It took Wei Ci two days to persuade Yang Tao to form an alliance, but the whole process was not smooth, but twists and turns.
Yang Tao is from the main war faction, but his courtiers are not interested in it.
If Yan Lin did not support him, Yang Tao was afraid that he would not be able to suppress all the opposing voices and decided to form an alliance.
Yang Tao's old department was brought from Dongqing, but after taking root in Nansheng, the talents recruited are all local people in Nansheng.
He was able to gain a firm foothold in Nansheng, in addition to the strength of the old department, he also borrowed the east wind of the Nansheng family to some extent.
As I said before, aristocratic families occupy more than 60% of the wealth in the world, and the longer the inheritance, the richer the family wealth.
Lack of people to give people, lack of money to give money, and lack of soldiers to buy soldiers.
There's nothing in this world that money can't buy, and if there is, it's definitely not enough money.
Yang Tao took the olive branch from the aristocratic family, and with their generosity, he had the confidence to start an army.
If you have benefited from them, you will naturally have to give them something in return.
After all, not everyone is Jiang Pengji, but she has no confidence in rejecting others from the aristocratic family.
Even Jiang Pengji, her success has a certain element of luck.
Back then, there were countless deaths and injuries in Shangjing, and there were many displaced people. The Dongqing royal family relocated the capital regardless of the lives of the people. The Tsing Yi Army and the Red Lotus Sect took advantage of the situation. Jiang Pengji seized this opportunity to stand up and became the backbone of the people of Wanzhou. Recruiting soldiers and buying horses, absorbing young and strong refugees to strengthen themselves, accumulating primitive capital by harassing the northern Xinjiang, and at the same time dispatching troops to crusade against the Tsing Yi Army and the Red Lotus Sect, looting their families.
Her success is almost impossible to replicate.
Weather, geography, and people are all indispensable.
When Wei Ci came to persuade him to form an alliance, the courtiers who came from an aristocratic family under Yang Tao's account were unwilling.
They want to put their development goals in the local Nansheng—
Unify Nansheng and establish himself as emperor.
What benefits can Yang Tao get from going abroad to fight Xu Pei and Huang Song
This battle was won, and the person who benefited the most was Jiang Pengji, who ate both Huang Song and Xu Pei's territories.
Yang Tao went out to fight, and at most got back half of Zhangzhou.
There are 21 counties in the six prefectures of Dongqing, of which the nineteen counties of the five states are in Jiang Pengji's hands. With the addition of another northern Xinjiang, the territory under her control is larger than that of the original Dongqing. Yang Tao just takes Zhangzhou, he has an egg!
Don't look at the children of the aristocratic family who look like they don't eat the fireworks of the world, it's shrewd to calculate the account.
Wei Ci suffered a hardship, but this hardship was nothing to him.
He knew 80% of the officials from the Nansheng noble family in front of him.
When An Yin returned to Nansheng to develop, he was poor and poor, and Wei Ci spent a lot of time trying to win the help of these aristocratic families.
Even after so many years, Wei Ci still remembers the circumstances of each family and the family background.
If you didn't get sick in your previous life, how could you be timid in this life
In the words of his lord, none of these nobles could fight.
Trying to persuade these people, instead of using hype, it is better to have a word or two about their own interests.
Although the family's opposition was loud, Yang Tao was the one who made the final decision.
Yang Tao is not stupid. Even though he used the power of the aristocratic family, he was not used as a puppet by the other party.
Even if Yang Tao is dead, doesn't he still have a 24-year-old filial father, Yan Lin
"Master, can't we persuade the lord to give up the idea of forming an alliance?"
Yan Lin said, "The lord has made up his mind, and it is useless to persuade him more."
If he put aside the hatred of killing his father and the hatred of seizing the state, Yan Lin would not agree with Yang Tao's alliance with Jiang Pengji.
The reason is just four words—
Make skin with a tiger.
Back in the Huangshui League, Yan Lin felt that Jiang Pengji was full of ambition, and this person's appetite would never satisfy a Dongqing or Northern Xinjiang.
If the lord allied with her to kill Xu Pei and Huang Song, Yan Lin deeply doubted that the other party would turn around and stab Yang Tao.
This woman has done a lot of killing.
The official said, "Alas, if we send troops to attack Huang Song and Xu Pei, the food supply will definitely be tight. If one is not careful, it will be irreversible."
This courtier is not alarmist, he is really thinking about Yang Tao.
In his opinion, if a man wants to achieve great things, he can't do it if he is not cruel.
Yang Tao rashly sent troops to fight a cross-border war in order to avenge his father, which would suffer a great loss.
It is better to endure this hatred.
If Zhao Shao fell into Jiang Pengji's hands, he would be dead.
"Your concern, why hasn't your lord thought about it?" Yan Lin frowned and sighed, "But—you have only seen the current situation in Nansheng, but you have not considered the general situation of the world. Liu Xi is ambitious and scheming. She will not be satisfied with just one Dongqing or Northern Xinjiang. When she dominates Dongqing and gives her a year or two to cultivate, Nansheng will be the next goal. Zhangzhou, there must be no loss!"
Without Zhangzhou as the front line, Jiang Pengji could send troops to push down the Nansheng border after unifying Dongqing.
At that time, Yang Tao's situation is called danger.
When the courtier heard this, his complexion changed dramatically.
After a long while, he said, "Then Liu Xi is just a woman, how could she have such ambitions?"
Yan Lin stopped talking.
Ambition is not big, does this have something to do with women
In other words, in the inherent impression of many people, Jiang Pengji should be satisfied with winning Dongqing
Yan Lin said calmly, "It's been almost a year since Beijiang died—"
People have even killed Beijiang, why do people always take it for granted that she is a woman who is easy to fool in the back house
If the women in the back house had the same virtue as her, there would be no place for men in this world.
The courtier looked embarrassed, and left after a while.
Yan Lin said to the back hall, "My lord, come out."
Yang Tao stuck his head out and looked at the "enemy situation", and when he saw that the person had really left, he was relieved.
"Shaoyang, you don't agree with forming an alliance?"
"The pros and cons are quite equal, it all depends on the master's wishes."
From Yan Lin's point of view, the choice is the same, but Yang Tao is the main battle, he can only choose to support.
Yang Tao said, "I swore before my father's spirit that I would kill Zhao Shao with my own hands. Now that Zhao Shao has taken refuge with Xu Pei, and Xu Pei has seized me from Banzhou, this account must be liquidated. Taking Zhangzhou back, we will be able to use Zhangzhou as an outpost to restrain Liu Xi…”
The first two sentences are from Yang Tao's heart, and the last sentence is to "plagiarize" Yan Lin's idea.
Yan Lin didn't expose it, instead he said with a small smile, "This is what I mean."
Wei Ci's efficiency is not unpleasant, but sending troops to fight is different from others, and requires a certain amount of preparation time.
Before Yang Tao's troops were on the road, Jiang Pengji couldn't help but take the lead, breaking the original deadlock.
In the beginning, it was just you coming and going to test, and every time there was a short battle, there were hundreds of casualties.
This is the same as scratching the itch. It can't scratch the real itch at all, but the more it is scratched, the more itchy.
Xu Pei could still hold his breath, but Jiang Pengji was under some pressure.
Excessive grain lines will inevitably lead to double the logistical pressure, and the cost of war is heavier than that in northern Xinjiang.
Huang Song and Xu Pei secretly formed an alliance and quietly sent troops to fight.
As the saying goes, hit a snake and hit seven inches.
If the grain line is tight, then take action on the grain line first.
Xu Pei took the lead in attacking to attract attention, and Huang Song secretly sent troops to intercept the food team.