Warlords: I just made a little fortune, but I didn’t build a country.

[National Daily: On March 3, the Qin army led 29 troops to encircle and suppress the Japanese Third Front Army, and launched a decisive battle in the Jiading area and Jincheng area! ]

[Special report: The Qin army killed more than 10,000 Japanese prisoners in Jiading County, using the ten tortures, such as dismemberment by five horses and throwing into the river to feed the fish, to avenge the suffering people of our Daqian country! ]

The two national daily newspapers shocked Daqian Kingdom again. The Qin Army sent 70 troops to attack the Japanese Third Front Army. This made the people of Daqian Kingdom see the Qin Army's determination to fight the war. Even if they had to mobilize all their troops, they must annihilate the invading enemy!

There were also photos in the newspapers, showing Japanese soldiers being torn apart by five horses, Japanese soldiers being bled and thrown into the river to feed the fish, Japanese soldiers being stabbed with holes by Qin soldiers, and Japanese soldiers being dissected. These scenes made the people of Daqian Kingdom burst into tears and shouted "retribution!"

In response, the National Salvation Association took out the war funds donated by the people and merchants of Daqian Kingdom since the Anti-Japanese War, totaling 6000 million oceans, and gave it to the Northwest Qin Army to recruit soldiers and kill more Japanese devils, and claimed that donations would continue in the future.

"Damn it, this Northwestern Qin family is trying to rebel!"

Upon hearing the news, the boy in the yellow robe got so angry that he started throwing things around, but this time all the things he threw were cheap stuff, because all the valuable things had been sold.

During this period, the imperial court's new army originally had 120 million troops, and subsequently recruited 40 reserve troops. After all of them joined, there were 160 million new army soldiers. Then, 48 soldiers were recruited from the East Province and 24 soldiers from the Yuzhou Province, totaling 72. At the peak of the imperial court, the military strength reached more than 230 million.

The average monthly salary for these 230 million soldiers is 5 yuan, which means a total of 1150 million yuan in monthly salary. In addition, the monthly expenses for food, clothing, housing and transportation are controlled at 1800 million yuan. The most important thing is the consumption of ammunition. A large-scale battle would require the consumption of millions of yuan.

Therefore, during the few months of the War of Resistance, the consumption of ammunition alone was no less than 8000 million. Because their court's military factories had to undergo a major change due to the relocation of the capital, a lot of ammunition now had to be purchased from foreign countries, so the price was very expensive!

The equipment for 232 million soldiers consumed the 2 million yuan in loans and all of the court's funds. Now that Zhou Yangbo saw that the National Salvation Association would donate 6000 million yuan to the Northwest Qin Army, how could he not be angry?

After dozens of battles, his court still has about 190 million troops, and the financial pressure is increasing. If the soldiers' salaries cannot be paid, it will easily cause a mutiny. So what Zhou Yangbo is worried about now is money!

"6000 million!"

Now the national treasury is empty, with only more than 3800 million, which can only support one or two months at most. Once there is no replenishment of money, the 190 million troops will not have enough food and will not get their wages.

“Increase taxes!”

Zhou Yangbo frowned and said, "Since the people have money to donate, it means that they still have money in their hands. If so, then increase taxes to prevent the Qin family from taking it away. Minister of Finance, you should increase military taxes in the local areas. No matter what, you must collect 5000 million in taxes for me this month."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The finance minister stepped forward and saluted, saying, "I'll do it right away."

After saying that, Zhou Yangbo looked at Foreign Minister Lei He and said, "I heard that the United States is lending money all over the world. Go and find out if you can borrow some money from the United States."

"According to the order."

Lei He also stood up and nodded.

"Also," Zhou Yangbo looked at the military and said, "Marshal Song has been ill for a long time. This military cannot be left without a commander. I have thought about it for a long time and decided to personally lead the imperial army of one million to drive out the Japanese pirates and recover the lost territory."

"We swear to follow your majesty till death. We congratulate your majesty on rebuilding the old country and building a strong Daqian nation. We wish our Daqian nation will last for thousands of years and will never end!"

"I have discussed this with several generals," Zhou Yangbo said. "The battlefield in Yuzhou is not conducive to the battle of our army. The Xiang army is sitting back and enjoying the fruits of their labor. Our court has withstood the pressure for them. However, our court is short of money, which is not conducive to opening two battlefields. So I decided to abandon the battlefield in Yuzhou and retreat the army to An'an Province."

No one objected to Zhou Yangbo's easy decision to give up a province, because those who opposed had been killed. Now all the officials were absolutely inclined to Zhou Yangbo, and there were also people who flattered him. All their words were flattering, and there was no sound of honest advice that was unpleasant to the ear.

"As long as my court holds the four provinces of Dong Province, An'an Province, Changnan Province, and Fuxia firmly in its hands, then my court will be as stable as Mount Tai, and no one can shake it!"

"Your Majesty is holy."

All the officials knelt down in submission, and then shouted a series of flattery such as "The greatest emperor of all time" and "The power of heaven is the destiny" etc. Zhou Yangbo was delighted to hear this.

After the morning court session, the domestic situation began to change drastically, because the imperial court withdrew its troops from Yuzhou Province. At this point, the Japanese Third Front Army easily captured the Central Plains province of Daqian Kingdom and opened the door to the entire Daqian Kingdom. The Japanese became more and more arrogant, and they seemed to be determined to capture Daqian Kingdom within three months.

After the Central Plains province was taken, the Japanese Sixth Front Army began to attack the two lakes, wanting to penetrate the entire Daqian Kingdom. This was exactly the purpose of the court, and to drag local forces into it. Han Xiang was so angry that he cursed the court, but as the Japanese army approached, he had no choice but to resist.

At the Xiang Palace, Han Xiang looked at his generals and said, "My Han Army has had a few months of recuperation and is now strong, with a force approaching 35. But this is not enough compared to the Japanese Sixth Front Army, so we have to find friendly forces."

"Yunnan and Guizhou Cao's army, Guangdong and Guangxi's wolf army."

The Chief of Staff of the Han Family Army said, "If our Han Family Army is destroyed, they will not be in a good situation either, so as long as we negotiate with these two families, they will definitely send troops to help us."

"it's the only way."

Han Xiang sighed and sat in the main seat, saying, "I no longer have the ambition to dominate. The imperial court is now thriving, with millions of new troops and a large number of heavy weapon units being formed frequently. Even the Japanese can't do anything to them. The Qin army has even launched a counter-encirclement campaign against the Japanese. So it's not our turn to rule the world. Now all I want is to keep this little piece of land."

"Report!"

At this time, a guard came up to Han Xiang and said, "The Cao army in Yunnan and Guizhou, and the wolf army in Guangdong and Guangxi have all sent their deputy commanders to our capital, saying that they want to discuss this joint war of resistance with us."

"Please come quickly!"

From this we can also see how ruthless and ungrateful the imperial court was. In the face of such a great cause, the imperial court actually disregarded the greater cause and gave up large tracts of land in Daqian Kingdom, and allowed millions of Daqian people to become prisoners of the Japanese devils, just to force them to join the war of resistance. Han Xiang had no good feelings towards such a court.