Chapter 710: Reef
Dai Yue didn't come after all.
The main force he led was stationed when he arrived in Pei County, but he sent a small cavalry to tentatively reach the city of Xuzhou under his banner.
The cavalry was not blocked and drove straight in. It was not until they saw the head of Pang Xun, the Wuningjie coach hanging high above the city gate at the city gate.
Zhu Youzhen sent someone to friendly invitation of the leader of the cavalry and a captain of Zhenwu into the city.
Of course, it is not possible to not go in. Anyone who is stared at by hundreds of cavalrymen cannot refuse this invitation.
Zhu Youzhen received the captain cordially and friendly, and sincerely expressed his gratitude to Dai Yue for leading troops to help him eliminate the rebel Pang Xun. He also warmly invited Dai Yue to Xuzhou to come and give the whole friendship of the landlord. Finally, he rewarded the lonely scout cavalry heavily.
In a daze and fearless manner, the Zhenwu Captain took Zhu Youzhen's enthusiastic invitation letter, as well as some letters from Pang Xun colluded with the Tang Dynasty and other evidence, and of course some white silver and yellow gold, left the city in a daze and started his horse and ran back to Pei County.
After reading Zhu Youzhen's invitation letter and the so-called evidence brought back by the Zhenwu Captain, Dai Yue sighed.
After all, the road was done, Pang Xun was gone, it was too late to say anything.
Or in the view of Emperor Zhu Wen of Daliang, an important area like Wuning is much more reliable than having Pang Xun hold it.
The great thing about Zhu Youzhen's attack on him without his will and his good at using troops is to scold him and give him a painless punishment, which cannot change the fact that Wu Ning has been mastered by Zhu Youzhen.
The current problem is already very serious for Gunhai. Because Zhu Chi, after Xuanwu's residency, had a clear tendency, otherwise, Zhu Youzhen would not have sent troops from Xuanwu to attack Wuning.
Xuanwu, Tianping and Wuning have formed a de facto surround of Gunhai, and on the other side of this encirclement are the powerful Tang army. In Pinglu, the Tang army gathered the forces of the two guards. Although the Zuo Xiaogu's strength has been greatly reduced due to the internal struggle of the Tang army, You Yong's take office is very likely to reverse the situation in a short period of time. If these two guards were viewed by Li Ze, the fool would not believe it.
Gunhai's life must be very sad. Dai Yue now regrets it very much. In the past days, they ignored Zhu Chi, a seemingly mediocre guy, and thought he was a person who was just a person who had no political goal to die. Now they were punished. Zhu Chi's hands loosened slightly, and the dark clouds were covered with over Gunhai's head.
Next, we must try our best to open up Zhu Chi's link. If it really doesn't work, we must also find a way to change Xuanwu's queen, otherwise Gunhai will be locked up to death.
As for the idea of killing Zhu Youzhen in the chaos, the more I have no idea.
This made him hate Pang Xun very much. Chang Tang, a Jiezhen, was killed by Zhu Youzhen in a few seconds. He didn't even support him for several days, which made him fall into such a situation of being moved.
"Sir, what should we do now?" asked the marching army and the army carefully.
"Leave a group of people to occupy Pei County, and other troops to withdraw back to Gunhai." After thinking about it, Dai Chao was unwilling to give up and decided to leave a small tail.
As for Zhu Youzhen's invitation to the Xuzhou City banquet, he just thought that Zhu Youzhen had farted. He really wanted to go, and it might be possible to come back. Zhu Youzhen is a mad dog now. If he dares to bite Pang Xun, he may not dare to bite him.
Dai Yue left in a bad mood.
Next, there will definitely be a big debate in Chang'an, but this is not a big deal for Zhu Youzhen. Could it be that if you eat something from your mouth, can you still vomit it out? Dai Chao has the strength in the court, but Jingxiang is not a vegetarian, so let them fight verbal battles above the court. He must calm down and follow Jingxiang's plan and move forward step by step.
Dai Yue left a soldier in Pei County, and Zhu Youzhen didn't see it at all. Pei County had already given Tian Guofeng's troops to garrison. I believe that the thief boss would not tolerate his territory being occupied by others. As for how to drive away the people from Gunhai, Zhu Youzhen was not going to ask about it.
Don't know it's better.
Of course, he could also guess that Tian Guofeng's actions must be very bloody and violent.
Wuning's change of rulers can only be considered a small change for the world. Wuyi's direction does not seem to have any reaction to this. Anyway, it is the enemy, so it doesn't matter who is who. For Daliang, Wuning's replacement of the surname Zhu may be a good thing, which can make the rule more stable. It is ultimately his own business if the brothers don't fight with each other. But for Huainan, which borders Wuning, the problem is a big deal.
