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Chapter 423 I am proud to laugh

Gao Huan and his important ministers are paying close attention to the turmoil in Liang Guo. If possible, they will definitely intervene.However, Liu Yishou did not give them a chance to intervene.

On the one hand, Liang Guo’s Pengcheng and Xiangyang are both on the alert, and are unlikely to become a breakthrough. On the other hand, after Liu Yishou took over Jiankang, he quickly quelled the controversy with political means and "pardoned" those who participated in the rebellion. vassal.

Although this would cause great hidden dangers, it bought time for his follow-up actions.

Time passed day by day, and it was early summer in a blink of an eye.Liang Guo's "Residence Newspaper", which he hadn't seen for a long time, was copied by a secret spy lurking in Liang Guo's country, and sent to Yecheng in many ways, where it was placed on Gao Huan's desk.

In the past, Gao Huan was powerless and didn't care about Liang Guo's policies. After all, he couldn't do anything to the other party if he knew it.

But now that he has established a political power, supported the Emperor Yuanshi, and both military and government affairs are on the right track.Liang Guo's domestic policy is a very important type of information.

After receiving the transcript of the residence report, Gao Huan called the important ministers to the study to discuss countermeasures, and by the way, asked the eldest son Gao Cheng to attend as a non-voting observer.

"Let me tell you, the one from last time was white and soft, really..." Gao Cheng whispered to Zu Ting and Zu Ting with a lewd smile on his face, when Gao Huan coughed suddenly.

Gao Cheng quickly shut up, and only made "eye contact" with Zu Ting.

"Longque (Sun Teng's name), report this mansion to them all."

"Here!"

Sun Teng distributed the transcripts of a thick stack of mansion newspapers to everyone present. Everyone present had a share, and Sun Teng still had more in his hands after distribution.Nowadays, there are many scholars in Gao Huan's Bafu, and it is very difficult to do things like copying documents.

The study suddenly fell into an eerie silence, only the sound of fingers rubbing paper.

"Liu Yishou is a great talent." Zu Ting whispered in Gao Cheng's ear.Seeing that the other side looked uneasy, he changed his words: "I mean he has great talents under his command."

Although Gao Cheng was very upset with Liu Yishou, he couldn't deny the level of strategy in this report, so he could only nod his head reluctantly.

"Everyone, have you finished reading it. Let's talk about it. What do you think?"

Gao Huan asked in a deep voice.Now he no longer sees the frivolous and invisible form he used to be, but he is already a stable and dominant figure, and his emotions and anger are not displayed on weekdays.

"Father, Liu Yishou is going to attack Qingxu in the north, and he wants to be Cao Cao in the south!"

Gao Cheng couldn't help but said loudly.

Everyone couldn't help but nodded.The residence newspaper said that grain and fodder should be sent to Lianghuai, and there was no other way except to send troops to Qingxu.

"After Old Man Xiao died, his eldest grandson, Xiao Huan, took over the throne, and Liu Yishou can be regarded as the auxiliary minister. It's just... would he be willing to run errands for others?"

Gao Huan asked suspiciously.

This is not asking Gao Cheng, but everyone in the study.

Sun Teng cupped his hands and said, "My lord, Liu Yishou has now taken control of the Jiankang center and replaced it, but it will be sooner or later. My lord should have a deep understanding of this."

Liu Yishou's current situation is actually somewhat similar to Gao Huan's.Just as Gao Huan would not sincerely work for the Yuan family, Liu Yishou would not work for the Xiao family, even if he married Xiao Yan's daughter.

The residence newspaper also mentioned some matters such as "official assessment" and "regular visits to Beijing to report on their work". It can be seen that Liu Yishou is taking power while also reforming the system of Liang Guo, and he is doing things quietly.

"Liang Guoxiao is a fool, so there is nothing to worry about. If Liu Yishou is in charge, it will be a little troublesome."

Gao Huan pondered for a moment, as if talking to himself.

"Father, the vassal kings of Liang Guo are ambitious, why don't we unite with one of them and stir up trouble in Liang Guo."

Gao Cheng is very active today, and seems to have gotten rid of the influence of the previous "secret mother-in-law".

