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The snuffbox was spinning in his hand, and Situ Mingzhao also knew that Sun Chengxiu had already set up a line with the people of Western Xinjiang, but the strength of the imperial gendarme was inferior to his own Yulin Army, and it was still far from being able to control the overall situation, Although Situ Biao has announced his resignation, as the leader of this reading division group, the division commander seems to have nothing to do with him, except for training as usual every day, it seems that there is no other impact, which also makes Situ Mingzhao a little uncertain. Situ Mingzhao, the Praetorian Guard who was far away from Ma www.biquge.info, judged that he might remain neutral in the end, and it was no longer clear from his refusal to allow the city guards to enter the city, and he hoped to maintain the current pattern in Yanjing City, but once the Western Xinjiang Army approached Yanjing City, how would he respond, would he agree to the other party's entry into the city or refuse to enter the city like the city guards? What would the situation look like?

Situ Mingzhao's judgment that Ma Yuanxiang will remain neutral is based on the fact that the other party also sees that the general trend has gone, but if he wants to throw himself into the western frontier now, Ma Yuanxiang is not that kind of person, all kinds of interests are intertwined to make Ma Yuanxiang in a dilemma, and in the end, I am afraid that he can only choose neutrality, and after the situation is completely clear, he will hand over the control of Yanjing to the victor, which is probably the main reason why Tie Longping can only secretly complain but dare not attack after Ma Yuanxiang refuses to enter the city, Tie Longping can completely let the city guards enter the city from the north gate under his control, but he does not dare, once he angers Ma Yuanxiang, he will open several other gates of Yanjing at a critical moment, the swarming Western Frontier Army can overwhelm the poor army of the Northern Army in an instant, and it is useless to add the city guards, unless they can solve the horse in one fell swoop.

"Sixth brother, you have a word, I think what Mingda said is very reasonable, we are all older, and there are few children who are successful, and being able to enjoy a life in peace and stability is our greatest luxury, I think Li Wufeng can fully meet our requirements, as long as we are willing to cooperate, there can also be a lot less resistance on his journey, this should be something that both of us are happy to see, isn't it?" Situ Mingxiang urged his brother with some impatience.

"Mingxiang, the problem is not that simple, Li Wufeng's request will definitely not be so simple, yes, just like Mingda said, maybe it's just some things in name and face, but once we express this will, then have you thought about it, we may be charged with the traitor of the Shangtu family for the rest of our lives, and we will never be able to wash it off. Situ Mingzhao responded leisurely.

"Sixth brother, history is written for the victors, such a big thing as the Situ family's withdrawal from the stage of history is not something you and I can decide, the history book will only record how Li Wufeng created a new dynasty, as for the rest, I believe no one will pay attention, this kind of thing must be paid again to get it, if you don't want to do anything, then of course you will pay the price of risk, maybe Li Wufeng will not do anything when he enters Yanjing, we can still live our lives, but do we dare to take this risk? Do we have the capital to take this risk?" Situ Mingda shook his head and said angrily: "Sixth brother, you and my brother have a big family, but I'm afraid we can't afford to take this risk." Think about why Li Wufeng let us go? If we don't have a decent performance, will he let us go at will?"

Situ Mingda's words once again impacted Situ Mingzhao's not solid defense line, which is also where he hesitated the most, of course Li Wufeng needs the support of these internal elements of the Situ family, so that he can get a high score from the morality of this battle, but the price paid by these people in this kind of reputation is too great, which makes Situ Mingzhao a little unwilling, but Situ Mingda also said very clearly, why did Li Wufeng let himself go, there is nothing really valuable, Li Wufeng is a snob who cannot be looked at。

"In addition, sixth brother, Li Wufeng's power is pervasive, especially when he is like Zhongtian now, I am afraid that there are countless people who want to serve him to meet him, Li Wufeng does not necessarily have to rely on us to achieve his goal, we are just one of the more suitable choices, miss this opportunity, really wait for him to enter Yanjing, maybe he doesn't need us at all." Szeto Mingda further clarified his views.

didn't answer for a long time, but Situ Mingzhao knew that his brother was only afraid that he had already been persuaded by the people in Western Xinjiang, and this time Situ Mingxiang asked him to discuss, but it became his speech and performance to persuade him.

