"This time I will ask people to prepare 500,000 dans of grain and grass for you to take back. If a fight really breaks out, I will send you another 1 million dans. Liyang will not be peaceful for a while, I don't know.
How long will it take to get it done?”
Beiliang has a small number of soldiers, and without the food and grass from Liyang, it is impossible to survive. If the troops from Liuzhou and the Western Regions are added, even more food and grass will be needed.
Xu Fengnian also knows the dilemma Zhao Kai is facing now. The situation on Guangling Road is relatively complicated now, and a lot of food and grass cannot be delivered in time, even if he has money, it will be useless.
Each of the major vassal kings also had their own agendas and could not completely obey the court's orders.
"If necessary, just let us know. Although Beiliang's defense is not light, there is still no problem in deploying 10,000 or 20,000 elite cavalry."
Zhao Kai shook his head and said:
"Forget it, your defense is more important. Northern Liang and Liang Liao cannot be moved. You should take care of Northern Liang's internal affairs first. There are a lot of things going on in Liuzhou and the Western Regions. You are not the king of Northern Liang yet. You have the right.
Handing over is never an easy task, and your strength must also be improved. With your current level of pseudo-celestial phenomenon, you can't beat the Bodhisattva. Keep the talisman given to you and wait until the critical moment.
Use it again."
There are 350,000 troops in Beiliang and 300,000 in Liao and Liao Dynasties. The total is only 600,000 to 700,000. However, there are a million elite troops in Beimang. The mobilization of any army may affect the whole body.
Xu Fengnian didn't say much after hearing this. After drinking all the tea in the cup, he said goodbye and left. What he had to do was no less than Zhao Kai's.
After Xu Fengnian left, Zhao Kai met several vassal kings one after another.
First came the King of Jing'an, Zhao Xun. This always arrogant guy was a little reserved and respectful when he saw Zhao Kai, and he even dodged Zhao Kai's eyes.
He must have a guilty conscience, after all, his military advisor has just been spotted by people in the capital, and now he alone has the final say in the entire Xiangfan City. If Zhao Kai deals with him at this time, he will have no choice at all.
Zhao Kai took out a notebook and handed it to him. It contained all the deeds of his father, King Jingan, over the years, including the fact that in order to obtain other people's property, he did not hesitate to frame up and destroy other people's families;
In order to control the Qingzhou army, he carried out a series of actions such as assassinating disobedient generals, each one of which was so outrageous that each one was enough to be beheaded.
Zhao Kai looked at Zhao Xun who was trembling all over and said coldly:
"These are all things your father Zhao Heng did. Death is like a lamp going out. Now that he is gone, I will not pursue it too much, but I hope you remember that if you dare to do it again, you will not be treated as King Jing'an.
Got it!"
Zhao Xun left with a respectful expression, but the dissatisfaction and hatred in his eyes could not be hidden from Zhao Kai. This guy has always been determined to retaliate, and in his heart, he looked down on Zhao Kai, an illegitimate son.
Zhao Kai also knew that the current Qingzhou was run by him as a monolith. If he wanted to deal with him, he had to consider the hundreds of thousands of troops. It was better to think long term. It would be best to wait for him to jump out on his own.
Then Zhao Kai met with Zhao Sui and Zhao Ying, the two vassal kings who had failed. This time Zhao Kai didn't say anything unnecessary. After a casual chat, he let them go back to their fiefdom and let these two
He was immediately overjoyed and relieved. Zhao Kai had never been interested in dealing with a few messy people.
Next, Zhao Kai met with Gu Jiantang, the newly appointed Dazhu Kingdom. This guy was about to return to the border between Liao and Liao. He also had an army of 300,000 under his command. It can be said that the sky is high and the birds can fly.
Zhao Kai didn't say much to him, but just told him that if a war breaks out between Liang and Mang, he must take advantage of the main force of Beimang going south to fight Beiliang, and launch an attack on Beimang and South Korea, attacking from both sides.
In this regard, Gu Jiantang is still a little hesitant. After all, his strength in Liangliao is much worse than that of Beiliang. He relies on the natural dangers to defend Beimang, so Beimang does not dare to act recklessly. Once he gives up his advantage and marches straight into Beimang, he will surely be defeated.
falling into a disadvantage.
If the losses are too great, Beimang will definitely launch an attack on Liyang from the direction of Liang Liao, completely bypassing Beiliang. Once Liang Liao fails, the whole of Liyang may be destroyed.
Even if Beiliang can defeat Beimang and Southern Dynasty by then, the Central Plains will still suffer from Beimang's cavalry. This is too risky.
Gu Jiantang's worries were justified. Beimang was sure that he would not take action, so he chose to attack from Beiliang. After Zhao Kai thought for a moment, he said:
"In this case, if Beimang's army appears in Beiliang exceeds 600,000, you can lead the army to attack. If it does not exceed, you can stand still."
With 600,000, Beiliang should still be able to deal with it.
"General, I know that you are unhappy about Chen Zhibao being crowned king, but his title as King of Shu also comes with conditions. If you can lead an army to kill more than 100,000 enemies in the battle with Beimang, I will give you
If you, the prince, kill more than 200,000 enemies, I will make you a prince! Your status is completely equal to that of Xu Xiao.
If you disobey orders and sit on a mountain to watch tigers fight, then I will personally take your head so that I can do what I want!"
Gu Jiantang immediately knelt down to express his loyalty, and then left with a respectful look. Zhao Kaidao was not too worried about Gu Jiantang. In the past ten years, he had been suppressed by the Ministry of War. The imperial court had already placed many loyal officials in the two Liao Dynasties.
Tang's cronies, including his lieutenants, are all members of the imperial court. Once there is any trouble, Li Yang will immediately find out that if he really has evil intentions, it will give Zhao Kai a reason to kill him.
After Gu Jiantang left, Zhao Kai did not meet with Chen Zhibao. He only gave him an imperial edict and let him leave on his own. Chen Zhibao was also happy. He also wanted to return to Shu as soon as possible. His current status as the King of Shu was still somewhat unworthy of his name.
, after all, there is still Su Su in Shu.
The last people Zhao Kai met were King Yanchi Zhao Bing and his son, and military advisor Nalan Youci.