For Li Tai's proposal, King Liang also deeply agreed. In the case of not being able to actually control Gangneung, this can already be said to be the best outcome for him.

The former is so angry and unintelligent that he makes the wrong decisions. Fortunately, Boshan still did not abandon me, and was willing to patiently persuade me, so that I suddenly woke up and realized my way. From now on, whenever there is a need for wisdom and decision, I will definitely ask Boshan Duoduo for advice! ”

King Liang said to Li Tai with a shy face and a sincere tone.

Li Tai only listened to this, anyway, no matter whether King Liang could make this statement in the future, he would have to gradually limit his freedom and reduce the harm caused by his out-of-control demon.

Now that a consensus had been reached, Li Tai ordered Li to go to Jiangling again, and the territorial side still maintained the previous conditions, and brought a letter from King Liang himself, saying that they had abandoned their previous suspicions, reconciled as before, and did not allow others to sow discord again. As soon as the king of Xiangdong sent people north to attend the funeral of King Shaoling, the king of Liang immediately withdrew his army.

At this time, Hou Jing's army had already surrounded Baling City, and launched a strong attack day and night. Although the king of Xiangdong had a lot of confidence in Wang Shengbi and believed that he would definitely be able to hold Baling, under the threat of Xiangyang and the fear that Hou Jing's army would attack from Jiangbei, the king of Xiangdong did not dare to send troops stationed in Jiangling to reinforce Wang Sengbi.

This passive situation is obviously difficult to maintain for a long time, especially once Li Tai's request is refused, Jiangling may also suffer from the attack of the Western Wei army, the king of Xiangdong can only nod and accept all Li Tai's requests, cede Xiakou and other Jiangbei ferries, and send Yu Xin and a few others as envoys to accompany his son Xiao Fangzhi to Xiangyang to attend the funeral of King Shaoling.

In view of the fact that the credit of the king of Xiangdong has always been so-so, in order to prevent him from regretting it later, Li Tai asked him to formally determine the ownership of the ferries to the Jingzhou governor's office in the name of submitting a credential to the Western Wei Dynasty and requesting the Jingzhou governor's office to send troops to assist in the defense of the river.

After receiving the credentials submitted by Jiangling, Li Tai on the one hand sent it to the Guanzhong court quickly, and by the way reported the situation and his own plan, on the other hand, he also urged King Liang to withdraw his troops and return to Xiangyang to give his sixth uncle a banquet.

As for Li Tai himself, he still stayed in the south of the town, and while observing the progress of the war, he also had to prepare for the defeat and escape of Hou Jing's army to be able to take over Zhujindu as soon as possible. Although the king of Xiangdong agreed to cede the lands, he also had to show the strength to be able to take them for himself.

The naval force of the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion is indeed not strong, and the only naval general who can be called is Liu Fanggui, who surrendered from Fancheng before. Today, Liu Fanggui, as Zhao Gang's deputy general, is stationed in Yiyang, and has trained a patrol army in the upper reaches of Huaishui, and it is not appropriate to be transferred here at the moment.

In order to ensure that a considerable river defense force could be established at the first time, Li Tai proposed that the king of Liang hand over the naval army of Xiangyang and the naval army of the Jingzhou governor's office for reorganization, so as to control the Han River estuary in the south.

King Liang was also very enthusiastic about this, although he did not enter Jiangling this time, if he could use this to expand his power to the important Yangtze River port, he could also master more checks and balances in the confrontation with Jiangling.

As for the integrated naval commander, since Li Tai did not have a suitable candidate here, he handed it over to King Liang to choose the general, but in terms of military dispatch, it was under the jurisdiction of the Jingzhou Governor's Office.

In this way, Li Tai can't hide any military arrangements on the front line of the Great River, and King Liang can have a full communication with each other, so that the situation like before will not happen again.

In fact, it is not necessarily true to say that Li Tai has no suitable candidate at all, in his mind, Xu Wensheng is naturally a candidate who is qualified to be the governor of Jiangfang. However, he has just experienced the pain of bereavement, and was denounced as a traitor by the former lord of Xiangdong, Li Tai doesn't know if he can survive and survive, even if he wants to be recruited, he will have to talk about it after a while.

And at the moment, he is also taking the opportunity to disperse the military forces of Xiangyang, even if these ferries are completely handed over to King Liang's control, in fact, he is not a loss. If you want to master the ferry, of course, you have to garrison troops, and the Xiangyang army will be transferred, so its city defense will inevitably rely more on the Jingzhou Governor's Office for defense.

Take this time as an example, in order to let King Liang not worry about retaliation from Jiangling afterwards, Li Tai took the initiative to take over Wuning's defense. Even if the king of Xiangdong survived this pass in the coming day, and after relieving his breath, he would attack Xiangyang to retaliate, and first of all, he would have to cross the defense area of the Western Wei Dynasty, and Li Tai would certainly not turn a blind eye to this.

