Late Tang

Cui Anqian has been valued by Li Jing since he came to Qin Fan, and his official career has been smooth sailing. During this change of term, he successfully entered the staff council and was able to serve as the head of the staff council, the left envoy of the staff.At the same time, he paid homage to the prime minister with the position of the left staff officer of the staff council, added the title of "canzhizhengshi", entered the political affairs hall, and became one of the thirteen prime ministers.As the highest official in the military, Cui Anqian immediately understood the cause and effect of the matter after receiving the summons to enter the palace and listening to a brief report from the Supervision Office.

"Your Majesty, according to someone, Dong Chang is just an idiot. He pretended to be emperor, obviously he was instigated by others. Judging from the current situation in Zhejiang and Zhejiang, Qian Liu is the most suspect. Some people think that Qian Liu This is because he felt that his wings were full, so he wanted to annex Dong Chang. It’s just that Dong Chang has been protected by us before, and he couldn’t do anything. This time, after seeing all kinds of attacks, he finally couldn’t sit still, and he was worried that he would directly attack for fear of attracting people. Our interference finally instigated Dong Chang to proclaim himself emperor, and then he jumped out to crusade."

Li Jing naturally agreed with Cui Anqian's analysis.In fact, although Qian Liu took great pains, he was still a little hasty. In this matter, his suspicion was too great, and he couldn't get rid of it no matter what.All the people present here are like human beings, so how can his tricks deceive more than everyone.

In fact, as early as when Li Jing decided to accept Qian Liu's offer to join him, she had thought that such a day would come.Qian Liu is not a thing in the pond at all, it will soar into the sky sooner or later in case of a storm.However, Li Jing does not regret accepting his refuge at the beginning and supporting him to gain a foothold in Liangzhe.

Although Qian Liu's behavior now shows that this kid has begun to disobey discipline.However, judging from the overall situation of Zhejiang and Zhejiang in recent years, Li Jing's original choice was still very effective.Qin Fan did not pay much to support Qian Liu and Yang Xingmi, but he reaped several years of stability in Jiangdong.This not only suppressed Gao Pian, Zhou Bao, Liu Hanhong and other veteran fighters, but also kept the sea trade routes along the Jiangdong coast, and obtained Hangzhou Bay, an excellent sea supply port.

In addition, with these two agents in Jiangdong, Qin Fan sold a large amount of goods to them in recent years, and at the same time exchanged a large amount of grain and cloth.Even in the cooperation between Li Jing and their many weapons for food, weapons for cloth, and loans, Qin Fan also made a lot of money.

The land of Jiangdong has been stable for several years. Qin Fan's sea routes are not only extremely safe, but also coastal trade is also rich in returns.At the same time, it also greatly reduced the defensive pressure of the Qin Fan in the southeast. The military front line in the Huanghuai area has been free of war for several years, and this military front line has also become the Qin Fan's abundant grain output for a few years. Part of it comes from the credit of the two.

Of course, because of Li Jing's support for the two, this also led to their development faster than in history.Gao Pian, Zhou Bao, and Liu Hanhong, the three giants, were so suppressed that they had no room to resist.Gao Pian only had Yangzhou left, and he practiced Taoism all day long.Zhou Bao was dismissed by his generals. He was over 70 years old, but he was still busy with drinking and drinking all day long, and liked women.During the few years in Runzhou, he took in more than 100 concubines, and he had to admire the strength of this former ace polo player of the imperial army.

Although Qian Liu's development is worse than that of Yang Xingmi, Qian Liu has more room for development.To the north of Yang Xingmi is the Qin army, the states of Huainan Road, and the Huaihe River are actually controlled by Li Jing. He has no room to develop northward and can only go west and south.But Qian Liu is different. Zhou Bao in the north and Dong Chang in the east are not as good as they used to be.Further south, the land of Fujian is not a strong town.

It was under such a surrounding situation that Qian Liu finally endured more than making a move.Get rid of Dong Chang, swallow Zhou Bao, and then go south to Fujian and west to Jiangxi.It is not impossible to conquer a Jiangdong Kingdom in a short period of time.

