Chapter 675: Jiaozhi Attacks the Occupation of the City

Although the evil ghost did not greet Cai Jing in person, he did not dare to delay the business, so after Cai Jing entered Banana Port, he soon met the officials who greeted him, these officials were originally clerks in the army, but during this time they participated in the local management, and they were considered to have been separated from the army.

For Cai Jing, the newly transferred Zhizhou, those small officials from the army are actually not very convinced, after all, the entire banana port was under their control before, and they could be left to their hands, and no one cared about picking up oil and water, as for the evil ghosts, those people even understood the accounts, and they couldn't manage it if they wanted to, but now that Cai Jing came, it cut off their financial route, so these people didn't welcome Cai Jing very much, and even planned to secretly make a trip.

It's a pity that these little officials kicked to the iron plate this time, although Cai Jing couldn't fight Lu Huiqing, but to deal with these little officials was handy, after he punished a few of the small officials led by him, the remaining little officials immediately became extremely obedient one by one, which also made Cai Jing quickly initially grasp the administrative power of Banana Port, and when the other officials arrived in Luzon, Cai Jing immediately began to drastically rectify the security and management of various strongholds in Luzon, and it took only half a year to make the situation in Luzon greatly improved. Even the evil ghosts who had always looked at him unpleasantly secretly sent a letter to Xu Yuan, saying that although Cai Jing had a poor character, he did have some skills.

Zhao Yan, who was far away in Guangzhou City, has also been paying attention to Cai Jing's actions on the Luzon side, after all, Luzon is the first territory of the Great Song Dynasty to expand outward, although it only occupies a small amount of territory, but it is related to the success or failure of future outward expansion, and you can also accumulate some experience from it, plus Cai Jing's relationship. Therefore, Zhao Yan also paid special attention to Luzon.

Speaking of which, before Lu Huiqing wanted to dismiss Cai Jing and investigate him, it was not impossible to keep his official position with Zhao Yan's energy, but he needed to use some other relationships, but Zhao Yan changed his mind in the end, and only wrote to Zhao Ji that although Cai Jing had a dirty character. But he has outstanding ability, and it just so happens that Luzon is in need of officials, so it is better to send him forward, and it just so happened that Lu Huiqing also wanted to demote Cai Jing far away, so Cai Jing was very unlucky to go to Luzon.

Seeing Cai Jing's series of actions after arriving in Luzon, as well as the obvious improvement in all aspects of Luzon, this made Zhao Yan feel that he had not seen the wrong person, Cai Jing did have some talents, but it was a pity that the other party's character was problematic. Otherwise, it's a good helper.

In Zhao Yan's study, he didn't have time to go fishing during this time, in addition to paying attention to the affairs on the Luzon side, there was also a little problem on the Zhancheng side, and it was also related to Jiaozhi, which made Zhao Yan think about how to deal with it?

Speaking of which, this accident in Zhancheng is still the bane planted by Zhao Yan, and Jiaozhi has been testing the attitude of the Great Song Dynasty towards the deep-water port, but after being discovered by Zhao Yan. The attitude was very tough and coercive, and in the end, Li Rizun had to send Li Changjie to apologize. It's just that he didn't have any good intentions, but planned to use this to eradicate Li Changjie, but Zhao Yan saw through it and woke up Li Changjie, and finally Li Changjie pulled a group of people out of Shenglong Mansion after he went back, so as to support the army and protect himself.

However, although Li Changjie supports the army to protect himself. But he is still loyal to Jiaozhi, and has no idea of rebellion, and on the surface, he has always obeyed Li Rizun's dispatch, which even Zhao Yan admires him a little. Some time ago, the Great Song Dynasty attacked Zhancheng because of food problems, and not only captured the king of Zhancheng alive. It also occupies the coastal area of Champa, but the interior of Champa has long been divided, and many places do not obey the command of the king of Champang, so even if Zhao Yan has the puppet of Champa in his hands, the influence of the Great Song Dynasty can only be extended in the coastal areas, and the interior of the city is detached from the Great Song Dynasty.

Originally, Zhao Yan did not plan to occupy the inland of Zhancheng, after all, the other side of Zhancheng is also in the tropics, and the inland is full of tropical jungles and swamps, which is not suitable for the army of the Great Song Dynasty to go deep, and the most elite areas of the Zhancheng are all in the coastal areas, so the Great Song Dynasty is already very content to occupy the coast.

However, the Great Song Dynasty was not interested in the inland areas of Zhancheng, but Jiaozhi was very interested, Li Rizun saw that the king of Zhancheng was captured, and the remaining territory of Zhancheng was occupied by one after another Tuwang, and the strength was not strong, which made him also have the idea of annexation, so after a period of preparation, Li Rizun sent troops to attack Zhancheng again, of which Li Changjie was the main force to attack Zhancheng.

