Chapter 820: The Wa Dilemma

Upon seeing the hairstyle of that group of people, Xie Fang was already in despair.

And now they wanted to force him to cut his hair like that!

He was, after all, the dignified Longyan Crown Prince, a man of iron-willed integrity, representing the majesty of the Imperial Palace!

A gentleman may be killed, but he cannot be humiliated!

He would rather die than submit.

Resistance was futile.

A moment later.

Xie Fang clutched his head and began to wail in agony.

This was still only the most basic type of Samurai Topknot!

The others laughed out loud at his side once again.

"Alright, stop crying. Once your hair is cut, we're all one family from now on. Don't worry, if we have meat, we'll give you some to eat; if we have soup, we'll give you some to drink!"

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Lao Hu patted Xie Fang on the shoulder, warmly welcoming him to join the group.

Xie Fang cried again.

I am a Crown Prince!

This must be the most humiliating moment of his life!

However.

I am the Longyan Crown Prince; joining your group of twenty or thirty people, out here on the sea, amounting to nothing, living hand-to-mouth, and very likely being a Wa pirate gang where big fish eat little fish?

Humiliation!

King Goujian of Yue, in such a desperate situation, was still able to sleep on brushwood and taste gall!

What was just cutting his hair compared to that?

The iron-willed Xie Fang still did not go to his death.

Because he suddenly thought of King Goujian of Yue.

Sooner or later, he would kill his way back to Longyan and tear that Minister Liu into ten thousand pieces!

That's right.

He would sleep on brushwood and taste gall!

In the palace, there was not a sound.

Xie Qian listened to the military report being presented, his eyes brimming with hot tears.

Nanyang Imperial Palace.

At this moment.

Defeated with no hope of recovery!

His Military Advisor.

Defeated.

This time, they had been defeated in a complete mess!

And also, his three hundred thousand-strong army!

Three hundred thousand!

His General Cheng.

He looked at Liu Shiji, who was kneeling on the ground.

Xie Qian wanted to speak, but he could not suppress the rage surging in his heart, and a mouthful of black blood sprayed out.

"Your Majesty."

That was his life's work of so many years, the family foundation he had accumulated over so many years! So many years!

Pfft.

Xie Qian waved his hand, his face deathly pale, and gave a bitter smile: "Defeated is defeated, what need is there for so many excuses? I believe that even the Military Advisor... then it is not your responsibility."

"Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, this humble general is useless, I am willing to—"

A blow to the very bones.

For the Nanyang Xie Clan, this was truly a blow to the very bones.

Liu Shiji's tears fell like rain.

Three hundred thousand.

Half of them were gone.

Who wouldn't feel the heartache?

Their Nanyang had a total of only six hundred thousand troops. And that was only after years of human trafficking with the Liaodong side.

This time.

Everyone looked at each other in dismay.

Longyan was still as powerful as ever; a feeling of despair surged in many people's hearts. Wanting to fight back to Longyan was undoubtedly a pipe dream.

What to do next?

What to do?

"Your Majesty, everything is going smoothly."

A flash of intense killing intent crossed Xie Qian's eyes.

But Xie Qian was, after all, a formidable leader.

After a brief period of depression, he recovered and asked with a cold face, "How is the situation over in Wa?"

"Yes!"

"Can't beat Longyan?"

"Fine, go attack Wa!"

War!

The Nanyang Army, heading north to Wa, harassing the borders!

Mizuno Masashige had been very irritable lately.

He didn't know what had happened to the prosperous Tang of Nanyang. He had originally intended to participate in the struggle for that tomb, but unexpectedly, a military order from Wa had recalled him.

They were actually here to fight for real!

Suddenly, Wa was thrown into a state of utter chaos. Because many of their troops were still fighting in the Li Dynasty, they simply had no capacity to fight on both fronts simultaneously.

At first, Mizuno Masashige thought this Nanyang Army was just here to play around.

Who would have thought.

At this time, Wa was in the Edo Period. The rulers were the Tokugawa Clan of Mikawa. In the middle of the Edo Period, internal financial difficulties had already appeared in Wa, which was also why so many Wa pirates emerged, as they too had to go out to seek a livelihood. Later, Wa implemented the Kyoho Reform and the Kansei Reform in an attempt to improve things, but the effects were minimal.

The rulers could only shift domestic contradictions by invading abroad.

Therefore.

The situation within Wa at this time was not very optimistic either.

If it followed the development of the previous life, this situation would continue until the eighteenth century.

When the sprouts of capitalism began to emerge in Wa, the appearance of new modes of production fundamentally shook the ruling foundation of the shogunate system.

Thus, the Li Dynasty became the long-suffering victim of Wa.

For Wa, it was just like that: if there was trouble, they attacked the Li Dynasty; if there was no trouble, they still attacked the Li Dynasty. Not only could they obtain large amounts of compensation, but the Li Dynasty also had relatively fertile land.

The Nanyang Army's outburst made Wa very uncomfortable.

Actually, this could not be blamed on the Nanyang Xie Clan.

But now.

It was different.

The Nanyang Xie Clan naturally had the same idea.

Taking Wa meant taking the Li Dynasty.

After all, East Asia and Southeast Asia were just such a large area. Originally, these places in Southeast Asia, in Liu Zheng's previous life, belonged to those indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia, but in this world, they had been occupied and developed by Xie Qian. As for these island nations, the natural resources were limited, and there were only these few fixed countries.

In this world where the strong prey on the weak, whoever wants to develop must strike outward.

Although this expedition to Liaodong failed, they did not withdraw their troops.

"Hold the line for me, hold the line!"

Taking the Li Dynasty would pose a huge threat to Longyan.

Therefore, Nanyang's harassment of Wa had never ceased.

Not to mention the geographical location of Osumi in Wa, it was of the utmost importance! This was absolutely the gateway to Wa.

Once the port of Osumi was lost, the Nanyang Army would advance like a hot knife through butter, and by then, it was feared that the Wa army would not be able to stop them at all.

Mizuno Masashige was furious.

This time, he was sent to Osumi!

Only.

He did not know.

It was the third time.

Mizuno Masashige could be considered an all-rounder in military affairs. He had already led the navy to repel the Nanyang Army's general offensive for the third time.

Regarding Wa.

Liu Zheng had no other thoughts.

What Wa was about to face was no longer just this problem.

As Liu Zheng entered Liaodong, Wa had already become the next target in Liu Zheng's eyes.

He would not leave Wa any chance to come back to life.

There was only one goal.

To destroy it.

This weather?

How to reclaim wasteland?

Liaodong during the Little Ice Age was bone-chillingly cold.

When people had followed Liu Zheng through those blood-boiling, heart-pounding events, that enthusiasm was quickly cooled down by this freezing weather.

These people came to Liaodong, and it wasn't that they didn't have a place to live, but they couldn't just stay in this Efang Palace with Liu Zheng and Xie Chan every day. Everyone had to go out and set up their own businesses, and then they collapsed.

No one.

Let alone reclaiming wasteland.

They didn't even dare to step out the door!

Extremely crude.

It couldn't even block the wind.

There was no one wherever they went.

They couldn't even buy houses! Even if they bought them, they were worlds apart from what they had imagined.

Even with money, there were no goods to be bought.

How was one supposed to survive like this?

People began to despair.

Just this?

People had not expected it.

This year's Spring Festival.

Once again.

The pessimistic sentiment regarding the development of Liaodong came surging in.

Would be spent in such an environment.

Fortunately, at this time.

A large quantity of Coal Ball Stoves was transported here.