A shocking loud noise from Kangping City shattered not only the hundreds of meters of the city wall and the will to fight, but also to the greatest extent the hearts of all the people in power in the two remaining countries on this continent. For a moment, rumors were spread all over the sky, but the most talked about was that Gao Yuan, the king of the Han Kingdom, was favored by heaven. Therefore, when the Han army faced the solid defense of Kangping City, the divine punishment came from the sky and thundered the wall of Kangping City, allowing the Han army to break through the chain defense of hundreds of kilometers carefully created by the Grand Marshal Qu Chong of Chu.

As soon as Kangping City was broken, the central link of chain defense disappeared. In an instant, the originally elastic chain defense turned into a stiff dead snake, and was beaten everywhere. Nanye Fengzhong, commanded by Meng Chong, drove straight in, Bai Yucheng on the left and Zhang Hongyu on the right, smashing this hundred kilometers of defense line to pieces. Nearly 100,000 Chu troops were defeated and retreated all the way back to the Daba Mountains. Using the steep form here, they stood firm again, but at this time, they had lost thousands of square kilometers of land.

The Chu State lived in the south with a territory of nearly one million square kilometers. When Qin State lost to the Han State and its vitality was severely damaged, they seemed to have become the only major powers that could compete with the Han State. However, this head-on collision still ended with the great defeat of Chu State. The decline of thousands of square kilometers of land would not make Chu State lose its vitality, but it greatly damaged the self-confidence of Chu State.

The loud noise made the entire Chu State lose its soul. The first hot weapon was ≈↖chang≈↖feng≈↖wen≈↖text≈↖↖s used in war, and played a huge role that even Gao Yuan did not expect, not only in war, but also in spirit.

When everyone hadn't figured out what the reason for the loud noise was, more people attributed it to the punishment of heaven, believing that God was punishing Chu. This perception caused the fighting spirit of the entire Chu State, which was originally not strong, to drop by several levels. The voice of peace with the Han State suddenly resounded throughout Chu State.

Although the capital of Chu is in the clear and cool autumn season and the wind is bright, the entire city is in a cloud of sorrow, and the entire city seems to be filled with a deep and dead spirit, not only the courts of Chu, but also the people of Chu.

The detailed process of the defeat of Kangping City has spread throughout the city, and the discussion of Tianzhu is spread all over the corner. Everyone speaks carefully. Everyone is thinking, if one day, this kind of Tianzhu falls in Yingcheng, what will it be? Will Yingcheng have the ability to resist such Tianzhu?

"What kind of heavenly punishment!" Qu Chong was furious, "Those who spread such remarks should be arrested immediately and thrown into prison to disrupt our army's morale and our people's hearts."

"How to catch it?" Huang Xie looked sad. Although the two pillars of Chu State, one literary and one martial, were shocked by the loud noise from Kangping City, they were the two people who were awake at the earliest. "I am afraid that nine out of the ten people in Yingcheng were rumoring this matter. Before we figured out the truth, Tianzhu's discussion would not stop."

If King Huai of Chu is the most leisurely and richest king in the world, then Huang Xie and Qu Chong are undoubtedly the two busiest people in Chu State. When they meet an unreliable king, Chu State still lives in the south and maintains its deterrence against Qin State for decades, which makes Qin State, which is originally so powerful, dare not use troops to Chu State. It is also forced to deploy hundreds of thousands of troops to the Qin and Chu border to prevent Chu State from attacking them, relying on these two ministers, namely, civil and military.

Hearing Huang Xie's words, Qu Chong sighed and sat down dejectedly. As Huang Xie said, before the court provided convincing evidence to prove that this was not a punishment of heaven, any defense was pale and unconvincing.

"What are the king doing now?" Qu Chong looked at Huang Xie. In the past few days, Qu Wan brought a group of generals to return to Yingcheng from Daba Mountain. Qu Wan's spirit was almost completely destroyed in this battle. Although he was fine, he suffered a great psychological blow. Whether he could fight in the future was a question. There were other generals like him, who witnessed the Huihong explosion in Kangping City with his own eyes. Qu Chong has been summoning these people in the past few days, wanting to learn more details from their personal experiences, and he has no time to pay attention to what King Huai of Chu was doing.

"The king summoned the witch to practice in the palace!" Huang Xie spread his hands and said with a wry smile. The State of Chu is located in the south. A long time ago, the witch played a very important role in the country. However, with the development of the times, these people have lost their previous status, but I am afraid that with the discussion of the heavenly punishment, these witches will take the opportunity to make trouble.

Qu Chong was dumbfounded, "No, what kind of bullshit punishment is this? It is clearly because the Han Dynasty has produced some shocking weapon. The witch practices will make the Han Dynasty no longer use such weapons?"

Huang Xie sighed, "The king finally had a little ambition, but he was hit hard again. He always needed some psychological comfort. He could do it by calling witches. In short, it would be impossible to interfere with the government's affairs."

"You can't underestimate me. Looking back, I want to warn these witches not to make trouble, otherwise my knife will not recognize people." Qu Zong said in a murderous way.

