Chapter 800 Lu’s allies
He also knew that Mianbei had deep infiltration into Jiangling's personnel affairs. In order to prevent Yao Sengyuan from being exposed to too much external personnel information, he simply kept Yao Sengyuan on duty in the garden and did not allow him to go out.
In this way, the Wei envoy could only contact and invite Yao Sengyuan through himself, so naturally he could only obediently ask for an audience. In this way, he can have more say in whether it is the aftermath of the Qi envoy's assassination or the more important issue of the return and delivery of territory and cities.
As for Zhang Wan's suggestion that it was unseemly to threaten a child in a person's womb, Xiao Yi thought it was okay. It should be noted that when Li Boshan proposed to occupy Xiakou, he also took advantage of Hou Jing's rebel army to attack Jiangling. He also took advantage of the danger. If he had fought hard with real swords and guns during Jiangling's heyday, he probably would not have been able to succeed so easily.
In negotiations between countries, morality is the most meaningless thing. If Li Boshan doesn't want to bow his head, then he might as well not have children! If he sacrificed his own reputation, he could exchange the important Jiangfang port for the country, and Xiao Yi was happy to make such a sacrifice.
However, he still overestimated the urgency of the other party's need. The reason why Li Tai wanted to invite Yao Sengyuan to Mianbei was just to be prepared and have a baby without Yao Sengyuan. What's more, even if the lady wants to give birth, she still needs to be pregnant for ten months, so she can't afford to beg for medical treatment now.
Li Miao came to Jiangling this time without any formal diplomatic mission. He just wanted to investigate the thoughts of the monarchs and ministers of Nanliang and the current situation in Jiangling. Since Lord Liang delayed summoning him, he was not in a hurry to ask for an audience. In the following period, he took turns visiting the Zhushiliu family in Jiangling City and enjoyed the hospitality of Jiangling people and the food customs of the Southern Dynasties.
As for the purpose of the Qi envoy's arrival, he finally found out with the help of Liu Guangde, and Li Miao immediately sent someone to send the news back to Mianbei.
After Li Tai, who was in Rangcheng, learned about this situation, he couldn't help but sigh that the Xiao family just wanted to have fun and have fun. It seemed that not only the MILFs were still charming, but MILFs and her husband were also pretty good. There are many thoughts of hooking up with others while staying in Gangneung.
Next, he also convened the family members in the mansion to discuss the latest situation, including Chang Sun Jian, the new chief minister, who was also present.
Although Changsun Jian was a candidate forced in by the Chinese and Foreign Governments, since he had already arrived in Jingzhou and held such an important position as the General Manager Shi, there was no need to take too careful precautions. Some military and political affairs should be notified. Notification, participation where necessary, and deliberate avoidance and concealment will not only cause a deeper gap between each other, but may also have a negative impact on ongoing matters.
Moreover, Chang Sunjian has been conscientious in the past few months since he took office. Although he has not promoted any major decrees and plans, he has done a very good job as a person who liaises and coordinates the personnel affairs of the various officials in the general administration. He is no less than Cui Qian when he was there. Give more.
This also allowed Li Tai to initially accept Changsun Jian in his heart, but of course he was still far from being a true confidant. Not to mention being deliberately defensive, nor would he discuss any plans in his heart like he did with Cui Qian.
Regarding Nanliang's joint action with Northern Qi, Nanliang had nothing to say. Not to mention that this is just an intention and possibility, even if it has become a fact, unless Nanliang mobilizes a large number of Wang Sengbian, Chen Baxian and other troops from the lower reaches, otherwise the current military force in Jiangling will really dare to invade Handong. , then you have to be prepared to get your shit kicked out first.
Compared with Jiangling, the only shortcoming of the Jingzhou Military Mansion is its navy strength, and this is being quickly leveled. The large warships built at Danjiangkou at the beginning of the year have gradually been equipped with troops in Xiakou, and Xu Wensheng and other garrison generals are also diligently training the navy.
The production scale of Danjiangkou Shipyard will usher in an explosive period this year. After summer, at least a dozen large ships and supporting warships will be ready to enter the water for installation.
By that time, even if they still cannot defeat the main force of the Nanliang Navy on the Yangtze River, they will be able to block the first line along the river and the Han River channel without losing their defensive power, which is more than enough. In this way, they have established themselves in an invincible position, and there will no longer be a situation like the previous situation where Wang Lin led her troops to block the gate of Shuiying Camp and screamed without being able to fight back.
Nanliang does not need to pay attention to it for the time being. As for the Northern Qi who took the initiative to seek cooperation, you need to pay attention to whether it is true or false.
Since Wang Sengbian defeated Guo Yuanjian's troops in Dongguan last year, the situation of the Northern Qi Dynasty in Huainan has not been optimistic enough. There have been many disturbances in various places, especially the rebellion in Suyu City. They were attacked and attacked by the Nanliang army. It can be said that I was so happy when I was picking up bargains before, but now I am so irritable.
