Chapter 462 The time when you are most troubled at home and abroad is not far away
Not only Luzhou, Shou, Hao, Su, Bo, Guang and other several prefectures, but also Wei troops quickly took over. The city was even more changed in flags, and within a few days, they were all occupied by Li Tianqu's forces.
On the Wu army, Li Shenfu quickly withdrew his troops to Shuzhou, and Taimeng immediately retreated to the two capitals of Hezhou to stabilize the situation and ensure that the territory of Wu north of the Yangtze River would not be occupied by Wei. However, he could only watch the traitor Tian Feng, who handed over the prefectures in the north to Li Tianqu.
After all, in the Jianghuai Plain, Li Tianqu was very mobilized by various cavalry troops, and his long foot distance was much faster than the Wu army, which could only march with two legs. Like Li Shenfu and Taimeng, generals who were good at commanding military operations in the Wu army, immediately realized that they were about to start a war with the Wei army now. They were trapped in the enemy territory, and they could only be dragged down by the enemy.
Because the Wu State's war horse resources are not only extremely scarce, but also almost no generals who are good at commanding cavalry warfare.
After all, according to historical records, all the troops under Yang Xingmi were familiar with water battles but were not good at cavalry and shooting. After that, he obtained cavalrymen from Hedong, Yun, Yan and other departments, and the cavalry was greatly boosted... But the problem is that Zhu Jin, An Renyi, Chai Zaiyong, Li Chengsi, Shi Yan... These generals who would have surrendered to the Wu army and were good at commanding cavalry, but Yang Xingmi did not catch any of them.
Although there were also Shatuo general Mi Zhicheng, who was good at riding and shooting, and Wang Maozhang, who was good at driving and attacking the formation every time, was also good at driving cavalry to break through the formation, but personal bravery and leading troops to fight were sometimes different. What's more, it is hard to cook without rice. In terms of Wu's war horse reserves, it is difficult to form a unit of establishment.
Li Tianqu had traded with Wu before, so he deliberately stuck war resources such as war horses, so Yang Xingmi had no time to pacify Luzhou immediately. Now he was going to start a war with Li Tianqu in the Jianghuai Plain. He was destined to suffer a great loss.
Tian Fu chose to surrender, which led to the states in Jiangbei changing their flags and following the Wei State. Li Tianqu said that he naturally had to be rewarded with great credit... However, he and Yang Xingmi were originally friends from fellow townsmen, and they were still in a life-long friendship with the world, but their king and ministers eventually broke up and were responsible for each other. However, Tian Fu's motive was that he was sealed as a military governor by Yang Xing as the first person. So how should I reward him to ensure that he would not have the possibility of rebellion?
Although An Renyi is now one of the first direct confidants to establish a foundation with me, he should not be easily encouraged by Tian Tai and would respond to his rebellion against him. However, because Tian Tai easily won six military states, so he really needs to think more about how to reward him.
However, Tian Fengshang was still in Luzhou to handle the matters of the states in Jiangbei and the state of Wei. Before he rushed to Bianjing to meet, the envoy sent by Yang Xingmi of Wu came first. As for the reason for coming to ask for negotiations with Li Tianqu, it was to "express strong protest and condemn" to friendly countries to accommodate traitors and occupy his territory in Wu...
"Your Majesty has a strong relationship with our king, and they swore to raise troops to fight against the thieves of the Tang and Liang dynasties. They were originally united in hating the enemy, but our king never surpassed the rudeness and never invaded friendly countries... How could His Majesty accept our traitor Tian Fu, and how could he occupy the territory of our Wu for no reason? This may be criticized by the world! What's more......"
Li Tianqu sneered and listened to the indignant Wu envoy to continue speaking.
It is said that Yang Xingmi and Zhu Wen have begun to conspire secretly, but this secret has not been publicly known to the world. So Yang Xingmi acted like a victim, sent an envoy to protest and demanded that the return of lost land should be a test... Li Tianqu said that this was Yang Xingmi who wanted to understand clearly. I have learned a lot of details about his secret discussion with Liang Guomin...
Originally, Li Tianqu did not intend to meet the envoy from Wu in person, so the verbal battle was still left to Li Zhen to handle. However, after hearing about the title of envoy sent by Yang Xingmi, Li Tianqu decided to go to court to summon all the ministers and deal with this person himself.
Because if the envoy sent by Yang Xingmi follows the official history line, he should be Xu Wen, who will monopolize the military and political power of the Wu Kingdom in the future.
