After Kong Ming met Hu Hao and others, they had a good time, and then they returned to the white sub-tower together.
It took Kong Ming and others a full year to break through the road to heaven. During this period, they had no idea what kind of changes had occurred in the outside world. Therefore, when everyone was chatting, they quickly changed the topic to the current situation on the mainland. .
The development of the Cangnan Empire in the past year has been very smooth. The Cao family's Karasuma cavalry has broken through the Qilin Mountains and entered the territory of Manzhou. Among them, Shengmanguo, one of the three major barbarian kingdoms in Manzhou, has basically existed in name only, with about 70% The territory has been incorporated into the territory of the Cangnan Empire.
However, the barbarians are warlike by nature, and most of them are stubborn and do not know how to adapt. Even if they know that the situation is unfavorable, they will fight to the end. Therefore, it will take time to completely stabilize the occupied territory.
As for the Black Barbarian Kingdom and the White Barbarian Kingdom among the three major barbarian kingdoms, even if their national power is better than that of the Raw Barbarian Kingdom, it is not a cause for concern. The main reason is that these two barbarian kingdoms are mortal enemies of each other. After thousands of years of fighting, The blood feud between them could not be resolved at all. Even if they knew that the Cangnan Empire's invasion of Manzhou would be a huge crisis, they could not join hands to fight against the enemy. Instead, they continued to fight against each other.
As long as the Cangnan Empire can completely pacify the Shengman Kingdom, it will not be difficult to capture the Black Man Kingdom and the White Man Kingdom. Maybe it will only take a few years for the entire Barbarian State to be integrated into the Cangnan Empire.
Although Manzhou is mostly a land of barren mountains and rivers, the special environment has created a lot of specialties. The variety of exotic flowers and fruits can be said to be the highest in the entire Tianyuan Continent!
During the period when the three major barbarian kingdoms were in charge of Manzhou, these barbarians did not know how to manage the state and did not stimulate the potential of Manzhou at all. If the Cangnan Empire really annexed Manzhou, it would definitely be able to run Manzhou better than before. Several times more than that!
Moreover, after possessing the natural treasure house of Manzhou, the strength of the Cangnan Empire will also be fierce. It can even restore the tradition of Manzhou being rich in mercenaries. Recruiting barbarians as mercenaries to fight will greatly increase the source of troops of the Cangnan Empire!
While Manzhou has made considerable progress, the Cangnan Empire can also be said to be in a gratifying situation in Liangzhou!
Most of Liangzhou's territory is grassland, and there are many nomadic peoples. A total of more than ten tribal alliance-type countries have been established. Among them, only the three kingdoms of Gaotang, Tiening, and Fengyu can truly represent the major forces of Liangzhou. They are also known as the Three Kingdoms of Liangzhou. .
For many years, the Cangnan Empire has had a very good relationship with the Three Kingdoms of Liangzhou and some weak tribal countries, and they have conducted various transactions with various forces in Liangzhou at almost any expense. Without the active participation of the major merchants in the Cangnan Empire, the good horses produced in Liangzhou would not be sold throughout the Tianyuan Continent!
After so many years of operation, except for the Three Kingdoms of Liangzhou, the rest of the tribal countries have been almost infiltrated by the Cangnan Empire. Many tribal leaders have been bribed by the Cangnan Empire. As long as they are promised huge profits, they can do it at any time. They can all surrender to the Cangnan Empire!
The second prince Hu Xiong did quite well after taking over the entire territory of Shazhou. The entire Shazhou was integrated in a very short period of time, allowing the Cangnan Empire's army to free up and head towards Liangzhou.
At present, except for the three kingdoms of Liangzhou who have formed a coalition to compete with the Cangnan Empire, the other tribal countries are all waiting and watching, and have made up their minds to be the backbone of the situation. No matter which side gains the upper hand, they will vote for that side.
For these tribal countries, their national concept has always been very indifferent, and they care more about their own vital interests!
Liangzhou is rich in good horses and excellent cavalry. In particular, their riding and shooting skills are unparalleled in the world. The army formed by the three kingdoms of Liangzhou united has nearly ten million people. Even if the Cangnan Empire adds more troops to Liangzhou, There were one million soldiers, and a large number of Shazhou Sha bandits were recruited to supplement the military strength, but the number of troops Hu Hao could command was only about three million, which was far less than the Liangzhou coalition army.
However, even facing the superior Liangzhou coalition, the Cangnan Empire does not have no chance, because the three Liangzhou kingdoms still cannot fully trust each other. In particular, the Cangnan Empire relied on the contacts accumulated from previous dealings with various countries to almost push the alienation strategy to the extreme, making the three countries suspicious of each other, fearing that the Cangnan Empire would join forces with a certain country and swallow up the other two countries. !
If this continues, the coalition of the three kingdoms in Liangzhou will definitely be broken, and then the Cangnan Empire can completely defeat them one by one, and eventually include Liangzhou in its territory!
The Cangnan Empire had hidden its strength for so many years, and it was indeed time to accumulate strength, and then it was able to expand the empire's territory to the four states in just a few years!
If the Cangnan Empire really fully integrated the four states of Liang, Sha, Man, and Liang, then the entire empire would be almost half as wide as Yuanzhou. And even in Yuanzhou, where many powerful forces gather, there is no empire with such a large territory!
Of course, the Cangnan Empire's power expanded so fast, which naturally attracted the attention of other states. If the Cangnan Empire is allowed to expand so quickly, wouldn't it be possible for it to become the second Holy Empire
However, the current strength of the Cangnan Empire is no longer something that ordinary forces can compete with. Perhaps only a few super forces from Yuanzhou can suppress it. However, the Cangnan Empire did not display the banner of dominating the world. Whether it conquered Shazhou before or sent troops to Manzhou and Liangzhou now, they found a high-sounding excuse in advance and only dispatched troops in the name of being forced to counterattack. The army!
Of course, it is entirely up to the Cangnan Empire to decide how far the so-called "counterattack" will go.
For the forces in the other states, it is not easy for them to openly declare their enemies to the Cangnan Empire, but they can secretly use some means to suppress the Cangnan Empire.
Therefore, in the past year, the business contacts between the Cangnan Empire and Haizhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, and Yunzhou were almost completely interrupted due to various strange reasons. Only Yuanzhou seems to have strong self-control and does not think that the Cangnan Empire can threaten Yuanzhou's status. It still has normal transactions with the Cangnan Empire!
It can be said that the situation in Tianyuan Continent has changed greatly in this year. The land of Kyushu all has its own agenda due to the rapid rise of the Cangnan Empire, and it is very likely that it will fall into the Warring States Period!
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