Of course, if King Liang wants to lead his army south again, without Li Tai's nod, he won't be able to get through it at all!

"We still have to continue to expand the army!"

As the scope of the garrison was expanded to the south of Xiangyang and Xiakou, Li Tai couldn't help but feel that the current Jingzhou Governor's Mansion was a bit overstretched.

Now his military defense area reached Jinzhou in the west to the south of Shannan, which was reestablished by Ankang, and reached Yichuan in the north, directly facing the Great River in the south, and Huainan in the east.

It is not too much to raise 100,000 troops in such a vast military territory, while satisfying the people's livelihood and law and order in the territory, and ensuring that all sides can have sufficient strength to deter hostile forces and have sufficient aggressiveness.

Of course, if it is all based on the financial supply of the governor's office, the consumption of 100,000 horses is far from being affordable by the Jingzhou governor's mansion at present.

Therefore, echelon-shaped military construction is also unavoidable, including the 15,000 government soldiers who have the status of government soldiers, the governor's office can directly command about 30,000 elite soldiers, and then use other generals' troops, prefectures, counties, and township regiments to maintain state and county law and order and border garrisons, etc., plus the barbarian tribes and township heroes who can be temporarily recruited according to the situation, such a total can reach 100,000 It is considered good.

The establishment and construction of such a military system is not an overnight effort, Li Tai has personally experienced the gradual construction of Yuwentai's government soldier system, and even for the future development trend of the government soldier is more clear than Yuwentai, he is not in a hurry to do this, just promote it step by step.

Just as Li Tai was taking advantage of the fire in the south to rob and imagine the plan to create an army, a debate was also going on around him in the Chang'an court, and the name of this issue was whether Li Boshan should be awarded to the general of the Zhu State.

In March of the beginning of the year, the emperor Yuan Bao torch died, and the crown prince Yuan Qin ascended the throne as emperor. In May, Li Hu, one of the pillars of the country, also passed away due to illness, which led to a question, that is, who in the country after Li Hu could re-occupy the position of the pillar country.

In the beginning, the topic was only discussed outside the imperial court. After all, the Zhuguo itself is not a permanent position in the imperial court, and there is no precedent to follow for the number of posts, and it is only an honorary title in itself, and there is no specific power to hold affairs, and of course there is no such urgency as immediately appointing one after death.

However, since the Pillar State itself is a prestigious position, the discussion of who is worthy of the throne itself also reflects some changes in the current situation and political connotations.

At the beginning, Li Tai did not appear in the lineup of the starting discussion, and everyone mainly focused on age and seniority at the beginning, such as Yang Kuan and Changsun Shaoyuan, although their military exploits were not outstanding, but those with considerable background and qualifications were the object of heated discussion.

After all, what they each represent is also an important part of Guanzhong's politics, and they may not have been selected due to their limited positions before, but now that they have been vacated, it is appropriate to highlight them slightly.

Of course, it is also because at the beginning of the discussion were only some idle people, and any clear statement by those who are really in the position of power must be constrained and influenced by some factors, and they will not open their mouths and talk nonsense.

However, in a court gathering, Emperor Yuanqin suddenly stated to his courtiers that although the Zhuguo is the choice of popularity, it is also a special position, if the merit is enough to serve the public, then why care about age and prestige?

The emperor's statement instantly added a lot of heat to the relevant discussion, and also gave a relatively intuitive standard, which also made the discussion gradually spread from the field to the court.

When it comes to the criterion of meritorious service, then Li Tai must be the absolute C position in recent years. Especially in last year's Eastern Crusade, which ended in embarrassment, Li Tai proved to the world with real military exploits that he was not only a young leader in the country, but even the older generation of pillars were dwarfed!

Therefore, it is not surprising that someone soon asked the imperial court to take Li Boshan, the Duke of Taiyuan, as the general of the pillar state, and when this opinion was put forward, it was immediately echoed and agreed by many courtiers.

Of course, people with real political vision also realize that this so-called discussion on who is worthy of succeeding the pillar country is quite deliberate, and it is not just a simple issue of conferring titles, but an attempt to sweep away some old customs and sort out some new rules at the time of the new dynasty.

If Li Tai enters the Pillar Country, then it will not only change and certify the standards for the Pillar Country to enter the Pillar Country, but also cause a lot of problems. If we want to clarify all these issues, it will undoubtedly be a great disadvantage to the Chinese and foreign governments.

Just when the government and the opposition were still discussing this, the envoys of the imperial court and the overlord also went to Jingzhou one after another to ask what the parties were thinking.

(End of chapter)