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And there are one hundred and thirty border feudal states, most of which are in the outer edge of the area, beyond the reach of the whip, and are completely not controlled by the imperial court.

In the end, the Cai Dynasty can reach twenty percent of its total strength according to humanity, and the snowball has been formed, if it were not for the Heavenly Court's feudal order and the bottom line of not allowing direct civil war, it would not be very difficult to re-level the world.

"Hey, it seems to be the situation of the second artillery duke!"

Ye Qing had to congratulate himself at this time that he was in a good position, although he was currently the first immortal marquis in the world, the hatred was too high, and the spearhead bird was given special attention, there was no way.

However, in terms of geographical analysis, Yingzhou is actually relatively safe in the lower reaches of the Qianjing River, as long as it survives this catastrophe, the threat of the Cai Dynasty will be much smaller in the future.

It is estimated that only the most powerful prefectures and princes in the middle and lower reaches, as well as many German vassal states, can continue to ensure their independence, and the stronger they are, the greater the benefits.

"The Northern Wei Dynasty can almost compete with the Cai Dynasty, no wonder Bai De assisted in the change of the Mandate of Heaven this time, he must have an idea...... There is a precedent for the counter-tide counterattack that resonates with the world, and if one day the Heavenly Court changes its defense to attack, the Northern Wei Dynasty will undoubtedly obtain more ...... of the Mandate of Heaven."

Wei Yu is estimated to be the biggest beneficiary of this change in the Mandate of Heaven, and he simply sits at home and makes his wishes come true.

This luck was so good that Ye Qing was jealous, but when he thought about it, it was natural for dozens of generations of people to develop Yu Lie, and it was natural for humanity to burst out of luck, otherwise dozens of generations of Yu Lie would have to stand on the same starting line as ordinary people, and that would be why God would not have long eyes.

Compared with the Northern Wei Dynasty, it withstood the offensive of the Cai Dynasty to take precautions, and the Chu State unfortunately let Cai Chaoshi run over it a few years ago, and the army pressed the border in advance, and detained him back to the imperial capital on the charge of the crime of the lord of the country.

The new lord of Southern Chu is weaker and slightly inferior, in fact, it is not suitable for the innovation of fire virtue, I don't know if the Red Emperor Yide will have ideas.

"It's a little too early to rise this time...... There are early benefits and early troubles...... It is impossible not to swallow Xiangzhou, but after taking this step, Cai Chao will be unbearable and will directly aim at me - everyone knows that once I am accused of the two prefectures, it will be difficult for the imperial court to control it. ”

Ye Qing pondered the situation of the various forces, the pros and cons of reality, and analyzed the strength to determine his own negotiation conditions.

It's okay to go to the East China Sea to open up wasteland, but just one empty lord Han King canonized wants to spit out Xiangzhou?

I'm afraid that Cai Chao himself doesn't believe it.

You can't get it on the battlefield, and you can't get it at the negotiating table.

Any exchange of interests is related to each other's strategic direction, because different strategic systems have different value judgments on various conditions, so the details are full of deceitful strategic deception, in the final analysis, based on their respective strengths.

Da Si Ming's trip represents Qingde's strong support, which is enough to weaken the general trend of the imperial court a lot - the Cai Dynasty is large and has many opponents, Ye Qing knows that it is impossible to spend too much cost on himself.

It is solid that 100,000 troops can be stationed downstream, but when it comes to robbing and killing enemy ships, can you really rob yourself as an immortal marquis in the short term?

Long-term garrison, don't expand elsewhere?

This expansion cost performance is the fulcrum, Ye Qing is sure that as long as they don't really fight, they will have to compromise with each other in the end to achieve their main goals.

Just like competing for the championship group stage, no one wants to bump into the strongest opponent in the group stage.

Ye Qing pondered and thought that what the big secretary said was right, the capture of Xiangzhou was a big deal in her opinion, but in her opinion, it was just a small fight, and the difference between advance and retreat was not only on the surface, but also to see if she got the core benefits she needed.

