Chapter 130: The Beacon Rises Again
In fact, Xiao Tianci was not unaware of the consequences of military military power, but now he is surrounded by dangers and many forces are eyeing him. If he did not raise a large army, he would have been gnawed by these wolves long ago. Of course, the difficulties are not long-lasting. As long as he gritted his teeth and survived this period, and when Tianqingzhou develops and bears fruit, he will not worry about these things at that time. After all, his hematopoietic system is completely on track and his fiscal revenue will be greatly increased. At that time, he will be fully capable of supporting so many soldiers.
Just when Xiao Tianci was full of excitement, a major event that shocked the entire kingdom suddenly happened. Princess Ruyue Long Ziyue brazenly raised an army in Tianlongzhou, attacking the ruling emperor and avenging his father, and launched a large army of 400,000 to raid Zichenzhou near Tianlongzhou. Because he was unprepared, the garrison army of Zichenzhou was caught off guard and was even taken down three cities in a row. When the news reached the capital of Zhongzhou, most of Zichenzhou had completely fallen under Princess Ruyue's iron cavalry. Several high-ranking officials, including the lord of Zichenzhou and the garrison envoy, were captured. Most of the 100,000 defenders of Zichenzhou surrendered and most of them were captured. After the news reached the capital, the court and the country were shocked.
The Huang family never expected that the escaped Long Ziyue would actually raise an army in Tianlong Prefecture, and even put the former kings on their heads. The consequence was that many forces below that were dissatisfied with the Huang family responded to Princess Ruyue and rebelled. However, these forces did not really want to clear the king and avenge the previous kings, but they wanted to take advantage of the troubled waters. The consequence was that the entire southeastern states of the kingdom were directly trapped in the wars, and various rebels spread like sparks. They spread across the states of the kingdom. There were also countless ambitious and speculators who also emerged and were active in various places in the kingdom.
The Huang family, who reacted, quickly dispatched soldiers from all over the country to quell the rebellion. However, the army was dispatched and food and grass were ahead. Due to the desolation of the government affairs of the previous kings, the Feng Kingdom was empty today, and it was almost difficult to ensure the logistics supply of the large army. Now the court is completely trapped in various disputes. The great marshal Pang Ruhai and Prime Minister Ji Xiangcheng watched coldly and did not say a word. They just wanted to wait for the Huang family to take action, causing greater chaos in the country.
As expected, after wave after wave of requests for help was sent to the capital, Huang Shirong could no longer calm down and rushed to the palace. The next day, a decree was issued, requiring all kinds of domestic taxes to be added to three levels. And the anti-rebellion tax was imposed from now on. The decree was issued, and the national anger was in an uproar. The taxes of the Tianfeng Kingdom were already higher than other countries. Now the Huang family's actions have caused great public anger. The Tianfeng Kingdom is like a huge gunpowder barrel, and I am afraid that a violent explosion will occur with a little bit of Mars.
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However, Long Ziyue completely controlled the entire Tianlong Prefecture through various means such as suppression, encouraging, coercion, and inducement. She directly grabbed the 400,000 Tianlong Army tightly in her hands. With sufficient financial support, Long Ziyue raised the treatment of these soldiers to the highest point. Not only did each soldier give a settlement fee of imperial gold coins, they could also get eight silver coins in military pay every month. In addition, their daily meals were definitely the top in the kingdom, and three meals were guaranteed every day.
The meals were full of big white rice, fish, meat and steamed buns. I could eat chicken every week. After this action, these soldiers were grateful and all swore all their loyalty to His Royal Highness. And in daily training, they were even more desperate, and they all performed hard. Long Ziyue also became ruthless, completely abandoning her usual pampered life, and moved directly to the military camp to eat and train with the soldiers, and they got the support and love of all the soldiers.
During this time in Tianlongzhou, Long Ziyue recruited a large number of soldiers and horses. She had no shortage of money, grain and weapons, so she waved her hand and directly recruited 400,000 new recruits, and conducted devilish training every day.
This time, she directly dispatched an army of 400,000, with herself as the head coach and Long Zhan as the deputy commander, and led her army to advance directly into Zichenzhou. Their marching speed was very fast, which was comparable to Xiaowang's blitzkrieg. Moreover, after every city was captured, she directly arrested the soldiers and officials who were guarding the city, and then attacked the next city without leaving any troops. As for the captured cities, they were accepted by the recruits from the right. It was precisely because of such a fast blitzkrieg that they captured most of the city of Zichenzhou in just a few days. This made the new Tianlong Army famous throughout the world.
Faced with the Tianlong Army, which was invading the chaos and rebels from all over the country, the Huang family's stupid move to organize a large army to suppress the rebellion finally had terrible consequences a month later. Countless vested interests and civilians could no longer bear such heavy taxes. Under the agitation of some intrigues and conspirators, they rose up one after another. The kingdom was full of war and war. This giant ship that had been sailing for thousands of years has gradually turned to destruction under the tragedy of holes.
