After Han Donghu left, two carriages with shabby boards that were beaten by the wind and rain came out of the peach forest.

After the herbal tea stalls were all loaded into the carriage, Han Qian and Feng Yi also sat in, and the two carriages left the official road one after the other, inconspicuously turned into a fork in the south, and drove in the direction of Maoshan Mountain.

The huge thatched hut was empty, as if nothing had happened.

"If Xue Ruogu can first uncover the inside story of the assassination case here, and then the Guangde Mansion will be angry and make some small mess, will it be more helpful to overturn the case?" Feng Yi said.

Directly funding the uprising of the old soldiers of the Guangde Army is too risky, and there are too many variables in the follow-up.

Just like Tan Yuliang started an incident in Sizhou, he was almost out of the control of Xuzhou in the end - Sizhou was still directly under the surveillance of Xuzhou's soldiers and horses.

Feng Yi would not have questioned it in front of Han Donghu before, but when he got into the carriage, he still wanted to discuss whether there was another possible option that was more relaxed.

Han Qian was also a little hesitant about the handling of the whole matter, but Feng Yiti's possibility was not in his consideration, and he asked rhetorically: "If you were the one sitting in the Chongwen Palace, would you choose to back down in this matter?" ”

Feng Yi said: "If the battle of the forbidden army on the north bank of the Yangtze River goes well, that one may not back down." ”

"Not only will he not back down, but he may even directly order a bloodier suppression," Han Qian shook his head, sighed, and said, "In addition, with the cooperation of Li Zhihe and Gao Chengyuan, the simultaneous advance of land and water has already forced into Chaozhou City, and there will be no waves when you take Chaozhou City, and you don't have any other expectations." ”

Feng Yi sighed lightly, he just wanted to know if there were any other possible options, but he also knew that the possibility of the forbidden army being frustrated on the north bank of the Yangtze River was very small.

The first stage of the Chu army's war against the rebels of Anning Palace was to recover Chaozhou and Chuzhou.

These two prefectures are close to the north bank of the Yangtze River, and Jinling and Chizhou face each other across the river, these two places are not recovered, and the merchant ships from east to west must be cautious when crossing the Yangtze River waterway, not to mention that from time to time there will be rebels who take advantage of the small boats to infiltrate Jinling City.

However, the Chu army sent troops from Shuzhou in a big way, fighting from west to east, and the forbidden army stationed on the south bank also paid attention to the movements on the north bank at any time.

Even if the rebels really stubbornly held on to Chaozhou City or Chuzhou City, the Chu army still had the ability to besiege them to the death, and wait for them to run out of food and collapse without a fight.

There is no problem with the use of troops in the first stage of the Chu army.

Even if a large force of Liang troops was stationed in Yingzhou in the north at this time, Yingzhou was more than 250 miles away from Chaozhou, and it had to cross the vast Huai River.

At this time, the Chu army was not afraid that the Liang army would dare to cross the Huaishui River and stir up the war to recover Shouzhou.

What is really complicated is how to use troops against Shouzhou and Huozhou, which are across the Huai River from the Liang army, after recovering Chaozhou and Chuzhou.

Shouzhou, Huozhou, and Haozhou, which had been almost completely crippled, spread along the south bank of the Huai River, and the rebels of Anning Palace shrank back, and the Privy Council had to consider the situation that the rebels colluded with the Liang State, and the Liang army could cross the Huai River to the south at any time.

According to the information that Feng Yu learned after arriving in Jinling, Emperor Yanyou and the Privy Council did not rush to receive it for the time being

In the first stage of the plan of Fushou Prefecture and Huozhou, it was relatively pragmatic to recover Chuzhou and Chaozhou first, and it was not possible to expect the forbidden army to make any big leaks on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Therefore, it is also difficult for them to use public anger to force Yang Yuanpu to make compromises and concessions on the characterization of the assassination case.

To tell the truth, Yang Yuanpu did a good job in other aspects except for his almost paranoid suspicion of Xuzhou, throwing Wei Qun, Cao Gan and others in Shenjiaji for a few days, and then quickly started the peace process.

This shows that with the assistance of Shen Yang, Yang En, Yang Zhiyuan and others, Yang Yuanpu can still recognize that the Liang army is the most serious threat to Dachu at this time; The conclusion of the alliance between Chu and Shu is also something that Great Chu urgently needs to determine first.

The conclusion of the alliance between Chu and Shu will greatly involve the interests of Xuzhou in the Wuchuan River Valley, and Feng Yu's stay in Jinling during this period of time is mainly concerned about this matter.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly and did not deviate from their previous expectations.

Shu took the initiative to provoke a military provocation and delayed the conclusion of an alliance between the two countries for a year, in the end, it was the party that was at a loss, and the strength of Shu in all aspects was relatively at a disadvantage, but it did not mean that Shu had to lie on the ground and endure the ravages of Great Chu, and could not mention a little condition.

Most of the terms were agreed a long time ago, and the main thing to be adjusted was that the Salt and Iron Envoy not only implemented a new lottery system for the commercial goods of Shu entering the Chu realm, but also designated several specific cities for Shu merchant ships to anchor and trade with limited trading houses.

In addition, the salt and iron envoy also asked Shu to export a batch of mules, horses, tea and medicine and other commercial goods that were in short supply in Great Chu every year.

There is more or less a sense of forced tribute, but it is also related to the new policy of Emperor Yanyou, after Emperor Yanyou ascended the throne, under the strong advocacy of Shen Yang, Yang En and others, to comprehensively strengthen the system of selling salt, iron, tea and wine, as well as the collection of taxes and municipal taxes to make up for the gap in annual income.

