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"No, these years, the Mengniu people in West Shu have often invaded our borders. Humph, those who invade our Daqian will be punished no matter how far away they are. I have decided to fight this battle."

Emperor Jing said: "I want you to formulate a policy immediately. Within a month, we must go to war with West Shu."

Hearing this.

Cui Zhongshi raised his head and glanced at Emperor Wu.

Emperor Jing Zhang Zuoyao is already seventy years old this year.

But he doesn't look old at all.

His face is ruddy and his skin is tight. His condition is no different from that of a middle-aged man in his thirties.

So many years have passed.

He still can't understand this emperor.

He is a wise ruler, but he always thinks about fighting.

He has beaten several countries in the east, west, south and north.

Let's talk about West Shu.

He has already fought twenty-five years ago.

That year, Duke Xiao was not Duke Xiao yet, but just a slightly famous general. It was Emperor Jing who overcame all objections and made Xiao Zhan, a loyal and martial general of the fourth rank at that time, directly the commander-in-chief of the three armies.

He led the Xiao Family Army, the Northwest Army, and the Northeast Army, a total of 400,000 people, to attack Western Shu.

Everyone opposed it.

But it was useless.

At that time, Emperor Jing had been in power for 20 years.

He controlled the entire court.

It can be said that he had the final say in everything in Daqian, although Daqian had powerful ministers, relatives, warlords...

And those aristocratic families who had great say...

But it was useless, as long as it was decided by Emperor Wu, no one could change it.

Were there people who opposed Emperor Jing?

Of course there were.

But they were all killed by Emperor Jing.

Now Daqian is a one-man show by Emperor Jing.

Twenty-five years ago.

Xiao Zhan led the three armies to attack Shu.

At first, everyone was not optimistic.

After all, anyone who knows about military affairs knows this.

This battle is destined to be difficult.

Since ancient times... the road to Shu is difficult to travel. There is a saying: The road to Shu is difficult, more difficult than climbing to the sky.

The road to Shu is not only difficult to travel, but also extremely rugged. In addition, the environment there is harsh, with hot weather, miasma, and countless poisonous snakes and insects. I don’t know how many countries and how many famous generals... went to attack Shu.

As a result, they all failed.

Daqian is not the first country to attack Western Shu, nor will it be the last.

It is difficult for other countries to attack Shu.

However, it is also difficult for Shu to attack other countries.

Therefore, Shu has been established for 2,500 years, and has not lost a city or taken a city.

It is quite... stable.

It is also quite backward.

In this Eastern Wilderness, it is like North Korea on Earth.

Everyone thought that Xiao Zhan, a little-known general of Daqian, would fail.

However, what is jaw-dropping is that Xiao Zhan succeeded. He swept through several states of Shu Kingdom and directly attacked the capital of Shu Kingdom: Jianye.

The capital was surrounded.

The whole country of Shu Kingdom was shocked.

Xiao Zhan wrote a memorial to Emperor Wu, saying that he only needed to surround the capital of Shu Kingdom.

Within three years.

Shu Kingdom must be destroyed.

This news came out.

Daqian was shocked.

Just when everyone thought that Emperor Jing would support Xiao Zhan and directly destroy West Shu and make great achievements.

The envoy of Shu Kingdom came.

Brought the sincerity of the emperor of Shu Kingdom.

The general content is: Shu Kingdom is willing to cede land, pay compensation, and send beautiful women. Please Daqian show mercy and stop attacking our country.

Everyone in Daqian believed that Emperor Jing would refuse the peace talks of Shu. After all, as long as Shu was destroyed, wouldn't the land, money, beauties, etc. all be mine?

In this case, why the hell should I negotiate?

But.

Something jaw-dropping happened again.

Emperor Jing, as if his brain was kicked by a donkey, actually agreed.

Okay.

Although Shu was willing to cede the 18 states of Yanyun, pay 50 million taels of silver and 10 million taels of gold, and give Emperor Jing the most beautiful woman in Shu: Lady Huarui, the empress of the emperor of Shu...

These three conditions were indeed very tempting.

But you don't have to do this. Just agree without even discussing it.

Emperor Jing directly asked Xiao Zhan to withdraw his troops.

At the beginning, Xiao Zhan disagreed.

