Yang Wu didn't care about Liu Chongjing's "small role", after all, this person was only a commander of the Xiang Army.

If it weren't for the fact that his father was Liu Wei, this matter would not even need to be discussed solemnly by Yang Wu, and many ministers in the cabinet would basically be able to deal with it.

As for Liu Chongjing's many meritorious contributions during this period, it also did not arouse Yang Wu's suspicions.

No matter how close to the border is to Tangnian County, where Liu Chongjing is stationed, it is only a county seat, and the location is not an important area, so the local army is not even stationed, so naturally it will not pay much attention.

And the main task of Yang Wu's long sword secret agent is to find out the news externally, and internally, that is, those relatively high-level generals will focus on monitoring.

If even Liu Chongjing, the commander of the Xiang Army, had to be supervised every move, then the scale and efficiency of this long sword capital would be too high.

In addition, what Liu Chongjing is doing now has not caused any consequences, and the benefits he has obtained are still within the "appropriate" range, so he has not yet aroused the vigilance of the long sword capital.

After Yang Wu decided to restore Liu Chongjing's position in the forbidden army without much thought, he turned to look at Fan Yu and said, "What happened to the news of your people from the Long Sword Capital in Hunan during this time?" How are their immigrants doing? ”

"King Qiqi, Ma Yin's migration operation is now nearing its end, and about 60,000 people from Hunan prefectures have been forcibly relocated to Chenzhou and Lizhou." Fan Yu said respectfully.

Now, with the king of Chu Ma Yin shifting the direction of development and starting to attack to the southwest, a lot of results have been achieved in more than a year.

The first is that the local barbarian tribes surrendered to Ma Yin in large numbers.

The strength of these barbarian tribes is fundamentally far inferior to Ma Yin's.

The reason why he was able to become Ma Yin's confidant before was simply because Ma Yin didn't pay enough attention to them and didn't concentrate on dealing with them.

For the people of this era, those uncivilized areas have little benefit even if they are captured, and they are not at all comparable to those that have been developed.

So at that time, Ma Yin's goal was naturally to fight for land with Huainan in the east or Lingnan in the south.

Later, with the strength of Huainan, Ma Yin, who felt great pressure, chose to make friends with Liu Yin in Lingnan, and the two sides stopped fighting and made peace in order to concentrate their forces against Huainan.

But the war two years ago showed that the strength of Wu was indeed beyond Ma Yin's ability, so he would naturally choose to find another way out very wisely.

In the case of his concentration of troops, the barbarian tribes, which were greatly inferior in terms of the number of troops, the training of the soldiers, discipline, weapons and equipment, and the strategy of the generals, naturally had only two choices: defeat or surrender.

After seizing Chenzhou, Lizhou and other places, Ma Yin knew that these areas were still dominated by local barbarians.

These barbarians may choose to submit to them under the pressure of force, but this submission is only convincing, and those barbarians are unlikely to provide them with taxes, soldiers, etc.

As a result, the only way for Ma Yin to quickly develop these areas was to resettle.

Under his vigorous auspices, nearly 80,000 people in Shaozhou, Tanzhou, Lizhou, Langzhou and other places were forced to relocate, but because many people fled or died on the way, only 60,000 people finally managed to reach the local area.

Hearing this result, the faces of all the ministers present were a little unsightly, especially Zhou Yin and other civil officials, who frowned even more.

Such a large-scale migration of people will not only cause the population of Hunan, which is not very populous, to become more sparse, but also cause a large number of casualties.

Since ancient times, migration has not been a simple matter, how to ensure the safety of the people during the migration, how to ensure that they will not be unaccustomed to the soil and water after the migration to the destination, and most importantly, how to ensure the food supply of the people after the migration, these are all questions that need to be carefully prepared.

If you are not well prepared, you are afraid that a single migration may eventually cause a huge disaster, and in the end, less than half of the people who succeed in surviving may not be even half.

And judging from Ma Yin's process of containing the people this time, his preparation is definitely not sufficient.

In addition, judging from the current time, this year's agricultural time has been delayed after these people have migrated, and without this year's harvest, I am afraid that more people will starve to death!

This is naturally something that makes them extremely angry for Zhou Yin and the others, who value the people very much.

It's a pity that when Ma Yin moved the people, the Wu army was completely unprepared and had no power to interfere.

