Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

"General Li, Duke of Taiyuan, has an order. The arsenal in Jingzhou has been stolen. Your officers and soldiers are passing through Mianbei and south. Quickly abandon your weapons and leave the city. My sergeants will go in and search for the stolen goods! If there is any stubborn resistance, you will be punished as thieves!"

Outside the city, the officers and soldiers of the Jingzhou Army lined up at the gap in the city wall. They did not rush into the city immediately, but shouted loudly into the city.

The defenders in the city were already nervous when they were attacked at night, and the sudden collapse of the city wall made them panic even more. When they heard the shouting, they suddenly felt like crying without tears.

The emotional turmoil for a long time was caused by friendly forces, not an enemy attack. But are you, the Jingzhou Army, so arrogant? Even if it's just to check for stolen goods, isn't it okay to give notice in advance? Suddenly there was a disturbance at night, and the city wall was knocked down. It was simply arrogant!

Although he was filled with resentment, the previous feeling of being desperate and ready to fight to the death was no longer there. Although the Jingzhou army was rude, it was still a dispute and misunderstanding between the armies of the Western Wei Dynasty. Naturally, it was not a matter of life and death. It would be better to resolve the misunderstanding after verification.

There were many people with such thoughts, and soon some people dropped their weapons and staffs and walked out of the city along the gap in the collapsed city wall amidst the threatening shouts of the Jingzhou army.

At this time, someone in the city shouted again: "Don't listen to their nonsense, and you are not allowed to leave the city! Lord Changshan of the Zhu Kingdom is in the city. Even though General Li is here in person, he still needs to pay homage..."

Li Tai, wearing armor and fully armed, walked into the firelight from the rear troops, lifted up his face armor to let the people in the city see him clearly, and then returned to the troops, and then asked people to shout: "Jingzhou has its own According to the law, even Lord Chang Shan cannot mess with my laws! If the drums are beaten three times and there are still those who are still in the city, they will be killed without mercy!"

The exciting war drums sounded again, each blow hitting the heartstrings of the soldiers in the city like a heavy punch. At this time, no one in the city dared to take any chances anymore. With the sound of the drums, more and more people abandoned their weapons and left the city. , and then he was led by the officers and soldiers of the Jingzhou Army to line up elsewhere to wait for disposal.

When the second tom sounded, Yu Jin, his father and his son and other important members also appeared in the field of vision. Yu Jin's face was ashen, and he was tightly surrounded by everyone. His son Yu Yi walked in the front, and shouted loudly: "I came here on the king's order. Duke Taiyuan must not make mistakes or rely on the crowd to reject the king's order!" "

However, no one in the formation outside the city responded to his call, only the sound of drums was still exciting and powerful. They stood in a stalemate in the city for a while, and when the tong drum was coming to an end, Yu Jin waved his hand and signaled to leave the city dejectedly.

After this group of people left the city, they were swarmed by the Jingzhou Army officers and soldiers who had been waiting for a long time, and they were dragged and pushed to separate them. As the one with the highest status, Yu Jin naturally received the most attention. More than a dozen Jingzhou Army officers and soldiers surrounded him almost face to face.

It was not until the three rounds of drums were settled that hundreds of heavily armored soldiers stepped into the city. After thoroughly checking the city's garrison and confirming that there were no remaining soldiers in the city, Li Tai ordered his troops to enter the city and garrison them. As for the captured Yu The important personnel who were waiting for him were naturally escorted into the city as well.

Next, Li Tai first asked people to slightly repair the city's defenses, and then asked the naval forces in the Han River channel to station themselves ashore. Only then did Li Tai have time to review the gains of the raid.

More than 3,000 soldiers followed Yu Jin to garrison the city. They all surrendered and there were no serious casualties on either side.

Li Tai was relatively satisfied with this. Returning to seize power was only the first step of his plan. Next, he would continue to attack Jiangling. Even if the soldiers brought by Yu Jin were not needed to attack the fortress, if there was a blood feud between each other, for Morale is also a big blow, and more energy must be allocated to deal with these friendly prisoners.

It was already mid-night. Although the confrontation here was not long, the commotion and battles caused were considerable. Presumably some of the people and horses in the other nearby passes were aware of it, but any actual reinforcements could not be carried out until dawn.

