Lubei Jiedu made Zhang Su, Hebei Jiedu made Li Su, although the two soldiers and horses are not much, but they are quite capable, and the two armies are connected from end to end, like a long sword, directly pierced into the hinterland of Hebei Province, and the sword blade pointed directly at Youzhou in Pinglu.

Although Jianfeng refers to Pinglu, the first to suffer is Wei Bojiedu's envoy Tian Ji'an, and Chengdejiedu's envoy Wang Chengzong, after all, Lu Long's soldiers are many generals, and the strategic depth is also very deep.

Wei Bo and Chengde are different, although the population is quite large, but the location is also closer to the Central Plains.

Originally, when Pinglu was still there, and Xuanwu and other towns were still wavering, Wei Bo and Chengde were naturally worry-free, on the contrary, they could also take advantage of the superior geographical location like a fish in water.

But now...... The people are still those people, the places are still those places, but the environment is very different.

Especially Wei Bo, in addition to the north and Chengde bordering, all the remaining directions are already surrounded by several Tang armies, once the imperial court is determined to recover Hebei, at least 200,000 troops can enter Wei Bo from several directions in a short time.

In fact, Wei Bojie has caused Tian Ji'an to wake up from nightmares more than once.

Chengde Jiedu made Wang Chengzong's situation slightly better than Tian Ji'an's, but it was only better.

The Hebei Army, which is composed of 20,000 auxiliary soldiers of the forbidden army in the hands of Li Yu, is directly under Wang Chengzong's crotch like a dagger, if the imperial court really makes a move, as long as Li Yu's Hebei Army sends troops, Chengde Festival will become a father-in-law without eggs, and it is not known who will die faster between him and Tian Ji'an.

In the threat strategy of last year, Huaixi directly handed over the Huaixi army in his hands under the threat of a large army and the soldiers approaching the city, which was no different from disarming and surrendering.

Although Wu Shaocheng handed over most of Huaixi's military power, he was blessed by misfortune.

After losing the military power, because of the reduction of the threat, the imperial court's blockade of Huaixi for more than ten years was lifted, and the three states of Huaixi were also fortunate to become the promotion area of Zhancheng rice, coupled with the adjustment of the foreign strategy of the entire Tang Dynasty, but the situation of Huaixi has been greatly improved, and the people's livelihood and economy of Huaixi have been at the peak since Wu took charge of Huaixi.

With the support of the people of Huaixi for three weeks, with money and food in his hands, and in the name of conquering foreign lands, the former powerful Huaixi Army quickly recovered in size, and Wu Shaocheng felt that he was on his own again.

In fact, if it was more than a year ago, the former Pinglu Jiedu envoy Li Shigu should be counted, but at this time, Li Shigu had already moved into the center and transferred troops to the direction of Tubo in the position of the prime minister of the military department.

Although Pinglu is no longer there, Li Shigu is also having a good time in Chang'an, but there are still people in Pinglu Town in the past who secretly came to Youzhou, that is, the first Jiaodong defense envoy, Li Shidao.

The two brothers, one entered the center, the other became the feudal official, and the navy in charge of the Tang Dynasty in the future can be regarded as extremely glorious for the Li family from any point of view.

Li Shigu is very satisfied with the current arrangement, but Li Shidao has no interest in the sea, in his opinion, a small Jiaodong defense envoy does not match himself at all, even if it is the authority of the Jiaodong defense envoy, it is also divided by the Tang Dynasty Navy Division stationed in his own territory.

In order to avoid suspicion, although Li Shidao himself did not come, his henchmen came to the north by sea by boat and came to Jixian County, Youzhou, where he was plotting.

Wei Bo, Chengde, Huaixi, Jiaodong plus the local master, Lu Longjiedu envoy Liu Zong, the entire east of Taihang Mountain, the most powerful feudal towns, of course, are also the guys who are worried about the revival of the Tang Dynasty at the moment.

If it was possible, Chen Hongzhi also wanted to gather more anti-Tang backbones, however, with the transfer of contradictions and the stability of the situation in the Central Plains, those who originally had some ideas had given up their plans to rebel.

