Chapter 430: The End of the National War (1)(1/2)
"One million taels of gold?! You must be kidding!"
Although Crassus was the richest man in Rome, he was good at doing business and making money. He even had many of the equipment of his Roman legion, so he was among the four giants. But Temujin asked him for one million taels of gold, but he really couldn't get it. This was an astronomical figure.
One million taels of gold can form a Roman legion of 100,000 people and maintain it for a period of time, not including the spoils obtained by launching a war, otherwise it can last longer.
"I heard from the captured Roman soldiers that you are extremely good at making money, which aroused the anger of many people in Rome. During a fire, you take the opportunity to buy the surrounding houses at a low price, and then use your monopoly fire extinguishing team to extinguish the fire. By this dirty method, you buy thousands of houses in the city of Rome. If you sell your thousands of Roman houses..."
"It is impossible. Even if I sell all my houses, they will only be worth 30,112 taels of gold, which is far from the 1 million taels of gold you asked for."
"It is worthy of being the wealth-making man in Rome, and the house alone is worth 30,000 taels of gold."
Temujin was very satisfied with Crassu's answer. He needed a business talent.
For the nomadic tribes in the north of the desert, 30,000 taels of gold can be used to buy excellent weapons. The value Crassus can create is no less than 30,000 taels of gold.
"I also heard that you have the ability to operate iron ore. In the future, you will serve our Mongolian Empire. I will appoint you as the head of Wanhu, take charge of merchants, and raise gold, silver, copper and iron for me."
"What do you want so much metal for?"
"Build a cavalry and conquer the world!"
The Mongolian cavalry and their servants retreated to the north like a black wave.
The national war was about to end, and the Mongols gave up on the attack on the Mughal Empire. Temujin had realized that he could not surpass Chu Tian. In order to preserve his strength, the Mongolian cavalry chose to accumulate strength and fight in the main world.
Temujin has the second highest points in all civilizations and has achieved his goal.
The princes of the Mughal Empire looked at the departing Mongolian cavalry and were afraid. If the Mughal Empire had not had many people, they might have been expelled from the battlefield of national war by the Mongols.
"The Mongol Empire is strong and the Han Empire is the first to be hit. With the climate of the Indian Peninsula, the Mongolian cavalry is unwilling to enter the peninsula, so we don't have to worry about the Mongolian cavalry dealing with us. It's better to say that the rise of the Mongol Empire is a good opportunity for us. The premise is that we are united..."
The Brahmins looked at the princes of the other Mughal Empires.
This national war brought him a huge shock.
The population of the Mughal Empire was almost the same as that of the Han Empire, but its performance was not good, far worse than that of the Han Empire. The Brahmins believed that the reason was that the princes of the Mughal Empire were too scattered.
The Mughal Empire was composed of many local states, which was more complex than the Han Empire.
It is necessary to have a powerful figure to unify the Mughal Empire and at least achieve formal unity in order to march into Central Asia.
The Han Empire, the old Qin, Mingguan, Zhao Long and others were ready to return to the main world.
The Han army occupied two main cities and had exceeded the task. As for the situation of the fifth main city, Lao Qin, Mingguan, said that Tang, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei and others were not aware of it.
"I don't know if there is a special reward this time that can change my situation."
Liu Bei will put his hopes on the rewards for this national war.
If you are lucky enough, even the princes who are ranked behind may gain civil and military officials who are sufficient to change the pattern of the main world.
Now Liu Bei has only one county and country left, but he still has not given up.
You can only expect to obtain a random recruitment order or treasure in this national war, so that you can destiny.
"Talk about Tang, your Yuzhou is located in the Central Plains. When Chu Zi seeks to return to the main world, he will immediately attack Yuzhou and completely occupy the Central Plains. At that time, his power will be infinitely close to Cao Cao in the Battle of Guandu."
Zhao Long found Tang and discussed the matter of the main world dealing with Chu Tian.
It is said that the Tang Dynasty is located in Yuzhou and Zhao Long is located in Jizhou. They are directly threatened by Chutian forces.
They must join forces because Chutian's territory has three states, and with only one state, there is nothing they can do.