So he asked Yu Jin to come in and stood on the porch in front of the hall, waiting for his generals to bring Yu Jin here. At this time, Yu Jin's sword, seal, and other items had been confiscated, and his arms were still tied behind his back.

Upon seeing this, Li Tai stepped forward and personally untied Yu Jin. Then he walked up to the person in front of him and cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Chang, I'm rude. I have to do this as a last resort. It's difficult to take everything into account. If there is any offense, , please forgive me.”

Yu Jin was in a very bad mood when he was met with such a counterattack. After hearing this, he just said in a stiff tone: "Everyone knows what happened today. Taiyuan's public skills are admirable. I am incompetent. Since I am under the control of others, I deserve to die." "

After Li Tai heard this, he smiled slightly, took Yu Jin's arm and pulled him into the hall, saying: "The life and death of Duke Changshan is a trivial matter, but why should the tens of thousands of soldiers who followed him from the south deserve it? Since the Duke was ordered to "Come here, you should naturally have concerns about success or failure. Now that your plan has failed, you should help each other to deal with the aftermath, so that you can live up to your duty as an important minister of the country and the leader of the government."

After Yu Jin heard this, he couldn't help but laugh at himself. Although he was fucked, he still had to help Li Boshan clean up the mess?

"The Duke of Taiyuan praised me so much that I am really ashamed of myself. I am singing a triumphant song, but I am a prisoner under the rank. I will judge the superior and the inferior. The Duke is far-sighted and calmly wins, so why bother asking Yu Blind?"

Yu Jin's tone was still stiff, but in the end he still couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, and asked a question that made him tangled up: "I am confused, and I beg the Duke of Taiyuan to give me some advice. There are many garrisoned buildings near Shicheng, how can I be sure? Will I settle here? If I choose another city, it will be difficult to overcome the internal and external confrontations. Shicheng is already a step away from Jiangling. You and I are fighting here while the Liang people sit back and take advantage. Li, this is really not a wise man’s plan! Or maybe the Duke of Taiyuan has an unfaithful agreement with Liang Guo?”

Yu Jin was stumbled hard and confused. If other situations were foreboding or beyond his control, then the sudden collapse of the city wall was really incomprehensible and unacceptable to him.

Even if he didn't expect that Li Tai would ambush him between the borders of the two countries, with the city guarded, he would still have no problem holding on until dawn. When all the armies gather here, the outcome is still unclear!

After Li Tai heard this, he laughed again and said: "The Lord of Liang is stupid and ignorant. He can't even tolerate and trust his generals. How can he conspire with me, a border general of an enemy country? What's more, although I am not talented, I am not talented either. Dumb, how could you abandon this and go to a country that is about to die!

As for the collapse of the city wall, Chang Shangong does not need to think too deeply about it. This is not a clever strategy. All the garrison buildings near Shicheng have such arrangements. As long as Chang Shangong stops here, it will inevitably happen no matter which city he enters. Such an outcome. "

"This, this...is actually like this?"

Yu Jin also worried to himself that maybe he was unlucky and happened to choose a city garrison that had been tampered with by Li Boshan, so he ended up like this. But he didn't expect the answer to be like this, and he was stunned for a while.

But soon he frowned again and said: "The location of Shicheng is already the gate of the country. The Duke of Taiyuan is deliberately trying to trap me. Aren't he worried about the arrival of Liang Jun's bandits? It is difficult to defend these ruined cities. If I don't arrive but the thieves come, what will happen to the Duke of Taiyuan?" Stupid or wise?”

"I have been given a high position and am stationed in the southeast. I have done a few things and have only a small reputation. In recent years, I have not attacked others, and they have been secretly happy. Those who dare to attack have disappeared for a long time. If I had not avoided the outside, Chang Shangong and others would be safe. As for that?"

After Li Tai heard this, he sneered again and said that attracting the Guanzhong army to the south was a very important part of his plan, or in other words, it was the main body of his plan.

One thing is that Guanzhong has been run by the Bafu headed by Yu Wentai for many years. Even if Yuwentai dies, with his current momentum, it will be extremely difficult to shake the majesty of the Bafu in Guanzhong. Only by drawing the main force of the Bafu out of Guanzhong can he have a chance to win.