Sitting on the top of the hall, looking at the few remaining anti-bones of the Tang Dynasty and the few remaining careerists in front of him, Chen Hongzhi was very emotional.

Emperor Taishang Li Yu is really powerful, if he doesn't make a move, he will just point at seven inches.

Why did the feudal towns of all walks of life divide their territories, why did the wealthy families in Shandong fight against the imperial court, and why did the nobles of Longxi not do it for glory, wealth, and power......

When the stage area is limited, interests and rights are limited, in order to obtain greater benefits, in order to survive, in order to develop, everyone must be intrigued, but now......

Dongying's silver is reclaimed from mountains and seas, and you can easily get silver from Dongying's foot basin chicken, why should you fight with the wealthy and noble families who are not worse than yourself?

Annam's rice, ivory, pearls, and agate are inexhaustible, and they can easily get wealth from Annam's monkeys, so why compete with the Tang farmers of the same species as themselves?

Although the Western Regions are desolate, the Western Regions are not only melons and fruits, Tang Zong and Han Wu are willing to conquer the Western Regions, and they are definitely not for cantaloupe, they can easily accept jewelry, jade, and pearl beauties from the Western Regions, why do they want to go against the imperial court?

As for the deep, seemingly boundless sea, in their eyes, it is the source of true infinite wealth.

Anyway, each family has to raise too many people, originally in order to prevent these guys from causing trouble, drunken dreams and death, but now give them a boat, give them a boat, give them a boat, and throw them into the sea, if you don't work hard, you can drown in the sea.

If you can be the first to discover America, Australia or any other continent, a hereditary one-word side-by-side king recognized and protected by the Tang Dynasty is enough to make up for all the losses, then it is a hereditary one-word side-by-side king!

Hereditary replacement, in other words, is "rest with the country", which is equivalent to completely binding this family and Datang together, with both losses and prosperity.

In a sense, in the eyes of the wealthy, the gold content of this "king" even exceeds the weight of the Tang Emperor, even if the rebellion succeeds and a new dynasty is opened.

If you rebel, not to mention the risk and the probability of success, even if you succeed, you have to face countless wealthy families like yourself, others don't know, but these guys are the most aware of the pressure on the emperor and the imperial family.

For the truly wealthy families and clans, rebellion has never been their choice, on the contrary, maintaining the stability of the dynasty is their choice to maximize their interests.

Even if you can't become the lucky one who is crowned king, a new continent no less than the Tang Dynasty, countless high-yield crops, and poor land...... Compared to the enormous risks and costs of rebellion, the benefits and costs of exploring the seas are simply negligible.

The idea of the Shandong giants was directly reversed, which almost made Chen Hongzhi collapse directly, but fortunately, these essentially selfish guys left Chen Hongzhi with a glimmer of hope.

They don't participate in the rebellion, but they won't tell the court, as long as they don't offend their interests in the Tang Dynasty, whether it's the feudal town or the imperial court, all disputes have nothing to do with them.

Although this position itself has been biased towards the dominant imperial court, but after all, it left a glimmer of hope for Chen Hongzhi, Longxi/Guanzhong Xungui and Shandong wealthy families did not participate, but relying on the existing strength, it may not be possible to pull Li Tang off the horse, and even if it can't, it is enough for Li Tang to endure a war that is more terrifying than the Anshi Rebellion.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, the master Lu Longjie made Mr. Liu also signal himself to start, and Chen Hongzhi did not postpone it anymore.

"Everyone, in Xia Chen Hongzhi, compared to all of you, I have already known each other, and I have already said a lot of what should be said, now the situation in Datang is very clear, high-ranking officials, nobles, wealthy families, and families are not of the same mind as us, fortunately, they don't tell Li Tang!"

"The Tubo people were beaten badly, but after more than a year, the Tubo minister Chisu Renxie has controlled the situation, Chisu Renxie has begun to shrink from the western border of Tubo, and some soldiers and horses in the northwest province of Hebei have begun to gather in the east, and by the beginning of spring next year at the latest, the Tubo people can concentrate at least 300,000 troops in the eastern and southern provinces."

