The world of counterfeit magistrates competes in the world

Chapter 325

When the new year came, Hengshan only rested for two days before continuing to work.Today's government affairs in Hengshan can be described as a mess. The newly acquired four counties of Anzhou need to dispatch a large amount of supplies to help the people who have nothing;The newly captured golden werewolves are also being diverted and resettled to various engineering buildings to serve as labor labor; a large number of harvested cattle, sheep and horses must be quickly resettled and bred, especially the captured more than 6 war horses, each of which is precious Wealth should not be underestimated.

After receiving their rewards, the soldiers of the Hengshan Army were not able to relax.The ensuing military expansion and reorganization kept them busy.The newly added 3 horses were wiped out in the quarrels and competitions among the generals.The recruits and generals who took office immediately took the recruits to start training with great ambition, and vowed to make them into the army within three months.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the messengers of the various ambassadors returned one after another, bringing the latest instructions from the Lord.However, what Lin Yifan and others did not expect was that representatives of the small powers in Anzhou who had already withdrawn from the negotiations actually came to Xiayang City in secret, expressing their willingness to give up their current powers and submit to Hengshan.

For this, Lin Yifan was very happy. Although these three families were only relatively weak forces among them, they were able to win the first battle without fighting.Therefore, he immediately expressed his acceptance of the attachment of these three families, and promised to treat the powerful leader families of these three families well.

With the nomination certificates submitted by these three families, Lin Yifan quickly grasped the information of various forces entrenched in the two counties.Now three of the seven factions have taken refuge in Hengshan, and the total strength of the remaining four is no more than [-].And the so-called [-] people are mostly mobs, among whom there are only about [-] people who can fight.

However, although Lin Yifan knew that taking these two counties would be easy, after careful consideration, he decided to postpone his plan to take these two counties.Now that the four counties of Anzhou are not stable, taking these two counties at this time will only increase Hengshan's burden.

Therefore, after Lin Yifan appeased the three forces, he asked them to calm down and lurk among them quietly. When the time was right, he would cooperate with the outside and help the Hengshan Army take down the two counties, and make military exploits.

After Lin Yifan's persuasion, the three envoys were overjoyed and grateful, and immediately returned with the promise written in Lin Yifan's own handwriting.

Then the envoy of the Li family restarted the negotiation. Among the conditions of this negotiation, Li Yuan agreed to exchange Jishan Pass according to the originally promised conditions.But it also requires that Hengshan must open the horse iron trade to the Li family, and the Li family must enjoy the most favorable trade treatment.In other words, the price Hengshan sells to other forces must be higher than that of the Li family, otherwise it will be a breach of contract.

Seeing this condition, Lin Yifan almost laughed out loud.This is really dozing off, someone sent a pillow.Now Hengshan is worried about the placement of a large number of war horses, as well as the large number of captured weapons of the Northern Expeditionary Army and the Golden Werewolves.

Speaking of war horses, there are only 10,000 to [-] Hengshan cavalry now, but there are nearly [-] war horses available, and this is not counting the other [-]+ ordinary horses.Coupled with the establishment of horse ranches in various places, the number of war horses will continue to increase in the future.With Hengshan's current strength, it is impossible to breed such a huge herd of horses. Distribution and sales are already a certainty, so it has to be done.

During these two wars, the Hengshan Army seized a large number of weapons, but these weapons could not be compared with the weapons made by Hengshan. Since the establishment of the blast furnace for ironmaking, the quality of steel has been improving, and the weapons made are even more Tough and sharp.Therefore, unless these weapons are returned to the furnace for remanufacturing, they cannot be installed in the Hengshan Army at all, and can only be rusted in the warehouse.

Now that the Li family actually made this request, Hengshan was all smiles, how could he disagree, even if he agreed to the Li family's envoy's request and signed an agreement.

