There was great joy in the Imperial City of Jinling, and preparations were made for the New Year after the winter festival.
But at the same time, there were a lot of complaints in Beiliang and Liangjing.
Just because Luo Yang and Wan Yiming joined forces to rebel, Emperor Liang was frightened. After the Ministry of War tried to persuade him to no avail, Emperor Liang attacked the generals near the garrison in the capital.
He wanted to replace all the important generals with confidants who were loyal to him, or simply parachute a member of the royal family to control them.
The incident in Gyeonggi Province frightened Emperor Liang, fearing that one of his generals would rebel and suddenly stab him in the back.
Therefore, even the loyal commander of the Liangjing Forbidden Army was assigned a supervisory army.
Chen Zhi!
This royal general who spent two hundred thousand taels of silver from the royal family to redeem it from Fang Jue became the current actual controller of the Forbidden Army.
The former commander of the Forbidden Army was temporarily dismissed from his post.
It was just because Emperor Liang found it difficult to trust others, and Chen Zhi was the only character in the royal family who was good at fighting.
When the news reached Mo City, Luo Yangzheng and Wan Yiming joined forces and received the news during the celebration that night.
"Okay, Chen Zhi led the imperial army. I laughed to death. God is helping me!" Luo Yang was overjoyed when he heard the news.
Wan Yiming said with a smile: "Your Majesty doesn't know how to use soldiers at all. He changed his general before the battle and replaced him with a loser. It seems that I scared him."
Luo Yang laughed: "What I want is this effect. It is natural for him to not dare to trust anyone, and then make frequent mistakes and lose people's hearts."
Emperor Liang has now lost his sense of proportion and does things regardless of the overall situation. He just wants to appease his fearful heart.
The two people in Mozhou City were overjoyed, and Emperor Liang's tricks didn't stop there.
"I heard that the emperor has given an order to mobilize all the troops and horses from the east to come to King Qin." Wan Yiming reminded Luo Yang that this was the news he received before leaving.
"The soldiers and horses from the eastern border should already be on the way. We will be blocked before we reach Gyeonggi Province."
Luo Yang nodded: "We always have to fight head-on. Otherwise, how can we deter these tough soldiers?"
"It's just that once the troops on the eastern front are withdrawn, the coastal areas will be coveted by the East China Sea State, and it will be inevitable to lose a few state capitals." Wan Yiming shook his head.
The reason why Emperor Liang is said to have made a foolish move is very simple: Donghai Kingdom will definitely send troops to occupy the coast.
By then Beiliang will not be able to go to the sea. Beiliang only has one coastline on the East China Sea. Otherwise, if you want to go to the sea, you have to take a detour to Xichu.
If the Donghai Kingdom takes the opportunity to rise, the living space of Beiliang will be further weakened.
Without the coastal state capital and the inability to go fishing on a large scale, the food crisis in Beiliang will become more serious, and without the high coastal customs taxes, the economy will also decline.
Originally, the internal rebellion war would have to pay a heavy price, but it would be a waste of twenty years for Beiliang to do so.
But at this moment, Emperor Liang no longer cares about this. He just wants to put down the Luoyang Rebellion, otherwise the royal family will be exterminated.
The royal family that has been successfully conquered the world since ancient times is inevitable. In order to preserve the royal family, Emperor Liang could no longer take into account the overall situation of the world in Northern Liang.
"The soldiers and horses along the eastern front, even the cavalry cannot form a ten thousand-household camp, so what kind of threat can they pose?" Luo Hao said proudly from the side.
Luo Yang: "Don't be careless. The Liangwu soldiers on the eastern front are famous all over the world. If we stick to the pass city, we may not be able to please them."
Wan Yiming said: "If someone on the eastern front responds to us and helps us stop the Liangwu soldiers, we will be able to invade the capital in just one month!"
Three or four hundred miles away, dozens of city gates were in vain in the eyes of the two of them.
By the time Wan Yiming fought his way over, many passes had been destroyed and they would not be able to be repaired in a short period of time unless the imperial court stationed more than 100,000 troops to fight them in the plains.
But this is winter, and Luoyang never pays attention to martial ethics when fighting.
"If I were the emperor, I would definitely gather an army of diligent kings in Gyeonggi Province to wait for work." Wan Yiming suddenly said.
"But does he still have any generals he can use?" Luo Yang said disdainfully.
Wan Yiming smiled: "Gyeonggi Province Commander-in-Chief Lu Wei was considered a threat, so I killed him before leaving."
Whether it is Wan Yiming or Luo Yang, they have many capable people, and they are all in the rebel army at the moment.
Emperor Liang usually suppressed the military attachés, but now he had no one available.
"Not to mention anything else, does he still have military rations?" Wan Yiming laughed, "I burned two granaries in Gyeonggi Province, but unfortunately a few of them were too far away and I couldn't reach them."
"That's enough. Such a loss cannot be made up for in a short time even if the entire imperial court uses its power."
