During Li Tai's absence in Jingzhou, the interactions between Northern Qi and Nanliang were frequent and intense.
First of all, the remnants of Hou Jing's rebellious army and the former North Daoxingtai Guo Yuanjian and others led their troops to surrender to the Northern Qi Dynasty, which pushed the Northern Qi forces to Guangling, across the river from Jingkou in the south of the Yangtze River.
Li Tai didn't know that before Guo Yuanjian and others decided to surrender to Northern Qi, Hou Zijian and others proposed to surrender to Mianbei, so he didn't have much feelings about this matter. He just sighed that after all, Northern Qi's national power was stronger, and for these Jiangbei rebels
People are also more attractive.
As for the ownership of the imperial seal, he didn't care even more. Even if it fell into his hands, it would only give the Yuwen family more motivation to usurp the country, and it would not help him jump in and seize power.
After accepting the surrender of Guo Yuanjian and others, the Northern Qi Dynasty sent General Pan Le to lead his army south, and combined with Guo Yuanjian and other surrendered troops to conquer Yangping, which was still occupied by Hou Jing's remaining troops, and then took advantage of the situation and moved southward to invade Jiangbei.
The important town of Qin County.
The location of Qin County was later known as Liuhe. Not far to the south was the important Guabu Ferry, across the river from Jiankang City. Because of its important geographical location, Wang Sengbian quickly dispatched his generals after regaining Jiankang.
Yan Chaoda settled in this city.
When the Northern Qi army invaded Qin County, it was during the Meiyu season. The continuous rainy weather greatly increased the difficulty of attacking the city. In addition, Wang Sengbian and Chen Baxian worked together to send troops to reinforce, and Chen Baxian even personally led his troops there.
By defeating Guo Yuanjian's troops near Qinjun, causing the defeated Northern Qi army to retreat in embarrassment, Qinjun, a fortress in the north of the Yangtze River, was saved, and Jiankang was not directly exposed to the enemy's front.
But Liyang, another important town in the north of the Yangtze River, did not have such good luck. Since many of Wang Sengbian's troops were stationed downstream, and there were still remaining invaders in the Sanwu area, it was inevitable that they would be unable to look back.
Northern Qi took advantage of this opportunity to replace Li Bomu, who lacked military skills, with Hu general Hu Sizhao as the governor of Hezhou. He also led Hefei troops to attack Liyang and captured this important town on the west bank of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop. This gave the Northern Qi Dynasty the ability to cross the Yangtze River at any time.
strategic initiative.
The results of this series of looting actions by the Northern Qi Dynasty can be said to be very astonishing, and the threat to the Jiangnan region far exceeds that of Li Tai's Jingzhou Governor's Office.
However, this is also because Li Tai deliberately maintained restraint. Soon the protagonist of the entire Jiangnan region will become the powerful man Chen Baxian. Li Tai has not yet achieved much results in the construction of the navy, so naturally he does not want to go head-to-head with Chen Baxian now.
, and there is no direct conflict in the geographical location of each other's forces. For this, it is mainly just a matter of watching the show.
Although he did not intervene in the division of interests in the Huainan region, he still firmly grasped the means to check and balance the struggle on this side. As long as Yiyang is in his hands, he will have a certain say in the changes in the situation in Huainan.
At present, the troops of Northern Qi and Nanliang in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River are at odds with each other, and there are many overt and covert fights between them.
The Northern Qi Dynasty was like a bloodthirsty jackal, constantly probing around Nanliang, who was bleeding all over. He was bound to take a big bite of fat before he would give up. After all, Gao Yang of the Northern Qi Dynasty himself was a powerful and aggressive monarch.
For the Nanliang regime, which had been turned upside down by Hou Jing's traitors, it had an absolute psychological advantage, and of course it would not let it go easily.
As for Nanliang, Wang Sengbian and Chen Baxian are now close comrades-in-arms. After successfully quelling Hou Jing's rebellion and ZTE has hope, they will never let the Northern Qi invaders plunder from the south, especially since Chen Baxian has always been there.
Active attempts were made to regain Guangling and other important towns in Jiangbei.
Although the fight between the two parties was lively, some local forces affected by it complained bitterly. On the one hand, they occupied the territory to protect themselves, and on the other hand, they actively sought asylum.
After Li Tai returned to the General Manager's Office, Cui Qian sorted out many similar requests and submitted them to Li Tai for review and decision.
"Where is Jin Xi?"
Li Tai frowned and asked after seeing the top request for memorial. Soon the official Zhao Jingzhi presented a detailed map, which also marked the location of Jin Xi in detail.
Li Tailuo looked around more and saw that Jinxi was located at the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains in the north of the Yangtze River, between Qichang and Lujiang County, and further east from Huancheng in Jiangzhou.
The person who submitted this letter of request was named Lu Xida. He was a powerful man in his hometown. He was a general of Xiao Ke, the governor of Yingzhou in Southern Liang. Later, Xiao Lun, the king of Shaoling, fled to Ying.
Prefecture, and soon became enemies with other parties. Lu Xida retreated to his hometown and developed to all parties centered on Xincai, his native Qiao County.
