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Chapter 287 The Emperor's New Clothes

The war broke out in the early hours of July [-].

The personal guard brigade led by Xu Chu, combined with the seventh division of the Southwest Corps, and the fourth and fifth brigades of the garrison division, with an army of nearly [-], launched an attack on Tianyu Mansion.

Xue Rengui personally led the First Division of the Southwest Corps, cutting in from Guanxiang Mansion and attacking Lingqiu Mansion.

In order to implement the highest instructions of Qianyuan, the two armies did not play any tricks at all. They acted hard as soon as they came up and regained the lost ground with the force of wind and clouds.

In the afternoon of that day, the army went under the Fucheng.

When the news came out, the king of Chu turned pale with shock. This time, he was really held up in mid-air, in a dilemma.

Keep it, you may not be able to keep it.

Let's go, it's too embarrassing.

The King of Chu's dawdling, lack of greed, and pretentious gesture of refusing to welcome is much uglier than King Wei's straightforward withdrawal of troops.

Before King Chu could come up with a charter, the battle on the front line was coming to an end.

The next day,

The two armies launched a siege at the same time.

In the battle, Xu Chu and Yu Jin's allied forces were in Tianyu Mansion, almost crushing Tianyu City in one fell swoop, defeated the first division of the King Chu Army stationed in the city, killed [-] enemies, and captured [-] prisoners.

Xiong Daoyuan, the head of the division, was almost killed by Xu Chu and fled injured.

Xue Rengui led his troops to defeat the 5000th and [-]th divisions of King Chu's army. Although they killed only [-] enemies, they captured nearly [-] people, which shows the fragility of King Chu's new army.

At the same time, we can also get a glimpse of Xue Rengui's sophistication.

After this battle, the [-]st, [-]th, and [-]th Divisions of the King Chu Army suffered heavy losses, especially the [-]th Division led by Zhao Xianrang, which was almost wiped out.

So far, Chu Wangjun has been unable to compete with Wei Wangjun.

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Although Qian Yuan was happy with the great victory on the front line, he was not too surprised. He just said: "It's okay, you bastards didn't disappoint me." It can only be said that King Chu overestimated his army.

Regarding this battle, the people of the empire also didn't have much thought. Everyone thought that this was just a follow-up to the Great Encirclement and Suppression War, and it was a normal operation.

Nothing surprising.

But for those who are secretly seeking to use "compliant" methods to seize the land of Nanyu County and the two prefectures openly and want Qianyuan to suffer a heavy loss, it is very depressing.

Can only knock down teeth and swallow blood.

This battle also indirectly prompted the three parties to reach a final agreement as quickly as possible.

In particular, King Qianke of Chu was worried that Qianyuan would continue to retaliate and start a larger-scale civil war. He was eager to settle his status with the court, which was a good idea for Qianyuan.

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July [-]th, sunny.

On this day, King Qiantai of Wei and King Qianke of Chu reported to the court at the same time, formally professing their vassalage to the new emperor Qian Shen, and publicly recognizing the legitimacy of the new emperor's accession to the throne.

It marked the official end of the battle for the heir apparent that had lasted for more than ten years.

The next day,

The new emperor Qian Shen issued two decrees, not only recognizing the titles of princes Qian Tai and Qian Ke, but also allowing the two princes to join the feudal vassal on the spot.

That is to say, King Qiantai of Wei was vassal of the three counties of Longshou County, Taihua County and Xihuang County, but only for Qiantai's generation, the fiefdom of the next generation will be reduced to one county of Taihua County.

King Ganke of Chu fanned Kunwu County and Kuaiji County. Similarly, the next generation only fanned Kuaiji County.

At the same time, the first legion under King Wei was officially renamed King Chu's Army and remained under the control of King Wei.The fourth legion under the command of King Chu was officially renamed King Chu's Army.

Both armies are the armies of vassal kings and are no longer included in the imperial army establishment.

Correspondingly, the Imperial Second Army Corps currently stationed in Shaoyang County was renamed the Northern Border Army Corps; the Imperial Third Army Corps stationed in Gushe and Donghai Counties was renamed the East Mirror Army Corps.

The establishment of the four major legions of the empire has become history.

Looking at this transaction, the new emperor Qianshen has saved face, completely secured his throne, and no longer has to wake up in the middle of the night, worrying about a chaotic army rushing into the capital.

The king of Wei and the king of Chu have gained the foundation, and finally have a formal place to settle down, and they don't have to bear the infamy of "chaos king".