On the side of Shu, Wei Qun was nominally the envoy, but Wei Qun was imprisoned in Jinling for four or five months, and there was no communication with the outside world, and in fact it was Cao Gan who led the process of peace talks.

Cao Gan put forward several conditions-for-tat, mainly focusing on the trade and trade of the Qianjiang channel.

In the eyes of the ministers of the Great Chu court, in addition to the Shu envoys who need to make some bargaining gestures in order to explain to the domestic government and the opposition, most of the reasons are that the Yuzhou Shu army was beaten too badly by the balance supported by Xuzhou in the Wuchuan River Valley, and the real fire came.

The posture of Shu State makes it clear that even if it has to form an alliance, even if it still needs to purchase armor and weapons from Xuzhou, it will never make Xuzhou, which controls the salt and iron courtyard of Wuchuan County and the casting of military armor in southwest Hunan at this time, have more opportunities to take advantage.

The Shu army helped suppress Xuzhou, and the Great Chu monarchs and ministers were too late to be happy, where would they refuse the slightest?

As for Cao Gan's request to increase the price of Shu salt into Chu, it seems that Jingzhou, Dengxiang and other places will also be affected, but the sea salt produced by Da Chu in the Huaidong salt field can be easily transported to various places through the Yangtze River and its tributaries, and the amount is also sufficient.

In the southwest of Hunan and the middle of Guizhou, it is more convenient to import well salt from Shudi.

However, after the price of Shu salt was greatly increased to Chu, the price of well salt delivered in Wuchuan County was increased to the level of three yuan per stone, and the cost gap in transportation was almost wiped out.

This means that even if Xuzhou controls the salt and iron prison in Wuchuan County, it will not be profitable.

"At present, the two countries have concluded an alliance, and Wei Qun left Jinling by boat the day before yesterday and returned to Shudu, but Cao Gan was temporary

When he stayed in Jinling and prepared for the construction of the Shu State Pavilion," Feng Yi introduced the peace talks between Chu and Shu to conclude an alliance, and asked, "Cao Gan may want to see me in the near future, do you want to meet him too?" ”

At this time, more interests of Yuzhou were tied to Xuzhou, especially the commercial agreement of the Qianjiang Passage, which would enable Changxiang Hou Wang Yong to obtain a large amount of resources from it, Feng Yi suggested that Han Qian meet with Cao Gan at this time, without worrying about being betrayed by Cao Gan.

Chu and Shu formed an alliance, and the two countries prepared to build a national embassy in each other's capitals and sent permanent envoys to each other, so that the two countries could communicate in a timely manner, resolve disputes, and strengthen ties more closely, which was also proposed by Han Qian when he sent an envoy to Shu.

Cao Gan temporarily stayed in charge of the affairs of the Shu State Pavilion, and it is obvious that the Shu State should hand over this aspect of affairs to the Changxiang Hou Wang Yong in the future, and it should also be the Changxiang Hou Wang Yong who sent his cronies to the Shu State Pavilion in Jinling to be responsible for the daily contact between the two countries.

In the covenant between the two countries, the Shu Pavilion in Jinling and the Chu Pavilion in the Shu capital will have some privileges and immunities.

Feng Yi thought that if Xuzhou really wanted to establish a stable intelligence network in Jinling, he should still have some cooperation with Changxianghou.

Especially in the case of Jinyun Division's great power, Xuzhou not only obtains some sensitive information in time through the special existence of the Shu State Pavilion, but also can use it to carry out some necessary concealment and cover.

And through the Shu State Pavilion, establishing contact with the Qingyang County Lord of Changxin Palace can also avoid the eyes and ears of Jinyun Division.

"Wait until when Cao Gan will send someone over to contact us." Han Qian didn't say whether he would see or not, he just waited to see the situation when the time came, things were more complicated than he expected, he had only been in Jinling for two days, and he didn't have a lot of clues, and he wasn't sure that it would be advantageous to see Cao Gan at this time.

The twilight was four, and the sky soon darkened, but fortunately, the starry sky was scarce, and the moonlight was like rippling water, enveloping the heavens and the earth, and it did not affect the night rush.

Insects chirped, and some frogs came from the distant canals, not thinking about the war on the north bank of the Yangtze River, not thinking about the crisis buried in the depths of Dachu, it was really a quiet and peaceful atmosphere.

After nightfall, the two carriages quickly drove to the small Maofeng at the northwest foot of Maoshan Mountain.

More than a dozen riders galloped out of the hidden forest, and after meeting Han Qian, they continued to drive deep into Maoshan until the Feng family's secret treasures and Han Qian used Maoshan as a command to convene and command the Chishan army to fight.

During the Jinling War, Han Qian summoned the slaves and maids of Gyeonggi to enlist in the army according to Maoshan, and then a large number of Chishan army generals and their families were either placed in Guangdefu or scattered to the military offices in various cantonments as forbidden army households.

This makes the towns and villages near Maoshan lose a large number of people, less than two or three percent before the war, and Maoshan is even more inaccessible, Taoist temples, villages, and villages are almost deserted.

After Han Qian arrived in Jinling, Maoshan Mountain, which was rarely visited, became their best place to stay.

Otherwise, Han Qian would have more than 100 followers on this trip, and in Gyeonggi Fu County, which is densely populated and has a terrain dominated by plains and shallow hills, where will there be no trace of horses' feet?

At this time, it was already late at night, in addition to the sentries in and out, there were also secret sentinels distributed among the surrounding mountains, Han Qian led the others to rest first, he stepped into the barren grass, and walked to the backyard.

Xi Ying was still standing in front of the lamp, and when he saw Han Qian pushing the door and walking in, he asked, "Why did you go out for so long and come back?" ”

。 Sogou