Speaking of Nanping, we have to mention this small country that entrenched in the three prefectures of Jing, Gui (now Zigui, Hubei), and Xia (now Yichang, Hubei). It can be said to be the country with the greatest desire to survive in the Five Dynasties period.

The pioneer of Nanping was Gao Jixing, the governor of Jingnan in the Later Liang Dynasty. After the Later Tang Dynasty destroyed Shu, he exerted his shameless spirit and was able to return to the two states of the Xia Dynasty and expand the local area three times.

Because Jiangling is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the capital of Yingdu, the Chu State, and the capital of Jingzhou during the Three Kingdoms period. Because it is located in the western part of the Jianghan Plain, it is adjacent to the Yangtze River in the south, the Han River in the north, the Bashu River in the west, and the Hunan-Guangdong in the south, it is known as the "bridge of the seven provinces" in ancient times.

At that time, Nanping was a key place to go north. Southern Han, Fujian and Chu all paid tribute to Houliang, and every year, the tribute was all in Nanping. Therefore, Gao Jixing invited envoys to rob his property.

All countries will not be able to move troops just because of a little money, right? Moreover, Jiangling is about to fight north and south. If it is used, it will cause a move to move the whole body, and the gain will not be worth the loss. I can only pinch my nose and recognize it.

When the Southern Han Dynasty proclaimed emperor, the countries became kings. Gao family submitted a letter to the emperor of the north and south to obtain rewards and maintain trade and trade, so they were regarded as "Gao Laizi" by the countries.

For example, when Li Jia was king, the first country to congratulate was Nanping, and Nanping's special envoy was extremely well-informed; when he became emperor and rebuilt the Tang Dynasty, Nanping was the first country to surrender, and he had no face to speak of.

Considering the political influence, Li Jia pinched her nose and rewarded thousands of Yongbu, which was considered a reward.

Because the land is small and the people are few, the Gao family has always been cautious in governing the three prefectures of Nanping. They never take the initiative to send troops. They are in the wind-like mode, but they have been stable for decades and absorbed a large number of refugees in the Central Plains.

Therefore, Nanping, a land of the three states, had 140,000 households and 700,000 people. The emperors worked hard to govern the country. You should know that there were only 170,000 households in Lingnan, with a territorial gap of ten times, but the population was almost the same.

If so, Li Jia usually takes care of Nanping's powder keg, for fear of touching it and causing trouble, especially in the Central Plains.

However, today is different from the past, with the right time, place and people, all of which are occupied by Li Jia.

As the autumn harvest approaches, the army will relax in Nanping or Central Plains. Harvesting crops is the most important thing. If it is a war, the recruitment of the people will be enough to cause severe damage to agriculture.

Moreover, after the Central Plains experienced the Huainan Rebellion, hundreds of thousands of people disappeared, becoming a white land, with heavy losses. Guo Rong lost half of the dividends to conquer the Southern Tang Dynasty (the fourteen prefectures in Huainan were established in Huainan to rule Luzhou, so Guo Rong seized a million people in Huainan, and the new Huainan army was only half). In addition, the country was newly established, and internal instability was unstable. If you attack again, the fire in the backyard could be predicted.

As for Nanping, the king Gao Baorong is even more plagued by illness. It has been a long time since we took advantage of your illness to kill you. The time is right.

Needless to mention the geographical advantage, since Jiangling is called the thoroughfare of the seven provinces, it is naturally a flat plain area, not a mountainous area.

Renhe is a new army of tens of thousands of troops. It is the time when you are full of energy. You can use it as a whetstone to test the effect.

Of course, after taking advantage of the autumn harvest, after seizing Nanping, you can have sufficient money and grain, and you can have initiative in the Northern Song Dynasty, rather than always worrying that Nanping and Northern Song Dynasty will join forces to go south together.

"Nanping, the location is too sensitive!" Li Jia pretended to think and sighed.

"The only worry about using troops is in the Central Plains. Now the Central Plains is at the end of their strength. The arrows cannot penetrate Lu silk. Our army is in full swing, so we can only eat food in Nanping, which is the reality!"

Li Huaien bowed his head again and solemnly made his own suggestions.

"The great affairs of the country and the great affairs of the country are in sacrifice and military affairs, so we have to be careful!" the emperor said lightly, then waved his hand:

"You must be cautious at this time, don't talk to others!"

"No--" Li Huaien looked up at the emperor's calm face. He was happy. He knew that he had passed the test and guessed the emperor's thoughts, and then slowly retreated.

"Go and check his background!" When Li Jia watched him leave, his eyes lit up and he said with great interest, could this be another good minister?

"No——" Wu Qing walked out of the shadow, his voice cold.

"By the way, what happened to King Nanping?" Li Jia needed to evaluate the body of the King Nanping and make an attack time.

"According to the informant, the King of Nanping has been lying on the bed for several months. The imperial physician locked the house and kept his food and clothing as usual. However, the ginseng in the Imperial Hospital has been missing for hundreds of years. I think it must be that there will be no more days and the ginseng will be killed. I even guessed that he had passed away, but he had not had a mourning!"

Wu Qing's face suddenly became rosy. In Nanping, a country with narrow land and large populations, spies often have greater roles than military forces.

"Correspond to monitor closely and report it quickly when there is news!" Li Jia raised his eyebrows, quite surprised. The scale of the Sound Ejaculation Department is getting bigger and bigger, and it can even be placed in the Imperial College, even in the Imperial Hospital, which is really surprising.

"If you spend another 10,000 guan, you can go to Jiangling to do a cheaper job. The focus is on guarding the city gate. Remember, be careful not to reveal your whereabouts. What we want is suddenly, an orderly and airtight Jiangling City will not make me happy, do you understand?"

"The people in Jiangling City are full of eyes, so it is natural to be fine to get into some secret spies, but at this sensitive time, it is really not good to penetrate the army. I ask Your Majesty to send some elite soldiers to me, and it is feasible to seize the door at that time."

Wu Qing's face was bitter and directly penetrated the army. When the Nanping King was about to die, he was so stupid that he had to beg.

"Then, we will form two lines. On the surface, I will send an envoy to express my long-sick King Nanping. I can send some elite troops, secretly, but another one. When it is useful, I can take the action of snatching the door!"

Li Jia smiled embarrassedly and continued to arrange the arrangements, which made Wu Qing feel relieved, and he responded excitedly.

"Gao, look at you and know your destiny!" Li Jia looked at the clear sky, and in the blink of an eye, it was mid-September. The heavy rain had already stopped and the weather became hotter. The rice in the rice fields withered a lot due to the heavy rain. Without looking, the harvest was definitely not much better.

"If the army didn't eat Nanping, how could Hunan survive the autumn?" Li Jia thought to himself that he became more and more interested in Nanping. He needed Nanping's money, food, population, and the most important position.

At this time, he hoped that Nanping would surrender peacefully like history, but Gao Baoxu was different from his nephew Gao Jichong. Although he was licentious, he was quite talented. When Gao Baorong was in power, he always ruled the country. If it was not expected, if Gao Baorong left, Gao Baoxu would definitely succeed him.
Chapter completed!