He used his manpower to farm crops and recruit the dead, and his power soon grew stronger. He controlled several counties including Jinxi in the north of Jiangbei, and had nearly 10,000 troops. Now he is considered to be one of the top tycoons in Jiangbei.
When Wang Sengbian led various armies to counterattack Jiankang, Lu Xida also sent armor soldiers to assist in the battle, and was therefore appointed as the governor of Beijiang Prefecture by the King of Eastern Hunan. The fact that he separatized the counties in Jiangbei was recognized by the Jiangling Military Office.
But now, as the Northern Qi army continues to advance southward, the certification of Jiangling Military Mansion is of no use. Lu Xida's sphere of influence is still inevitably subject to attacks by the Northern Qi army. For example, the distance occupied by the Northern Qi army is
Xincai, Yue'an and other counties near Hezhou were all invaded by the Northern Qi Dynasty.
Although Lu Xida was appointed by the Jiangling Military Mansion, he was just a powerful force who took advantage of the chaos and was not part of the core force of the Jiangling Military Mansion at all. Now that he was attacked by the Northern Qi Dynasty, he would naturally not get support from Jiangling.
However, Wang Sengbian and other Jiankang troops were still facing off against the Northern Qi army coming from the south downstream, and they also could not take care of these local forces.
In desperation, Lu Xida surrendered to the Jingzhou Governor's Office, hoping to obtain asylum.
Li Tai did not rush to make a decision, but first carefully understood the current situation in Huainan, and then summoned Pei Hong, Lu Yan and other subordinates under Cui Qian in the mansion to discuss it before deciding to accept Lu Xida's affiliation.
, and decided to send troops to assist its defense, pushing the actual control scope of Jingzhou General Mansion one step further.
Although Li Tai does not plan to devote a large number of personnel to the situation in Huainan at the moment, there is no reason to refuse the fat meat that comes to his door.
The Luxida's sphere of influence does not belong to the essence of Huainan. It is generally located in the Huaixi area between the west of Hefei and the Dabie Mountains. If it is included in the jurisdiction of the Jingzhou General Manager's Office, then it is generally the same as the Northern Qi Dynasty.
It can be regarded as dividing the entire Huainan area with Hefei as the boundary.
Jinxi's location does not have strong regional interaction with Jiangnan, but it can form a complete complete system with a series of Jiangbei Jindu, such as Handong, Xiashou, and Xiakou, which the Jingzhou Governor's Office has already acquired.
The Jiang defense system can have a land-based offensive and defensive system in the confrontation with Yingzhou and Jiangzhou in Nanliang.
At the same time, this place can echo each other from the north to the south of Yiyang, an important town in the north. Once the Jingzhou General Administration decides to attack Huainan, it can push straight east along the Yangtze and Huaihe lines to form a counterattack against Hefei and other places that are already in the hands of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
The momentum of encirclement.
After making this decision, Li Taidang immediately invited Lu Xida's envoy into the general manager's house.
Soon a young man in his early twenties, slightly younger than Li Tai, was introduced into the central hall of the mansion. When he heard the members of the hall introduce him as General Li, the young man couldn't help but have a flash in his eyes.
With a look of surprise, he quickly bowed to the ground and said respectfully: "Jin Xi Lu Guangda, a humble citizen, comes to greet General Li! The great general's reputation resounds throughout the river, and the young people have also admired him for a long time. I come here to pay my respects in my brother's name."
Under the sect, I saw that the general was truly outstanding, like a god!"
"General Lu is not a commoner in Guizhou, right? I heard that you once followed Wang Sengbian to conquer the rebels. You must have made great achievements. Didn't the King of Eastern Hunan give you a medal?"
After hearing this, Li Tai smiled and said that when he decided to accept this powerful force, a government official introduced him to him in detail. He knew that the young man in front of him was Lu Xida's younger brother, so he sent troops to pursue him.
Wang Sengbian went to Jiankang, so he asked this question.
After hearing this, Lu Guangda's face changed slightly, and then he became angry. He lowered his head and said, "I dare not hide it from General Li. The common people have indeed experienced this. Lead Xiangqu as the vanguard of the division, and lead with
The thieves fought, but they did not dare to quit their work, but the Jiangling army was so arrogant that they did not allow the guests from other parties to approach the city and the warehouses. After conquering Jiankang, they did not even have to allocate food and fodder. The small civilian army returned after all the food was exhausted.
, but was criticized..."
Hearing Lu Quanda's self-report of the many injustices he had suffered, Li Tai couldn't help but sigh. Not to mention you local gangsters from Jiangbei who took advantage of the chaos, even Chen Baxian was ostracized when the rebellion was put down and the fruits of the war were divided up.
Lu Guangda did not continue to complain on this topic. After all, the unfair treatment suffered in Jiankang had nothing to do with the Western Wei Dynasty, so he quickly said that the business was more important.
"Now the Qi army of thieves is coming south, and the bandits are plundering without restraint. The people of Jinxi, Xincai and other counties, tens of thousands of civilians, are afraid that they have no one to go to and are about to be tortured by the thieves. I beg General Li to save me and live with justice.