Chapter 33 People call me pretty
After Yu Yu introduced the current situation, although Li Xu knew some probabilities before, he still called him a good guy in his heart.
This is the beginning of the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, and then it soon collapsed into a mess for the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
If there was another Zhou emperor, it would have become the Warring States Period.
I talked to Yu Yu again, and it seemed that the history of Zhongzhou before the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty was very similar to the historical context and the main characters and events I learned before.
So, history turned a corner from the end of the Yuan Dynasty and turned into a new version of the ship you have never heard of?
The more Li Xu listened, the more confused he became. In this new version of the ship, his so-called prophet advantage no longer exists.
Fortunately, he is also a glorious system owner.
Well, it is called hang pussy for short.
Yu Yu saw that he listened seriously, and was happy in his heart and talked more vigorously.
Thinking about it, I used to be a good baby who listened to me in front of my elders, and I didn’t have the chance to show off myself.
Now, with such a handsome, funny and humorous boy as his loyal listener, the comfort in his heart is a hundred times more comfortable than eating candied fruits.
Everyone has the desire to be heard and needs to be needed. Li Xu also happens to like to satisfy other people's desire to express themselves.
Yu Yu raised his slender and fair green onion and white plain hands and stroked a scattered strand of hair on his temples behind his ears, and continued: "Take our Daqin as an example, although the Mongolian and Tartars were attacked in the north, the Western Regions countries sometimes invaded the territory in the west, and there was a Shu country next to the south, but these were all scabies."
Speaking of this, she deliberately stopped and looked at Li Xu, obviously waiting for Li Xu to ask questions.
Li Xu also cooperated very well, blinking a pair of Ruifeng eyes at her, showing a strong desire for knowledge, and asked, "I would like to ask Master Xiaoyuer to solve his doubts, why is this?"
Yu Yu burst into laughter by him, and quickly dressed up with a stern face and said, "Let me tell you that Master will come slowly."
Originally, during the reign of the Yuan Dynasty, many people in Guanzhong were forced to become horse households, that is, people who specialize in raising horses for the court.
The cultivated land became a pasture, and these horse households had to pay a certain number of horses to the court every year.
In addition to these horse households, the Yuan Dynasty also set up many official military horse farms in Guanzhong. For example, the Guanshan Ranch in Guanxi is the largest ranch in Guanzhong, which can raise 100,000 war horses.
Under such conditions, although the arable land in Guanzhong was much more barren, the number of war horses and the people who could ride horses reached a very considerable number.
There are also many pastures and horse households in Liangzhou, Suzhou and Ningxia.
After Qin occupied these places, although many pastures were eliminated and many arable land was restored, a considerable number of pastures and horse households were retained.
In this way, the basis for the Qin State to form a cavalry was much better than that of other countries.
On this basis, the Qin State formed nearly 100,000 cavalry, and there was a continuous stream of reserve troops among the people.
Whether it is the Mongolian Tatars in the north of the desert, the countries in the Western Regions, or the Tubo people on the plateau, their greatest advantage is that they have a large number of cavalry and can use the powerful maneuverability of the cavalry to raid the Central Plains dynasty.
The best way to deal with cavalry is naturally to have an equally powerful cavalry.
And Qin happened to meet this condition.
Therefore, no matter whether it was the harassment of the Mongolian Tartars, the attacks of the borders of the Western Regions, or even the temptations of the Tubo people, they did not have much advantage in the powerful cavalry of the Qin State.
And the neighbor of the south of Qin State, Shu State, not to mention.
Since ancient times, Shu Kingdom has been a good place to live in a corner. The dynasty that can establish a foundation in Shu Kingdom basically does not have much enterprising spirit.
As long as you don’t come and hit me, it’s not good for me to live my own life.
So Shu basically takes the defensive stance. As long as you don’t take the initiative to hit me, I won’t take the initiative to provoke you.
In the eyes of the monarch of Shu, he wished that all forces in the world would ignore themselves directly. Being a little transparent is the happiness he wanted.
Therefore, the biggest threat to Qin was his neighbor to the east, the Wei State.
The Wei Kingdom occupied the Central Plains, with flat and fertile land, rich resources and a large population, so the national strength was very strong.
The Wei Kingdom is right at the center of the world, so it is also enemies on all sides.
