On the third day of August in the first year of Zhenglong, Li Yu was determined to dominate since Jinling, so he discussed with the civil and military forces in the political hall to swallow Nanping, and the northern Liaohan coalition army had entered Zezhou to garrison Bagongyuan and waited for an opportunity to attack the Song Dynasty in the south. Then Cao Han was sent, and Cao Bin transferred troops to the north on Jingdong Road, and at the same time ordered his brother Zhao Guangyi to lead the army to suppress Luzhou, in order to prepare for the Han-Liao coalition army to start a war with Cao Han, so Luzhou went north to attack Qinzhou of the Han State and directly take the Han capital Jinyang.

Besides, the Tang State trained troops in Jinling Longqian Mountain to prepare food, because it was long and open, the arrow of solid destruction of Nanping had to be sent on the string!

And because of the concern of the northern Song general Li Chuyun, Murong Yanzhao sneak attack on the Tang realm, Li Yu and 10,000 troops in the Purple Mountain camp in Shouzhou let Liu Chongzan, the son of Liu Renzhen, lead the troops to the north to prevent unforeseen dangers, and at the same time urged the general Li Chongjin to strengthen the city defense of Shouchun City, and Baoxin Jiedu made Li Xiong go north from Luzhou, all the way to the Song State to Cai, and divided troops to besiege Yingzhou of the Song State, so as to pretend that the Tang State had prepared a large army to attack the Song Dynasty, attracting the Song general Li Chuyun to lead troops to the east to aid Yingzhou.

"Shengshang, this time in the westward expedition to Nanping, in order to ensure the safety, Princess Yongning has been sent to Wu Yue Kingdom and relatives." After Pan You entered the hall, he could bow his head when he saw Li Yu.

"Who is the master of Wu Yueguo now?"

gave Li Yu's sister Li Fangyi to Wu Yueguo, and the fake Tang Emperor who passed through the soul was still somewhat guilty at this time. When I saw Li Fangyi for the first time, the young man who came from the modern soul was like a fairy, and it was recorded in the history books that Li Fangyi, the princess of Yongning, was indeed beautiful and lovely, and she was seduced by the soul, but in terms of her life, there were many tragies.

After the fall of the Southern Tang Dynasty in history, Li Yu and others were captured to Bianjing, Zhao Guangyi not only forcibly humiliated Li Yu's wife Xiao Zhouhou, but also forcibly included Li Yu's sister Li Fangyi into the harem, and later Yongxi Northern Expedition, Zhao Guangyi took Li Fangyi to accompany him, and the result was the Liao War won first and then defeated, Li Fangyi was also taken away by Liao Shengzong Yelu Longxu in Qigou Pass and included in the harem, looking at his life can be described as stormy.

However, it was Princess Yongning, who had such a miserable background, and now she was given to Wu Yueguo by Li Yu, although women have always been controlled by politics in ancient times, but Li Yu at this moment is still more or less guilty.

"On the Holy Side, Wu Yue Kingdom is now the main country of Qian Hongyu!"

"I know that he is unrighteous with two swords! If I hadn't tried to take Nanping, I would never have given Princess Yongning to him! ”

"Alas! The minister also knows that the saint cherishes Princess Yongning, but now he wants to express his alliance, and only by sending the person with the identity of the princess can he show the sincerity of my Datang! ”

"That's it, in the future, when I destroy Wu Yue, I will save Yongning!" Li Yu also knew that the top priority was to take advantage of the fact that the elite of the Song army had no time to look south and strengthen the Tang State as soon as possible, so as to prevent the war with the Song army in the future from being harmed by Wu Yueguo, a villain like the Southern Han Dynasty.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I want to annex Nanping, but I must beware of Wuping in the south of Nanping sending reinforcements to disturb the Tang Dynasty, and I don't know how many soldiers and horses the Wuping Zhou clan has?"

Moreover, the Tang State is now going to attack Nanping, Wuping will not stand idly by, Wuping is Hunan, Wuping's land is twice as large as Nanping, there are three states in Nanping, and Wuping at this time occupies 14 states.

"The saint is worried, but it makes sense, our army is marching westward, and Wuping must not be guarded against, just because Wuping has changed hands many times, but he has always been hostile to my Tang Dynasty!" Pan You sat at the head of the hall and began to analyze the situation.