Seeing how motivated he was, Gao Huan waved his hand with a smile and said, "Now that Xiao Huan is on the throne, it is justified. After the vassal king was pardoned and rebelled again, it would be very difficult to get things done if he is unpopular. If we join forces with them now, we will only waste a good pawn .”

It is natural to unite with Prince Liang Guofan, but the timing is not right now.More importantly, Gao Huan was worried about Er Zhurong. Unless there was a better opportunity in the south, he would not act.

His opinion was not accepted, Gao Cheng felt that his father Gao Huan must have lost his courage, so he sat down resentfully, with a displeased expression on his face.

"King Gao, back then Liu Yu relied on the Northern Expedition to gather the military power in the hands of the aristocratic family. Relying on the prestige of the Northern Expedition, he succeeded in ascending the throne and replaced the Jin Dynasty and the Song Dynasty. Now Liu Yishou is likely to repeat his old tricks and use the name of the Northern Expedition to gather the military power in all parts of the Liang Kingdom. .”

Sun Teng continued slowly: "It's not incomprehensible for Liu Yishou to send troops to Qingxu. This Qingzhou and Xuzhou were still in the south a hundred years ago."

I have to say that Sun Teng's words hit the nail on the head.Liu Yishou used the name of the Northern Expedition to gather military power. This is an old routine, and someone has played it before.

Both Huan Wen and Liu Yu played like this. The former almost changed the dynasty, but the latter succeeded in changing the dynasty!
"This king also thinks that Liu Yishou is likely to send troops to Qingxu."

Gao Huan nodded, and Sun Teng would make such a judgment, which is actually quite understandable.Because Qingxu is bordered by Lianghuai!Liu Yishou will swallow all the land that has been conquered, and it will not benefit Liang Guo!

It's not too pleasant to use the big tree of Liang Guo to do what you want to do.In terms of emotion and reason, Liu Yishou is very likely to gain a vote in Qingxu, and occupy as much territory as he can.

"Well, Liu Yishou's Northern Expedition must be guarded against. Let Gao Yue and Duan Shao team up to bring [-] elite soldiers and [-] county soldiers to garrison Rencheng (Jining, Shandong) to prepare for any eventuality. Let Feng Longzhi and Li Yuanzhong lead the headquarters People and horses stationed troops in Suiyang to respond.

Gao Aocao led his troops to guard Xingyang. "

Gao Huan thought about it, and quickly made a plan.

Gao Yue's department is in front of Qingxu, Feng Longzhi and Li Yuanzhong are on Qingxu's flanks, Gao Aocao's department is a substitute, and can quickly fill in if the front loses.

The combined number of these soldiers and horses is not too small.

"After the autumn harvest, if Liu Yishou leads troops to attack, we will fight them in the south. If Liu Yishou just feigns a shot, after this autumn, this king plans to conquer Jinyang himself."

Are you going to fight Jinyang again?

Everyone in the study suddenly frowns.Er Zhurong is not a good guy, and he has almost no political wisdom, but he knows how to fight!A very difficult person to deal with.

"King Gao, the time to conquer Jinyang is not yet ripe. In the past two years, Jinzhou, Bingzhou, and Sizhou have suffered severe droughts. We can afford to wait for Er Zhurong to weaken day by day."

Sun Teng persuaded calmly.

"But this king can't even sleep well!"

Gao Huan sighed, only he knew that the baby was suffering.He did not conquer Jinyang last time, which caused his prestige in the country to be greatly damaged. Even Hu Lujin, who had come to join him, was a little ready to move, and he did not listen to the announcement.

To restore prestige, the only way to conquer Jinyang is to march into Beixiu Rongchuan and wipe out the forces under Er Zhurong's command.

"You don't need to say too much. After this autumn, prepare to send troops to Jinyang. Liang Guo's soldiers are not to be feared. Qingxu is easy to attack and difficult to defend. Let them come when they come, and we can fight back again."

Gao Huan was halfway through speaking when he suddenly saw Gao Cheng was distracted again.He patted the table and said, "Ah Cheng will go to Qingxu with Gao Yue, so that you don't have to worry about the little lady in other people's boudoir all day in Yecheng."

