Thief Emperor

Chapter 609: Timing! (Supplement)
The attacking side will naturally suffer a loss compared to the defending side, otherwise there would not be so many stalemates in history.

After all, it is impossible for the forces of both sides to be completely evenly matched.

However, as long as the defending side is not much weaker than the attacking side, the two sides can at least maintain a stalemate, and the defending side may even have the upper hand.

The current situation in Jiangdong is that as long as Su Sheng and Zhao Cheng make any move, Li Yun's north and south sides may be attacked at the same time.

In other words, he would attack to the west and defend to the north and south.

Du Qian thought about it seriously, then stood up and said, "When you get to the top, once Jingxiang moves, you can write a manifesto to fight the enemy."

Li Yun nodded and smiled: "If Jingxiang moves, the Central Plains can be in chaos. Last time, Brother Du said that we should wait until the autumn tax is collected. Now if we calculate the time, it will be about a month away from the autumn tax collection."

He said in a deep voice: "My order to Generals Su and Zhao is to let them act according to the situation. However, if there is no suitable opportunity within a month, we will march to the border and take Jingxiang directly after a month."

"Force them to do it."

"One month..."

Du Qian understood that Li Yun was right. The one-month deadline was roughly the time limit for them to start the uprising.

The Jiangdong Group, which has been developing quietly for several years, is finally going to formally launch an attack on this world.

He stood up, bowed and said, "Master, I'll go and make some corresponding preparations."

Li Yun said "hmm", looked at the two people, and said with a smile: "There is no need to be so nervous. If it succeeds this time, it will succeed. If it fails, just step back. The King of Chu is the emperor. There are too many things that can be said about the current emperor's immorality."

For such a big event, there must be a backup plan. If Li Yun's plan to advance westward is blocked, he will withdraw to the southeast and honor the emperor's brother, King Wu Yuanyou of Chu, as emperor. In this way, at least Jiangdong can continue to be stable and they can slowly look for opportunities in the future.

Moreover, this plan is highly feasible.

After Emperor Wu Yuancheng succeeded to the throne, the world was in chaos.

First there was a severe drought in the Central Plains, then the capital was lost and he fled to Xichuan in a panic. Each of these things was a manifestation of the emperor's immorality. Just based on these things, Li Yun had enough reasons to establish a new emperor.

At least these reasons make sense.
Hearing this, Du Qian also smiled and said, "Then send more people to the vicinity of His Royal Highness the King of Chu. I guess the court..."

"To do him harm."

"Someone has been sent."

Mr. Li stood up and said softly, "Since I cleaned up the Imperial City Division in Jinling, the King of Chu has been assassinated at least four or five times, and one of his sons was almost poisoned to death."

"He hasn't been out for several months. Didn't Brother Du notice?"

"He is now scared to death."

Du Qian was startled, then he sighed softly: "That emperor is really cruel."

………………

Huainan Road, Shenzhou.

General Su Sheng, along with more than ten personal guards, rode to the camp outside Shenzhou City. Not long after he dismounted, a young general came up to him and bowed his head and saluted: "General Su!"

Su Sheng stepped forward, patted the young general on the shoulder, and sighed: "You are still blackmailed by Zhao Cheng."

The young general was a little embarrassed. He smiled and said, "General, General Zhao and Liu Sizheng have arrived and are waiting for you in the big tent."

The person who could be said to by Su Sheng was naturally Meng Qing, who was currently serving under Zhao Cheng. Meng Qing bowed and said, "General, follow me."

Su Sheng nodded and said, "Lead the way."

This time, it was a meeting proposed by Liu Bo.

The two armies are now in place and will take action soon. As the Jiusi is the coordinating agency, the three parties need to reach some consensus.

For example, set some time.

Soon, Su Sheng arrived at the big tent. After he opened the tent door, Zhao Cheng and Liu Bo were already waiting for him in the tent. When they saw him walk in, they both stood up and saluted: "General Su!"

After Su Sheng returned the greeting, he smiled and said, "I am a little late, please forgive me, please forgive me."

Shenzhou is where Zhao Cheng's main force is. He is a landlord, so there is no such thing as early or late. Liu Bo waved his hand and said, "I came early."

After the three of them sat down, Liu Bo handed the Nine Departments' intelligence to Su Sheng and said, "General Su, please take a look. These are the actions of some of the Jiedushi and local forces around Jiangdong."

"General Zhao has already read it. After General Su finishes reading it, we will start discussing the specific actions."

