My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 332 Aftermath of martial arts performance
The military exercise of the three armies of the Xia Kingdom in the Central Plains gradually passed. This novel and impressive thing spread through the mouths of the people. It also allowed the civil and military officials and aristocratic families in the Central Plains to understand more clearly and intuitively what the young emperor of the Xia Kingdom was holding. How terrifying the soldiers, horses and those warriors were.

This kind of military exercise that directly touched people's hearts was transmitted through various channels, and it also played a great role in promoting the surrender of the Central Plains. At least the big clans still under Su Chen's jurisdiction learned about the Emperor of Xia's hands through the mouths of their descendants who were watching the ceremony. After the army was more terrifying than the rumors said, some thoughts finally came back to the bottom of my heart.

The two big families who were originally close to the Northland, namely the Wang family and the Li family, who had had grain transactions with Su Ting back then, were the first to respond after Su Chen took over the Central Plains.

When the Xia Kingdom was first established, officials from both families who were brought to the court expressed their goodwill to Su Chen one after another.

The three armies of Luyang performed martial arts, and they also sent the younger generation of the clan to watch the ceremony. On the way back, they also wrote down what they saw and heard, and sent fast horses to send them home first.

The two families, who were already friendly to the Emperor of Xia Kingdom, naturally made a lot of articles, firstly to express their loyalty to Su Chen, and secondly, to enhance Su Chen's prestige in the Central Plains. This would have great influence on the future of both families. benefit.

Of course, there are still a number of Central Plains nobles who have openly surrendered. After all, after Su Chen established the country, the original civil and military affairs of the Central Plains court have basically become decorations. Everything is decided by the Northland court. This makes them and Su Chen The agreement reached turned into a piece of paper, secretly encouraging people to reject the Chinese New Learning and causing trouble.

However, as the deterrent effect brought by the military exercises began to continue in the Central Plains, many resistances became small and they could only criticize the New Deal in private.

But ordinary people do not think as much as those above. Many new policies in China are more inclined to the people. They will respect anyone who benefits them and allows them to live a good life. In addition, the government military system is becoming more and more mature and constantly improving. Now, many family members of the military have property in the Central Plains and have obtained the emperor's promise. Who dares to say that they are not guilty of Su Chen? They really dare to go out in groups to fight with others.

To use Li Shimin's original words, water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it.

Through this sentence, Su Chen also believed that the people are the cornerstone of the city, and if the foundation is unstable, the Great Xia will collapse.

"You have also seen my army. They will be stationed in the Central Plains for the time being, but it does not mean that they will not go north."

On the towering city wall of Luyang, Su Chen was walking in front wearing armor and dragging a white cloak. In the peripheral vision of the patrolling soldiers around him, they were a little surprised that there were two foreign generals following behind the emperor.

It is Tie Ya and Gu Duohun who have never shown up. They represent the [-] cavalrymen of the Shizhu tribe and the Luotang tribe, all the way across the state to Luyang. Recently, they have been seeing the most prosperous city in the Central Plains. , also on the city wall during the martial arts performance, watching all the troops under the Xia Emperor.

Every troop of soldiers and horses gave the two of them enough shock. After all, it was only the Youyan Army and the Tang Army that defeated them. The other four troops and horses had been stationed in the Central Plains.

If they had come together last winter, they would have been completely defeated in less than a month.

"When you two went south, how did you feel about the Political Affairs Department I set up on the grassland?" Su Chen stopped, stood in front of the Xuanchun Gate Tower, and turned his head to look at the two people who bowed their heads.

"Commander Zhang and General Geshu, the Great Khan, can distinguish right from wrong and are extremely fair to the tribe."

"Well, that's good. If Iron Buddha and Shi Zhuquan can't be broken, you can go to them. Of course, if it's not convenient for you two to come forward in private, as long as it doesn't affect the stability of Xirong, it's up to you."

Hearing Su Chen's words, Tie Ya and Gu Duohun looked at each other with a trace of hatred in their eyes.

"That's right." Su Chen interrupted the 'affectionate' look between the two, and continued to move forward with his hands behind his back, arriving at the stone steps below the city tower: "After you guys go back, tell Tie Fo and Xi Zhuquan to continue breaking up the relationship." The business roads of Qi and Liang belong to you. In the past two years, you must accumulate troops. I may need your troops then!"

"Follow the Great Khan's order!"

After walking up the last step, Su Chen stepped onto the carriage and looked back at the two people who were bowing and holding hands: "On the way back, I intercepted the team of the Liang envoys and killed a man named Li Renxiao. He came." Lu Yang, disrespectful to your Great Khan!"

"Yes!" The two shouted in unison again.

Su Chen nodded with satisfaction, got into the chariot and lowered the curtain. The cart pulled by nine horses drove away slowly. Dian Wei and Xu Chu led the armored soldiers to guard the left and right towards the imperial city.

Soon, two units of Western Rong cavalry stationed in the north quietly left at night and began to move northwest.

