Huan Wen knew each other so well that Li Yue was embarrassed to knock off the bamboo again.

Since the second half of last year, Jingxiang has been engaged in trade control, and the sale of bulk grain, copper, crossbow machines, and armor to the Central Plains has been restricted.

Merchants going south will also be strictly examined.

Huan Wen's jealousy of Liang Guo is self-evident, and it is basically useless to knock him again.

It's okay to bluff people, but if you really lead the troops south, you will pierce the window paper.

Huan Wen has sent so many things, and both sides can get by, and it is very necessary to maintain the current relationship with Nan Mian.

However, Liang Guo's various actions indirectly stimulated Yan Guo.

According to the news sent back by the scouts, Murong Jun is also expanding his army on a large scale, taking two out of four to gather 300,000 "army".

This made the court quite jealous.

"The Yan army originally had about 200,000, and now it has expanded to 300,000, and the 110,000 Black Cloud elites are difficult to resist, and the minister suggests expanding the army immediately!" Jiang Gan arched his hand.

The expansion of the army is not simply a matter of increasing the number of troops, but also of increasing the power of the states and counties.

Then the strength of Jiang Gan's hands will also rise.

Dong Yan said worriedly: "Murong Ke, Murong Chui, Mu Yugen and others are good at using soldiers, Yan Guo has a lot of generals, and there are many good warriors in Liaodong in Youzhou, Your Highness should prepare early." ”

Li Yue glanced at Chang Wei, looking at ease and relaxed.

In addition to the former ministers of Ran Wei, the generals in the army also advocated the expansion of the army in order to cope with the increasing pressure of the Yan State.

Li Yue laughed, "Back then, Shihu was based on the north of the Yangtze River, with the power of ten states, and nearly 10 million people under his rule, and only after attacking Liaodong, he only managed to raise 450,000 troops, how much land and population did Murong Jun have?" Secluded and newly acquired land, before it was managed, Liaodong has always been bitterly cold, Murong Jun raised an army of 500,000, how to feed it? ”

Fighting a war is not a numbers game, whoever has more numbers on the books will win.

Even if Cao Cao claimed to have an army of 800,000 back then, he was defeated by Zhou Yu's 30,000 army in Chibi.

Murong Jun was so brutal, Li Yue couldn't ask for it.

It is equivalent to overdrawing the national strength of Yan State in advance.

He did this, Li Yue felt that he didn't need to rush to battle, as long as he held a few major fortresses, Yan Guo himself would collapse.

"What His Highness said is extremely true, Murong Jun has expanded his army by 300,000, and all the agriculture in the country will be wasted, once the battle is defeated, the Yan Kingdom will fall apart!" Chang Wei coughed and supported Li Yue's assertion.

The Central Plains has a population of more than 7 million, and the national strength has basically recovered to the time when Shi Le was in power, and Li Yue did not dare to do so.

Why is he Murong Jun?

Heaven wants to destroy it, and it will make it mad.

Murong Jun was somewhat hysterical.

From this point, it can be concluded that Murong Ke could not fully grasp the Yan Kingdom.

If he is the King of Yan, then Liang Yan's rivalry will last for a long time, and it is possible for five, ten, or twenty years.

Because there will be a process of decline, Yan State is still one of the best forces in the world in terms of military strength.

Although there is a slight decline in front of Liang Guo, it is not irreparable, and it only takes a big victory to turn it around.

However, Murong Jun did this, which was somewhat of a gambler's mentality.

A full bet on the table, either a big victory or a big defeat, never let Liang Guo develop with peace of mind, the potential of the Central Plains is too strong, if it continues to develop like this, after a few years, Yan Guo will have no chance.

To some extent, Murong Jun's decision was not wrong, but it was too radical.

If Liang Guo is not killed, Yan Guo himself will be crippled......

"Murong Jun is so frustrated, it just shows that he is poor in donkey skills, you don't have to worry too much, he gets him, we do our own thing." Li Yue reassured everyone.

