Section 16 Eastward Expansion Plan
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"Well, that's the last thing I want to see. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Once His Majesty dies, the kings seize the throne, the empire will be divided, the Kaman and Pur people in the north should have already made an appointment with the Taiping people, and they will definitely send troops to the empire, and war in the north of the empire is inevitable, and the Maqi Khans are waiting for an opportunity to defend Baling, and Wuhu County will definitely be basking in the flames of war again. Lin Lang and his family must not be willing to be lonely, and the land of the empire will surely be burned. "So if there is such a trend, I can only do my best to prevent this kind of situation from happening." β
"It's just that in this situation, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to intervene, several highnesses stand on their feet, each with heavy troops, and they all have their own spheres of influence, even if they fail to compete for the throne in Yanjing, they can still escape back to their lair, and it is difficult to completely eradicate their influence, and it is impossible to eliminate the root cause of the civil war. Su Qin frowned and explained further.
"If your Highnesses can be allowed to understand the current internal and external situation in Yanjing and let them reach a compromise, will the possibility of a civil war triggering an invasion by foreign enemies be avoided or delayed?" Wu Feng asked hesitantly, but he also knew that this was only his own wishful thinking, those people were all unwilling to live under others, how could they reach a compromise?
"This possibility is very small, at present, His Royal Highness Situ Tai controls the whole county of Yanyun, and the local officials of several northern provinces of Donghai County are also secretly communicating with him, with more than 300,000 soldiers, and has always preserved its strength in the war with the Taiping Sect, and the combat effectiveness of the first and second army corps and several reading divisions of the northern military region is in the emperor [***] The third highness Situ Jun currently controls most of the Wuhu and Jincheng Mansion in Guanxi, if the Sixth Army is counted, the number of armor is close to 300,000, there is intelligence that Situ Jun is actively courting Cheng Dayou, trying to recruit Cheng Dayou, if he succeeds, Situ Jun's strength will be on a higher level, and Lin Guoxiong is said to be actively negotiating with Situ Jun, but the progress is unknown. β
"His Royal Highness Situ Yuan's strength in Yanjing is relatively thin, but he is unique in Jiangnan. The Seventh Legion is his hardcore henchman, and the Tenth Legion has also been formed, but its combat effectiveness has not yet been tested, and some of the naval fleet is also inclined to Situ Yuan, and most importantly, as an important ally of the Empire, the Kingdom of Milan has expressed its support for him, if so, then his strength is unpredictable. β
"As for His Royal Highness Situ Lang, who has the power to supervise the country, most of the ministers of the DPRK and Central China regard him as the successor of His Majesty the Emperor, and the new third and fourth legions are under his control, and the eighth and ninth legions are being formed in the eastern and northern suburbs of Yandong, if nothing else, the City Guard Legion should also belong to his shadows, as for the Guards Legion, if he can achieve the righteousness of the name, it is estimated that Ma Yuanxiang should also support him, and he should be the most competitive among several His Highnesses. It's just that he also has an Achilles' heel, his local power in the empire is too weak, and it is difficult for his influence to leave the capital. β
Su Qin gushed about the advantages and disadvantages of the four princes who were most likely to win the throne, and his sentences were incisive and to the point, and the three of them also nodded, "Then according to your opinion, when will the Kaman and Poole send troops to intervene?"
"According to the opinion of the subordinates, if the situation of the four highnesses is already in a scuffle, such as the Great Highness, the Third Highness and even the Ninth Highness, they will definitely try their best to expand their territory and strengthen their strength, then the tired Taiping Sect people will probably become a delicacy in the eyes of everyone, if the Taiping Sect people can't resist it, then it is difficult to say whether You Dao Fang will invite the armies of the two countries to go south in the name of the so-called Taiping Holy Kingdom at the last moment. β
"According to the current intelligence, You Daofang has become more and more inclined to read talents, rigid and self-serving, unable to listen to anyone's opposition, some time ago in the Taiping Sect-controlled areas set off a movement of land division and the movement of equalizing the rich and poor, they have completely destroyed their original implementation of the reconciliation policy, and there is a tendency to intensify, Heshuo and the Beiyuan area are all in turmoil, gentry and merchants have fled, this on the surface of the consolidation of the support of the middle and lower classes for the Taiping Sect, but completely lost the last trace of trust of the middle and upper classes in the Taiping Sect, these simple-minded guys still control such a large area of territory in vain, do not know how to restore production and develop the economy, but blindly use this method of killing chickens and eggs to succeed for a while, if this kind of goods can also sit firmly in the country, it is a fantasy!" Su Qinxiang was extremely disdainful, obviously very disappointed with the performance of the Taiping Sect.
