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Chapter 653 Negotiation Success
Gu Baichuan actually attached great importance to the Navy, otherwise, he would not have taken the Qingping Navy first during the Eastern Expedition.With the current strength of their Gu family, they could not compete with the Cao family.Now, just as Cao Jun was being dragged in the hinterland of the Central Plains and Haizhou's defense was empty, he raised his troops brazenly and caught Cao Jun by surprise.But in the future, Cao Jun will definitely not watch them occupy Haizhou, and will definitely send troops south.

Now the Gu family has only 10 troops, and only [-] to [-] of them are capable of fighting. As for the rest, they are just a mob.In addition, there is a lack of iron in Shanghai Prefecture and insufficient military equipment. Among the [-] soldiers, half of them can only hold wooden spears and stone axes.What's more, in order to deal with Cao Jun, conscription is imminent.Without weapons, it is impossible to expand strength.

Gu Baichuan came to Hengshan in person this time to solve the urgent situation in Haizhou, and there was no room for delay.Now the weapons are in sight, but sharp weapons are very rare.After weighing the pros and cons, he had no choice but to agree to exchange the shipbuilder and navy officers and soldiers.

Next, Gu Baichuan negotiated with Jin Jiuyuan of the Ministry of Commerce, and finally determined the price of the Bingjia gunpowder.For these armors, Hengshan is quite sincere, and basically sold them to him as a half-buy, half-gift. Anyway, these are spoils from the battle, and the quality is far inferior to Hengshan's standard armor. Dispose of them in time to avoid occupying the inventory. and management fees.As for the artillery, five craftsman-level shipwrights will be exchanged for one cannon, and ten shells will be exchanged for an ordinary shipwright or naval officer.

In the end, Gu Baichuan made another request to buy war horses. Hengshan did not prohibit this, but vigorously promoted war horses, hoping that he could buy more.Now that Hengshan has occupied the grassland, the war horses have met the needs of the army, and no amount of military expenses can afford it.Therefore, in order to open up financial resources, the sale of war horses has now begun.Of course, for hostile countries, such as the Cao family, it is natural that no horse can enter the Central Plains.If the merchants and forces who bought the war horse dared to think about Cao's smuggling, if they were found out, the transaction would be terminated, and at the same time, they would face revenge from the Hengshan Blood Guards.

After negotiating the deal, Gu Baichuan was half successful.Next, he still needs to reach an alliance with Hengshan, persuade Hengshan to send troops to contain Cao Jun, etc., and he is very busy.

Finally, after several days of lobbying, Lin Yifan finally agreed to the agreement of forming a military alliance with Haizhou.The price Gu Baichuan paid for this was to open the Haizhou market and allow Hengshan business travelers to enter it for trade; Hengshan can get the priority of Haizhou mineral mining; open the conditions for population migration between the two places, etc.

For Gu Baichuan, the most important thing now is to pull Hengshan into the water first, so as to contain Cao Jun's southward offensive.The rest is the final stage, as long as Cao Jun's pressure is overcome, the so-called agreement is just a piece of waste paper.

As for Lin Yifan, he didn't take this agreement very seriously.After all, Haizhou is far away from Hengshan, and many of these conditions can only remain on paper.However, what he valued was the name. As long as Haizhou dared to tear up the agreement, after Hengshan's army went south, he could use this as an excuse to enter Haizhou logically.Moreover, Lin Yifan firmly believed that the Gu family would not obediently carry out such an unequal agreement.As long as he has resisted Cao Jun's pressure and his wings are full, the two places are thousands of miles apart, and Hengshan can't punish him at all.Then, the Gu family will definitely tear up the agreement and turn against Hengshan.Because if the Cao family wants to accept the existence of the Haizhou separatist regime, the existence of the tripartite alliance is not allowed. The only way for the Gu family to agree to become a vassal of the Cao family is to go.

After Gu Baichuan left with a lot of fruit, Hengshan began to transport old soldiers and artillery from various places to the south, and the inferior war horses were also eliminated from all armies, ready to sell them all to the Gu family.

The soldiers and horses of Yanming and Mingzhou began to station in the south, and the navy built a lot of boats to cross the river. All signs showed that Hengshan seemed to be preparing to go south.

When the news reached Haojing, Cao Ziyan, who had already become Emperor Tianwei, changed his expression in vain.Now Haizhou bandits are occupying Haizhou, and the Central Plains is in constant chaos. If there is an incomparably powerful Hengshan, how can the Tianwei Empire stand firm in the Central Plains?
"My dear friends, tell me, how should we deal with the current situation?" Cao Ziyan looked at the ministers and asked in a deep voice.

Everyone couldn't help being silent for a while. The current situation can be described as a fire at the front door, a burglary at the back door, and now there is another wolf staring at it. It can be described as internal and external troubles.

After a long time, Shen Li slowly stood up and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, according to what I heard, Haizhou's rebellion has already colluded with Hengshan. If my minister's expectations are correct, this change in Hengshan must have a great relationship with it. Now that Hengshan has just pacified the grasslands and Yanzhou, it will definitely not go south rashly, this move is most likely intended to restrain our troops stationed along the coast, so that we cannot go south to suppress the rebellion."

"Even though Hengshan has this intention, our army dare not leave lightly." Cao Ziyan said in a cold voice, "Hengshan is really a good planner, as long as there is a slight change, it is enough to make our army stand on guard, as if facing a big enemy. Shen Aiqing, since Hengshan If we don’t intend to go south, can we deploy a group of troops to counter the rebellion?”

"No." Shen Li immediately stopped him, "Your Majesty, although Hengshan is pretending to attack, no one can guarantee whether it will take advantage of the situation and go south. If our army deploys more troops, once the northern line is empty, Hengshan doesn't mind going south and occupying the territory." Zhongqing two prefectures. Therefore, the troops on the northern front must maintain the current balance of power. As for going south to counter the rebellion, we can only find a way from Leizhou."

"Leizhou?" Cao Ziyan frowned, "If Leizhou's troops are deployed, wouldn't that old guy Feng Chongyi have a chance to breathe? Our army has already occupied most of Leizhou's territory, squeezing it to a section of the Tianyun defense line. If the horse comes out, I am afraid that Hengshan will continue to aid Leizhou, thereby reversing the situation in Leizhou. This..."

"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about the Leizhou side." Shen Li said in a deep voice, "The Leizhou army has lost most of it at this time, and can barely survive in the mountainous area. As long as our army guards the important areas of the counties, we can block the Leizhou army's counterattack. On the contrary, Haizhou must now take advantage of the unstable foundation of the rebels to quickly eliminate them. Otherwise, once they collude with Hengshan and have a lot of assistance from Hengshan, their strength will become stronger and stronger. Then, it may prevent my master Wang from going south, and it will be too late."

"Well, what Shen Aiqing said is very true." Cao Ziyan thought for a while, then couldn't help but nodded, "In that case, then I will draw up an order to order Gan Zongwang, the general of Leizhou, to immediately dispatch 20 troops to the south to join the Central Plains Suppressing Rebellion Army, and order Gather [-] soldiers and horses, and go south to suppress the rebellion."

(End of this chapter)