Chapter 726 All parties come to vote

Chapter 726 All parties come to vote

During Li Tai's absence in Jingzhou, the interactions between Northern Qi and Nanliang were frequent and intense.

First, the remnants of Hou Jing's rebel army and the former North Daoxingtai Guo Yuanjian led their troops to surrender to the Northern Qi Dynasty, which pushed the Northern Qi forces to Guangling, across the river from Jingkou in the south of the Yangtze River.

Li Tai didn't know that before Guo Yuanjian and others decided to surrender to Northern Qi, Hou Zijian and others proposed to surrender to Mianbei, so he didn't have much feelings about this matter. He just sighed that after all, Northern Qi's national power was stronger, and for these Jiangbei rebels People are also more attractive.

As for the ownership of the national jade seal, he didn't care even more. Even if it fell into his hands, it would only give the Yuwen family more motivation to usurp the country, and it would not help him jump in and seize power.

After accepting the surrender of Guo Yuanjian and others, the Northern Qi Dynasty sent General Pan Le to lead his army south, and combined with Guo Yuanjian and other surrendered troops to conquer Yangping, which was still occupied by Hou Jing's remaining troops, and then took advantage of the situation and moved southward to invade Jiangbei. The important town of Qin County.

The location of Qinjun was the Liuhe of later generations, and not far to the south was the important Guabu Ferry, across the river from Jiankang City. Because of its important geographical location, Wang Sengbian quickly dispatched his general Yan Chaoda to settle in the city after regaining Jiankang.

When the Northern Qi army invaded Qin County, it was during the plum rainy season. The continuous rainy weather made it greatly difficult to attack the city. In addition, Wang Sengbian and Chen Baxian worked together to send troops to reinforce each other. Chen Baxian even personally led his troops to defeat Guo Yuanjian's troops near Qinjun, causing the defeated Northern Qi army to retreat in embarrassment. This was able to save Qinjun. The garrison in Jiangbei prevented Jiankang from being directly exposed to the enemy's front.

But Liyang, another important town in the north of the Yangtze River, did not have such good luck. Since most of Wang Sengbian's troops were stationed downstream, and there were still remaining invaders in the Sanwu area, it was inevitable that they were unable to look back.

The Northern Qi Dynasty took advantage of this opportunity to replace Li Bomu, who lacked military skills, with Hu general Hu Sizhao as the governor of Hezhou. He led Hefei troops to attack Liyang and captured this important town on the west bank of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop. This gave the Northern Qi Dynasty the ability to cross the Yangtze River at any time. strategic initiative.

The results of this series of looting actions by the Northern Qi Dynasty can be said to be very astonishing, and the threat to the Jiangnan region far exceeds that of Li Tai's Jingzhou Governor's Office.

But this is also because Li Tai deliberately maintained restraint. Soon the protagonist of the entire Jiangnan region will become the hunk Chen Baxian. Li Tai has not yet achieved much results in the construction of the navy, so he naturally does not want to go head-to-head with Chen Baxian now, and there is no direct conflict in the geographical location of the two parties' forces, so it is better to just watch the show.

Although he did not intervene in the division of interests in the Huainan region, he still firmly grasped the means to check and balance the struggle on this side. As long as Yiyang is in his hands, he will have a certain say in the changes in the situation in Huainan.

At present, the troops of Northern Qi and Nanliang in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River are at odds with each other, and there are many overt and covert fights between them.

Northern Qi was like a bloodthirsty jackal, constantly probing around Nanliang, who was bleeding all over, and he was bound to take a big bite of fat before he would give up. After all, Northern Qi Gaoyang himself was a powerful and aggressive monarch. Facing the Nanliang regime, which was turned upside down by Hou Jing's traitors, he had an absolute psychological advantage, and of course he would not let it go easily.

As for Nanliang, Wang Sengbian and Chen Baxian are now close comrades-in-arms. After successfully quelling Hou Jing's rebellion and the hope of ZTE, they will never let the Northern Qi invaders plunder from the south, especially since Chen Baxian has always been there. Actively try to regain Guangling and other important towns in Jiangbei.

Although the fight between the two parties was lively, some local forces affected by it complained endlessly. On the one hand, they defended themselves in the territory, and on the other hand, they actively sought asylum.

After Li Tai returned to the General Manager's Mansion, Cui Qian sorted out many similar requests and submitted them to Li Tai for review and decision.

"Where is Jin Xi?"

Li Tai frowned and asked after seeing the top request for memorial. Soon the official Zhao Jingzhi presented a detailed map, which also marked the location of Jin Xi in detail.

Li Tailuo looked around more and saw that Jinxi was located at the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains in the north of the Yangtze River, between Qichang and Lujiang County, and further east from Huancheng in Jiangzhou.

The person who submitted this letter of request for attachment was named Lu Xida. He was a powerful man in his hometown and was a general of Xiao Ke, the governor of Yingzhou in Southern Liang. Later, Xiao Lun, the king of Shaoling, fled into Yingzhou and soon became enemies with various parties. Lu Xida retreated to his hometown and developed with Xincai, his hometown and overseas Chinese county, as the center.

