Chapter 2620 Shu Chu attacked the barbarians, Qin Nan joined forces


    Chapter 2617: Shu and Chu attacked the barbarians, Qin and Nan join forces


    When Li Jing and Han Xin joined forces to prepare for the last fight, the situation in southern Shu changed again when they attacked Nanzheng.


    Yangping Pass was broken, and it was already a matter of time before Hanzhong fell, but Shu Han was still unable to recover southern Shu.


    If this continues, Shu Han will fall into a situation where both north and south are trapped, which also makes the senior officials of Shu Han, including Liu Yu, feel extremely anxious.


    At present, with the power of Shu Han, it is no longer possible to reverse the current situation in the short term, so it is necessary to attract external forces to intervene.


    After thinking about it, Liu Yu could only ask for help with Liu Xiu, so he sent Zhang Song as an envoy to Chu, lobbying King Liu Xiu of Chu to send troops and attack the southern country with Shu.


    After all, only by defeating the southern country first and regaining the fall of southern Shu can Shu Han concentrate his strength to deal with the out-of-control battle on the northern front.


    Liu Xiu really didn''t want to intervene in the Battle of Southern Shu. After all, the Nanman did not lay eggs, there was not much oil and water to catch, and the Nanman was not easy to provoke.


    In addition, after Sun Quan ascended the throne, he had been in a constant state of chaos in the Wu Kingdom, so the Chu Kingdom was also accumulating strength and preparing to implement the plan to destroy Wu, so naturally he did not want to cause trouble.


    However, Yangping Pass fell, and Shu Han obviously could not cope with the attacks from Qin Nan. If Chu did not help Shu, Shu would have suffered a great loss this time, which was equivalent to weakening the power of the anti-Qin alliance in disguise.


    Liu Xiu has always been a person with a view of the overall situation, and with the fact that the Shu envoy Zhang Song was indeed eloquent, every sentence is reasonable, which is in Liu Xiu''s heart.


    Therefore, even though many people in the Chu State opposed it, Liu Xiu still insisted on supporting Shu Han.


    Although Liu Xiu decided to send troops to attack Nanzhong, it was impossible to dispatch too many troops. After all, the northern and eastern fronts of Shu also needed to deploy heavy troops to prevent the Qin and Wu.


    In addition, the route to attack Nanzhong from Guangzhou is more difficult to walk than the Shu Road. It not only requires passing through mountains, swamps and jungles, but also dealing with attacks from beasts and mosquitoes. The cost of large-scale troops is obviously too high.


    After some discussion, Liu Xiu decided to order Li Xiu to become the main general, Shi Dakai and Cao Shen were deputy generals, leading 30,000 Guangzhou troops, 20,000 Jiaozhou troops, a total of 50,000 troops, and set out from Yulin County to attack Nanzhong.


    The reason why Li Xiu was ordered to become the main general, rather than Cao Shen, who had rich experience in fighting the Southern Barbarians, was not that Liu Xiu did not trust Cao Shen, but because Li Xiucheng was the governor of Guangzhou and had stronger control over the Guangzhou army.


    As for Cao Shen, he has just surrendered for a while. Even if he has outstanding abilities, Liu Xiu intends to reuse them, but it always takes a promotion process.


    Cao Shen rebelled against Shu and returned to Chu, but this time he wanted to resist the barbarians and aid Shu. Liu Xiu was also worried that Cao Shen would be jealous, so he went to ask Cao Shen for his opinion, but he did not expect that Cao Shen was very enlightened and did not care that he would help Shu Han when attacking Nanzhong, which also made Liu Xiu feel completely relieved.


    As for the southern country, Chiyou had long been wary of the joining forces between Shu and Chu, not only left behind 50,000 defenders, built the three passes of Yunnan and Guizhou, but also arranged spies on the border in advance.


    Therefore, the South received the news shortly after the Chu State sent troops.


    Chi You, who had not recovered from his injuries, was very anxious when he learned that the Chu army sent 50,000 troops, but the big stone was finally lost in his heart.


    As an ally of Shu Han, Chu State is like a knife on the head of the southern country. If the Chu State does not send troops for a day, Chiyou cannot relax.


    Now, the State of Chu has finally sent troops, and the number of troops has not been dispatched, only 50,000. Chi You''s heart can finally be left behind.


    Chi You obviously overestimated the status of the Southern Kingdom in the hearts of Chu. He thought that if the Chu army sent troops, it would at least dispatch a hundred thousand troops, so he would leave 50,000 defenders in the rear.


    But now the State of Chu has only dispatched 50,000 troops to attack Nanzhong, and the 50,000 defenders left in the rear of the Southern Kingdom are obviously oversupply.


