Liu Mang commented: "We have too little knowledge of the situation in Yizhou and Liu Yu. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Du Ruhui said: "Now that the court is done, while preparing to use troops against Shouchun, you can start the affairs of Yizhou." ”

Yizhou is far away from the Central Plains, connecting Jingxiang in the east and Yongliang in the north. Although it will not pose a direct threat to Luoyang, it can affect the implementation of the Yongliang and Jingxiang strategies in the future.

Although they don't know much about the situation in Yizhou, Liu Mang and Du Ruhui still made a judgment that Zhang Xianzhong bought pig iron, and the buyer behind it would never be Liu Yu.

The limited information on the Yizhou side shows that after Liu Yu usurped the throne of the king of Shu, it was not over.

The first thing he has to do is to gather the Shu family.

Yizhou is not only inconvenient to communicate with the outside world, but also has inconvenient transportation between various places in Shudi.

There are also a large number of families in Shudi.

Due to the particularity of the geographical environment, the Shudi family is very different from the Central Plains family.

The Central Plains family, for the long-term development of the family, usually disperses the outstanding children of the family to the court and the major princes.

The Central Plains family pays more attention to the breadth of development.

The family is like a big tree, and the children all over it are the roots that spread.

Relying on the spread of roots, the family tree can stand for hundreds of years.

In Shudi, due to the inconvenience of transportation contact, most of the children of the family developed locally.

The Shudi family, rooted in the local area, pays more attention to the depth of family development.

It is extremely common for a county or even a county to be monopolized by one or a few families.

The Shudi family is also like a big tree. As the son of the root, deeply rooted in the local area, it can also ensure that the family tree will not fall.

Although Liu Yu seized the throne of the king of Shu, it was not easy to completely control Yizhou in this environment.

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In addition to the Shu family, Liu Yu also has a problem to face, that is, the ethnic minorities in the south of Yizhou.

Yizhou, the three subject states of Chajiu County, is the largest state in the territory of the Han Dynasty. Yizhou has a population of nearly 6 million, second only to Jingzhou.

After thousands of years of development, the political, economic, and cultural centers of Yizhou were concentrated in Hanzhong, Shu County (now Chengdu), Ba County (now Chongqing) and other places in the north.

The southern part of Yizhou, with many mountains, is more closed.

The mountains blocked traffic and the fighting.

Living conditions in the south are poor, but relatively comfortable.

In the southern mountainous areas, more than two million people, mainly ethnic minorities, also live.

The barbarians of the south, with low productivity and backward lifestyles. However, with a large population and strong folk customs, it is not easy to subdue and bring them back to their hearts.

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Intelligence shows that after Liu Yu took over Yizhou, he spent a lot of effort to basically stabilize the main families in Yizhou. Subsequently, Liu Yu focused his main efforts on solving the problem of the southern barbarians.

After receiving Shan Xiongxin's secret report, Liu Mang once wondered if Liu Yu was ready to use a large number of sword soldiers to buy a large amount of pig iron?

However, Liu Mang quickly dismissed this conjecture.

The terrain determines that it is not easy for the outside to attack Yizhou or to fight out of Yizhou.

Liu Yu's foundation in Yizhou has not yet been firmly established, and his strategy must be to first internal and then external.

If Liu Yu wants to move troops, he will definitely deal with the southern barbarians first.

And Yizhou, especially the southern part of Yizhou, is mountainous and rainy. To fight under such conditions, to wear iron and bronze armor is to bring about self-inflicted sin.

Iron armor and copper armor are heavy, and after wearing, it is difficult to move.

Don't say it's over the mountains, it's just a flat road, it's enough.

Moreover, Yizhou has a humid climate. If the maintenance is a little poor, the iron and copper armor will rust.

Therefore, based on a comprehensive analysis, Zhang Xianzhong will not be entrusted by Liu Yu to buy pig iron.

Du Ruhui also analyzed it this way.

