When Qi State was performing all kinds of big movements, Su Heng had already appeared on another island nation in the vast ocean.

This is the Kingdom of Zhao, which corresponds to the kingdom of Zhao Junwang, who was assigned the title of King of Zhao Jun, who was assigned to his seventh brother by Jiang Xiu, king of Xin Qi.

Qi is in the northeast of the Dashang Empire, killing Dashang in a straight line, and will first come into contact with Zhou State. Zhou State is the private land of gentry and powerful people in the eastern provinces of Dashang. Extremely hard, Zhumen wine and meat smelly while out on the road lie the frozen bones of the poor, which is the most authentic portrayal of Zhou, Wei and Ren.

The island country of Zhao Kingdom corresponds to the vast ocean of Dashang Northwest. If you sail all the way west from Zhao, you can also connect to the continent where the Roman Empire is located. After all, the planet Tianyuxing is a circle. of.

Zhao’s location, it takes a month’s voyage to go to Dashang, and the journey is twice as much as the schedule.

In theory, because of the close distance, it is difficult for this island country to break free from the control of the powerful coastal gentry of Dashang, but in fact, at this moment, Zhao Guo is staged a war of resistance in full swing, and this The war has been going on for more than ten years.

Several decades ago, Jiang Renmei, the first king of Qi, used the geography of Penglai Island and the original Ying Kingdom to be oppressed by the Two Great Empires gentry and nobles. The uprising started from a small soldier and became the new king all the way.

This incident brought great excitement to the ocean nations.

Do you think that no one in Wei Guo and Zhou Guo wants to imitate Jiang Renmei? No, there are too many people who want to imitate Jiang Renmei, but the biggest drawback of Wei and Zhou is that they are too close to Shang Tang Empire. The gentry and aristocrats along the Shang and Tang coast can dispatch their private soldiers to Wei as quickly as possible. Regardless of whether it is the deployment of soldiers or other materials, it is very fast and efficient.

In order to be defeated again and again, I want to emulate the heroes of Jiang Renmei.

The second most important reason is that the strategy is deepened!

Qi State Penglai Island is as big as more than a dozen Shandong provinces combined. The strategic depth is huge. After one failure, Jiang Renmei can easily retreat and turn into the vast territory. Countless local people are intent on Jiang Renmei, foreign invaders are far from easy to hunt down.

Jiang Renmei was given a chance to re-emerge after repeated failures. As he became more and more famous, even if he was defeated and beaten to flee with only a few soldiers, it could take a few months. Then he raised his arms in another place, and the respondent gathered, and the army rose again.

This major advantage, Wei Guo and Zhou Guo do not have all. Their most important core islands are too small and there is not much room for strategic depth. You have not thought about how far to retreat, Shang Tang The gentry and nobles of Empire have dispatched a large number of cavalry to catch up with you from all directions and besiege you.

The geographical location is too close to Shang and Tang, and there is not much space in the local area. This is the reason why Wei and Zhou are easily photographed no matter how many heroes emerge.

But Zhao Guo, this is a reduced version of Qi State.

Weizhou is the fastest voyage from Shangtang to the mainland in more than ten days.

Zhao State is one month, Qi State is the fastest two or three months. Talking about distance, Zhao Guo is an intermediate value.

Talk about area? Weiguo is equivalent to one third Shandong province, Qi State has more than a dozen, and Zhaoguo is similar to three Shandong provinces. The area of ​​the Greatest Island is nine times the size of Weiguo’s main island! Nine times is not too exaggerated, at least not as prominent as Qi State fifty-sixty difference.

But Zhao Guo has another very important advantage, that is, the whole country is mountainous.

The various mountain ranges of the Great Guard only accounted for more than 10% of the main island, while the mountain range of the Zhao Kingdom occupies 40% of the area of ​​the island. With more mountains, it is difficult for the cavalry to exert a huge combined attack and pursuit advantage.

Don’t think that the land of Zhao is mountainous, there is not much interest here. Zhao is the ocean island country with the most gold and silver mines, gem mines, and even other copper and iron mines.

In addition to the topography of the mountain range forty percent, there are several huge freshwater lakes in the mountain range, forming some fertile plains for farming.

Beyond the mountain circle, there are also plains and abundant fishing grounds near the sea.

Because Zhao Guo is not too far away from Dashang, over the past millennia, eight or nine million people have been gathered one after another.

So, Wei and Zhou are the younger brothers and younger brothers. They are freely exploited by the Tang Empire gentry to extract wealth. Qi State can be independent, strong and powerful. The true naval strength is to have a great battle with the main forces of Shang and Tang. Decisive battle may not be lost.

Zhao Guo is not inferior to that one, here will still be exploited and profited by the gentry of the three northwestern provinces of Dashang, but the Zhao royal family here faces the tyrants of the Dashang gentry. A little bit of dignity, and autonomy.

However, after the people at the bottom of the Zhao country were exploited by the big business gentry and the Zhao royal family, their lives were also very difficult and unspeakable. Generations of strong men would come out and try to follow Jiang Renmei to overthrow everything.

This country is currently an embarrassing kingdom of war and poverty, which has been taking turns.

You said that the great merchants and gentry have exploited and oppressed the people of the Zhao Kingdom. Why didn’t the Zhao royal family treat the people better, so that it can prevent the people from being injustice and not resisting? Because the Zhao royal family wants to raise the army!

Weiguo and Zhouguo belong to the country’s army, and the navy is often less than 10,000 people. Qi State is a strong naval force of 150,000 and has a huge battleship fleet.

Zhao Guozhong and inferior, the royal family has 20,000 armies, 30,000 navies, and several Peak battleships. This is the confidence that they can retain a trace of self-esteem and power in front of the merchants and gentry.

If you want to raise the army, but also ensure the battle strength of these army, there is no way not to continue to seek wealth from the people.

Su Heng was all arriving in Zhao country. After finding out the general situation of Zhao country, he couldn’t help but sigh with emotion. I really don’t know how to evaluate here. The current king of Zhao is still a British lord. Before he ascended the throne, Zhao had only 10,000 army and more than 10,000 elite navy, but that was in the hands of gentry and capital upstarts. Finally, the royal family could almost be ignored, with only a few thousand or two thousand.

However, after this king Zhao came to power, with his superb political skills, as well as the skills of uniting, vertical and horizontal, he drew all the troops belonging to the gentry and upstart capital into his own hands.

I even went one step further to expand the army, raise the army, and raise my dignity as a king to the strongest level since the five generations.

Five kings of Zhao successively belonged to this 31-year-old Zhao Wang He Jian, who has been on the throne for more than ten years, the strongest and the most fierce. You know, the previous King Zhao suddenly died of illness, and the appointed new king merged It’s not He Jian, but the son of He Shu.

It happened that He Shu was old and had a little bit of wise and martial art, so he was easily beaten to death by the gentry capital upstarts who controlled the monarchy. Finally, he chose one of the most mediocre among the Princes. He Jian also succeeded to the throne.

Five years before He Jian became the throne, he acted like a puppet king who only knew how to eat, drink and play, and was raised as a fool. However, in those five years, He Jian’s private layout was the most reversal in one fell swoop. Critical period.

Up to now, the gentry and capitalist class in the original Zhao country have almost become like pigs and dogs under He Jian’s rule, and can be killed by him at will.

No matter how you look at it, this is a trace of the rising of Little Qi, but it is also in these years, under He Jian, Zhao Guo rebelled more and more, and the place became more and more chaotic, especially ” “Three Thieves” is the most.


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