Especially for some people who would rather not eat for a day than drink for a day, it is equivalent to their lifeblood. The number of consumers is too large, which directly leads to the inability of sea transportation to meet everyone's needs. As a last resort, some businessmen took risks and planned to enter Jizhou via Liaozhou overland.
Even if King Zhong is not so resolute, merchants who have some connections and are willing to spend money can still smoothly enter from Liaozhou to Jizhou. All they have to pay is more costs. But it doesn't matter, as long as they can If you urgently need to ship out hot-selling items, you can still make a lot of money.
It is not difficult to find such a businessman. After handing over the task, Princess Di is waiting for the good news that may come. Of course, it may also be bad news.
The former Princess Di has been busy here, but apart from her, there is a rare tranquility in the entire Daqian. It seems that Emperor Qianwen is not dead yet and is still in charge, and it seems that Emperor Qianren's ascension has not happened. Same.
In the final analysis, all of this is just an illusion. The reason why there is current tranquility is just the eve of the storm, but it is because all the forces are not ready yet, just like King Qing, King Shun and others, who have just separated. After leaving home, they haven't completely integrated the forces in their hands. How can they look for trouble from others at this time? But once they are ready, the world will be in chaos.
Compared with these new forces, the established forces are more prepared, and they naturally have more ideas.
Prince Zhong’s Mansion in Ningcheng, Liaozhou.
When Emperor Qianren first came to power, the loyal king Tang Qingchuan was extremely unhappy. If not for the persuasion of others, he would have already launched an army to attack Daliang City. The reason why he did not do this was because he did not want others to go. Just got a bargain.
According to the opinions of King Zhong's staff, Emperor Qianren's ascension is not legal, and will not be recognized by other vassal kings and forces. Then someone will definitely have an idea for Daliang City, and they just need to wait and see. But just for this, two full months have passed, and the other forces have not moved at all.
Under the peaceful and terrifying atmosphere, King Zhong could not hold his breath. "Why, do you still have to wait any longer?" He called his two most valued aides, Zhang Zhen and Jiang She, and asked with an unkind expression. With.
"Your Majesty, it is indeed beyond our expectation that things will turn out like this. It seems that there is more than one smart person." Zhang Zhen said with a sigh.
"Yes, Your Majesty, everyone doesn't want to be the first person, they all want to follow behind and take advantage. This is enough to show that these vassal kings are people with vision. It is for this reason that we cannot act rashly. This is better than patience." Time." Jiang Chen also said something, which was equivalent to comforting King Zhong in disguise.
It's just that the current King Zhong is a little impatient. He no longer wants to wait. Especially when the throne is right in front of him, every minute is a kind of torture for him. What he wants is not wait.
"That's enough. Now let's talk about whether you have other ways to capture Daliang City. There is no need to talk about waiting."
After King Zhong expressed his attitude clearly, Zhang Zhen and Jiang She couldn't help but look at each other. In the end, Zhang Zhen sighed and said: "Your Majesty, even if we must capture Daliang City, I think we should find a good strategy. yes."
"Very good, so you should have some ideas. Come on, let's talk about it." Prince Zhong's expression softened a lot. What he wanted was a solution.
"Your Majesty, the walls of Daliang City are high and thick. If we must attack by force, the losses will be too great. It may be the result of losing both sides. This will be detrimental to your Majesty's future governance of Daliang. I think that the best strategy is to use wisdom to defeat the enemy."
"How to outsmart someone?"
"Your Majesty, the solution lies with the former Princess Di. All this woman wants is to restore the country. As long as your Majesty agrees to her request, and based on the friendship she and your Majesty have cooperated with before, she must be able to see the current emperor.
Familiarity with the King is better than familiarity. Once you get her support, it will probably take a lot less effort to capture Daliang City." Zhang Zhen held his fists and said with a very serious look on his face.
At this moment, King Zhong listened very carefully and nodded from time to time, obviously he was in favor of this idea.
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Daliang City.
The training period has reached two months, and Princess Di can't wait to send troops to Jin.
Ordinarily, the current strength of the army is not suitable for an immediate expedition, but news came from Jin, saying that the King of Jin had formed an offensive and defensive alliance with Shao Yulong, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi Province, and there was news that Shaanxi Province would send 30,000 troops to help.
The King of Jin confronts himself.
Princess Di, who originally had no military advantage, really didn’t know if other vassal kings or forces would choose to support King Jin if she waited. After all, to these people, she represented the former princess who had been eliminated.
Di is an existence that everyone shouts about.
There is another reason why she can't wait any longer, that is, the money in the hands of the former Princess Di is running out. Before, he only had an organization of a hundred people, and the expenses were very small. But now, there are more than 30,000 mouths waiting for food, every day
The consumption will be huge. If we wait any longer, once the army cannot even guarantee food, then who will work for themselves?
