Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

One night of spring, the next day the sky breaks and the sun rises.

Su Yuan opened his eyes and looked at Zhou Shu who was pillowed on his arm, feeling very at ease.

The girl's face was serene, and her chest rose and fell gently with her breathing. Su Yuan looked at her sleeping face quietly, as if he would never get tired of it for a long time.

Not long after, Zhou Shu frowned slightly, his eyelashes fluttered, and he slowly opened his eyes, waking up.

Seeing that Su Yuan was staring at her, she shyly pulled off the quilt and said in a low voice, "How long have you been awake?"

"I don't know. You've been watching it for so long that you've forgotten the time."

"Grumpy tongue..."

Zhou Shu rolled his eyes at him, raised his fair neck slightly, and looked out the window.

Seeing that the sky was bright, she quickly propped herself up with her arms: "It's so bright, get up quickly."

Su Yuan was not in a hurry, he lazily leaned against the head of the bed, and said lazily, "What's the rush?"

"What do you mean, there's still a lot to do."

"Things can never be finished, so don't be in a hurry. Prince Shiqin is dead, and the remaining states in the south of the Yangtze River are just fish on the cutting board, which can be retrieved casually." Zhou Shu stopped the girl's soft shoulders and said softly.

Zhou Shu thought about it, but his strength couldn't compete with Su Yuan, so he was very helpless.

"You should rest today." Su Yuan said, "Last night...you must have been very tired after tossing and tossing for so long."

"I'm ashamed to say..." Zhou Shu blushed.

"Who told you to be so beautiful?"

The two had a private conversation for a while, and Zhou Shu wanted to get up and get dressed.

Su Yuan brought the copper mirror and comb over, asked her to hold the mirror, and combed her hair with the comb.

The soft hair was scattered all the way to the shoulder blades, Su Yuan combed it up and down, Zhou Shu just looked at Su Yuan in the mirror and smiled silently.

After a while, the long hair was combed softly, and Su Yuan wanted to talk for a while.Zhou Shu gently pushed him, telling him that he hurried into the city last night, and there must be a lot of business to deal with today, so don't be too greedy for pleasure.

Su Yuan thought about it too, life is long, and when the world is stable in the future, he will have plenty of time to spend with his women.There is no need to indulge too much in the gentle country for a while.

"Then I'll call them in."

Su Yuan stroked Zhou Shu's face gently, and got out of bed to change his clothes.

"Xiaoqing Xiaoyue." He called out, and there was a response from the door.

"Hey!"

Su Yuan had already sensed that the two girls were waiting at the door, so he called them in at this moment.

As soon as the two entered the door, they looked at Su Yuan and Zhou Shu excitedly.

Obviously, the two girls had been expecting them to come to this point a long time ago.

"You two, take good care of Shu'er." Su Yuan told them.

Now that his relationship with Zhou Shu has made substantial progress, with skin-to-skin contact, the address has naturally become a little more intimate.

Xiao Qing smiled and said, "Don't worry, my lord, we will take good care of Miss!"

"Enen, just leave it to us, my lord." Xiaoyue also said.

Su Yuan nodded, looked at Zhou Shu again, exchanged an affectionate look with her, and then walked out the door.

As soon as he went out, the two maids ran to the bed and chatted.

"Congratulations miss, hee hee, you and the prince are finally together!"

"Yes, we will change our name to Wangfei in the future!"

Zhou Shu laughed and said, "You two talk a lot. Go get me some water, I'm a little thirsty."

"Oh, I'll get it right away!"

The two got busy.

Outside, Su Yuan entered the main meeting hall of the palace refreshed, and saw that Xun Yu had arrived.

"Wen Ruo."

"Lord."

After Xun Yu saluted Su Yuan, he reported to him.

"Last night, under the leadership of General Zhao, the Bei'an Army has completely eliminated all unstable factors in Xiangcheng."

"Ah."

"Xiangcheng fell, and the other cities in Yunzhou probably won't have the heart to resist. They will all be subdued soon."

"Wen Ruo, you can prepare to send the letter of persuasion to surrender to the states in the south of the Yangtze River now."

"Your Excellency understands."

Xun Yu's meticulous work attitude has undertaken a lot of paperwork for Su Yuan.

This is why he can relax a lot, otherwise, if he let real officials do these things, he might not be too relieved.

Afterwards, he met with some generals separately and asked them to prepare to go to the states to prepare for receiving or attacking.

Su Yuan himself didn't intend to take over the states himself, that would be too troublesome.

After he conquered Yunzhou and Haizhou, the next step he planned to go to was Shuzhou.

