In August of the first year of the Ming Empire, the attacks of the four counties of Fuyuan and the Yan State established by the barbarians against the newly born Ming Empire were a typical war of slashing. Starting from the eighth day of the eighth month, from the beginning of September, the rebels with more than 100,000 troops and the Yan State coalition were defeated by the Ming army in Tzu Chi, Xinhua, Xinxiang and other places. They had to retreat to the four counties of Fuyuan. Just when people thought that Qin Feng, the Emperor of the Ming Empire, took advantage of the great victory, took advantage of the power of the victory and used lightning to attack Fuyuan with all his troops, wiped out Jiang Haokun, and drove the Yan State established by the barbarians to return to the deep mountains. The military offensive of the Ming Empire ended up abruptly and disappeared.

The Ming army built a defensive line outside the four counties of Fuyuan, and then there was no further. The imagined attack did not happen. The Ming army seemed very content with the current situation.

Whether it was Chu, Qin, or Qi, they were a little confused about this form. A large number of spies gathered around Fuyuan for a while, and what they saw made them dumbfounded again. The Ming soldiers were not preparing for an attack, but vigorously building fences. Since this kind of work was being carried out on all the defense lines, it seemed that it would take not long for the Ming army to build a complete fence that wrapped the four counties of Fuyuan. It seemed that they regarded each other as captive pigs and sheep. On this end of the fence was the Ming army's military camp, and on the other end, there were the camps of Fuyuan and Yan army several miles away.

The Three Kingdoms, which cannot understand the behavior of the Ming army, can only attribute it to the Ming army's current situation, may be because of insufficient financial resources, secondly, they are eager to stabilize the country's national affairs, and thirdly, they consider that if a forced attack will cause desperate resistance from the opponent, resulting in a large number of casualties, but Qin Feng is unwilling to accept such a result.

Hit the opponent to death! This became the strategy of various countries for the Ming Empire to deal with the rebels. After some consideration, various countries had to admire Qin Feng's seemingly absurd decision.

Jiang Haoyuan's Fuyuan Army will not talk about him for the time being, but the combat effectiveness of the Yan State established by the barbarians should not be underestimated. The war between the two sides, except for the Ruijin Camp where Murong Kaishan was defeated by Huang Hao in the first battle, the Ming army did not gain any advantage in other battlefields. On the basis of defending, it became a match for the Yan army.

If Qin Feng wanted to wipe out the four counties of Fuyuan in one go, he would have to devote his whole country to the end. Even if the barbarians were defeated, they could still rush into the mountains and suppress them without destroying them, and there would be constant troubles. What's more, the newly built Ming Empire was not just an enemy like domestic rebels. In addition, the other three kingdoms were also eyeing them? Among them, Qi was the most blatant. In Dengxian, they had gathered nearly 20,000 troops. As long as the Ming Empire was in disguise, they could launch an attack on the Ming Empire at any time.

Under such internal and external forms, Qin Feng's decision-making seemed extremely wise.

Although the four counties of Fuyuan are known to have four counties, the total economic output of the four counties is not as good as one Zhengyang County. The territory is only one-third larger than Zhengyang County. More importantly, the four counties of Fuyuan were formerly a military center for defending barbarians. The entire area was narrow and long, and there was no room for maneuver in strategic depth. Once defeated, you can only follow the deep mountains. It can be said that the Ming Empire could afford to lose in the confrontation with them. But the barbarians could not afford to lose. If they lost the last battle, they would lose everything.

This strategic inequality between the two sides was destined to make the four counties and Yan State of Fuyuan. They had to wait for war every day to prevent the attacks launched by the Ming army, but the Ming army did not care about their opponents at all. They fought as soon as they wanted, and defended as they didn't want to.

Military, the Ming army had the advantage, and the economy was not above the same level. Due to special geographical and historical reasons, the four counties of Fuyuan have always been underdeveloped and are a typical imported economy. But now they are locked in the narrow and long area of ​​Fuyuan County, the Ming Empire will inevitably impose a severe economic blockade on them. In the future, their difficult days can be seen almost now.

As they became poorer and poorer, they had to launch a desperate attack on the Ming army alone, which happened to fall into Qin Feng's plan. The Ming army, who had been very good at ease, would constantly exhaust the opponent's vitality in the opponent's repeated attacks, and then exchange the final victory at the lowest price.

This method seems to be very bulky and takes a long time, but for the current Ming Empire, it is the strategy that best suits their current actual situation.

When everyone understood Qin Feng's plan, the people of Qi felt lost. Although they successfully provoked a rebellion in Yue, they were far from achieving the expected results. Qin Feng's strategy of surrounding but not fighting reduced the adverse impact to the minimum, and also made the Ming Empire still maintain sufficient deterrence against Qi.