"Indeed, during the reign of Emperor Yuanzong, General Bian Hao led the army to destroy Chu, and the king of Chu, Ma Xichong, surrendered to the land! The state of Chu was also destroyed by my Tang country, but unfortunately later Chai Rong conquered my Tang country three times, and the northern border was lost again and again, so that Chu land had an opportunity to resurrect and regain the land, and since then, any lord of Wuping land will regard my Tang country as a mortal enemy! Before Shang Shucheng Pan You could continue to speak, Shang Shufu shot Xu Xuan and took the initiative to speak.

"However, it is also strange to say that there are only three states in Nanping, but there are 140,000 people. There are 14 states in the whole territory of Wuping, but there are only 90,000 households! Xu Xuan finished speaking, and Zhang Xun, who had a close relationship with him, said awe-inspiringly.

"What's so strange about that? When Emperor Yuanzong, he sent General Bian Hao to lead his troops to destroy Chu, tens of thousands of soldiers in Chu, and then Liu Yan was the main one, moving the capital to Wuling, and then Wang Jinkui killed the lord to seize the throne, and rebelled, but Wang Jinkui seized the throne not long after, and was killed by Uncle Pan, and Uncle Pan is now Zhou Xingfeng! However, in the past twenty years, there have been at least more than ten rebellions, and there are very few soldiers left to fight, not to mention that the population is only more than 90,000! Lin Renzhao twisted his beard and smiled, knowing that this Zhang Xuan, Xu Xuan and the others had opposed attacking Nanping before, and now they wanted to turn around and hint that Emperor Tang was going to fight Wuping, so he hurriedly said.

"The Holy Lord must also know that in the land of Wuping, Zhou Xingfeng, Zhang Wenbiao and others cannot be underestimated in their ability to fight wars, and when General Bian Hao attacked Chu, he was especially vigilant against these two!"

"Since I have decided to annex Nanping, the matter of Wuping must be discussed later, however, no matter what the population of Wuping is, I must not be unguarded, if this time the troops return in vain, then the road to the unification of the Central Plains of our Tang State is worrying!" Li Yu stared at the map on the desk while pondering.

"Now that Wu Yue has won the princess of Yongning, he must not easily violate the southeast border of my Tang Kingdom, and Wu Ping has always hated Tang, and he is close to him, and the strategy of forming an alliance is probably inappropriate, but ......"

"Pan Qing must have a plan! Speak and listen! ”

Li Yu heard Pan You's words, and immediately responded, since he decided to oppose the Song Dynasty and dominate, this Pan You can always give himself some unexpected joy at a critical moment, thinking that it is fortunate that he did not kill this direct minister who insulted the king in public when his soul was piercing.

"Holy Lord, according to the minister's opinion! You can use the boo head of the north to attack the Song Dynasty and annex Nanping! After a moment's hesitation, Pan You responded to the holy inquiry.

What does Pan Qing mean...... Is it a pseudonym? "The strategy of borrowing the Tao, in fact, Li Yu has not thought about it, but once the matter of borrowing the Tao does not work, Gao Jichong, the king of Nanping, who has already relaxed his vigilance, will be alert to Tang Guo again.

"The old minister also advances with Pan Cheng's opinion, and with the strategy of borrowing the way, it can not only avoid the loss of my Tang Dynasty's troops, but also easily take Jiangling Mansion, the capital of Nanping!" Han Xizai, who hadn't spoken for a long time, hurriedly echoed when he heard Pan You's excuse.

At this time, the Liaohan coalition army is heading south, and the main force of the Song army is not here, and it is said that the king of Nanping has no country to rely on at the moment, and he must think of paying tribute to the Tang Dynasty to find a support!

And the grudge between my Tang State and the Song State is known to all countries, and at this time, my Tang State sent troops to attack the Song Dynasty, and the King of Nanping has no reason not to believe that my Tang State is attacking the Song State at this time. ”

As Pan You said, at this time, the main force of the Song army Yaoli Forbidden Army did move north, and the southern army could only protect itself, and the king of Nanping had always been to curry favor with the Song State in order to seek protection, and now the Song State had no time to look south, and the Tang State suddenly had the tendency to compete for hegemony, so Gao Jichong, the king of Nanping, took the lead in sending envoys to the Tang Dynasty to offer gifts.

