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Chapter 4357 4359 [The Changing Situation]
Chapter 4357 4359 [The Changing Situation]
In the blink of an eye, another half a year passed. During this period, the Li family had annexed the Three Qins. They then divided their troops into two groups. One group attacked the Land of Abundance from the Shu Road, while the other group attacked Dou Jiande of Yanzhao. They captured cities and territories and were invincible.
Wang Shichong in Luoyang fought repeatedly with Li Mi in Wagangzhai. Although Li Mi was famous and popular, he was a bit stubborn and self-righteous.
Moreover, after becoming the leader, he was afraid that his subordinates would also learn from him to rise to power through infighting, so he became timid and did not dare to delegate power easily. This also led to the generals being restrained when leading the troops and unable to give full play to their strengths, thus suffering a series of defeats.
However, Li Mi did not reflect on his own behavior. Instead, he thought that they were deliberately lazy and dissatisfied with him. Therefore, he became more and more harsh on his subordinates, which led to disunity among the people in Wagang Camp and their momentum was greatly reduced compared to before.
On the contrary, Wang Shichong gradually recovered some of his strength by winning battles continuously, and even formed an alliance with Dou Jiande of Jizhou to discuss jointly dealing with the Li clan.
The Song clan tried hard to attack the Yuwen clan in order to completely eliminate Yu Wenhuaji and completely occupy the southern region. After half a year of fighting, Yu Wenhuaji's territory was successively conquered by Song Shidao.
Seeing that the war was not going well, Yu Wenzhi simply deposed the emperor Yang Hao, whom he had supported, and proclaimed himself emperor, named the country Xu, and conferred titles on hundreds of officials.
But it turned out to be just a farce. Less than three months after Yu Wenzhi proclaimed himself emperor, the city of Jiangdu was conquered by Song Shidao. Yu Wenzhi set a fire in the palace and it is said that he and his concubines were burned to death.
But others said that when the city was broken, they saw Yu Wenhua and two beauties disguised and leaving the city, so he was definitely not dead.
But regardless of whether he was dead or not, his army had been wiped out. He was the only commander left, and even if he had great abilities, it would be difficult for him to save the situation.
After taking Jiangdu, Song Shidao led his troops northward, captured Xuzhou and Beng, and headed towards the Central Plains.
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During the past six months, Xiang Nan has constantly honed his spirit and worked hard to strengthen his will, making his spirit stronger and stronger, which has also brought him closer and closer to the realm of "Sword Heart Enlightenment".
However, Xiang Nan still did not slack off at all, but continued to practice hard, striving to reach a higher level.
During this period, he also helped the Song clan build several more small blast furnaces and create more muskets and cannons, making the Song army's combat effectiveness increasingly stronger.
With the promotion of high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, peanuts, peppers, and tomatoes, although the Song Dynasty had been at war for years, not only did the country not become impoverished, but the population actually increased.
After all, those hills and mountains that could not be irrigated or used to grow rice can now be used to grow sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn. Grain production has greatly increased and can feed more people.
Moreover, the areas of Jingxiang and Jiangnan conquered by Song Shidao were also rich in fish and rice. Sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, etc. were also planted in those areas, and the yields were very good.
In addition, Xiang Nan also presided over the construction of several 5,000-ton steel ships, but they were not driven by sails or manpower, but by steam engines.
This ensures that the ship not only runs fast but also steadily, and can still withstand strong winds and waves.
The ship is also equipped with dozens of cannons. Not to mention encountering pirates, even regular troops would find it difficult to escape from its artillery fire.
Xiang Nan prepared these ships, firstly, in case Song Shidao failed in his battle for supremacy with Li Shimin, he would use these ships to carry the Song army to Southeast Asia for development;
Secondly, if Song Shidao really succeeded in his bid for world domination, then these ships could also be used to transport goods. With a carrying capacity of 5,000 tons, and without the risk of capsizing, the shipping capacity would be astonishing.
The cargo volume of grain transported in the Qing Dynasty was no more than 320,000 tons a year. Using a 5,000-ton ship, 64 round trips were enough, which was much better than using a grain ship with a load capacity of only a few dozen tons.
... In the blink of an eye, another half a year passed. The Li clan marched from Hanzhong and captured the Sichuan and Chongqing regions. They then advanced straight to Jingxiang via the Yangtze River.
The Song clan was fighting with Dou Jiande in Xuzhou and Bengbu in the north, and had to contend with the Li clan's army in the west, and was caught in a dilemma for a while.
Wang Shichong defeated Li Mi's Wagangzhai several times, causing the Wagangzhai's strength to further decline. In desperation, Li Mi had to accept Li Shimin's recruitment and led his army to surrender to the Li clan.
Subsequently, Li Shimin reorganized Li Mi's army and sent troops to attack Wang Shichong.
Wang Shichong won victory after victory in his battles against Li Mi, but was defeated repeatedly in his battles against the Li clan. He was forced to retreat to Luoyang City and had no choice but to urgently call on his ally Dou Jiande for rescue.
Dou Jiande put righteousness first and led a large army to rescue Wang Shichong. However, Li Shimin sent people to cut off the food supply, causing the army to lack food and lose morale.
Li Shimin seized the opportunity to launch a fierce attack, Dou Jiande was defeated and captured, and the rest of his troops retreated to Jizhou. Seeing this, Wang Shichong had no choice but to open the city gates and surrender to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin then presented Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong to his father Li Yuan, who pardoned Wang Shichong and exiled him to Shu, but beheaded Dou Jiande.
Because in Li Yuan's view, Wang Shichong was a nobleman and had served as a Shangshu. They served in the same dynasty. Although they served different masters, they still had some friendship.
However, Dou Jiande was born in a poor family, just a peasant, so he was killed. As a result, this move aroused the indignation of Dou Jiande's remaining troops, who supported Dou Jiande's general Liu Heita as the marshal and re-established an uprising army to compete with the Li clan.
Therefore, of the six major forces that once fought for supremacy in the world, only the Li clan, the Song clan and Liu Heita of Jizhou are left.
Among them, the Li clan occupied Qin, Jin, Sichuan, Chongqing, and the Central Plains regions; the Song clan occupied Jingxiang, Xuzhou, Bang, Jiangnan, and Lingnan regions; and Liu Heita occupied Jizhou, Qi and Lu regions, forming a three-way balance of power.
Among them, the Song clan occupied the largest area and had the best equipment; the Li clan had the most talents and was equally powerful; although Liu Heita lacked strength, he had the support of the gentry in Jizhou, Qi and Lu, and was also connected with the Turks outside the Great Wall, so his strength was equally strong.
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Xiang Nan continued his practice, and at the same time, Song Yuzhi announced her pregnancy.
This made Song Que very happy.
Song Shidao has been fighting outside in the past few years and has no time to take care of his personal life. Therefore, this is the only offspring of the Song family so far. How can he not be happy?
Song Yuzhi himself was naturally very happy.
But when I heard that my eldest brother had fought with Li Shimin, I couldn't help feeling sad.
Once upon a time, she and Li Shimin and Li Xiuning were good friends, but now they are fighting against each other for power, which is really regrettable.
"Is conquering the world really that important? Why is there so much bloodshed?" She looked at Xiang Nandao in confusion.
Xiang Nan smiled and said, "The general trend of the world is that after a long period of division, there will be unification, and after a long period of unification, there will be division. War is not a good thing, but it is not a bad thing either. It is a law of history, so there is no need to worry about it."
"It would be great if there would be no war at all. I don't want my children to go to the battlefield in the future." Song Yuzhi sighed.
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