Chapter 997: Southern Expedition
Cui Anqian has been very valued by Li Jing since he arrived in the Qin Domain, and his career has been smooth sailing. In this change, he successfully entered the General Staff and was able to serve as the chief of the General Staff Officer. At the same time, he served as the left staff officer of the General Staff Council, and became one of the thirteen prime ministers. As the highest position in the military, after Cui Anqian received a summons to enter the palace, after listening to a brief report from the Supervision Office, he immediately understood the cause and effect of the incident.
"The king, according to a certain point of view, Dong Chang is just a fool, he is arrogantly called the emperor, obviously instigated by others. Judging from the current situation in Zhejiang and Zhejiang, especially Qian Biao is the most suspicious. I thought that Qian Biao was aware that he was already full-fledged, so he wanted to annex Dong Chang. It's just that Dong Chang has been under our protection before, and he can't do it. This time, seeing the turmoil on all sides, he finally couldn't sit still, and he was worried that he would directly act for fear of attracting our interference, so he instigated Dong Chang to become the emperor after the end, and then he jumped out to crusade. ”
Regarding Cui Anqian's analysis, Li Jing naturally agrees. In fact, although Qian Biao took great pains, he was still a little in a hurry, and in this matter, his suspicion was too great, and he couldn't get rid of it anyway. Everyone here is a person who is like a human spirit, and how can his little trick deceive everyone.
In fact, as early as when Li Jing decided to accept Qian Bi's initiative to take refuge, he thought that there would be such a day. Qian Biao is not a thing in the pool, and sooner or later it will soar into the sky. However, Li Jing now does not regret accepting his refuge and supporting him to settle down in Liangzhejiang Station.
Although Qian Bi's behavior now shows that this kid has begun to disobey discipline. But judging from the overall situation in the two Zhejiang provinces in recent years, Li Jing's original choice was still very effective. Support Qian Biao and Yang Xingmi. Qin Fan's contribution was not great. But it reaped the stability of the land of Jiangdong for several years. not only suppressed Gao Biao, Zhou Bao, Liu Hanhong and other veteran generals. Moreover, it has maintained the sea trade route along the coast of Jiangdong, and obtained Hangzhou Bay, an excellent maritime supply port.
In addition, with these two agents in Jiangdong, the Qin clan sold a large number of commercial goods to them in recent years, and at the same time exchanged a large amount of grain cloth. Even in the cooperation between Li Jing and their many weapons for food, weapons for cloth, and loans, the Qin Fan also made a lot of money.
The land of Jiangdong has been stable for several years. The Qin Domain's sea routes were not only extremely safe, but coastal trade was also lucrative. At the same time, it also greatly reduced the defensive pressure of the Qin Domain in the southeast, and the military front line in the Huanghuai region was able to be war-free for several years, and this military front line also became the grain harvest of the Qin Domain in a few years, and a large part of this came from the credit of the two.
Of course, because of Li Jing's support for the two, this also caused them to develop faster than in history. Gao Biao, Zhou Bao, and Liu Hanhong, the three fierce generals, were suppressed and had no room for resistance. Gao Biao only had Yangzhou left, and since then he has been cultivating all day long. Zhou Bao was overshadowed by his generals. is over 70 years old, but he is still busy spending all day drinking. I like women. In the past few years in Runzhou, he has recruited more than 100 concubines, and I have to admire the old and strong old polo player of the former forbidden army.
Although Qian Biao's development is worse than Yang Xingmi's, Qian Biao's space is greater. To the north of Yang Xingmi is the Qin army, the states of Huainan Province, and the Huai River are actually controlled by Li Jing, and he has no room to develop to the north, so he can only go west and south. But Qian Biao is different, Zhou Bao in the north and Dong Chang in the east are not as good as they were back then. Further south, Fujian is not a strong town.
It is under such a surrounding situation that Qian Biao will finally endure more than he can help. Kill Dong Chang, swallow Zhou Bao, and then go south to Fujian and west to Jiangxi. It is not impossible to create a Jiangdong Kingdom in a short period of time.