On May [-]th, the envoys of Liang State passed through Fengzhou and headed for Meizhou. They returned to Daliang along the same route they came from. They came with one man and two men, but now there are only two people left.

During the ten days of return, Ye Ci Nong Farewell and Xi Feng Renxiao didn't speak much, and they were mostly still immersed in the depressing atmosphere of Lishanba's death in the ring.

Knowing that the other party came with the intention of dying, Ye Ci Nongbie still hoped that he could go back alive. After all, Daliang needed such heroic people who would die generously.

It was a pity after all that he died just to destroy the prestige of the Xia Emperor.

"Sigh... I didn't want to think about it anymore. I finally took one back with me."

He sighed and said, Xi Feng Renxiao looked at him disdainfully, leaned against the compartment wall and closed his eyes, "It's not because of your merits that I came back alive." He said this, but he thought of Lu Yang's Xia Yanwu The strength displayed by the Chinese army and those generals made people feel chilling.

Just when Ye Ci was about to scold him, the escorting sergeant's voice sounded outside: "Envoy, a group of cavalry is chasing us!"

The faces of the two people in the carriage were shocked. The moment they got out of the carriage, the sound of horse hooves that shook the earth had spread, and what they saw was the sight of thousands of troops.

Tens of thousands of cavalry wearing fur coats stepped through the thick smoke and divided into five groups to surround them from the rear. When the dense group of cavalry saw this convoy, they raised their bows and arrows.

Whoosh whoosh—

Dense arrows instantly covered him with darkness from three directions. The guards in the team grabbed Ye Ci and said goodbye, and the two of them rolled under the car together.

Arrow after arrow struck the horses, carriages, and people pulling the cart with a "bang bang" sound. The panicked and vigilant soldiers outside were shot into hedgehogs by thousands of arrows in an instant.

"No...don't...ahhh..."

Xifeng Renxiao was a man of magic but no martial arts. When the arrows rained down on him, he got into the carriage and escaped the first wave of arrows. However, his exposed calf was still penetrated by the arrow. He covered his injured calf and He wailed in the car, and was immediately dragged outside by Tie Ya who jumped on the carriage.

"Xifeng Renxiao?"

"Yes... no..." Xi Feng Renxiao nodded first, thinking that maybe someone came specifically to see him, he hurriedly denied it. At this time, he only had one thought in his mind.

If I had known that the other party was so stingy, I wouldn't have shamed the Xia Emperor in the Jinluan Palace.

Thoughts briefly drifted through my mind.

What answered him was that the blade in Tie Ya's hand cut off his head and threw it to the ground.

As for Ye Ci Ningbie who was hiding under the car, they didn't even look at it. After riding on their horses, they roared back to the north in groups.

The horse's hooves gradually moved away, and Ye Ci was dragged out from under the car by the guard. The old man looked at the dead-eyed head on the ground with an expression of horror, and closed his eyes in pain.

Later, they returned to the Liang Kingdom and informed Tuoba Kui about the martial arts performance in the Central Plains. The equally young emperor had no expression on his face. He just comforted Ye Ci and said goodbye, sitting in a daze in the study room of the palace. .

The Emperor of Qi, who was different from him in a daze, was in panic all day long when he heard the news that Li Xuanchong brought back. Although the Emperor of Xia would not use troops in the past two years, he would be the first to have an operation on him two years later. After all, among the four countries, Qi is the weakest.

Immediately, he quickly recruited his servants, wrote a letter of credence with his own hand, and sent it to Luyang to explain why he sent troops to help Wei.

Some people are sad, and naturally some are happy.

Compared to the Qi and Liang countries in the northwest, Wu and Yue had a different atmosphere. The Yue monarchs and ministers received Meng Dan's reply from Meng Dan's return, as well as a later handwritten letter from Su Chen, which made the Yue Emperor Meng Zhao happy. With the Xia Emperor With the guarantee, he could finally resolve the border dispute with complete confidence.

And the marriage of his daughter, the princess of Yue Kingdom, is also on the agenda.

There is also an atmosphere of joy on the Wu side. Last year, the failure to capture Qingzhou north of the Huaijiang River always needs to be blamed. The border dispute between the two countries has become increasingly fierce, which has become the reason for failing to capture Qingzhou. .

Nowadays, the situation there is getting worse and worse. Not only have the Wu people in Yue been not wiped out by Yue, but they have also trained an elite mountain army of 2000 people. The people in the court are likely to recruit these elite soldiers into the imperial court to expand the establishment.

The agreement with the Xia Emperor became their motivation to promote this matter.

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On May [-]th, the princess of the Yue Kingdom was still on the way. The merchant ships of the Wu Kingdom docked at Suizhou Wharf and headed to Luyang to transport weapons and armor. At the same time, a reform in the Central Plains gradually showed its signs.

Jia Xu, Zhuge Liang, and Li Ru jointly launched a plan to draw out the firepower.

(End of this chapter)