Chapter 668 The Great Zhou Kingdom
The commander of the Hei Water Platform, Jia Xu, certainly, could not have any objections to Liu Ji's request to establish an intelligence network in the Europa Empire and even the entire Western continent. However, Jia Xu made a request to Liu Ji, which was to hand over some prisoners of war from the seven Western countries to Hei Water Platform for disposal.
Outside Dayuan City, the Polu Army captured nearly 300,000 people from the seven Western countries. These prisoners of war from the seven Western countries have been sent to various parts of the Western Regions to mine. Liu Ji has never agreed to the request of the seven Western countries to redeem the prisoners of war.
Liu Ji nodded and said, "If some people from Western countries can be developed and joined your Hei Shuitai, it will be much easier to establish an intelligence network in the Western continent, but be careful that these people will betray our great men."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will take corresponding preventive measures."
Liu Ji then asked Jia Xu: "I asked you Hei Shuitai to establish an intelligence network among various forces in the Zhou Dynasty. How is it going now?"
After the Polu Army captured the five southwestern prefectures, Liu Ji ordered Heishuitai to establish an intelligence network within the Zhou Dynasty to cooperate with the Polu Army to annex the twenty-two states of the Zhou Dynasty.
Jia Xu immediately said: "Report to Your Majesty, our Hei Shuitai has already established intelligence networks among several major forces in the Zhou State. If our Han Dynasty wants to invade Zhou State, in terms of intelligence, our Hei Shuitai will never drag the army down."
The Great Zhou Kingdom, southwest of the Great Han Dynasty, was established no later than that of the Great Jin Dynasty. It was almost established with the Great Jin Dynasty. It has been established for more than 400 years and can be said to be the old enemy of the Great Jin Dynasty. In more than 400 years, nineteen large-scale wars broke out between the Great Jin Dynasty and the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The Great Zhou Kingdom has been causing constant natural disasters in recent years. Now the Great Zhou court is almost dead in name only. The twenty-two states of the Great Zhou Kingdom have been divided by three bandit forces and four princes, causing the Great Zhou Kingdom to stage a drama of seven heroes competing for hegemony.
The three major bandits of the Great Zhou Kingdom were the White Lotus Army, the Black Armor Army and the Red Dragon Army. The four princes of the Great Zhou Kingdom were Xu Wu, King Zhongshan, Deng Ying, King Kaiping, Zhu Yong, King Dingxiang, and Zhang Jun, King Xuanping.
The commander of the White Lotus Army is Yang Sen. Currently, the White Lotus Army controls about five states of the Great Zhou Kingdom. It is the strongest among the three major bandits, with an army of more than three million.
The commander of the Black Armor Army is Jiang Pu. The territory of the Black Armor Army has three states, with an army of about 1.5 million. The commander of the Red Dragon Army is Lu Hao. The Red Dragon Army also has the territory of the three states, with an army of about 1.5 million.
King Deng Ying of Kaiping, King Deng of Dingxiang Zhu Yong and King Xuanping Zhang Jun of Xuanping both have territory of two states. King Deng Ying of Kaiping has about one million troops, and King Zhu Yong of Dingxiang Zhu Yong of Dingxiang has about one million troops. King Xuanping Zhang Jun of Xuanping relies on two states with a large population and has more than two million and a half million troops.
The King of Zhongshan Xu Wu was the most powerful among the four princes and three bandits. He had the territory of five states and the capital of the Great Zhou Kingdom Yongxing City. Even the Emperor of the Great Zhou became the puppet of the King of Zhongshan Xu Wu.
The five states controlled by King Xu Wu of Zhongshan can be said to be the five richest states in the Great Zhou Kingdom, and the population of these five states is more than 10 million, which has led to King Xu Wu of Zhongshan to establish an army of up to 4.5 million troops.
Liu Ji touched his chin and said, "The Zhou Kingdom is now splitting for seven forces. It is logical that it is the best time to take the opportunity to seize the Great Zhou Kingdom. However, if these seven forces unite, it will be difficult for us, Han, to seize the Zhou Kingdom. If it turns into a long war, I am worried that a neighbor around our Han will have any unrealistic ideas."
Jia Xu pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, there are many contradictions between the four princes and the three bandits of Zhou. Even between the four princes and the three bandits, there are also mutually hostile relationships. Although it is not impossible for these seven forces to unite, it will definitely not be so easy. Now, the prefectures and counties of Zhou, which are close to our Great Han Leizhou and Qinzhou, are all part of the territory of the Black Armor Army among the three bandits. I believe that our Great Han army can send troops to the three states controlled by the Black Armor Army to see the reactions of the other six forces in the Zhou State."
Liu Ji nodded slightly and said, "The Black Armor Army is a bandit no matter what. I believe that the combat effectiveness of the Black Armor Army's 1.5 million troops should not be too strong. I think a Xuanwu Legion is enough to solve the Black Armor Army."