    The front line was in a hurry. After successive defeats, the southern country lost a lot of manpower and its total strength dropped to 110,000, but it still faced the 200,000 army of Shu Han, and the pressure was extremely great.


    Therefore, after a conclusion, Chi You and his subordinates decided to transfer 20,000 troops from the rear to the front line.


    Relying on these 20,000 troops alone is obviously not enough to get the South out of the predicament, so Chiyou also ordered the rear to expand its army.


    For the southern country, it is easy to expand its army. The military equipment and food required to expand its army are not so easy to take out. The seized military equipment and food are not enough to support the southern country in completing its army expansion.


    Nanzhong can only bear the cost of a 200,000 army, and the newly acquired land of southern Shu has not yet been digested. Not only can it not provide support to the southern country, but it also restrains some of the southern country''s strength.


    Even if the southern country expands its army, it can only fill the gap of 200,000, but if this is the case, it is not enough to defend its territory under the counterattack of more than 200,000 Shu troops, so a new organization must be added.


    The Southern Kingdom cannot provide so many resources, so it can only place all its hopes on the Qin Dynasty. This is why the envoy sent back to Qin with Zhang Yi, seeking marriage and seeking more material support.


    Chiyou''s move to the Qin Dynasty''s help was right. The Qin Dynasty cannot keep fighting the two countries in southern Shu. Now it only needs to provide weapons, materials and food to allow the southern country to continue fighting with Shu and constantly weaken the power of Shu. This is naturally something that cannot be obtained.


    After the Southern Envoy arrived in Luoyang, he had almost no talk. Ying Hao agreed to sell a batch of aid materials to the Southern Country at the "cost price".


    The first batch of aid supplies alone include: 10,000 horizontal knives, 20,000 long spears, 2,000 pairs of armor, 3,000 powerful crossbows, 1,000 war horses, and 200,000 stones of food and grass.


    After these materials are loaded at Beihai Port, they will immediately go south and transport them to Annan Qingmei Port, and then transport them back to the southern country by land.


    In order to defend the counties in southern Shu, the southern country was also very serious. The purchase list not only contained a large amount of food and grass, but also had various types of weapons equipped with 50,000 troops.


    The amount of supplies needed in the southern country this time is very large, so it is naturally impossible to give them for free.


    Daqin sold to the southern country at a cost price, and then counted the transportation, it was actually a waste of money. However, transactions between countries were not merely measured by money.


    This time, even though Daqin didn''t make a penny in aid to the southern country, he actually won the money.


    The Qin Dynasty quickly passed the material support to the southern country, but the Qin government discussed the requirements for marriage for the southern country for a long time.


    The marriage proposed by the Southern Kingdom this time was not only to marry a princess, but also to ask a princess to go back from Daqin, which has never happened in the diplomatic history of Daqin.


    The southern country still has great value for the Qin Dynasty, and once this two-way marriage is concluded, the connection between the two countries will be deeper.


    But after all, the southern country is a foreign race, and it is just a small country with a population of less than three million. Is it really qualified to marry a princess from the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom?


    The generals generally opposed marrying the princess to the southern country. Even if they were just marrying the daughter of the royal family, they were only princesses after all, and they all felt that the Southern Barbarian King Chiyou was not qualified to be the Princess of the Great Qin.


    The civil officials all supported this marriage. After all, the southern country is indeed of great value. In order to unify the cause, the emperor could marry a princess of a foreign race. Why couldn''t the princess of a Qin marry a king of a foreign race? After a debate between the two sides, the civil officials occupied the upper part and determined the resolution of the two countries'' two-way joint ventures. And Ying Hao agreed.


    "My daughters are all underage, and I don''t know that there are women in the royal family who are suitable for their age and have not yet been married?" Ying Hao asked.


    Ying Hao knew that Qin Nongyu, Qin Xiyan, and the seven girls including Ying Yuanman who were born with Ying Zheng were all daughters of the Qin royal family, but he didn''t know who else had not got married.


    Among the nine ministers, Zongzheng was responsible for the affairs of the royal family and the royal family. Generally, the elders of the royal family were responsible for the roles, while the Qin Zongzheng was naturally the only one.


    Qin Jian was still immersed in the grief of Ying Wen''s death, but he did not know that Ying Wen died of self-blame, nor did he know Qin Rang''s true identity, otherwise he would have left only troubles.


    After hearing Ying Hao''s words, Qin Jian replied after thinking for a while, "Your Majesty, the only girl who is suitable for marriage in the royal family is probably the girl Nongyu."


    "Dan Yu?"


