Originally, Li Jie had no intention of delving into the assassin's affairs. As the person who directly shot the assassin to death, Li Jie knew very well who the assassin's target was at that time.
So with a little guessing, the delineated scope is the three states of Chen, Cai, and Song.
The Song Dynasty is now frightened by him, and it will definitely not cause trouble, especially now that it is in a critical period when both sides are withdrawing their troops and reducing their troops. After entering the busy farming period, if a large number of laborers are not engaged in production, there are many people who will directly subdue the country.
The Song Dynasty was eager to resume production and restore domestic order, so it would definitely not choose to continue fighting with Li Jie.
What's more, the Song Dynasty has also understood that it is unlikely to defeat Li Jie militarily.
Because no matter how it fought, the Song Dynasty could only fight on a very narrow preset battlefield. If it wanted to expand the scope, it had to borrow the territory of other countries.
However, the Biyang Kingdom now has a green dragon on the left and a white tiger on the right. It is not something that the Song Kingdom can provoke at all. There is no deep roundabout operation, so the Song Kingdom's chariots and square formations are just decorations after all.
As long as County Magistrate Li doesn't have a brain attack, he will still stick to the "hold on to the stronghold and fight the war" mentality.
The fight is for money and food. Whoever has the best ability to survive will win. There are no other options.
As an "unjust country", the Song Dynasty seemed to be fighting with the Biyang family. In fact, there were always forty or fifty countries, large and small, that secretly and openly sent knives to dig pits and set fires.
If the Song Dynasty was destroyed because of this, people from thousands of miles away would probably celebrate.
If one Song Dynasty died, how many people would have to be fed?
Therefore, Li Jie didn't need to think too much and knew that Song had no reason to assassinate Guiyao and then offend himself to death.
Excluding the Song Dynasty, it is nothing more than the Chen and Cai families, and the Chen Kingdom is not very likely. It is not purely a case of tiger poison and does not eat its seeds. It is entirely because the Chen Kingdom itself is a rookie and needs constant marriages to ensure its independence and integrity in the Central Plains.
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At this time, County Magistrate Li was in the limelight, and there was no real enmity based on interests. As long as Guiyao was going to die and disappeared, no one could really fool Chen Houxiong's face.
Therefore, even if the Xu people didn't say anything, County Magistrate Li could infer that it was the Cai people who did it.
There is a reason, a motive, and a certain ability. What's more, the recent generations of Cai Hou are all neurotic, fearless and unwilling to accept anyone.
I really don’t necessarily take the United Nations Commander-in-Chief Lao Li seriously.
When Lao Li brought out the spaghetti and gave it to Cai Hou to taste, Cai Hou would definitely not be convinced.
"It's too far, but I still have to give it a shot."
County Magistrate Li gestured with his fingers on the Huai River. These days, one of the Huai Rivers is good and has strong navigation capabilities. Every time the Wu Kingdom wants to go west to the Qian Chu Kingdom, there are not many roads, only two, one is the Yangtze River, and the other is the Huai River.
water.
As for experienced boatmen who are familiar with waterways, they may be rare in other places, but in Wu State, basically every city has such experts.
As for the Cai State, it happened to be on a branch of the Huai River. It would be a bit difficult to get all the troops and horses to attack it, but it would not be more difficult than traveling thousands of miles to force the Yang State to fight the Song people twice.
But now that Wu and Jin have formed an alliance to carve up Xu's homeland, there is a section of land north of the Huai River, and Mashan belongs to the Jin State. It is absolutely impossible not to say hello when you pass by in the future.
It's troublesome just thinking about it. How could Jin not be nervous when a large army is crossing the border?
However, County Magistrate Li still decided to kill Cai Guo.
There's nothing he can do about it, he holds a grudge.
Besides, Xu Ren and these noobs already knew about it. If he didn't deal with Cai Guo, wouldn't he look very shy?
So Lao Li found his old partner, the earliest "strategist", Ba, the Young Master of the Six Kingdoms.