"It's the current situation...... Cai Chao knew that I had no foundation in the mainland, and it was all based on the situation of the first newborn immortal marquis, and the purpose of sending me to the East China Sea was nothing more than to interrupt my snowball...... In the end, it depends on whose means are better. ”

Ye Qing whispered, some thoughts had been confirmed in his heart, but he would not really reveal the meaning to the outside world, he only revised and improved his plans in all aspects according to the new military situation, and called Zhuge Liang over again, instructing him to make some preparations: "Immediately order someone to step up the collection of homeless craftsmen in central Hunan and recruit local sword cultivators, all of them will be withdrawn to northern Hunan for me." ”

"The lord is ready to give up Xiangzhong?" Zhuge Liang was slightly surprised, in his impression, the lord would never give up and give up his benefits.

Ye Qing nodded: "It depends on the situation, next I may want the lion to open a big mouth, the conditions are good, and Xiangzhong can prevaricate the other party's dissatisfaction...... You do this quietly, don't transport it away for the next two days. ”

"Hmm. ”

When he retreated, Ye Qing was still sleepy, and there was a knock on the door, so he said, "Come in." ”

Zhou Ling came in lightly and whispered, "Childe, your uncle...... The head of the Ye family happened to sail here, and I heard that you were coming here to pay a visit. ”

Uncle...... Ye Zifan?

Ye Qing thought about it, although he had not been very close to the impression in his previous life, he had always handed over the old Ye family to this person to take care of, but now he didn't have any mustard at the step of the immortal, and waved his hand and said, "Just come here, I'm afraid you have the intention to come, or it's so coincidental...... That's it, don't care about that, let him come. ”

After a while, a middle-aged man came in, who hadn't seen each other for a while, or had thoughts, so as soon as he came in, he looked dignified, knelt down and saluted: "Minister...... Meet Lord Hou. ”

Ye Qing looked at his pale temples, remembering that since the incident between his cousin and uncle, he had been like this, he felt pity in his heart, and helped him up: "You are the elder brother, how can you be so respectful?" I remember that you were not like this before. ”

"At this time and that time, now that you are a true immortal and a Han Hou, how dare I exceed my duty?" Ye Zifan still finished the etiquette before getting up.

The traditional concept of this world is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, Ye Qing didn't persuade much, only asked: "What is the matter with my uncle?"

"It's to bring merchant ships to Hunan to expand, but ......" Ye Zifan hesitated, but still said: "I heard on the ship that the imperial court has controlled the seventeen prefectures of Zhigi, and has marched to the southwest, and it is estimated that this will have controlled the four kingdoms of Kyushu in the upper reaches of the Lingqing River......"

Ye Qing was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "It may not be possible to control the seventeen states of Zhigi or the four states of Kyushu in the upper reaches ......of the Lingqing River."

"I just learned about this news, where did my uncle hear it?"

"It's boiling!" Ye Zifan told the things he had just discussed on the boat one by one, Ye Qing didn't care at first, and gradually looked solemn.

"I heard that the imperial court is going to crown you as the king of Han?" Ye Zifan finished speaking, and asked tentatively.

Ye Qing was stunned, this is top-secret news, how could outsiders spread it?

Seeing Ye Qing's expression change, Ye Zifan woke up in shock, and said in a panic: "There are also some rumors about these news...... I didn't take it seriously—but if I really had to do this, my Ye family would be really developed......"

"Okay, okay, I can sue you, there is such a saying!" Ye Qing smiled and waved his hand when he heard what he said.

"Really?" Ye Zifan was overjoyed and muttered: "God bless, if you are a showman, we all said that we would give our Ye family glory to our ancestors." ”

"I won the Jinshi, and I didn't miss anything else. ”

"I don't want to be the Marquis of Han for a few years, and now the court wants to be crowned the king of Han......"

Ye Qing took over the topic at this time and said, "Alas, the imperial court may not be a good thing to crown the king of Han. ”

As he spoke, Ye Qing stood up and paced slowly, his voice was quiet and clear in the sound of wind and rain: "You are no longer in the position, I don't know how powerful it is - no matter how good the throne is, it is not worth it at this time to hand over the county." ”

Ye Qing said, pacing to the window and looking, the heavy rain was pouring down, and the lightning flashed in the black clouds, and after a long time, Ye Qing turned around and said: "I understand your mood, I will always focus on the clan, but now this is not a good place, you better go back!"