Seeing Xu Wen standing in the court, he was justly and honestly holding his master Yang Xing in a close relationship, Li Tianqu put his elbow on the dragon chaise, held his cheek with one hand, but his eyes were aimed at Yan Keqiu, who was on the side of the hall.
The Chuigong Hall of the Bianjing Imperial City is not very large according to the official historical palace layout of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, within the reach of Li Tianqu’s eyes, he could probably see Yan Keqiuzheng staring at the slanting eyes, looking at Xu Wen who was standing in the center of the hall and making a speech. Although he couldn’t see the subtle changes in his face, he could roughly see that Yan Keqiu looked at Xu Wen’s expression, just like he was watching a thief shouting to catch the thief…
This is true. Although according to historical records, Yan Keqiu was Xu Wen's confidant planner, he also played an important role in the Xu family's gradual control of the military and political power of the Southern Wu family. However, after I occupied the territory of the Huainan army in Yangzhou, I deliberately sent people to inquire about Yan Keqiu. Luo Zhixiu and found out the traces of the two, so he had already won him over in advance.
It is said that Yan Ke has repeatedly made suggestions after being your disciple, which made Yang Xingmi respect you more and more. The so-called "After the King of Wu and the King of Wu came together to conquer the world, you were the least famous one. Yan Keqiu had never seen you or heard of your reputation... Now, because I have been trusted by me, I have become a down-and-out scholar to be respected and noble, and how could he have any friendship with you?
Until Xu Wen said to himself, not only was he a little dry, but he also looked at the eyes of the kings and ministers of the Wei Kingdom in the hall looking at him very strange... Seeing that he shut up, Li Tianqu opened his mouth and asked calmly:
"Has Judge Xu finished speaking? I was puzzled. You said that the King of Wu had never planned to infringe on friendly countries, but he had been secretly conspiring with Zhu Wen, and wasn't he trying to be unfavorable to our court? Why is it like I was calculating him? If this wasn't the villain complaining first, what would it be?"
Xu Wen's expression changed slightly when he heard this, but he tried his best to adjust his expression, as if he had heard something strange that he had never heard of.
After all, after Tian Ti sent an envoy to inform Yang Xingmi and Zhu Wen about the secret plot, Yang Xingmi put pressure on him to remove the military and political power of the states in Jiangbei, and it was very straightforward to directly turn against each other. Therefore, after Tian Ti sent an envoy to express his willingness to surrender to Li Tianqu, he immediately opened the flag and changed the flag.
Yang Xingmi was not sure that his confidants who had been in contact with Zhu Wen would be detained by Tian Ping, who was already informed, and directly informed Li Tianqu. Therefore, Xu Wen came to negotiate with the order, and first of all, he should show an indignant and pretend to be innocent.
When Li Tianqu asked directly, Xu Wen immediately came to his senses and thought that if Tian Feng was really intercepted by Tian Feng, he could not pretend to be confused and said that there was nothing wrong with him... He then said in a frightened and angry manner:
"Even though the thief Zhu Wen secretly sent an envoy to incite my lord, how could Your Majesty know that my lord would be willing to conspire with the Liang thief and intend to invade your country? It must be that Tian Fu, the traitor of Wu, was not greedy and let his lord down, but in order to get his Majesty's protection, he deliberately made a hindrance and deliberately provoked! This thief is ambition and greedy, and your Majesty must not make the Guibang decide to deal with our Wu because of this traitor!"
Li Tianqu smiled slightly when he heard this, then looked directly at Xu Wen, and said word by word:
"Mr. Xu, you don't have to cover up your arguments anymore. I also swore to attack the friendly countries that usurped the Tang Dynasty Zhu Wen thieves, and I have something to say to the King of Jin. And I will not investigate the crimes of the Liang thief for the time being. However, I will protect Tian Feng; Jiangbei Lu, Shou, Hao, Su, Bo, and Guang's six states will also be included in our dynasty. If the King of Wu doesn't want to, let's see if he can take them back.
I'll just ask you to go back and send a message to the King of Wu. This battle is going to be fought now, and I will accompany you, but if he is willing to admit it, he hopes that your master will do his own thing and let him remember this sentence: Since I have seen through the Wu State's intention to raise troops from all over the country with Zhu Wen, I have already been on guard.
Moreover, the relationship between me and your lord’s previous national exchanges has been cut off since now.”
Chapter completed!