Chapter 451 We must seize the time to seize the throne

After Lu Chen entered the capital of King Qi, he immediately promulgated a series of policies that were beneficial to the people.

In addition, Lu Chen didn't even kill anyone from Prince Qi's palace, which immediately made the people of Qi State feel that King Bei was a kind prince who would not kill innocent people indiscriminately. This also alleviated the people of Qi State's fear of Lu Chen to a certain extent. .

However, those families that had helped Qi State fight against the Northern Army basically did not end well.

After Qi State stabilized, the 200,000 troops each led by Wei Siyuan and Mu Changtian also began to attack the mainland of Daxia.

Mu Changtian and Wei Siyuan belong to the vanguard force. The army they lead will destroy most of Daxia's army, and then Lu Chen will go straight to the capital.

Time flies by, half a month later.

Lu Chen's temporary office.

Lu Chen was browsing some official documents sent from Yancheng. At this time, Bai Qingqing's voice sounded at the door.

"Commander Qin wants to see you."

Lu Chen said calmly: "Come in."

Then Qin Yushan entered the room and said, "Meet the prince."

Lu Chen nodded and said, "Well, what information do you have recently?"

Qin Yushan immediately handed the information in front of Lu Chen, and then reported: "The eldest prince's people have discovered the materials for making gunpowder and have begun to think of ways to make firearms."

"And in order to avoid conflict with the Northern Army, the eldest prince has led his troops south."

Hearing this, Lu Chen was stunned.

How quickly did people in this world discover gunpowder?

Lu Chen then calmed down. Although it was only a few years ago, the firearms in the North have been replaced for several generations. It is not strange for people in this world to discover gunpowder.

Lu Chen then opened the letter in his hand and read it carefully. The information mentioned in detail how Lu Yi discovered gunpowder.

Seeing that Lu Yi discovered gunpowder when the fake Taoist priest was refining alchemy, Lu Chen thought to himself that if he had not appeared, even if they found gunpowder, they would probably just use it to set off fireworks. It would take hundreds of years for the gunpowder to be used. Used in the military.

But then again, even if Lu Yi and the others discovered gunpowder, the gunpowder they could make was at most black gunpowder, which was definitely not as powerful as the gunpowder in the North. The gunpowder in the North has been replaced for several generations now.

Of course, this is indeed a huge threat, and he must seize the time to win the throne.

Lu Yidu discovered gunpowder, and other forces may also have discovered gunpowder. As time goes by, other dynasties may also possess firearms.

Although their firearms are not as powerful as those of the Northern Kingdom, if other dynasties possess firearms, it will be a huge threat to the soldiers of the Northern Kingdom. When the Northern Kingdom prepares to unify several major dynasties in the future, the firearms will inevitably slow down the process.

It would be best to overthrow several major dynasties before other dynasties invented firearms.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen immediately picked up the pen and started writing military orders.

Soon, the new military order was passed to Wei Siyuan and Mu Changtian. In the following time, Mu Changtian and Wei Siyuan accelerated the pace of their attack.

at the same time.

A certain city in the south.

King Zhao looked at the information in his hand, frowned, and was speechless for a long time.

At this time, there were more than a dozen of his subordinates standing in front of King Zhao. One of his subordinates said: "Your Majesty, now that the eldest prince has taken advantage of our absence, he has actually colluded with the remnants of the vassal kings to occupy the territory that we finally conquered. We We can’t just let it go!”

As soon as this subordinate finished speaking, another subordinate also said: "Yes, Your Majesty, if we don't send someone to take care of it, the eldest prince doesn't know what he will do!"

King Zhao had his own clear goals. He did not attach great importance to the gains and losses of some lands, but his subordinates were different. They had finally destroyed those feudal states, but as soon as the eldest prince came, they destroyed those kingdoms. The land was occupied.

King Zhao put down the information in his hand, glanced at his subordinates, and then said calmly: "The Qi Kingdom has been destroyed. The Northern Kingdom has sent a total of 600,000 troops southward. It won't take long for the capital to fall. If the Northern King is allowed to If you enter the capital in front of me, that position belongs to the King of the North."

"Once King Bei becomes emperor, all my efforts will be in vain. Now if we divide our troops to compete with the eldest prince for those pieces of land, how can I compete with King Bei for that position?"

Hearing what King Zhao said, King Zhao's subordinates were stunned.

At this time, one of King Zhao's subordinates said: "Your Majesty has a long-term vision and foresight. I admire you!"

King Zhao continued: "We must hurry up and go north to prevent the Northern Army from heading to the capital!"

"Especially the army marching east from Heyang County."

Having said this, King Zhao looked up into the distance, feeling filled with emotion.

Is this what you want!

When the war reached this level, even if the unification was finally completed, there would be no more vassal kings in Daxia, and the Xia Emperor's power would reach its peak, what would eventually fall into the hands of the Xia Emperor would still be a broken Daxia.

I don’t know how many years it will take for Daxia to return to pre-war levels.

King Zhao felt that Emperor Xia went too far.

But he was on Emperor Xia's side after all, so it was hard for him to say anything.

Now he could only follow what Emperor Xia said and go south as soon as possible to help the court deal with the "last vassal king", the King of the North.

After receiving Lu Chen's military order, Mu Changtian and Wei Siyuan accelerated their attack. Emperor Xia had no intention of stopping them from going to the capital at first, so in a very short period of time, most of the counties in Daxia were conquered by the Northern Kingdom. controlled.

However, Mu Changtian and Wei Siyuan were advancing too fast, and they had almost reached the area controlled by the capital.

Emperor Xia found that Lu Chen was still waiting for King Qi and did not move at all. If the two armies from the North were allowed to continue to advance, the capital city would probably be overrun by the 400,000 troops.

This is definitely not possible. We must find a way to delay Lu Chen until he goes south before letting them get close to the capital. Then Emperor Xia began to mobilize troops and generals, and secretly sent a letter to King Zhao, asking King Zhao to find a way to delay Mu Changtian. The army he led.

As for the Daxia court, they focused on dealing with the Northern Navy in the east.

In the past it was just a small fight, but now comes the real war.

After receiving Emperor Xia's letter, King Zhao immediately mobilized his troops to move closer to Mu Changtian's army.

At this time, the 200,000 troops led by Mu Changtian were still stationed in Jingjiang City for repairs. With the presence of the Jinyi Guards, Mu Changtian knew every move of King Zhao. Mu Changtian also knew that King Zhao had led an army of 400,000 people close to Jingjiang City.

Although King Zhao's army was twice as large as theirs, Mu Changtian did not panic at all.

King Zhao and him are also old friends.

In order to help Emperor Xia fight for the throne, they had cooperated many times. Mu Changtian knew very well that King Zhao was Emperor Xia's man.

Although on the surface it seems that King Zhao has launched a rebellion, it can be seen from the fact that King Zhao did not attack the capital directly, but instead came to intercept the northern army. King Zhao is still on the side of Emperor Xia.

At this time, King Zhao did not know who led the Northern army he was about to fight. After approaching Jingjiang City, he immediately led the army to plan a tentative attack to test the combat effectiveness of the Northern army.

I have long heard that the Northern Army has strong combat effectiveness, and coupled with the Northern Army's achievements in the north, this has to make King Zhao cautious.

However, what surprised King Zhao was that when they saw that they were already approaching the city, the Northern Army huddled in Jingjiang City and did not attack. This made King Zhao feel that something was wrong.

Just when King Zhao was about to let his soldiers launch an attack, the appearance of Mu Changtian on the tower of Jingjiang City stunned King Zhao. (End of chapter)