However, the envoy of the Li family did not mention the matter of the urgent attack and defense alliance before, but only expressed that the Li family was willing to live in peace with Hengshan and not to invade each other.Lin Yifan certainly knew the reason for this change.Today, Li Yuan has been appointed as the defense envoy of Huazhou by the imperial court, and he is in charge of the military and political affairs of Huazhou in a legitimate manner, so he does not have to face the crisis of the imperial court's counterattack for the time being.Moreover, after experiencing the Northern Expedition, Li Yuan also felt that Hengshan was extremely powerful, and he was more prepared against Hengshan than against the imperial court.At the same time, Li Yuan also understands that the strength of Hengshan will inevitably arouse the vigilance of the imperial court.Then the Li family can occupy Huazhou and serve as a buffer zone for both sides. As long as it operates well, they can have both sides and gradually grow themselves.Therefore, in this negotiation, Li Yuan will take refuge in the imperial court in the name of righteousness, and then use the benefits of trade to connect with Hengshan.In order to achieve this goal, the envoys of the Li family adopted compromise strategies in the trade negotiations and kept making concessions in order to win over and contain Hengshan.

Lin Yifan didn't care about this. He had already planned a three-year recuperation strategy. Hengshan would work hard on his internal strength and stabilize his foundation.Since the Li family is willing to donate blood to Hengshan for free, why not do it?

After negotiating the conditions with the Li family and signing various agreements, they immediately began to arrange negotiations with the Murong family's envoys.

Once the negotiations started, they quickly reached a deadlock.Regarding the ownership of the two counties in Anzhou, Murong Jing still refused to let go, and insisted on occupying those two counties.However, in terms of the interests of the promenade and the ancient road, some compromises have been made.He is willing to make tax concessions to Hengshan and reduce the tax rate to half of the previous one. In this way, the goods of the Hengshan Army passing through the long corridor and ancient road will be much lower than ordinary merchants, and the profits they will earn will be higher.

Although this was indeed a lot of temptation for Hengshan, it was still not enough to impress Lin Yifan.He believes that such an agreement does not benefit Hengshan's interests much, and the two counties occupied by the Dingxi Army are located at Hengshan's waist, threatening Hengshan's confidantes at all times.Therefore, Lin Yifan insisted on taking back the two counties of Anzhou. If the Dingxi Army refused, there would be only one battle.After the Hengshan Army took down the two counties, they will come to negotiate again, but at that time, the conditions will no longer be treated as equals as they are now.

Facing Hengshan's threat, Envoy Tao of the Dingxi Army was angry and helpless. The current Dingxi Army is still recovering its strength. If it goes to war with the Hengshan Army, it will only be severely damaged again. It will be even more difficult to recover its strength.However, the Patriarch also clearly stated in the letter the importance of these two counties to the Dingxi Army.Without these two counties as food producing areas, the Dingxi Army would have to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to purchase grain and grass in order to maintain the large-scale establishment of the Dingxi Army.Otherwise, in the huge land of Shazhou, it is already the limit to be able to feed 5 horses.

However, Hengshan's attitude is very firm, and he will not make any concessions on the territorial issue.Envoy Tao even made many compromises in other aspects, but he couldn't make them back down a step.Negotiations are deadlocked here, and the talks can no longer continue.

Not long after, the Hengshan Army suddenly made a big move, and 3 cavalry moved south, heading straight for Anzhou.Immediately afterwards, Envoy Tao received news from Anzhou secret agents that the [-] troops stationed in Anzhou began to gather in Weiyuan County, and the target seemed to be directed at the two counties controlled by the Western Army.

Hearing this news, Envoy Tao couldn't help but turn pale with shock. One must know that each of the two counties has [-] troops stationed there. If only the Hengshan infantry attacked, they could rest easy and wait for reinforcements to arrive.But now there are [-] cavalry going straight to Anzhou, combined with the current news, it can be determined that their targets must also be in these two counties.If we add the [-] cavalry, how can we stop Hengshan's soldiers with just that few horses?
Envoy Tao was in a hurry, and hurriedly begged to see Lin Yifan, begging Hengshan not to send troops.He immediately sent people to Shazhou to persuade the owner to change his mind.

But Lin Yifan was unmoved, looked at him coldly, and just said, "If you seek peace through struggle, then peace will survive; if you seek peace through compromise, then peace will perish. I beg your envoy to tell Patriarch Murong that I, Hengshan, will never take land deal, get out or die there."

The attitude is decisive and cannot be disputed.Envoy Tao was terrified, knowing that the matter had reached a critical moment.After returning, he set off in person immediately, rushed back to Shazhou quickly, and reported to the Patriarch.Whether it is war or peace, it depends on God's will.

PS: It feels more and more like a running account.

(End of this chapter)