Feishou City in the south of Lingzhou is the northwest terminal of the Liyang water transport, and Xiangfan in Qingzhou is located at the center of this imperial supply line. Therefore, if the imperial court wants to accurately grasp the seven inches of Beiliang, it must have the cooperation of King Jing'an Zhao Xun , for now, Tan Tanweng, who is in charge of Zuo Pushe of the Zhongshu Province, is very satisfied with Xiangfan's actions, so he asked the court for an exceptional promotion, which is also an unconventional award. Dafangfang invited him to the stage and gave him a lecture in Hanlin, which is what ordinary people call Dahuang Menlang, and he was specially allowed not to go to the capital to serve as an errand. Previously, Chen Xiliang from Beiliang used to temporarily live in Feishou City, and had been dragging his feet with Gu Dacheng, the deputy envoy of water transport of the imperial court for a whole ten days. Even though all the arrangements were made, the deputy envoy couldn't let up at all. At dawn, a simple carriage drove into Feishou City from the north gate, and stopped at the Shanhai Wharf in the South City. Three men of different ages got off the carriage, two young men of the same age, and a young man with a delicate appearance. The old man in shirtless clothes, the three of them stood at the deserted wharf where few grain ships could be seen. The short young man with a cold knife on his waist kicked a wooden stake to tie the boat, and aimed his eyes at the grain transfer deputy envoy. In the temporary mansion where he lived, he said angrily to the gray-haired young man next to him, "Gu Dacheng and his father, Gu Yu, are known as Gu Pixiu, the youngest on the river. He was able to serve as a grain transshipment envoy successively, and it is said that the money he earned could fill a C-size granary. However, Gu Dacheng is greedy, and now there is old man Huan in the court who is personally watching his money bag. Dare to ask for a copper coin from Beiliang. In my opinion, this is a dead end. It's better to kill the surname Gu, and kill as many transfer envoys as possible in the future, so that no one dares to come from Liyang It's a bad idea, when the time comes, we in Beiliang will make a big show of private grain storage. The section of water transportation from Feishou City to Xiangfan City will have sixteen canals of different sizes and no fewer than fifty granaries. There will always be places that dare to do business with Beiliang. Let’s take it one step at a time, if it’s really not possible, let’s just grab it, Qingliang Mountain has raised so many hawks and dogs, it’s impossible to just eat and not work all year round, there is no such good thing in the world.”
It's a pity that the king of Beiliang and the master of Momen Yang Guangdou, who visited privately in Weifu, didn't agree with him. They just walked slowly along the bluestone floor of Shanhai Wharf to the official residence of the transfer envoy not far away. The official mansion has been established for some years, and with little repairs, it looks even more dilapidated compared to the sheriff's mansion in the city. It's no wonder that the Gu family father and son didn't go to decorate the front, it was a little presumptuous, and they were told by the court officials that they had colluded with Beiliang to enrich their own pockets, so they couldn't be impeached to death, even if there were big eunuchs in the capital to back them up, it wouldn't work. In this kind of matter, whoever intercedes will seek death. There was a fence around the transfer envoy's mansion, and the dozens of armored soldiers all felt a little nervous, their eyes flinching. Some naughty children born in the local area kept throwing stones into the fence, and none of the soldiers dared to speak out. It was really boring, so they had to have fun in bitterness. The group of children who were already very playful never got tired of it, looking for stones to throw in. Xu Fengnian stood a few feet away from the fence, and said softly: "The imperial court's making things difficult for Beiliang in the matter of water transportation is not all to test my bottom line. It is true that the restoration of the Western Chu Kingdom is imminent. At that time, although the teachers of the kings everywhere will not dare Open your mouth, but you must ensure that they can fill their stomachs. When the bow and crossbow are fired, that is ten thousand taels of gold. In war, in the final analysis, it is still a matter of family fortune, otherwise, if there is no money and no food, Gu Jiantang will stare blankly even if he has hundreds of thousands of troops. It can't survive the new Western Chu with Sun Xiji strategizing inside and Cao Changqing leading the troops outside. Many people say that if Western Chu had made up its mind earlier, Cao Changqing would have given up Ye Baikui's military power before the west barrier. If Yang wants to completely stabilize the Spring and Autumn Period, it will take at least five or ten years."
Yang Guangdou said with a smile: "Yang has done countless deduction about the restoration of Western Chu, and some fights. It will definitely not end in a while."
Xu Fengnian nodded and said: "The taxation of the world comes from West Chu six times. These years, Liyang has squeezed West Chu badly enough. No matter how rich a place is, it can't afford to kill chickens and eggs like this. But Yuan Benxi Bi Yan'er intends to force Going against Western Chu, Gu Jiantang and Gu Lu also dreamed that they could fight with Western Chu. In a peaceful and prosperous age, the civil servants would enjoy the blessings, but the generals could only live on their laurels, so the emperor of the Zhao family hurriedly found something for important officials like Zhao Youling and Yin Maochun to do. Either to evaluate officials, or to preside over the imperial examinations, so that when you get it, you will be too energetic and can only be used to delay your legs. For so many years, the imperial court has deliberately weakened the military defense around Xichu. It is necessary to be more sinister. Among the major feudal lords, not to mention the distant Jiaodong King Zhao Sui, but Huainan King Zhao Ying and Jing'an King Zhao Heng are relatively weak feudal lords, but they still have To recruit at least four to five thousand to more than 10,000 elite soldiers, and let them go to Jingnan to quell the chaos, is a conspiracy that has to be led by the nose by the court, and honestly ran to the border of Western Chu to beat up all the elite soldiers Erjing, such a sinister move to cut down the feudal clan must be Yuan Benxi's idea. After the incident in Western Chu, Zhao Yi, the king of Guangling, will confront Western Chu head-on. After this battle, he will have to cut off the fat that he has managed to grow. Most of the autumn fat, bad luck, not even a single soldier can stay, I feel pain for him. Liaodong Zhao Sui was overwhelmed by Gu Jiantang, so only I and Yan Chi Wang Zhao Bing are left without control, but Bei Mang is so considerate, and he has a heart-to-heart relationship with Li Yang. He is about to fight Bei Liang to the death. You hit your Xichu, and I hit my Beiliang. Everyone does their own thing. I doubt that Yuan Benxi is related to that Taiping Order. They are not in the same group. In the final analysis, only Zhao Zhu and his father, the great vassal king, can live at ease."
