Chapter 718: The Stakes

Xiang Lian's words were hard to hear, but Deng Hong had to admit that the other party was telling the truth, and he hit the nail on the head, and he poked at Deng's current fate. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the prosperity, how to not decay, isn't it a problem that the Deng family must think about now? The emperor has already made a move, and he is cutting off the flesh and blood of the Deng clan piece by piece, if this behavior is allowed to continue, even if it is as strong as the Deng clan, how long can it withstand such continuous bloodletting?

King Kaiping! The reward of this prince is full of malice. Presumably, when the Ming Kingdom hears the name of their own prince, they will immediately think of Kaiping County, but their territory!

At the beginning, in order to overthrow the former Yue Wu Jian, who was willing to be a dog leg of the Qi people, Li Zhi vigorously supported the Taiping army led by Qin Feng, and took advantage of the Luo Yishui rebellion to work together to overthrow the former Chao Dynasty in one fell swoop, disintegrate the Luo Yishui rebel army, and let Qin Feng's Taiping army grasp the power of the former Yue and establish the Ming State, which was a great victory for Qin's foreign policy at the time. Because the former Yue regime attached to the evil Qin ceased to exist.

When the Taiping Army first established power, in the eyes of the Qin State at that time and even Li Zhi, it took them a long time to appease the country and consolidate the regime, and at the same time, because of the fall of Wu Jian, their relationship with the Qi State could not be any better, which was undoubtedly the most beneficial for the Qin State.

In the initial period of time, the development of things was indeed as expected by the Qin State, and the relationship between the Ming State and the Qin State obviously rose to an excellent height, and the grain, steel, and other various commodities from the Yue State were shipped to the Qin State, which greatly alleviated the domestic contradictions of the Qin State, and the grain prices that had been high in the Qin State fell rapidly, and a large amount of steel was transported in, so that the empty arsenal of the Qin State was greatly replenished.

But what Qin did not expect was that the new Ming State developed too rapidly, and the speed at which Qin Feng pacified the country greatly exceeded their expectations, except for the four counties in the north that were still not under their control, the original territory of Qianyue was quickly integrated into the Ming regime with extreme speed.

Even if it is the four counties of the Northland, in Deng Pu's opinion, it is Qin Feng who considers that the use of troops for many years is too large, so he is unwilling to spend his strength to extinguish it immediately, in fact, as long as Qin Feng is willing, the four counties of the Northland will not be able to support it for long at all. Once the four counties of the Northland are also under the command of the Ming Kingdom, the entire territory of the Ming Kingdom will be completely calmed, and without the fetters inside, the development of the Ming Kingdom will have a new round of acceleration.

This gave Deng Hong a sense of fear.

The real purpose of helping the Taiping army to achieve victory was not to let themselves face a much more terrifying enemy than the previous Yue, they thought that the chaos of the Ming Kingdom would last for a long time, but the reality gave them a big mouth.

It is hateful that Wu Jian of Qianyue is willing to be a dog leg of the Qi people, but their army does not pose an actual threat to the Qin people, at most it is just containment, but the Ming State is different. Li Zhi has a very high opinion of the Ming army, and Deng Pu, who has fought with Qin Feng many times, is even more vigilant against the Ming army, and from the journey of the Ming army, their combat effectiveness and ability to implement strategies and tactics are even more terrifying.

Kaiping County, do the Ming people really not want to take it back?

Looking at Xiang Lian, Deng Hong's face slowly softened, picked up the teacup, and took a sip slowly, "Then what does it mean to come here?" ”

Xiang Lian smiled slightly, Deng Hong had already been moved by himself, so the next thing would be much easier.

"Lord Wang, the Deng clan is in power, and he must not inherit Li Zhi's foreign relations when he was alive, he must want to go out, right?"

Deng Hong basked slightly, "Yes, Daqin avoids the west, the region is bitter and cold, even if the people are diligent, it is impossible to make much improvement, only by going out, can we strengthen the country, strengthen the army, and enrich the people, this is not a secret, and there is no need to hide it." ”

"Then do you think Bian Wushuang will support your decision? Easily change the national policy that the Qin State has adhered to for many years, and the royal family will not agree! Xiang Lian smiled: "More importantly, if it succeeds, it is the work of the Deng family, and if it fails, the royal family of the Qin State will have to bear an unbearable burden." ”

"Of course we will succeed." Deng Hong sneered.

"The original intention of the prince was to befriend the Ming State, get more food, steel and other support from the Ming State, and then launch an attack on the Chu land, first seize Anyang County and other places, and then take advantage of the intractable battle between the Chu army and the Qi army to march to the hinterland of the Chu State and seize fertile land for the Qin State?" Xiang Liandao.

Deng Hong's face was slightly gloomy. What Xiang Lian said was exactly what he was thinking.

"But now, the situation has changed, the southern border army is out of your control, Lord Wang, do you think that now you want to start a war against the Chu State, Bian Wushuang will cooperate?" Xiang Lian asked.