"I have an idea..." Luo Yang suddenly thought of something.
Wan Yiming: "Tell me about it?"
"At this moment, the emperor definitely plans to send troops to Gyeonggi Road to fight with us... We will slow down and plunder and accumulate food along the way..."
Seeing Luo Yang smiling jokingly, Wan Yiming understood: "What you mean is that no matter how many troops he deploys, he will starve in Gyeonggi Province, and stationing troops for too long will inevitably lead to internal conflicts..."
Both were veterans of the military. The two looked at each other and hit it off immediately.
"It is too risky to attack the capital directly now. It is better to gather the Heishui area first and confront Liangjing across the Black Water."
Luo Yang said: "The eastern front is occupied by the sea, and Gyeonggi Province is not rich in food. We only need to capture the southeastern waterway... The capital side can only sit back and have nothing."
The food in Beiliang mainly comes from nomadic herding, fishing, hunting, and farming, as well as food imported from the East China Sea and Western Chu countries on the sea and west.
Now that the western and southwest lines are under Luoyang's control, the imperial court on the East China Sea will voluntarily give up, and the East China Sea will inevitably cut off Beiliang's coastline...
As for farming, this is winter, and the grain has already been harvested. After being collected in the treasury, it is distributed to all levels of government offices and garrisons.
"Don't forget, there are still some grain merchants, their strength should not be underestimated." Wan Yiming reminded Luo Yang.
Near Liangjing, there are many grain merchants' grain storage warehouses. These things will be of great use at critical moments.
Luo Yang became serious: "I almost forgot about these profiteers."
"Brother, there is one more thing, our military pay should be paid." Luo Hao also said.
"What's the problem? We can use the money from the treasury of the state capitals along the way to pay for the army."
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It has been twenty-four days since Luoyang raised troops.
After Mozhou City fell into the hands of the rebels, the Beiliang Heishui area has been strangled, making it difficult to access waterways.
Ignoring the dissuasion of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs, Emperor Liang assembled all the troops on the eastern and northern fronts and called to King Qin of Gyeonggi Province.
Although not many people responded, there were loyal ministers and good generals who rushed to the vicinity of Gyeonggi Province after receiving the news.
But they were all told that they were not allowed to approach the capital and could only be stationed outside one state.
This action immediately chilled many people's hearts.
In the morning in the palace, Emperor Liang looked at the civil and military officials of the court and saw that no one had any plan to retreat from the enemy. He was immediately disappointed.
"Your Majesty, the East China Sea Defense Line has come to report that as soon as our army left, Donghai used boats to invade Mingzhou and Lizhou... The soldiers who stayed behind suffered heavy losses and can no longer hold on." The Minister of the Ministry of War left the mission and said helplessly.
"What?" Emperor Liang asked angrily, "Donghai Kingdom has been on good terms with Northern Liang for hundreds of years. There was a gentleman's agreement back then, but now they are so shameless and tearing up the treaty?"
After hearing this, the ministers were also angry, but they were more impressed by His Majesty's naivety.
There is no real gentleman's agreement between countries. All treaties can be torn up in an instant when faced with immediate interests.
Who hasn’t done this kind of thing?
"Your Majesty, there is one more thing..."
Under the look of the Minister of War, the Minister of Hubu came out and said: "More and more soldiers and horses are coming to King Qin. Military food is a problem, and there are rewards..."
"The imperial court has its own rules, shouldn't it be enough to follow the ancestral rules?" Emperor Liang said, feeling that he had to ask himself about everything, what is the use of you.
The Minister of Hubu said calmly: "Your Majesty, the Hubu has no money."
"What?"
Emperor Liang was shocked: "Why do you have no money?"
"In the past few years, our country, Liang, has not spent much money. There has been no major project for many years since the Blackwater was dredged, and all foreign expeditions have been fruitful... Why are we running out of money?"
Emperor Liang became suspicious, his face full of cold anger, and he almost pointed at the nose of the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and asked if he had been corrupted.
Faced with such questions, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue said bluntly: "Our Liang Kingdom has no deep foundation and no foundation. Your Majesty... the court has owed a lot of debts for disaster relief in recent years. It has only been paid off gradually in the past few years, so there is no money left."
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"Why don't you keep some money, just in case?"
Emperor Liang knew that he owed a lot of money to Taishan Bank. He was not the only one who owed it. Since the Emperor of Great Xia had no shame in making loans, other countries did not care about their dignity.
Although Beiliang has a large territory, it has a small population, so consumption is low. Of course, the economy is also in a sluggish state.
The geographical environment is restricted, and the land is large but not rich in resources. Relying on maritime business and plundering Daxia, these years have been relatively prosperous.
People like to nomadic, fish and hunt. Although farming is valued, it is not mandatory, which makes people in many areas unwilling to farm.
Because they feel that farming is too slow and not as fast as doing business or plundering.
But the result is that there is no real wealth at all. This chapter has been completed!