Zeng Yuanyu, the right staff officer of the General Staff, was also able to become the vice minister of the General Staff this time because of his majestic achievements in several battles in recent years, and successfully visited the prime minister in the political hall. As the new right staff envoy in charge of the military strategy of the Qin Domain, Zeng Yuanyu put forward his own views: "We must interfere in this matter and contain Qian Biao, otherwise, with the current situation in Zhejiang and Zhejiang, I am afraid that no one can stop Qian Biao." Although Qian Poliu now has only one Hangzhou, he has trained 50,000 elite soldiers in recent years. These are all elite Qin weapons equipped with the armaments of the Qin army, plus Qian Biao and the five tiger generals under him, as well as a group of recruited strategists, not to mention that Dong Chang is not his opponent, it is Zhou Bao, it is estimated that he will not be able to stop Qian Biao. And once Qian Biao controls the two Zhejiang, it will obviously be unfavorable for the Qin Domain. Even if Qian Biao, who has become stronger, will not immediately turn against Qin Fan, the relationship between the two sides will definitely not be as good as it is now. The powerful Qian Biao, who controlled Hangzhou Bay, would pose a great threat to the sea lanes of the Qin Domain. At the same time, it would also hinder Qin's control over Fujian, Lingnan, East and West Towns, and Annam, Ryukyu, and Hainan. I propose that we should immediately send a sailor to conquer Dong Chang, and it is best that we directly seize the Bazhou area of Zhedong Town. ”
Li Jing pinched his chin and didn't say anything right away, just listened attentively to everyone's opinions.
Regarding the proposal to send a sailor to directly conquest Dong Chang, Li Jing had no doubts about the combat ability of the sailor. But being able to fight and whether to fight or not are two different things, the eastern Zhejiang region is too far away from the Qin Domain, and it is an enclave if it is defeated. If Qin Fan intervenes in eastern Zhejiang at this time, he is afraid that it will cause panic in the southeastern towns. If you don't know it, you will not only have to fight Dong Chang, but you will also have to work with Zhou Bao and Qian Bi.
Although even if all towns go together, Li Jing will not be afraid. But this is not in line with the overall strategic layout of the Qin Domain, what the Qin Domain needs is to act according to the overall strategic layout, not like a monkey to pull a stick of corn in the east and pick a peach in the west.
Lin Wu, the new commander of the Yanjing garrison, unexpectedly objected to this, and even Zhang Zimian, the commander of the Gyeonggi garrison, also objected. In addition, Liu Shouqian, the commander of the three armies, Zhang Chengzong, the new commander of the Jiumen, and Qiu Shengong, the chief of the guards of the Attendant Division, all believed that it was not appropriate to directly use troops against eastern Zhejiang.
"I feel that it is not appropriate to send troops directly to eastern Zhejiang, and it will be summer harvest time in Hebei in more than a month, and at that time our army will also launch a summer offensive against the second town of Hebei. The battle of Hebei is our top priority at present, even if Hebei wins, our next step is Hedong and Henan. and Guan Long. Deploy according to our strategy. It is from east to west. First north and then south, the southeast is even ranked after Jing Han in the south of Bashu Mountain. Our strategy is well deployed, and there is no need to change it. What's more, at this time, meddling in the two Zhejiang, even if he takes eastern Zhejiang, even if Zhou Bao is already mediocre and incompetent, Zhou Bao still has many generals who actually lead troops, and Gao Biao still has a lot of soldiers and horses. In addition, there is Qian Di, if they are forced to turn against us, then the land of Jiangdong may be another northeast quagmire. ”
"You can't just leave it alone, can you? If we wait for Qian Biao to swallow Dong Chang and occupy eastern Zhejiang, it will be very unfavorable to us. Zeng Yuanyu advocated direct fighting.