The important officials of the Han court did not object to Liu Ji's idea of sending troops to the Great Zhou Kingdom. Even Dou Yan, Yang Zhong and others from the Thirteenth Family were very supportive of this. After all, the Great Zhou Kingdom was a long-time enemy of the Great Jin Kingdom for hundreds of years. It was quite exciting to be able to bite a few pieces of meat on the old enemy when his old enemy was weak.
Soon the war machine of the Han Dynasty started, but Liu Ji did not allow the Xuanwu Legion stationed in the five southwest prefectures to start a war against the Black Armor Army of the Great Zhou Kingdom alone. Liu Ji also transferred 300,000 Tiger Ben Army, 400,000 Cang Camp and 700,000 Wei Wushou to the five southwest prefectures.
According to Liu Ji's plan, he attacked the three prefectures of the Great Zhou Kingdom controlled by the Black Armor Army, and divided the troops into two groups, the Hu Ben Army, the Sei Camp and the Wei Wuzhu, and formed one route, and the Xuanwu Legion's troops were the other route.
In Yongxing City, the capital of the Great Zhou Kingdom, in a conference hall of the Zhongshan Palace, the strategist Chen Ji said to the Zhongshan King Xu Wu in a deep voice: "Lord, the powerful man in Canglong City has sent reliable news. The emperor of the Han Kingdom Liu Ji is ready to attack our Great Zhou. Now the Han Kingdom has mobilized the Tiger Ben Army, trapped the camp and the Wei Wushou's elite troops to rush to the southwest part of the Han Kingdom, and will invade our Great Zhou Kingdom together with the Xuanwu Legion stationed in the southwest part of the Southwest part."
Chen Ji was the most respected strategist of King Xu Wu of Zhongshan. He used the emperor to order the princes to make the princes to contribute to the Zhongshan King Xu Wu. After taking over Yongxing City, the capital of the Great Zhou Kingdom and controlling the Emperor of the Great Zhou Kingdom, his strength expanded rapidly and became the strongest force in the Great Zhou Kingdom.
Without external interference, the King of Zhongshan Xu Wu would probably end the separatist situation of the Great Zhou Kingdom and unify the twenty-two states of the Great Zhou Kingdom.
Xu Wu, the king of Zhongshan, frowned and said, "If the Han army wants to attack our Great Zhou territory, the three states controlled by the Black Armor Army will definitely be the first to bear the brunt. With the power of the Black Armor Army alone, it is impossible to stop the tiger and wolf army of the Han army."
Staffman Chen Ji said with a worried look: "Lord, the emperor of Han State Liu Ji is a cruel and ruthless hero. Since he intends to send troops to our Great Zhou, he will never be satisfied with the territory of the three states of the Black Armor Army. After defeating the Black Armor Army, the Han State army will definitely continue to invade other prefectures and counties of our Great Zhou."
King Xu Wu of Zhongshan frowned and said even more: "Although the five states controlled by me are not adjacent to the three states of the Black Armor Army, as long as the Han army seizes the two states of King Deng Ying of Kaiping, I will face the Han army directly!"
"Lord, we'd better make arrangements early, otherwise things will be difficult to handle when the Han army comes!"
"Ah, the Han State is no longer the original Jin State. According to the information sent to us by the powerful man from Canglong City, the total strength of the fourteen main legions and twelve elite troops of the Han State is actually close to 30 million. You must know that the five states controlled by the king, plus Yongxing City, have a total population of more than 60 million. How can we fight against the 30 million Han army?"
Seeing Xu Wu, the king of Zhongshan who had lost confidence, the adviser Chen Ji pondered for a moment and said, "Lord, although the Han army is strong, it is impossible for the Han country to send all the 30 million troops to our Great Zhou. After all, there are still many strong enemies around the Han country, otherwise the Han country would not just mobilize the Hu Ben army to trap the camp, Wei Wuzhang and Xuanwu Legion."
After hearing the analysis of the adviser Chen Ji, King Xu Wu of Zhongshan nodded slightly and said, "Mr. Chen's words make sense. So what Mr. Chen has to do with this invasion of the Han army?"
Staffman Chen Ji immediately said: "Lord, first of all, we should spread the news that the Han army is about to invade our Great Zhou. I believe that someone is more anxious than us at that time. Maybe the lord can take the opportunity to form an alliance against the Han country?"
Xu Wu, the king of Zhongshan, shook his head and said, "The seven remaining forces in our Great Zhou are incompatible with each other. It is not easy to form an alliance!"
"Lord, under the threat of the Han army, some things are actually not that difficult!"
The Hu Ben Army, the camp and the Wei Wushu were still rushing to the five southwest prefectures. News that the Han army was about to invade the Great Zhou Kingdom had already spread within the territory of the Great Zhou Kingdom. Frequent contacts began immediately between the four princes and the three bandits of the Great Zhou Kingdom.