Yan Keqiu said in a deep voice: "This matter is not all bad, the southwestern states have always been areas infested by barbarian tribes, and it is not bad that Ma Yin is willing to relocate the people to develop there, at least in the future, we don't have to bother to immigrate." ”

"King, since Ma Yin has even begun to move the people of Tanzhou to Chenzhou and Lizhou, from this point of view, he should have plans to give up Tanzhou and other places." Compared with Zhou Yin and others who were angry in their hearts, Guo Chongtao and others were able to look at these problems more soberly.

"In the land of Tanzhou, Ma Yin's strength is not as good as my country, and last time I still had the support of the people to hold on, but now Ma Yin has moved the local people away, this should be a plan to give up Tanzhou, so the minister thinks that the time is ripe to attack Tanzhou at this time!" Li Chengsi's opinion is similar to that of Guo Chongtao.

"It seems that you all think that you should use troops against Tanzhou! But what about Gangneung? When do you think Gangneung should be captured? Yang Wu said as he tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

At this time, Yang Wu did not object to the use of troops in Tanzhou, after all, there are only a few opponents in the south now, and the rapid unification of the south is the most important thing at present.

However, in addition to Tanzhou, Yang Wu is also very interested in Jiangling.

It is now August of the third year of Wuyi, and if there is no change in history, it will not be long before the Battle of Baixiang, which completely changes the situation of the Jin and Liang hegemony, will break out.

Although in the historical Battle of Baixiang, the commander of the Liang army was Wang Maozhang, who had been renamed Wang Jingren at that time, but now Wang Maozhang was his governor in Wu and did not take refuge in Zhu Wen, so in the case that the commander of the Liang army has changed, the final result of the Battle of Baixiang may change, and it is difficult to say whether there will be a battle in Baixiang.

But Yang Wu felt that the outbreak of this war would not change much.

In other words, a large-scale battle between the Jin and Liang armies would definitely take place in the near future, and this was the perfect time for Yang Wu to attack Jiangling.

"Gangneung? Hasn't our army reached a temporary truce with Zhu Wen now? Wouldn't attacking Gangneung lose the king's credibility? Zhou Yin frowned.

"Credibility? Then Zhu Wen himself is the most discredited person in the world, what credibility can he talk about with him? What's more, the king just has a tacit understanding of an armistice with him, and there is no real armistice and peace, what kind of dishonesty is this? Chen Yanqian said with a disapproving smile.

Nowadays, this era is originally an era of deceit, and those who honestly abide by their credits are generally difficult to get ahead, but those who are completely untrustworthy are often able to step into high positions.

Zhu Wen, Wang Jian, Li Maozhen, Liu Rengong, etc., these are the most cunning heroes in the world, but only people like them can mix best in this troubled world.

As for Yang Xingmi, a well-known "good person", in fact, his essence is also very black, when he was weak, he did not do less things to pit allies, otherwise he would not have been able to lay the foundation of Huainan.

And Yang Wu, like his father, although he also attaches great importance to reputation in ordinary times, and generally follows the faith, but if there are really enough benefits, he does not mind treachery once.

So the crux of the matter is whether it is necessary to capture Gangneung now.

"My lord, the minister thinks that the time is not yet ripe to capture Gangneung. Now that the troops are mobilized against Jiangling, it is not only necessary to prevent the Liang army from going south to rescue, but it may also lead to the interference of Wang Jian, the king of Shu, so the minister thinks that it is best not to move lightly in the land of Jiangling at present, and it is better to wait for a better time to appear! Guo Chongtao said.

"Wang Jian will interfere?" Yang Wu was surprised in his heart.

To be honest, he really didn't consider this possibility, after all, in history, since Wang Jian established the Shu Kingdom, his sense of existence has not been very strong, and there is basically no expansion.

In addition, in history, the action of destroying Shu before the Tang Dynasty was carried out too easily, which more or less made Yang Wuhui despise Shu a little, and he rarely considered Wang Jian in ordinary times.

At this time, hearing Guo Chongtao mention that Wang Jian might interfere with Wu's attack on Jiangling, Yang Wu hurriedly asked: "What does Guo Senjun mean is that if Gao Jichang is attacked by our army, it is possible that he will surrender to Wang Jian without the support of the Liang army and lead the Shu army to resist our army?" But will Wang Jian do that? ”

"Wang, judging from the current situation, if Gao Jichang surrenders to Wang Jian and asks for reinforcements, it is still very likely that Wang Jian will agree. After all, the current Shu State does not pose any threat from the outside, and Wang Jian's path to the north is blocked by Li Maozhen, an ally, so his best choice is to develop eastward! Guo Chongtao said.