"Well, Gu Dengyun and the intelligence department have only reflected that the Taiping Sect has become a split now, and the Bo Jinchen faction, which advocates a limited crackdown on the aristocratic forces to maintain social stability, has been isolated, and You Daofang also did not remove him from his post when he still has a certain amount of influence, but in fact, You Daofang has directly interfered with the military command of the military body by bypassing Bo Jinchen, and Bo Jinchen is now just a nominal military minister. When this information came, I thought about whether to use this opportunity to order Liang Chongxin to attack Hejian, and later considered that if this might lead to the relaxation of their internal struggle, it would be easy for them to fight internally, and wait until they completely lost the basis of public opinion, and then it was not too late to send troops. Now it seems that this Taiping Sect is better to move or not?" Wu Feng set his gaze on Ling Tianfang.
"My lord, there are actually three roads in front of us, the first is to attack the Taiping Army, the advantage of this road is that you can get the support of public opinion, the Taiping Army's combat effectiveness is also weak, the disadvantage is that An Yuan is dangerous to defend, if you launch an attack from Longdong and Tianshui, our battle line will be too wide, the defense line is too long, and it may also cause a strong rebound of the Taiping Army, and there is what Su Qin said, if several other highnesses also regard the Taiping Army as a delicacy, it is very likely to attract the invasion of the Northern Anti-Jackal. β
"The second is to go south from Tianshui and capture Jincheng, this line is a bit surprising, Situ Jun's defensive strength in Jincheng is weak, and it can be overcome with one attack, and to the east can look at the five lakes, and to the west to form a strategic encirclement posture in Hanzhong, of course, there are many shortcomings, Situ Jun and our alliance will break down immediately, and the battle line is farther, which is not conducive to defense, and it is easy to attract Situ Jun's army to attack, and public opinion is also unfavorable to us. β
"The third is to unite with the Lang family to attack Hanzhong and Lujiang, and carve up the territory belonging to the Lin family in Kansai. The advantage of this line is that our alliance with the Lang family can show an absolute advantage in Guanxi, and we can give control of the Lujiang River to the Lang family in exchange for our occupation of Hanzhong, so that we can make Tianshui, Longdong and Xikang have a relatively stable rear, and our troop loss is relatively small, and at the same time, occupying Hanzhong is also extremely beneficial to our next eastward expansion, and Jincheng is even more in the bag. The only drawback is that there will be a bad relationship with the Lin family, but the Lin family is now in decline under the attack of the Maqi Khan and the Lang family, and they are too busy to take care of themselves, so they don't pose much threat to us. Personally, I agree with this route. β
Ling Tian put forward three sets of plans in one breath, which can be roughly divided into the northern line, the middle line and the southern line, and he also put forward his own opinion without concealment, that is, to unite the Lang family to solve the Lin family.
"Tianfang, it seems that it is also a way to unite with the Lin family to attack the Lang family. Wu Feng said with some dissatisfaction, this guy knew that he had a special ambiguous relationship with Lin Yuexin, but he deliberately proposed this third line, and also expressed his support for this march line, didn't he deliberately embarrass himself?
"My lord, you are going to march into the Central Plains, not into Tiannan! No matter what else, even if we can solve the Lang family with the Lin family, then what can we do? Lin Guoxiong regards Hanzhong as a forbidden body, and will definitely not let us, but Hanzhong is indispensable to us, even if we get Bashan, the east is the Lujiang River occupied by the Lin family, and the south is Tiannan County, the old nest of the Lang family, the terrain is complicated, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and even if we take Tiannan with great difficulty, how much actual value is there? What's more, now that the strength of the Lang family has surpassed that of the Lin family, there is no need for us to be enemies of the Lang family in order to curry favor with the Lin family, right?" Ling Tianfang didn't care about Wu Feng's personal feelings at all, and only cared about analyzing the gains and losses from a purely military perspective.
It should be said that what Ling Tianfang said is not unreasonable, if it is purely considered from a military point of view, the southern line should be the best choice, but when it comes to Lin Yuexin, it makes Wu Feng feel very conflicted. Lin Yuexin's identity has drawn a deep gap between him and her, Lin Guoxiong has two sons, and he hopes to expand the Lin family's foundation, and he and his subordinates have overcome obstacles to create such a career, of course, it is impossible to give up for a woman, and this irreconcilable contradiction is also the most important factor in Wufeng's indecision. Thinking about the possibility of fighting against the woman she likes, her father and brother may even become the ghost of his own sword, Wu Feng really can't think of how he should face it at that time.
The study suddenly fell silent, Ling Tianfang was no longer silent, Xiao Tang and Su Qin also looked elsewhere, they both vaguely knew that the subtle relationship between their boss and the beautiful woman of the Lin family was just a trick, God made the two fall in love at first sight, and they cherished each other, but it made the two face each other.
Seeing that the boss was silent, obviously unwilling to accept his southern line proposal, Ling Tianfang was helpless, in addition to the southern route plan, the only option was the northern route plan, but the northern route plan had many drawbacks, which must be avoided and eliminated by various means, and the choice of time and timing was also limited by many external factors, which would also affect the flexibility of the northwest when taking military measures, otherwise there would inevitably be a phenomenon of interference by foreign forces like Su Qin said, especially when the Kaman and Poole people had sharpened their knives at presentγ
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