"Pa" Liu Ji slapped the imperial case in front of him, and then shouted loudly in anger: "The Hu Ben Army, the camp and the Wei Wushu are still on the way, but the news that our Han Dynasty is about to send troops to Zhou has spread in the territory of Zhou. I need an explanation!"
At this time, in front of Liu Ji, not only Zhang Liang, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of War, Zhang Juzheng, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Personnel, Chen Ping, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Rites, Cui Hao, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Works, Guo Jia, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Revenue, Xiao He, and the commander of the Heishuitai Jia.
There are also Dou Yan, Minister of War, Yang Zhong, Minister of Personnel, Wang Zhihuan, Minister of Rites, Zhao Boran, Minister of Works, Liu Chong, Minister of Revenue, Zheng Kai, Minister of War, Han Renji, Minister of Personnel, Wu Ziyu, Minister of Rites, Liu Yuan, Minister of Rites, Chen Sikai, Minister of Justice, Sun Mingtao, Minister of Works, and Zhang Shunran, Minister of Revenue.
Among them, Dou Yan, Minister of War, Yang Zhong, Minister of Personnel, Wang Zhihuan, Minister of Rites, Zhao Boran, Minister of Justice, Zheng Kai, Minister of Revenue, Han Renji, Minister of the Ministry of War, Wu Ziyu, Minister of Personnel, Chen Sikai, Minister of Justice, Sun Mingtao, Minister of Works, and Zhang Shunran, Minister of Revenue, are all from the thirteen-year-old families.
Liu Chong, Minister of Works and Liu Yuan, Minister of Rites, were former royal family members of the Great Jin Dynasty.
Guo Jia, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Works, immediately said: "Your Majesty, it is obvious that the news that our Han is going to send troops to Zhou has been leaked, but not many people know about this news. In addition to us, only Zhang Han, the commander of the Xuanwu Army, Lu Bu, the commander of the Hu Ben Army, Gao Shun, the commander of the camp, and Wei Xiaokuan, the commander of Wei Wuzun, knew about this matter. The four generals Zhang Han, Lu Bu, Gao Shun, and Wei Xiaokuan, have always been loyal to Your Majesty and will never disclose that our Han is going to send troops to Zhou. Perhaps the person who leaked the news will stand in this hall at this time."
The words of Guo Jia, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Works, made the five ministers and five ministers of the Thirteenth Family feel a little angry with Guo Jia. Guo Jia obviously pointed the person who leaked the news at the Thirteenth Family.
Minister of War Dou Yan coughed and said, "Your Majesty, the Hu Ben Army, the three elite troops of the Cang Camp and the Wei Wushu, totaling more than 1.4 million. Such a large mobilization must have caused quite a lot of noise. Perhaps it was this time that the several forces of Zhou State guessed that our Han Dynasty was going to use troops against Zhou State."
In fact, Liu Ji also doubted whether someone from the five ministers and five ministers of the Thirteenth Family had leaked the news, but without evidence, Liu Ji could not force the charge to the Thirteenth Family.
Liu Ji then turned his head and asked Jia Xu, the commander of the Hei Water Platform, and said, "Is there any clues to the Hei Water Platform?"
Jia Xu shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, Hei Shuitai has no clue about the leaked news at present."
Liu Ji suddenly waved his hand and said, "Forget it, anyway, the major forces of Zhou will know that our Han Dynasty will send troops to Zhou State sooner or later, and this matter will end here. However, everyone must take good care of their own words in the future. Some things about the court cannot be revealed to their families!"
Then Liu Ji asked the ministers to disperse themselves, but kept Jia Xu, the commander of the Hei Shuitai.
Liu Ji said to Jia Xu in a deep voice: "You Hei Shuitai must pay close attention to the movements of the seven major forces of Zhou. Since the seven major forces of Zhou have learned that our Han Dynasty is going to send troops to Zhou, they cannot do nothing."
Jia Xu nodded and said, "Don't worry, our Hei Shuitai has established an efficient intelligence network within the sphere of influence of the four major princes of Zhou and the three major bandits. No matter what the seven major forces have made, they cannot hide the consequences of our Hei Shuitai."
Liu Ji said again: "This time, our Han Dynasty is going to send troops to Zhou State to leak the leak. You Heishuitai secretly should not give up on investigation. I suspect that the leak will be related to the thirteenth family."
Jia Xu hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the Thirteenth Age family is still mixed in our Han court. Almost half of our Han officials can more or less have relationships with the Thirteenth Age family. If Your Majesty wants to attack the Thirteenth Age family..."
Before Jia Xu finished speaking, he was interrupted by Liu Ji's hand, "Since I ascended the throne, the thirteenth family has been generally honest, but not everyone in the thirteenth family is willing to be the ministers of the great Han Dynasty. You Hei Shuitai must find these strange guys and knock on the thirteenth family."
Chapter completed!