Steel Dynasty - Chapter 648

[Chapter 647 King Huainan]

Cui Xueer looked at the blooming crabapple flowers in the palace and was a little stunned.

Her mother-in-law had returned from Qingzhou two days ago, and she also brought back an imperial edict for her to enter the palace as a concubine.

Although her father and mother were very happy, she was not happy at all. For her, going to a distant and unfamiliar place to marry a man she had never met was not a blessing at all.

It was just the orders of her parents and the words of the matchmaker, not to mention that as the daughter of the feudal lord, she had no choice at all.

“Xue’er, what are you thinking about?” At this time, a loud voice sounded, and an imposing and muscular man in Chinese clothes walked towards her.

Seeing the visitor, Cui Xueer’s eyes turned into crescent moons as she smiled, and she said, “Father, why are you here?”

“Father, come here to see you. After all, my daughter is about to become the royal concubine of the Great Chongqing Kingdom.” Yes.” Huainan Wang said loudly.

Hearing this, Cui Xueer suddenly pursed her lips and looked like she was about to cry. She said: “My daughter is going to Qingzhou. Not only does my father not feel sorry for me, but I am so happy. It seems that my father does not feel sorry for my daughter at all.” “

The King of Huainan was startled for a moment, then he suddenly laughed and said, “Xue’er, it is precisely because you are going to become the imperial concubine that my father is so happy, because in my father’s heart, there is only one person in the world who is worthy of you. Now the Holy One is here.”

“Yes, yes, the Holy One defeated the barbarians first in Cangzhou, and then again in Jizhou. My daughter’s ears were filled with ashes.” Cui Xueer covered her ears.

When the King of Huainan saw his daughter’s appearance, the smile on his face grew stronger. He said: “However, this time the Holy King made my father look at him with admiration. Just a few days ago, the three kings’ coalition forces were defeated. The Holy King’s status has been unshakable. King Yan is waiting to be destroyed. , King Liang and King Zhao, it will be convenient for the north of Dayu to be settled.”

Cui Xueer just rolled her eyes when she heard this, she would not care about this.

Seeing his daughter’s lack of interest, King Huainan rolled his eyes and got to the point, “The nuns and concubines who will accompany you to the palace have been selected for you. They will take care of you in the palace in the future and you will not be wronged.” “Yes.”

Cui Xueer nodded. At this time, she felt only uneasy because she didn’t know who she was going to face.

Seemingly sensing his daughter’s worry, King Huainan comforted him: “Now that the world is in chaos, the emperor attaches great importance to us. The emperor will treat you no matter what, even for the sake of his father’s face. You can rest assured about this.”

Cui Xueer heard this. Her father’s words showed reluctance, and she smiled. “Father, don’t worry. It’s my daughter’s honor to join the royal family. My daughter just can’t let go of her father and mother.”

King Huainan felt sour in his heart. The daughter of the vassal king was getting married to the royal family. It is the tradition of Dayu Country, for the long-term peace and stability of Dayu Country.

While the two were talking, suddenly a young man in armor came over and saw King Huainan. The young man said, “Father, the army has been assembled and can march to Yingzhou at any time.”

Cui Xueer was shocked when she heard this. He

said nervously: “Father, are we going to fight again?”

King Huainan looked solemn and said: “The emperor has made a decree. One is to let you enter the capital in these two days, and the other is to capture Yingzhou and destroy it. King Chu’s soldiers and horses.”

Cui Shang’an also looked at Cui Xue’er at this time and said: “Don’t worry, sister, King Yan is at the end of his battle. The capture of Yingzhou this time is a credit given to us by the emperor. After this war, maybe I will too. I will go to Qingzhou as a general, and then I can see my sister often.”

Cui Xueer felt relieved, and she said, “I won’t worry if my brother is here.”

…

Qingzhou.

Only five days had passed since the Battle of Yunzhou, and another battle report arrived in Xiao Ming’s study.

On the day of the Battle of Yunzhou, Xiao Sa led the remaining Liang army in a hurry back to King Qin of Qingzhou, but was ambushed halfway by the coalition forces of Qi Guangyi and Chen Xinran.