"To the east? So why does Guo Senjun think that Wang Jian will not develop north? At this time, Yan Keqiu suddenly frowned and asked.

"To the north? Isn't Wang Jian married to Li Maozhen now, and the relationship between the two sides is very good? It is said that Wang Jian also often provides all kinds of assistance to Li Maozhen, and with their relationship, Wang Jian should not turn his face with Li Maozhen! Guo Chongtao obviously felt that Yan Keqiu's question was a little strange.

Today's Li Maozhen looks like a family with Wang Jian, and the relationship between the two sides is definitely much closer than the relationship between Wu and Jin.

Therefore, Guo Chongtao and others subconsciously felt that Wang Jian would not develop to the north.

"Marriage? If the marriage was reliable, then there would not be so many disputes in history! What's more, Wang Jian chose to ally with Li Maozhen in order to use Li Maozhen to resist Zhu Wen's pressure; But now that Zhu Wen's strength has dropped significantly, does Wang Jian still need Li Maozhen as an ally? Don't forget, the two families fought for territory all year round! ”

"This ......" was reminded by Yan Keqiu, not only Guo Chongtao was stunned, but Yang Wu and others were also stunned.

All the ministers present looked stunned, and then lowered their heads and pondered.

Indeed, Wang Jian really doesn't need Li Maozhen as an ally now, and there have always been a lot of grudges between the two sides, with Wang Jian's cunning, it is very possible to suddenly turn his face to Li Maozhen.

On the other hand, Li Maozhen is also not a good person, he is also an extremely cunning person.

After Zhu Wen's strength dropped sharply and he was dragged down by Li Cunqing, the king of Jin, Li Maozhen's pressure was also greatly reduced, and the alliance with Wang Jian was also not as important as before.

In addition, Li Maozhen had attacked the east many times, trying to completely seize the land of Guanzhong, but in the end he failed.

Therefore, it is also possible that Li Maozhen, in the event of a failure to expand eastward, will turn to war against his former enemy, and now his ally, in order to expand his territory.

After all, compared to Zhu Wen, who is still very strong, it seems that Wang Jian is easier to deal with.

In this way, Wang Jian and Li Maozhen, who have been in alliance for several years, are indeed likely to turn their faces again.

After listening to Yan Keqiu's analysis, everyone present frowned.

At this time, Yan Keqiu continued: "Of course, this is just a guess by the minister, and no one can say how the situation will develop in the future." Perhaps Wang Jian would choose to go east to Jingxiang to establish the foundation of Liu Bei's time? And Li Maozhen may continue to unite with Wang Jian, and continue to compete with Zhu Wen for Guanzhong, these are also possible! ”

Yang Wu nodded, he also knew that the current situation was very different from history, plus Yang Wu didn't know much about Wang Jian's Qianshu, and it was originally a difficult thing to judge what Wang Jian would do next.

"That's it, since we can't judge Wang Jian's plan clearly, then for the sake of safety, Jiangling should not move for the time being, and wait until you are fully prepared!" Yang Wu finally decided.

"King, is our army going to attack Tanzhou?" Lee Seung-si asked.

"Of course, we must send troops to capture Tanzhou! Ma Yin wants to develop to the southwest, which is a good thing! He is willing to develop those barbarian lands, which will also benefit our country in the future, so he doesn't mind giving him a place to breathe in the future. However, Tanzhou and other places are now completely familiar land, and our army can develop and utilize them as long as they capture it, so naturally they can't continue to stay in Ma Yin's hands! ”

"General Lee, you are in charge of the Privy Council, and you must draw up a plan for marching into the army as soon as possible. This time, the troops will be sent to seize at least two or three states, including Tanzhou, so Lone is allowed to use at least four to sixty thousand forbidden troops. All other ministries should also prepare for the war as soon as possible, and strive to be ready by September! ”

"Your Ministers obey!" The ministers said in unison.

There are not many states in Hunan, and capturing two or three states at a time is definitely a major blow to Ma Yin, as long as he comes a few times, Ma Yin will completely lose the strength to confront Wu State head-on.

At that time, Wu Guo could leave it as an opponent for military training, just to train those young generals.