Can't someone else lead the troops?"
After Sun Hao returned to the capital, he immediately selected 120 beautiful women from more than 1,000 selected from various states and counties to enter the palace.
Among these 120 concubines, none of them has a charm value lower than 95 points, and two of them even have a charm value of 100 points.
Sun Hao sighed and said, "According to the intelligence obtained by the Seven Banner Guards, the Eastern Expedition Army formed by the countries of the Western Continent this time is very large. I will not feel at ease unless I lead the troops there myself.
Moreover, at a critical moment, I can also add hundreds of thousands of elite troops to the Han army."
In the process of conquering the various tribes on the grassland, the Han army seized a large amount of gold and silver, part of which was absorbed by Sun Hao into the "Brave General Converter".
After making up for the losses of the Royal Guards and the Imperial Guards, relying on the large amount of gold and silver absorbed, the "Hero Converter" still has more than 170 million conversion points in reserve.
Zhen Luo said helplessly, "It seems that we can only wait for His Majesty to return to the capital in triumph before conferring titles on these young ladies entering the palace."
Sun Hao then said, "It's a good opportunity for me to take advantage of this period of time. Queen, please help me carefully screen these beautiful ladies to prevent those with ulterior motives from sneaking in."
Zhen Luo said, "Your Majesty, I have discussed this with my other sisters.
To be on the safe side, in the future, if Your Majesty visits a concubine, it is best not to keep her overnight.
As long as Your Majesty is awake, even if someone with ill intentions sneaks into the palace, they will not be able to harm Your Majesty."
"That's a good idea. From now on, we'll do as the Queen wishes."
"Your Majesty, there are still a few days before the army sets out. Would you like to seize the opportunity to confer titles on a few of the concubines?"
According to the rules of the Han Dynasty royal family, only beautiful women who were favored by the emperor could be canonized as concubines.
Sun Hao took the list of selected women from Zhen Luo's hand and found the name of a selected woman. "Let her serve you in bed tonight!"
The concubine chosen by Sun Hao was one of the two concubines whose charm value reached 100 points. Her name was Pei Ningxiang.
If it weren't for this palace selection, Pei Ningxiang would soon become the top courtesan in Ruoxuan Pavilion in the capital.
In the royal palace of Tianhe City, the capital of Yanzi State, Prime Minister Muzepa excitedly reported to King Aikesadi: "Your Majesty, the Han State has agreed to form a coalition army in the Western Regions.
Furthermore, the Han Emperor, Sun Hao, will likely personally lead a large army to the Western Regions to resist the invasion of the Western Continent's Eastern Expeditionary Force.
After the territory of Songfan Kingdom in the Western Regions was annexed by the Zhenxi Army, the Yanzi Kingdom originally wanted to compete with the Zhenxi Army.
However, as the Zhenxi Army annexed the entire Songfan Kingdom and ended the separatist situation of the vassal states within the Han territory, the Yanzi Kingdom immediately lost the courage to fight against the Zhenxi Army.
So, at the suggestion of Prime Minister Muzepa, the Yanzi Kingdom took the initiative to submit to the Han Kingdom, hoping to become a vassal state of the Han Kingdom.
On the other hand, the Han Kingdom used the excuse that Emperor Sun Hao was away on a grassland expedition and was reluctant to agree to Yanzi's request for submission. This made Yanzi's King Aikesadi uneasy, fearing that the Han Kingdom would send troops to annex Yanzi.
In fact, what King Aiksadi of Yanzi was worried about was exactly what Sun Hao was preparing to do.
Among the more than 30 million people in Yanzi Kingdom, 20 million are Han people.
Of course, Sun Hao did not want to see so many Han people living under the rule of a foreign race.
"Has the Han Kingdom agreed to our Yanzi Kingdom's request to submit as a vassal?" asked King Aixadi.
"The Han Kingdom still hasn't agreed to pay tribute to us.
However, this time, Emperor Sun Hao of Han will personally lead a large army to the Western Regions. I believe that when the time comes, His Majesty the King can personally ask the Emperor of Han to allow our Yanzi Kingdom to become a vassal state of Han."
King Aixadi said with a wry smile, "I never thought it would be so difficult for our Yanzi Kingdom to become a vassal state of the Han Kingdom.
It seems that the Emperor of Han may have already had the idea of annexing our Yanzi Kingdom."
Prime Minister Muzepa hesitated for a moment and said, "So this time the Han Emperor comes to the Western Regions, which may be our Yanzi Kingdom's last chance."
King Exadi sighed and changed the subject, "Muzeppa, besides Parthia, how many other countries in the Western Continent have joined this Eastern Expedition?"
"Reporting to His Majesty, according to the information we have so far, at least three empires, three kingdoms, and twenty principalities on the Western Continent will join the Eastern Expedition."
After a pause, Prime Minister Muzepa said in a serious voice, "The Puglia Empire has confirmed that it will join the Western Continent's Eastern Expedition."
The countries in the Western Continent can be divided into three levels according to their strength: empire, kingdom, and duchy.
Currently, there are five empires and seven kingdoms in the Western Continent. The five empires include the Apulian Empire, the Toulouse Empire, the Lepuy Empire, the Wevard Empire and the Fana Empire.
The seven kingdoms were the Kingdom of Boulogne, the Kingdom of Flanders, the Kingdom of Blois, the Kingdom of Gedano, the Kingdom of Walras, the Kingdom of Venetian and the Kingdom of Sradi.
The number of principalities in the Western Continent has decreased by almost two-thirds compared to more than two hundred years ago, leaving only 32 principalities. However, the strength of each principality is not weak. Among them, the Duchy of Gallo, the one with the smallest population, has a population of over one million.
In the entire Western Continent, the most powerful country is none other than the Apulian Empire.
In the past two hundred years, an empire and a kingdom disappeared from the Western Continent, and they were annexed by the Apulian Empire.
Today, the territory of the Apulian Empire covers almost a quarter of the entire Western Continent and has a population of over 500 million.
In fact, the intelligence obtained by the Yanzi Kingdom was not accurate. Thanks to the efforts of the Heavenly Church, the five empires, seven kingdoms and thirty-two principalities of the Western Continent would send troops to participate in this eastern expedition to the Western Regions.
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