Chapter 265: Change Strategy
Ma Xiangnan said it very bluntly. In his mouth, Molo's failure seemed to be near and inevitable, which made most of the generals in the tent furious. Many people cursed, and had a worse temper. They even pulled out their swords and swearing and were about to rush out.
There was a chaotic chaos in the big tent, but Ma Xiangnan sneered and glanced at these people without any movement.
"Okay, it's quieter, the king didn't say anything, what are you yelling?" Wu Xin stood up suddenly and glared at the generals in the tent. When he got angry, the inside of the tent became quiet. Looking at Ma Xiangnan, his eyelids twitched wildly. Wu Xin was extremely prestige in Shuntian Army!
Wu Xin's prestige is indeed very high, because the current combat-capable army of the Shuntian Army is almost all trained by him. Most of the generals are also promoted by him.
When Wu Xin got angry, the tent became quiet immediately. Not only did Ma Xiangnan's eyelids twitch, but there were a few people in the tent, and they also showed a sneer. Only Molo had his eyelids half-hung, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"Master Ma, just say it. As you said, we are indeed facing a crisis now. If we cannot defeat Shayang County City, our logistics will collapse. The king is also worried about this. If you come here, just by opening your mouth, you can't change the dilemma we face. Then don't waste our time." Wu Xin said sternly: "The king must listen to substantial constructive opinions, not empty words and white teeth."
"Okay, since General Wu has made it clear, Ma will no longer hide it." Ma Xiangnan turned to look at Moro: "If the king is willing to form an alliance with my Great Chu, we naturally have a way to solve the difficulties the king is currently facing."
"What's the solution?" Mo Luo asked coldly.
"We will provide a large amount of food to the king." Ma Xiangnan said with a smile. "I heard that the king once sailed out to sea, do you know Baoqing County in Changyang County?"
"Baoqing?" Moro sat down suddenly, "You mean, your Great Chu will provide me with food and grass through the waterway?"
"Not bad." Ma Xiangnan smiled and looked at Moro who suddenly felt energetic: "Baoqing, many years ago, was an once prosperous foreign port. Unfortunately, with the overturn of the Tang Dynasty, this continent fell into civil strife. This port was gradually abandoned and eventually submerged in the dust of history. Now, there are probably not many people who know this port."
"You Chu people are really interested. You even made this clear." Mo Luo sneered.
Ma Xiangnan laughed: "It really took a lot of effort to help the king if we want to provide help to the king. What is the king's intention?"
Molo pondered for a moment, "What do you want?"
"Please give this port to our Da Chu management. Within 50 miles of the port, our Da Chu will be under the jurisdiction of our Da Chu." Ma Xiangnandao.
"This won't work!" Wu Xin jumped up suddenly.
"Why can't it?" Ma Xiangnan smiled and turned to look at Wu Xin, "General Wu, now this port is completely a messy place. A slightly larger ship cannot dock at all. Only we know how to renovate this place. In the future, we have to provide support to your army for a long time. It is impossible to go by land, so we can only rely on water. In this way, we must have a factory for repairing ships here. If we build a ship repair yard, we must have an army to protect the shipyard. As far as we know, Changyang County is not peaceful, even now, there are many bandits."
"We can provide protection!" Wu Xin said.
"I'm sorry, the boathouse is one of the core secrets of our Great Chu. We can't hand over his protection work to outsiders, because it is very likely to leak the secret." Ma Xiangnan shook his head and said, "Master, we only need jurisdiction within fifty miles of the port. This will not have any impact on the authority of the king. You won't give up on your choke, right?"
Moro looked at Wu Xin who was still trying to speak and waved his hand, "Okay, okay, Lao Wu, isn't it fifty miles? I'll give it to you. But I want to know when your first batch of food will arrive?"
"As long as the king is willing, you will see the first batch of grain unloading from there in a month." Ma Xiangnan bowed slightly and said.
"Okay!" Moluo closed his palms, "I'll wait for a month later, Lord Ma, you Da Chu will not come to support me in vain. What do you want in the end?"