Cui Anqian didn't feel in a hurry to fight, "I think King Qin can order in the name of the imperial court to transfer Zhang Rui, the governor of Fujian, as the envoy to rebel, and then transfer Zhou Bao as the deputy envoy, and then order Qian Biao to be the vanguard of the rebellion." In this way, Qian Biao is under Zhang Rui's name. In addition, there is a town navy, so it is impossible for Qian Biao to monopolize Zhedong Town. If you kill Dong Chang. The king of Qin can also transfer Zhang Rui to the post of envoy of the Yisheng Army in eastern Zhejiang in the name of reward, and then promote Qian Biao to the envoy of the Fujian Festival. If he doesn't want to, he can even be allowed to send troops to attack the town navy. ”
"Zhexi is richer than Zhedong, and Zhexi occupies the south bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, allowing him to fight Zhou Bao is more dangerous than fighting Dong Chang." There was opposition.
Cui Anqian smiled, "With Qian Di's current strength, it is no problem for him to beat Dong Chang." But if you deal with the town navy, even if it is the town navy that is scattered now, it will not be so easy. If Qian Biao can't get the eight states in eastern Zhejiang, his strength will not be able to jump, so there is still a difference between his strength and that of the Zhen Navy. What's more, even if he wins the town navy, it will take time, two or three years. And with this time, we can already firmly grasp the eastern part of Zhejiang, and then in the southeast, we will have the territory of the two towns of eastern Zhejiang and Fujian. If Qian Biao really has the possibility of getting out of control, we can copy Qian Biao's lair from behind at any time. ”
I have to say that Cui Anqian, a literati general, is still very powerful.
Give Qian Biao two choices, either go to Fujian, which is a place where water is poor and water is evil, and in the Tang Dynasty, it was a real poor country and a place where miasma was rampant. Qian Biao is going, in that poor place, no matter how capable he is, he can't afford to make any waves in a short time. If he doesn't want to go to Fujian, he chooses to fight Zhou Bao and fight the navy. But with his own strength, he can use Hangzhou Prefecture against several states of Zhenhai Navy, which is not something that can be defeated in a while. However, the Qin army can stabilize eastern Zhejiang in this vacancy and then run Fujian. At that time, even if Qian Biao can defeat the Zhen Navy, in the land of Jiangdong, his power will still not be dominant. In that case, Qian Bi's threat would be much smaller.
To be honest, these proposals of the generals still did not really regard Qian Biao as a threat. After all, even if he has the title of King Yue and the title of the governor of Jiangnan Province, he is only a Hangzhou assassin after all, under the command of Dong Chang. Everyone doesn't even care about Dong Chang, how can they care about a Qian Biao.
Li Jing is very aware of Qian Biao's ability and Yang Xingmi's ability, these two guys have recently begun to move, Yang Xingmi is planning to annex Eyue, and Qian Biao wants to annex Zhedong. However, compared with history, the land of Wuyue in Jiangdong is much calmer and more tranquil, Li Jing occupies half of Huainan in Huainan, and also controls several territories in the southeast, adding a few shackles to them. Even if they grow, they still have a long way to go before they can grow strong enough to break through Li Jing's chains.
And now, Qin Fan himself is about to start a new round of offensive.
Since this is the case, then adopt Cui Anqian's proposal. Li Jing quickly made a decision, "Immediately, in the name of the prison state and the king, Zhang Rui was appointed as the envoy of rebellion, Zhou Bao was the deputy envoy, and Qian Biao was the vanguard." Well, the sailors were ordered to transfer the East China Sea Fleet to temporarily join Zhang Rui's command to listen to the order, and transfer Liu Xun to be the marching Sima of the retrograde battalion and the pacification and disposal envoy of Zhedong. ”
Liu Xun has only one task, he will be the special commander of the East China Sea Fleet, assist Zhang Rui in attacking Dong Chang, monitor Qian Biao at any time, and help Zhang Rui to take control of the defeated Zhejiang prefectures at the first time, so as not to let Qian Biao take the opportunity to seize eastern Zhejiang.
After announcing this decision, Li Jing specially announced the formation of the Pingnan Expedition Camp, and appointed Zhou Dewei as the commander of the Pingnan Expeditionary Camp, Guo Chongtao as the deputy commander, and Li Cunxiao, Li Juyi, Li Wei, Wang Yanzhang, Gao Siji, Yang Shihou, Gao Jichang, and Li Si'an as the commanders. (To be continued......)