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Chapter 616: North-South Relations

The four southwestern provinces were once the Great Shang Empire, but this country with the land of abundance is becoming erosive because of its wealth. After the Great Sui became the new owner here, the Shang Kingdom was transformed into four roads: Pingshang Road, Yongbei Road, South Hui Road, and North Hui Road. Luo Yao has been secretly developing troops in the southwest over the years, especially the most ruthless digging of Pingshang Road, and there is not much left of the financial and manpower resources, even if they are not exhausted.

Therefore, when the weak Nanyan invaded with tens of thousands of troops, Pingshangdao failed to organize a counterattack of troops, and coupled with the rebellion of the Su, half of Pingshangdao was in chaos within a month. By the time Luo Qiu, the governor of Pingshangdao, hurried back, the situation was already difficult to clean up.

Chi Haonian, the governor of Yongbei Province, in order to ensure that he would not be implicated in the war in his own territory, ordered the official road between Pingshang Road and Yongbei Province to be blocked.

At this time, Fang Jie's Black Flag Army was already pressed on the border of Beihui Province, and Zhong Xin, the governor of Beihui Province, was full of trouble, and he didn't know what to eat these days. When the news of Nanyan uniting with the Su people to attack Pingshang Road came, he was a little anxious.

"It's okay now, the southwest is being attacked on both sides, I'll see if the other few people are still in the mood to look at me and gloat in Beihui Dao."

He snorted coldly, picked up the teacup and took a sip: "A while ago, Luo Qiu, the governor of Pingshang Road, Chi Haonian, the governor of Yongbei Province, and Du Jianzhou, the governor of Nanhui Province, got together to discuss something, can't I guess?" Those shallow-eyed guys, seeing that the Black Flag Army soldiers of Fang Xie were pressing the border, began to get together, and they didn't think about giving up my Beihui Dao in exchange for their peaceful life! These old foxes are full of thoughts about how to betray others! ”

Chen Yongfu smiled and said, "Now it's Luo Qiu's turn to have a headache, although Fang Jie's army is pressing outside, there is no sign of moving troops yet." But the southern barbarians on the other side of Pingshang Road have already come in, and the little force in Luo Qiu's hands is not enough to protect himself. But I feel annoyed when I think about it, Nanyan's projectile land, Murong Yan's shameless villain actually dared to use troops, and Da Sui is really a bit of a heroic twilight desolation......"

"If it had been a few years ago, Murong would not have dared to have this idea if he was scared to death!"

He spat and scolded: "A despicable guy who usurped the throne, now he is pretending to be righteous and awe-inspiring, shouting about what to restore the majesty of the Great Yan Kingdom, I ...... Yan was a merchant before, and the Shang country was still destroyed by the Great Sui, and he built a big country by a villain who turned his back on his master and stole the position of the prince, so he shouted the slogan of the Great Yan Kingdom, which is really shameless. ”

Zhong Xin said: "Murong Yan didn't know that the little strength in his hand couldn't make any waves at all, and if he hadn't taken advantage of the hatred of the Su people towards the Great Sui, he wouldn't have been able to move troops at all." Even so, he was just planning to take advantage of the chaos of the Great Sui and the weakness of the southwest to grab more territory and grab some people. ”

"That's why he's shallow-eyed."

Zhong Xin snorted coldly and said: "Even if the Great Sui is in chaos now, even if there is no owner in the southwest, even if he can take advantage of this time to take away something, will he forget that the rebellion in the Central Plains has never lasted more than five years?" The rebellion of the successive dynasties has never lasted more than five years. This has been the case for thousands of years, and when the new dynasty is stabilized, he will be the first to open the knife...... If you can see a little farther, you can't do such an idiotic thing. ”

Chen Yongfu shook his head: "But the more idiots like this, the more difficult it is, just because he can't see it, so he is not afraid, just like a poor beggar, he can grab a little more." We know that no matter who sits on that chair in a few years, they will raise troops to retaliate against Nanyan, but he doesn't know how to do it...... So he's a mad dog now, and anyone dares to bite him for a bite to eat. ”