The reason why I went there was also to solve the matter of Tangmen.

On the other hand, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is for Tang Ziyu.

Zhou Shu was very accurate about him. He really admired Tang Ziyu, from appearance to personality.In addition, the latter is indeed interested in him, so as a man, he has no reason to refuse.

In addition, Tang Sect is the top Jianghu sect in the south of the Yangtze River, so it is also necessary to subdue it.

This can also be regarded as a signal to Jiangnan martial arts, let them join the Bei'an army early like the other sects in Jiangbei.

This kind of thinking may be a bit domineering in the eyes of Jianghu people, but it is necessary for Su Yuan.

After he unifies the country, it is impossible to allow a group of people who master violence not to be controlled by him.

From this point of view, perhaps he is no different from Emperor Qingzong back then.It's just that Emperor Qingzong was not as powerful as him, and he couldn't use his strength to subdue Jianghu... If he could, he wouldn't provoke the chaos that followed, and he wouldn't turn Prince Shiqin into a monster like Jiayi.

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The news that the Bei'an Army captured Yunzhou soon spread throughout the south of the Yangtze River.

The sensation caused by this was no less than that when the Bei'an Army captured the capital... even bigger!
Because the loss of the capital does not mean the demise of the Great Zhou.The capture of Yunzhou symbolized the complete failure of the Southern Zhou Dynasty...

Not only that, Su Yuan also disclosed the demise of the Great Zhou royal family, and disclosed Jiayi's true identity.Even Emperor Qingzong's secret plan was made public.

As a result, not only the common people were shocked, but even the disciples of various sects in the world were dumbfounded.

They never imagined that the bloody battle back then was actually Emperor Qingzong's plan.The so-called "assassination of the prince" is nothing but a self-directed and self-acted drama.

It is conceivable that once this matter was made public, everyone in the world would scold the Great Zhou Dynasty!
Some Jianghu disciples even dispatched dozens or even hundreds of people to gather crowds on the street to curse Emperor Qingzong.

This kind of thing would definitely not happen in the past, but now... the Great Zhou Dynasty has perished, so why dare not scold?
However, it wasn't just Emperor Qingzong who scolded Emperor Qingzong, they even scolded Taiyi.

Many sects believed that since Tai Yiyi, as the leader of Jianghu, had seen through Emperor Qingzong's conspiracy, he should have made it known widely.Instead of giving Emperor Qingzong a step down.

As soon as this statement came out, many people in the Jianghu supported it.There are also opponents. They think that Taiyi did this for the sake of Jianghu. Once the truth is revealed, Jianghu and the court will never die. At that time, it will be a lose-lose outcome.

There are many supporters of the two views, and a war of words is also staged in the arena.

It is worth mentioning that Taiyi was trapped in the vortex of public opinion, but no one came out to say anything.This is in line with their usual style of doing things on the mountain and ignoring worldly affairs.

After the truth was made public, Xun Yu's letter of persuasion to surrender was also sent to the states.

The content is posted publicly.

The common people in each state knew about it, and undoubtedly hoped to submit to the Bei'an Army.

What else can I do if I don't return?Da Zhou is dead, and even the heirs of the royal family have been "sucked" clean by Prince Shiqin.He wanted to pull the tiger's skin to find a descendant of the Great Zhou Dynasty to raise the banner of righteousness, but he couldn't find it.

You can't suddenly find someone and let him say that he is a descendant of the XX generation Zhou emperor.

Even if someone wanted to, no one would dare.

The orthodox royal family was beaten by the Bei'an army and couldn't find it, let alone the fake ones.

The common people tend to surrender, and the actual rulers of the states, the separatist warlord forces, are also caught in a dilemma.

surrender?They don't know if they will be liquidated.

If you don't surrender...the Bei'an army will not be able to defeat it when it comes, and it will be inevitable to be wiped out at that time.

In desperation, the actual rulers of several states decided to surrender voluntarily, perhaps in the future to avoid some guilt, and sent a surrender form to the Yunzhou Bei'an Army.

Where there is the first, there is the second, and where there is the second, there is the third.

Within a few days, surrender forms from four states were sent to Yunzhou.

Su Yuan also immediately sent generals and troops to receive them.

In the end, there were only two states that had not yet sent their forms.

A Shuzhou.

A Jiaozhou.

Naturally, Shuzhou has nothing to say.

Tang Lin may have received the news by now that Tang Ziyu is in the Bei'an Army.He definitely knew that even if he surrendered, what he was waiting for was only a dead end, so it would be better to resist to the death, maybe there is still a way to survive.