"Mingxiang, Mingda, maybe we really don't have much choice, but we need to spend another two days to observe, Li Wufeng needs us, and our role is not something that others can replace. Situ Mingzhao had already made up his mind in his heart, but he didn't want to be too eager in front of Situ Mingda, he didn't trust his brother very much.

The news of Situ Biao's departure did not cause much turmoil in Yanjing, because the battle in the clouds was imminent at that time, and when the First Army of Western Xinjiang appeared in Yueyang, many people realized that the Five Lakes might fall into the hands of Li Wufeng like a whirlwind and clouds, and lost the cover of the barrier of Wushan.

However, many people did not expect that the Western Xinjiang Army would suddenly launch an attack on Jiangnan but put aside Situ Biao, who was entrenched in Anqing, Wenning and Jinhua, and the unguarded Jiangnan declared his sincerity almost within ten days, and Situ Tai's rule in Jiangnan was wiped out, except for leaving tens of millions of infamy, he got almost nothing.

In Jiangnan, many people were still speculating about how long Situ Biao's resistance could last, Situ Biao's initiative to announce the move of going into the field surprised everyone, and the once glorious Hunan royal family withdrew like this, and there was not even a decent counterattack operation, how can this not make people sigh.

Situ Biao's lower field made the entire southern part of the empire suddenly connected, from the Great Eastern Ocean in the east, to the foothills of the Hengduan Mountains in the west, and to the peninsula area that extended to the South Ocean in the south, the area controlled by Western Xinjiang suddenly became a huge angle and encompassed the entire Macede Khan, the Nanyang Alliance and the Triple Alliance, from Yuhang to Eastern Samoa, which could be reached by land or by sea, and the area controlled by Western Xinjiang was truly integrated at this time.

Almost immediately, the merchants of the South China Sea Dominion announced the opening of the service from Moro, Eastern Samoa, and Sambao to Yuhang, Quanzhou first-line regular passenger ships, all kinds of goods in the South China Sea Autonomous Territory can directly from the ports of the Great Nanyang to the south of the Yangtze River without paying any tariffs, they can even dock at Ludao in the middle, now the development of Ludao is not only in the military needs, after Zhong Wenjing and Lei Cangpu have conducted many consultations and negotiations, Lei Cangpu finally agreed to build a civilian port next to the Ludao Military Port after reporting to the Military Affairs Administration for approval, and the good location here is just for the Western Xinjiang civilian fleet to supply here without entering the ports of other countries, which can greatly save the taxes and fees that need to be paid for docking at the ports and terminals of other countries, and also has great benefits for the development of Heron Island. And now from Quanzhou to Yuhang line has been included in the control of the West Xinjiang, the merchant fleet that set sail from the South China Sea Dominion can sit back and relax and stop at Ludao and then sail directly to Quanzhou or Yuhang, during this period in addition to the unified commercial tax of the West Xinjiang does not need to pay any other additional taxes and fees, this kind of unprecedented good thing stimulates the two businessmen to be ecstatic, everyone knows that there are huge business opportunities in it, so that Jiangnan goods can be imported into the South China Sea Dominion more smoothly, and can also be exported to the Central Continent with the help of the South China Sea Dominion port transit。

Just after the merchants of the South China Sea took the lead in opening regular flights from the three ports of the Great Nanyang to Yuhang, Quanzhou, the merchants of Jiangnan also came out of the shadow of Situ Tai's tyranny, and resolutely decided to invest heavily in the construction of a large port wharf on Ludao to improve the transportation conditions of the shipping route from Jiangnan to the South China Sea。

Due to the small area, in addition to being able to establish two ports, Heron Island does not produce anything by itself, and all materials need to be imported from other places, but its good location has been inserted into the middle of the Marbun Islands, and can radiate to the coastal city-states and countries of the entire South Sea Alliance, while Vergne Island and Princesa Island are larger, especially Princesa Island is the fourth largest archipelago in the Marbun Islands, rich in products, these two islands are the most suitable tropical islands for development, and the sensitive Jiangnan businessmen immediately took a fancy to the special geographical location and natural conditions of these two islands, not only can build port terminals, but also can develop tropical cash crops, and building these two islands into a leisure and vacation destination for the wealthy in the interior of the empire is a very promising investment.

(To be continued)