between Kan and Li will turn into a battle between Nan Yi and the heroes of Kan Dynasty using Zhenqi martial arts. Nan Yi has stated that there are no taboos except extraordinary means, which implies that Kan Dynasty can use new armaments.

But what left Yuan Shida speechless was that even if Kan Jun agreed to Nan Yi's invitation to fight and competed purely with mortal means, it would not have much to do with them, the state herdsmen.

This means that no matter whether Nan Yiwu wins or loses in Kanchao Qunying, Yuan Shida and the others will not be able to achieve success or profit, and they will be kicked out from the beginning.

"Boring, really boring."

Yuan Shida grumbled to himself. Although he felt somewhat unwilling, there was nothing he could do.

Kan Chao knew that Emperor Li was going to march north because Emperor Li never thought of hiding the news. But the officials hired Nan Yi to assassinate Emperor Li in a secret way, so that no one would know about it.

Now, no one is clear about what happened in the capital. Although Yuan Shida is the governor of a state, he does not dare to act on his own.

He couldn't ask Du Heng about the specific changes in Lijing City, so he could only delay time and said: "This matter is of great importance, but it will take some time. Let me report to Lord Kan and wait for Lord Kan's instructions."

"Of course." Du Heng smiled, "Let's wait until September 1st and meet here again."

The Kan Dynasty also held a grand court meeting on the first day of every month.

Du Heng knew that the Kan Dynasty wanted to find out more about the situation after leaving Beijing before making any decision.

But September is still more than three days away, which is theoretically enough for the court to fully discuss and agree on the charter.

Du Heng decided to wait for Kan Chao's reply on September 1st, and Yuan Shida had no reason to delay any further.

Du Heng believed that in just a few days, Kan Chao would definitely not be able to find out the specific situation in Lijing City.

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(End of this chapter)