nanming man

Chapter 973: Sun Kewang's Decision

Rising Dragon City, outside the main hall of Daxi King's Palace.

Hundreds of soldiers wearing breastplates and holding flintlock guns ran up the steps in front of the main hall, and stood on both sides of the hall, all with their chests up and their heads raised, looking mighty and extraordinary.

The soldiers of the Western Army were striking the ground with the butt of their flintlock guns in one hand, and the other was sticking straight to their trouser legs, looking extremely sharp.

In recent years, during the war in the Central Plains, Sun Kewang was in Tiannan, but he cultivated for a long time.

During this period of time, in addition to focusing on production and turning Annan and Champa in the south into granaries, he focused on improving the equipment and training of the Western Army and enhancing the combat effectiveness of the army.

Previously, the Western Army fought on the move without stable supplies, so it could not be called an army in essence, but a bandit.

Now the Western Army controls a large area of ​​territory, dominates the southwest, can be self-sufficient in food, has abundant copper and iron resources in Yunnan to build weapons, and has stable tax revenue to pay military salaries. In the sense of the country's army.

After the Western Army has evolved from a bandit to a country, the army can focus on training, and weapons and armor are also made by the Ministry of Industry. The combat power of the Western Army has been greatly improved.

The flintlock and plate armor were obtained by Sun Kewang when he attacked Lord Ruan. In recent years, they have been imitated vigorously, and a batch of equipped troops has been created.

It’s just that Daxi didn’t acquire Wei’s hydraulic stamping technology, so the manufacturing cost was much higher than that of Wei, and the output was limited, not enough to equip all the troops, only one or two elite soldiers, but enough for Sun Kewang to dominate the Indochina Peninsula.

At this time, the elite musketeers of the Western Army stood on both sides of the steps, and in the main hall stood the civil servants of the Western Kingdom, as well as neatly dressed generals.

Sun Kewang was wearing a khaki dragon robe, with a jade belt around his waist, and a winged crown with a luminous pearl on his head, sitting majestically on the throne.

At this time, Sun Kewang put his hands on the armrests of the dragon chair, stroked the dragon head, and stared outside. Then he saw a young official in a blue official robe with a black sand on his head walking along the steps.

The person who came was Chen Zilong's student Xia Wanchun. He was the No. [-] scholar in the fourth year of Jianzhang, and now he is a bachelor of the Imperial Academy from the fifth rank.

This time Xia Wanchun was on a mission. When he saw the soldiers of the Western Army, he was more surprised than surprised. It seemed that the Western Army's combat strength should be good, and he could be Da Ming's helper.

He sized up the soldiers of the Western Army, checked their equipment, and found that it was no worse than Daming's equipment. Then he strode into the main hall, glanced at the Xiguo civil and military soldiers on both sides, and then his eyes fell on Sun Kewang's face. He judged quickly in his heart that Sun Kewang was ambitious and had a high self-esteem, but he neglected righteousness and was short-sighted. To persuade him, except for the word "benefit", nothing else would work.

At that moment, Xia Wanchun came forward calmly, clasped his fists, and said loudly: "Xia Wanchun, I am ordered to come and pay a visit to His Highness!"

He is a gentleman, and most people call Gu the Great King, but he calls Gu His Highness, but Gu still likes to be a king, more domineering.

Sun Kewang stared at Xia Wanchun, and deliberately raised his voice, "I heard that the envoy came here to borrow food, and to ask Gu to attack the Wei army to rescue Nanjing?"

Sun Kewang's voice was so loud that it made people's eardrums buzz, Xia Wanchun's face remained unchanged, and he saluted: "Your Highness, the situation is so cold now, helping Daming is also helping His Highness himself, I think it is inappropriate to use the word "Qiu."

Sun Kewang was a little displeased, Nanming was still putting on airs for him at this point, so he sneered and said: "Gao Yihuan sent an envoy to bring books to Gu, and invited Gu to hunt Wuchang with him. Why do you want to help Ming?"

Sun Kewang said this to let Ming Ting know that he can cooperate with Gao Yihuan, so as to extort more benefits. At the same time, he also wanted to see the reaction of Nanming's envoy. If he panicked, it meant that Nanming's strength was indeed not good.

"Haha~" Xia Wanchun suddenly laughed and said, "Your Highness, why do you need to deceive me! The alliance between Song and Jin on the sea, the coalition forces perished in Liao, Liao perished, and Northern Song also perished. Southern Song united Yuan to exterminate Jin, Jin perished, and Southern Song also perished. The two Songs cannot be distinguished. With its own strength, the Northern Song Dynasty was not an opponent of the Liao Dynasty, and the Southern Song Dynasty was not an opponent of the Jin Dynasty, but he joined forces with a more powerful existence, which eventually led to his own demise. His Highness was driven out of Sichuan by the Wei thieves. It is expected that the Western Army is not the enemy of the Wei thieves. His Highness united with Wei If you destroy the light, you will not repeat the same mistakes."