"There is no need to hide this from the King. I believe the King also knows that both sides of our Great Chu and Qi are already at a strife and may have a war at any time. Once this war breaks out, the final outcome will probably be at the cost of one side's demise. In this war that concerns the destiny of the country, we need to unite all the forces we can unite. Therefore, we hope that the King can take down Shayang County and then launch an attack on the area controlled by the Qi people. If the King can really do that, then the one who gets off the ship from Baoqing will not only be food, but what the King wants, we will transport what we want." Ma Xiangnan smiled and raised his head, and said proudly: "Our Great Chu is not only strong in troops, but also rich in the world. We can say it, we can do it."
Molo laughed, "This is the truth. We do have a common goal in fighting against the Qi people. At least, we can become allies before driving the Qi people out of our Dayue territory."
"That's true!" Ma Xiangnan also laughed.
Ma Xiangnan got what he wanted. Of course, this was just the first step taken by the Great Chu Xiang Yue Kingdom. The rice had to be eaten at a bite. With the springboard of Baoqing and the ally of Moro, soon, the Great Chu would have its own base in Changyang County. At that time, it was the beginning of the Chu Kingdom's opening up the second battlefield of alignment.
"King." Only Mo Luo, Wu Xin, Li Han and Bao Hua were left in the tent, and Wu Xin could not help it.
"Okay, Lao Wu, I know what you want to say, but do we have any other way now? As the Ma said, we are short of food and we need food. I know they have no good intentions to be in Baoqing, but it's just a remote poor county. Even if they are given all of them, what's wrong? I got the food and weapons from them. What's up to us to do what to do then," Moro waved his hand.
"I just want to remind the king that we must be vigilant against them." Wu Xin said, "For us, Qi people are not things, but Chu people are also good people?"
"I know this without saying it!" Mo Luo said with some dissatisfaction: "Old Wu, now that Shayang County City has not been able to be captured for a long time, you should come up with a good idea!"
"King!" Wu Xin noticed Moro's dissatisfaction and could only swallow this topic back. "If the Chu people's food can arrive on time, we can change our way to attack Shayang County City."
"A different approach?"
"Yes, since we are diligent, why should we still hurry and panic to capture Shayang County City in a short time?" Wu Xin smiled and said, "Now we can spend time with them. No matter how rich their reserves in the city are, can we still not finish it?"
"What does Brother Wu mean?" Li Han asked.
"King, we are outside the city, they are inside the city, we can grow grain outside the city. Can they grow grain in the city?" Wu Xin laughed: "These few days, I have been wondering why Mr. Liu from Shayang County has such confidence to dare to waste it with us. Isn't it because he knows that we have insufficient food, but he has enough food?"
"It's a reversal now!" Li Han suddenly realized.
"Yes, lord, we have hundreds of thousands of people now, but it would be a waste to build all of these hundreds of thousands of people under the city wall. Now it is spring, which is a good season for spring sowing. We leave enough people to siege the city and fight a battle with Shayang County every now and then. The others all let them go to farm and grow grain." Wu Xin laughed and said, "Every time, we change a group of people to attack the city and train troops. I want to see how long can this Shayang County resist?"
"If they can carry on for a year, will we wait here for a year?" Moro asked with some dissatisfaction.
"What's the harm in waiting for a year?" Wu Xin said: "King, think about it from another perspective. How many more soldiers can you get out in this year? In one year, we can train at least 100,000 soldiers, and there is also Shayang, a place where they can practice real swords and guns, why not do it?"
"What if the Yueting sent a large army to provide assistance?" asked Bo Hua.
"Can they? They won't. They wish Shayang County was defeated by us!" Wu Xin sneered: "Those big men regard Shayang County as a piece of fat. Everyone wants to take a bite, but they just see that we and Shayang County are both injured. When they react, our climate has already come true. At that time, no matter who comes, we will not be afraid."
"Military farming? This is a good idea!" Moluo nodded repeatedly: "This Shayang County is a good place. The land is fertile. You can wait for harvest by sprinkling seeds. Ha, it is much better than Changyang County. Well, Lao Wu, this matter is of great importance, and you have to be responsible for it before I can feel at ease."
"Me?" Wu Xin was surprised, "King, I'm going to farm, what about military training?"
Chapter completed!