"Hu Ma, don't you join us? Your lips are gone and your teeth are cold. If you lose Jizhou, how can Bingzhou defend?"
Zhao Long looked at Hu Ma.
Hu Ma said coldly: "The battle in Youzhou is defeated by you, and there is nothing to say."
"When Yuan Shao and Cao Cao fought in Guandu, all the princes were ready to move. If Sun Ce from Jiangdong, Ma Teng from Liangzhou, and Liu Biao from Jingzhou jointly launched an army to attack Cao Cao, Cao Cao would be the one who failed in the battle of Guandu."
Zhao Long is promoting an unimaginable alliance.
Huma fell into silence.
He has two commanders Li Mu and Lian Po. As long as he is not plotted, the two legions of Li Mu and Lian Po will make the enemy frightened.
"Maybe I can interfere in your business."
The old Qin narrowed his eyes slightly and intervened.
"We'll find a place where no one is available and we'll have fun negotiations."
Several princes took advantage of the idleness of national wars to plot against the affairs of the world.
Chutian owns Xuzhou, Qingzhou and Yanzhou. Its strength is even greater than that of Cao Cao, who owned four states before Guandu.
In the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao's territory was in war almost every year, and his population withered. Qingzhou and Yuzhou were looted by the Yellow Turban Army, Cao Cao and Lu Bu fought in Yanzhou, and the food was exhausted. Cao Cao fought against Xuzhou, the battle against Yuan Shu, Xuzhou and Huainan were bleeding into a river.
On the contrary, after Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan and the Black Mountain bandits, Jizhou had the opportunity to recuperate and had a relatively abundant population.
But the situation is almost the opposite.
"Lord" has a great battle in Hebei. At this time, Jizhou was only five or six years away from the Yellow Turban Rebellion. In order to unify Jizhou, Yuan Shao fought with Liu Bei, and the population of Jizhou decreased. There was also a great battle in Youzhou, which consumed countless food and grass.
There has been no war in Xuzhou in Chutian for quite some time. It can be said that under the rule of Chutian (actually, it is summer cold most of the time), Xuzhou became the largest granary of the Han Empire.
In the Huainan area, there are Jiujiang Prefect Liu Fu, Guangling Prefect Chen Deng, and Huainan area also tend to become granaries. On the contrary, Yanzhou and Qingzhou have a small population and are working hard to resume production.
Xuzhou produces more grain every year than Yanzhou and Qingzhou, which shows that it is obvious.
No prince of the Eastern Han Dynasty could bear the attack of Chu Tian alone.
The surviving princes of the Eastern Han Dynasty are different from Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao and others. They are more like Yuan Shao, Sun Jian, Liu Bei, and Cao Cao, and will not be defeated by each one.
In the Japanese Castle, Oda Nobunaga summoned a group of retainers and invited Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was an ally, to discuss matters together.
The third national war had a huge blow to Japan, who participated in the national war. The Japanese daimyos realized the terror of the sect leader.
Shimazu Isaku, who was once arrogant to Mi Zhu, was shot by arrows during the battle with the Han army. His vitality was so tenacious that he had a record of killing generals at the age of fifteen. He was also one of the most powerful military generals in Japan and was not easily killed.
However, Shimazu was already afraid of the Han Empire and was not as arrogant as before the National War.
A very simple truth is that Japanese people bully the weak and are afraid of the strong.
"We in Japan gathered the strength of the whole country and could not capture a main city. The world will be the world of the Han Empire."
Oda Nobunaga's strategic vision is long-term.
There are many players in his retainers group who depict the general trend of the world for Oda Nobunaga. In addition, this battle, Oda Nobunaga's confidence was somewhat hit.
The military generals below, Kinoshita Hideyoshi, Takenaka Half-Binge, Shibata Katsue, Akitomihide, Takigawa Ichii, Sakuma Nobumo and others, also had a little heavy expression.
Japan has a large population, more than France and England, but its location is poor. To the west is the Han Empire, which is eyeing the covetous Han Dynasty, and to the east is the United States, which has a large number of medlet gunmen. It is difficult to expand to any direction.
