At the beginning, I gave up my military power with a cup of wine, and I ascended the throne

Chapter 321: Zhenbei Hou is Critically Ill

"More importantly, most of the people from the two states have fled to Xiliang to settle down."

"In the past few years, the barren lands of the four states have been reclaimed, and the population is extremely dense. It is almost reaching its limit."

He said leisurely, "I have the right time, right place, and right people, so it won't be difficult to take the two states."

"We still have to settle the accounts."

She shook her head: "Let's first calculate the cost of sending troops, and then how long it will take to recover the cost of taking over the two states."

After all, Hexizhou and Juzizhou are not easy to defend. It is easy to take them, but if you want to defend them later, you must station a large army on the border. "

"Moreover, the two states are currently used as a buffer zone between us and the Northern Wei. If we swallow them, it means that Xiliang and the Northern Wei will have to go to war."

Miaoyu's worries are not unreasonable. It is not difficult to take Hexi Prefecture and Orange Island, but the difficulty lies in how to defend them.

And in this way, the battle line will be too long.

However, the benefits are also obvious. Orange Island and Hexi Province start from Qimen Pass in the west and end at Jubei City in the east. Under Xiao Han's command, the number of provinces increased from one province to six provinces.

He stood up, took out a map of Xiliang and Northern Wei, hung it on the wall, and looked at the two states.

"If we take over Orange Island, we will be able to control the import and export of the entire Western Region's trade routes."

Xiao Han stroked his chin, "Cut off the two east-west trade routes of the Northern Wei Dynasty and completely block it in the north."

Moreover, although Hexi Prefecture and Juzizhou have suffered from wars and have a declining population, they are extremely vast and have fertile land, with several large rivers running through them.

"Take it down, and it will definitely be exchanged."

"Although we will have a war with the Northern Wei later, the fact that one side is stronger than the other is weaker is equivalent to cutting a piece of meat directly from the Northern Wei."

"I'll go to the Military Affairs Department later."

Miaoyu nodded and answered.

"Hurry them up."

Xiao Han said, "Hurry up and calculate the cost. If it is feasible, draw up a combat deployment."

"it is good."

Miaoyu leaves.

After several years of recuperation, the warehouses were full, silver and money piled up like mountains, and the prosperity of the four states of Xiliang was almost catching up with that of Jiangnan.

A few days later, the news that Liu Xuanxuan had become the leader of Shadow Mountain spread back to Shuiyun Mountain. Almost on the same day, the Military and Political Department also came up with a preliminary battle plan.

After the autumn harvest, troops were sent out from five directions to attack Zangcheng, Jubeicheng, Shuoyin, Qimen Pass, and Shangdang.

Among them, the three armies of Jubei City, Shuoyin and Qimen Pass were the main attack, while the cavalry from Zangcheng and Shangdang made roundabout attacks.

Set up a pocket position in Orange Island and Hexi Prefecture. If the Northern Wei wants to send troops to rescue the two states, let them in first.

The two armies made a roundabout move, and after completing the encirclement, they simply closed the door and attacked the enemy.

With Qingzhou as a barrier, the army of the Central Plains court cannot threaten Xiliang for the time being, and a maximum of 400,000 of the 500,000 cavalry can be mobilized.

The Xiliang cavalry comes and goes like the wind, is as fast as the wind, and as swift as thunder. Moreover, the two states are flat, which is most suitable for cavalry to shuttle and maneuver.

If the Northern Wei did not send reinforcements, we would just have to pull out the nails, one city at a time.

In order to stop the 400,000 Xiliang cavalry, the Northern Wei would have to dispatch at least 600,000 elite troops.

After the battle deployment was made, Xiao Han was not in a hurry to deploy troops. The war would not start until after the autumn harvest and winter, so there was still a lot of time.

If we act too early, it will easily arouse the vigilance of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

"The curtain is about to be fully opened."

Xiao Han stretched lazily, talked to himself, and looked outside. The vast sky and earth seemed to encompass the entire world in those eyes.

"Your Majesty, it's not good."

Doctor Zhao, the doctor of the palace, came in in a panic: "Master Xie is dying."

His face changed slightly, and then he quickly followed Doctor Zhao to the front yard, where many maids and servants had already gathered.

Since the beginning of the year, Xie Xuanli's health has been getting worse day by day, and Lin Che has sent people to various places to look for famous doctors many times.

But they were helpless.

"What's the situation?" Seven or eight famous doctors recruited by the palace stood outside the room, each with a serious expression.

"Not too optimistic."

The Palace of Medicine Master Sun Yuanqing shook his head.

"Tiger idiot."

"The end will be here."

"Take people to seal off the entire front yard. No one is allowed to enter or leave without my order."

"promise."

Soon, groups of black-armored guards came with swords and blocked the front yard, but the servants did not panic at all.

This small scene couldn't scare them. They were still orderly and did what they were supposed to do.

Xiao Han strode into the back hall. Inside the room, there were two charcoal stoves burning with surging heat. On the large bed, Xie Xuanli's face was full of wrinkles, his eyes were closed, and his brows were furrowed.

Sitting down at the head of the bed and taking the patient's pulse, I felt increasingly heavy in my heart.

"Since yesterday, Lord Xie has been in and out of coma. His internal organs have been stretched to their limits."

Sun Yuanqing frowned, "At most, I only have half a day left."

"Is there any way to wake the Marquis up?"

Xiao Han passed a wisp of true energy into Xie Xuanli's body, protecting his heart meridian, and turned to look at the Palace Master of the Medical Palace.

"Have."

Sun Yuanqing nodded, took out a roll of silver needle ribbon from the box on the table next to him and spread it out. There were densely packed silver needles of different lengths on it.

Other famous doctors and skilled practitioners came over to help. They uncovered the quilt on Xie Xuanli's body. Mr. Sun Yuanqing gave him an injection in his philtrum, and then he gave him injections in many other major acupoints, including the temple and Baihui point.

This set of invigorating skills is Sun Yuanqing's unique skill, which can stimulate the last bit of potential in the human body. It is said that no matter how serious the illness is, even if the King of Hell comes, he can stop it for two hours.

After Sun Yuanqing gave the acupuncture, heat came out of his head and he even looked tired.

"Thank you sir."

Xiao Han clasped his fists.

Sun Yuanqing injected 180 needles, and each needle was of a different length. Not to mention others, even Xiao Han couldn't see it clearly.

What he is good at is killing people. To kill someone, he only needs to hit a vital point with enough force to kill the person.

But saving lives requires more than a hundred acupoints, and there can be no mistakes.

"Your Majesty, you're welcome."

Sun Yuanqing wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a wry smile, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the remaining two hours."

"Is there any way to extend this time a little longer?"

He smiled bitterly and asked, "It happened suddenly. The children who were delivering letters to various places were on their way."

"If you want to change your fate, you have to be a prince."

Sun Yuanqing looked hesitant.

"Sir, please solve my doubts."

he said quickly.

"Your Majesty, take a drop of my own blood, supplemented by my own true qi, and it can extend your life for several days."

Sun Yuanqing replied.

"it is good."

Xiao Han agreed without even thinking about it.

"But if you do this, the prince will be weak for a while."

Xiao Han is a genuine immortal on earth with a strong physique. Even with his blood essence and his true qi, he can only extend Xie Xuanli's life for a few days.

It can be seen how rotten his body has become.

(End of this chapter)