This day!

Escorted by hundreds of guards, Li Mi led a group of civilians and soldiers to inspect the warehouse in Jiangyang County.

The warehouse is only three or four miles away from the Yangtze River, there is a canal and the Yangtze River to figure out, the river wind blowing from the Yangtze River is very strong, and the flag of the word "Wei" on the flagpole is blown crackling.

Jiangyang warehouse is the largest warehouse of Li Mi, more than 200 large warehouses form a warehouse city slightly smaller than Luokou Cangcheng, the circumference is about 15 miles, the grain in the warehouse city is more than 2 million stones, and there are a large number of armor tents and other materials.

Surrounded by hundreds of guards, Li Mi seriously inspected Jiangyang Cangcheng and raised a series of questions on fire prevention and waterproofing and other safety aspects.

From beginning to end, Li Mi had a black face and seemed to be in a rather bad mood, in fact, he had not been really happy since he went south, and although he had won military victories, he had not been in a good political situation at all.

The Jiangnan Shi clan has been in the south of the Yangtze River for more than a thousand years, deep-rooted, whether it is the well-dressed Nandu overseas Chinese surname Shi clan, or the Shi clan living in Jiangdong, they are extremely xenophobic, and have always regarded Jiangnan as a forbidden body, even if it is the center of the imperial court, it is not allowed to interfere, even Emperor Wen of Sui can only adopt the means of appeasement, he let his second son Yang Guang sit in Jiangnan, one is that Yang Guang has the authority to pacify the Chen Dynasty, so that the Jiangnan Shi clan does not dare to rebel, and the other is that Yang Guang is the son-in-law of the Xiao family. In order to better appease the old ministers of the Chen Dynasty, Yang Guang accepted the fourth daughter of the Empress Chen, Princess Guangde, and the sixth daughter Princess Yuzhang Chen Wan in one go, and tied the Jiangnan Shi clan to the chariot of the Great Sui with marriage as a link, but despite this, repeated rebellions were often staged in Jiangnan, until Yang Guang officially ascended the throne and promised the real interests and power of the Jiangnan Shi clan, these people helped Yang Guang maintain local stability with peace of mind.

A strong emperor and a unified dynasty have still fallen to the end of compromise, and the situation of Li Mi, a foreign warlord with a future without a servant, can be imagined.

During this time, no matter how he appeased and curried, he could not get the support of the Jiangnan Shi clan, the reason is that Li Zitong and Shen Faxing are the spokespersons of the Jiangnan Shi clan, and he annihilated the two southern forces is secondary, the key is that the interests needed by the Shi clan cannot be given, if the appetite of the Jiangnan Shi clan is satisfied, it is an injustice to the generals under his command, and it will chill everyone's hearts, the army is the foundation of his foothold, and Li Mi cannot disappoint the generals before the war. In between, Li Mi naturally chose to be loyal to his army, rather than the Jiangnan Shi clan, who put the family first and the wind blows on both sides.

The Jiangnan Shi clan was naturally dissatisfied, and they did not dare to directly confront Li Mi, so they used their influence to encourage the people. As a result, the people of Jiangnan did not support Li Mi either, and regarded him as a foreign invader, and the officials he sent were either killed or unable to gain a foothold, so that the only four counties he really controlled were Jiangdu, Liyang, Danyang, and Biling, and the other Wu counties, Yuhang, Huiji, and Xuancheng did not live up to their names. And Liyang and Danyang are still because of Du Fuwei, there is no scholar clan, he copied Du Fuwei's policy and quickly settled down.

In desperation, Li Mi could only strengthen the management of the army, so that the army and the local people would not have conflicts.

Speaking of which, this has to be thanks to Yang Dong, if it was five years ago, Li Mi did this, the army would have begun to collapse, but Yang Tong's concept of building a mighty army and a civilized army has not only strengthened his army, but also affected other princes, in this regard, Li Mi, who stood out from the chaos, is undoubtedly the most profound person, he has seen too many lawless things, and he knows this gang' The reason why Caokou 'transformed into the current Wei army, is entirely due to the strict military law, so he grasped the military law quite tightly, the combat effectiveness of the Wei army aside, just in terms of abiding by the law, where can win the hearts of the people, if Li Mi's allegiance to Yang Xuangan has such a civilized division, it can definitely sweep the world, and the people welcome it, but it is a pity that the times have changed, compared to the Sui army whose concept of 'mighty and civilized' is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the influence of the Wei army in the people is still very inferior.