Liang Guo has come to the present, stepping on the node of the times every step, relying on the time of the sky, so that Liang Guo has grown into today's scale.

In terms of strategic decision-making, Li Yue has absolute prestige.

"Your Highness is wise!"

No matter what faction it is, it will not challenge Li Yue's current prestige.

On the surface, each has its own way, but in private, there will be no shortage of small means.

The school government and the Honglu Division have done all kinds of things in Yan Kingdom, sowing discord and rebellion, and doing everything they can.

The Han people in the north have a sense of psychological belonging to the Chinese dynasty of Liang.

No matter how much Murong Jun dressed Yan Guo like a Chinese dynasty, he could never get rid of his Xianbei bloodline.

After the fall of Zhao and Zhao, the Yan State also contained many Qi people and Hu people from the Western Regions, splitting the Han people's sense of identity with the Yan State.

With the secret support of the school government, thieves in Yan State were frequent, and the people who did not want to be driven to the battlefield gathered in the mountains and forests, attacked each other, invaded the territory, and the local heroes took the opportunity to expand their power, just like at the end of Shi Hu's reign.

Yang Luo took one hundred and eight cadres from the school government to secretly sneak into Youzhou and secretly negotiate with the heroes.

In the secret report sent back, the local Haoqiang put forward three conditions.

First, Liang needed to recognize their local interests.

Second, they are not allowed to take stock of their land and population.

Third, no taxes are paid.

As long as they agree to these three articles, these people will immediately raise troops and give the Murong clan a big one.

Back then, Murong Ke captured Ran Min in Liantai, and his power reached its peak, but even so, Zhongshan Haoqiang Su Lin did not hesitate to raise troops, proclaimed himself the Son of Heaven, and cut off Murong Ke's back road.

These people have guts and strength.

Now seeing that the Murong clan is no longer good, he is very dissatisfied with Murong Jun's army expansion, so he leans towards the Liang State.

This is a force to be reckoned with.

However, their asking price is a bit high.

Once these three articles are agreed, it is tantamount to giving them a subdividing place.

Where is Youzhou? The place of beauty in the world, the north gate of the Central Plains, if you can't fully grasp it, the harm will be endless.

However, in business, pay attention to a sky-high asking price to repay the money.

There is a stage of price at a stage, and it can be negotiated slowly according to the change of the situation.

Anyway, there is still time, and the big war will have to wait until next year.

Li Yue sent a letter to Yang Luo, the first article was acceptable, and the second and third articles were not negotiable.

Agreeing to these two articles is tantamount to giving them financial power and military power.

How they talk is their business, and the essence of politics is actually compromise.

The willingness of the powerful to talk and make a bid is a good start in itself.

"Your Highness...... Recently...... An Le Gong received a mysterious visitor in the palace...... "Zhang Shengye came to report with a solemn expression.

Cui Hong was released to Qianxian County, Yang Luo went to Youzhou, and the affairs of Yecheng were handed over to Zhang Shengye to take over.

"Ran Zhi?" Li Yue was stunned, but he didn't expect Prince Ran Wei, who had been silent for several years, to become restless.

On the eve of Liang Yan's decisive battle, he moved and had a far-reaching impact.

After taking over Ran Wei, Li Yue treated the Ran family preferentially, the Dong family was named the wife of Wei, and Ran Zhi was named the prince of Anle County, and they are still kept in Yecheng Palace, and Li Yue's family lives in Tongquetai.

Ran Zhi's behavior is a little ignorant.

"No, Ran Zhi lives in the palace and is guarded by the Dong family, how can people outside contact him? Someone must have threaded the needle for it! Li Yue's eyes suddenly sharpened.

After Cui Hong was released, the truth about Shen Zhong's assassination and Liu Qun's suicide also relaxed the investigation.

Now that the school government is stirring up the storm in Youzhou, how can Yan Guo not fan the flames in Yecheng?

(End of chapter)