Section 6 A bet on the world
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The caution of the Mackhans cannot be said to have made a mistake, but when they later found out that the impact of this incident was so great and far-reaching, they all felt great remorse and regret for the decision they had made. In the face of Li Wufeng's crazy moves, although they were very skeptical, they did not dare to follow up, and there were also deep-seated reasons for the fact that the national strength of the Macede Khanate limited them from daring to make the same crazy adventures without any reason.www.biquge.info And Li Wufeng is different, the huge amount of idle funds looted by Yin De'an gives him room to work, and as the master of Canglang Study, Gu Ji is not only Li Wufeng's most trusted close friend, but also a generation of scholars who are familiar with the past, and Gu Ji represents not the words of a family, but the views of several famous folk scholars in Yanjing, so Li Wufeng dares to take such a risk.
In fact, when Li Wufeng made such a determination, he was also prepared to fail, once he made a mistake in judgment, he would lose at least two-thirds of the funds obtained from Indean, and this kind of loss would be unbearable and unacceptable to any other company, but Li Wufeng could bear it and dared to accept it, and gambled on the world, this is Li Wufeng's assertion on this matter after many years.
He was not the only one who was equally confused with Lei Juetian, the prime minister of the Kaman people, Gomez, and His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire also noticed Li Wufeng's astonishing move, such a large-scale grain transaction, so that the prices in various parts of the empire showed signs of soaring to varying degrees, and the new Imperial Minister of the Interior, Duke Sidon, even sent a sternly worded official letter to the military and political envoys of the Northwest and Kansai, pointing out that the actions of the Northwest and Kansai had seriously interfered with the internal grain circulation of the Empire, and warned the Northwest and Kansai not to speculate in the grain market and disrupt the normal circulation of grain, otherwise they would inevitably suffer the consequences。 And the Imperial War Readiness Materials Storage Bureau under the Emperor's [***] General Administration even spit out four million quintals of grain in one breath when the price of grain climbed to the peak of six gold coins per quintal after getting the approval of His Majesty the Emperor, which is equivalent to two-thirds of all the grain reserves of the Imperial Strategic Material Reserve Bureau, and suddenly lowered the grain price at the highest price to four and a half gold coins per quintal, earning more than 10 million imperial gold coins in one go, which made His Majesty the Emperor ecstatic, and directly promoted the director of the Imperial War Readiness Material Storage Bureau to concurrently serve as the emperor [***] Vice Minister of the General Administration.
And when the northwest grain purchase action swept to the Liberian countries, affected by the rise in grain prices, the grain merchants of the Liberian countries sold grain one after another, and even the strategic grain reserves of the countries also participated in this speculative selling, which did not attract Gomez's attention at first, until a considerable amount of grain reserves were sold out and still failed to stabilize the price of grain, Gomez did not notice that there seemed to be something strange in the middle, and he immediately ordered to stop the selling, but at this time the grain reserves had been sold to only less than 30% of the normal time。 Because the price of food was still running at a high level at this time, Gomez finally made a decision that he regretted for the rest of his life after hesitating for a long time, that is, he was not busy buying for the time being, but waited for a period of observation to see the situation, and this observation, the price of food did not fall again, but kept rising wildly, until finally found that the situation was not right and was ready to forcibly enter the market to buy it was already priceless.
In order to regain control of Wenning Province, the Sixth Army Corps and several reading divisions of the Southern Military Region once again engaged in fierce confrontations in Wenning Province, and the five divisions and two reading divisions of the Sixth Army Corps and a large number of naval troops were engaged in this tragic battle for Wenning, and the Maqi Khans were not to be outdone, not only invested more than three corps of the army, but also put the main water army on the battlefield of the Five Lakes in Wenning Province, and the war between the two sides became cruel and fierce, and showed a trend of stalemate。 And this time, the gentry in Wenning Province also stood up unusually, organized and supported the establishment of a large number of militia rebels and private armies from the economic and material aspects, and began to carry out large-scale disturbance and sabotage warfare, which restrained a large number of effective forces of the Maqi Khans and forced the Maqi Khans to invest more troops in the territory of Wenning Province.