    Ying Hao was stunned. He didn''t pay much attention to his subordinates'' marriage leave, but if he remembered correctly, Nongyu and Bai Feng had a good impression of each other.


    "Zongzheng, Nongyu is not with Bai Feng..."


    Ying Hao didn''t say anything later. After all, although Bai Feng''s official position was not very high, he was implanted into Bai Qi''s younger brother, even though Bai Qi did not value this younger brother very much.


    Seeing that Ying Hao didn''t understand the situation, Qin Jian immediately said, "That''s right. The girl Nongyu did fall in love with Bai Feng before, but that boy Bai Feng was too confused and didn''t know how to please his daughter''s family. The two of them were busy with their own affairs, and they had less communication, and their relationship naturally faded."


    Hearing this, Ying Hao instantly understood why these two people were getting farther and farther away.


    Bai Feng is essentially the same as Gai Nie Weizhuang. They are both people who are not interested in women. They only have martial arts in their hearts, and women will only affect their speed of drawing their swords.


    If Wei Zhuang hadn''t met Chi Lian, Gai Nie hadn''t met Duanmurong, and Ying Hao was also a matchmaker for them, these two people could have been bachelor for the rest of their lives.


    Nong Yu might have liked Bai Feng at the beginning, but Bai Feng was not good at men and women, and then she did not take the initiative to maintain this feeling, so Nong Yu naturally would not take the initiative. After all, she is now a royal family and also has the pride of being a proud daughter. If this happens for a long time, it will naturally drift away.


    Although Ying Hao felt a little regretful about this, he did not have the idea of ??forcing the CP. After all, everyone has their own way of living.


    "Even if Nong Yu and Bai Feng are not successful, Nong Yu shouldn''t be the only one in the royal family, right?"


    Ying Hao asked with confusion. After all, the seven women including Ying Yuanman and him are also very close to him and are also qualified to marry.


    Nong Yu''s ability is still good and he has made many contributions in the Black Ice Platform. If there are other choices, Ying Hao naturally would not want to marry Nong Yu, just like Chi You would not be able to marry Zhu Rong.


    Ying Hao actually didn''t want to add more harem staff long ago.


    He only held his wedding with Sun Shangxiang not long ago. Now it is a time of ties. There are so many beauties like wolves and tigers inside and outside the palace, and they all need him to nourish them. He is really a little bit cloneless.


    But this is a political marriage, and it is necessary to marry, and it is not possible not to marry. Then Ying Hao naturally hopes that the marriage partner is Zhurong, after all, the two of them still know each other.


    But Chi You is not stupid either, and it is impossible to send a war **** out.


    Ying Hao also knew this, so from beginning to end, he did not make any requests for the marriage partner of the southern country.


    Because this is a political marriage, without any emotional foundation, he only married the identity of the princess of the South. No matter how beautiful, ugly, fat, thin, he must marry.


    Of course, I think Chi You would not be able to send an ugly woman to marry, otherwise there would be suspicion of intentional humiliation, but Ying Hao was really offended to death.


    "Your Majesty, that''s it..."


    After listening to Qin Jian’s explanation, Ying Hao understood why only Nongyu was the right one.


    Ying Hao didn''t care about the marriage of the royal family, but Ren Hongchang was particularly interested. Now, the seven daughters including Ying Yuanman are either married or have a marriage contract.


    Ren Hongchang also paid great attention to the introduction of the daughters of the royal family, and they were all high-quality heroes with excellent character, talent and appearance.


    Ying Yuanman married Han Xin, deputy governor of Jingzhou.


    Ying Yinman married Wang Li, the nephew of Prime Minister Wang Meng.


    Ying Shiman married General Bai Qi''s younger brother Bai Juyi.


    Ying Yangman married Zhang Yi, the Minister of Rites.


    As for Ying Huiman, Ying Liman and Ying Jiman, who are young and just adult, they are already engaged.


    Ying Huiman and Long Yang, the younger brother of Liangzhou deputy governor, got engaged.


    Ying Liman and Yue Yun, son of Yue Fei, the governor of Youzhou, were engaged.


    Ying Jiman and Wang Xuancai, son of Prime Minister Wang Meng, got married.


    Qin Xiyan has the gift of a great master, so it is definitely impossible for her to marry into a marriage. So after searching for her, she found that the only woman in the royal family who has a high status and is not married yet and is suitable for marriage is really the only one who is left.


    Even if Ying Hao is reluctant to leave, he can only let Nongyu get married. Who can only let her be single?


    "Transfer my will to grant Qin Nongyu the Princess of Anyang. From now on, we will change the surname Ying to represent our marriage between the Great Qin and the Southern Kingdom to build a good alliance between the two countries."


    (This chapter ends)