Go to Qingxu?
Suddenly being called by name, Gao Cheng was stunned and hadn't recovered yet.

Zu Ting poked Gao Cheng's arm, and the other party reluctantly cupped his hands and said, "Good father."

"It's all gone." Gao Huan waved his hand, he actually didn't think so about the situation on Qingxu's side.However, he was very interested in the internal affairs in this mansion newspaper.

Walking out of the study, Gao Cheng took Zu Ting's arm, and said in a low voice: "Take me to another lady's place, and play with women while gambling! It's really great! I'm going to Qingxu soon, I want to have a good time!"

Seeing that Zu Teng seemed to be in a daze thinking about something, Gao Cheng said dissatisfiedly, "What's wrong with you? Go to Qingxu and I will take you with me."

"Your Majesty, do you think Liu Yishou would have guessed that this mansion report would be spread far away, even to the north?"

With a thoughtful expression on his face, Zu Ting asked Gao Cheng a question that was difficult for him to answer, and he didn't even dare to think about it.

"You mean..." Gao Cheng had a bad premonition in his heart.

"I was wondering, would Liu Yishou deliberately let this thing flow into our hands?"

Zu Ting lowered his voice and asked: "The false is the real, the real is the false, soldiers never tire of deceit."

"He... can't be so cunning, can he?"

Gao Cheng asked in disbelief.

Just to deceive Gao Huan, he created a fake residence newspaper, and even deceived people from all states and counties in the Liang Kingdom. Is this what people do?

"Maybe I'm thinking too much."

Zu Ting said awkwardly.In fact, there was a logic that was very difficult to justify, and he didn't want to understand it at all.

Now that Qingxu is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and now the battle line to hold Pengcheng is already the limit, then what's the point of Liu Yishou breaking through here?

The newly occupied territory will also be quickly taken back, and then repeatedly seesawed.What is he trying to do?

Could it be that Liang Guo's military power was tightened through continuous wars?

Zu Ting was a little skeptical, Liu Yishou wouldn't say such a waste, could he?In his opinion, leaders who only know how to play tricks to seize power, but don't know how to expand their territory, are all useless and can only do nothing.

Because in the process of absorbing power, you will inevitably weaken the strength of the country, let some capable people who disobey you come down, and replace them with some crap who are as stupid as pigs but loyal to you.

When outsiders don't come, you can still give you time to integrate slowly.But once the northern army goes south, what will you use to resist?
Zu Ting has studied Liu Yishou's "Family History", and he can be said to be greedy like a wolf, cruel like a sheep, cunning like a fox, and fierce like a tiger.Can you make such a low-level mistake?

However, due to the lack of information, based on the residence report, Liu Yishou's target was indeed Qingxu. From the location of his feudal town to the dispatch of supplies and auxiliary soldiers, everything was directed at Qingxu.

Zu Ting could only think that he was thinking too much.

"Don't talk about those boring things, find a few women from the Yuan family, just like last time..." Gao Cheng whispered in Zu Ting's ear.The two hooked their shoulders together and left Gao Huan's mansion sneakily.

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"Your Highness, Xiao Xi is leading troops to attack the city!"

Wang Sengbian was shot in the shoulder by an arrow. Holding back the pain, he ran all the way to the study room of the Xiangdong Prince's Mansion in Jiangling City, and said eagerly to Xiao Yi: "The enemy's attack is fierce. Please return to Xiangzhou immediately, Jiangling City may not be able to defend." live."

At this moment, Xiao Yi was still reading a book, and had no idea that someone was attacking the city.

"Can't keep it? Useless! How could this king return to Xiangzhou again! This king will not leave!"

Xiao Yi shouted in dissatisfaction.Before the imperial court issued a document stating that the vassal king would not be held accountable for raising troops, he also laughed at Liu Yishou's weakness and incompetence. Unexpectedly, the Jiankang court would not take action, but Xiao Huan's younger brother Xiao Xi did it first.

