The accident of the Dingnan Army also happened in Jiangnan.
After Li Jing's tacit approval, Li Hongji lived in the navy camp.
Drill your navy day and night, wait for news from the north, and send troops anytime and anywhere.
It's just that the distance between Hedong and Jiangnan, one north and one south, is too far.
Li Hongji currently does not know the news about the destruction of the Northern Han Dynasty. The information he has is limited to the fact that Luo Youdu conquered Li Jun and divided his troops to attack the Northern Han Dynasty. The news was separated by more than ten days.
It's not that Southern Tang's intelligence network is too bad, but that the speed of news dissemination is too slow.
If it was Luo Youdu's urgent order to send the message by fast horse, day and night, five or six hundred miles a day would not be a problem.
The long-distance communication between the north and the south only takes three to five days.
All it takes is a lot of manpower, material and financial resources.
But the intelligence agents of the Southern Tang Dynasty could not do this in the Central Plains. What is the difference between running in such a hurry and seeking death?
They are at most faster than normal people and need to deliver messages step by step.
Therefore, there is a news error of half a month.
"My king has persuaded Chai Shouli of Luoyang, the Lord of Bashu, as well as Li Chongjin and Zhang Yongde. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The prince must not miss it."
The Khitan envoy dressed as a businessman tried hard to persuade Li Hongji to respond to the Khitan's actions early.
In fact, the Khitan envoy himself didn't know the details. He just kept talking and tried to trick Li Hong into taking action as soon as possible. After all, the more chaotic the Central Plains, the greater their profits.
In order to seize this opportunity, Yelu Wuzhi almost risked his life.
All the methods that came to mind were used, even a being like Chai Shouli who was easy to ignore was used.
He even did not hesitate to use some secrets left behind by Yelu Deguang when he was forced to leave the Central Plains, most of whom were businessmen.
Li Hongji would not listen to the Khitan envoy's words. He had his own thoughts on action. He glanced at the envoy beside him and analyzed the situation by himself.
The Khitan made a lot of noise and used all their tricks. Li Hongji saw it all and knew that the land of Yan was reoccupied by the Central Plains, stepping on the Khitan's painful feet, so he dealt with the Central Plains at all costs.
Li Hongji also had the same idea. Huainan was captured by the Central Plains, and their Tang country was as if their throats were stuck.
Originally, there was an overflow of salt in the Huaihe River in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the salt in the south of the Yangtze River was too much to sell, so it was forcibly sold to the people.
Now the wind and water are changing. The four seasons in Jiangnan are distinct, the land is fertile, and the wealth is extraordinary. But it does not produce salt...
Salt is useless if you have too much of it, but you cannot live without it.
Therefore, less than a month after Li Jing surrendered to Guo Rong, he cried and begged Guo Rong to transfer the southern part of Hailing Salt Prison to Jiangnan, otherwise there would be no salt to eat in Jiangnan.
What kind of person is Guo Rong, how could he give up the means to check and balance Jiangnan? With a wave of his hand, he promised to deliver 300,000 dendrobium to Southern Tang Dynasty every year to meet the needs, but if he wanted the Hailing Salt Supervisor, he would never do it.
possible.
Since the Central Plains transports 300,000 dendrobium salts every year, Jiangnan really does not have to worry about salt.
However, this kind of gift can be cut off immediately.
Once salt is cut off in the Central Plains, there will be no salt left to eat in Jiangnan the next year.
Compared with Li Jing's greed for pleasure.
Li Hongji had a heart that was unwilling to accept the status quo and longed to become an outstanding emperor. He did not like the title Lord of Jiangnan at all.
Restoring the imperial system, regaining his homeland, and taking over the Central Plains is what he should do.
The south of the Yangtze River is trapped by salt, and cannot be independent for a day.
This time, Li Hongji wanted to take the first step to regain Jiangnan's control over the Hailing Salt Supervision and solve the salt problem in Jiangnan.
But no matter what the Khitan envoy said, Li Hongji remained unmoved.
It is true that Jiangnan has Jiangnan’s interests, but it cannot become a pawn of the Khitans.
This is also the reason why Luo Youdu is certain that the siege network will not be established.
Everything was indeed as expected by the Khitan. They all knew that Luo Youdu had newly ascended the throne and his foundation was unstable. They all knew that now was the best time to deal with him.
They even understood that they were unanimously targeting the Central Plains, and that the Central Plains would have a high chance of being hit hard and unable to recover.
If you miss this village, you won’t have this store.
But it is impossible for all countries and ministries to deal with the outside world in unison regardless of gains and losses.
Everyone has their own interests and needs, and they all have their own little thoughts.
What awaits them is a missed opportunity.
When the fall of the Northern Han Dynasty spread to Jiangnan, Li Jing was so frightened that he almost fainted.
Twenty-seven days, the Northern Han Dynasty was gone?
What kind of terrifying strength is this?
That’s Jinyang City!
When Liang and Jin were fighting for hegemony, Zhu Wen suppressed Li Keyong and beat him violently, and the six-pronged army aggressively surrounded Jinyang City, but they were unable to capture Jinyang.
The Northern Han Dynasty, which owned the ancient city of Jinyang, could not even sustain it for twenty-seven days?
Jinyang is like this, let alone Jinling City?
Thinking of Li Hongji's instigation, Li Jing angrily issued edicts one after another, summoning Li Hongji from the Jiangnan camp, and reprimanded him: "You almost ruined my Jiangnan foundation, so you can't learn from others, be gentle and courteous. Just be gentle and courteous."
You know how to mess around. You are not the king of Jiangnan yet, and you have almost left me without a burial place in Jiangnan. If I pass the kingship to you, won’t my Jiangnan foundation be completely destroyed at your hands?"
