Chapter 1039: Unifying the World
Wang Yue doesn’t care much. After all, the time travelers are not really a threat to him. They are just forcing him to come up with something more powerful.
So, he didn't care and said calmly, "It doesn't matter, but what are you going to do? Do you want to help me, or stay aside and watch me fight with them." Ning Yi looked at
Wang Wang Yue said seriously, "If I say that I just want to eat and wait to die."
Wang Yue saw that Ning Yi was actually a little hesitant, so he said solemnly, "Then you'd better stay like this. In fact, for me "As long as you don't go to the Wu Dynasty, the Jin Kingdom and the Liao Kingdom, it doesn't matter to me even if you go back to business."
Ning Yi breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Wang Yue's words. He thought about it carefully, and He said helplessly, "I have lived a few decades longer than you, and I traveled much later. It's too late to come here at this time. If it had been earlier, I might have gone to Liao Kingdom to fight Tang Mingyuan."
Wang Yue looked at Ning Yi and said with a smile, "There are hundreds of thousands of troops led by Fang Xifo on the other side of the river. They lack a military advisor. Do you want to go over and do some business?" Ning Yi raised his eyebrows,
somewhat He asked doubtfully, "Aren't you afraid that I will lead them to grow bigger?"
Wang Yue shrugged and said nonchalantly, "I am kind to you. If you can be ungrateful, you should not be punished. Tang Mingyuan is plotting. And I also have a favor with Fang Xifo and the others. I think they were originally Jianghu figures, so they shouldn't be able to repay kindness with hatred." In fact, for Wang Yue, it is more appropriate for them to rebel now, and they can be wiped out in one fell swoop, and there is no need to give it to future generations
. Lay hidden.
After all, Ning Yi is a big boss in vertical and horizontal negotiations, and he immediately thought of the deeper meaning, and he said helplessly, "I can see it, you actually want me to help you, and keep an eye on Fang Xifo by the way, right? "
Wang Yue didn't explain. He actually wanted to say that I am invincible in martial arts. The longer I practice, the better I will become. When I can use sword control, what's the use of being good at business?
Moreover, Wang Yue learned a lot of messy skills. He can still make steel for making guns. Neither Ning Yi nor Tang Mingyuan can do it.
In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and calculations are vulnerable.
However, it was impossible for him to be honest with Ning Yi, so he followed Ning Yi's words and said, "If you want to wait for death, you must have money. You are going to make money anyway, why don't you earn it?" Ning Yi was suspicious
. He looked at Wang Yue carefully and asked with some uncertainty, "Are you kidding me? Why do I feel that you have done everything that can make money? Is there anything I can make money with?" Wang Yue raised his head
. Black Line, he said dissatisfiedly, "There are many ways to make money. I want to go by myself. You went to the other side of the river, mainly to help with ideas. You can make money however you want in your free time." Ning Yi saw what Wang Yue said
. It was so straightforward that he didn't refuse. He just asked Wang Yue how many guards he wanted and said he would go to the Xue family to settle the score.
Early the next morning, Ning Yi, who had broken Mr. Xue's leg, took Xing'er with him and went to find Fang Xifo with Wang Yue's letter.
Fang Xifo originally thought that Wang Yue was worried about him and sent someone to monitor him, so he felt a little unhappy.
But what he didn't expect was that when you came, you didn't participate in their military affairs at all. You quickly bought a group of servants and started a preserved egg and salted duck egg business.
Moreover, this business got out of hand as soon as it started, and it was quickly sold throughout the Ming Dynasty, and even people from the Five Dynasties rushed to buy it.
Ning Yi also took the opportunity to open dozens of small shops in Wu Dynasty, selling these salted duck eggs.
When the news reached the palace, Liu Xigua frowned and said, "Your Majesty, what did you send that loser over there to do? He just sells his salted duck eggs all day long, does nothing, and gets a military salary." ."
Wang Yue glanced at Liu Xigua and found that this girl was not a suitable informant at all, but this was good.
He felt that Fang Xifo really couldn't figure out what Ning Yi was doing, but it was obviously not just business.
Fang Xifo ignored Ning Yi at first and couldn't show his face, so he went to Ning Yi to ask questions, so he asked Liu Xigua to ask Wang Yue in a roundabout way.
In fact, Wang Yue understood Ning Yi's thoughts. After all, no matter what era, information is the most important.
Of course, it was impossible for Wang Yue to tell his subordinates the source of the information at will. It had already been a long time since he received the information before giving instructions.
This creates an information gap. If the front line can get the news and notify the general as soon as possible to dispatch pathogens or even ambush, it will have a great impact on the war.
Don't underestimate Ning Yi's small tea egg shop. In fact, it has the same effect as Wang Yue's Youjian Inn. They are both places where you can get information.
