Changsha Chu Palace.

The chubby King Chu moved his butt on the throne, held the armrest of the throne, put on a comfortable posture, and said slowly: "Xu Qing, how are the preparations for the tribute?" ”

Xu Zhongya walked out of the train, and Shi Li said: "King, 100,000 taels of silver are ready, but according to the minister's opinion, is the amount of tribute too much, the minister looks at the envoys of the court, and they don't have much power, this thing... ”

The king of Chu said nonchalantly: "100,000 taels of silver is not too much, even if you can't get the gift of canonization of the subject country, it doesn't matter, it can be regarded as a good way to get back the Zhongshu order that my father was enshrined in that year." Hmph, King Wu Yue has always boasted that he is the hereditary generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and he Wu Yue has a few soldiers, and the emperor of the Central Plains dares to seal it like this. Then why can't my Ma family be this hereditary Zhongshu Order! ”

Xu Zhongya said with a smile: "King Shengming, but now to pay tribute to the Central Plains, you have to pass through Nanping." This king of Nanping... ”

King Chu snorted and said, "If you want to say that this brother of King Nanping is here and is really a bedbug, he doesn't bite, he is disgusting." You say, "What shall we do?" ”

Xu Zhongya said unhurriedly: "It's better to send a document to tell Langzhou Jiedu to make Ma Xicao, let him go north with the whole army, and put some pressure on Nanping." ”

Before these words fell, Li Gao went out and said: "King, killing chickens with a knife is just to intimidate Nanping, why do you need to send troops to Jiedu." The minister thought that it would be enough for the five princes of Yuezhou to send troops to intimidate. "Originally, this matter should have been let Ma Xixu send troops to scare him. However, Ma Yun played the new policy in Yuezhou, and his reputation among the scholars and people of Chu State increased a lot, which made Li Gao, who wanted to keep Ma Guangliang on the throne of Chu, like a man. There are 7,000 soldiers in Yuezhou and at least 30,000 soldiers in Nanping. And now Nanping is said to be poor jingling, such a large sum of silver has passed, and if the king of Nanping does not rob, he will not be called a high scoundrel. If you want to scare 30,000 people with 7,000, go for it. As for the rumors in Yuezhou that Ma Yun was going to send troops to Nanping, Li Gao also knew, but he didn't think that Ma Yun really dared to do that.

Ma Guangliang, who was listening on the side, had bright eyes, and a hint of joy seemed to flash in his eyes when he looked at Li Gao.

King Chu paused for a moment and said, "There are not many soldiers in Yuezhou, I'm afraid it won't play a role." ”

Li Gao said: "The fifth prince has always known the soldiers, so he must have a comprehensive plan, and besides, starting from Yuezhou and passing through Jianli, he will soon be able to reach the recovery of the Great Jin." When you get to Dajin, you will be safe. ”

King Chu thought of his warlike fifth son, and couldn't help but show a trace of doting in his heart, if this son heard about this, he should jump up with joy. Anyway, it's 100,000 taels of silver, it's not a big deal, just let him play. Thinking of this, King Chu nodded and agreed to this matter.

Xu Zhongya, who was below, took advantage of the lack of attention and raised his thumb to Li Gao, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

Then these high-ranking officials of Great Chu discussed together how to deal with the affairs of the Lingnan Han Kingdom. During the Five Dynasties, Liu Yan and his son occupied most of the Liangguang and proclaimed themselves emperors. In Liu Yan's era, Ma Chu and Liu Han often had friction, and since Liu Yan married Ma Yin's daughter, the two countries finally lived in peace for a while. After Liu Yan's death, his sons Liu Jue and Liu Sheng became emperors one after another, Liu Sheng was a little dishonest, killing his younger brother internally, and often sending troops to attack Guizhou externally to harass Great Chu. Because Chu Guodong and Li Tang were not in good relationship with Nanping, the elite soldiers did not dare to go south from Changsha, making this group of high-ranking officials at a loss, and in the end they only urged Jingjiang Jiedu to make Ma Xiyin actively defend the matter.