"Forget it, these are all minor matters. What do you think about this discussion of peace talks in the court?" Huang Xie asked.

"I'm afraid we can't hold it back this time." Qu Chong sighed, "We can only discuss peace for the time being. Let's discuss it for a long time. I just don't understand why our ministers just can't see it. Han State is another Qin State, and it is more aggressive than the previous Qin State. Peace negotiations can stop Han State from coming to plot against our Great Chu. Now Qin State has been beaten down by Han State and has no longer had the capital to challenge Han State in a short period of time. If Gao Yuan's next goal is not us, then I will write the name upside down."

"The Great Chu has been used to being at peace over the years, and everyone regards war as a fear of fate, but what everyone doesn't understand is that sometimes it is not something you want to avoid, but you can avoid it. If you shrink your head and become a turtle, you will only be beaten up. Although the defeat in Kangping City this time scared some of it, I think it will eventually wake up some people. If the Great Chu does not rise up again, I am afraid that when the Han Kingdom accumulates enough strength and rushes its troops again, the Great Chu will face the risk of destroying the country." Huang Xie said.

"This failure will also be a good opportunity!" Qu Chong pondered for a moment, "Sincere Master, this time we must cooperate sincerely and rectify the Great Chu Dynasty."

"We have been working very happily. I think, you want to lead a snake out of the hole this time, right?" Huang Xie suddenly laughed.

"Those who know me are the chief assistant. In this failure of the war led by both of us, someone will inevitably jump out and use the peace talks to attack our prestige and enhance their own strength. Then let us watch coldly. When they are almost done, they will surround and annihilate them in one fell swoop. The Great Chu needs to rise up. We do not need peace and enjoyment. Those who keep the inseparable and embrace the incompleteness. We need people who are ambitious and have a sense of crisis to enter the court."

"Then we must first obtain the support of the king."

"You and I work together, don't you know the king's temperament?" Qu Chong smiled.

Huang Xie smiled and said, "Although the king is interested in enjoyment and does not want to make progress, the king is not a confused king. He is smart in his heart. It is precisely because he knows that we are loyal and capable that we both control the government. Don't do it too much."

"I understand that it is because the king is such a person that I dare to do it drastic." Qu Chong laughed. "The chief assistant, you and I are both people who know the destiny. It is also an interesting thing to compete with a rising star like King Gao Yuan of Han this time."

"The younger generation is so terrifying!" Huang Xie shook his head and said, "In just over a decade, this man created an unprecedented miracle. He started from a small soldier and created a huge country. He swallowed Yan and destroyed Qi, ate Wei and Han, and made Qin unable to move forward. This time he beat us up and down again, and I am afraid that there will be no one in the future."

"It is not necessarily a good thing to be too sharp. If it is too tough, it will be easy to break. His sharpness will force two other powerful countries to join forces to deal with him. Chu and Qin join forces, how long can the Han Kingdom last?"

"How easy is Chu and Qin alliance?" Huang Xie sighed: "The two countries have their own ulterior motives, and it is probably not easy to cooperate sincerely. Taiwei, the Han army stopped moving forward after the Han army reached Daba Mountain. In fact, in my opinion, although we were in Daba Mountain, we were already a group of defeated soldiers at that time. If the Han army launched a large-scale attack, they would have to do both ways if they could not defend, but why did they stop again?"

"They have many problems at home!" Qu Chong said: "In a short time, Gao Yuan swallowed the land of Qi, Wei and South Korea, turning half of Zhao into a vassal. Integration and reorganization are not easy. If such high-intensity foreign military pressure is maintained, the national strength of the Han Dynasty may not be able to bear it, and the king kept tossing about something surprising, so I am afraid that there will be a lot of pressure inside."

"When talking about this, I am very interested. Do you know what happened to the king again?"

"I have been paying attention to Kangpingcheng's affairs during this period, but I ignored everything else. What did he do to do?"

"He established several new yamen, one of which was called the ** Court. As the highest agency in the country for judging cases, from top to bottom, the prefectures and counties are called the Intermediate Court and the county is called the Junior Court, which stripped the power of trial from the county. That's fine, but another thing shocked me. Do you know what's going on?"

"First it is the Grand Parliament, and then the House of **. The Grand Parliament is in charge of legislation and reviewing national policies. The power can be overwhelmed by their political affairs hall. Now the House of ** is in charge of case review and judgment. What new tricks do he have?"

"He established the central bank. He no longer used gold, silver, copper and silver as circulating currencies throughout the Han Dynasty, but was about to issue paper money. Now the first batch of paper money issued has been listed and is being exchanged in Jicheng and Tianhe County, with a one-to-one ratio!" Huang Xie stared at Qu Chong, "Do you know what this means?"

Qu Chong looked at Huang Xie with a little confused.

"This means that Gao Yuan will exchange worthless paper for gold and silver in the hands of ordinary people, which means that he will accumulate amazing wealth in a very short time." Huang Xie said authentically.

Qu Chong's body was shocked, and he leaned forward to look at Huang Xie, "Gao Yuan is not a stupid person, why did he commit such a destruction?"
Chapter completed!