Yang Guangdou smiled softly: "Nalan Youci's ability to avoid disasters, claiming to be the second in the world, no one can be the first."
Xu Fengnian said to himself: "The battle of Liyang West Chu will definitely be fought ahead of us and Beimang. Even if Zhao Shi knew that Beimang had no time to take care of the eastern front, he would not let Gu Jiantang participate in it, and finally left for a while. Xu Xiao, I can't raise another Xu Xiao second. Civil servants can't talk about no titles, no rewards, no rewards, and military generals must support their own self-respect. No accident, it should be Lu Baijie and Lu Shengxiang who sit in the military department. Leaving Beijing to go south, but Lu Baijie is the new minister of the Ministry of War, so the possibility is relatively small. As long as Lu Shengxiang has achieved military merits, he can return to Beijing to compete with Lu Baijie, so that the Ministry of War will not become the Ministry of War of Tangxi Sword Immortal. If it is Lu Sheng If Xiang takes the lead, a few old men like Anguo General Yang Shenxing will definitely go to get a share of the pie while still barely able to get on the horse and cross the saber, but Lu Shengxiang and Yang Shenxing, the veterans of the Spring and Autumn Period, will follow. Cao Changqing is far behind. Lu Shengxiang is not bad. The use of troops is not bad, but it is destined to be constrained by all aspects. In the early stage, the only ones who can fight to the death in a disadvantaged situation are the soldiers and horses of Zhao Yi, the king of Guangling. Let me see, this battle It’s not that there were some fights, but maybe Cao Changqing hit Tai’an City with all his might.”
Yang Guangdou frowned: "Want to go north after Western Chu is dominant? Not to mention Cao Changqing, even Bei Mang, as long as you dare to put the decisive battle outside Tai'an City, the chances of winning are not great."
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "I'll just talk casually."
Yang Guangdou laughed and said, "If this is the case, it will be a great thing for Beiliang. Maybe Beimang will make a sudden move, decisively abandon the western front, turn around and fight the eastern front, and attack Tai'an City from the north to the south with Xichu. That would be really wonderful. Didn't Gu Jiantang always feel that the reason why he lost to the general was only because of the timing? Now he has a chance to prove himself. The Eastern Front he has built for so many years is important Some people want money, if they want money, they can get whatever they want from the imperial court, and if it doesn’t help, Gu Jiantang can hang himself with a few noodles.”
Cao Wei interrupted and asked, "Cao Changqing is really so powerful?"
Yang Guangdou sighed softly: "In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Western Chu scholars were the most prosperous, and the Western Chu was the most proud of Cao Longli. Cao Touxiu, Duxiu Xichu, this is not nonsense. It's just that the world is attracted by his feat of entering the palace I was deceived, and most people think that he is a master of martial arts. If you want to talk about the skills of forming troops, he and Chen Zhibao are probably the strongest. Gu Jiantang's strength lies in the fact that he must first occupy the best position in every battle, and he claims that he will not fight. If you have fought, you will win. Generally speaking, compared with the two of Cao and Chen, they are still a bit inferior. However, the weather and timing of Fengtian Chengyun are both illusory and unpredictable, and Gu Jiantang's timing is the general trend of Liyang , Cao Changqing is about the strength of Xichu Qi, as for Chen Zhibao, I guess he is still waiting."
Xu Fengnian smiled lightly and said, "Chen Zhibao is waiting for Cao Changqing to be wiped out with Western Chu, and for Beimang, Beiliang, and Gu Jiantang to be decimated, and then it's his turn to be the villain Tu Fenmo. Xu Xiao is just stepping on the stage." After the Spring and Autumn Period, Chen Zhibao's ambitions are obviously even greater, he wants to rule the world with his own hands, and forge a vast empire that has never been seen in a thousand years, as for whether he wants to be emperor himself, God knows."
Chief Yang Guang breathed out, "As soon as the general leaves, the world will start to be in chaos."
Cao Wei clicked his tongue and said, "Anyway, I definitely won't fight Chen Zhibao face to face."
The dwarf wrenched his fingers and said slowly: "Fengzi Battalion has already stationed in Qingcang in the refugee land, and the Dragon Elephant Army of the little prince has also infiltrated almost. Finally, I have my own east and west lines, plus the important towns and passes guarded by the 14 new captains in the territory, which belong to the second line of defense. As for me, going to the northwest of the refugee land is a crucial third line Defensive line, in fact, there is no such thing as defense or defense. Anyway, it is only offense but not defense. When you are fighting to the death, I will give you the final word. , I can help you fish in troubled waters and wipe out the old nest of the Southern Dynasty in one go. If you dare to give me 10,000 or 20,000 horses, I will help you eat the king's tent of the Northern Dynasty."
Xu Fengnian said helplessly: "It's not that I can't give it to you, but do you really think that Bei Mang is a bunch of blind people, a bunch of drunks and rice bags?"
Cao Wei rolled his eyes and said, "As for this big raid that is destined to go down in history, I have deduced it over and over again for more than ten years. In this life, I count on one battle to become famous, what do you think?"
Xu Fengnian was about to speak when he heard an all-too-familiar "hehe".