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Gangneung Nampyeong Palace.

King Nanping has been very sad recently, Guizhou "Qizhai" is about to be calmed, I don't know where a group of people came, hard to let the ashes rekindle, and the more and more intense, in the past was Badong County was happy, now the three counties of Guizhou are all up, the prince Gao Baorong is trapped in Guizhou City, every day is urgent. But now there is a rumor, there is news for a while, there is a change in the soldiers and horses of Xiangzhou, there is news that Shu is going to send troops, and a while it is said that Chu is going to send troops.

There are many soldiers in Nanping. However, there were 9,000 in Guizhou, 9,000 in Xiazhou, 12,000 in the Jiangling Forbidden Army, and 6,000 Jingmen troops in Jingmen to defend the Central Plains. This year, there is no harvest of summer rice, and the taxes cannot be collected, and the two prefectures of Gui and Xia have not paid their salaries for a long time. The king of Nanping had no choice but to send 4,000 forbidden troops again to exterminate the rebels in Guizhou. But I never thought that after these 4,000 people went, they would be tied up there, and they would never get out again.

King Nanping now regrets a little, he shouldn't have listened to Sikong Xun's bullshit and went to pay attention to Qizhai. Now it's hard to ride a tiger, and I don't know how to deal with the aftermath at all.

At this time, Wang Baoyi came in.

"My lord, what a great event?"

Wang Yixi of Nanping said in disbelief: "Could it be that the rebels in Guizhou have been exterminated?" ”

Wang Baoyi secretly pouted, where is it so easy, he sorted out his thoughts and said: "Lord Wang, Ma Xifan, the king of Chu, is going to pay tribute to the Central Plains again, I heard that this time he will pay a tribute of 100,000 taels of silver." ”

"What? One hundred thousand taels of silver. The king of Nanping said with a smile: "God really helps me Nanping, with these 100,000 taels of troops, it is not difficult for Qizhai to be pacified, and after pacifying Qizhai, taking their treasures, it is not too late to make up for the hole of King Chu." ”

Wang Baoyi said a little weakly: "Lord Shengming." "The water of the treasure is too deep, he doesn't dare to talk nonsense.

Wang Baoyi hesitated again and said, "Lord Wang, I heard that the King of Chu will send troops north." ”

Nanping and Da Chu have fought many battles, and it is ashamed to say that Da Chu has such a large territory and so many soldiers, and it really hasn't taken much advantage for so many years. So King Nanping didn't think so, and said: "It's okay, the Jingmen army will be dispatched south, block the Chu army, and get through the sadness, and it's not too late to repay the money of the king of Chu." ”

Yuezhou

The order of the king of Chu to ask the Yuezhou army to move with the camera to protect the Central Plains mission to pay tribute soon reached Yuezhou City. Xu was not secretive enough, and the next day, this order spread in Yuezhou City. The people whispered, it seems that a few days ago, it was rumored that the prince of Chu was going to pay tribute again, and it was true to show his loyalty.

As early as half a month ago, Yuezhou incorporated the militia that had been training locally, and now the Yuezhou army has expanded from 7,000 to 10,000. After Ma Yun received this order, he immediately returned to the Assassin's Mansion to dispatch troops, and ordered Shi Da to lead a new army of 1,000 people, holding flags and ringing gold, lengthening the team, known as 3,000 people, and pressing Shishou County in Jiangling; Ding Sijin led 3,000 people, as a reserve, on standby around the clock, ready to go out at any time. When the Yuezhou army was in a murderous mood, Ma Yun suddenly received a letter from Liu Renzhan, the envoy of Li Tang Wuchang, saying that the spring river was plumbing and he wanted to fish with the general. Three thousand men were also stationed near Linxiang County in eastern Yuezhou.

Ya, the Yangtze River plumbing has been half a year, and I don't fish early or late, but I fish at this time. It's clear that she just wants to take advantage of the fire to rob.