Let's say that Wuping is close to Nanping, and Zhou Xingfeng has long had the intention of annexing Nanping, and the king of Nanping also knows that there is a wolf under his crotch, so he is always vigilant. Besides, the western border of Nanping borders with the Xishu Kingdom, but at this time, the Xishu Dynasty is chaotic, and the lord of the country has no way, so he naturally cannot ask for his protection, and the Xishu State only occupies the natural danger and is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the actual combat power is far weaker than that of the Tang and Song dynasties.

"Pan Qing, how can I coax the king of Nanping to take the initiative to open the way for my Tang army to enter Jingnan in the name of borrowing the Tao?"

"The Holy Shang can repair the letter of the country to Nanping Jiangling Mansion, the words are sincere, it can be said that my Tang State is determined to raid the Song State Fuzhou, but it is also suffering from the east of Fuzhou Chuzhou, Qizhou is heavily guarded, and I want to take the waterway from Jingzhou Jiangling to attack Fuzhou directly, and then promise the king of Nanping to capture the Song State Fuzhou Jianli, Jingling City can give half of the tax of the three divisions of the Song State to Nanping!" Pan You took Li Yuzhi's question, and responded in a low voice.

Wang Huan also thought it was feasible! The minister once sent an envoy to Nanping as Taishi Ling, and also observed that Gao Jichong, the king of Nanping, was greedy for small profits, and weak in his sex, this plan can restrain his nature with military authority, and he can allow the profit of the siege to control his heart! Correct... Only the emperor repaired the national book, I am afraid that he will not be able to make Gao Ji rush out of the way! Wang Huan suddenly held his official authority and gave up his hands, and looked at Pan You earnestly and seriously.

"Listen to the meaning of Scholar Wang, I need to add a medicine, so that Gao Jichong is completely convinced of my Datang's plan to borrow the Tao, then this is a fierce medicine, but sending an exhortating envoy to Nanping to guarantee it, it also makes Gao Jichong think that my Datang is indeed sincerely borrowing!"

"As Xu Shangshu said, my Datang borrowed only one letter of state, Gao Jichong will definitely not believe it, solid, must send a brave and resolute, resourceful and courageous person into Jiangling Mansion, the capital of Nanping State!"

Xu Xuan and Wang Huan talked like this, and Li Yu gradually had the eyebrows of "coaxing" Gao Jichong.

But if you want to "coax", as Wang Huan said, just a national letter is far from enough, so in addition to the national letter, you must add a taste of medicine, and completely administer Gao Jichong to the point of drunkenness and death. Then, this medicine must be a scribe who is not afraid of death and is eloquent, and the status of this scribe cannot be low. must be an important civil servant in the Tang State Political Hall.

Some time ago, when Gao Baoyin, the envoy of Nanping, came to worship, he showed full respect to the Tang State, just because Gao Baoyin was not only an official residence, but also Gao Baoyin was the uncle of Gao Jichong, the king of Nanping, so Nanping's worship this time was to ensure that the Tang State did not annex Nanping no matter what, and Gao Baoyin did dig out his heart and lungs to please the ministers of the Tang State for Nanping, especially when he met the Tang Emperor Li Yu, his forehead was bleeding.

It is precisely at this point that the envoys who go to Nanping must not have a low official position and popularity, otherwise they will not be able to use the medicine of the envoys to cover Gao Jichong, the king of Nanping.

"Holy! It's better to let the old man be an envoy, if the old man enters Jiangling Mansion, then Gao Jichong will definitely open the way for my Tang Dynasty! ”

Li Yu was thinking that he had to choose a good minister who was brave and good-mouthed, but suddenly heard that Liu Renzhen, who was only brave but had no talent, asked him to go.

"Liu Qing, let me ask you, if Gao Jichong, the king of Nanping, reads my documents and listens to your advice and still refuses to open the way, what will you do?"

"Not open? If you don't open the old man, you will cut it for him! His father can't even recognize what he cut him! ”

"You cut your ......"

Li Yu originally asked with gentle words, but Liu Renzhen broke his defense with one sentence, and just wanted to spit out the fragrance in his mouth, but after thinking about it, he still wanted his mother and stopped......