The end of the military era

"Marshal, judging from the current situation, the court's action this time should be successful, but it is not certain who will get the military power of the imperial army in the end."

"You mean the commander at the embroidery table?"

"Marshal, Zhao Rongguang is definitely not a simple character."

The mention of Zhao Rongguang made Zhou Rui immediately think of Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan seemed to have evaporated from the world long ago, and even the "Ghost Shadow" did not find any news about Zhao Yan.

"Now our Zhou family can't reach the Heavenly Sacred City, just continue to wait and see.

You Guiying will continue to cooperate with the Jinnan Army to take down the remaining cities in the eastern and western provinces of the Bajin Empire as soon as possible.

Try to completely solve the two provinces of the Bajin Empire before the expeditionary forces of the Golden Lion Empire, Red Tiger Empire, and Silver Wolf Empire arrive. "

This time the imperial court of the Han and Tang Dynasties confiscated the military power of the Forbidden Army and was very successful. Under the leadership of Xiuyitai, it took only two days to eradicate the four families that controlled the military power of the Forbidden Army and took back 12 infantry divisions of the Forbidden Army. military power.

However, unexpectedly, although the imperial court of the Han and Tang Empires took back their military power, the new commanders of the 12 infantry divisions of the Forbidden Army all came from Xiuyitai.

"Boom..." Emperor Ouyang Hui slapped the dragon case in front of him hard, "Where is Zhao Rongguang! Why doesn't he dare to come to see me?"

Prime Minister Guo Fujin said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, I did not expect Zhao Rongguang to be such a person, and now the 12 infantry divisions of the Forbidden Army have all fallen into the hands of Zhao Rongguang.

Even the city defense force responsible for the security of Tiansheng City is now under the control of Zhao Rongguang, and now only more than 1000 palace guards are left in the hands of the imperial court. "

The emperor Ouyang Hui gritted his teeth and said: "I have always trusted Zhao Rongguang so much. I never thought that at the most critical moment, he stabbed me hard in the back."

Prime Minister Guo Fujin hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, Zhao Rongguang sent someone to send you three conditions."

Emperor Ouyang Hui smiled angrily: "You actually learned to negotiate conditions with me! Which three conditions?"

"First of all, Zhao Rongguang asked the imperial court to appoint him as the commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army, commanding the 12 infantry divisions of the Forbidden Army.

The second point requires Zhao Shijie, the second son of Zhao Rongguang, to be the secretary of the household department and take over the entire household department.

The third point The third point is "

"What's the third point?"

"Let His Majesty canonize Zhao Rongguang's daughter, Zhao Xiuyao, as Queen!"

"What? Canonize Zhao Rongguang's daughter as queen? What about my queen?"

"Zhao Rongguang means abolishing the empress."

"Bastard! I'm going to tear Zhao Rongguang's body into pieces!"

Prime Minister Guo Fujin said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, now that Zhao Rongguang controls the 12 infantry divisions of the Imperial Army, we have to compromise on some things!"

In the Zhao Mansion in Tiansheng City, Zhao Yan asked Zhao Rongguang with a puzzled look: "Father, since you have already controlled the military power of 12 infantry divisions of the Imperial Army, why let your daughter enter the palace?"

It turned out that Zhao Xiuyao mentioned by Prime Minister Guo Fujin was referring to Zhao Yan.

In fact, Zhao Rongguang really had a daughter named Zhao Xiuyao, but Zhao Xiuyao was born to a concubine, and Zhao Xiuyao died of illness shortly after Zhao Yan returned to Tiansheng City.

In order to hide Zhao Yan's identity, Zhao Rongguang let Zhao Yan impersonate her sister Zhao Xiuyao, who is two years younger than her.

Zhao Yan and Zhao Xiuyao's looks were somewhat alike, and with some make-up, even the servants of the Zhao Mansion thought that Zhao Xiuyao had recovered from her illness.

After Zhao Yan took the place of her younger sister Zhao Xiuyao, she almost didn't go out of the gate, which is why "Ghost Shadow" couldn't find Zhao Yan.

