Chapter 49: Cao Bin: Fearing the South of the Yangtze River like a tiger
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Xichang City.
The changes on the front line soon reached Gao Fang's ears.
Gao Fang looked at the news in his hand in disbelief, his throat moved up and down, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.
Counselor Dong Yun was also a little distracted.
After a long while, Gao Fang was unwilling to accept it and said through gritted teeth: "The three of us arranged everything carefully, but it was ruined by thieves like this?"
The three people he mentioned were him, Duan Siping, and Dong Yun's father, Dong Jialuo.
The three people who contributed most to the founding of Dali were Emperor Duan Siping, Commander Gao Fang and Military Advisor Dong Jialuo.
Since the three of them raised the flag of rebellion against Yang Qianzhen, they did not pay attention to the rebels and traitors near Dali.
What they were wary of was the Central Plains, the Shu region.
Therefore, after establishing the Dali Kingdom, they tried every possible means to carry out restructuring in Jianchang Mansion.
They relocated the people and arranged for mountain people to station in the mountains. The Dali court provided supplies. Remember the website m.xbequge.com
The carefully arranged defense line did not last for more than a month. It seemed to be overwhelming, and it was advancing step by step for the opponent, with almost no effect.
"Is the gap really that big?"
After losing consecutively, Gao Fang's mentality was somewhat unbalanced, and there was a slight hint of frustration in his tone.
He was a little scared.
The Gao family is indeed the only one in Dali now.
But it has not reached the point where I will be the only one in the future.
The Gao family in history has developed through several generations.
In Dali, he is the uncrowned king, and deposing and establishing the Duan emperor is just like a game.
If you're in a good mood, it's useless. It feels good to be the emperor.
I found it boring, so I gave the emperor to the Duan family. It was just for fun anyway.
The Duan family has no temper at all.
But it is only twenty years since the founding of the Dali Kingdom, and only ten years after the death of the founding emperor Duan Siping.
The Duan family initially intended to use the Dong family, which controlled the prime minister's power, to balance the Gao family, which had military power.
It was not until Duan Sicong came to the throne eight years ago that the Gao family replaced the Dong family and became the only powerful officials in Dali.
The current Gao family has only been in control of Dali for eight or nine years.
The Duan family in Dali has not yet been completely defeated. The Yang family, the strongest among the thirty-seven black tribes in the country, also has considerable influence in the Shanchan Mansion.
Gao Fang is confident that he can defeat them, but if he really fails in Jianchang Mansion and loses his strength, the situation will be unpredictable.
He has realized that with the invasion of the Central Plains, the Gao family has fallen into a life-or-death situation.
"You get out first!"
Regarding the entire Gao family, Gao Fang was also a little confused, so he asked Dong Yun to go down and be alone to think about it.
Dong Yun bowed and left.
This Central Plains is too strong, so powerful that there is no chance of winning.
Dong Yun was filled with anxiety until he met a man from the Southern Han Dynasty, Chen Yanshou.
Chen Yanshou came to Xichang after a long journey to seek an audience with Gao Fang.
Gao Fang was thinking about the future of the Gao family, and Dong Yun took care of him.
Chen Yanshou's voice was extremely harsh: "Mr. Dong, the false emperor of the Central Plains is insatiable and covets Jiangnan, Jingnan, even our Lingnan, Bashu, and your country Dali, but he really treats us as nothing. He is so greedy that he will suffer disaster.
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Dong Yun listened to Chen Yanshou's sworn words. Although he didn't want to embolden others and destroy his own prestige, he couldn't help but said: "That's what I said, but the power of the Central Plains is far beyond our imagination. I'm not afraid of your jokes. I
The army fought several battles with it, but all ended in defeat. As far as I know, the same is true for your country."
His words were already spoken very tactfully.
Dali did not get any benefits, and the same was true for Lingnan.
Considering national strength, Luo Youdu did not send troops to the third front.
He just asked Cao Bin to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty, while he attacked Bashu along the way, and by the way, he taught Dali a lesson and re-planned the borders between the two countries.
As for the Southern Han Dynasty, Luo Youdu sent Pan Mei to station in Hengyang to prevent the Southern Han Dynasty from moving north.