"Is Li Changjie stupid, isn't he afraid that Li Rizun will make a ghost behind him?" Zhao Yan was also taken aback when he heard the news from the Zhancheng side, but he was not surprised by Jiaozhi's attack on Zhancheng, but was surprised by Li Changjie's actions, Li Rizun was trying his best to get rid of him, but he actually obeyed Li Rizun's dispatch to send troops to occupy the city, in case Li Rizun made some small moves behind his back, he could easily be killed by trapping.

"Li Changjie's behavior is indeed a little strange, although he is loyal, but he is not a foolish and loyal person, otherwise he would not have led his troops out to protect himself before, could it be that he secretly reached some agreement with Li Rizun this time, or has the two reconciled?" At this time, Xu Yuan in the study also said that Xu Yuan had become Zhao Yan's first assistant in the military, and he was naturally indispensable to participate in things like this.

"It is impossible to reconcile, some time ago I also heard a news, it is said that Li Rizun once sent a killer to assassinate Li Changjie, which resulted in Li Changjie being seriously injured and lying in bed for more than half a month before he could get off the ground, which shows that the contradictions between the two are irreconcilable, and it is absolutely impossible to reconcile so easily!" Zhao Yan said in denial at this time.

"That's weird, then!" Xu Yuan couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and after a while, he suddenly spoke, "I understand, could it be that Li Changjie knows that he can't stay in Jiaozhi anymore, so he is ready to take advantage of this opportunity to conquer a piece of territory in Zhancheng, so as to cut the land and become the king!" ”

"Huh? This guess is very likely! Zhao Yan also showed a contemplative expression when he heard this, with his understanding of Jiaozhi, Li Changjie was indeed under a lot of pressure during this time, so it was very likely that he would take the opportunity to leave Jiaozhi.

"Third brother, no matter what the reason for Li Changjie to send troops to attack and occupy the city this time, how should our Great Song react to this matter?" At this time, Xu Yuan suddenly spoke again, although this time Jiaozhi was only using troops against the remnants of the Champong forces, and did not clash with the army of the Great Song Dynasty there, but those territories still belonged to the King of Champa in name, and the King of Champa was a puppet in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, so if the Great Song Dynasty allowed Jiaozhi to capture the territory of the city, it would be a little unreasonable morally.

In addition, if those Zhancheng territories were occupied by Jiaozhi, then the coastal area occupied by the Great Song Dynasty would be completely bordered by Jiaozhi, which would still be a big threat to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty there, so Xu Yuancai asked Zhao Yan what to do next.

Zhao Yan once again showed a contemplative expression when he heard this, and only after a while did he speak: "We can't let Jiaozhi occupy all the remaining territories of the city, which will threaten our rule there, but our army is not adapted to the climate and harsh environment over there, it seems that I have to send a letter to Hu Yanping, and ask him to organize a group of native troops to block the army of Jiaozhi people, if Jiaozhi dares to attack our army, then we will have a reason to attack Jiaozhi, and then they will definitely not be able to care about each other, and in the end they can only retreat!" ”

"Good way, it just so happens that the recruitment of our sailors has ended some time ago, and some of the recruits are also trained similarly, so I think it is better to pull them to the deep-water port and make a posture of attacking Jiaozhi, so that Jiaozhi can have some scruples at that time!" Xu Yuan also laughed loudly when he heard this, and said, the other countries on the Southeast Peninsula are not worried, but Jiaozhi is not at ease, so they must suppress the expansion of Jiaozhi.

The matter has been decided, Xu Yuan also immediately said goodbye and left to prepare to increase troops to the deep-water port, and Zhao Yan began to write to Hu Yanping on the other side of the city, asking him to organize the native army to block the Jiaozhi people, the city is still nominally an independent country, and the king of Champa also has a lot of troops in his hands, but unfortunately the king of Champa has become the puppet of the Great Song Dynasty, so those native troops also have to obey the dispatch of the Great Song Dynasty, in addition, Zhao Yan is planning a plan to annex the city, it is estimated that it will not take long, The ancient kingdom of Champa will disappear completely.

However, just when Zhao Yan had just asked people to send the letter to Hu Yanping away, he didn't expect Xu Yuan to hurry over again, and when he saw Zhao Yan, he immediately waved a letter in his hand and said loudly: "Third brother, there have been drastic changes in Jiaozhi in China, and this time it is really lively." ”

Zhao Yan was also very surprised when he heard Xu Yuan's words, and hurriedly walked over to take the letter in Xu Yuan's hand and read it seriously, but he was surprised when he saw the switch, and the more he looked down, the more frightened he became.

This letter is a piece of information sent by the officials of the deep-water port, and the content of the information is very amazing, just after Li Changjie led the army to attack the remnants of the city, Li Rizun really did as Zhao Yan and Xu Yuan just guessed, suddenly sent troops to attack Nanding City, where Li Changjie had entrenched before, and it only took two days to break through Nanding City, and vigorously pursued Li Changjie and the families of those generals who followed him, intending to blackmail Li Changjie.

Li Rizun's move can be described as very ruthless, Li Changjie is still fighting for him in the front, but he is arresting the family members of Li Changjie and others in the back, but although his calculation is good, this time he fell into Li Changjie's calculation. (To be continued......)