Jiangnan is a new territory for Li Mi, his influence here is far less than that of the Central Plains, which has been cultivated for many years, if he is given a year, he is fully confident that he will win the hearts of the people here, but obviously, his enemies will not give him a chance to recuperate. Therefore, before the advent of the war, he retreated to the second place, focusing on the quality of the army, just hoping that the people of Jiangnan would not be disgusted with the Wei army, and that they would not give him trouble during the war.

His idea was good, but the people of Jiangnan and the Jiangnan Shi clan did not appreciate it. What made Li Mi most angry was that he had collected more than 70,000 troops from Li Zitong and Shen Faxing, but they all fled one after another, even if he killed more than 1,000 people, he couldn't stop the wave of fleeing.

Li Mi even doubted whether he came to Jiangnan to develop correctly, but now, he has no way out, and he doesn't even have time to win the support of the Jiangnan Shi clan, because since he set foot on the land of Jiangnan, he has not stopped.

The south is not a quiet land, among the six forces in the south of the Yangtze River, he only destroyed the weakest two, as well as Du Fuwei, Xiao Mo and Meng Haigong are all threatening his survival, and Lin Shihong is only nominal allegiance.

Li Mi also had to admit that Du Fuwei and Xiao Mo were more difficult to deal with than others, and when they captured Danyang County, they were counterattacked by Du Xiao, and his army lost more than 60,000 people, if it was down to Li Zitong and Shen Faxing's miscellaneous soldiers, it would be forgotten, but in order to settle the situation in a battle, he sent all elite divisions, and this loss hurt his heart almost broken.

What made Li Mi even more anxious was that he received information yesterday that Du Fuwei and Xiao Mi's troops were frequently mobilized, looking at this posture, even idiots could guess that these two were going to join forces to deal with Li Mi again.

After inspecting the last warehouse, Li Mi and a group of civil servants went to the Cangcheng official office, and the unfavorable situation made him unable to take care of the place, so he discussed it with everyone.

"Regardless of whether Du Fuwei and Xiao Mo were ordered by Yang Tong or not, but the coalition is raging, so we have to pay attention, I want to ask, should we consider defending against the threat from the north?" Li Mi's eyes looked around, and finally fixed on the body of the general Shan Xiongxin.

Shan Xiongxin understood that he was referring to the Sui army, although the intelligence from the Tang Dynasty had not yet been determined, but the Sui army must be considered in the overall situation, otherwise, it would fall into a situation where the beginning and the end could not be taken into account. If the Huaibei land is abandoned, then the Sui army will definitely drive straight in, and Du Fuwei and Xiao Milling will join forces, even if the two sides do not converge, the Wei army will face the enemy of both sides, and it will not be able to escape the fate of annihilation, so it is necessary to win a strategic buffer time.

"If we deploy too many troops in Huainan, once the Sui army moves south from Lu County and Langxi County, Pengcheng, Xiapi, and Donghai will be in danger, and similarly, if the Yingchuan Sui army makes a move, then Liang County, Huaiyang, and Runan will also be threatened. Instead of making a contribution, we only need to drag it until the combined forces of Du Fuwei and Xiao Mo are defeated, so that we can free up more troops to deal with the Sui army that is moving south. ”

Li Mi thought about it for a while, and then asked Fang Xuanzao, "What about Shang Shuling's thoughts?" Do you think Li Yuan's information is true? ”

Fang Xuanzao also thought about this problem, so he said: "It doesn't matter whether Li Yuan's information is true or not, Li Yuan is a smart person, he won't be ignorant of the truth of cold lips and teeth, at this time he doesn't want us to fail, otherwise he will be next." And even if Qingzhou is not destroyed, if Yang Tong really wants to destroy Dou Jiande and eradicate the remnants of Qingzhou, it is enough to send 30,000 cavalry to sweep over, with Dou Jiande's strength, where can Yang Tong use more than 100,000 Sui troops? In this way, Yang Tong can at least draw 100,000 troops from Qingzhou to the south, and we can't afford to be careless. Yang Tong is now ostensibly concentrating on dealing with Li Yuan, but he has always been scheming, and his actions are often unexpected, and we have to guard against it, I agree with the general's suggestion. ”

Li Mi sighed slightly, "I also think so, but the time left for us is too little and too little, we must eliminate Du Fuwei and Xiao Mo as soon as possible to consolidate our power in the south, if we don't take advantage of this gap to calm Jiangnan, and wait for Yang Tong to fight with all his strength in the future, we really have no chance." ”

When everyone heard this, they began to understand why he was so depressed.

