Many times, people tend to focus only on the good side of things, but they are not willing to pay more attention to the bad side. Especially when gamblers are desperate and cannot afford to lose, the judgment of interests and disadvantages will be more subjective and completely wishful thinking.

This is the case of Xiao Ji after Shuzhong became the emperor, although he was not wise and martial before, but the performance of Zhenshu for many years can also be called shrewd and capable.

But since the change of Yuan to emperor, Xiao Ji's style of acting has become more and more extreme and irrational, of course, he himself does not feel this, but self-righteousness and makes all kinds of behaviors that seem to him to be in line with the times.

After negotiating with the envoys of the Western Wei Dynasty, Xiao Ji increased the requisition and transfer of manpower and material resources in the territory.

Originally, because his eldest son Xiao Yuanzhao lied about the military situation and made him misjudge the intelligence, he wanted to slow down everything a little, but the threat from the Western Wei Dynasty made him dare not relax, but instead to speed up the pace, lest he be trapped in Shu by Jiangling and the Western Wei team.

This round of conscription was more extensive and numerous, and in order to shorten the time required for the troops to start the campaign, and to avoid any radical reaction from the Western Wei Dynasty when they found out that Shuzhong was building up military equipment, he directly set up the place where the conscription gathered in Waijiang, rather than near Chengdu.

He thought that gathering troops from Waijiang would be able to launch an attack on Jiangling faster, and at the same time he could cover the eyes and ears of the Western Wei Dynasty, but he ignored that such an arrangement would undoubtedly expose his intentions to go east, making the Bashu heroes more alienated from it.

In order to paralyze the Western Wei Dynasty and prevent it from immediately sending troops to obstruct his Eastern Crusade plan, Xiao Ji also sent envoys to the north to bribe and paralyze the Western Wei Dynasty on the grounds of negotiating a mutual market, but he has been intensively developing force inside.

Because of the overly focused reorganization of the armament war, other affairs in Shuzhong were temporarily put aside, and even when the Brazilian county reported to Langzhong to help prevent Li Guangci from being killed by thieves when he went out on a safari, Xiao Ji simply sent an envoy to comfort him, but did not order a strict investigation of the matter.

Because he was worried that if a thorough investigation was ordered, it might involve more hidden dangers and disturbances, and he would need to be chased and suppressed. Today's Xiao Ji is full of ambitions, and whether the order in a city in Langzhong is in danger or not is not enough to stop his pace. For the generals who repeatedly pleaded for a thorough investigation of the matter, Xiao Ji avoided it.

Perhaps because the heavens took pity on him, a barbarian rebellion broke out in late October in the southern part of Hanzhong Mountain occupied by the Western Wei Dynasty. This is undoubtedly a great good news for Xiao Ji, the Western Wei Dynasty was trapped in the Hanzhong Rebellion, so it was naturally impossible to send troops south, so that he had no worries and could concentrate all his efforts to take Jiangling.

The only regret is that when this news reached Shuzhong, the time had already reached November, and in the cold winter season, the river was slightly depleted, and it was difficult to create a water war with hundreds of boats competing for the current and thousands of sails.

But this is just a trivial matter, after all, Shuzhong occupies the advantage of being located in the upper reaches of Jiangling, and now Xiao Ji is using the power of the whole Shu to attack Jiangling, but the Jiangling soldiers are to be distributed along the river, but there are few people who can return to the upstream in time.

So taking advantage of the civil strife in the Western Wei and Hanzhong, Xiao Jixian appointed Yang Qianyun, the chief general of the Di chieftain, as the assassin of Liangzhou, who had been repeatedly asked for, to take charge of military affairs in the north to prevent the southern invasion of the Western Wei Dynasty.

"The ministers lead the vanguard armies to greet Your Majesty!"

In Badong, the crown prince Xiao Yuanzhao led his military staff to greet Xiao Ji outside the city, and when he saw the big car slowly approaching, he was busy and approached each other, and knelt down to greet him from afar.

Although he hated this son for deceiving him, he was the crown prince who was canonized by himself after all, and now he needed his son as an arm to help him in planning big things, Xiao Ji did not deepen his responsibility and summoned this son to ask about the military plane.

Xiao Yuanzhao had also been taught a lesson before, but he didn't dare to deceive anymore at this time, and after boarding the imperial chariot, he whispered: "Father, there is an envoy sent in front of Jiangling to sue the rebellion to equalize all matters. The envoys were detained in the camp, and the ...... is still unknown to the whole army."

After Xiao Ji heard this, he couldn't help but glance at his son, but Jinmu was already in a boat, and it was useless to regret it again, so he said in a deep voice: "After the two armies start the war, the seven officials will definitely show off this skill in front of the battle, and it is difficult to hide the matter for a long time." Recently, you have invited all the civil and military dignitaries, and revealed this matter slightly, if there is a change of heart after hearing this, arrest immediately, do not connive! ”

Xiao Yuanzhao hurriedly nodded after hearing this, and then got off the imperial chariot, turned over his horse, and entered the city from the holy car to rest.

Not long after Xiao Ji led his army to Padang, another surprise came from downstream.

