sbdcsierra Chapter 794: The Only Road In The Grassland
Chapter 794: The Only Road In The Grassland
Agula's opinion is very pertinent every time.
The imperial power of the Central Plains did not go to the countryside, and the orders issued by the court were at most passed on to the first-level gentry.
The situation in the grasslands is the same, even more serious than in the Central Plains, because the grasslands are not as good as the Central Plains in terms of enlightenment for the people.
Under such circumstances, as long as they strictly banned the promotion of preferential treatment for herdsmen in the Central Plains, the grasslands still have a chance!
As long as it drags on for another month, there will be frequent rainy days. They only need to attack on rainy days and retreat on sunny days to ensure that they are safe.
The pressure of the two-line battle is very high, half of the power will hold back the state of Zhou, and half of the power will contain the state of Chu. If they only face one country, their situation on the grassland will be much better.
If not own reckless, how so?
Seeing the expression on Wanyan Khan's face, Agula already guessed what Wanyan Khan was thinking, so he said, "Khan doesn't need to blame himself, the right or wrong of this matter is not Khan's fault."
Wanyan Khan said: "If Ben Khan hadn't ordered the reckless attack on Zhou Guo, how could he have changed his expression into what he is now?"
Agula sighed and said, "Khan, no matter whether you attack Zhou or not, the Central Plains will send troops to our grassland."
Wanyan Khan looked at Agula and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
Agula said: "There is a saying in the Central Plains that people are lying under the couch. How can we allow others to sleep soundly? The Central Plains is still in a state of division at this time, but Khan has led my Wanyan tribe to unify the grassland in advance. Even if Khan Annai does not move, It is very likely that Chu State and Zhou State will also form an alliance to attack our grassland when there are still internal worries in our grassland. Khan will strike first and gain the upper hand in the confrontation with Zhou State. more dangerous."
Through this mission, Agula has already understood that Chu State never thought of forming an alliance with their grassland to carve up Zhou State.
The emperor of the Central Plains is different from the khan leader of the grassland.
The khans and leaders on the grassland rarely cared about how later history books commented on them, but the emperor of the Central Plains was different.
Most of the emperors in the Central Plains cared very much about their records in the history books, and the evaluation of them by later generations. Every dynasty and generation even had living officials who even recorded the emperor's words and deeds.
The emperor may not be rich, but he must have the same name.
As an emperor, if he didn't make any achievements during his reign, it would be quite a Losing face.
And one of the things that can best demonstrate your achievements is to expand your territory!
As an emperor, where the power can spread, it will be clearly written in the history books, and these honors will be accompanied by the emperor's name to proclaim Long Live Immortal.
Naturally, the successive emperors of the Chu State did not lack the merits of expanding the territory. Each emperor basically captured one or two cities in Zhou State or Zhao State, or occupied one or two states.
Especially the virtuous kings of this generation can be said to be mad. When they first ascended the throne, after defeating Zhou Guo and Zhao Guo, they left two cities of Zhou State and took one state of Zhao State.
Originally, war was expensive, right?
But the two wars were abruptly turned into a battle for a rich country by him, especially for the Zhao country, it is quite generous to lose money!
The most fascinating operation is the Emperor Zhao.
Originally, he thought that the state of Chu had always been very poor, so how could the treasury still have silver in the treasury after fighting with the state of Zhou to wrestle with their state of Zhao?
So he felt that he could expand the territory, so he sent troops to Chu State. As a result, the indemnity from Zhou State was sent over, and Chu State had money again, so Liuzhou was placed under the ownership of Chu State, including the aristocratic families above Liuzhou. , together with the Chu State.
When the peace negotiators came to the capital of the Chu State, they talked for a long time with the Honglu Temple Minister at that time, but Liuzhou did not want to go back. They had to pay the military expenses for this time, not only the military expenses, but also the indemnity.
There's no way, who told you to come here to give away the head?
The virtuous king accepted the land of Yizhou with tears in his eyes.
Why do you say tears? Because he laughed out his tears, he almost waved a small handkerchief: "Welcome to come again next time!"
The virtuous king's credit book in this life is already thick, so he is qualified to throw away the throne casually, and he can also subdue all the civil servants and generals in the court.
But the state of Zhou can't do it. The state of Zhou has already lost the city for two consecutive emperors. Although the current emperor of Zhou has great ambitions, no amount of ambition is useless without a powerful army.
Now that Chu State has added firearms, it is even more impossible for Zhou State to defeat Chu State.
Then Emperor Zhou, who wanted to be famous in history, had to find someone to bully, and it was most likely the grassland just now. Although the grassland was very barren for the common people, it was a good place for the emperor.
Because strictly speaking, the three kingdoms of the Central Plains conquered the territory of the other two countries, it is not called expansion of territory, it is called recovery.
Only attacking the grasslands is called expanding the frontiers.
It is another matter whether it is captured or not, but it is an achievement if it is defeated.
Although recovering is also a merit, it is still admired by later generations, but it is far from expanding the territory.
Of course, among these emperors, Shi Huangdi was an exception.
Although it seems that what the first emperor did was also to recover, but he was the first emperor and created the first unified dynasty.
No matter how large the territory of the later emperors is, as long as he still uses the title of emperor, he has to stand in front of Qin Shihuang.
Agula has studied the Central Plains culture since he was a child, so he naturally knows a lot about the rules and customs of the Central Plains, but this time the Central Plains taught him another lesson.
Wanyan Khan said in a deep voice; "Since the emperors of the Central Plains want merit, why do you still say that my grassland will fail no matter whether it wins over Zhou or Chu? Isn't it meritorious to regain lost land and destroy the enemy's country? Brothers fight against them outside the wall." Insult? Would the emperor really believe this nonsense?"
Agula shook his head and said: "Khan, this sentence does not refer to brothers, but also to internal disputes, which is why the emperor pays special attention to it. Even if Zhou Guo is replaced by Zhao Guo, the situation may still be the same. , it is impossible for the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains in this life to cooperate with us, even if there is no such sentence."
Wanyan Khan asked, "Why?"
Agula said; "This is what I realized after I went to the Central Plains. For the Central Plains, we are aliens and barbarians. They can do business with us, but they will never form an alliance with us to invade any country in the Central Plains." A country, once they do this, from now on, no matter how great the emperor's achievements are, no matter how vast the territory he has opened up, he will be nailed to the pillar of shame and scolded by future generations, and even..."
Wanyan Khan asked, "Even what?"
Agula said: "Even the entire dynasty will become a joke because of the stupid actions of this generation of emperors, and they will never be able to hold their heads up in front of the dynasties."
Wanyan Khan couldn't help but smiled wryly when he heard this: "If both Chu and Zhou have such thoughts, how can we win in the grassland?"
Agula shook his head and said: "The Central Plains is invincible. Even after the chaos of the Jin Dynasty, they will still stand up again."
Wanyan Khan asked, "Then what should we do?"
Agula said: "Learn from him, integrate into him, become him, and finally replace him! This is the only way in our grassland."