More and more people around began to praise Anyang, especially the leaders of the mercenary groups, who left in high spirits, preparing to occupy their own territory in Nanyang County.
However, some embassy staff from various countries looked at the current situation with serious expressions. The unconditional incorporation of Dongyuan County into Anyang and the actions taken by Anyang against Nanyang County seemed to indicate that a new chaos had begun to sprout; industry and commerce were eroding the ancient system at an unprecedented speed.
I don’t know what the future will be like, but once things start, once some people have tasted the sweetness, things can’t be stopped!
Anyang's greatest success is not only his own development, but more importantly, he has created a new interest system without destroying the original vested interest groups, and has used this to win over his own "circle". At this moment, if someone wants to destroy this circle and this new interest system, the vested interests will rise up and chop people without Li Xian saying anything.
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In the north, the capital of the State of Cai was Shangyong City. Cao Guobin had been on the city wall for two days. However, after two days, neither the State of Tang nor the State of Xiao came to attack, and it seemed that they had given up the remaining land of the State of Cai.
The scouts had already found out that the Tang State was now demarcating its borders along some of the old mountains, rivers, swamps and fortresses, and had no intention of sending more troops. After occupying four and a half counties in the east of the Cai State, the Tang State and Anyang actually rationally controlled their greed.
The same was true for the State of Xiao. After occupying three and a half counties to the south of the State of Cai, it also determined its borders along the natural barriers and never launched another attack.
The border between the two sides is between 100 and 150 miles from Shangyong City. This distance is very good, just enough to contain Shangyong City. The army can move in just half a day, so Shangyong City dare not act rashly.
This situation made the soldiers of Shangyong City ecstatic. It seemed that we could hold on for three days; after three days, we could retreat safely.
However, Cao Guobin frowned. There are some things that ordinary soldiers and lower-level personnel cannot see. Only the upper-level personnel and the eyes of the upper level can see them! Cao Guobin and Huang Fu planned that what Cai State needed was not only to defend the imperial capital for three days and buy time for the large team to retreat from the rear.
More importantly, it was to drag Xiao, Tang, and even Anyang into the quagmire of Cai; then, after the central government of Cai moved to Sanchuan and stabilized, it would open up the northwest and western borders. In this way, it would not only recover 300,000 to 500,000 elites, but also attract attacks from Chen, Zheng, and even Deng.
And now, Tang and Xiao are not attacking! So, will Cai continue with its original strategic plan
If they don't continue, it seems that they can still keep more than half of the territory, which seems good; but no one can guarantee whether Tang and Xiao will continue to attack.
If it continues, the situation will be very bad. Tang and Xiao stopped at the right time and did not get involved in the quagmire set by Cai. They are even consolidating their borders. At that time, even if Chen and Zheng are included, the expected five-party or even six-party melee will not happen.