"The Nanzhao people were originally surrounded by the Tang Dynasty, but with Wei Gao's illness and death, Tubo was endangered, and the towns in Lingnan were ready to move, and the Nanzhao King felt a great fear, for fear that he would become the next target after the Tang Dynasty annexed Tubo!"

"If Tubo sends troops, the king of Nanzhao is willing to pour 100,000 troops from Nanzhao to the north to Jiannan and east to Lingnan Road."

"On the grassland, according to Ren Dijian, the two forces are fighting, and if there is no access from external factors, there will be no winner or loser in three or five years."

"How is Handsome Ren Dijian? Last year, the army of the Emperor Taishang seemed to have stayed in Fengzhou after going all the way north, and no news has been transmitted back to Jiaodong until now. ”

The person who asked the question was a close confidant of Li Shidao, the defense envoy of Jiaodong, Wei Pengfei, and of course the last one to arrive in Youzhou besides Chen Hongzhi.

"Ren Dashuai is actually not bad, it is said that the Emperor Taishang served Di Jian well during this time in Fengzhou, and the Tiande Army and the Zhenwu Army are probably going to merge, and Ren Di Jian will be the real Marshal at that time!"

"Ahh ~”

Wei Pengfei, who came on behalf of Li Shidao, was obviously stunned, and asked after thinking for a while.

"This is from Ren Dashuai's side? There can't be a problem on Ren Dashuai's side, that way is the real killer move......"

"Ren Dijian is serving His Majesty well in Fengzhou, so naturally he will not specifically deliver the news, but there is a probability that more than ninety percent of what Hongzhi said is true!"

And the person who gave such an affirmative answer was the local master, Mr. Liu, the envoy of Lu Longjiedu, looked at Wei Pengfei's puzzled expression, and it was rare that Mr. Liu, who was in a good mood, personally answered for everyone, including Wei Pengfei.

"Ren Dijian remained in Lulong, and the trade routes run by his cronies did not change, and every month a large number of ordnance was transported from there to the north, in exchange for a large quantity of furs, horses, medicinal herbs, and other wealth, and never stopped. And ......"

And one moreover, everyone's attention was drawn to the past.

"And it seems to have expanded in recent months, more than doubled!"

"Just last month, from Liu Runlong's Huai'an Fort, at least 800 sets of armor, 600 sets of chain mail, 600 sets of leather armor, 400 strong bows, 600 strong crossbows, exchanged for tens of thousands of war horses, no less than 30,000 cattle and sheep!"

Mr. Liu's extremely clear data shocked everyone around him, and the shock was the data itself, this huge wealth is really exciting.

At the same time, what shocked was that Mr. Liu's elite could master this kind of data, and this kind of control was also daunting, although it is an ally now, but it will be ...... in the future

"Hehe, you don't have to be too surprised, you must know that Ren Dijian's business route, from the starting point to the final destination, more than half of it belongs to the jurisdiction of my Lulong Town, and it is not too difficult to understand these things."

"I was thrilled to see the wealth that a small border fort gets from Mobei and Liaodong every year, and I even regret why I didn't make such an attempt in the first place."

"Although I am very angry when I watch Ren Dijian get rich, this undoubtedly proves that Ren Dijian is very good in Fengzhou now, maybe we will call him Ren Dashuai in the future, haha!"

As he spoke, Mr. Liu suddenly became interested.

"You know that Ren Dijian has gone to great lengths to curry favor with His Majesty in order to change from a defensive envoy to a jiedu envoy as soon as possible, in order to help Ren Dijian, and at the same time to ensure that Ren Dijian has no accidents......"

"I also sent someone to give a few thousand-year-old ginseng stolen from the Khitans to Ren Dijian's cronies who stayed in Huai'anbao, so that the cronies could send this thing back to Fengzhou, and suggested that Ren Dijian should be dedicated to His Majesty!"

Speaking of this, Mr. Liu suddenly laughed, looking at the dazed crowd, Mr. Liu was in a better mood.

"I'm afraid you don't know much about this specialty of Liaodong, ginseng is also called stick hammer, goblin, old ginseng, that is a great tonic......

A big supplement, everyone present understood the careful thinking behind Mr. Liu.