As he spoke, he went out in person and sent him back to the merchant ship.

The rain was crackling, and a few Yingzhou merchants were surprised at first glance, but even if they had seen Ye Qing a few times, they wiped their eyes to make sure it was this one, and they all knelt down: "Meet Hanhou!"

"Ah, it's really Ye ......" The rest of the people were shocked, especially just now there were rumors that Hanhou was detained, and at this moment the rumors were self-defeating, and many people glared at the few people who spread the rumors just now.

The mustachioed merchant was among them, and he felt like an immortal swept over him......

The heart was weak and frightened, and his back was instantly wet with sweat, and his legs were weak and he instinctively fell to his knees.

Ye Qing was slightly stunned when he saw it, but he didn't care, just pondered.

The news spread so quickly, northern Hunan has been ruled for a long time, the situation should be more stable, there must be a lot of incitement in the newly occupied area of central Hunan to spread the news and ultimatum of the imperial court, presumably even the insiders who have surrendered are ready to move, as the main fleet of the Cai Dynasty braves the wind and rain to break through to the middle and even downstream, the environment will inevitably deteriorate.

Needless to say, he could guess that it was the king of Qingjun or the marquis of Xiang, and in order to force himself to go to the Eastern Wilderness, he also fought hard.

Seeing his uncle go away, Ye Qing's eyes flashed with a cold light: "How could my uncle come here, this is the first one, and secondly, I have a ship here, and I am not allowed to approach when I am idle, how can there be a merchant ship to dock?"

"Lingling, you go and find out, don't give face to the king of the county and the marquis of Xiang, find out one, kill one. ”

"Yes, Childe. Jian Xiu, a girl dressed in white, responded.

When his son-in-law returned to the flagship of the Xiangzhou Naval Division, Zhou Ling looked back at the kneeling people, nodded a few of them, and his eyes were cold: "Say it." ”

As soon as Ye Qing left, several people felt that the pressure disappeared, and they suddenly woke up, and some people were very clever, and immediately quibbled: "I was just scared ...... just now."

Qiang――

The sword burst through the air, and the man's head flew up, blood splattered on the mustachioed merchant behind him, and the guy suddenly trembled like chaff.

"Kill indiscriminately, kill indiscriminately. One shouted, only to shout twice, and the sword flashed, and another head flew out.

Seeing Zhou Ling's eyes looking at him, and seeing that the Hunan soldiers in the distance were all missing, the mustachioed merchant suddenly screamed: "I said, I said--it's all someone on the second floor who instructed ......."

Zhou Ling put away his sword expressionlessly, wearing plain white clothes without dripping blood, calmly listening to the remaining few people explain the situation, and with a wave of his hand, more than a dozen Han soldiers rushed up.

"Kill!" There was a sudden sound of killing on the second floor of the passenger ship, but soon the sound of fighting stopped, and the heads with hideous faces were enshrined in front of her: "Look at the secret mark of its talisman, it is the person of the king of Qingjun, but it is not ruled out that it is deliberately impersonated by another family, do you want to check it carefully?"

"No need...... Slashed!"

The Han soldier did not hesitate, and with a flash of his sword, the head of the mustachioed merchant flew out, rolling on the deck, not dead for a while, and his mouth wanted to devour people.

Zhou Ling nodded, glanced at this head, the sword heart and the great sword cultivation of the sword species, she was not aware of the resentment at all, and only ordered: "It's too ugly to look uncomfortable...... Wrap it up with a piece of cloth, take it back with the talisman, and return it to the king. ”

"Yes!"

This group of people left, leaving only a boat full of guests looking at each other, quite a feeling of suffering from the disaster of pond fish, but fortunately not being dragged into it by the war.

There are also many people who are from southern Xiangnan, and when they saw the majesty of Hanhou for the first time, their hearts were shaken, and they sighed: "Seeing the big from the small, it seems that it is not so easy for the Xianghou and the county king to win this game." ”

"It's not ......"

When this happened, the fleet did not dare to stay in the right place any longer, and went to the port ten miles away.