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Chapter 59 He, Liu Xiu, Doesn't Believe in Ghosts and Gods

"The Qiang clan and the Da Yue clan colluded to plunder our new dynasty's property and kill our new dynasty's people. I want to subjugate the Da Yue clan and the Qiang clan. What do you think?"

In the court hall, Wang Mang looked around at the ministers.

"The Qiang people are vassals of our new dynasty. Colluding with the Da Yue clan is an unforgivable crime. The Da Yue clan killed my people and robbed me of my property. Please go out to crusade." Su Yan said indignantly.

The rest of the ministers also showed anger, wishing to pull out the muscles of the Dayue clan and the Qiang clan.

In fact, they did not have such resentment towards the Dayue Clan and the Qiang Clan.

A sheep was lost in the frontier of the new dynasty, and for some reason it got to the ears of the emperor, so it became the Dayue Clan who looted the property of the new dynasty.

In the borderlands, there are some horse bandits who have no choice but to deal with some mange diseases newly established by the imperial court.

Those horse bandits didn't stick to one place, they went to Da Yueshi to plunder their property.

It's just that they underestimated the strength of the Da Yuezhi and were killed directly.

Speaking of which, the Da Yue Clan did a good deed for Xinchao, helping Xinchao wipe out the horse bandits, and they even sent envoys to Xinchao to ask for credit.

It's just that the emperor was furious when he heard it.

Your little Da Yue clan dared to kill the people of my new dynasty, and even dared to send envoys to the new dynasty to show off their power. Is this bullying my new dynasty?

So there was this court meeting, and the emperor wanted to send troops for an expedition.

It's not that there are no objections, but those people have all gone home to recuperate. After all, their emperor can't hear objections.

"I appointed Su Chen as the general of the Western Expedition, the commander-in-chief of this expedition, and Liu Xiu, the executive Jinwu, as the deputy commander. He will lead an army of [-] to conquer the Dayue clan and the Qiang people." Wang Mang announced the appointment.

"Your Majesty, Su Chen has never participated in a single battle. Is it inappropriate to be the commander of an army of [-] troops for the first time?"

At this time, only Su Yan dared to stand up and raise different opinions.

"Su Chen is a descendant of the Marquis of Changshou. He has intensively read the art of war and learned the ancient and modern times. It is not a problem for him to be the commander of one side." Wang Mang said calmly.

Besides, isn't there Liu Xiu as the deputy commander?
This was not a decision he made himself. It was his teacher who entered the palace at night and told him that he wanted to be a commander and contribute to the new dynasty.

He naturally knew that it was false for his teacher to contribute to the new dynasty, and it was true that he wanted to experience leading soldiers.

But what can he do as a student who respects his teacher, of course he agreed to the teacher's request. Anyway, he still recognizes his teacher's ability.

The Marquis of Changshou has a rich collection of books, and those military books are all collected by the teacher alone.

The teacher is a person who loves military books so much, he must have read them frequently, and some war tactics must be at his fingertips.

After all, people live too long.

Even if the teacher's art of war is not very good, but he can destroy an army by one person, and he can destroy thousands of troops by one person.

"I've already made a decision, you don't need to say much."

The new dynasty is Wang Mang's words, and no one can change what he decides.

"Boss, the new dynasty has sent a large army to attack us."

Inside the camp of the Qiang people, several big men were making noise.

"My Qiang nationality was a subordinate of the great Han before. After the establishment of the new dynasty, I immediately bowed my head and surrendered to the new dynasty. I will surrender wholeheartedly. Why does the new dynasty still want to attack us?"

The leader of the Qiang tribe slammed his fist on the table.

God is sorry, they Qiang people have always been the younger brothers of the Central Plains.

It was thought that the leader was the son-in-law of the Central Plains and had a close relationship with the Central Plains.

In his generation, he is also actively seeking to become the son-in-law of the new dynasty, and he has donated a lot of cattle, sheep and leather.

But the daughter of the Central Plains did not wait, but the soldiers of the Central Plains.

"Xinchao seems to say that our Qiang clan colluded with Da Yueshi and killed the people of Xinchao." A weaker man among a group of big Han said.

"Killing the people of the new dynasty? Is there really such a thing in the clan?" The leader of the Qiang clan stared at the people in the camp with eyes like hungry wolves.

"Boss, how could we kill the people of the new dynasty? The Central Plains people came to our Qiang people, we didn't treat them as VIPs!"

"Then why does the new dynasty want to conquer us?"

"I think Xinchao is a hungry wolf who can't get enough to eat. After seeing the year of the ox leather we offered earlier, they want more!"

"At the moment, it is better to gather the sons of our Qiang people to resist the new dynasty, and let the people of the Central Plains know that our Qiang people are not easy to mess with."

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"Brother Su Chen, there is a large tribe of the Qiang people ahead."

Su Chen and Liu Xiu personally led the vanguard to investigate the situation.

"They should have noticed the movement of the army, and even built defenses around the tribe." Su Chen looked at the tribe in front of him with some amusement.

The Qiang people have been learning things from the Central Plains, but they didn't expect to learn even the fortifications from him.

It's just that you are a nomadic people, what's the matter with giving up the benefits of cavalry to secure the tribe?

Isn't this using their weaknesses to deal with their strengths?

"Brother Su Chen, our army has brought a lot of trebuchets, and they can destroy their fortifications directly with trebuchets." Liu Xiu said, looking at the crude fortifications in front of him.

In Xiu'er's eyes, the fortifications of the Qiang people could be broken with one blow.

"It's okay to set fire, just set fire to the plains to force the Qiang people to come out, and then shoot arrows to kill their vital forces."

Xiu Er proposed another strategy.

"Uncle Wen, you are right." Su Chen casually looked at the tribe in front of him.

What Xiu'er said was very good, but she just didn't use his tricks.

"What our Changshouhou lineage is most proficient in is practice. How about letting me use it to directly destroy the Qiang tribe in front of me?" Su Chen said.

"How?" Xiu'er looked at Su Chen in disbelief.

They are here to lead troops to fight, you suddenly said that you want to do something for me?
This is war, not a joke.Liu Xiu's facial expression was a little out of control, although he had seen some unbelievable things such as 'Stone from Beyond the Sky' and 'Heavy Rain'.

But he, Liu Xiu, is still a person who doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, and everything about his 'practice' is fake.

But Liu Xiu still didn't refute Su Chen directly.

Because before the expedition, he was summoned by the emperor alone.

Tell him to manage the army well, and make a phone call as if you are the deputy commander but also assume the responsibility of the commander.

At the end, I also told him not to panic if he saw some strange things.

Don't be surprised if Su Chen wants to do things like 'hands-on' and 'riding the camp alone', don't organize it, just let him do it.

Since the emperor had told him before, Liu Xiu also decided to take a good look.

What exactly is Su Chen going to do?

He, Liu Xiu, doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, and doesn't believe in these messy 'methods'.

(End of this chapter)