“Xiao Sa is dead!” Looking at the contents of the battle report, Xiao Ming was slightly surprised.

“The second prince was hit by a musket. When Qi Guangyi found him, he had already lost his voice.” This time the battle report was sent back by Niu Ben himself.

After the war in Yunzhou ended, there was no need for him to stay in Yunzhou. The rest of the war was left to Lu Fei, Luo Hong and others were enough.

Xiao Ming was silent for a while. The prince was dead, and the second prince was also dead now. The mortality rate of princes in the feudal dynasty was indeed high.

However, Xiao Ming was only slightly surprised when he heard that the second prince was dead, because this prince did not have much interaction with him, and he had always wanted to kill him. He was a stranger to this person, so he died as a matter of fact.

“Your Majesty, all the elites of the Liang army have been killed. The Liang Kingdom is already an empty shell. We should take this opportunity to capture the Liang Kingdom in one fell swoop, especially the Juyong Pass, lest the King of Liang go crazy and destroy the pass.” Niu Ben said.

Xiao Ming nodded, “Ask Qi Guangyi to continue to cooperate with Yong’s army in attacking Liang. If you take Juyong Pass, you must take the pass into your own hands.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.” Niu Ben responded.

He already knew about King Yong’s surrender, but even so, they could not completely believe King Yong. After all, King Yong was still one of the vassal kings no matter what.

In their national policy, they would eventually cut down the vassals, but they had to temporarily tolerate it for the sake of the unification of the Chongqing Kingdom.

He picked up the battle report and continued to read it. The battle report also contained news that Kaizhou and Bianzhou had been captured. “Kaizhou? This is a treasure land.”

Kaizhou of Dayu State is Puyang County in modern Henan. This Puyang County Located in the northeast of Henan Province, on the bank of the Yellow River, at the junction of Shandong and Anhui provinces, it is known as the hometown of Emperor Shun and the Dragon Capital of China in contemporary times.

According to information in the science and technology database, Puyang County is rich in natural resources, and its domestic oil and natural gas production accounts for 70% and 90% of the total production of Zhongyuan Oilfield.

In addition, Kaizhou’s underground salt mines are rich in resources, with proven reserves of 140 billion tons.

Thinking of this information, what Xiao Ming is most sensitive to is naturally oil, which will be necessary for internal combustion engines in the future, and this place is very close to Qingzhou, but the only difficulty is that the mineral layer is too deep and requires extremely high drilling technology.

“The Allied Forces of the Three Kings were defeated. They took this opportunity to quickly capture the former royal counties. In addition to garrisoning troops in Kaizhou and Bianzhou, Lu Fei and Ye Qingyun should wait for the opportunity to continue to capture nearby counties and control more land. , compressing King Zhao’s sphere of influence.”

After a pause, he continued: “I have given the order to King Huainan to send troops to attack Yingzhou, and I can leave this matter to him.”

“King Huainan?” Niu. Ben was a little surprised, “Your Highness, is King Huainan reliable?”

“I just want to test whether he can be trusted. If he captures Yingzhou and returns it to the royal prefecture and county, the King of Huainan can be used. If he still refuses to leave, then It shows that he is ambitious, and I will treat him differently. “

PS: I have updated twice in the past two days, and I am probably going to be scolded again. Some people will ask why there are fewer full-time writers than part-time writers? Is it lazy? Snails are lazy, but they are too lazy to indulge in YY. Anyone who has read history books knows that when the plot develops to this one, many books are basically on the road to completion, but for Snails, this book is just the beginning. , because Snail wanted to write this book more vividly, rather than a pure YY article. War is only an auxiliary, and development and social change are the keynote. Snail has read a lot of books these days and is very touched. After all, Snail is also I am an old author, and I hope to leave you with a wonderful world. I won’t say too much. I can’t find any excuse for the lack of updates in the past two days. It’s Snail’s own fault. Snail will digest the researched information as soon as possible and increase the speed.

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