It's time to make a decision!

A few days later, when the turtle returned to Zhufanggang and summoned Li Qie to Xinying, Li Qie, who had heard the news before the court, suddenly felt this emotion. In the previous news, the Hong Kong River, who had just arrived in Xinying, suggested that the Chu and Yue army withdraw from Jiangdong and Yue this summer, and then tens of thousands of people took sea boats to the Red Sea to regain the land of spices.

This winter will set sail from Xinying, and you will arrive at the Red Sea in spring next year, and you will be able to regain the spice production areas on both sides of the Red Sea in that year; next winter, you will set sail from the Red Sea with full of spices to the green ocean and enter the Mediterranean Sea. At this time, the subsequent gunboats modified by cargo boats must set sail from Xinying, arrive at the Red Sea in spring next year, arrive at the Ostia port of Rome in spring, and return from the Mediterranean in autumn; in the spring of the fourth year, return to the Red Ocean Sinluoga port. If you can negotiate with Indian merchants, you can set sail from the Sinluoga and other ports that year, and arrive at Xinying in autumn. No, you will set sail in spring of the fifth year, and arrive at Xinying in autumn.

In four years, Honghuo planned to use the tens of thousands of gold he brought back from the Mediterranean to recover the spice production area with the tens of thousands of gold he brought back from the Mediterranean. Once recovered, the huge profits generated by the spice trade could meet the daily needs of Xinying.

After hearing this plan, Li Qi could not find any fault for it, but it was difficult to accept it emotionally. This was a strategic decision. If you want to seize the origin of spices, you must give up Jiangdong, Chu; and if you don’t give up Jiangdong, then Xinying will be unable to succeed in four or five years. Xinying is not a fertile land, and boys and craftsmen are not farmers, so they cannot support themselves.

"The words of the Red River are correct." Zhu Fanggang's generals were also the court officials. They must fully understand the plan and the court decision of the Red River. After listening to the long background introduction and the court debate when they looked at the court, Naojiu expressed his opinions.

"If you stop breaking, you will suffer the chaos." The Lord of Luyang recited the words of Hong Kong and nodded deeply. "Hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangdong, but if you want to defend Jiangdong, you will not be able to survive Xinying. The Qin people will also attack me and the soldiers will not be able to rest."

"The Green Ocean Channel can be back and forth in two years?" Shen Yinshang didn't care much about strategy. He cared about the situation of the channel mentioned in the pre-chase news. Obviously, it only takes one year to go from Xinying to the Sea of ​​the Mediterranean, and only one year to return from the Sea of ​​the Mediterranean to Xinying. Thinking that the connection place was Xizhou, he couldn't help but be amazed, feeling that the world was so small.

"That's right." Shen Yinyi, who followed the turtle to Zhufanggang, nodded and said. "The Hong Kong said that it is four years fast, and five years slow, and Indian corn can be transported to Xinying."

"Ran Ruo," Li Qi kept thinking about the problem of the Hong Kong Plan. When he heard Shen Yinyi talk about India, he suddenly thought of something. "Ran Ruo, what about India's backing me?"

"India bears me?" Shen Yinyi was puzzled. "India has good friends with me, and many products are produced. Merchants all ask for gold and silver, so why should they bear me?"

"However, if India really bears me?" Li Qi emphasized.

"India is a small country, but India is willing to trade with me, but what's the use of them?" Shen Yinyi asked. "India is like the world, and the city of Huashi is like the Qin people. Now that Qin Wangzheng is dead, his country is four parts, and the one who ascended the throne is his nephew. India bears me and needs to swallow up the country like Hundreds of Chengs, otherwise how can merchants be prohibited from trading with me?"

The court officials who opposed giving up Jiangdong also asked this question, and Shen Yinyi was not unfamiliar with this question. After he said that, the generals nodded repeatedly, and Li Qiyou frowned. Since the Xizhou craftsmen helped Qin build warships, he felt that many things were wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. After all, he did not have Xiong Jing's two thousand years of experience accumulation, and he was not sure who his enemy was or who.

"How about Da Ao?" When all the generals thought they should give up Jiangdong, Zhu Zhu asked. He completely opposed giving up Jiangdong. This was not a pity for his fiefdom, but because the king had not returned to Chu in the Central Plains.

Zhu Zhuzhi's words made everyone ashamed, and Nao cunningly stood up and bowed to him, "You think of Da Ao, and we also think of Da Ao. However, the battle in the Shahai has not yet been heard of Da Ao for more than a hundred days..."

When Nao Ji talked about Da Ao Wuxun, all the generals were solemn. A few months were enough to clarify the entire process of the Battle of the Sand Sea. Da Ao attacked the Qin army's shogunate not before the Qin army fought back with a copper spear, but after the Qin army fought back with a copper spear. If he did not want to reverse the defeat and take a risk, he could withdraw to his own array before the Qin cavalry returned to the rescue of the old shogunate, but he did not do that.

The generals sighed, Li Qi, who wanted to talk to Shen Yinyi again, no longer had the desire to talk. However, he was very rational and knew very well that the Red Wall was right. The Chu army must immediately take the last evacuated people to evacuate the continent, otherwise Xinying would be unable to survive in a few years.

Li Qi thinks this way, Naojiu, Luyangjun, elder Song, Ba Hu, Ruoao walk alone... These generals who are accustomed to cutting off their arms are all thinking this way in their hearts. The king is the king, and the country is the country. No matter how great a king is, it is not as humble as the country. In order to continue the country of Chu for more than 800 years, Jiangdong must give up, and Da Ao must also give up.