Zeng Yuanyu, the right staff officer of the General Staff Council, was also able to become the vice-official of the General Staff Council this time because of his numerous military achievements in several battles in the past few years, and successfully entered the political affairs hall.As the right staff officer in charge of Qin Fan's military strategy, Zeng Yuanyu put forward his own point of view: "We must intervene in this matter and curb Qian Liu, otherwise, with the current situation in the two Zhejiang provinces, I am afraid that no one can stop him." Qian Liu. Although Qian Poliu only has one Hangzhou now, he has trained [-] elite soldiers in the past few years. These are all equipped with Qin army’s military equipment, plus Qian Liu and his five tiger generals , and a group of counselors recruited, not to mention that Dong Chang is not his opponent, even Zhou Bao may not be able to stop Qian Liu. And once Qian Liu controls the two Zhejiang provinces, it will obviously be unfavorable for Qin Fan. Even if Qian Liu, who has become stronger, will not turn against Qin Fan immediately, the relationship between the two parties will definitely not be as good as it is now. A strong Qian Liu, who controls Hangzhou Bay, will have a great impact on Qin Fan's sea lanes. At the same time, this will also hinder the control of Qin Fan over Fujian, Lingnan East and West Towns, and Annan, Liuqiu, Hainan and other places. I suggest that we should immediately send a navy to conquer Dongchang, and it is best for us to directly seize Eastern Zhejiang Town Yashu area."

Li Jing pinched his chin and didn't express his opinion immediately, but just listened attentively to everyone's opinions.

Li Jing had no doubts about the navy's combat capability regarding the proposal to send the navy to conquer Dong Chang directly.But being able to fight and whether to fight are two different things. The eastern Zhejiang area is too far away from the Qin Fan mainland, and it will be an enclave after being fought.If Qin Fan intervenes in Eastern Zhejiang at this time, I'm afraid it will cause panic in the towns in the southeast.Maybe at that time, not only will they have to fight Dong Chang, but they will also have to fight with Zhou Bao, Qian Liu and the others.

Even if all the towns go together, Li Jing will not be afraid.But this is not in line with Qin Fan's overall strategic layout. What Qin Fan needs is to act according to the overall strategic layout, instead of picking a corn on the east and picking a peach on the west like a monkey.

Lin Wu, the new commander of the Yanjing garrison, unexpectedly opposed this, and even Zhang Zimian, the commander of the Gyeonggi garrison, also opposed it.In addition, Liu Shouqian, the commander of the upper three armies, Zhang Chengzong, the new admiral of the Nine Gates, and Qiu Shengong, the head of the bodyguard of the Department of Attendants, all believed that it was inappropriate to directly use troops against eastern Zhejiang.

"I feel that it is inappropriate to directly send troops to the east of Zhejiang. Hebei will reach the summer harvest time in a few more months. At that time, our army will also launch a summer offensive against the second town of Hebei. The battle of Hebei is our current priority. The most important thing is that even if Hebei is won, our next step is Hedong, Henan, and Guanlong. According to our strategic deployment, it is from east to west, first north and then south, and the southeast is even lined up to Jinghan in the south of Bashu Mountain. Afterwards. Our strategic deployment is very good, there is no need to change. What's more, if we intervene in the two Zhejiang provinces at this time, even if we win the eastern Zhejiang province, even if Zhou Bao is already incompetent, Zhou Bao still has many generals who actually lead troops. Gao Pian also has a lot of soldiers and horses under his command, as well as Qian Liu, if they are forced to turn against us, then the land of Jiangdong may become another Northeast quagmire."

"But we can't just let it go like this, can we? If we wait for Qian Liu to swallow Dong Chang and occupy eastern Zhejiang, it will be very bad for us." Zeng Yuanyu advocated fighting directly.