Although Pang Xun surrendered to Daliang, his relationship with the Huainan Jiedu was generally good. Everyone was not worried about the intersecting wars. But if he changed to Zhu Youzhen, the form immediately changed. Zhu Youyu and Zhu Yougui, the other two brothers of the Zhu family, successively built the East and West Roads of Shannan this year. Now that Zhu Youzhen has arrived in Wuning, how could he not attack the wealthy Huainan?
Huainan Jie Town is a large Jie Town in the south. It is not bad in terms of strength. Its jurisdiction is Yangzhou, Chuzhou, Hezhou, Luzhou, Shouzhou, Shuzhou and other places, which are all commercially developed areas, and for Huainan, it is not short of money.
If you don’t have money, you will naturally not have soldiers.
But having soldiers does not mean that you have combat effectiveness.
And because he has always been rich and developed in business, both Tang and Liang have never forgotten their infiltration into this place. In fact, the inside of Huainan can be divided into three parts.
Part of them was headed by the Jiedushi Gong Yunda, hoping to maintain the status quo and safeguard their vested interests. Although Gong Yunda still followed the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he did not strictly enforce a economic blockade against Daliang like the order issued by the Tang court. On the contrary, after overcoming the shock caused by Zhu Wen's initial proclaim to emperor, Huainan resumed the transaction of Daliang and became the most important commodity export place for Daliang.
The second part is people who hope to surrender to Daliang. These people believe that Huainan is far away from Wuyi and close to Daliang. If they do not surrender to Daliang, they will cause disasters at any time. It is better to surrender to seek peace.
The third part is to unswervingly support the Tang Dynasty court, hoping that Huainan could become the backbone of the southern opposition to the Liang Kingdom.
The Jiedushi Gong Yunda was in the middle, and he was in Yamato and struggled to maintain a balance in three aspects.
But after Zhu Youzhen took over Wuning, the form had changed drastically, and the faction that hoped to surrender to Daliang immediately gained the upper hand. Even Gong Yunda had to consider what to do next.
Although the final decision had not been made, Huainan still began to assemble troops and make preparations.
After finishing his day of official duties, Mei Jiu, the magistrate of Yangzhou, returned to the back house tiredly. While sitting by the brazier and burning her feet comfortably, another visitor arrived.
"Shenglong's shopkeeper?" Although he was a little unhappy, Mei Jiu still wiped his feet in a hurry, waved his hand to repel the maids and servants serving beside him, and invited Shenglong's shopkeeper Qin Xinming in.
Shenglong's boss is Jin Mantang, and Jin Mantang's base camp is in Yangzhou. Jin Mantang has a relationship with Li Ze, the actual controller of the Tang Dynasty, and is in-laws, so it is natural that Jin Mantang's tendency is negligent.
Jin Mantang is running everywhere now, and it is rare to show his side in Yangzhou. Everything is the head of Qin Xinming, and few people know Qin Xinming's origin. Of course, Mei Jiu is very clear.
This big shopkeeper is from Wuyi.
In fact, even Mei Jiu can be regarded as a person from Wuyi. Three years ago, he was just the chief minister of Yangzhou. It was Jin Mantang who used all the relationships that could be used and spent a lot of money to help him to the throne. And Wuyi's
"Shopkeeper Qin, is it because of Wu Ning's incident?" Mei Jiu asked.
"What else can it be?" Qin Xinming stretched tiredly: "The magistrate, news came from the Jie Town Government in Chuzhou, and Gongjie Town has begun to shake."
Mei Jiu was stunned and said, "Didn't the general of Jieshi have started to mobilize troops to prepare for war?"
"Mobilization is a matter of a while, and whether to make up your mind to resist is another matter." Qin Xinming shook his head: "We are going to prepare."
Mei Jiu was a little dull for a moment. If Gong Yunda was really shaken and prepared to surrender to Daliang, someone like him would be a person with a strong relationship with Wuyi, and I am afraid that the first one would be taken down.
"How can I resist the Yangzhou area?" He said with some difficulty.
Qin Xinming smiled and said, "Magistrate, don't underestimate yourself. Our work over the past three years has not been done in vain."
"In Yangzhou, there are only 3,000 soldiers and horses."
"When needed, he can immediately become five thousand, ten thousand!" Qin Xinming said: "Now from the waterway, a large number of Tang armies are coming towards Yangzhou. With these armies, there are hundreds of well-trained Tang officers and magistrates. If Huainan is unstable, Yangzhou will never be a lonely boat, but will become a hard reef."
"What do we need to do next?" Mei Jiu asked.
"Lose on the outside and tight on the inside!" Qin Xinming said: "We need to conduct a full survey of the surrendered factions in Yangzhou. In the next days, someone will definitely come to persuade you. Just deal with it. When that day comes, you will take down all these people and kill them with lightning speed!"
"Can we really hold on?" Mei Jiu felt a little guilty.
Chapter completed!