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When the time came to the 12th year of Jinghan in the Wu Dynasty and the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the Jin and Liao Dynasties in the north started the war again, and the Wu Dynasty finally ended its disaster relief work in various places and just breathed a sigh of relief.
However, the Wu Dynasty's disaster relief was not because the people in the disaster area got rid of the problem of hunger, but because most of the local people chose to flee.
Their escape direction was not Bianliang, Tokyo, but the towns near the Ming Dynasty.
Because after Wang Yue learned about the disaster in Wu Dynasty, he felt that this was an opportunity to win people's hearts, so he immediately collected a large amount of food and grass to prepare for the influx of large numbers of victims.
After the disaster victims arrived in the Ming Dynasty, they would allocate some land and register them. From then on, they became people of the Ming Dynasty.
After the first batch of people from the Ming Dynasty settled down, some of them returned to their hometowns to visit relatives. The settlement methods of the Ming Dynasty also spread to disaster areas in various places.
As a result, local people fled to the Ming Dynasty one after another. Local officials were unable to provide disaster relief and were afraid that a large number of starvation deaths would affect their official reputation, so they ignored the people's escape.
As a result, for more than a year, millions of people poured into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and Wang Yue accepted all comers.
If there is no land, people will be arranged to work in the royal factory, and the wages they receive will be enough for those people to buy food.
Moreover, after working for six months, they will sign a long-term contract to ensure that they will always have wages.
As a result, in the emerging country of Ming Dynasty, a different class of workers suddenly appeared.
This is different from the employees in the original workshop, because those employees all have land and come out to work just to make some money. Even if the workers in these workshops lose their jobs, they will not starve to death when they return home to farm.
With these professional workers, the military workshops in the Ming Dynasty were operating at full capacity, and the weapons warehouses were soon filled.
Seeing that it was time to make some moves, Wang Yue did not hesitate and decisively took advantage of the river to thaw to launch an attack to destroy Wu.
Because the Wu Dynasty was in a position where there were enemies on three sides, and there was only one General Dong in the entire Wu Dynasty who could fight.
Because of the war between Liao and Jin, General Dong was transferred to Hedong Road, while the defense line near Huainan was handed over to young general Wang Bing.
Although Wang Bing was brave and good at fighting, he was not prepared for a little salty duck egg. Ning Yi easily understood the army's defense.
Therefore, when Fang Xifu received the order to attack, he suddenly received a defense map of the Wu Dynasty. He looked at the detailed layout, looked at the calm Ning Yi, and asked with some confusion, "What have you been doing for more than a year?" Aren't you selling tea eggs? Where did you get the defense map? Did His Majesty give it to you?"
Speaking of which, Ning Yi simply played with eggs and duck eggs. First, salted duck eggs turned into preserved eggs, and later he introduced tea eggs. Yes, I make a lot of money.
Therefore, everyone did not take him seriously. If Ning Yi was not sent by Wang Yue, he might have been driven away long ago.
Ning Yi knew it was time to show off his cards, otherwise it would affect future cooperation. He did not take any credit or be arrogant, and said very modestly, "It's all my guys who are capable. I drew it by the way while walking down the street." This thing."
Fang Xifu twitched the corner of his mouth, as long as they had a military advisor like Ning Yi under their Yongle army, they would not have conquered a place so quickly back then.
But it wasn't just about these things. He saw that Ning Yi also had real abilities, so he immediately asked Ning Yi what he thought about the decisive battle.
Ning Yi thought very simply. He said very seriously, "If you learn martial arts and sell them to the emperor's family, you can sell them to any emperor. We might as well leave the Wu Dynasty's army on our border and attack the canal directly." Huanglong, take down Kaifeng Mansion. As long as we are fast enough, we might be able to capture the Emperor of Wu Dynasty."
Regarding Ning Yi's blitzkrieg, Fang Xifu was a little unsure whether he should execute it or not. He hesitated for a long time before taking it seriously. He said, "Commander Ning's plan is very good, but this matter is too important. I need to report it to Your Majesty. After all, if we lead the army to attack, someone must take over the defense line." Ning Yi nodded, very much in agreement
. Said, "General Fang is thoughtful and this is how he should be."
After the two discussed it, Fang Xifu wrote a note and sent it to Jinling.
After Wang Yue read it, he analyzed the current situation and it seems that he can really give it a try.
You know, after several improvements to the warship, a steam engine was added to the warship by Wang Yue, who was idle and bored. The speed of the warship was quite fast. It didn't take long to travel from Huainan to Bianliang via the canal.
If we organize hundreds of warships and attack Kaifeng Mansion, regardless of whether we can capture Kaifeng or not, we will definitely scare the timid emperor into moving the capital.
Of course, with the cooperation of large ships equipped with artillery, the sneak attack army would not be impossible to attack the city.
The only thing I'm worried about is whether the canal waterway will be concealed, making it impossible for ships to pass through.