Deng Hong exhaled a breath of turbidity, Xiang Lian's words were to the point, this is the reason why he supported Yang Zhi to launch a mutiny to overthrow Bian Wushuang, Bian Wushuang was in that position, and his plan for the southern expedition could not be smoothly pushed away, but God did not fulfill people's wishes, Yang Zhi not only failed, but also lost his life, which made his plan suffer a fundamental setback.

He shook his head slowly.

"Therefore, it is now possible to make up your mind, your plan for the southern expedition will definitely not be supported, not only will Bian Wushuang oppose it, but the royal family will not agree to it. Because of the victory, it is the credit of the Deng family, if he loses, Bian Wushuang will lose his soldiers, and the royal family will lose a big arm, and it will no longer be able to compete with the Deng family in China. Xiang Lian smiled and said, "So Lord Wang, your current status, you can even say that the Deng family's status is already in jeopardy. ”

"Alarmist." Dai Shulun sneered on the side.

Xiang Lian didn't think it was angry, and continued: "If this situation is allowed to continue, the royal family's power will become bigger and bigger, and if one is eliminated, the prince will be in an embarrassing position." Therefore, if the prince wants to turn the situation around and regain the advantage, you need a fundamental victory to win the absolute support of the people and win the supreme honor, just like Li Zhi, otherwise, the result of the Deng clan will be as I said, it will be boiled frogs in warm water by the imperial court, and the strength will be cut little by little until defeat. ”

"Since you can't fight the Chu soldiers, where can you move the troops? Is it possible to make a move on your Qi country? Dai Shulun sneered: "Could it be that the bitter persuasion of the Lord is just to let our Great Qin launch a war against you?" ”

Xiang Lian burst out laughing.

"Lord Dai is really good at laughing, where is the good target, how can you turn a blind eye?"

Deng Hong looked directly at Xiang Lian: "So you persuaded me to launch a campaign against the Ming Kingdom?" ”

"Exactly!" Xiang Lian retracted his smile and said with a positive color.

"Don't listen to his nonsense." Dai Shulun said angrily: "If you want to fight against the Ming Kingdom, you can only use the army of the second master, but the Ming army is strong in combat, and the domestic political situation is quite stable, and we are united in this battle, we have no certainty of winning this battle, Qi people want to reduce the threat of the Ming Kingdom, but they are unwilling to send troops, but they instigate us to send troops, if they are defeated, Deng can hurt their roots, and at that time, it will be defeated." ”

Xiang Lian smiled and said, "Who said that we didn't send troops to Daqi?" ”

"A lie." Dai Shulun sneered: "You Qi people and Chu people are now fighting inextricably, all these years, what you have been doing is not to let your flanks be threatened, whether it is attacking Qianyue, or supporting Qin Feng, who has enmity with the Chu people, they are all going towards this goal, over the years, that land has been in constant turmoil, all thanks to your Qi people, and now that the Ming Kingdom is rising, you want us to pull out the teeth of the tiger for you, don't think about it." ”

"What Lord Dai said is indeed our previous policy of Daqi, but this time is also that time, and now the situation is different, and the natural policy will change, I believe that Lord Dai or the prince understand this." Xiang Lian looked at the two of them and said: "The State of Chu has been pressed to the area of Kunling Pass by General Cao Yun, the Prince of Great Qi, and the battle line has been pushed to the territory of the State of Chu. As Master Dai said, the rise of the Ming people is not what we want to see, and in the past two years, we have been preparing for this matter, and now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed. ”

"Let's go play the striker?" Deng Hong shook his head with a smile: "Ming Guo is still the largest food supplier and steel supplier in my Great Qin, and if you beat them, you will cut off my arm." ”

"It is better to be provided by people than to be in your own hands." Xiang Lian said: "With the strength of the Ming people, the evil intentions they harbor are becoming more and more obvious, they plan to kill Li Zhi, is it only the Deng family that benefits?" Mingdi and Deng's honey blend oil, secretly with Xiao Qiang, and the Qin royal family secretly communicate with the song, I don't believe Deng has not heard of it? ”

"You say peace, I know very well, but I also tell you the truth, fighting the Ming Kingdom, we have no certainty of victory, want to come to the Ming Army's strong combat effectiveness, Xiang Adults should also have experience, you planned the Izumo County interception and killing of Princess Zhaohua, thousands of bandits, under the attack of more than a thousand Ming Army Thunderbolt camps, fell apart in an instant, and died completely, outside Izumo County, more than 2,000 captured bandits flowed into a river of blood."

Deng Hong uncovered Xiang Lian's scars, and Xiang Lian's cultivation was also very good, and he was not angry at all: "The stronger the Ming army, the more we must take advantage of his fledgling wings to get rid of them, otherwise, they will continue to be our opponents, and the first one who will bear the brunt of their poison is your Great Qin." It's not to boast to someone, the Ming people are for a while, and they will definitely not provoke Daqi, but the Qin people are now specialized in infighting, and the national strength is seriously damaged, which is a good opportunity for them to plot, at least, they will think about getting the lost land back, Lord Wang, is it possible that you have never thought about this? ”