The Prodigal Son of the Empire

In this way, half a month passed.

Everything has calmed down, at least on the surface.

In Shangjing, the capital of the Zhao Kingdom, there are too many things and too many hot news every day.

Any event will pass with the passage of time, there will be no reservations, and it will return to the prosperity of yesterday...

Of course, there was some influence in the follow-up. Many older Confucianists went out of their homes and protested.

It was Wang Kang who protested.

Taking advantage of his power to exert pressure on the imperial court, without the imperial power, and forcing Duke Ding to death, the century-old Duke Ding's mansion was dusted...

A king is not a king, and a minister is not a minister.

In a sense, what they said is also true. Many people know it well, but who would agree?Who cares about them?

What's more, these are not important anymore.

Just today, an urgent battle report was sent from the border...

Qi and Chu are already at war, and the large-scale battle in the early stage has not yet been carried out. Both sides are in the stage of deploying troops.

For the war against Chu.

Qi State prepared for several years, and invited Zhao State, Yan State, Wu State, Wei State, and Ba State to form a six-nation alliance to attack Chu at the same time.

Except for the superpower Qi, the other countries are all small and medium-sized countries, such as Zhao, Yan, and Wu.

There are also Weiguo and Baguo, two small countries.

These countries all have a common feature, they are all bordering on the state of Chu, and they are all around the state of Chu.

The six countries basically surrounded Chu.

This can also see the strategic purpose of Qi State, which is to attack from all directions at the same time.

The Chu State is the largest and most populous country on the mainland, and they can form an army of millions at will!

So if you want to attack Chu, you must use this method!

You have a large number of troops and a vast territory, can you withstand two-front combat, can you withstand three-front combat, can you withstand multi-front combat?

The Qi State took great pains to form the Six Nations Alliance because it believed in a truth that if there were too many ants, it could kill an elephant.

These allied countries are responsible for launching attacks all the way, marching all the way, and finally joined forces in victory, attacking the capital of Chu State together, taking it in one fell swoop, and achieving the overlord position of the mainland of Qi State!

That's the main thing.

There is no doubt that this is a war involving the entire continent, which can directly change the pattern of the continent, except for the Yue Kingdom, the northern grasslands and other places, basically all participate.

Originally, Qi State wanted to bring Yue State over.

However, the State of Yue is located in the northwest, completely opposite to the State of Chu, and there is a State of Zhao in the middle. It is too far away to send troops, so the State of Yue is not in the alliance.

Of course, it is not an easy task for the alliance to attack Chu.

Especially for these countries that are not at the same level, there are actually certain risks. Things like mainland hegemony are not something they can participate in.

Since Qi is the leader, there must be conditions of interest.

It is also worthy of being the most economically powerful country in the mainland, and Qi has shown his sincerity.

In all alliance countries, during the war against Chu, Qi will provide them with the food and grass they need to send troops and bear military expenditures!

As the saying goes, the army and horses have not moved, and the food and grass go first. In essence, fighting is actually fighting for money.

Especially for this kind of large-scale war, it is too normal to fight for more than ten or twenty years.

The long war consumes a lot of national power, and ordinary countries can't resist it at all.

With this, you can avoid a lot of worries.

This time, Qi State's determination is to destroy Chu State, and at worst, it will also be defeated.

So aside from that.

Qi State also promised other conditions. For example, after defeating Chu State, it can give some territory to the Allied Powers. Of course, Qi State still has the bulk.

But the conditions are already very favorable.

The state of Chu relied on its strength, and none of the surrounding countries was invaded and bullied.

This is a good opportunity for revenge.

For example, the state of Chu once occupied a province to the east of the state of Zhao.

This is a good time to take it back.

Zhao Huang would of course agree.

So the border has already begun to use troops, but because of the current affairs of Zhao State, the attention has been diverted, and now it has turned back to the direction of the wind.

On the border, there is a garrison with a strength of 15, which is a complete main battle corps.

This army was stationed there during the old Emperor Zhao's time, and every year the garrisons in various places would change their defenses, but there was no movement there.

Even a few years ago, Zhao's domestic and foreign troubles, the army still did not move.

Today's vanguard army is also this army.

But according to the battle report sent back, the deployment of troops in the early stage was not smooth, and the strength of the troops was not enough. When the battle report was sent back, they also came to ask for food and soldiers.

If not in time.

It is very likely that they will face the counterattack of Chu State. Since they have already fought, there is no room for stopping, and they can only fight to the end.

Now that the country is stable, we will do our best to deal with this matter.

Battle report sent back.

Zhao Huang also quickly summoned his ministers to discuss and prepare to start mobilizing troops.

For the sake of war earlier, Zhao Huang recruited troops one after another, forming a 10-man combat regiment, and all of them were equipped with new weapons.

Over the years, Zhao Huang has always had transactions with Fuyang Earl's Mansion.

The imperial court bought the steel from Fuyang Earl's Mansion, and then the Metallurgical Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and the Ordnance Department of the Ministry of War made weapons.