"And!" Li Mi's gaze was like a knife on the faces of the generals, and he said in a sharp tone: "This is a rather related moment, we can't afford internal chaos, and we can't afford the consequences of civil strife, so we must not relax in terms of military discipline!" We must not give the Jiangnan Shi clan an excuse to incite the people to rebel. ”

"Your Highness, why should we be angry with these scholars, just kill these people, not only do we get the money and food, but also keep the place in chaos." Sun Changle said with a big grin.

"This king has thought about it for a hundred years, but they have deep roots in Jiangnan, we can kill the Jiangnan Shi clan on the surface, but we can't clean up their children scattered everywhere, once we do it, these people will definitely rise up to make trouble. Our main enemies now are the combined forces of Du Fuwei and Xiao Miao, as well as the Sui army, and we really don't have the energy and time to consume these greedy Jiangnan Shi clans. ”

Li Mi smiled, and saw that all the people sitting there were cronies, and they no longer concealed the killing intent in their hearts, and an endless chill flashed on their majestic faces: "The Jiangnan Shi clan regards our brothers as foreign invaders and our brothers as thieves, so what else is there to be polite about this king?" These people are like spoiled children, one or two self-righteous, arrogant. They also underestimate us too much, and when we are thieves, hum, we are not ordinary thieves, but the ancestors of thieves. Killing people and setting fires is our old business. ”

"Haha!" Everyone present burst out laughing.

Li Mi also smiled: "Brothers, bear with it for a while now, and when we get through this difficulty, we will go back and settle the score!" This king will never let his brothers be wronged in the slightest. ”

"Your Highness is wise." The generals have suffered a lot of bird anger during this time, and seeing Li Mi many times to seek perfection, they have long been angry with the Jiangnan Shi clan, and at this time, when they heard Li Mi's promise, they were all satisfied and echoed loudly.

Li Mi waved his hand and said: "If the Sui army goes south, Pengcheng will definitely be the main battlefield, facing more than 100,000 elite Sui troops, and this king will draw up at most 40,000 elite soldiers and 20,000 southern soldiers, who wants to take on this arduous task?" Who will hold out until after the fall of Du Fuwei and Xiao Miao? ”

"Your Highness, the last general asks for his life." Shan Xiongxin proudly asked for his life.

"The general's courage is commendable, and this king is very pleased, but I need the general to lead the army to deal with Du Fuwei and Xiao Mo on my behalf." Shan Xiongxin is brave and loyal, and his resourcefulness is insufficient, Li Mi is not very relieved, and the suitable person in his mind is Xu Shiji.

Li Mi pondered, and Xu Shiji asked for his life: "Your Highness, the last general is willing to take over this important task." ”

"Good! This king asked Sun Changle, Wenren Sui'an, and Le Botong to be your lieutenants. ”

"Whoa."

"Next is Huaiyang, Wang Bodang, this king will give you 20,000 elites, 10,000 southern troops, Chen Zhiluo as a deputy general, you two remember, this king does not want you to attack, as long as Li Jing is outside the country, you will win, if Li Jing attacks Liang County in the northeast, you two can attack Yingchuan, force Li Jing to retreat, and must not let Li Jing and Qingzhou Sui army converge, otherwise, the pressure of the world will double. Don't underestimate the task of this flank. ”

"Whoa." Wang Bodang and Chen Zhiluo solemnly responded to the order.

"Is there anything else to add?" Li Mi asked about Fang Xuanzao.

Fang Xuanzao said: "Sending an envoy to Nanyang to explain to Li Yuan the powerful relationship of the cold lips and teeth, if you can form an alliance to help each other, it would be great." ”

Li Yuan frowned and thought for a while, and felt that this was a good idea, but he was a little worried, so he asked, "Li Yuan asked me to believe in it, will he agree?" ”

Fang Xuanzao said with a smile: "It can't be said that we cheated him, after all, we withdrew from the Western Central Plains in accordance with the covenant, and it was Li Tang himself who couldn't take those territories, which had nothing to do with us." ”

"That's right."

"Your Highness, whether it is Li Tang or my Great Wei, they are both strong opponents of the Sui army, and no one can deny this huge gap. Even if Li Yuan disagrees, there are reasonable people under his command. They will help us convince Li Yuan. ”

"Okay!" Li Mi no longer asked, but urgently arranged for the envoy.

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