Long Ziyue led the Tianlong Army to become more and more brave this month. Not only did he conquer the entire Zichen Prefecture, but he also conquered more than half of Tiandang Prefecture, which was close to the royal capital Zhongzhou. As the rebels approached the capital, the entire capital was in chaos. The high-ranking officials and nobles all sorts of things to escape the capital and go to the relatively calm state capital in the west of the kingdom. As for the common people living in the capital, they gathered together every day, introduced the comments and asked for information, and wanted to know where the troops led by Princess Ruyue have now been fought.
In the palace of the royal capital, Empress Dowager Rong was standing at the door of the harem with an anxious look on her face, looking out the door from time to time. After a while, Duke Rong Huang Shirong and her two brothers Huang Zhenglong and Huang Zhenghu appeared at the door one after another.
Empress Dowager Rong was happy and quickly greeted her and shouted, "Father, why are you here? I'm so anxious."
"What are you worried about? The sky can't fall."
Huang Shirong looked at her with a burning look, said coldly, and walked straight to the palace.
After entering the room, the four of them sat down one by one. Empress Dowager Rong calmed down at this moment, and sat there looking at her father and three brothers without saying a word.
The atmosphere was a little solemn. The four of them were silent for a while. Huang Shirong raised his head and spoke to Huang Zhenglong first: "Zhenglong, where did the more than 400,000 Long Ziyue's army come from? Is there any information in terms of intelligence?"
"Brother, the intelligence department has investigated clearly about the origin of Long Ziyue's army. It should be a chess piece buried ten years ago by Long Sheng. Ten years ago, Long Sheng sent his imperial guard Long Zhan to Tianlongzhou to form a troops, and he also allocated a lot of money and food through the inner treasury every year. After ten years, Long Zhan directly pulled up an army of 400,000 people in Tianlongzhou. From this, it can be seen that in response to the domestic and international situation, Long Sheng had already begun to make arrangements ten years ago, otherwise he would not have secretly formed so many troops." Huang Zhenglong coughed and replied.
"Oh, I'll tell you why the money and grain in the treasury used to be unsuitable. It turns out that this is the reason." After hearing Huang Zhenglong's words, Empress Dowager Rong's eyes lit up and she continued.
"Little sister is indeed like this." Huang Zhenglong nodded and said, "But in the next few years, you also know that Long Sheng is becoming increasingly stupid. The money and food allocated to Long Zhan every year gradually decrease until the end of the allocation. In my opinion, although Long Zhan's 400,000 troops were suspended in the next few years, Tianlongzhou could barely support it with the power of a state. What I am most confused about now is that after Long Ziyue went to Tianlongzhou, she recruited another 400,000 new recruits in just a few months. Where did she get the money and food? It is impossible for a Tianlongzhou alone."
Huang Shirong didn't chew on him, and gently stroked Changju with his hand for a long time before speaking: "What you said is normal. I think it should be Long Ziyue who opened the legendary Dragon Family Treasure."
"The Long Family Treasure?"
Hearing Huang Shirong's words, the three people in the room suddenly exclaimed.
"Yes, it is said that after the ancestors of the Long family established the Tianfeng Kingdom, they were worried that their descendants would be incompetent and incompetent to destroy the foundation they had built up with hard work, so they collected a large amount of treasures and weapons to be buried somewhere. This became a must-do for every generation of the Long family kings. The Long family has been passed down for thousands of years and has gone through countless generations. It is easy to imagine how huge the treasures they buried are. And Long Ziyue can now have huge financial resources to raise soldiers. I am afraid that the legend of the Long Family treasure really exists. I guess it was Long Sheng who told this to Long Ziyue when he was dying." Huang Shirong nodded and explained.
"Oh no." As soon as Huang Shirong finished speaking, Huang Zhenghu, the second son of the Huang family, clapped his hands and screamed and stood up.
"Sit down, what are you doing when you are shocked?" Huang Shirong glanced at him and said coldly.
"Father, if you say the truth, then wouldn't Long Ziyue have a huge amount of wealth? Then what's the big deal about this battle? Why don't you admit defeat earlier and make a plea." Huang Zhenghu sat back and said embarrassedly.
"Fuck, how can you be afraid before the fight?" Huang Zhenglong's eyes lit up, and he looked at his younger brother and argued: "Besides, marching and fighting are not the ones who are strong enough, whoever will win. Don't you understand this?"
"Okay, why bother? Now that Long Ziyue is almost at the city, I said, "You should think about what to do first." Seeing that the two of them were on the verge of the attack again, Empress Dowager Rong quickly interrupted when she was afraid that the two of them would argue endlessly.
"Your sister is right. Long Ziyue is almost at Zhongzhou. Even if our Huang family wants to surrender, it is afraid there will be no good ending. Don't think of these useless things." Huang Shirong glanced at Huang Zhenghu with his eyes and said, "Besides, we are not bound to lose now. Zhenglong, where is your Zhendong Army currently?"
"Father, since Long Ziyue started his army, the child sent a message overnight to send 300,000 troops from the East Town. If they travel day and night, they should be not far from Zhongzhou now." Huang Zhenglong straightened his waist and replied.
"Okay, when the 300,000 troops arrive, you will set off to Zhongzhou and Tiandangzhou to set up defenses." Huang Shirong nodded and said, "In addition, the hundreds of thousands of troops our family has secretly recruited in recent years have also transferred them here. Let's fight Long Ziyue in Zhongzhou."
Chapter completed!