When Li Qi climbed the rogue and went to Xinying, Zhu Zhu and several other Yushi cried faintly on the pier. They had guessed the result of the court decision, and this result would prompt the court to give up looking for Da Ao. At this time, Xiong Jing, seven thousand miles away, could not hear his ministers crying for him. After about ten days of trekking, the delegation arrived in Loulan.

‘The long clouds in Qinghai are dark in the snow-capped mountains, and the lonely city looks at Yumen Pass from afar. The golden armor is worn in hundreds of battles, and will never return until Loulan is destroyed.’

‘In May, there is no snow in the mountains, only cold. I heard the willows in the flute, but I never saw the spring scenery... (I forgot this sentence)... I wish to put my sword down my waist and kill Loulan.’

Before rushing to Loulan, the ancient poems that Xiong Jing was memorizing when he was young were surging in his mind. Of course, these are all Tang poems. There were only fu in the Han Dynasty, and the real Han people were not like romantic Tang people. Therefore, when he came to Loulan with his reading of the Tang people's poems, he was deeply disappointed.

Whether it is to destroy Loulan or kill Loulan, it is okay to be romantic, just be careful. This Loulan City is not as big as the small town south of Jiying. It is not as long as four miles long and wide as four miles. Such a small city is worth destroying, is it killed? What he didn't know was that Loulan was desolate about a hundred years before Wang Changling and Li Bai were born.

Xiong Jing was disappointed, Lu Yangyan, Julang and the delegation were happy. They didn't care how big Loulan City was. After traveling thousands of miles west of Guazhou, they finally saw the oasis again. There was an oasis, and there was clear water. Everyone's Adam's apples were swaying, just thinking about pouring water into their throats.

"Reported to the great king, this is Loulan Kingdom. It is located west of the Laolan Sea. The king's surname is Lou, so it is called Loulan. There are 1,300 households in the country, which is a great country." Yue Numo said, pointing to the city with a circumference of less than four miles and a height of more than two feet. "The King of Loulan is forty years old and is named Youguang."

"Laolanhai?" Xiong Jing did not understand the name of Laolanhai, but still wrote down the name of King Loulan.

"This..." Yue Numo didn't know how to explain the name Lao Lanhai, he gestured and said, "It's the Great Lakes that produce salt."

"Yanze, Youze?" Xiong Jing thought of the name in "Shan Hai Jing" and guessed that this might be Youze. Youze was actually Lop Nur two thousand years later. Lop Nur was dry at that time, but Lop Nur was still a big lake at this time.

Yue Numo hadn't read the "Shan Hai Jing". When he heard this, he didn't know whether to nod or shake his head. Xiong Jing asked again: "There are six households in Chu, and more than seven people, how many people are there in Loulan? How many soldiers are there in the country?"

Xiong Jing asked about the population, soldiers, and Yue Nu Mo was first surprised, and then he was not surprised. The things that a king like Xiong Jing cares about would naturally be different from those of ordinary people. He thought about this question before answering: "There are six in Loulan, more than seven people, or nine or ten people. The soldiers in the country do not know the geometry, or there may be more than a thousand people."

"More than a thousand people." Lu Yangyan was behind Xiong Jing. He wanted to know more than Xiong Jing how many soldiers there were in Loulan Country. "Although the city is small, the city is very large. There should be more than three thousand people, otherwise why not prevent it?"

Loulan is an oasis. Although the city is small, the city is only equivalent to the royal city in the Central Plains. There are fences formed by willow and poplar euphratica on the edge of the oasis outside the royal city, and there are also trenches that can be seen. To defend the oasis with an radius of about twenty miles, Lu Yangyan judged that Loulan's soldiers should have 3,000, otherwise it would not be enough to prevent it.

Lu Yangyan's words made Xiong Jing feel a little sad. Lu Yangyan kept reminding him to escape, especially in Loulan. The key to escape was the horse. Several good horses must be transferred to the horse to escape the pursuit of more than 100 Baidi cavalrymen. As the king of a country, Lu Yangyan believes that King Loulan will not be without good horses.

Xiong Jing disagreed with the reason for escaping. He had already sworn with Neacas, and he would be disgusted by the gods. He would definitely die if he was shot through by the crossbow. If this was not the blessing of the Grand Secretary, then what was the blessing of the Grand Secretary; the second was the artillery guards who could not escape together. Once he escaped, he would inevitably implicate the artillery guards. He promised that the artillery guards would go to Xizhou with them. How could he break his promise?

Xiong Jing looked back at Lu Yangyan with a clang, and Lu Yangyan immediately looked at him, his eyes full of enthusiasm. Yuenu Mu knew the meaning of the two eyes and continued: "This villain does not know. The cities in the Western Regions are far apart, and they are always peaceful."

Xiong Jing shook his head slightly at Lu Yangyan before continuing his words: "Where are the Yuezhi people? The Yuezhi people are in the Qilian Mountains of Guazhou. Did the kings submit to the Yuezhi?"

"Yes." Yuenu said. "The Yuezhi people were nomadic and had no place to live. All the cities and states in the Western Regions surrendered to the Yuezhi, and the same was true for Loulan."

"How is the Yuezhi people and the Daxia Kingdom?" Xiong Jing asked again.

"The Yuezhi and Daxia Kingdom have good friends and no offenses." Yuenu said.

"Which Yuezhi or Daxia is stronger?" Xiong Jing nodded and said again.

"Of course, the Great Xia is stronger than the Yuezhi." Yuenu Mu knew that Bactrica would die in the Yuezhi in the future, so he answered Xiong Jing's question without hesitation. "The Mahadol people wanted to attack the east again, but saw that the east was full of sand seas, so they went south to attack Tianzhu."
Chapter completed!