However, Chu State breathed a sigh of relief. For them, the Ming Empire was an enemy or a friend, and it was impossible to determine at this moment, but the Ming Empire would make Qi feel uncomfortable, which was enough. In the battle between Qi and Chu, the balance began to tilt towards Qi. Luo Liang was once again pressed back to the vicinity of Kunling Pass by the army commanded by Prince Cao Yun of Qi. The Gaohu and other territories that had been suddenly launched a war before were completely lost. In the more than a year of war in Qi and Chu, the losses of Qi and Chu were not a decimal point. But for Qi,

It turned defeat into victory, but for Chu, it was a victory first and then defeat, and the morale of both sides was incomparable. In the midst of a boiling public grievances in the country, Min Ruoying recruited Cheng Wuben and Jiang Tao. Cheng Wuben served as the Minister of War, Jiang Tao returned to the eastern border country and served as the deputy general of real power. The two of them returned to power, which suppressed Luo Liang's dominance, and also alleviated the domestic public grievances and the dissatisfaction of the eastern border army. After a cycle of reincarnation, the two sides seemed to have returned to the original starting point.

Of course, Qin did not want the Ming Empire to be in chaos. Qi and Chu had always adhered to the policy of economic blockade against Qin. Strategic materials such as grain and iron were not allowed to be exported to Qin. However, the newly born Ming Empire seemed to have no concern that Qin would be more wings after obtaining these things and was willing to export these strategic materials to Qin.

The large-scale export of grain can alleviate the state's food shortage in Qin State and stabilize grain prices, which will naturally stabilize domestic politics and make people live and work in peace and contentment. The export of iron tools will further lead Qin's already powerful army to a new level.

If the Ming Empire was in chaos, the things that Qin Feng agreed to would naturally be impossible to fulfill. Then the policy of supporting Qin Feng led by Li Zhi to end and would not be rewarded at all. It would be a waste of money.

In fact, even now, the Qin courts wanted to send troops directly to help the Ming Empire destroy the annoying guys in the four counties of Fuyuan. However, the suggestion made by the envoy sent by Deng Zhong was rejected by Qin Feng on the spot.

The Qin people were very generous and were willing to send the only iron-armored heavy cavalry of Qin led by Deng Su to help the Ming Empire quell the rebellion. The price was only to ask the Ming Kingdom to provide their weapons and equipment and daily expenses during the war.

The Qin State did not lack brave warriors, but it was short of money, food, and steel to build armor and weapons. There were only 20,000 armored heavy cavalry, not because they had no people or horses, but because they had no money.

Qin Feng did not consider this proposal from the Qin people at all, which made Deng Zhong very regretful. For Deng Zhong, establishing good relations with the Ming Empire was not only a matter of the Qin court, but also a matter of his Deng family in the future.

The Qin border army has been incredible in the past two years. Both against Chu and against Yue, they have achieved brilliant results. In Yue, they even obtained the first piece of land since the founding of the Qin State, Kaiping County. This is a fertile land and a grain-producing area. But what followed was the joint suppression of the Qin State court. The Western army controlled by Deng was taken away and replaced by Bian Wenzhong of the Bian family, which greatly reduced the strength of Deng family. Next, they extended their hands to Kaiping County and wanted to send people to take over the jurisdiction of Kaiping County. This unscrupulous method of trampling on Deng family finally annoyed Deng Zhong. The dispatched officials died completely before they stepped into the land of Kaiping County. The civil servants of the court were finally scared by Deng's ruthless style, and no one was willing to come to this land again.

Although the court was extremely angry, Deng's reputation in the country is now at its peak, and the hundreds of thousands of border troops under Deng Zhong's jurisdiction were also at its peak. The most important thing was that Li Zhi did not speak in this internal political dispute. After attending Qin Feng's ascension ceremony, he returned to the thatched house on the nameless hill outside Yongdu City and never went down the mountain. Whether the court seized part of Deng's military power or Deng's ruthless killing, he pretended to be deaf and mute and said nothing.

But it was this kind of silence that made both sides feel fearful. They didn't know what the final limit of Li Zhi's patience was. Both sides stopped and shook hands and made peace.

It is precisely because of the rapid rise of the power of the court that suppressed the Deng family in China that Deng Zhong had to seize the Ming Dynasty and send Deng Su to take action, one to show the power of the iron armored heavy cavalry, and the other to further deepen the relationship with the Ming Dynasty. As long as he can control this path of wealth related to the Ming Dynasty and the next many years, the Deng family will be invincible.

As long as the transaction with Ming Kingdom was passed by Deng Zhong, even if Bian joined forces with the royal family again, Deng would have nothing to be afraid of.

Unfortunately, Qin Feng refused this suggestion. Fortunately, the transaction between the Ming Empire and Qin State was still intermediary with the Deng family. The court and the Bian family did not send people to explain the empire, but as far as Deng Zhong knew, they did not even meet the Emperor of the Ming Empire, which made Deng Zhong very pleased.
Chapter completed!