Chapter 156 The situation
Poyang, Poyang Prince's Mansion, Poyang King Xiao Si was meeting guests. The guests came from Xunyang, Jiangzhou and joined the army as the soldiers of the Xiyang Prince's Mansion.
Zhang Yi was entrusted by the governor of Jiangzhou and King Xiao Dajun of Xiyang to come to Poyang and advised Xiao Si to put the overall situation first, respond to the kings, and raise an army together.
In the Jianghan area, the kings and horses were gathering. It can be said that from the west of Fengcheng, they no longer listened to the orders from Huaiyin.
In the Three Wu areas in Jiangnan, there will be more and more people who will respond to the governor of Dongyangzhou, Xiao Huili, King of Nankang, County Magistrate of Wu County, and King of Yi'an.
When the soldiers and horses of the upstream kings were ready, they would set sail eastward and head to Jiankang to meet with King Nankang and King Yi'an who were advancing towards Jiankang.
So, before that, it is very important to listen to whom Pengli Lake District.
"As a royal family, do you think that after Li Li governed the military affairs of China and abroad, he really planned to be a loyal minister and show mercy to the subordinates of the royal family?"
Zhang Yi asked, and Xiao Si shook his head: "No."
Zhang Yi asked again: "When the king was in charge of Raozhou and mined copper mines for the court? Is it for Li Li?"
"I am in Raozhou, and all I do is for the court."
"So, why is the king hesitant? Are you afraid that you can't beat Li Li? But even if you can't beat him, it's better to die in the battlefield than to make fish and be slaughtered."
Xiao Si did not directly answer this question, but asked: "Who is the leader of this rebellion?"
"All the kings are waiting for the king to take charge of the overall situation. The King of South China Sea is willing to abandon past grudges and follow the horse's lead."
Zhang Yi's answer was very straightforward, which was also what the King of Xiyang asked him to lead. In order to persuade Xiao Si, all the kings were willing to elect Xiao Si as their leader, including the governor of Yingzhou who had previously had a rift with the King of Poyang and the King of South China Sea Xiao Dalin.
"Let me be the leader?" Xiao Si murmured, his face calm, and he could not see his joy or anger. Zhang Yi continued: "King, the country and the country are in danger now. Among the kings, only the king has been through battle formations for a long time and is good at using troops."
"The king has changed his master and he has no end to the nest. If the king doesn't think about others, he has to think about his own family. He will never think that Li Li will let the king go after he succeeds, right?"
Zhang Yi did not think that Xiao Si was a fool, and he would not know what the ending would be when Li Li came to the court and wait for him and his family.
But the other party was still hesitant, which made him very puzzled.
I can only try my best to persuade me.
Among the royal family and princes, only the only one who has the experience of leading troops in war is Poyang King Xiao Si, and the King of South China Sea King Xiao Dalin also had good achievements, but in fact he was the famous commander at that time.
Although he was the governor of Yingzhou this time, Xiao Dalin, the King of South China Sea, was in the middle to make a bridge, which led to the rise of the kings. He had a gap with the King of Poyang before, but he was willing to give up the throne of the King of South China Sea and elect Xiao Si as the head coach.
If King Xiao Si of Poyang is unwilling to stand up, it means that this person wants to be accomplice of the tiger, then...
Poyang must be taken down. This is the decision made by King Nanhai and King Xiyang after discussion. If Xiao Si looks at him on the wall, he can regard him as a member of Li Li. In this way, don’t blame him...
Zhang Yi decided to take action and take Xiao Si to leave. It was really impossible, and it was not impossible to die together, so as to repay the favor of King Xiyang's knowledge.
As long as Xiao Si gets into trouble, Poyang will inevitably be in chaos. In this way, the troops under the command of King Nanhai and King Xiyang will be able to take over Raozhou and cut off Li Li's arm.
There are large copper mines and countless fertile fields in Raozhou, with dense populations and controls. Even if they confront Li Li next, the kings are full of confidence.
He was about to attack, but Xiao Si suddenly stood up: "Go out and have a look with me."
Zhang Yi was stunned when he heard this. He didn't know whether the other party was aware of his intention or wanted to take him to "check". After hesitating for a moment, he still followed Xiao Si out of the room.
They walked in the corridor and walked towards the main entrance of the royal palace. They were about thirty or forty steps away from the main entrance, but they climbed a small building beside the wall.
When he arrived at the third floor, Xiao Si personally pushed open an external window, revealing only the gaps between his fingers, looking outside, and then looking at Zhang Yi: "Come and take a look."
Zhang Ying was wary of her heart, stepped forward, looked out through the crack in the window, and then was stunned.
Here, you can see the open space outside the main entrance of the palace: a large number of people gathered on the open space, and they were covered in darkness, all of whom were men in civilian clothes standing silently.
According to rough estimates, there are no less than a thousand people, including no women or children, all of them are young and strong.
Some people have bare hands and some have shoulder poles, but there seems to be no weapons such as knives, spears, axes, etc.