Of course, this was just his own fantasy. In Su Yuan's eyes, this Tang Lin was already dead.As soon as the Bei'an army arrives, they can be sent to the underworld to report.

And the other Jiaozhou is more troublesome...

"My lord, the reason why Jiaozhou didn't surrender is probably because the controller has already secretly united with several small countries in South Vietnam."

In the center of the meeting hall, a huge map was placed on the table.

At this moment, Xun Yu, Su Yuan, and several generals stood by the table and watched.

Xun Yu continued: "When my lord first wanted to go to the south of the Yangtze River, the small countries such as Nanyue expressed strong opposition and threatened us to join the alliance established by the Xifeng country."

"I remember this." Su Yuandao, "It was discussed at the time. Everyone thought it was the South Vietnamese countries, and they were afraid that the Bei'an Army would move them after the reunification. That's why the reaction was so intense."

"Yes."

"My lord, my lord!" Li Yuanba clenched his fists and said, "Since they are looking for trouble, then clean them up!"

"Hehe, Yuanba is right."

Su Yuan is not an easy talker. He has never been afraid of any threats or provocations along the way.And once you encounter these things, you will definitely retaliate back, and not equal retaliation, but five times, ten times, or a hundred times retaliation!

Before he went to the south of the Yangtze River, the threat of the small country of South Vietnam made him very unhappy... Just kidding, a small country that threatens an army that is several times stronger than his own, isn't it looking for a fight?
If Su Yuan didn't clean them up, I would really feel sorry for the soldiers of the Bei'an Army.

Qi Jiguang said: "My lord, the last general is willing to lead troops to subdue Jiaozhou and teach Nanyue a lesson."

Xun Yu said: "There is indeed a river between Jiaozhou and Nanyue, but this 'Changhong River' flows fast and shallow, so it is not suitable for large warships. General Qi is going, it is better to use more fast boats and small boats. boat."

Qi Jiguang nodded, apparently having done some research.

Su Yuan said: "Jiguang, you and Zilong should go together. It's safer for the two of you."

Qi Jiguang is capable and good at water warfare, but his personal combat effectiveness is weaker.Zhao Yun, a master at the peak, went with him, so he could take care of him if anything happened.

"The last general takes orders!" The two said in unison.

"Yuanba, you can go to Shuzhou with me."

"Yes!"

After Su Yuan made the arrangements and the generals left, Xun Yu hadn't left yet, so he still had something to report.

"My lord, there is one matter that I'm afraid you need to deal with personally."

"What's the matter?"

"Previously, the Southern Zhou court allowed overseas Western countries to set up embassy areas in their territory. Now there are still many Westerners living in these embassy areas. How should we deal with them?"

"Um……"

Su Yuan knew about it.

He still remembered that Zhou Cheng wanted to hold Xiguo's thigh before, so he accepted a series of conditions from Xiguo.One of them is to open an embassy area.

It is said to be the embassy district, but in fact it is no different from the concession.When the Southern Zhou Dynasty was still there, the imperial court had no right to interfere with the personnel in the embassy district.Moreover, there were times when some Westerners who lived inside hid in after violating the criminal law outside, and the imperial court did not dare to arrest them.

Now that the Bei'an army is here, naturally they don't care about the shitty embassy area, let alone treat those Westerners as uncles.

"How to deal with it is very simple. Cancel the embassy area and cut off all the privileges of everyone in it. Then investigate and arrest all criminals. How to deal with it."

Su Yuan paused, and then said: "The rest who have not committed crimes, let them be self-sufficient. If they have no money, they will receive temporary relief like other poor people. Those who want to return to the country can find a way to contact their mother country and send a boat to pick them up. They go back."

Xun Yu reminded: "Master, many of them are from Xifeng Country."

Xifeng Kingdom and Bei'an have always been in a state of war, and they must not handle it in the same way as other people.

"Then investigate Xifeng Kingdom first, and squeeze out all their useful information." Su Yuan said, "Let Shen Lian handle this matter, which is what he is best at."

"Yes." Xun Yu nodded, and finally asked, "Master, when Shuzhou and Jiaozhou are recovered and the world is unified, you should also ascend to the throne."

"Ah."

Su Yuan did not veto it. He may have thought about whether to create a new political system before.

But after going through so many things, he gradually thinks that before the productivity has not been greatly improved, it is better not to create a seemingly advanced political system.Such a mismatch will only cause many disasters.

Moreover, it is foreseeable that his lifespan will be very, very long... and he will exist as the ruler of this land for a long time.

Over such a long period of time, with the development and progress of society, an advanced and mature political system will definitely emerge one day.

But never now.