All in all, it's a win-win situation.

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On July 22, the court dropped another blockbuster.

In view of the unstable and chaotic situation in the Eastern Continent, the Empire decided to formally form an alliance with the Izumo Kingdom, to be friendly and non-aggressive to each other, and to strengthen business exchanges between the two countries.

The imperial court's series of combination punches all pointed at Qianyuan.

However, Qianyuan failed again.

In any case, the court reached a settlement with the kings of Wei and Chu, at least on the face of it, allowing the empire to return to unity, and at the same time greatly avoiding the outbreak of civil war again.

The people of the empire welcome this very much.

Not to mention, the just-concluded encirclement and suppression campaign has caused great trauma to the people in the border area between Zhaoyao County and Xihuang County, as well as the people in Nanyu County.

No one wants the war to go on endlessly, let alone a civil war, which will only shame the empire and is not a good thing.

Under such circumstances, it is impossible for Qianyuan to take the initiative to provoke a civil war and challenge the authority of the imperial court at the risk of the world.

If you really want to do that, it will never end well.

What depressed Qianyuan the most was that the new emperor had colluded with the Izumo Kingdom, and even Qianyuan's external expansion channels were cut off.

Really cruel.

"Your Highness, for today's plan, forbearance is the most important thing. Just take advantage of this opportunity to let the fief recuperate, and wait until the situation stabilizes before thinking about it." Guo Jia suggested.

"That's all it can do." Qianyuan nodded helplessly.

In fact, as early as the beginning of the new year, Qianyuan hoped that the Eastern Continent would be a peaceful year, so that he could fully develop internal affairs, but the situation changed suddenly, and a war that was not planned started.

Now that the war has subsided, it can be regarded as returning to normal.

Whether it is the two counties of Nanyu and Kongsang that were occupied last year, or the two counties of Siyou and Liusha that were just occupied, it will take a long enough time to digest them.

After a fierce battle, the army also needs to rest and reorganize. At least there should be no fighting within this year.

"But we can't just let it go." It's not Qianyuan's style to just suffer a loss without fighting back. He suddenly smiled and said to Guo Jia: "Tell me, what is your Majesty most worried about now?"

"Naturally, I'm worried that His Highness will make trouble, publicly express different opinions on this matter, and expose the emperor's new clothes." Guo Jia is really a roundworm in Qian Yuan's stomach, so he can guess right.

Yes,

Before the great siege began, Qianyuan had publicly declared that King Wei and King Chu were traitors to the empire and colluded with foreign enemies, which was a disgrace to the empire.

How come the rebellion of the empire became the vassal of the empire as soon as he turned around?

Regardless of whether it is the family or the people, for the sake of their own interests, they can pretend to be deaf and dumb about this matter, do not comment, and rot this matter in their stomachs.

As time goes by, things will pass.

Throughout history, do such bad things happen rarely? !

However, if Qianyuan suddenly becomes "unhappy", gets a little emotional, openly exposes the matter, and makes an "objection", with his current reputation in the empire, no one can pretend not to know.

Even if the reconciliation between the new emperor and the two chaotic kings cannot be prevented in the end, it will make the matter extremely embarrassing and end in a very embarrassing way.

This is definitely not what the new emperor Qianshen wants to see.

In other words, Qian Yuan held the handle of the new emperor, and he could use this as a basis to negotiate some conditions with the new emperor.

"Your Highness, do you want to?" Guo Jia asked.

Qian Yuan said: "Before I agreed to Luoyun Kingdom, I said that I would go to the court and ask the court to recognize the legitimacy of Luoyun Kingdom. In my opinion, let's use this as an exchange."

"..."

Guo Jia was speechless. His Highness was clearly planning to slap His Majesty in the face.

think about it,
On the one hand, the empire has just formed an alliance with the Izumo Kingdom, showing a gesture of friendship from generation to generation; on the other hand, it recognizes the legitimacy of the Luoyun Kingdom, what does the Izumo Council think?
This is obviously humiliating!

The most ridiculous thing is that based on Guo Jia's understanding of the new emperor, the court might really agree.After all, compared to other conditions, this is already considered light.

Anyway, it was the face of Izumo country.

After losing Siyou County, to be honest, Izumo Kingdom's presence in the Eastern Continent is already very low, and it is not as strong as the Quicksand Country before.

The weak have no bargaining power.

"That's settled then."

Qianyuan's depression was finally relieved a little.

(End of this chapter)