But despite this, Northern Qi still enjoyed the greatest advantage in the Huainan region, so it had enough bargaining chips to negotiate with Jiangling. Not to mention anything else, no matter how many times Xiao Yi was tricked into those important towns in Jiangbei, if they could not be taken back by pure force, Xiao Yi would inevitably not be tempted as long as Beiqi used them as bait.
However, the advantage that the Northern Qi Dynasty had established in Huainan, in addition to the current troubles it faced, also had a very important hidden danger, and that was Yiyang, which was occupied by the Jingzhou Military Palace.
As long as Yiyang is not under its control, the Huainan territory currently occupied by the Northern Qi Dynasty may be attacked and swept away by the flanks of the Western Wei Dynasty. Li Tai insisted on dividing his troops to garrison and keep Yiyang in his hands. Now this strategic advantage has emerged. . Wang Sengbian was even willing to hand over Hefei before, just in exchange for the Jingzhou Military Government to fight against the Northern Qi army. This is also the reason.
From a strategic perspective, it is undoubtedly a more reasonable and more beneficial choice to abandon some of the too-deep defenses in Jiangbei, concentrate superior forces to seize Yiyang, and control the entire Huaihe River Basin.
Therefore, theoretically speaking, the cooperation model proposed by Northern Qi is tenable, and it is also very consistent with the respective needs of both Northern Qi and Nanliang. Because for them, the current Jingzhou General Manager's Office is an evil neighbor that is eyeing them and affecting the security of the territory.
What needs to be discussed now is, if Northern Qi really wants to send troops to Yiyang, how many troops can it send and how much investment can it make? Before that, does Jingzhou need to continue to strengthen Yiyang's defense?
Everyone present listened attentively to the series of issues raised by Li Tai, but they were rarely able to put forward constructive and enlightening opinions.
This has also been a shortcoming of the Jingzhou General Administration for a long time. The subordinates are accustomed to Li Tai setting a forward-looking goal and framework, and they are responsible for promoting the implementation. Their execution ability is very good, but when it comes to pioneering and independent response to problems The ability is seriously insufficient.
It’s not that all the people in the General Manager’s Mansion are mediocre, it’s that the situation in the Three Kingdoms has changed too quickly, especially after the Hou Jing’s Rebellion. The whole world seems to have been put on an accelerator, and many unbelievable things happen frequently, no matter how clever the person is. Faced with this treacherous and unpredictable situation, one cannot help but feel that one has a serious lack of imagination, let alone being able to respond appropriately to everything.
The General Manager's Office in Jingzhou grew rapidly under this general trend, and the masses were often pulled by Li Tai to quickly enter the next battlefield before they could adapt to the current situation. Fortunately, Li Tai's judgments were successful time and time again, so everyone only had to work hard and did not need to stop and think at all.
Changsun Jian was new to the army, but he had not yet been assimilated by this atmosphere. Seeing that everyone had few original ideas, he hesitated for a while, then stood up and said: "Based on my humble opinion, the current situation of the East Thieves in Huainan is actually Don't pay too much attention. Yiyang is surrounded by mountains and rivers, so it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. As far as I am concerned, even if Yiyang is lost, there are still three dangers, and Suilu is still in danger. Can be fully insured.
The most important thing now is to focus on Jiangling, repair armor, feed horses, and accumulate grain to prepare for war. Once Jiangling is captured, we will have everything between Jiang and Han. Even if Yiyang exerts more force, it will be difficult for them to compete with the Dong bandits for dominance in Huainan in a short period of time. If I suddenly increase the number of troops in Yiyang, it will make the people in Huainan, the east thieves, panic and ask for help in a hurry. Even if they don't want to fight, it will probably be inevitable. "
"What Chang Shi said is not unreasonable. The current strategy is indeed to focus on Jiangling. But since the people of Yiyang have taken refuge in me, I have absolutely no reason to give up their city to others. The Qi thieves have plotted against me in Huaihe several times. All of them came back defeated, but their evil nature has not changed. It’s really hateful!”
Although Changsun Jian's words were prudent, they were not in line with Li Tai's wishes. Not to mention that passive defense and blind concession are not Li Tai's style. His next plan also prevents him from being too conservative.
There is a theoretical possibility of alliance between Northern Qi and Nanliang, or Northern Qi has intentions and attempts to seize Yiyang. This is not in line with Li Tai's vision of the next situation.
He has a big plan, and just simply taking Jiangling is a bit of a letdown of the business layout and energy recuperation he has put in over the past few years. Now he is about to take an important step, and of course he is not allowed to have too many variables that threaten his future actions.
"We still have to do one first!"
After pondering for a while, he still planned to solve Northern Qi's troubles before the Battle of Jiangling officially started. And on this issue, he was not fighting alone, because he now had a natural and suitable ally to fight for. That's Jiangdong's fierce man Chen Baxian!
Xiao Laoqi, if you want to flirt with Bei Qi and threaten me, I will first unite with your generals to beat Bei Qi's face to pieces.
He still had reservations about other people's words, but when it came to Chen Baxian, he felt that they had a lot of common topics to talk about. Who is not an ambitious young man who has Lu's dream in his heart? If you say something nice, I'll call you boss, if you say something bad, you're just a piece of shit!