"I am nostalgic for the beautiful scenery here, for the tranquility of this place, and for the lofty sentiments of this place."
Lyman stood on the huge platform outside the bedroom, looking down at the distant sea. He was wearing a robe without a belt, revealing a strong physique. On both sides of him, several graceful women wearing only a layer of light gauze stood there, looking at him with admiring and submissive eyes.
They held trays in their hands, with fine wine and delicious food.
The bodies under the light gauze were faintly visible, and the early morning sunlight penetrated through the gauze skirts to perfectly outline the figures of these women. Especially the looming appearance in the skirt is even more exciting. Although there is some sea breeze, it can't blow away their body fragrance. In such an environment, maybe as long as he is a man, he will sink.
"But this is not the highest place after all."
Lyman sighed softly, and wrapped his arms around the waist of a young woman beside her. The woman immediately let out a ecstatic hum from her nose, which aroused the jealous eyes of other women.
"Perhaps the life here is too comfortable."
Layman said slowly: "After many years of fighting, I will always be a little tired. Everything here is so comfortable, so I am a little bit sunken. I forgot for a short time that there are so many unfinished business. When I first arrived here, I What I was thinking about was still the big city called Chang'an in the far west. People in this place said that it was the most powerful city in the world, so I wanted to conquer it under my feet. After soaking in the gentle township for a long time, it is true that I am ambitious can be softened.”
The woman in his arms didn't feel the change in his tone, and still rubbed her cheek against his neck.
"Kirkbo, would you be happy if I gave you all these women?"
Lyman asked.
Ke Kebo, who was older than Xiulunsi in terms of qualifications, immediately shook his head: "I'm very old, and I haven't touched a woman for at least twenty years. And because I'm old, I can't let my mind wander." On a woman, otherwise it would be useless for His Majesty to keep me."
"It's true."
"I gotta go."
Lyman lifted the woman's chin and kissed her deeply: "I want to give you to my most trusted subject, but he refuses. But I can't bring you to the army, If you stay here, if you can't bear the loneliness, you will find other men to have sex... This is really an embarrassing thing."
The woman in his arms said coquettishly: "Your Majesty, we are just waiting for you here."
"My country is not allowed to be touched by others, so naturally my women are the same."
Leman reached out and touched the woman's gauze skirt legs, and the tentacles were a little warm: "So, I seem to have only one choice."
He pushed the woman down, let the woman lie down while leaning on the low wall of the platform, and inserted in a bit rough behind her, and the sweet moan sounded immediately. In front of other women and his subordinates, Leman conquered like a wild beast.
Kirkbo turned around and stood at the door with a glass of red wine.
He quietly tidied up his clothes so that no one could see the places where he could still hold up even though he was old. Not far away, several other girls in gauze skirts slowly took off their clothes, and then took off the robe that Leman was wearing. Several people surrounded Leman, using their pink tongues to walk around Leman.
Ke Kebo suppressed the surge in his heart, trying to focus on the tip of his tongue to taste the taste of the wine. When he found that this was of no use, he decided to think about other things.
When his thoughts gradually changed from what was in front of him to the invisible battlefield in the eastern border, his mood finally calmed down gradually. He closed his eyes, and in his mind was the map of the Eastern Frontier of the Great Sui Dynasty. He was old, but he knew that old age was never a reason to stay low on Lehmann.
Let Lehmann find it useful, that's all.
The older you get, the more effort you put in. What a young man can easily remember, he often has to pay several times the effort. For example, it took him two months to memorize all the maps of Dongjiang in the Great Sui Dynasty. Close your eyes, every county and even every village that can be marked on the map in your mind is very clear.
The clearest one is the place called Phoenix Terrace.
In fact, Phoenix Terrace is not very far from the Eastern Chu Imperial City. It was a border town in the Eastern Frontier of the Great Sui Dynasty, and it was originally adjacent to Eastern Chu. And the territory of Eastern Chu is really not very big. If it is really compared, it is a little larger than Da Sui Gyeonggi Province. Compared with Shun Chengdao, it is even smaller.
Therefore, the army of the Opuru Empire destroyed Eastern Chu so quickly. In addition to its strong military strength, another factor was that Eastern Chu was really not a big country. The Eastern Frontier of the Sui Dynasty, which Hurons was leading troops to attack, had five rivers and mountains from south to north, which was much bigger than Eastern Chu.
In fact, Hurons has done a good job. According to the size of the area, Hurons has conquered another place as big as Eastern Chu. However, Sui's military strength was far stronger than that of Eastern Chu, and the Mu Mansion already made Hurons a little bit powerless. Coupled with the current Black Banner Army in the Phoenix Terrace, it is understandable that Hurons was temporarily suppressed.
Ke Kebo was thinking, if it were him, he might not be better than Xiulunsi. He knows one thing better than anyone else, if he doesn't urge him and gives Shulunsi enough freedom and rights, when Shulunsi gradually divides the Han army in the eastern border, victory will follow.
