Chapter 1157

"One punch thrown prevents a hundred punches from coming?"

Wu Zhao's eyes brightened upon hearing this.

"This sentence is so domineering!"

"What a great 'one punch thrown prevents a hundred punches from coming'!"

She felt a surge of dominance and couldn't help but repeat it aloud.

Shangguan Wan'er also stared at Gao Yang; such a domineering Gao Yang was actually quite charming!

Gao Yang continued, "Yan Wushuang is making trouble, the Chu Kingdom wants to participate, and the Qi Kingdom, having been exposed by Your Majesty for their 'stealing the dragon and replacing it with a phoenix' scheme, will participate sooner or later. Since it's unavoidable, then fight!"

"To put it bluntly, our Da Qian's development has made them feel threatened. Grenades, white jade sugar, soap, and strong liquor have made them afraid. It is under this alliance of interests that this scene has occurred!"

"But if we don't send troops, the Xiongnu will become even more rampant and only become more excessive. They will only think Da Qian is weak and easily bullied, and the surrounding barbarians will become even more restless, all wanting to come and get a share of the spoils. It would be better to fight the Xiongnu to the death, destroy the Xiongnu first, and then draw our swords against the six kingdoms!"

"Even if Your Majesty sends someone to marry into the Xiongnu to beg them, it would be useless. It cannot exchange for peace, because peace is not begged for, nor is it exchanged for with a princess's body—it is fought for!"

These words, mixed with rolling dominance, swept through the entire Imperial Garden like a raging sea!

Shangguan Wan'er's eyes were bright, her fists clenched.

Wu Zhao was also deeply moved.

At this moment.

Wu Zhao slapped the table hard, no longer hesitating.

"Then fight!"

"Our Da Qian and the Xiongnu are mortal enemies. A hundred years ago, the Xiongnu surrounded our Da Qian's Founding Emperor on Mount Baideng and almost captured him alive. This was a great humiliation. Until the Founding Emperor died, on his deathbed, he was still shouting."

"Kill the slaves!"

"Kill the slaves!"

"Kill the slaves!"

"After three shouts, the Founding Emperor passed away. But at that time, our Da Qian had no horses and could not compete with the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu Chanyu even deliberately wrote a letter to humiliate our Da Qian's Empress Dowager, with words of extreme insult!"

"For decades after that, our Da Qian relied on marriage alliances to seek peace, while being raided by the Xiongnu who plundered the people. We still didn't dare to send troops and could only humiliatingly beg for peace. If it weren't for the fact that the Xiongnu had a cold year with a great freeze on the grasslands, followed by a plague the next spring, the Xiongnu's oppression of our Da Qian would only have become more excessive!"

"A century of shame, our Da Qian has endured and endured. Now that we finally have a trend of rising, and the Xiongnu have come again, how can I tolerate them?"

"Since we must fight, then fight!"

"As you said, one punch thrown prevents a hundred punches from coming!"

Wu Zhao stood up, her body radiating a rich imperial aura, and a boiling killing intent permeated her surroundings!

Clearly, she had long been dissatisfied with the Xiongnu.

Although the Xiongnu cavalry is strong, although the grasslands are vast and boundless, and although it is difficult to find the Xiongnu's tracks, since the Xiongnu dare to draw their swords, kill her prefects, and kidnap her people, then fight!

Whether we win or lose, we'll only know after we fight!

"Your Majesty, Eunuch Hou is here!"

"Eunuch Hou is the most skilled old man in the palace. With one stroke, it's so fast that there's no pain at all. The little eunuchs who have gone through it all say it's good. He has been in the business for decades without a single bad review."

At this time, Xiao Yuan stepped forward, her crisp voice ringing out.

Behind her stood an old eunuch with a face full of wrinkles.

At first, Eunuch Hou thought it was just an ordinary castration, but until he heard the identity of the person to be castrated, his world suddenly lost its color.

The sky had collapsed.

Castrating the Living Yama!

His life is over!

This sudden scene diluted the tense atmosphere in the Imperial Garden.

Wu Zhao laughed.

Gao Yang panicked.

Wu Zhao kept a straight face, deliberately teasing Gao Yang, "Lord Gao, from now on you will take charge of the Ceremonial Secretariat and accompany me by my side, and the Western Depot will also be under your management!"

"With power reaching the heavens, you can be the number one Depot Chief of Da Qian!"

"Hiss!"

This Wu Zhao, she wouldn't really do it, would she?

Gao Yang's expression changed slightly.

Just as Wu Zhao didn't want to tease Gao Yang anymore and was about to speak.

Gao Yang hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I have an item that can make our Da Qian soldiers' riding skills equal to those of the Xiongnu elite cavalry!"

"And it can be mastered quickly!"

"Today, I will endure the pain and present it to Your Majesty for one hundred thousand taels of silver!"

Wu Zhao was stunned, her phoenix eyes raised.

An unexpected joy!

"What item?"

The Xiongnu people grow up on the grasslands, accompanied by horses, and their riding skills crush Da Qian soldiers. But Gao Yang says riding skills can be mastered quickly. How could this not shock Wu Zhao?

Gao Yang didn't dare to be cheeky again and said directly, "This item is called—the stirrup!"

In the seven kingdoms of the world, warhorses only have saddles and bits, no stirrups!

But one must know, the stirrup is the ultimate weapon for cavalry, and a single-sided stirrup won't do; it must be a double-sided stirrup. Equipped with double-sided stirrups, the riding skills of Da Qian soldiers will take a leap!

"Stirrup?"

"What is this?"

Gao Yang patiently explained, "The so-called stirrup consists of two parts: the stirrup ring and the stirrup handle. The stirrup ring is circular or oval, and the stirrup handle is used to connect the stirrup ring to the saddle!"