The stakes are very high, and Shan Xiongxin's secret report is very detailed. Du Ruhui also found a problem from this.

Zhang Xianzhong is the biggest broker in Yizhou, and the buyers behind him all have big backgrounds, and most of them are large and small warlords who dominate one side.

And the amount of pig iron needed this time is huge, and the origin of the buyer behind it must be greater.

The most important thing to match such a big buyer is confidentiality.

Pig iron is the most sought-after and most sensitive strategic material on the market. Buying such a large amount of pig iron must have been for military use.

Involving military secrets, Zhang Xianzhong has been doing this kind of business all year round, and it is impossible not to know the severity.

And he deliberately revealed to Shan Xiongxin that the buyer was from Chengdu, isn't there "there" three hundred taels of silver here?!

He deliberately revealed the news, which just shows that the buyer is not from Chengdu!

Near Hanzhong, except for Liu Yu in Yizhou, who else would have such a big deal?

"Yang Guang!"

Liu Mang and Du Ruhui made judgments at the same time!

It must be Yang Guang!

Although, in Li Yuanfang's secret report, there was no mention of this matter. However, the other information in the secret report more or less shows that Yang Guang is unwilling!

The Xiliang army was defeated in Zheng County, and Yang Guang would not be reconciled.

Gathering soldiers and horses and looking for opportunities to fight with the Luoyang army again is in line with Yang Guang's character.

Yang Guang's Western Liang Army was dominated by cavalry. Pig iron is an important material for building elite cavalry!

The Xiliang Army is the sworn enemy of the Luoyang Army, and through the Xiliang Army's own channels, it is almost impossible to get pig iron from Liu Mang.

Let Zhang Xianzhong come forward, and then deliberately reveal some false news, so that Liu Mang mistakenly thought that the buyer behind it was Yizhou Liu Yu.

There will be no strategic conflict between Yizhou and Luoyang for the time being, and Liu Mang will not be too wary of Liu Yu.

In this way, the Xiliang army can obtain the much-needed pig iron, equip the soldiers and horses, and find an opportunity to fight again!

Right! It must be so!

Liu Mang and Du Ruhui looked at the newspapers on several cases together, and laughed at the same time.

Yang Guang and Li Ru must have seen the news of praising Luoyang Tielin Army in the Di newspaper!

They attributed the defeat of Zheng County to objective factors such as equipment, soldiers and horses, and prepared to follow the example of the Tielin Army and build the Xiliang Heavy Iron Cavalry!

Right!

This is Yang Guang's style!

Liu Mang and Liu Bowen dug a pit of "arms race", but they didn't expect that the first person to fall into the trap was Yang Guang!

In the list of opponents that Liu Mang wants to eradicate, Yang Guang is only listed after Yuan Shu.

If he wants to enter the pit, he must be perfected!

Participating in the "arms race" is tantamount to filing for bankruptcy, so help him go to the abyss!

While Liu Mang and Du Ruhui were overjoyed, they couldn't help but be speechless.

Yang Guang's head, is it a human brain?

If you open your mouth, you need so much pig iron, how many heavy iron riders do you want to build? Could it be that he wants to transform all the Xiliang Army into heavy iron horses, right?

With such a huge amount, I'm afraid that even if not all of them can be equipped!

"My lord, my subordinates think that they can agree. It's just that you can't give it all, or, in installments, in batches, slowly. ”

"Well, that's my idea too. Give slowly, Zhang Xianzhong is anxious, and Lao Shan will be able to get more valuable information. ”

"That's right! There is another benefit to supplying slowly. Yang Guanghua spent a lot of money, and his idea must be to finish his work in one battle. Slowly supply, before the Xiliang Heavy Iron Horse is fully equipped, Yang Guang will not cause trouble. We can settle down and solve the Yuan Shu. ”

"That's right! That's it. ”

Du Ruhui picked up a pen and paper and prepared to reply to Shan Xiongxin.

Liu Mang remembered one more thing...... (To be continued.) )