The faces of all the civil and military personnel of the Western Kingdom in the hall changed, and Sun Kewang's expression also sank.

Xia Wanchun saluted and clasped his fists, and continued: "I think about it, with His Highness's wisdom, I will not fail to understand the truth. One strong and two weak, only when the two weak are connected can they fight against the strong. If the strong and the weak are connected against the weak, it must be The two weak ones are dead! I believe that now that there are three pillars, Wei is strong, and Ming and Xi are weak, it is for Ming and His Highness, and His Highness should help Daming."

Sun Kewang squinted at Xia Wanchun, and admitted that what he said made sense, "Lonely in the south of the sky, far away from the Central Plains, the Wei State has millions of troops, thousands of generals, and counselors like rain. Gao Yihuan swept the North, and now he has the power of a great victory." , the dragon and the tiger look at it, and the south is swallowed up. Even if the lonely king helps, can Nanjing resist Wei Guohu?"

Xia Wanchun said: "Although there are many thieves in Wei, the following are the ones who commit crimes against the superiors. The actions of the chaotic ministers are unpopular. Besides, the elite of our dynasty is still there, with an army of 40. It has the strength of Wuchang and the danger of the Yangtze River. Although it is not aggressive enough, it is more than successful. In the past Sun Liu's coalition army was only 70, and Cao Wei's [-] troops were defeated in the Battle of Chibi. The soldiers of Ming Dynasty and His Royal Highness combined are no less than the Wei army. Does Your Highness still dare to fight?"

Sun Kewang's heart was moved, but he still said: "In the past, Sun Quan helped Liu Bei because Cao Cao wanted to plot Jiangdong, and Sun Quan joined Liu to fight for Jiangdong. Today, the Wei State Tuming, not Tuxi, what is the benefit of being alone?"

Xia Wanchun said in a deep voice: "The high-ranking thief committed rebellion, pretended to be the emperor, watched his actions, strangled the Tianshan Mountain, and enshrined the Taishan Mountain, all because of a guilty conscience. In order to cover up his rebellious behavior, he has gained a wrong position, so he must be eager to build more meritorious deeds. If the Ming Dynasty is destroyed, the west will be destroyed, and the territory will be expanded to show its merits. Although Wei is trying to figure out the Ming Dynasty, he is also Tuxi. It is the benefit of His Highness to defeat the Wei thieves in attacking the Ming Dynasty and make the world a triumvirate! Besides, The Wei thieves attacked the Ming, and the main force was exhausted. The Western Army can take advantage of the emptiness to plot Shu, which is also in the interest of Your Highness! This is all I want to say, the chance of success or failure lies entirely with Your Highness!"

Sun Kewang pondered for a while, Gao Yihuan's position was wrong, in order to prove himself, he must want to be an emperor through the ages, and expanding the territory at that time must be one of his choices, so it seems that no matter how lonely the world is, it may not be safe.

Thinking about what Ming Chengzu did, conquering Mongolia and occupying Annan, he was almost certain that Gao Yihuan would follow the same routine, and even intend to surpass it.

"Haha~" Sun Kewang laughed loudly and said, "The words of the envoy made Gu Mao suddenly enlightened, and his lonely will has been resolved, unite Ming to fight against Wei, and destroy Gao Yihuan together!"

At the moment, Sun Kewang asked some more about Nanming's preparations for the war, and then sent someone to send Xia Wanchun to the post house to rest first, and discuss specific matters at another day.

After Xia Wanchun left, Sun Kewang summoned his subordinates and asked in a deep voice, "What do you think, Qing?"

Xu Yixian said: "Your Majesty, I think that the tripartite confrontation is like the Three Kingdoms. Gao Yihuan has a strong army and a strong horse, and can be called a strong Wei, while we and Nanming can be called Wu and Shu. Now Wei is strong, while Xi and Ming are weak. The two should unite to fight against each other. Wei. However, the envoys of the Ming Dynasty said so much just now, but they have not done us any good. Bashu is not in their hands anyway! I think that the two families are two families after all, and we are not ministers of Nanming. We want to support Nanming, but we can’t Give in vain."

Sun Kewang nodded, that Xia Wanchun was also very powerful, and he was almost fooled by him, "Mr. is right, there is food alone, Nanming has ironware, cloth, porcelain, tea, books and craftsmen, Nanming wants food, let them follow Exchange at the market price, and send some craftsmen and cloth over. In addition, they demand to send troops alone, so they must give another military expense."

Xu Yixian said, "I understand!"

(End of this chapter)