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Chapter 582 Entrusting the Kings
Guo Jiajin, the military counselor, said: "Your Majesty, the water source in Kangju country is insufficient, and many places are covered by deserts. If our army marches on a large scale with tens of thousands of people, once the water source and food are lost, the consequences will be unimaginable. I suggest dividing the troops one by one. OK, so that if the front army encounters difficulties, the rear army can immediately support and avoid dangerous areas!"

Dingxi General Sun Ce said: "I am willing to lead the army towards Rome!"

General Zhou Cang said: "I would like to lead the army to attack the Yuezhi in the south!"

General Pingxi Chen Daodao: "I would like to lead the army to the west and chase the Huns!!"

Yuan Yao nodded, he already had an idea in mind, so he ordered someone to take out a simple map of the West. This map was made by combining some businessmen who had been to Rome and the European states in Yuan Yao's memory. There were only some rough outlines on it. But that's enough.

"In the past few days, I have also been thinking about one thing. I am going to the west, with a radius of thousands of miles. It is difficult to convey the military order in time, and the captured territory is mainly used for enfeoffment. Therefore, I decided to enfeoff first today. This is also beneficial to the actions of the troops!" Yuan Yao said.

"Your Majesty!! I don't mean that!!" Generals Sun Ce, Zhou Cang, and Chen Daosan were shocked when they heard the words, they looked at each other, and hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty!
"Your Majesty!?" Guo Jia also didn't expect Yuan Yao to make such a decision suddenly, but it seemed that Guo Jia couldn't find any reason to object except doubts.

"Don't worry about the three brothers, I sincerely want to give you a seal!! Hurry up and come over and look at the map together!" Yuan Yao said with a smile.

The three generals were stunned for a moment, not daring to get up, Yuan Yao had to order again: "This is an order, do you want to disobey my order now?"

Sun Ce, Zhou Cang and Chen Dao had no choice but to surround them according to their orders. Guo Jia and Yang Wu also surrounded them. Including Yuan Yao, a total of six people sat around the map.

Yuan Yao picked up a pen, circled a small circle on the map, and said, "This is where our army is stationed now, Lake Balkhash, to the south is Hoju, and to the east is Gyeongju."

Everyone nodded to show their understanding.

Yuan Yao directly drew a horizontal straight line leading directly to Rome. In addition to the land, this straight line also connected the Caspian Sea, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

"From here to Rome, even if you take the shortest road, it will take more than 1 miles, and it will take more than ten days to ride the fastest horse non-stop!!"

After finishing speaking, Yuan Yao picked up a pen and drew a vertical straight line, which is almost like a big cross with the horizontal straight line, dividing the entire West into four pieces!
"No matter what kingdom it was before, from now on it will be named Beizhou, Xizhou, Neizhou and Zhongzhou respectively. The Xizhou where Rome is located will belong to Bofu, and the Zhongzhou where Da Yueshi is located will belong to Yuanfu. The north of Kangju will belong to Shuzhi, and the farthest Beizhou will be divided equally between Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi!"

"I will make Sun Ce the King of the West, Zhou Cang the King of the Middle, Chen Dao the King of the Inner, Yuan Tan the King of the North, and Yuan Xi the King of Ying!" Yuan Yao said loudly.

Sun Ce, Zhou Cang, and Chen Dao were moved to tears when they heard the words, knelt down on the ground again, and thanked them loudly.

Yuan Yao smiled and said: "Don't be too happy, although I will confer you king, but these lands need you to conquer! And there is one most important task!! I want to build a road that can reach directly from here. The avenue on the westernmost coast! This avenue will be the dividing line of the four states, and within [-] miles from the north to the south of the avenue, it is under the direct jurisdiction of the royal family!"

The three generals were overjoyed and kowtowed again and again!
Yuan Yao also sighed in his heart, "This may be the best result for the second and third brothers. After all, if they stay in the Central Plains, they can only be a state shepherd at most. Why don't they stay in the West? They can help me Rule the West, and be king, and live a life like an emperor! The most important thing is that they can work harder to Sinicize the foreign races in the West for their own benefit!"

Transportation is undoubtedly the most important thing. Yuan Yao never wants to go forward with such difficulty after unifying the West. Building the avenue is only the first step. In the future, Yuan Yao will build a railway along this avenue. In the territory directly under the central government of Baili, the entire western economy will be concentrated in this avenue!
So, on the surface, Yuan Yao sealed off the west, but as long as this road is built and troops are stationed in sections, the whole west will still be in the hands of the royal family!

This avenue is not just what Yuan Yao said at present. In the future, after the unification of the west, Yuan Yao will continue to build the eastern section. From here, the eastern section will lead to the easternmost Pingzhou and to the east coast. After completion, the entire avenue will be more than [-] miles long!

The next day, after engraving the king's seal, Yuan Yao stepped onto the stage to seal the five kings. Sun Ce, Zhou Cang, and Chen Daojun cheered loudly, and they were crowned queens. Yuan Yao ordered his confidants to guard Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi's king seal Send it with An Sanyuan's heart.

Because Yuan Shang was the shepherd of Bingzhou, he was not crowned king, and the family members of the three Yuans also stayed in Bingzhou. In addition, each family had protons living in Pingyu City.

After being crowned queen, Sun Ce and Chen Dao successively led troops to the west, and Zhou Cang also led troops to the south at the same time.

The second year of Huaxia, April [-]nd

Zhou Cang attacked the Lan's City of the Dayue Clan, and in just one day, captured the Lan's City and welcomed Yuan Yao to settle in.

Hubiserga II, the ruler of the Guishuang Empire established by the Dayue clan, sent envoys to see Yuan Yao, sent a large number of jewels and beauties, and asked for peace with the Dazhong Empire.

Yuan Yao didn't agree directly, nor refused, but ordered him to wait for news.

Zhiyue secretly sent a report: Hupisaka II is incompetent, and the Guishuang Empire is powerful on the surface. It is one of the three major western powers along with Rome and Anxi, but there have been divisions within it.

Zhongwang Zhoucang said: "Your Majesty, although the Da Yue clan has declined, its strength cannot be underestimated, and the Da Yue clan has Han blood, the best way is to attack from within, as long as you can kill the king of the Guishuang Empire and The royal family, with the policy of recruiting security, can easily annex the Guishuang Empire!"

Yuan Yao also agrees with Zhou Cang's proposal, if he can conquer some of the Da Yuezhi people first, and then annex the Guishuang Empire, he can get the greatest benefit at the least cost.

More importantly, according to the news from the front line, the Huns are indeed implementing the tactics of Sanguang. Wherever they go, they not only robbed all the food, but also took away all the people, even if Yuan Yao's army wanted to There is no way to grow food.

Yuan Yao decided to let the Chinese army stop first. If they can easily annex the Da Yuezhi and rely on the food of the Da Yuezhi, all this will no longer be a problem.

Lan's City is located on the Silk Road, across the Congling Ridge, is Hezhou, where Xu Shu is leading the army.

"I pass on my decree to encourage all soldiers to take local women as wives during their garrison in Lan's City! But if they succeed, each will be rewarded with [-] silver coins!" Yuan Yao immediately decreed on the day after making the decision.

Yang Wu asked: "My lord, what should we do with the beauties that King Hupisaka II paid tribute to?"

Yuan Yaodao: "I'm worried that among these beauties there are assassins secretly sent by King Hupisaka II, but we must not reveal the news until we confirm it! After a while, you bring a few personal guards over, let's go test it out together!"

(End of this chapter)