Looking at the stacks of war reports in front of him, the slightly black and thin Situ Biao has no longer said that he is at ease, in addition to running around in various local battlefields, he has to work tirelessly to meet the gentry who have formed a large number of rebel private armies in the entire Wenning Mansion, without the support of these people, this Wenning Mansion War may not be able to support it for a long time, these people not only provided themselves with a large amount of food and grass materials, but also formed several militia rebels and private armies have begun to play an important role, especially in the destruction of the logistics and transportation channels of the Maqi Khans played an unimaginable huge effect。
At this time, Situ Biao realized that it was far from being as simple as he imagined to become a master, although he had been named the king of Xiang, and the fief was also the entire Wuhu County, but he also knew that this was just an expedient measure for the brother who had ascended to the throne of the Great Treasure.
In the past month or so, Situ Biao has been so busy that he can be said to have never slept once, starting from the beginning of the feud, integrating the forces of all parties attached to him, appeasing the strength of various factions in the territory, grasping the power of various armies, coordinating peripheral relations, and at the same time actively preparing for various wars. Although a lot of deployment and preparation had been made before the war, it was only when the incident came to the end that he found that there was still countless meticulous work to be done, from combat deployment to logistics support, from army mobilization to specific campaign arrangements, all of which made Situ Biao dizzy, if it wasn't for the people sent by his uncle to assist him, Situ Biao really didn't know how he would deal with all this alone.
As soon as the curtain was lifted, a sturdy figure flashed in, "Your Highness, are you looking for me?"
"Well, I want to know how the war on the Eastern Front is going now, and I'm going to go to the Eastern Front to see. Situ Biao perked up and raised his head.
The lean man who was recruited had a fierce look on his face, a well-fitting military uniform was dusty, and his slightly sunken eyes were a little yellow, obviously he had just returned from the wilderness outside. Your Highness, the war on the Eastern Front is still not much progress, but the strength of the Maqi Khans has begun to show fatigue, and our continuous attacks in the past ten days have begun to show their effects, especially the militia and the rebels in the rear have played a great role, the soldiers of the Maqi Khans have to deal with our attack during the day, and they are disturbed by those militias and rebels at night and cannot get enough rest, so if this continues, it will not be long before they can hold on, and then it will be time for us to counterattack. ”
"Well, isn't the Third Reading Division of the Eastern Military Region stationed in the border area between Wenning and Jinhua? I have already greeted Lao Qi and asked him to help me, and he also wrote back to me and agreed to my request, the Third Reading Division can join the battle when necessary, and if we need it, I will also send someone to contact the Third Reading Division, and once the time is ripe, we can immediately enter the battle. Situ Jun smiled faintly and said, full of confidence, "I want the Third Reading Force Division to send some people over to familiarize themselves with the terrain first, so that they can enter the battlefield as quickly as possible if needed." ”
The capable man said with a happy face: "That's great, my subordinates are worried that the Eastern Front is too fierce because of the fierce battle in the early stage, although the losses of the Maqi Khans are very large, but our own losses are not small, whether we can afford this heavy task when it comes to the counteroffensive, if there is a division and a new force to join, then there is absolutely no problem." But how did His Highness convince His Royal Highness the King of Chu to agree to let the Third Division of Reading Power send troops?"
"Alas, it's not conditional, this king sent a pair of white jade exquisite horses plus a Huhu pearl in exchange for this promise, and Lao Qi only promised that the Third Reading Division would only help finish this battle, and would not even participate in the battle against Wenning Mansion City. All in all, Cheng Yong, you have to remember that you should never pin your hopes on others, and if you want to achieve great things, you can only rely on yourself in the end. Situ Biao sighed with deep feelings.
"But Your Highness, the strength in our hands has been used to the limit, there is really no extra troops, the combat effectiveness of the Maqi Khans is indeed too strong, although we have an absolute advantage in numbers, but we still fight very hard, we have to pay a considerable price in every battle, this is still the result of the commander of the Jin Zhengyang army personally going into battle to supervise the battle, this time Lord Jin is fighting once regardless of blood. "The lean man is also deeply aware of the lack of troops in his hands.
"Since you have made up your mind to follow this king, you naturally have to show that this king is not a stingy person, as long as you are willing to work hard for this king, this king will naturally not treat him badly. But if you follow this king or are half-hearted and perfunctory, don't blame this king for being unkind. Situ Biao looked arrogant, "But the losses of the Sixth Army are indeed not small, I have arranged for people to recruit reserve soldiers in Yueyang and Anqing to replenish and take Wenning Mansion, this king must reward the army well." In addition, this king has also asked His Majesty the Emperor for an order to prepare for the formation of the Eleventh Legion, the seventh can form the Tenth Legion, presumably this king can also form the Eleventh Legion, the five lakes have sufficient manpower, but the funds need to be planned again. ”