Zhong Xin nodded: "This is also Luo Qiu's biggest headache, for such a mad dog Luo Qiu has not been beaten with a stick now, he can only be bitten bite by bite, even if someone will clean up this mad dog in a few years, but now Luo Qiu is bitten really painful...... Judging from the current situation, not only Pingshangdao, I suspect that the combined forces of the Southern Yan and the Su people will not let go of Yongbei Dao, after all, Luo Yao took all the soldiers away. ”

"It's none ...... us"

Chen Yongfu sighed and said, "We don't need to worry about Luo Qiu and Chi Haonian now, we have our own worries." ”

He looked outside and said, "I don't know what the plan of the surnamed Fang is in Lu Dao, Hui'an has sent at least 50,000 horses, and it seems that as long as the talks can't be reached, they will move troops." My lord, do you think he is just scaring us or is he really planning to attack Hui'an City? ”

"I don't know the junior surnamed Fang."

Zhong Xin shook his head: "I've just heard some rumors about this person, but I'm not familiar with what kind of character he is...... But now there are some things that worry me, think about it, if he is only for blackmail, then where should he be? ”

Chen Yongfu thought for a while and replied: "Naturally, he is waiting outside Liangcheng, he asked the little official surnamed Sun to talk, if it is just to blackmail money and food, he will definitely wait for news in the Black Flag Army camp outside, so that the person surnamed Sun can ask for his instructions at any time." ”

"Right"

Zhong Xin said: "It stands to reason that this is the case, but he is not outside Liangcheng now." There was news from Hui'an that he saw that there was a handsome flag in the camp of the Black Flag Army...... This has to be worrying. If he just wanted to blackmail us, he would definitely be in Liangcheng instead of Hui'an. If he Chen Bing Hui'an was just to negotiate and exert pressure, there was no need to personally lead the troops over. ”

"And ...... Since the last time the little official surnamed Sun left, he has never come to look for us again. I sent someone to talk to him at the Black Flag Army camp, but he couldn't see him on the pretext that he was unwell. ”

Zhong Xin worried: "It can be seen that it must have been ordered by Fang Jie, this surnamed Sun was extremely active at the beginning, and came into the city every day to negotiate with us, but after going back last time, he suddenly stopped coming, which was completely different from his previous performance, and I suspect that Fang Xie gave him instructions outside the city." ”

Chen Yongfu thought for a while and said: "If Fang Xie has been in the Black Flag Army camp north of Liangcheng, and the person surnamed Sun has been acting according to his instructions, he will not be so active as he was before and suddenly become indifferent, I think that Fang Xie is not in the camp, but sent someone to send him a message, so that surname Sun suddenly changed his way." ”

Zhong Xin's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he suddenly thought of something: "What do you mean...... He has always allowed the person surnamed Sun to negotiate and did not interfere, but he personally led troops to Hui'an to wait for the news of the negotiations, if there is progress in the negotiations, he will not use troops, if there is no progress, he will personally command the attack on Hui'an? After all, this was the first tough battle he was going to fight, so he couldn't trust the generals below, so he went to Hui'an in person! Other words...... He is always preparing to attack Hui'an? ”

Chen Yongfu shook his head and said: "What I'm most afraid of is not this, what I'm most afraid of is that no matter how the negotiation is, he will fight." ”

Zhong Xin was stunned for a moment, and then pondered: "Probably not, it's not easy to beat Hui'an." Even if he strikes hard, the losses will inevitably be heavy, and when the time comes, if he wants to go south, his troops will be stretched thin and it will be difficult to move forward. ”

Chen Yongfu said: "But because this is the first battle he wants to go south, he wants to stand up for ......."

The two of them glanced at each other, and they both saw worry in each other's eyes.

As he was talking, suddenly a cronie knocked on the door outside: "My lord, there is a distinguished guest!" ”

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Fang Xie was actually not in the Black Flag Army camp outside Hui'an City, nor in the Black Flag Army camp north of Liangcheng, he had already returned to the Zhuque Mountain camp, and the negotiation was handed over to Sun Kaidao, and the siege of Hui'an was handed over to Xiahou Baichuan and Lu Fenghou, and these two things were not the point, Chen Yishan's Flying Eagle Army cavalry was, so Fang Xie didn't need to wait for news outside at all.

