The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

There were originally 100,000 troops, but in the end only 20,000 escaped. The rest either died or were so scared that they just lay on the ground and surrendered.

How could they fight such a war? They found that they could save their lives by surrendering, so they all chose to surrender.

The Great Xia army guarding Yangguan also rushed out of the city at the first opportunity, captured the defeated soldiers, and learned about the situation of the countries in the Western Regions from them. The commander of Yangguan quickly sent the information back to Kyoto.

At the same time, they asked for help from several surrounding fortresses. Although they repelled the 100,000-strong Western Region army, who knew whether the subsequent 300,000-strong army would come.

After the call for help was issued, the garrisons in various parts of Liaoxia immediately organized 100,000 people to rush to Yangguan. These soldiers were all from Liaoxia, and they were adapted to the plateau area of ​​Liaoxia. Even if they were asked to fight in the plateau, they could definitely do it.

Moreover, with the political and ideological education that Jiang Fan gave to each army, the soldiers' ideological qualities were all up to standard, they were able to endure hardships and strictly abide by discipline.

Their combat effectiveness is extremely strong. Although they are not the most elite in the current Daxia Army, when they attack the armies of other countries, it is like using a cannon to kill a fly.

When the urgent military intelligence was delivered to Kyoto from 800 miles away, Jiang Fan was at the Kyoto Research Institute, which had invested in the research and development of many projects.

Now, what Jiang Fan pays the most attention to is the research and development of road rollers, because Jiang Fan is going to start building roads all over Daxia. There is asphalt refined from oil refineries.

Of course, it is to build asphalt roads. Although the current cement production is sufficient for consumption across the country, the stone crusher has just been developed and cannot be fully mass-produced yet.

Concrete cannot meet the needs of paving roads, and asphalt roads are a transition. After all, with the emergence of tractors and heavy trucks, road construction is imperative.

The first generation of cars were started entirely by hand cranking and had not yet reached the stage of being powered by electricity. However, with the development of technology, such cars will be available in the near future.

Jiang Fan gave a general direction, and the research was handed over to the talents of the research institute. The entire Daxia research institute has more than 100,000 talents, distributed throughout Daxia.

In the research institutes in Beijing alone, there are more than 2,000 research talents, who are assigned to various industries.

After the road roller was assembled, Jiang Fan tried it out himself. Looking at the huge roller rolling forward, he felt a little excited.

With this thing, road construction will be much faster. Of course, the emergence of crushers has also accelerated the process of road construction.

Just as Jiang Fan got off the steamroller, military intelligence from Liaoxia was transmitted. Faced with this situation, Jiang Fan quickly organized a military meeting.

The meeting was attended by a group of senior generals in the current Daxia army. Jiang Fan rebuilt the original Privy Council, but he changed the name to the Military and Political Department, which was responsible for military affairs.

The role of the Ministry of War is also slowly being replaced by the Military and Political Department. I believe that it won’t be long before the Ministry of War disappears from the court’s political system.

Jiang Fan established many new departments, gradually replacing the six ministries. The Ministry of Revenue was replaced by the Ministry of Finance.

What shocked the people of Daxia the most was that the court officials were no longer just men, many women were also entrusted with important tasks. Jiang Fan's wives now all held important positions.

Chu Yan'er is now the Minister of the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs, which is equivalent to the top military and political official. The Ministry of Military and Political Affairs is under the jurisdiction of the emperor, and the emperor can let the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs do what it wants.

As for the major decisions of the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs, they are voted on by the members of the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs. Even the Minister Chu Yan'er does not have dictatorial power.

Some minor matters were decided by the people in charge, which greatly reduced the emperor's workload.

Jiang Fan has no official position, but everyone knows that Jiang Fan is the most powerful person in Daxia today, and he makes all the decisions. The current Emperor of Yan, or Emperor Xia, actually no longer cares about things.

He only sat on the throne for Jiang Fan, otherwise, he would have wanted to become the emperor emeritus long ago.

The entire Military and Political Department had twelve members, Ning Pojun from the Ning family, Chu Chengfeng from the Chu family, and the rest were a group of military talents promoted by Jiang Fan, generals who had made many military achievements in several battles.

Originally, according to reason, the Five Tigers of the Ning Family and the Seven Tigers of the Chu Family were all qualified to join the Military and Political Department as members.

However, the Military and Political Department could not be a place for two families. In order to avoid suspicion and not to embarrass Jiang Fan, Ning Zhen and Chu Xinghe only allowed their eldest brother to join the Military and Political Department.

As for the remaining sons, they were sent by Jiang Fan to various places in Daxia to guard and become important officials. This is also because Jiang Fan has full trust in the Ning family and the Chu family. Otherwise, just the prestige and power of the Ning and Chu families alone, most emperors would have been extremely afraid of them.

But when it comes to prestige, Jiang Fan's prestige is unmatched. Even though their two families have extremely high prestige, their prestige is useless when they meet Jiang Fan.

Therefore, Jiang Fan was not worried about them gathering their own troops. In addition to believing that they would do so, Jiang Fan also had full confidence in himself.

In the hearts of the people, Jiang Fan is like a great man who leads them to a good life. Even those foreigners love Jiang Fan very much.

Compared to the exploitation of them by those in power in their own country, and their life under Jiang Fan's rule. What should I choose? Do I even need to ask? !

Regarding the newly established Great Yan Empire in the Western Regions, the reporter reported all the circumstances. When they learned that the Great Yan Empire in the Western Regions was built by Jiang Zheng and that he wanted to seize Great Xia,

Everyone was extremely angry, and they finally came to the conclusion that they had to fight... not only to repel their attack, but also to directly attack the Western Regions and destroy the newly-built Great Yan Empire!

Speaking of which, Jiang Fan had already thought about destroying the Western Regions. After knowing that Jiang Zheng had fled to the Western Regions, he thought that Jiang Zheng might establish a country in the Western Regions.

After all, Jiang Zheng brought advanced weapons and technology with him. Even a pig with such good stuff in hand could take over the Western Regions.

Unless this person is hopelessly stupid, it is impossible for him to not conquer the Western Regions. Jiang Zheng really lived up to Jiang Fan's expectations and established the Great Yan Empire in the Western Regions.

Originally, if he had behaved himself in the Western Regions, Jiang Fan would not have touched him for the time being, but since he came to him, Jiang Fan of course decided to take the opportunity to send troops.

The 300,000 troops he trained in Liao and Xia were prepared for the conquest of the Western Regions. With the final agreement, the Western Regions were destroyed and Jiang Zheng was executed.

This person would always be a nuisance if he was kept alive, and the Emperor of Yan had already considered him dead, so it would be easier just to kill him directly.

There was controversy over the selection of the commander-in-chief for this trip to the Western Regions. There were many suitable candidates, but the only ones who were truly suitable were Chu Chengfeng and Ning Pojun.