At present, the Half-Baibingwei, who is currently serving as military advisor, took the lead in breaking the silence: "If you want to compete with the Han Empire, you can only realize the lord's ambition to spread martial arts in the world as soon as possible, hoard food and grass, and wait for an opportunity to move. This is the only chance. The Han Empire still has civil wars and will not be in chaos. If there is an encounter, the lord can raise 500,000 troops to attack the Goryeo Kingdom. Taking Goryeo Kingdom as a base, occupy Liaodong, and then enter the pass. If it is not good, using Goryeo Kingdom as a barrier, the troops of the Han Empire can be divided and the pressure will be shared for the local area."
At the invitation of Oda Nobunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu sat upright. When he heard that Takenaka Half of the Army was unified in Japan and first took the strategy of Koryoi, most of them agreed.
The only point that he disagrees with is that he does not think that Japan should take the initiative to provoke the Han Empire.
The young Tokugawa Ieyasu could afford to waste it and to kill most of the civil and military officials of the Han Empire.
This generation of civil and military officials and generals of the Han Empire were too strong, and only by enduring them to death would the final winner.
Tokugawa Ieyasu is more stable than everyone present because he is a Sima Yi-like figure.
"The Gyeonggi region is already under my control. Takeda Shingen suffered heavy losses in this battle. Takigawa Ichii, go and conspire with the Hojo family, return to the main world, and immediately send troops to attack Takeda Shingen."
Oda Nobunaga recognized the strategy of Takenaka Half-Shiangwei. Takenaka Half-Shiangwei first took the Koryo Kingdom and then attacked Liaodong. His strategy was steady, but after all, he was a little overestimated.
According to Takenaka Half-Baiwei's vision, offense is the best defense.
"Are you going to destroy Takeda Shingen?"
Tokugawa Ieyasu's eyes burst into brightness.
Takeda Shingen is a powerful enemy who blocked Oda Nobunaga's unification of Japan. Its characteristics are "Fenglin Volcano" and the special military Akabayashi's cavalry, which makes Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu a little afraid.
Oda Nobunaga looked at Tokugawa Ieyasu: "Are you scared?"
"No, I don't have this meaning. If you send troops, I will throw all the troops from Sanhe and jointly attack the Kafei Kingdom with the Hojo family."
Tokugawa Ieyasu thought in his mind that Oda Nobunaga's personal struggle, plus his Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Hojo family leader Hojo Shiyasu, Takeda Nobunaga, who suffered heavy losses in the national war, would be defeated and died. Furthermore, Oda Nobunaga and his retainers also recruited Japanese generals from other periods, such as the tragic legendary hero Genyosuke.
What Tokugawa Ieyasu was more concerned about is that if Oda Nobunaga unified Japan, he would become Oda Nobunaga's retainer or commander of the legion.
Oda Nobunaga's hand was pressed on the handle of the samurai sword: "Once Takeda Shingen is eliminated, Shimazu's retainer will be forced to surrender, and the soldiers of Kyushu Island will restrain Mori Moto. At the same time, the Maori and Uesugi family will be unified within three years!"
The military generals under Oda Nobunaga were greatly excited.
The progress of unification is slow first and then fast. When the power is strong to a certain extent, you can divide the troops and destroy several major forces at the same time!
Conflicts arose within the Han Empire, and the Japanese daimyos also accelerated their annexation, and the balance was collapsing.
This national war has had a profound and lasting impact on the main world.
Temujin of the Mongol Empire rose, Crassu of the Roman Empire was captured; Suleiman of the Ottoman Empire was killed, and the Ottoman Empire began to have a large-scale civil unrest; France was the most unlucky and its strength was damaged; the seemingly powerful United States did not gain much benefit...
The Han Empire and the Mongol Empire plundered tens of millions of people; civilizations such as Moscow, Mughals, Macedonia, Rome, Holy Rome, Persia, Arabia, and the United States plundered millions of people, and some civilizations only gained hundreds of thousands of people.
These changes will greatly affect the pattern of the main world, and the population will be converted into labor and soldiers.
The total population and soldiers obtained by Chu Tian alone was more than 3 million, which was equivalent to obtaining a county and state for the Eastern Han Dynasty.
To be continued...