There are also a lot of things waiting for him to make an idea in the camp these days, the workshop is built, the shipyard is built, whether the sailor wants to expand, and the marriage between him and Mu Xiaoyun and Yan Yunshu and Wu Yinyu has also been put on the agenda, and he has no time to wait outside Liangcheng for Zhong Xin to be soft or not.

Looking at the planning drawings of several workshops in the conference hall, Chen Xiaoru strode in from outside: "General, our eyeliner left in Yongzhou sent a news of thousands of miles to urgently. ”

He handed over a wooden box that was still sealed with fire paint to Fang Jie, and when he saw such an urgent secret letter, Chen Xiaoru didn't dare to open it himself and look at it first, so he immediately sent it to Fang Jie.

Fang Xie picked up the fire paint, took out the secret letter and looked at it, and then frowned: "The coalition army of Nanyan Murong Yan and the Su people has conquered four or five counties of Pingshang Road one after another, and Luo Qiu, the governor of Pingshang Road, has no soldiers in his hands, so he hurriedly recruited Minyong when he was suddenly attacked, but now Pingshang Road is not stable except for those big cities, after all, the Su people are more familiar with Pingshang Road than the Sui people. ”

"Even a villain like Murong Yan dares to use troops against the Central Plains."

Chen Xiaoru sighed: "When Luo Yao is here, a cough will make him tremble. ”

"It's not the same time it used to be."

Fang Xie looked at the secret letter and was silent for a while, and then ordered: "Immediately send more people, go straight down to Yongzhou by water, and make every effort to find out the news of the Nanyan army and the Su people, the more news the more comprehensive the better, if there are not enough people in the Xiao Riding School, you can go to Sanjin Hou and ask him to send some people to you." If the Nanyan people fight too hard...... Then our strategy has to be changed. ”

"General, this has nothing to do with us, right?"

Chen Xiaoru was puzzled.

Although this secret letter is urgent, it has nothing to do with the current Black Flag Army.

"On the surface, it seems to be okay, but it actually has a lot to do."

Fang Xie waved his hand and ordered: "Go and scatter Jin Hou immediately, Luo Weiran invites me, I will discuss with them." Other than that...... The messenger of the Xiao Riding School is on call at any time, and I have an order to send it out immediately! ”

"Whoa!"

Chen Xiaoru clenched his fists and strode away.

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Liang

When Zhong Xin saw clearly who the so-called distinguished guest in front of him was, he couldn't help but shrink his pupils, and then hurriedly greeted him with a smile: "Why did Brother Lixian suddenly arrive in Liangcheng, and he didn't send anyone to inform him before, so I took people to greet him from afar, but I couldn't greet my brother himself, it's too rude." ”

The old man, who was wearing a robe and covered his head and face, smiled and said, "I took the liberty to come, it was my rudeness, don't blame Mingzhe." ”

Zhong Xin's character is clear, and the person he calls Brother Lixian is Chi Haonian, the governor of Yongbei Province!

"Brother Lixian, please take a seat."

Zhong Xin took Chi Haonian's hand and invited him in and said, "If there is something important, send someone to inform you that you will have to come all the way in person." ”

"Big deal."

Chi Haonian sighed, then looked at Zhong Xin and said seriously: "I'm here to ask for your ...... This matter is very important, how dare my brother send someone to discuss with you casually, think about it, or I have to come to beg you in person, otherwise how can I rest assured! ”

Zhong Xin smiled and said, "What is the big deal that makes my brother embarrassed like this?" ”

Chi Haonian hesitated for a moment, then looked at the people in the room. Zhong Xin immediately understood, waved his hand and ordered: "You all go out, no one is allowed to disturb without me, and arrange other drinks and food, I will pick up the wind for Brother Lixian." ”

"Where do you still eat and drink?"

Chi Haonian took Zhong Xin's hand and sat down: "You listen to me......"