Chapter 187
After Li Yin explained his intentions to Lu Mengjun, Lu Mengjun turned red but said nothing. As the commander of the first army, Lu Mengjun was in charge of dispatching troops but was under control everywhere, so how could he not be frustrated? But he didn't dare to say anything.
"Prince, this is probably inappropriate? Give up the current camp and retreat to the west, let the emperor know that it was a crime, and adding division of troops... Isn't this okay?" Lu Mengjun held it in for a long time and finally said what he wanted to say.
Li Yin smiled faintly: "General Lu, don't worry. Since I have decided like this, I am prepared and guaranteed to be foolproof!"
Seeing that Li Yin refused to change his mind, Lu Mengjun wanted to say something else, but Li Yin continued, "Let's do this, if we can make achievements in this trip, all the credits belong to the general, what?" Li Yin knew that he could not rely solely on tough measures, and sometimes he also needed to give him some benefits.
Lu Mengjun knew that if Li Yin really wanted to do this, he would not be able to stop him. He also heard that Li Yin wanted to give the credit to him, Lu Mengjun immediately became moved. What if they succeeded?
"Since the prince has made a decision, I will follow the prince's instructions. How to arrange the next arrangement and how the army is all based on the prince's decision." Lu Mengjun finally made up his mind to take a gamble.
Seeing that Lu Mengjun was relieved, Li Yin felt relieved. Without further ado, Li Yin asked Lu Mengjun to lead the army to retreat 30 miles west, and then ordered 40,000 troops to Li Yin. Li Yin ordered Han Ying to be the general, Wang Zhen as the deputy general, and Li Ji went south to fight against the Min Kingdom, but he stayed in the camp and defended Wu and Yue with Wang Meng. Of course, Li Yin's main purpose was to suppress Lu Mengjun and not let him do anything randomly.
After Han Ying and the others left, there was no movement on Wu Yue. Li Yin often went to Wang Xin when he was free, and went shopping and listened to the song. Every time Li Yin went there, he would stay at Wang Xin for a day or two, doing what he wanted to do. However, what surprised Li Yin was that Wang Xin was not pregnant. I remember that he and Lin Yun got pregnant a few times before they had not had a wedding chamber. Is there something wrong with Wang Xin's health? Of course, this thought flashed through Li Yin's heart.
On this day, Li Yin had just returned to the camp from Wang Xin, and Wang Meng hurriedly found Li Yin.
"Your Majesty, it's not good!" Wang Meng looked a little anxious.
"What's wrong?" Li Yin was also worried. There were not many things that could make Wang Meng anxious.
"Wu Yue dispatched 50,000 troops from Wu Yue to go south. If they join forces with the Fujian army, Han Ying and Wang Zhen will be in danger!" Wang Meng said anxiously.
"Well, that's true." Li Yin pondered for a while and said, "Let's do it, send someone to tell Han Ying about this matter, he will deal with it himself."
"Do you want to transfer them back?" Wang Meng was still a little worried.
Li Yin shook his head and said, "No need, just let them arrange it themselves, they will have their own opinions. And we just let them come back like this. How much energy will it take to waste this round and time?"
Seeing that Li Yin had made up his mind, Wang Meng had to send someone to report to them.
When Han Ying and his friends received the news from Wang Meng, the army had already entered the ground of Jianzhou, Min State. Jianzhou is one of the five prefectures of Fujian State, in the northwest of Fujian State. The south of Jianzhou is Tingzhou, and the southeast of Fujian State is Fuzhou, Fuzhou is also in the northeast of Tingzhou, Quanzhou is Quanzhou, and the south of Quanzhou is also Zhangzhou, the southernmost prefecture of Fujian State.
The Min Kingdom was small and weak, and the people were incomparable to the Southern Tang Dynasty. The Min Kingdom had five prefectures, while the Southern Tang Dynasty occupied as many as fourteen prefectures in the Jianghuai area that was occupied by the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
There were few soldiers in the Min State, and the country had less than 170,000 troops, which was one of the reasons why Li Ji had enough confidence to take over the Min State. Li Ji's primary goal was the state closest to Lu Mengjun's camp. Jianzhou had a total of 40,000 troops, and 30,000 guards Jianzhou City. Originally, Li Ji thought it would be a matter of time before he took over Jianzhou, but at this time Wu Yue sent 50,000 troops south. If the Min State reached an agreement with Wu Yue to reinforce Jianzhou, that would be another matter, but Li Jiye was not panicked.
Li Ji also knew the situation of the Fujian State when he was traveling around, so he knew that Wu Yue and Fujian State were not close, and thieves emerged from Quanzhou and Zhangzhou. Among them, Chen Hongjin had the greatest power, claiming to be the Qingyuan Army, Pinghai Army, and confronting the government. In this way, the Fujian State was distributed in Quanzhou. The total army of Zhangzhou was 60,000 could not be drawn out to reinforce Jianzhou, while the Tingzhou army was less than 10,000, so he could only protect himself. Fuzhou, as the capital of the Fujian State, sat the largest number of troops, but only 60,000. Moreover, it was necessary to guard against Wu Yue in the north, so there were not many troops that could be drawn out to reinforce Jianzhou.
But at this moment, Han Ying and Li Ji were at the city, and if the Min Kingdom wanted to protect itself, they had to reach a consensus with Wu and Yue, which was also what Li Ji was most worried about. So after the army set up camp not far from Jianzhou, Li Ji had to do the first thing he had to do was to alienate the relationship between Wu and Yue and Min Kingdom, so that he could take advantage of it.
Looking at Jianzhou City in the distance, Han Ying was planning how to capture this city, but Li Ji said forward: "General Han, Jianzhou City cannot be attacked!"
"Oh? Lord Li, do you have any good ideas?" Han Ying and Li Ji knew each other for many years, and knew that Li Ji was resourceful. Since he said that, Han Ying knew that Li Ji had already made a decision.
"Haha, there is no good idea," Li Ji smiled and said, "Wu Yue went south, General Han, what do you think they will do?"
"Isn't it a reinforcement to the Fujian Kingdom?" Han Ying asked strangely.
"No!" Li Ji said affirmatively, "Maybe they are the same as ours?"
"You mean Wu Yue might not be on guard against the grounds of reinforcing the Min Kingdom, and then capture the land of Fujian?" Han Ying said in surprise.
"This is just my guess." Li Ji said, "In fact, no matter what Wu Yue's purpose is, it will be detrimental to us. No matter whether he really helps the State of Min or takes the opportunity to plunder the land."
"I don't understand this. Wu Yue is not good for the Fujian Kingdom. Isn't it just good for us?" Han Ying was a little suspicious of Li Ji's words.
"Think about it, if Wu Yue took the opportunity to seize the land of Fujian, can we take them over?" Li Ji asked.
Han Ying thought for a while and said, "With the power of Wu and Yue, and with our army, it is indeed very difficult."
"So, it is better not to be subtle about doing wedding dresses for others. However, if they sincerely help the Fujian Kingdom, it is more unfavorable for us, so if they choose one of the two, I would rather be the former!" Li Ji said without hesitation.
"Then what should we do now?" The situation was complicated and this was not something Han Ying could figure it out.
"There are two things we need to do now. One is to send spies to Fuzhou City for a walk and Wu Yue will be unfavorable to the State of Min. The other is to send people to Quanzhou and Zhangzhou to contact Liu Congxiao, Chen Hongjin, let them help us." Li Ji expressed his thoughts. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!