Ke Kebo knew better that if it was out of consideration for the empire, then he shouldn't persuade Lehman to conscript himself now. Now that Lehman is on his own, he thinks that Hurons has completely lost his trust. For the soldiers who fought hard in the eastern border, this is actually not fair. However, who told Ke Kebo not to want to see Hurons become the biggest hero of the empire
If Huronus succeeded in the end, there is no doubt that his name would rank first among all courtiers in expanding such a vast territory for the empire. Ke Kebo didn't allow it, and his family was trampled down by the Hurons family.
There is no pure national interest in any country.
Ke Kebo thought a lot, and then suddenly realized that the wind and rain had ended on the platform.
"It's really intoxicating."
Lyman put on his robe again, and looked at the row of beauties in front of him lying on their stomachs with their buttocks raised.
"I like beautiful scenery, so I linger here. But I don't want this scenery to be taken away by others, and I don't want to take it away. After I leave, there will naturally be better scenery waiting for me. So..."
His hand stroked a woman's buttocks: "Come here, drag them all out and kill them."
He withdrew his hand without a trace of nostalgia.
"Kirkbo, you are really old."
He turned to look at Ke Kebo: "If it were a young man, even if he deliberately thought about other things to distract himself, he couldn't do it."
"The minister must do it."
Ke Kebo said humbly: "Because I know what your majesty needs, it's not that I can't do it."
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Lyman sat on the huge chariot, looking at the Dongchu people who were forced to stand on both sides of the street to see him off. Those people have yellow skin and black hair, which is very different from the people of the Opru Empire. However, Lehman has really regarded these people as his people. Of course, it is the low class people.
"A large army needs a large amount of food and supplies. We can no longer transport supplies from the mainland of the empire. The sea route is too long and consumes too much."
Leman said: "East Chu people are very rich, and gold and silver can be found in almost every family. I need these gold and silver as military expenses to reward my soldiers. I also need their food to make my soldiers We are full. Before going out, I will give you ten days to prepare enough supplies."
He pointed to those people: "I don't care whether you use gentle persuasion or tough plunder. I don't want the carriage to be empty when the team sets out."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty."
Ke Kebo, standing under the chariot throne, bowed his head and said: "The people of Chu State have always had such ability to live. They are like springs. When the oppression is heavy, they bend down. When the oppression is light, they raise their heads. ...However, it is difficult to break their backs. Let them have nothing, and they will continue to live in silence. This is the weakest and most non-resisting nation I have ever seen. Even if their last copper coin is taken away, they will only cry."
Lehman smiled: "Kirkbo, people say that the older you get, the harder your heart becomes. Is that true?"
"Probably not."
Ke Kebo replied with a flattering smile: "The older a person is, the better he is, so when I ordered the collection of gold and silver supplies, I told the soldiers not to kill people as much as possible."
Leman laughed loudly: "That's good, I don't want any unrest in the place I just got. You are right, the Chu people don't have the courage to resist, but you can't let them despair. If you let them Despair, and courage follows."
"I know."
Ke Kebo said: "Your Majesty, do you want to call in some reinforcements from the mainland of the empire? I heard that to the west of the Sui Dynasty there is an empire even bigger than the Sui Dynasty, called Meng Yuan. There is the most beautiful grassland in the world, With the current military strength, it is barely possible to control the Sui Dynasty, but it will be difficult to continue the westward expedition."
"There is no need to mobilize troops from the empire."
Leman waved his hand: "Have someone conscript all men over the age of 14 to join the army in the Principality of Shulons, and bring their own weapons. People in that place have always lacked the spirit of submission. More men die, right? Bad thing. Plus... Mox."
He looked at the young general standing on the other side: "Starting today, you go to take over the original Chu army and give them some weapons. Then recruit at least 300,000 men from Chu to join the army and distribute them to the Chu State treasury. The most advanced weapons are those outdated swords and crossbows. I hope you will lead the Chu army with at least 400,000 troops at the forefront. Don’t the Chu people also hate the Sui people? Then I will give them a The opportunity for revenge, let them go to the battlefield to fight the Sui people to the death."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will let those Chu people know how to be a qualified slave."
The young general named Mokes leaned over: "The army of the empire will step forward on the corpses of the Chu and Sui people."
"in addition… "
Lyman suddenly thought of someone: "There is a man named Yang Shunhui in Muping City in the eastern border of the Sui Kingdom. He used to be a very brave general in the Sui Kingdom. He has an elite army of about 100,000. Yang Shunhui, tell him that he is no longer qualified to continue to stay out of the matter. If I can't see his army on the battlefield against the Sui army, it doesn't make any sense for me to keep him."
"Yes, my lord."
Kirkbo said: "That greedy dog who took enough gold coins should also be released to bite people."
"It's a delight to bite his old master," said Mox with a smile.