The general Wang Lin has always been arrogant and domineering, and does not know how to restrain himself, and most of his subordinates are Jianghuai bandits, military discipline is corrupt, and he is called the first in the war to pacify the Hou Jing Rebellion, Wang Lin and his subordinates are naturally more arrogant and arrogant, and they are lawless and cruel and tyrannical in Jiankang City, and even Wang Seng can hardly prohibit it.

Because Wang Lin was too presumptuous, Wang Seng argued and asked Jiangling to punish him. After all, the king of Xiangdong was still reluctant to give up this subordinate general, and he was afraid that the king and monk would take the opportunity to harm him, so he ordered Wang Lin to be recalled to Jiangling.

Wang Lin was previously awarded the Xiangzhou Assassin History for his merits, and this time he led his troops to leave Jiankang, and first ordered his chief Shi Lu Na to lead his troops to Xiangzhou, while he himself went to Jiangling to ask for guilt.

When Wang Lin arrived in Jiangling, the king of Xiangdong killed his deputy general and put Wang Lin in prison, and sent an envoy to his army to announce the order, but he did not expect that Wang Lin's troops would directly kill the Jiangling envoy and enter Changsha City in Xiangzhou to raise troops to rebel.

The quelling of the Hou Jing rebellion should have been a new starting point for Zhongxing Sheji, but he did not expect that the lower Northern Qi army took advantage of the fire to rob and invade the river defense.

The king of Xiangdong suddenly found that the situation he was facing now was even more anxious than that of Hou Jing's rebellion, and his bad mood could be imagined. Originally, he planned to wait until the internal and external disturbances of Xiping and the real stability of the country, and then officially ascend the throne as the emperor, and then the real destiny of heaven will return.

But now the internal and external troubles emerge in endlessly, I don't know when it can be determined, and the ministers have repeatedly persuaded the country to be without a monarch for a day, and the king of Xiangdong also feels that the Jiangling military government can not justifiably control the inside and outside, and finally under the pressure of the situation, he ascended the throne as the emperor in Jiangling.

But the disturbance faced today is not to be called the emperor can be frightened away, the army of Shuzhong is gathered in the west of the gorge, ready to knock on the pass to the south at any time, and the rebels of Xiangzhou are noisy in the city of Changsha, a stone's throw away from Jiangling.

Therefore, the king of Xiangdong sent an envoy to the Western Wei and Northern Qi to announce that he had already established the system and hoped to improve the diplomatic relations between them.

Although Li Tai is located in the north of the river, he has been paying close attention to the news along the river, and soon he also knew that the conspicuous bag has a new trick.

When the envoy of Gangneung arrived, he personally came forward to receive him, first congratulated the king of Xiangdong on his claim to the emperor, and then asked about the changes in the situation in Gangneung with concern, and sincerely expressed his willingness to help.

The envoy did not get the order, of course, he did not dare to take the initiative to ask for help, and the answer was only vague, and Li Tai did not make it difficult for him, and after some hospitality, he sent someone to escort the envoy to Guanzhong, and he sent another envoy to Jiangling to observe the change of situation.

Compared with the fact that there are major events going on in the south, the affairs of the Jingzhou Governor's Office have been relatively calm in recent years, and there has been no major movement, except for the integration of the powerful troops according to the structure of the government soldiers, which is to specialize in internal affairs.

Due to the increasingly frequent personnel exchanges between the two places, the situation in Gangneung took a turn for the worse and soon received feedback in Chubei. There are more and more people coming to Chubei from Gangneung, and most of them are not passing by in a hurry, and they at least have plans to stay for a short time when they look at their team luggage.

Seeing the difficulties inside and outside Jiangling, and there were many voices in Jiangling in Jiangling City, there were many people who talked about General Li's virtuous voice in Jiangling City, so they took advantage of this time to come to Cangbei to avoid trouble, and by the way, to see whether the atmosphere in Jiangbei was really as amiable and tolerant as rumored.

In recent years, Li Tai has formulated a work policy for the Governor's Office to promote production at home and strengthen the united front externally.

This so-called preferential treatment is not just about eating and drinking, but trying to reflect the superiority of Chubei compared with Gangneung in terms of social life.

In addition to the Hongbin Building, which is officially designated as a guest house by the Governor's Office, many apartments and villas have been built inside and outside the city to provide for these people from the Southern Dynasty who came to the north to avoid disasters, and of course the rent is not cheap. At the same time, there is a wide variety of high-quality goods to choose from in the market.

Although Gangneung is now the capital of the Southern Dynasties, there is actually a big gap in all aspects compared with the city.

First of all, the aspect of stability and prosperity cannot be compared, although Gangneung was not breached like Jiankang, but it was often under the threat of war, and a large number of people poured out, and the management of the city was far less orderly than that of the city.

The development of the commodity economy in Gangneung is higher than that of Gangseong, but the productivity is greatly sluggish, and due to the influx of a large number of people downstream, all kinds of goods in the market are quite scarce, and many times even if you have money, you can't buy the goods you need.

However, here in the city, the handicraft industry has been vigorously developed as early as a few years ago, and various workshops have sprung up in the north like mushrooms after a rain, and the scale of production has long been formed, and now it is the time when the production capacity is at its most vigorous.

Previously, these products were mainly absorbed by the governor's government and merchants, but now with the influx of many people who have fled from Gangneung, the market in the city has become more prosperous than ever.