Liu attached great importance to his alliance with the Southern Tang Dynasty and sent troops northward many times.
However, Pan Mei settled in Hengyang and took advantage of the complex terrain of Huguang and the few soldiers in her hands to kill the soldiers and horses of the Southern Han Dynasty.
Pan Mei didn't bother to defend the city, so he fought with weak troops in his hands with great abandon.
Pan Mei was on the defensive, so the attacking Southern Han Dynasty did not even know the color of the masonry on the Hengyang city wall.
Dali is far away from the south of the Yangtze River and does not know much about the war situation in the south of the Yangtze River.
But their southeastern most Ningfu is next to Jiaozhi and Lingnan.
I have some knowledge about the war between the Han Kingdom in Lingnan and the Central Plains in Jingnan.
Chen Yanshou's face was slightly red. It was undeniable that during the battle with Pan Mei, they were like experience packs, feeding Pan Mei's level of experience, which gradually increased.
With a dry laugh, Chen Yanshou covered up his embarrassment and said: "Pan Mei, a famous general, is really difficult to deal with. The main purpose of our army is not to enter Jinghu Lake, but to contain the power of Jiangnan. Don't look at our army's defeat in Hengyang
, but in Jiangnan there were consecutive battles and victories, so that the Central Plains naval forces did not dare to take the lead."
Dong Yun's eyes were full of joy and he asked eagerly: "Is this really true?"
The Central Plains is powerful and has become a target of public criticism.
Any failure along the way will cause a chain reaction.
All bets are off.
If Jiangnan really gains the advantage, then they can counterattack the Huainan area and directly target Bianjing.
By then, they in Dali might be able to get a share of the pie and take down Bashu as well.
Chen Yanshou smiled and said: "Of course it is. In the current situation, only you and I can work together to defeat the ambition of the puppet emperor. I definitely dare not lie about the military situation. Cao Bin is quite famous. He led the army south, which seemed to be very powerful.
, but in fact it was nothing more than an embroidered pillow. After arriving at the Yangtze River, he stationed himself on the bank of the river on the grounds that he was not acclimatized to the climate. This rest lasted two months."
"The Prince of Jiangnan saw Cao Bin's cowardice and sent the Jiangnan navy north to provoke."
"The navy of the Central Plains fought against it more than ten times, with more defeats than victory. Compared with the navy, Jiangnan was the lord in the end."
"The Central Plains navy suffered repeated setbacks, which caused Cao Bin's troops to suffer a sharp decline in morale. The generals even laughed at Cao Bin who was afraid of the south of the Yangtze River and did not dare to cross south."
Dong Yun said loudly: "That's true, the Central Plains is in danger."
Dong Yun couldn't tell whether it was true or false, but he knew in his heart that this was the only way to severely damage the Central Plains.
Facts have proved that with the power of Dali alone, even if you defend with all your strength, you will only eat away at the opponent step by step.
Only changes in the Central Plains can force them to withdraw their troops.
Dong Yun asked Chen Yanshou to wait for him for a while and asked to see Gao Fang in person.
Gao Fang looked tired, obviously worried about the current situation.
Dong Yun elaborated on the news brought by Chen Yanshou.uu Kanshu www.uukanshu.com
A glimmer of hope flashed in Gao Fang's eyes, and he said impatiently: "Sir, do you think this matter is true or false?"
Dong Yun said: "It should be true, not groundless rumors. It's just true or false, it doesn't matter. We can spread military information in the south of the Yangtze River to Chengdu, and it would be best if we can force Luo Youdu to retreat. Even if not, we can delay time and increase their logistical pressure. Even if the news is there
If it’s false, it will have no impact on us.”
"If there is really a problem with the Jianghuai War in the Central Plains, our army can still reproduce the power of Nanzhao's invasion of Shu in the early years."
The annoyance in Gao Fang's heart dissipated a lot, and he ordered: "According to Sir's plan, send people to Sichuan to spread news about Jianghuai. In addition, find ways to find out the details of Jianghuai..."
"Go and invite Mr. Chen, and I will receive him personally."