Second, as successive envoys sent 60,000 troops southward from Wuguan, although Guanzhong still has a large number of troops, they need to stay in place and maintain river defenses. It has been difficult to raise considerable mobile forces to continue to increase southward. soldiers.

In other words, no matter how much Li Tai messes around in Mianbei, Yuwentai in Guanzhong can only watch, and he no longer has enough power to interfere, unless he doesn't even want his old nest in Guanzhong.

Li Tai dared to bring the soldiers into his lair because he had something that could make the powerful soldiers and generals in Guanzhong use their weapons to stop him. But if Beiqi enters Guanzhong, it will be like a mouse falling into a rice vat. Even if it can't eat, it will still give you a hard time.

The army of Sanzefu soldiers entered Jingzhou, and Jingzhou was in an ownerless state, which was bound to have a certain impact and disruption on the people's livelihood under Jingzhou's rule. Even if there is some restraint near Rangcheng, where their wealth and assets are concentrated, harassment in other places is inevitable, and this is what Li Tai needs.

Because in the next period of time, the public sentiment under the entire Jingzhou General Manager's Office will be in a very tense and sensitive state.

On the one hand, the quarrel or even rupture between the Jingzhou Military Government and the Chinese and Foreign Governments will inevitably lead to a tense confrontation with each other, which will inevitably have a certain negative impact on the people's livelihood under Jingzhou's rule, and the environment will no longer be as comfortable as before.

Jingzhou has been recuperating for several years, with all industries flourishing and the people living and working in peace and contentment. This is certainly due to the efforts of the Jingzhou military government to establish governance, and it is also indispensable for the people's diligence in making a living.

But once this situation no longer exists, the people will inevitably be incited by people with ulterior motives, and will think that it is all because of Li Tai's own ambition and his brazen confrontation with the Chinese and foreign governments that Jingzhou's good days have come to an end. This will lay a hidden personnel risk for Jingzhou. Such factors are responsible for the defeat of many separatist forces.

At the same time, as Jiangling was captured, many Nanliang people would also flow into the Jingzhou Governor's Office to live under the rule. These people will inevitably have a feeling of missing their motherland, the old and the young, hidden in their hearts. Even if their life is not very good under the rule of this motherland, there is always a sweetness among the nine points of bitterness that people will never forget. Once they are under the rule of Jingzhou General Manager If life is unsatisfactory, this frustration will be amplified and turned into hostility, thus causing constant chaos.

It is difficult to eliminate various hidden dangers in public sentiment in a short period of time. Once a high-intensity confrontation turns into an actual military conflict, civilian dissatisfaction will be amplified, making Jingzhou's internal affairs even more uneasy.

Therefore, Li Tai simply took the opportunity to take the initiative to conquer Huainan and induce the Bafu to send troops, so that the people under Jingzhou's rule could feel what the living conditions in Jingzhou were like without his control, and let these people understand with facts that General Li Not only did they choose to take this path for their own ambitions, but also to defend their current lives and everything they have.

At this point, General Li's demands and interests are highly consistent with those of the people under the rule of the Jingzhou General Administration. Only General Li is their best and most suitable choice!

Yu Jin didn't know that in Li Tai's eyes, he was the captain of the troop transport brigade, a tool to establish power, and a small helper in the united front. However, when he heard Li Tai's confident and slightly arrogant answer, he felt He couldn't help but fell silent.

Li Tai looked at the silent Yu Jin and said: "I know that in the eyes of Duke Chang Shan, I am probably a troubled minister of the country and a traitor to the country. But when the Duke came in without telling me and took over our state affairs, I was still doing it for him. When the country opened its borders and showed its power in Huainan, even on the way back, they first captured Yingzhou of Liang State and blocked the river channel, and then came to Shicheng to take care of the rest.

