Section 62: The Crisis of the Prosperous Age
From this time on, Jiang Feng realized that this time he held a banquet was actually a set set for him. The novel "Chinese"...
Regardless of whether you hold a banquet or not, whether you find a way to get along with Li Gu's line, I guess these people have already arranged it for you.
If they don’t look for tricks, they will quietly guide themselves. If they don’t go up to the Tao, they will push themselves up to the Tao behind themselves, and will keep rushing themselves to the Tao completely.
It's just a joke that I'm still thinking about the trick, and I don't think about it. With the Daliang pattern, if Gushijun has no value, I'm afraid that he will kneel down and offer all the gold and silver cakes on his body, and no one will pay attention to it.
Thinking of this, Jiang Feng couldn't help laughing at himself.
I really underestimated the wisdom of these people in this era. From now on, I will never dare to underestimate the heroes of the world. I am not enough to see my own cunning skills. The historical trend in my mind may only be used in grand strategies. Now, I still have to honestly think about how to cater to the trend of this era.
Well, at least from now on, I finally found my position. Since that's the case, then the banquet tonight might not be simply a simple effort, and maybe I can still make a comeback from it.
Looking at Pei Lin's wry smile, the sneer of Mr. Li Zhi, and General Li Gu's casual laughter, Lu Gao's voice in this scene was even worse than Ju Li's, and this scene became even more strange.
"Can't fight? Did I hear it wrong, Lord Pei?" There was no anger in Mr. Li Zhi's words, as if he was just discussing an irrelevant little thing.
"How much is the loss in the battle of Chenzhou? I'm afraid our Chongzhengyuan will know better than your Political Affairs Hall? In the battle of Daqiu, we lost more than 5,000 people and 2,000 war horses; in the battle of Wanqiu, we lost nearly 3,000 troops, and the Wanqiu city wall was damaged by more than 30% of it. It was not until last year that this was completely repaired. This is probably our loss? What do you mean is that Daliang can't even bear this?"
"Mr. Li, I'm afraid you didn't calculate the account this way." Pei Lin shook his head, but the smell of alcohol gradually subsided and his tone became heavier.
"Mr. Li, are you in charge of Fangfang? I wonder if you have noticed some changes in the Caizhou army. In the battle of Wanqiu, Wanqiu is the capital of Chenzhou. The scale and defense of the city walls of the city were not bad, but under the attack of the Caizhou army, the city was almost broken in three days. This is certainly because General Kou Long's troops were insufficient at that time, but there is a very obvious sign, that is, the Caizhou army has greatly improved its magic power in the past two years. They concentrated their strength to attack the soldiers guarding the city and made a quick breakthrough. It can be said that if General Kou Long had not devoted all his energy to fight with his entire battle, it would be hard to say whether Wanqiu City could be saved at that time."
Pei Lin's words made both Li Zhi and Li Gu's expressions slightly change.
The battle of Chenzhou has become an unavoidable shadow in Daliang. Caizhou snatched a piece of land from Daliang, which has never happened in the battle between the vassals and Daliang in decades.
Although the Liang army successfully defeated the Caizhou army during the battle for Wanqiu in Chenzhou Prefecture and forced the Caizhou army to retreat to Daqiu River, as long as the insiders were well-informed, it was clear that Daliang was completely defeated in this battle in Chenzhou, and it was very miserable.
Not only did he lose the land in the three counties, but Kou Long even retreated directly after the war and stayed in the military.
Although there is a factor here that Kou Long is too old, the more core reason is that Kou Long was too seriously injured in this battle and his Yuanli was too much loss. He had fallen directly from the Taixi period in the early stage of the Heaven Realm to the resting period. Moreover, at his age, it is basically unlikely that he will recover to the peak time. It is even very difficult to restore to the resting period. Choosing to retire from the officialdom to the Rongsheng period is a helpless choice.
In addition to these, a more severe and harsh reality was also placed in front of Daliang. Daliang stopped fighting in the face of the embarrassing situation of losing the three counties, and tolerated the reality that both sides used Dawushui as the boundary, which also surprised the vassals.
According to the judgment of the vassals, Daliang would never tolerate such things happening. He might be defeated in battle, but he would never lose his territory. Even if he was defeated twice or three times, Daliang should make a comeback until all this belonging to Daliang was recaptured, but this time Daliang stopped.
The Yuan family in Caizhou proved itself in this way, and through this battle, it steadily squeezed from a third-rate vassal tribe with only one state into the second-level vassal groups such as Hetai Ning Army, Nanyang, and Tanyue, second only to top vassal tribes such as Hedong, Huaibei and Huainan.
In a sense, the aggressive force shown by the Yuan family in Caizhou is undoubtedly more offensive and aggressive, and is far superior to the threat of Daliang than Nanyang, and even surpassing the Taining Army.