"Three days later, the army will set off and aim at Jinzhou." The former Princess Di finally made up her mind.
"Master, must we attack Jinzhou? Mr. Zhang Zhen is in Daliang City now." Staff Tang Sheng looked hesitant.
When talking about Zhang Zhen, the former Princess Di looked much better. She did not expect that King Zhong actually sent someone to contact her and expressed her willingness to cooperate. As long as she could help King Zhong seize the throne, she would support her restoration. In order to
To express their sincerity, Zhang Zhen also brought them 10,000 weapons and 10 million taels of silver this time.
Compared with Emperor Qianren who only gave verbal support, King Zhong was obviously more sincere and more powerful. However, after much thought, the former Princess Di still did not agree, and she wanted to lead her own troops to try it out.
If Jin can be captured, then we will have a stable foundation for raising food and soldiers, and we won't have to rely on others or look at anyone's face. But if we can't capture it, we can turn back and go back.
Cooperate with King Zhong. It must be very laborious for King Zhong to capture Daliang City without his own help.
After all, Prince Zhong was her back-up man. This gave Princess Di more confidence when she attacked Jin.
In August of the 20th year of Hanchang, the former Princess Di sent troops to Jin, with 50,000 soldiers. Among them, 30,000 soldiers were recruited by herself, and 20,000 soldiers (old, weak, sick and disabled) were assisted by Emperor Qianren.
An army of 50,000 marched toward the Jin Dynasty in a mighty manner. At this time, King Li Sheng of Jin had already prepared 50,000 elite troops, plus Shao Yulong, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi Province, who assisted 30,000 troops. With 50,000 fighting against 80,000, the self-defense army was unveiled. The troubled times in Daqian since Emperor Ren came to power.
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Prince Ji's Mansion in Jicheng.
After seeing the information sent by Long Ya, saying that the former Princess Di had finally sent out troops, Tang Ao couldn't help but look towards the direction of the Central Plains.
Previously, the former Princess Di sent a caravan to send word that she wanted to buy steel knives from him, and the price offered was considered reasonable, but Tang Ao refused without hesitation.
How can you reveal your sharp weapon to others so easily?
Not to mention, Tang Ao couldn't agree to the gift given to an ambitious foreigner. For some money, he didn't know how many lives of the Han family would have to be sacrificed in the future. No matter how you looked at it, it was so unworthy.
The former Princess Di sent troops, which represented the beginning of this woman's true journey to restore her country. As Jizhou, which is close to Beidi, Tang Ao knew in his heart that a storm was coming. Once the former Princess Di won, what would happen next When troops were deployed in Beidi, it was impossible for Jizhou to stay out of the incident at that time.
In other words, there is not much time left for Tang Ao and the Jizhou Army.
What I originally thought was that after the Central Plains was in chaos and all the forces were reduced to a pot of porridge, Tang Ao led the Jizhou army to suddenly attack to determine the world. But now it seems that because of the former Princess Di, Jizhou It is no longer possible to stay out of the situation.
"Come just come, Jizhou Army is not afraid of any enemy's provocation." Tang Ao made up his mind and looked at Shi Lei who was guarding outside the hall and said, "Please come over, Mr. Zeng and Mr. Han."
Prince Ji's Mansion was not far from Zhizhou Mansion, and within about two sticks of incense, Zhizhou and Chang Shi appeared in front of Tang Ao.
"Thank you for your hard work, gentlemen. I just want to ask how the slaves that Beidi and the Xiongnu exchanged for wine are being settled? How many are they?"
"No." After the two gentlemen bowed, they gave Tang Ao a detailed report on the relevant work.
According to what the two gentlemen said, Hero Drunk indeed conquered the powerful people of Beidi. The first batch of wine brought back by Gongsun Guang was robbed after returning to Beidi, and accordingly two thousand Da Di people were also sent away. Arriving at Jizhou. Thanks to the wide and solid roads after entering Jizhou, their movements became much faster than before.
It is said that there are two thousand Da Di people, but most of them are slaves. What's more terrible is that the two gentlemen found a lot of cadres among these people. They were all plundered by Beidi in the name of threshing grass over the years. .Even if the remaining part are not Ganren, they still have a close relationship with Ganren, and they are actually the descendants of Ganren.
Beidi's policy towards Jizhou has always been to rob whatever they can, whether it's food, iron tools or people. Men who robbed them naturally became slaves, women became maids, and some with good looks became tools for having children.
But the powerful people in Beidi were happy. The children they gave birth to were not valued because they had the blood of Gan people, and their status was even much higher than that of ordinary people in Di. As a result, they had been living in dire straits.