Today our boats and horses are prosperous, but Jiangling has become a turtle in an urn, waiting to die. Even if Chang Shangong doesn't want to be friendly with me, he still incites people from all walks of life to fight with me. I have the advantage of the land and can defeat all the troops without accidentally destroying Liang. Only these tens of thousands of Guanzhong children will be buried among Jingxiang from now on. The elders of Guanxi may hate me to the core, but it is difficult for them to take revenge. But if Chang Shanggong stirs up trouble first, and then fails because of his ignorance, he will die and his clan will be destroyed! "

The reason why Li Tai chose to return along the river was to join forces with Xiakou and other groups to besiege Yingzhou City on the south bank. They used various means to conquer Yingzhou City in just two days and capture the Yingzhou governor alive. Lu Fahe.

When Yang Zhong, who was sent by Yu Jin to block the river, arrived at Lushan, it coincided with Li Taisheng's division returning north. When Yang Zhong saw that Li Tai, who was supposed to be trapped in Hefei, appeared here, and that the Jingzhou Army, which was rumored to be heading east, still had tens of thousands of troops here, he naturally understood in his heart.

So without Li Tai's careful persuasion, Yang Zhong naturally switched sides. After all, he couldn't fight, and Li Tai's blockade of Jiang Dao was more thorough than he imagined.

After hearing what Li Tai said, Yu Jin's eyes dimmed a bit. After pondering for a moment, he said again: "Mr. Taiyuan's personnel are very premeditated. Many of the people coming from the south must have your inside. Even if I don't cooperate, you There is no need to kill all the troops and be able to recover calmly. The reason why I have to cooperate is just to give the masses an excuse to blame everyone."

Li Tai laughed dryly after hearing this. It would be pointless to say it so clearly. If you, the Zhuguo, don't carry such a big pot, who else will be crushed to death?

But he still said seriously: "Of all the people who come south wearing armor, who is not the loyal and brave of the country who is determined to open the border and show his prestige? Chang Shangong has already suffered a defeat and it is difficult to recover, and he has no way out after enduring the fall? I and the Duke are together There is no selfless hatred, and it is not my intention to have a grudge now.

I am the Daxingtai of Guandong Road granted by the Central Government, and all matters outside the Guanzhong are under my supervision. Duke Changshan is ill and unable to see things, but the important plan of the country cannot be abandoned. It is natural for me to take over my duties now that I have returned. All the generals have only accepted orders, and all debts will be paid to the public. "

Hearing that Li Tai had already thought up a plan to clean up the mess, Yu Jin couldn't help but feel a dull pain in his chest. Thinking about how Nan had been controlled by others since leaving Wuguan, and now he was directly captured, his heart was filled with a sense of powerlessness and Frustration.

After a while, he said solemnly: "Such a thorough personnel arrangement cannot be done in a hurry. When did Duke Taiyuan come up with this plan?"

"Probably when Mangshan was defeated and on the way to Tongguan."

When Li Tai heard this question, he couldn't help but feel a bit of a sense of change in his heart, so he answered casually. That was when he had just come to this world, and his mind was full of thoughts about how to survive in this troubled world, but he never thought that one day he would actually reach this situation.

"S-Seriously..."

When Yu Jin heard this, his eyes widened immediately, and he said in a trembling voice: "So when the Duke of Taiyuan came to Tongguan to join the Shuxingtai, he already had a follow-up plan?"

Seeing Yu Jin's shocked look, Li Tai was also stunned. I was just lamenting my youth and pretending to be cool. You don't really believe it, do you? No matter how foresight I am, I couldn't have thought of digging a hole here to bury you all those years ago! Could it be that this old man couldn't bear the blow and made himself depressed?

In any case, Yu Jin has no other choice at the moment. He has to take the blame if Li Tai puts it on his head. It is necessary to cooperate with Li Tai to take over all the people one by one and bring them into the dispatch of Daxingtai of Guandong Road.

Originally, the Guandong Dao Daxingtai was just a perfunctory arrangement by Li Tai, but he could not prevent the person from having the ability to turn it into reality. And when Li Tai began to actually exercise the power of the Daxingtai, was it Kantung Dao or Shannan? There is not much difference in Tao. Anyway, those who dare to raise questions will definitely have to stay with Yu Jin to recuperate in the near future.

There are too many plot clues in this chapter, and there are many things to consider. I didn’t write it very quickly, so I’m sorry. . . If there are any areas that are unclear or overlooked, wait until the plot is completed before making a summary to explain them. . .