The more Li Jing thought about it, the angrier and more terrifying he became. When his mind became hot, he picked up the pillar ax and hit Li Hongji.
While beating him, he said: "You despise authority so much, I shouldn't make you the crown prince."
Li Hongji was impatient and was aroused by the beating. Hearing these words, he grabbed the pillar ax and wanted to fight back. But seeing that it was his father, he threw the pillar ax to the ground angrily and shouted: "You never liked it."
If you pass me, whoever you like will be the prince."
He ran out of the palace angrily and found a restaurant to get drunk. The more he drank, the angrier he became. The more he thought about it, the more unpleasant he felt. He was so drunk that he thought of Li Jing's compliments to Li Congjia. He rushed to Li Congjia's house and killed this innocent man.
My younger brother was beaten up.
If you can't beat your father, you can't beat your brother?
The most comfortable one belongs to Meng Chang of Bashu. This Khitan envoy came to the door to act as a lobbyist, and his words were very exciting.
Before Meng Chang finished listening, he had the other party tied up and sent to Bianjing.
Khitan is not adjacent to Bashu, and Meng Chang is not afraid of that huge beast at all, but the Central Plains is a knife across the neck. Whoever wants to provoke anyone, I won't do it anyway.
When he heard that the Northern Han Dynasty was overthrown in twenty-seven days, Meng Chang's fat body trembled with fright, and soon he started laughing with gloating.
He also wrote a poem specifically for his far-sightedness...
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Luzhou Imperial Camp.
On his way back to his teacher, Luo Youdu unexpectedly received a letter from Zhang Yongde.
Regarding Zhang Yongde and Li Chongjin's situation in Jiangling, Sun Guangxian informed him early.
After Zhang Yongde took the order and went south to Jiangling, for some unknown reason, he blocked Li Chongjin's door with a big black pig and came to visit him.
It just came up empty.
After Li Chongjin received Zhang Yongde's promotion to the capital of Jingnan, he knew that the situation was not good, so he left home and hid.
How could Zhang Yongde be willing to let Li Chongjin escape?
The two men played hide and seek in Jiangling, which attracted the attention of everyone in Jiangling.
In the end, Zhang Yongde caught Li Chongjin fishing in Baling Mountain, ending the more than ten days of hide-and-seek journey.
Zhang Yongde sneered at Li Chongjin.
Li Chongjin ignored him.
During these days in Jiangling, his character has been greatly improved.
Zhang Yongde asked for trouble. When he saw Li Chong going fishing, he also found a fishing rod and started fishing opposite him.
There are skills in fishing, but for a novice, it all depends on luck.
Zhang Yongde didn't know whether it was because he had a good seat or was just lucky that all kinds of big fish took the bait.
Li Chongjin, on the other hand, occasionally bit the hook and escaped several times.
Zhang Yongde was overjoyed.
Li Chongjin rarely started to care about each other and asked Zhang Yongde to compete again tomorrow.
The two men, who were once the number one and number two in the military, appeared comfortably at various fishing spots in Gangneung to compete in fishing.
The winner is as if he has won a battle, and the loser is not willing to compete again.
Li Chongjin personally attacked Zhang Yongde after he caught a fat fish, mocking Zhang Yongde for being a fat pig because he had a big waist.
Zhang Yongde caught an ugly fish and ridiculed Li Chongjin for being like a fish and landing face first on the ground.
For a month, except for the first ten days of hide and seek, we almost all got together to fish.
In addition to being funny, Luo Youdu also felt relieved.
Li Chongjin and Zhang Yongde are not rebelling now and will not rebel again in the future.
After opening Zhang Yongde's letter, Luo Youdu frowned slightly.
There was another reason why he decided to launch a blitzkrieg against the Northern Han Dynasty: to see who was doing some small tricks secretly.
Luo Youdu never expected that it was Chai Shouli who reacted so aggressively.
Zhang Yongde is the son-in-law of Guo Wei and Queen Chai, and Queen Chai is the sister of Chai Shouli.
Therefore, Chai Shouli also quietly contacted Zhang Yongde, hoping to get his help.
Zhang Yongde also gave a list.
Luo Youdu laughed sarcastically. They were all marginalized military envoys.
Like Li Jun, they all belong to the older generation and want to regain the power of Jiedushi.
But they don't have Li Jun's ability to guard key areas and have the power to resist.
Therefore, he found someone who Luo Youdu could not kill, and by the way, he dragged Zhang Yongde into trouble.
Only if Zhang Yongde comes forward can they have hope...
Luo Youdu burned Zhang Yongde's letter, walked out of the camp, smiled, and issued an order: "Turn to Fenglingdu and go to Luoyang City first."
Originally, they planned to go through Weizhou and directly enter Bianshui River.
If we change to Fenglingdu, we have to walk an extra day.
Zhe Saihua rode up to Luo Youdu and said, "Your Majesty is also going to Luoyang?"
Zhe Yuxun and Zhe Saihua wanted to participate in the enthronement ceremony as representatives of the Fugu Zhe family, so they accompanied the army.
Luo Youdu heard the implication and said, "You also want to go to Luoyang?"
Zhe Saihua nodded and said, "I'm going to visit Dr. You. I was grateful to him for taking good care of me when I was in Luoyang."
Luo Youdu thought of the past and said with a smile: "You should be grateful." Looking at the beautiful girl behind him, he asked with interest: "By the way, let me ask you something! What should I do if something is old and rotten?
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Zhe Saihua said directly: "If it's rotten, throw it away. What should you keep it for?"
Luo Youdu nodded and said, "Well said, whatever should be thrown away should be thrown away!"
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I have something going on at home, so the update is late, sorry!