In the north there are Jingzhou, Jizhou, Yuzhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou and Xuzhou.
There are Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yizhou and Jiaozhou in the south of the Yangtze River.
The current situation in the empire is that the three emperors are approaching the country. Ye Yuanhuo occupies Jingzhou and overlooks the Central Plains; Li Xing sits in the south of the Yangtze River and defends it; Li Xingzai leans toward the East China Sea and racks his brains to figure out the cards in his hand.
At this poker table in troubled times, the three of them are the high-roller gamblers with the most chips.
There is also Liangzhou in the northwest, where Cheng Dalei is nestled, secretly watching the changes in the situation, with a sharp weapon in hand, but determined not to take action.
At this card table, Cheng Dalei was nestled in a corner, trying to keep a low profile, but no one knew what cards he had hidden in his hand.
After arriving in the south of the Yangtze River, he personally started the war on both sides of the river. He raised an army of 200,000 and attacked the three cities of Longxi, Zhongli and Luofeng occupied by Li Xingzai.
At the same time, Nohara Fire was also expanding his territory step by step, encroaching on the northern princes.
The north and south of the Yangtze River are in flames of war.
A steady stream of battle reports reached Liangzhou. Although Cheng Dalei did not participate in the battle, he kept his eyes wide open and closely followed the evolution of the situation in the empire.
In the Northland, Ye Yuanhuo attacked the city and conquered the territory. The road was smooth, but the princes of the Northland failed to form an effective block against him.
Cheng Dalei thought secretly, and based on the current situation, he feared that it would take less than a year to unify the north of the Yangtze River. After that, the cavalry would go south and encounter the princes south of the Yangtze River.
At the moment, Cheng Dalei is more concerned about the war in the south of the Yangtze River. Li Xing has raised troops to attack the East China Sea. Cheng Dalei cannot tell whether Li Xingzai can hold it.
"Now, do we need to do anything?" Cui Baiyu asked.
Cheng Dalei was looking through the latest information sent over and asked without raising his head: "What to do?"
"Ye Yuan Huo started a war with the princes of the Central Plains. We just took the opportunity to expand our territory and hit him from both sides. It may not be impossible to reach Chang'an in one go." Cui Baiyu.
Cheng Dalei shook his head and said: "The princes of the Central Plains collapsed at the first touch, and there is no way to form the power to stop Yeyuan Huo. The Rong clan's main formation has not moved, and we as a family cannot defeat him."
"Whether we take the opportunity to expand our territory, we can always capture one or two cities by marching into Jingzhou from Sanshui Pass."
"According to what you said, it can indeed be done, but it doesn't mean much." Cheng Dalei has thought about this problem more than once: "If we cannot eliminate the enemy's combat effectiveness and blindly expand our territory, we will only expose our weaknesses to the enemy. We
Even if we can capture a few cities, who can be sent to defend them? So we have to send troops to Jingzhou. Originally, the Rong tribe couldn't reach us, but now they can surround the points unscrupulously for reinforcements."
Cui Baiyu nodded: "So what is your next plan?"
"Wait." Cheng Dalei spat out one word.
Cui Baiyu frowned, waiting, which meant doing nothing. In this war that affected the entire empire, Cheng Dalei was the only one who stood aloof, as if isolated from the world.
His words may not be unreasonable, but waiting blindly instead of taking the initiative to seize what is powerful to you is really a correct choice.
Of course, Cheng Dalei is not doing nothing. In addition to collecting intelligence, he is also expanding his troops and hoarding food and grass. Now Liangzhou's total military strength has reached one hundred thousand, which can be regarded as some wealth.
In the past few years, there have been no droughts or floods in Liangzhou, so the fields have had good harvests and grains have piled up in granaries everywhere.
There have never been any natural disasters. Natural disasters are mostly caused by man-made disasters. If there are no man-made disasters, there will be no natural disasters.
Therefore, the people in Liangzhou are fat and have big ears, and the children born here are stronger than those in other parts of the empire.
But the more this happened, the more Cheng Dalei was reluctant to ruin this peace. Now that the prosperity of Jiangnan has been affected by the war, how could he ruin Liangzhou, which he had worked so hard to build?
After finishing the trivial matters at hand, Cheng Dalei left the study.
Along the long corridor, Cheng Dalei came to the backyard. At this time, Su Ying was sitting under the vines in the courtyard doing embroidery, and Fan Lihua was sitting on the other side.
Cheng Dalei currently has two wives. Their relationship cannot be said to be very good, but it is not too bad either. They treat each other with respect and respect each other, and they do not interfere with each other.
Sitting together like today is quite rare.
Cheng Dalei walked closer and coughed slightly, and the two of them suddenly raised their heads. Su Ying quickly stood up and said a blessing, and Fan Lihua stood up slowly, awkwardly bowing to Cheng Dalei.
Cheng Dalei didn't pay attention to this. He waved his hand for the two of them to sit down. A maid brought tea. Cheng Dalei took a sip and said, "What are you busy with?"
"Sister Su is planning to embroider a handkerchief. Let me come over and have a look." Fan Lihua is a person who holds a needle more heavily than a gun. After looking at it for a while, she lost interest. At this moment, seeing Cheng Dalei coming over, she hurriedly asked: "This is our daughter.
My dear, you are a person who does big things. Tell me, what’s new recently?"
"What can happen? It's nothing more than fighting each other. If you can say anything, it won't be a good thing." Cheng Dalei waved his hand: "If there is anything new, it is that the two countries have reached the south of the Yangtze River and raised troops to conquer the East China Sea."
Although the two girls were locked up in the house, they were not ignorant of what was going on outside. Su Ying thought for a moment and said, "Can Li Xingzai hold on?"
"It's probably difficult, but it's hard to say. The strength of the two sides is very different, but victory or defeat on the battlefield is not determined by apparent strength."
Fan Lihua said: "Li Xingzai always comes from Toad Village, how much should you help him?"
Cheng Dalei shook his head. It was true that Li Xingzai left Toad Village, but he was the sixth prince of the empire and was now a feudal lord. From the day he left Liangzhou, the relationship between the two parties had been severed.
What's more, this is a major matter of fighting for the world. Not to mention fighting against Li Xingzai, he will be fighting against Li Xingzai, fearing that both sides will not show mercy to each other.
The king is ruthless, this is the truth.
Second daughter, look at me and I look at you. No one can understand Cheng Dalei's thoughts.
At this time, a girl in red hurriedly ran over. Cheng Dalei heard the wind behind his head and turned around almost subconsciously. The girl bumped into Cheng Dalei's arms.
Cheng Dalei subconsciously felt like he was throwing it away. He had been bleeding from the knife edge for many years. He had already had extraordinary reflexes. In just a moment, he saw clearly that there was a warm and fragrant soft jade body in his arms, and he was able to throw it out with great force from his waist.
Take it back.
The girl also knew that she was in trouble, so she took two steps back, knelt down and said, "Master, please forgive me. I was blinded by the pollen and didn't see Master for a moment."
Cheng Dalei was stunned and said, "Who are you?"
Su Ying reacted faster, pulled the girl up from the ground, and said with a smile: "You rescued him with your own hands. You don't even recognize her. She is Miss Yang."
Cheng Dalei was stunned and sighed: "You are indeed a shameless girl."