It is a miracle that the body of the Emperor Taishang can survive until now, if Ren Dijian directly sacrifices this thing, without knowing the situation, if the Emperor Taishang takes it, then the Emperor will instantly upgrade to the emperor.

The good Emperor Taishang hung up after eating what he had offered on his own territory, Ren Dijian couldn't tell even if he had a hundred mouths, and at that time, Ren Dijian had no way to retreat except for rebelling in advance.

In the bottom of my heart, everyone admires and is vigilant about Mr. Liu's little tricks, and it is indeed necessary to have a hundred hearts and eyes to cooperate with this kind of guy, otherwise one will be killed if he is not careful.

It seems that the Emperor Taishang's body must be fine, but Chen Hongzhi, who hates Li Yu to the core, still asks questions on behalf of others.

"And then? Handsome? ”

"Ren Dijian sent his cronie, that guy named Liu Runlong, to thank me!"

A word of thanks made the people present, including Chen Hongzhi, extremely confused, and Mr. Liu did not sell it.

"There is a Taoist priest by the side of the Emperor Taishang, who has extremely high attainments in medical skills, and the life of the Emperor Taishang was saved by him."

"Zhang Jiaxuan!"

Mr. Liu's voice did not fall, and in the puzzled eyes of everyone, Chen Hongzhi gritted his teeth and said such a name.

"That Taoist priest is called Zhang Jiaxuan, Zhang Jiaxuan was born in Longhu Mountain, practiced in Zhongnan Mountain for ten years, inherited the medical skills of Sun Xianshi, and is proficient in medicinal stones and acupuncture, if it is him, it is not strange to recognize this kind of great tonic thing!"

Chen Hongzhi inadvertently gave Mr. Liu a supplement, although his words were interrupted, but Mr. Liu did not get angry, but nodded with you, with Chen Hongzhi's explanation, his scruples and doubts disappeared.

"It should be the Taoist priest that Hongzhi said, he recognized the ginseng at a glance, and praised the ginseng offered by Ren Dashuai, saying that the emperor had a tiring journey, stayed in the north for too long, and his body was weak and cold, and he needed such a big tonic to ward off the cold."

"So, this Zhang Jiaxuan, with ginseng as a medicinal guide, with a variety of excipients after blending, for the Emperor Taishang, the Emperor seems to be very satisfied with the effect, and it is precisely because of this ginseng that His Majesty has strengthened his confidence and is ready to merge Tiande and Zhenwu Army, I'm afraid that in a few months, we will really call Ren Dijian the commander of Ren!"

All the feedback that Mr. Liu received came from Liu Runlong, which is beyond doubt, but even the initiator Li Yu did not expect that Liu Runlong's such a move would play a role at this time.

Liu Runlong is still the same Liu Runlong, but he has changed from a moth who resells Datang ordnance under Ren Dijian to an import and export merchant of Datang ordnance under Emperor Taishang.

As for the increase in trading volume, it is not something unfathomable.

Because of the white disaster, the snow in Mobei is serious, and the large-scale slaughter is underway, it is difficult to transport equipment and materials on a large scale, but it is urgent to replenish materials and equipment for the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate.

With the establishment of the Anbei Protectorate, the new strategy of sweeping Mobei in the west and infiltrating Liaodong in the east, Guo Rong simply took advantage of Liu Runlong's trade route.

After all, neither Guo Rong nor Li Yu wanted the fact that Ren Dijian would be killed and that Tiandejun and Fengzhou would be taken over by the imperial court.

The first is to transport materials, and the other is to constantly send false news to Mr. Liu through Liu Runlong to confuse Mr. Liu, and this article about ginseng is such a piece of true and false mixed information.

This kind of extreme coincidence was originally questioned by anyone, but Chen Hongzhi unexpectedly helped Guo Rong complete the last shortcoming from tactics to strategic deception.

"How is it, General Wei, are you still worried?"

"It's okay for Marshal Ren, after all, everything we do is to tear apart the soldiers of the imperial court, so that the imperial court can open its chest, so that Ren Dashuai ......can do it directly."

"Since General Wei doesn't have any other ideas, then I'll continue, about Silla, Baekje, Goryeo, and Dongying!"