Thinking of this, Wang Yue thought it would be better to walk along the Yellow River, pass through Damingfu and go straight to Bianliang, Tokyo. The soldiers and horses of the Five Dynasties would not have thought that they would take a detour.
After making the decision, Wang Yue slightly changed his battle plan. He gave up his original plan to occupy Jingxiangzhou County.
Instead, they continued to defend elsewhere and asked Yang Xiao to lead the troops to defeat the defenders on Huainan West Road and quickly move closer to Kyoto. Let Fang Xifo and Ning Yi lead an army of 100,000 people and take a warship to Damingfu to raid Tokyo City.
After the plan was implemented, because Yang Xiao's attack was too sharp and Wu Dynasty's firearms were no match for the Ming Dynasty, he was defeated in a single confrontation.
After receiving the news, the Wu Dynasty quickly sent troops south to prepare to stop Yang Xiao's army. At the same time, they ordered the defenders of Xiangyang Prefecture to come to support quickly.
That is to say, a few days after the Imperial Guards left Bianliang, Tokyo, a fleet suddenly appeared outside Bianjing City.
The defenders of Tokyo City were blinded by this surprise attack and had no idea where the enemy came from. When Fang Xifu opened the east gate of Tokyo City, Daming Mansion's 800 Li team rushed to reach Tokyo City.
But it was too late at this time. The little emperor Zhou Zhe had no time to read this urgent document, so he decisively fled from the west gate of Kaifeng Mansion to Xijing.
The defenders of Kaifeng Mansion were not very effective in combat. After learning that the emperor had run away, some powerful officials and generals also hurried home and ran away with their families.
Others had no intention of fighting and began to surrender one after another. Within two days, Fang Xifo Ningyi led an army to occupy Kaifeng Mansion.
Ning Yi came forward to appease the people of Tokyo City, while Fang Xifu sent Chen Fan to pursue westward, requiring him to rush back within two days.
Ning Yi was left with 50,000 troops to guard Tokyo City, and then he led the army to the south, and Yang Xiao attacked the Wu Dynasty's troops in front and back.
Although the Wu Dynasty's army also had firearms, they were just simple firecrackers. Against the artillery of Wang Yue's troops, they had no intention of fighting.
This war started quickly and ended even faster. It started with the Ming Dynasty attacking Tokyo and ended with the Wu Dynasty moving its capital to Chang'an.
After the war, the Ming Dynasty and the Wu Dynasty formed an east-west confrontation, and the northern part of the Ming Dynasty finally bordered the emerging Jin Kingdom.
The army of the Wu Dynasty was busy building defense lines on the new border, while the Ming Dynasty was busy digesting the newly received land. It still used the original method of attacking local tyrants to divide the land. Of course, those families with better reputations were still preserved.
The fighting was lively in the south, and the fighting between Jin and Liao in the north was the same. No one had time to care about others.
The Ming Dynasty cleaned up the remnants of the Wu Dynasty in the territory. When the army began to march westward, the Jin Kingdom had just destroyed the Liao Kingdom. They did not rush to digest the land they had just acquired. Instead, they sent troops to Yanjing to take back the land bought by the Wu Dynasty. of states and counties.
But what they faced was no longer the cowardly Wu Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty with cannons. The soldiers and horses that raided Yanjing, and Yang Jian who was ordered to station here, were all wiped out under the city of Yanjing.
Taking this opportunity, Yang Jian asked his good brother Yang Kang to go north to seize the Great Wall defense line, and he himself attacked Datong Mansion.
The Kingdom of Jin did not expect that the Ming Dynasty would be so violent in fighting, nor did they expect that the troops sent to attack would fail so quickly. By the time they reacted, Yang Jian had already arrived at the city.
Soon, the defenders of Datong Mansion also realized the power of the fire. The heavy city gate was opened with just one cannonball, and the defenders on the city wall were killed and injured in pieces by bombs. It only took three to five days. In a short time, Yang Jian and Yang Kang pushed the border with the Kingdom of Jin beyond the Great Wall.
When Wang Yue received the news, he was not surprised at all. He was prepared for Sufeng to make a surprise attack when he was victorious, and left enough gunpowder for the two brothers Yang Jian and Yang Kang.
With the northern defense line stabilized, the Ming Dynasty's Western Expedition went more smoothly. Yang Xiao even captured the escaping Emperor Zhou Zhe of the Wu Kingdom in Xingyuan Prefecture, as well as many of the emperor's relatives who accompanied him.
The rest of the matter was simple. Yang Xiao sent people to take Zhou Zhe's imperial edict and captured the land of Bashu without any bloodshed.
At this point, the Ming Dynasty replaced the Wu Dynasty, occupied all the land of Wu Chao, and confronted the Jin Kingdom from north to south.
(End of chapter)