Su Sheng nodded, took the document, and began to read it carefully. After reading it carefully, he frowned slightly and said, "We only mobilized troops within our sphere of influence. The court's actions are so big." Zhao Cheng looked at Su Sheng and said, "Brother Su, Liu Sizheng just said that in the past month, the Nine Departments have arrested at least more than a hundred people from the Imperial City Department. I'm afraid there are countless people hiding in the dark."

Liu Bo smiled and said, "Last time, the court gave titles to several generals in Jiangdong, but they refused to accept them. Since then, the number of people in the Imperial City Department has probably increased."

"Plus…"

He looked at the two men and said with a smile, "Both generals are capable men, and they have some conflicts with the court. It's no wonder that the court is keeping an eye on Jiangdong."

At this time, Liu Bo was a little fatter than before, and he could speak again. On the surface, he looked very amiable, like a laughing Buddha.

It makes people feel close to it subconsciously.

Su Sheng waved his hand and said, "Only the two of us can do nothing to the court. In the final analysis, it is still the ability to rise to power that will make the court pay attention to us in Jiangdong."

As he spoke, Su Sheng flipped through one of the documents from the Nine Departments and asked, "Liu Si Zheng, what does it mean to take the throne now? Does it mean to suspend the attack on Jingxiang?"

"No."

Liu Bo shook his head and said, "I came here to tell the two generals about this matter. The superiors mean that the two of you should continue to attack Jingxiang as usual, or even slightly advance it."

"If you two don't find an opportunity to take action within a month, the higher-ups will directly order us to take Jingxiang by force."

"also."

Liu Bo paused and continued, "What the superiors mean is that if we attack Jingxiang now, it will be difficult for the rear to provide the two generals with additional troops. The only troops you can use are the ones you have."

Su Sheng and Zhao Cheng looked at each other, and Zhao Cheng said, "General Su and I have more than 60,000 troops under our command, which is already most of our Jiangdong troops. It is enough."

Su Sheng nodded and said, "What I'm worried about is that if the court takes frequent actions, our rear..."

At this point, he took a deep breath, looked at Zhao Cheng, and said, "General Zhao, I will send Chen Da back, and you will send Meng Qing back, and let them each lead 5,000 people, how do you do that?"

Zhao Cheng nodded: "I have no objection."

Liu Bo shook his head slightly: "You two, Jingxiang is the most important to me. Moreover, everyone is eyeing Jiangdong at this time. I must deploy most of my troops in Jingxiang. First, to ensure that Jingxiang can be taken, and secondly..."

He looked at the two people and said in a deep voice: "Secondly, only when Jiangdong is short of troops can we attract people to attack Jiangdong."

After that, Liu Bo took out a few documents from his bosom and said, "Generals, here are all the information about Jingxiang that the Nine Departments have found out. Today, the two generals will set a rough plan and a time to start."

At this point, Liu Bo paused and said softly, "So that I can report to my superiors, and the Nine Departments can also coordinate based on this time."

Su Sheng looked at Liu Bo, then at Zhao Cheng, and nodded, "Okay, General Zhao and I will take a look first."

The two generals took the information about Jingxiang and read it carefully for more than half an hour.

Liu Bo was not in a hurry either. He just lowered his head and drank tea, waiting quietly.

After the two of them had carefully read it twice, Su Sheng looked at Zhao Cheng and said, "The Jingnan Jiedushi has a small number of troops, only about 20,000. If they don't have reinforcements, even if they are on high alert, we can still defeat them by force."

Zhao Cheng said in a deep voice: "It's not easy to attack the city."

"Then don't attack the city."

Su Sheng narrowed his eyes and said softly: "Besiege the Jingnan Army in the two cities of Jingxiang, and then we will deploy troops in the two states of Jingxiang."

"If there are reinforcements, we will fight them. If there are no reinforcements, we will directly trap the Jingnan Army in these two cities and kill them."

Zhao Cheng was startled. He touched his chin and thought for a while. Then he looked at Su Sheng and said slowly, "Brother Su's method is very promising. We don't occupy the capitals of Jingzhou and Xiangzhou, but the county towns within the states. Moreover, even if we have a field battle, we may not be afraid of those reinforcements."

"The only thing we need to pay attention to is that the Jingnan Army will break out and attack us from both inside and outside."

“I can’t break out.”

Su Sheng looked at Meng Qing standing aside and said with a smile: "At that time, let Chen Da watch one city and Meng Qing watch another city."

"The two of us will control the other places."

The two generals discussed the details again and soon finalized them. They looked at Liu Bo together and spoke.

"Liu Sizheng, please report this to your superiors and tell them that we can take action anytime after seven days."

"If the higher-ups don't make any arrangements, we'll take action in twenty days!"

　Make up for the morning~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)