Zhao Rongguang sighed and said, "It's a risky move for my father this time. Although our Zhao family temporarily controls 12 infantry divisions of the Imperial Army, our Zhao family's foundation is too shallow, and we still have to rely on the appearance of the court and the royal family.

And as long as you give birth to a prince, as a father, you can make my grandson the prince and inherit the throne in the future. "

"but but"

Seeing that his daughter was still hesitating, Zhao Rongguang tried to persuade him, "Father, I know that you are still thinking of Zhou Rui.

But since you chose to leave at the beginning, even if you take the initiative to go back now, Zhou Rui may not accept you.

And you are just a concubine by Zhou Rui's side, but after entering the palace, you will be the queen of the world, and your son will be the emperor of the Han and Tang Empires in the future.

As the saying goes, major events in the world must be divided for a long time, and the long-term unity must be divided. Maybe when my grandson inherits the throne, the problem of our Han and Tang Empire separatism has been solved. "

On the evening of May 5th, in the city lord's mansion in Ruigu City, the eastern province of the Bajin Empire, Di Qingzhao, the eldest son of the Di family head, said to his father Di Shiheng: "The Southern Jin Army sent a message, as long as we The Di family chooses to surrender, which can guarantee the safety of everyone in our Di family.

And it will leave a part of our Di family's property to support our future livelihood. "

Patriarch Di Shiheng smiled wryly and asked, "How many troops do we have now?"

"Father, there are still more than 6 people in Ruigu City, and there are more than 5 people in the other two cities that were not occupied.

However, due to the lack of weapons and equipment, many recruits are only equipped with a broadsword and a grenade. "

Di Shiheng shook his head, "It seems that there is no hope at all.

When the Zhennan army came to fight, it was unknown how many of these troops would defect.

Forget it, if you don't persist, if you persist, our Di family may be uprooted. "

"Father, can the Zhou family behind Jinnan Army know what they say?"

"According to the past, the Zhou family still insists on credibility, not to mention they should also hope to use our Di family as an example."

After the Di family in Ruigu City in the eastern province of the Bajin Empire chose to surrender to the Southern Jin Army, a chain reaction seemed to have started. The family and the Zhu family of Degang City soon announced their surrender to the Jinnan Army.

This also allowed the Jinnan Army to capture all the eastern and western provinces of the Bajin Empire in just over a month.

At this time, the joint expeditionary force composed of the Golden Lion, Red Tiger, and Silver Wolf has not yet been truly formed because of the Golden Lion Empire.

Zhou Rui then renamed the eastern province of the Bajin Empire to Jindong Town, and the western province of the Bajin Empire to Jinxi Town.

And to the court of the Han and Tang Empires, please designate yourself as the Jiedushi of Jindong Town and Jinxi Town.

Zhao Rongguang, who had already taken control of the imperial court of the Han and Tang Dynasties at this time, was unwilling to offend Zhou Rui because of such a trivial matter, so he quickly let the emperor Ouyang Hui issue an imperial decree, canonizing Zhou Rui as Fengwu, Zhenwei, Jindong, Jinnan, The envoy of the five towns in the west of Shanxi Province.

Chapter 175

The expeditionary force of the Golden Lion Empire finally arrived at the Maotou Island naval base of the Red Tiger Empire on the afternoon of May 1539, 5, joining the expeditionary forces of the Red Tiger Empire and the Silver Wolf Empire.

为了挽回两次高蜗岛海战惨败的颜面，金狮帝国的海军这次又调集了80艘全主炮战列舰、4艘战列巡洋舰、80艘全钢制战列舰、80艘大型装甲巡洋舰、160艘轻巡洋舰和160艘驱逐舰。

Many of these warships participated in the second sea battle of Gosnail Island, and other warships were drawn from the First Fleet and Fifth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire.

Because of the disastrous defeat in the second naval battle of Gosnail Island, Nakola, the commander of the Fourth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire, Mitro, the commander of the Seventh Fleet, and Xievas, the commander of the Eighth Fleet, were all excluded by Governor Kosno. Except for this expeditionary fleet.

Of course, considering the influence of the plutocrats behind these three commanders, Governor Kosno did not give these three commanders any big punishment, but only fined the three of them with half a year's military pay.