There is the brave and fierce Zhao State in the north, the fierce and warlike Qin State in the west; there is the ambitious Chu State in the south, and there is a very high-profile Qi State in the east.
Although the national strength is very strong, the life of Wei State is actually not easy under such a group of wolves, and he has just maintained a balance.
However, although each of these neighbors does not seem easy to mess with, they have different threats to Wei.
Let’s talk about the Zhao State in the north first. Although the national strength is quite strong, on the one hand, it has to deal with the Mongolian Tartars on the grassland, and on the other hand, it has to deal with the Manchu soldiers who come out of seclusion from time to time.
In addition, Zhao State has a powerful neighbor, that is Qi State.
The threat to Zhao State by Qi State is greater than that of Wei State.
There is still a Yellow River between Zhao and Wei, so there is no need to free up too much troops to deal with Wei, and it is basically a defensive move.
Let’s talk about Qi in the east. Qi must not only guard against Chen in the south, but also resist Zhao, and basically focus on the defensive situation against Wei.
Although the Chu State in the south of Wei State is not small in area, there are many mountains and hills in the country, and most of them are barbarians, so the national strength is not very strong. On the one hand, it has to deal with the threats from neighboring countries and suppress the various barbarians who rebel at will, so there are not many troops that can free up to deal with Wei State.
By doing this, the biggest threat to Wei State is naturally the Qin State, which is connected to land.
There are generally two roads to enter Qin from Wei State: through Tongguan or Hangu Pass.
Although the Qin State had a large number of cavalry, most of them were deployed on the northern and western borders, so they could only confront the Wei State at the two passes, mainly infantry.
Over the past decades, there have been hundreds of battles of all sizes between the two countries, and Hangu Pass has even fallen into the hands of the Wei Kingdom, but it was soon taken back by the Qin army.
The Qin army also went out of Hangu east and occupied several cities of Wei, but in the end the Wei State counterattack was successfully carried out.
For decades, both sides have been tug at each other's warp, and no one can always gain the upper hand.
Speaking of this, Yu Yu suddenly looked gloomy: "In the past decades of fighting, I, Qin, have died on the battlefield. The same is true for the Wei State. So Mingzhu betrayed me, and although I was heartbroken, I couldn't really blame her. There were too many people who died in both countries and they had completely formed a mortal enemy. She is from Wei, and I am from Qin, and she wants me to make sense."
Li Xu continued: "This is the reason, so it is natural for you to kill her to avenge your subordinates. You are not wrong, but the world is wrong."
"Then can this world change?"
"Unless the world is reunified, the creatures will be spared from the disaster and the common people. But the world is so chaotic, it is so difficult to produce another hero like Zhou Taizu."
When Li Xu thought of this messy world situation, he sighed.
Yu Yu also fell silent.
The atmosphere became a little solemn for a moment.
After Yu Yu's explanation just now, Li Xu had a basic concept of the world pattern. He was even more convinced of the advice Tan Lun gave him before.
Learn from the best and get the most.
The world is so chaotic, and it is indeed unrealistic to escape and be a free and easy rich man.
But he soon thought of another thing and looked up at the long-legged girl with a gloomy expression: "Master Xiaoyuer, have you ever seen a musket?"
Yu Yu's expression became much brighter when he called him a master. He nodded and said, "There are Shenji Camp among the Imperial Guards in the capital, and there are muskets in the Shenji Camp."
Li Xu asked in detail about the style and firing power of the musket, and Yu Yu couldn't explain it clearly, but judging from her description, the Qin army used an older antique mesh rope gun.
This made Li Xu feel relieved. It seemed that his flintlock rifle still had the advantage of the generation gap.
A lot of things happened today. The two of them just talked about the heavy and grand topic of family, country and the world. Li Xu also knew that the cots were the mainstream in the world and was in a better mood, so he looked at Yu Yu seriously and said:
"This beautiful girl, you haven't asked the hero in front of you yet? This is a very serious act of rudeness!"
Yu Yu was stunned and realized that he had forgotten to ask him what his name was.
It’s all this bad guy. I just woke up and told some messy jokes to tease myself, making me forget this.
She pursed her lips and smiled, bowed her hands, and asked deliberately, "Then please ask the great hero Gao's name, where is the fairyland?"
Li Xu thrust his chest, looked up at the sky at 45 degrees, and said in a low voice: "A long time ago, people called me handsome!"
Chapter completed!