One person was in front, facing the main entrance of the palace, raised his head with his hands and held a volume of documents.
Several guards from the royal palace stood in front of him, neither speaking nor moving.
This large group of people stood there without saying a word, but Zhang Yi saw it and felt a chill on his back: This is someone gathering to come to the palace to write a letter to express his love!
Although he didn't know who these people were, he didn't know what the documents in the hand of the man were writing.
But it can be guessed that Poyang City is probably no longer under the control of the Poyang King.
"They asked me to share the worries of the court, so now Raozhou is not controlled by me." Xiao Si smiled bitterly, "The orders I issued may be selected by the officials."
"However, I will make arrangements and send someone to escort the army to leave through the side door and leave Poyang."
"Then, what about the king?" Zhang Yi asked subconsciously, Xiao Si shook his head: "I am just a rich man who can't go anywhere in Poyang City and is waiting to die."
Zhang Yi understood: Xiao Si was in Poyang, and his every move was controlled by Li Li, and even under his command, he could not perform his troops even if he had troops under his command.
Without further ado, he had to return to Xunyang quickly and report to King Xiyang, so he saluted Xiao Si and surrendered.
Before leaving, Zhang Yi glanced at the group of people outside the window again and sneered in his heart: Work hard for Li Li, right? This is what you asked for!
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In the city of Shu, the riverside, Baimao Bay, a large number of warships sailed into the Yangtze River and advanced towards the mouth of Pengli Lake.
On the shore, a camp beside the city of Fengcheng was surrounded by thick smoke. It was the location of the Taxation Office of the General Taxation Department. It has been surrounded by the troops in Jiangzhou.
Southwest Sea King Xiao Dalin stood on the ship, looking at the fortress that had been besieged for several days but was still holding on to.
The people in the General Taxation Department, tax officials, tax collectors, and tax soldiers were all Li Li's flying eagle and lackeys, Yingzhou Xiakou, the camp where the Taxation Bureau was located. The tax officials, tax collectors and tax soldiers did not surrender, and they were still resisting stubbornly.
The same is true for the tax offices in Jiangling, Xiangyang, and Linxiang, Xiangzhou. They repeatedly repelled the attacks of the official army and refused to surrender. They were both smelly and hard.
The soldiers are very fast. Xiao Dalin did not think that these local tax bureaus that could barely protect themselves could ruin major events, so he left some troops to siege and led the upstream military sailors and together with the Yingzhou navy, they arrived in the city of Shucheng.
Next, we will enter Pengli Lake and head to Poyang.
He wanted to take down Poyang before Li Li had time to rescue him. This move could not only eliminate hidden dangers, but also incorporate this rich place that produces grain and copper into control.
By the way, replace the wait-and-see Yuzhang Neishi to ensure that the Pengli Lake District is under the control of the kings.
Only in this way can the coalition forces of the kings who gathered a large number of boat troops in the upstream can move eastward calmly without any worries.
Thinking of the next battle, Xiao Dalin was full of confidence.
Poyang is the hometown of Li Li and his left and right arm. Most of the soldiers of the Xuzhou army were Poyang people. As long as he took Poyang, the news would spread to Huaiyin, and Li Li would be filled with people's hearts.
Mushou, who was still waiting and watching, would like to keep a distance from Li Li.
Then, when the upstream troops arrived in Jiankang and met with the soldiers and horses of King Nankang and King Yi'an, they would be sure to confront Li Li across the river with the powerful navy.
Then, when Qi learned that there were flaws in the south, he would also send a large army to attack Henan and even Huaibei.
As a result, Li Li was attacked from both sides and his troops were short of strength, his people's morale was dispersed, and he was not far from defeat.
The strategy adopted by Xiao Dalin does not require a decisive battle with Li Li's Xuzhou army in the wild. Just confronting each other across the Yangtze River will waste the other party's end of the road.
After Li Li's defeat, tax officials, tax collectors and tax soldiers under the jurisdiction of the tax bureaus in various places would inevitably surrender, so there is no need to waste time pulling these nails now.
We must control Poyang as soon as possible, then rectify the troops and go downstream to Jiankang.
Thinking of this, Xiao Dalin was in a good mood when he looked at the vast river.
It is said that the governor of Raozhou and King Xiao Si of Poyang has been swept by the rioters of Poyang and is undermined. Therefore, Poyang is now controlled by Li Li's gangsters.
These people gathered fishermen and boatmen, plundered a large number of civilian ships, pieced together a navy, tried to resist stubbornly, delay time, and waited for Li Li to send troops to rescue him.
Xiao Dalin won't give the other party a chance.
In his opinion, the soldiers of his navy were all serious officers, gathering the essence of the midstream navy, rich combat experience and excellent equipment.
There are many large warships equipped with poles, and countless fast ships are available.
Xiao Dalin believes that such a large scale, regardless of the number or combat level, is not something that the fishermen who temporarily form a military force can compete with, and boatmen.
A group of mobs dare to resist the king's army?
Before Li Li's reinforcements arrived, I would crush you and others into powder!
Chapter completed!