"Mr. Li, you just saw the direct losses in this battle in Chenzhou. Do you know that in order to block the Taining Army, we had to dig the Bian River in the southern part of Chuqiu, but this made Yucheng and Chuqiu a radius of 100,000 taxes in the four counties in the eastern part of Songzhou? And nearly 100,000 refugees in Chuqiu, Yucheng, and Shanfu were thieves. The situation in these three counties is still very bad. In order to suppress these refugees, the Chongzhengyuan still requested to allocate a large amount of military funds for the Tianwei Army stationed in Songzhou this year to clear the outbreak."
Pei Lin's words made Mr. Li Zhi's face look even more ugly, but he still had no intention of closing.
"Also, in order to force Hedong to withdraw troops, we have to pay the Dangxiang people and Tuyuhun people how much food, fodder and other supplies. You should know better than me, right? Dangxiang people and Tuyuhun people are essentially the same as Shatu people. They are both wolves that cannot be fed. If you don't pay the rewards according to their intentions this time, then they will definitely not do it according to your requirements next time."
The atmosphere in the venue became more and more awkward. Mr. Li Zhi's face had become pale and angry, while Li Gu half closed his eyes, leaned back slightly, raised his head, pinched his chopsticks with his fingers, and gently tapped the table.
"Mr. Pei, is this the attitude of your Zhengshi Hall?" Li He could no longer help it. As a direct bachelor of Chongzheng Yuan, although he could not say that he could fully represent Chongzheng Yuan's attitude, in the face of the other party's aggressive posture, he had to rectify the military.
"Mr. Li, you know the attitude of the Zhengshi Hall than me. Today I will definitely not represent the attitude of the Zhengshi Hall. I just want to clarify something so that everyone can understand. If you don't understand what to do next, it will probably be dangerous." Pei Lin said with a wry smile.
"Mr. Li, don't misunderstand Lord Li." Li Gu, who had not spoken much, finally opened his eyes and spoke.
"I think Mr. Pei must have intentions when he said this. Lord Pei, do you think so? We can sit together today, and there is also the Marquis of Jiang Yu from Gushi. We will definitely not be here to drink this Jingduyuan, nor will we be here to grind our mouths. Let's consider the current situation, Li dare not say that he is dedicated to the main points, but at least I know the importance!"
Seeing that everyone present had a thoughtful look on their faces, holding the wine glass in their hands and shaking it slowly, Li Gu's tone became heavier.
"Daliang's current dilemma is self-evident. Some people are still sensual, some are still indulging in luxury, some are not jealous and can't see the current situation clearly, and some are only concerned about their own pockets, but they have never thought about where to attach themselves to them? Humph, my words may be a bit heartbroken, but I still want to say, in our Bianliang City, some people have forgotten how this country was built, and they just stared at the money. The things left by their ancestors will be ruined by them. It's really time to clean up."
The words of the military head are naturally not as subtle and straightforward as those of the literati. This is the style of the military heads. Whether it is to treat civil officials or military heads, there is no need to beat around the bush. It is a real sword and a gun, and it is easy to come.
Although he knew that Li Gu's words were not directed at him, Pei Lin's face was still a bit hot. These military leaders were all a bunch of vulgar military gangsters, even after three generations, he had to admit that these military gangsters had sharp eyes and could see the current predicament and crisis.
"Mr. Pei, I know what you want to say, yes, I also know that the treasury of Daliang is empty now, and it is like this in Bianliang City, like the treasury of Luoyang, Xuzhou, and Songzhou, but this has become the reason why a group of people want to take Puzhou?" Li Gu sneered contemptuously, "Are you not afraid of the Hedong Iron Cavalry now? I forgot that three years ago, the Hedong Iron Cavalry was driven to the sky and the earth and the earth, and the pissing was flowing without a trace?"
Pei Lin was not able to answer for a while, but in fact he did not agree to attack Puzhou.
It is obvious that the Liang army does not yet have the conditions to go to war with the Jin army in full swing. Just as the Jin army is unwilling to go to war with the Liang army in full swing, it will only benefit the major forces around.
But if Daliang wants to take Puzhou away, it will really force the Hedong Jin army to fight against Daliang.
Without the benefits of Puzhou Yanchi, Hedong could not maintain its huge expenses. Instead of being slowly starved to death, it would be better to fight to the death.
There is no way to complain in front of these people.
Every battle has to make the House of the Zhengshi Hall and the Ministry of Revenue in the Secretariat of the Minister of Revenue, while the Chongzhengyuan group only uses money, but does not care where the money comes from.
The military leaders ignored these things even more. After using them, they just wanted them. If they didn't give them, they might be rampant in the local area. If they didn't tell the problem to these people, they would dare to do whatever they wanted.
Chapter completed!