Damn, I'm going to destroy Shu, and you're asking me to withdraw my troops. What the hell are you doing?

Until, Emperor Jing gave Xiao Zhan thirteen golden medals.

Xiao Zhan had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

It can be said that after this incident, Emperor Wu could have been a wise ruler, but now the word "wise ruler" should be put in double quotation marks.

The problem still came from Emperor Jing.

In recent years, with the recovery of Shu's national strength, Shu not only stopped paying tribute, but also frequently sent troops to harass Daqian's border. Emperor WuHe had a bad temper and couldn't stand it at all. He directly sent his generals and tens of thousands of soldiers to attack Shu again.

Everyone thought.

This time, it would be easy to attack Shu.

After all, it was successful 25 years ago.

Now, Daqian is stronger.

It is impossible to fail.

As a result...

The leader of the troops this time was General Cheng Zhiyuan of the Cavalry.

Well, the queen's family.

Except for the more than 100 soldiers led by Cheng Zhiyuan, who fled back to Daqian,

tens of thousands of soldiers were wiped out.

Afterwards.

Emperor Jing was furious and directly put Cheng Zhiyuan in jail.

After the queen pleaded for him, Cheng Zhiyuan was imprisoned for a full half month before being released.

Cheng Zhiyuan was fined three years of tribute.

The matter was settled.

Next, Emperor Jing sent Duncan. He led the Northwest Army with 100,000 soldiers to attack Shu again.

He vowed to avenge the shame.

…

Failed again.

Next, Emperor Jing sent several generals one after another.

All failed,

Daqian suffered heavy losses.

Three hundred thousand soldiers died directly.

Everyone advised Emperor Jing not to attack Shu.

Emperor Jing just didn't listen, and he finally thought of Xiao Zhan.

So, Xiao Zhan, who was guarding the border, was recalled to the capital, and he was asked to train 50,000 imperial guards for three months, and then hurriedly attacked Shu again.

Xiao Zhan was still so powerful, and fought ten battles in succession, winning more than losing, and destroyed 200,000 soldiers and horses of Shu.

Shu was shocked.

When Xiao Zhan was ready to make further efforts, the Jinshatan tragedy happened. Shu sent the most capable Mengniu people in their country, and then, Daqian had a spy, and Xiao Zhan's marching route was known in advance by Fan Wubing, the general of the Mengniu Army.

Ambush on the road.

Battle of Jinshatan.

The 10,000 troops led by Xiao Zhan were annihilated.

This is not the worst.

The worst is that Xiao Zhan and his seven sons who are good at fighting all died in the battle.

In Cui Zhongshi's opinion, Emperor Jing is a very contradictory person. To be honest, Emperor Jing has been on the throne since he was 25 years old. It has been 45 years. He joined the Daqian court in the year when Emperor Jing ascended the throne. It can be said that the two appeared in the Golden Palace on the same day.

However, even after 45 years.

Cui Zhongshi still can't understand Emperor Jing.

You say he is a wise monarch.

But he has been doing things that are exhausting military power.

It has led to the people's misery.

The world is in chaos.

If you want to say that he is a tyrant, it seems that it is not possible. He is an extremely smart emperor who almost controls the entire country in his hands. Whether it is playing with his sons, ministers... or relatives, aristocratic families... it is extremely easy, and everyone is playing with them, and they are in ecstasy...

You can say that.

Over the years, there was nothing that Emperor Jing wanted to do that he couldn't do.

Moreover, the road to succession was extremely tragic.

At that time, the three princes fought fiercely for the throne.

No one could have imagined that Emperor Jing, who had always pretended to be an honest and filial son, never formed a party, and interfered in the affairs of the court, would be a sixth-born, a big scheming person.

While the three princes were fighting each other,

they were all injured.

He successfully seized the throne.

The three princes were attacked by the masters of the Demon Sect and all died tragically.

So far, Emperor Jing's throne was safe.

You can say he was lucky.

After all, no one could have imagined that the masters of the Demon Sect would suddenly appear and kill the three powerful princes in the Daqian court.

You know, that time, three princes died.

But the big event in the capital city, the highlight of the fight between nine masters, was so lively, tragic, and bloody!!!

Although forty-five years have passed, the participants, bystanders, etc. at that time... thinking about it now, their scalps still tingle and their whole bodies tremble.