It is not that the Chinese and foreign governments do not attach importance to personnel investigation in Shuzhong, but that everything must have a gradual process.

To be honest, even Li Tai didn't have a very thorough understanding of the internal personnel entanglements in Shuzhong at the beginning, and it all relied on Li Qianzhe's gradual development and penetration in the two places.

However, the core personnel issue in Shu was gradually deepened after he grasped Xiao Yuanzheng, the son of Xiao Ji, the king of Wuling, and negotiated with Shu Zhong several times before and after.

After all, from the perspective of ordinary people, it is impossible to write two Yang characters in one stroke of Qiu Chi and Yang's family, and as a result, Yang Fachen raised troops to rebel and Yang Qianyun led troops to quell the rebellion, and there seems to be a deep enmity between them.

The Chinese and foreign governments are not ignorant of soldiers, and they are also well aware of the great value that personnel intelligence can play in war. Not to mention anything else, Yuwentai himself escaped because he understood the internal personnel problems of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and persuaded the Eastern Wei general Peng Le on the battlefield.

It's just that Shuzhong is already closed off from people, and Yang Fachen, who was the first to contact the Western Wei Dynasty, provided a lot of misleading information to the Chinese and foreign governments out of his own interests, at least he did not reveal that Yang Qianyun also had room to win over.

As a result, when the Chinese and foreign governments discuss military issues against Shuzhong, they will be biased and incomplete due to the lack of information.

Of course, in addition to the inaccurate and meticulous intelligence work of the Chinese and foreign governments themselves, it is also due to Li Tai's deliberate efforts here. Previously, he sent an envoy to Shuzhong to negotiate, using Xiao Yuanzheng as a bargaining chip to redeem Wang Yue and other defeated troops, and by the way, he also used this to get in touch with some important figures in Shuzhong.

Previously, in order to let Li Tai negotiate with Shuzhong more actively, Yuwentai assigned the administrative jurisdiction of Hanzhong, Liangzhou and other places to the Jingzhou Governor's Office.

Although it was actually only a nominal division, and the Chinese and foreign governments immediately included Yan Qing, the cousin of Yuwen's uncle, the actual military and political affairs of Liangzhou were still not managed by the Jingzhou Governor's Office, but occupied the position of a Sima Shangzuo in the Governor's Mansion.

But there are twists and turns, others don't know! In the eyes of Yang Qianyun and other people in Shuzhong, Shannan and Hanzhong are all under the jurisdiction of the Jingzhou Governor's Office, so how does the Jingzhou Governor's Office treat them as a representative of the Western Wei Dynasty? Therefore, the exchange with the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion was equivalent to communication with the Western Wei Dynasty for them.

As for the step of the communication between them, whether they talked about the content of the opposing side, Li Tai didn't know this, at least he had to say that he didn't know!

A basic idea he put forward today is that the attack on Shu cannot be done by brute force, and before the formal military action is carried out, it is necessary to use various other means to rebel against the forces in Shu and win over them.

As Li Tai said before, Xiao Ji, the king of Wuling, has lived in Shu for more than ten years, although it is not a great evil, but there is no great virtue, especially now that he is directly called the emperor, this move has brought a great impact to the interior of Shuzhong. No matter how the situation develops next, some people will inevitably be disappointed, and those whose interests in the Xiao Ji regime have not been satisfied are the objects worth wooing.

The idea put forward by Li Tai is not new, the important thing is that while putting forward the idea, he can also provide specific implementation goals and steps, and point out a direction to the people in China and abroad who are still a little confused.

"What Boshan said is true, detailed and thought-provoking, the soldiers are murderous, and they need to be cautious in their use, and the soldiers who surrender without a fight are the best plots. The previous use of troops was impatient, and it was indeed a lack of consideration. ”

After listening to what Li Tai said, Yu Wentai opened his mouth and said, this can be regarded as a positive review of the failure of the last use of troops, and at the same time, it also recognized Li Tai's idea of continuing to dig into the personnel corners of Shuzhong.

But soon, Wei Chi Yuan, who was also in attendance, spoke: "The Duke of Taiyuan knows a lot about the personnel in Shuzhong, and he must have such talents under his command as a supplement. Now the Fuzhong is trying to do it, I don't know if Taiyuan Gongken will recommend all the talents to the Fuzhong? ”

When Li Tai heard this, he also smiled and said: "Of course, whether it is in the government or in the town, but the ministry is different, but if it is about the heart of diligence and meritorious service, there is no difference between inside and outside." If the talented people in the border can get the palace and listen to the Lord's dispatch, it will also be a great blessing for each of them. Jingzhen does have a talent stream who is proficient in Shu affairs, and I will recommend them one by one later, so please appreciate and choose them from the Lord. ”

Now that the Jingzhou Governor's Office is still subordinate to the Chinese and foreign governments, it is inevitable that there will be personnel exchanges. Just like before, the overlord summoned He Ruodun and others to return to the mansion, and sent Pei Xia and others to Jingzhou to take up their posts.