He used his manpower to cultivate crops and recruit the dead, and his power quickly grew. He controlled several counties including Jinxi in the north of Jiangbei, and had nearly 10,000 troops. Now he is considered to be one of the top tycoons in Jiangbei.

When Wang Sengbian led various armies to counterattack Jiankang, Lu Xida also sent armor soldiers to assist in the battle, and was therefore appointed as the governor of Beijiang Prefecture by King Xiangdong. The fact that he separatized the counties in Jiangbei was recognized by the Jiangling Military Government.

But now, as the Northern Qi army continues to advance southward, Jiangling Military Mansion's certification is of no use. Lu Xida's sphere of influence is still inevitably attacked by the Northern Qi army. For example, counties such as Xincai and Yue'an, which were relatively close to Hezhou occupied by the Northern Qi Dynasty, were all invaded by the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Although Lu Xida was appointed by the Jiangling Military Mansion, he was just a powerful force who took advantage of the chaos. He was not part of the core force of the Jiangling Military Mansion at all. Now that he was attacked by the Northern Qi Dynasty, he would naturally not get support from Jiangling. support. Wang Sengbian and other Jiankang troops were still facing off against the Northern Qi army from the south downstream, and they also could not take care of these local forces.

In desperation, Lu Xida surrendered to the Jingzhou Governor's Office, hoping to obtain asylum.

Li Tai did not rush to make a decision, but first carefully understood the current situation in Huainan, and then summoned Pei Hong, Lu Yan and other subordinates under Cui Qian in the mansion to discuss it before deciding to accept Lu Xida's affiliation. , and decided to send troops to help its defense, pushing the actual control scope of Jingzhou General Mansion one step further.

Although Li Tai does not plan to invest a large number of personnel in the situation in Huainan at the moment, there is no reason to refuse the fat meat that comes to his door.

This Luxida's sphere of influence does not belong to the essence of Huainan. It is generally located in the Huaixi area between the west of Hefei and the Dabie Mountains. If it is included in the jurisdiction of the Jingzhou General Manager's Office, then Hefei is roughly the boundary with the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the entire Huainan area is equally divided.

Jinxi's location does not have strong regional interaction with the south of the Yangtze River, but it can form a complete system with the Handong and a series of Jiangbei Jindu crossings such as Xiashou and Xiakou that the Jingzhou Governor's Office has already acquired. The Jiang defense system can have a land-based offensive and defensive system in the confrontation with Yingzhou and Jiangzhou in Nanliang.

At the same time, this place can echo the north and south of the important town of Yiyang in the north. Once the Jingzhou General Administration decides to attack Huainan, it can push straight east along the Yangtze and Huai lines, forming a stronghold on Hefei and other places that are already in the hands of the Northern Qi Dynasty. The momentum of encirclement.

After making this decision, Li Taidang immediately invited Lu Xida's envoy into the general manager's house.

Soon a young man in his early twenties, who was younger than Li Tai, was ushered into the central hall of the mansion. When he heard the members of the hall introduce him as General Li, a flash of light flashed in the young man's eyes. With a look of surprise, he quickly bowed to the ground and said respectfully: "Jin Xi Lu Guangda, a humble citizen, comes to greet General Li! The general's reputation resounds throughout the river, and the common people have also admired him for a long time. Now I come to pay my respects in my brother's name." Under the sect, I saw that the general was truly outstanding and looked like a god!"

"General Lu is not a commoner in Guizhou, right? I heard that you once followed Wang Sengbian to conquer the rebels. You must have made great achievements. Didn't the King of Eastern Hunan give you a medal?"

After Li Tai heard this, he smiled and said that when he decided to accept this powerful force, a government official introduced him to him in detail. He knew that the young man in front of him was Lu Xida's younger brother, so he sent troops to pursue him. Wang Sengbian went to Jiankang, so he asked this question.

After Lu Guangda heard this, his face changed slightly, and then he became angry. He lowered his head and said, "I dare not hide it from General Li. The common people have indeed experienced this. Lead Xiangqu as the vanguard of the division, and lead with The thieves fought and did not dare to quit their work, but the troops in Jiangling were so arrogant that they did not allow the guests from various directions to approach the city and the warehouse. After conquering Jiankang, they did not even have to allocate food and fodder to the small civilian army. , but was criticized..."

Li Tai couldn't help but sigh when he heard Lu Quanda's self-report of the many injustices he had suffered. Not to mention you local gangsters from Jiangbei who took advantage of the chaos, even Chen Baxian was ostracized when the rebellion was put down and the results of the war were divided.

Lu Guangda did not continue to complain on this topic. After all, the unfair treatment suffered in Jiankang had nothing to do with the Western Wei Dynasty, so it was better to quickly say that the business was more important.

"Now the Qi army of thieves is coming south, and the bandits are plundering without restraint. The people of Jinxi, Xincai and other counties and tens of thousands of Li people are afraid that they have no one to follow and are about to be tortured by the thieves. I beg General Li to save me and live with justice." …”