Chapter 5338 The Dilemma of Being Incomprehensible
Cold sweat broke out on the black robe's head. After a long time, he sighed: "Yes, you are right. Yu Yue is definitely not capable of confronting Liu Yi. Those new stragglers he has recruited will also provide Liu Yi with
There are a lot of excuses that can directly attack them. Whether they retreat or confront them head-on, they will only lose miserably. In the final analysis, Yu Yue has neither strength nor status. He also had a feud with Liu Yi, and now they can't see eye to eye with each other.
If Liu Yu wants to seize Liu Yi's official position and territory, then Liu Yi is most likely to seek compensation from Yu Yue."
At this point, Heipao paused and said unwillingly: "But the anti-Liu Yu forces are fighting each other and annexing each other, and they just lose their own strength in vain. Don't Liu Yi understand that once there are no allies?
, is isolated and helpless. Even if he annexes Yu Yue's power, it is equivalent to severing the connection with the noble family. If he confronts Liu Yu later, what external force can he rely on? Even if I can't come forward,
Is it possible for you to explain this truth to him, or through the power of other aristocratic families, such as Xie Hun, Xi Sengshi and others who have a good relationship with him?"
Doupeng sighed: "Heipao, Tao Gong, do you really not understand the current situation? The struggle for power between Liu Yi and Liu Yu is within the Eighth Party of Beifu Junjing, and among the high-ranking families,
There are also such battles within the government. In addition to the official position in the court, the title, the civil servant group or the status within the family, it also involves land, bankers, etc. This is similar to the size and strength of the legions under the generals.
, it’s the same as the territory, it’s their foundation.”
"These high-ranking families do not have centuries-old friendships that are unbreakable as you imagine. Even before Liu Yu came to power, there were constant overt and covert fights. Take a look at the former Mafia Qiankun, what was the internal situation like? To put it bluntly, these
Aren’t the guys who claim to represent the interests of the entire family group ultimately seeking benefits for their own families?”
"Now that the Black Hand Qiankun is gone, such fights between aristocratic families will only become public. When Yu Yue accompanied Liu Yi on the expedition this time, he first took advantage of the titles and official positions obtained after the Northern Expedition to Southern Yan, including
Some of the benefits received from Nan Yan were transferred to Liu Yu and Beifu Group in exchange for several years of tax-free rights in Wudi Manor, which allowed them to use the food and grass that should have been used to pay taxes and serve in the army.
We will use our manpower to follow Liu Yi again and fight a new battle."
"Xie Hun and Xi Sengshi originally wanted to follow Liu Yi in his Western Expedition to gain credit, but Liu Yi initially wanted to sit back and watch Liu Daogui and He Wuji fight to the death with Tianshi Dao. For this reason, he would rather pretend to be sick, but he
I never expected that Liu Daogui and He Wuji would be defeated so quickly, so that Tianshi Dao's military front was directed at his Yuzhou within half a year."
The black robe sighed: "I was in Nanyan at the time, and I didn't know the inside story of these things. What I saw was that Liu Yi was asked by Liu Yu not to fight the decisive battle with Tianshi Dao for the time being, and to wait for Liu Yu's army to conquer Yan.
After sending a letter to rendezvous after returning, he tore up the letter directly and set out with the army. The confidence he had in doing so probably came from his own Yuzhou Legion, and secondly, he had the logistical support of a large amount of food and supplies brought directly by Yu Yue.
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Doupeng said solemnly: "That's exactly what happened. At that time, Yu Yue went out with the Northern Expedition in Qingzhou. After the great victory in Linqu, he was promoted to a high official. Along with hundreds of Yu family's nephews, they all won titles in one battle. The future of this life is bright.
Having gained a fortune and tasted the benefits, he was the most active supporter of the war among all the Wu family at that time. Moreover, their Yu family had prepared a large amount of military rations to be transported to the front line, but because Liu Yu was besieging Guanggu
At that time, they received strong support from the powerful local Han people in Qingzhou. They no longer needed to transport grain from the rear and became free. Other families were reluctant to transport grain to the front line and pushed back. Only the Yu family was rushing to do so.
Transport food to the front and give it to people, because Yu Yue understands that the Northern Expedition is bound to win, and the more you give now, the better the rewards will be in the future."
"So, when Liu Yi formed the Western Expedition Corps and was about to send troops, they reached an agreement through the internal meeting of Black Hand Qiankun. Liu Yi was confident that the monster thieves would divide their forces and go back to attack Jiangling. However, they were severely damaged by Liu Daogui, and the navy was no longer what it was in the first battle.
Liu Yi's Yuzhou Corps was absolutely sure of its power in land battles. After all, Tianshi Dao had been defeated by Liu Yi many times before. As long as they could not advance by land and water simultaneously and use naval forces to attack the flanks, Liu Yi would have nothing to fear.
, taking advantage of Tianshi Dao's new defeat, Liu Yi pushed forward the more than 20,000 troops he had at hand, which was enough to block Tianshi Dao's eastward attack. Just like the tactics used when fighting Huan Zhen, it echoed Liu Daogui's attack on Tianshi Dao from both sides.
If the Tianshi Dao army attacks Liu Yi, Liu Daogui will attack behind him. If the Tianshi Dao army attacks Liu Daogui in Jingzhou, Liu Yi will attack in front of Jiangzhou. If the Tianshi Dao army divides its forces, both armies will be at a disadvantage and can be defeated at the same time.
Huan Zhen used this method of fighting for Liu Yi and Lu Zong to drag them to destruction, so Liu Yi has absolute confidence in this method of fighting."
The black robe nodded: "So at the beginning, Liu Yi did not want to fight rashly, but camped for a long time, waiting for the opportunity to fight, until Xu Daofu passed Liu Tingyun and laid a trap to lure Liu Yi to misjudge the way of the Tianshi.
He hurriedly withdrew his troops back to Lingnan or turned back to attack Jingzhou, so he pursued the whole army until they were ambushed by the Tianshi Dao army and the whole army was wiped out."
Doupeng smiled slightly: "This is my plan, implemented through Liu Tingyun. If you didn't insist on Xu Daofu splitting up the fleet when you came back to attack Jiangling later, we could have attacked Jiangling a month in advance.
Fortunately, because we lost the main fleet, we had to stay for more than a month after defeating Liu Yi to build a new fleet, which gave Liu Yu a chance to rush back. Heipao, I have been putting up with this matter.
Just because you blame me doesn't mean I've really forgotten."
Heipao's face turned slightly red and said: "That's because Huan Qian and Gou Lin were making good progress at that time. They marched from the north, crossed Lu Zongzhi's Yongzhou, and reached the outside of Jiangling City. Liu Daogui was besieged internally and externally. No one could see it.
We would think that we would collapse with just one final blow. If we successfully capture Jingzhou, we can also lay siege to Jiankang for a long time without any hurry. Why would we be forced to finish our work in one battle later? In this matter, I don’t think my approach has any significance.
What's the problem? If there is any problem, it's because we didn't have good communication at the time. Didn't you tell me when you designed Liu Yi to be fooled?" (End of Chapter)