The reason why Li Tai did not cherish himself and told all the personnel information he knew about Shuzhong was to increase his sense of existence and voice in the matter of destroying Shu.

Of course, he himself can't lead the army into Shu, but he can send the subordinates of the governor's mansion to participate, not to mention that he has discussed with his cousins in the family before and decided that Li Shicao will also join the Shu.

Hearing Li Tai's promise so simply, Wei Chi Yuan couldn't help but be stunned. Compared with these people who are familiar with the affairs of Shuzhong, the Chinese and foreign governments are more concerned about the initiative to contact and communicate with people in Shuzhong.

Because I don't know what specific step the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion has reached, it is not good for the Chinese and foreign governments to directly bypass the Governor's Mansion and rashly contact each other, so as not to expose the estrangement and contradictions within the Western Wei Dynasty.

Wei Chi Hui was about to open his mouth to confirm whether the talent recommended by Li Tai was closely related to this, but Daxingtai also saw what he meant, raised his hand and signaled him not to talk about it further, and then smiled at Li Tai and said: "In this way, I will treat Boshan to recommend virtue and virtue for me to achieve great things!" ”

Li Tai first responded modestly and respectfully, and then continued: "If you only rely on the anti-Shu people, you will inevitably be passive because of people. Although we need to be cautious in the use of troops, we can still have other strategies to match them together. ”

When everyone in the hall heard this, they couldn't help but cheer up again, wanting to hear what else Li Tai had planned.

"Since ancient times, there are no two kings in the country, and since King Wuling has been reversed, it will be difficult for him and Xiangdong to coexist. Although Shuzhong is less disturbed by military disasters and can be preserved because of its closed terrain, Jiangling has the great righteousness of pacifying the chaos and reviving the society. ”

Hearing this, everyone in the hall also nodded their heads again and again, and this topic is also a key point of discussion recently.

Hearing that Li Tai also talked about this, Wei Chi Hui spoke again: "Liang is divided into three points, Jiangling has already obtained two of them, and there is no righteousness in Shuzhong to pacify the thief and settle the chaos, and now there is a change of rebellion, with one of them, it is difficult to compete with Jiangling." If Jiangling is coercive and conquers Shuzhong, it will be difficult for me to try again, so I need to take it quickly! ”

Obviously, unlike the conservative tactics of others, Wei Chi Hui is a radical who advocates a rapid attack on Shu.

What he said is not unreasonable, and now the king of Xiangdong has taken advantage of a series of wars to quell the rebellion of Hou Jing, and has brought all the other horse forces in Southern Liang except Shuzhong into his command, and his power can be said to have skyrocketed. And Shuzhong has never been known for its strong men and horses, and it is indeed difficult to match the king of Xiangdong, who has the entire Jiangnan power. What's more, others are fighting and dying outside, but King Wuling is hiding in Shu and brazenly claiming the emperor, which is a great disappointment in itself.

However, the more complex the situation, the more necessary it is to look at and interpret it from different aspects. Although Hou Jing's rebellion was pacified, Jiangnan was also dilapidated, and it could not immediately increase the power of the king of Xiangdong. Moreover, the large and small military leaders who emerged in the Hou Jing Rebellion were only nominally subordinate to Jiangling, and it was difficult for the king of Xiangdong to flexibly dispatch them.

More importantly, although the rebellion in the country was put down, the border situation in Nanliang also changed dramatically. The loss of many important towns in Jiangbei has made the pressure on the border defense of Nanliang unprecedentedly huge, and it is already a situation where thousands of people are beating the drums.

In later generations, there was no lack of discussion that the king of Xiangdong did not choose to move the capital to Jiankang after quelling the rebellion of Hou Jing, but continued to stay in Jiangling, which was unsafe to defend, and was attacked by the Western Wei Dynasty to conquer Jiangling in one fell swoop, which was the direct cause of the fall of the Southern Liang.

But is Jiankang safe? The city itself has been seriously damaged by the war, and the pressure on the entire river defense is also very huge, not to mention how much psychological impact the old thing of Hou Jing's chaotic army crossing the river easily and changing the way of the moat brought to the flow of the times before this series of changes.

In short, today's Southern Liang is by no means all right as soon as Hou Jing dies, and the military force that the king of Xiangdong can mobilize at the moment is still very limited, otherwise he will not be overwhelmed by Wang Lin's rebellion.

Li Tai did not say too much about some forward-looking predictions, but just explained the problems faced by Nanliang at the moment, just to show that Wei Chi Yuan's view is a bit unfounded, and in the process of the brothers' infighting, they have enough time to ride the wall and wait and see in order to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

When it comes to the changes in the situation in Nanliang, there is no doubt that Li Tai is the most professional among those present, so after listening to his analysis, even some people who have the same idea as Wei Chi Yuan, who feel that time is running out and need to act as soon as possible, also feel that the situation does not seem to be so urgent, and they can wait and see.