The army of the King of Eastern Hunan lost troops and generals in Jiankang before, but now the defenders of the city are all newly recruited troops, which are incomparable with the elite soldiers of the past.Probably just a little bit better than a farmer in military uniform.

At this moment, Lu Na, Wang Lin's deputy, came to the door of the study and hurriedly said: "Xiao Yu's navy appeared to the west of Jiangling. General Wang was defeated and has retreated to the ferry of Jiangling City. Please hurry to Baling County, Your Highness." Yue Yang) to take refuge temporarily, Jiangling is not a natural danger, I'm afraid it can't be defended now."

This... is a bit deliberate!

Xiao Yu is Xiao Huan's younger brother, it seems normal for him to send troops, isn't it just Xiao Tong's descendants joining forces to grab territory?

"Let's go! Is it okay for me to go!"

Xiao Yi stomped his feet angrily, and had no choice but to follow Wang Sengbian all the way to Jiangling Ferry. The remnants of Wang Lin's navy had been waiting for a long time.It seemed that Xiao Xie and Xiao Yu didn't intend to do anything wrong. The ferry to the south of Jiangling was not blocked by water or land.

"His Royal Highness's foundation is in Xiangzhou, and it is unknown if he will make a comeback."

Wang Seng persuaded bitterly, now it is obvious that the other party is lenient, if they don't leave, what will Xiao Xi and others do if they get angry, it's hard to say.Of course, Xiangzhou is remote, and it is indeed far behind Jiangling. This is also an objective fact.

After Xiao Yi, Wang Sengbian, Wang Lin and others left with the remnants of the navy, Xiao Cha's troops had conquered Jiangling and successfully entered Xiao Yi's palace.

Dogs eat dogs among vassals, how much fighting spirit do you expect the soldiers guarding the city to have?

Xiao Xi very politely gathered Xiao Yi's concubines and attendants, and sent people to Baling, and then there was no further action.

In the study room of the original Xiangdong Prince's Mansion, Xiao Xie poured a glass of wine for Dugu Xin very respectfully, couldn't hide his joy, and smiled with some emotion: "Hahahahaha, Brother Huang still remembers me, Jiangling is prosperous It is far from being comparable to the border town of Xiangyang."

There was a smugness in his hearty laugh, it wasn't fake.

In the Southern Liang Dynasty, Jiangling City extended in all directions by water and land, and the country had decades of peace. Therefore, both the size of the city and the population and wealth have been greatly supplemented and developed.On the other hand, Xiangyang City is bordered to the north, and there are constant small-scale conflicts, and it is making great strides to develop in the direction of a "military fortress", which is far less prosperous than Jiangling.

The imperial court's latest decree moved Xiao Xie to Jiangling to enjoy his blessings, and told Xiao Yi to return to Xiangzhou.Xiao Yi had just returned to Jiangling from Jiankang, how could he take this decree seriously and completely ignore it.

Unexpectedly, Dugu believed Liu Yishou's private military order, and without further ado, after making some calculations with Xiao Xie, he led his troops to help Xiao Xie take down Jiangling City as a place to settle down.

Xiao Xi was originally very dissatisfied with Dugu Xin's "dove occupying the magpie's nest", and because of the shortage of major generals, he did not dare to attack. Now that he has the "fertile field" of Jiangling, he will naturally not fight for Xiangyang again.

Moreover, someone "watched the gate" for him to guard the north, and the west was the fiefdom of his elder brother Xiao Yu. Xiao Xi was not afraid of his uncle Xiao Yi robbing the land at all.Living in a bustling place like Jiangling City is simply beautiful.

"Liu Concubine is very considerate to the members of the clan. Even those rebellious vassals did not kill them, but gave them a chance to reform themselves. Your Highness can live in Jiangling with peace of mind and don't have to worry about other things.

As long as Prince Consort Liu is present, His Highness's position in Jiangling will be as secure as Mount Tai.

Now that the Queen Mother (Cai's family) has also gone to Jiankang, His Highness can do whatever he wants here. "

Dugu Xin said calmly.

"My uncle is loyal to the country, and this king knows it."

Xiao Xi said with emotion, full of regrets in his heart.

　I have a cold. . . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)