Cui Anqian felt that he was not in a hurry to fight, "I think the king of Qin can order in the name of the court to transfer the governor of Fujian, Zhang Rui, as the emissary to rebel against rebellion, then transfer Zhou Bao to be the deputy envoy, and then appoint Qian Liu as the vanguard of rebellion. In this way, Qian With Zhang Yu under the name of Zhang Rui and the town’s navy, it is impossible for Qian Liu to monopolize Zhedong Town. If Dong Chang is destroyed, the King of Qin can transfer Zhang Rui to the Jiedu of the Yisheng Army in Zhedong Town in the name of reward Envoy, and then promote Qian Liu to Fujian Jiedu envoy. If he is not willing, he can even be allowed to send troops to attack Zhenhai.”

"Zhexi is richer than Zhedong, and Zhexi occupies the south bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Allowing him to fight Zhou Bao is more dangerous than fighting Dong Chang." Someone objected.

Cui Anqian smiled, "With Qian Liu's current strength, it is no problem for him to fight Dong Chang. But if he is going to deal with Zhen Haijun, even if it is a scattered Zhen Haijun, it will not be so easy. Qian Liu can't get Zhejiang Dongbazhou's strength cannot be improved, so there is still a difference in strength between him and Zhenhai. What's more, even if he wins Zhenhai, it will take time, two or three years. And with this time , we can already hold Zhedong Road firmly in our hands. By then, in the southeast, we will have the two towns of Zhedong and Fujian. If Qian Liu really has the possibility of losing control, we can copy Qian Liu's lair from behind at any time .”

I have to say that Cui Anqian, a literati general, is still very powerful.

Give Qian Liu two choices, either go to Fujian, which is a place with poor water and bad water. In the Tang Dynasty, it was a real backcountry and a place where miasma was rampant.Qian Liu is going, that poor place, no matter how capable he is, he won't be able to make any waves in a short time.If he wants to go to Fujian, he chooses to fight Zhou Bao and Zhen Haijun.However, relying on his own strength, using one state of Hangzhou to fight against several states in Zhenhai, this will not be able to be defeated in a short time.However, the Qin army can stabilize eastern Zhejiang in this gap, and then manage Fujian.Even if Qian Liu can defeat Zhen Haijun by then, in the land of Jiangdong, his power still cannot be the only one.In that way, Qian Liu's threat will be much smaller.

To be honest, these proposals of the generals still did not really regard Qian Liu as a threat.After all, even with the title of King of Yue and the title of Governor of Jiangnan Province, he is only a governor of Hangzhou, under Dong Chang's command.Everyone doesn't even pay attention to Dong Chang, so how can they care about Qian Liu.

Li Jing is very aware of Qian Liu and Yang Xingmi's ability. These two guys have recently started to make moves. Yang Xingmi is planning to annex Eyue, and Qian Liu wants to annex Zhedong.However, compared to history, today's Jiangdong Wuyue land is much more peaceful and peaceful. Li Jing occupies half of Huainan in Huainan, and also controls a few territories in the southeast, adding a few shackles to them.Even if they are strong, they still have a long way to go before they can break through several chains of Li Jing.

And now, Qin Fan himself is about to start a new round of offensive.

That being the case, then adopt Cui Anqian's proposal.Li Jing quickly made a decision, "Immediately, in the name of Jian Guo and this king, appoint Zhang Rui as envoy to seek rebellion, Zhou Bao as deputy envoy, and Qian Liu as vanguard. Well, order the navy to transfer to the East China Sea The fleet temporarily entered Zhang Rui's command to wait for orders, and Liu Xun was transferred to be the marching commander of the rebellious battalion and the appeasement envoy of eastern Zhejiang."

Liu Xun has only one task. He will be the special commander of the East China Sea Fleet to assist Zhang Rui in attacking Dong Chang, monitor Qian Liu at any time, and help Zhang Rui take over the defeated Zhejiang states in the first place and prevent Qian Liu Take the opportunity to seize East Zhejiang.

After announcing this decision, Li Jing specially announced the establishment of the Pingnan Expedition Camp, and awarded Zhou Dewei as the capital commander of the Pingnan camp, Guo Chongtao as the deputy capital commander, Li Cunxiao, Li Juyi, Li Wei, Wang Yanzhang, Gao Siji, Yang Shihou, Gao Jichang, and Li Si'an. Waiting for the commander of the army, that is to say, they swore to go south and prepare to attack the two towns of Chengde and Weibo. (To be continued.)