The next day, Lao Li found Mr. Ba and said to him seriously: "Xia Liu, I want to conquer Cai Guo."
"..."
Young Master Ba looked at the boss speechless. He wanted to curse, but he couldn't because the boss always made up his mind early and then went through the motions to ask questions...
"Why don't you speak again?"
"I support Shou Li's attack on Cai Guo!"
"..."
County Magistrate Li suddenly felt unhappy and felt very awkward. He clearly hoped that Gongzi Ba would object, and then he would oppose Gongzi Ba's objection.
Now if the young master doesn't follow the routine, it's a bit hurt.
It was probably because when he was a foreman in the past, he had to fight too many times on the construction site, which caused County Magistrate Li to have some sequelae. If he didn't fight, he would die...
"Thousands of miles away, why do you support me to attack Cai Guo? Aren't you afraid of consuming Jiangyin City's foundation? Do you want to wait until I'm done so that you can take over?"
"..."
"Well, I just want to find a chance to avoid the upcoming civil strife in Wu Kingdom."
"..."
I didn't understand it for a while. Young Master Ba hadn't been in this situation for a long time. He came to Biyang this time and was only responsible for delivering the supplies. He will return to Jiangyin City tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
Moreover, he was presiding over the development work in Jiangbei at this time, and a large amount of land needed to be rehabilitated. He was very busy with business and could not stay in Biyang for too long.
In addition, after the Shulong Kingdom was destroyed, there was a large amount of free labor on hand, and a labor import agreement was reached with the remaining bastards of Qunshu. It can be said that the business volume of Master Ba is astonishing now, and this time he came to force Yang.
, it’s also a break from the busy schedule.
Compared with being busy, being acclimatized is like a younger brother.
But at this moment, Gongzi Ba felt that he was a little acclimated: "Shou Li...Shou Li said that civil strife is about to occur in the Kingdom of Wu?"
"good."
"What's the reason?"
"There are masters planning to assassinate the King of Wu. I have ordered people to go to Gusu first and convey the speculation to the King of Wu."
"Why did Shou Li do this?" Young Master Ba looked shocked: "Someone wants to assassinate the King of Wu. It's a blessing!"
Like his uncle Shang Wuji, he was really happy when he heard that the old monster might be stabbed to death. Although he got a lot of benefits from the old monster, these benefits were nothing compared to his future status.
Worth a pound.
Now the boss's small workshop has grown bigger and bigger, and he has also speculated on the listing of a "righteous" concept stock. There are many investors who come to speculate in stocks, and many of them have already planned to speculate in stocks and become shareholders...
And some people who speculated at the beginning but did not stick to it became leeks and were given away by the banker Li Jie.
Among this crop of leeks, one is named Xue Guo and the other is named Dai Guo.
"If I go with the flow, how will I get on with myself in the future?"
Even if they really want to do it, it's not a hookup, it's still a new king. Anyway, there is no kindness between them, and it's just a way of entering the body but not entering the life.
Now? If he messes with the old monster, then others can follow his example and mess with him without any pressure at all.
Psychological advantage is a very subtle thing, and it can work at critical moments. A single thought may turn the situation around.
"Alas...it's such a good opportunity, but it's such a pity."
Young Master Ba sighed with emotion, then patted his thigh and looked at Li Jie, "Shou Li, if this is the case, Young Master is already in a very dangerous situation."
"good."
If the old monster burps, this young man will be like a typical boiled duck and fly out of his mouth.
Civil war is inevitable, the only difference is its scale.
And what makes Li Jie even more distressed is that even if he reminds the old monster, there is a high probability that the old monster himself will just laugh and not take it seriously.
There is no way, Gou Chen is really old, even if he burps now, it makes no difference to him personally.
The real impact is on future generations.
If the old monster dies at this time, then Gongzi Chou, the young master in Gusu, will instantly have a part of the first-mover advantage, and the minister who praised his bad feet will be able to stand up immediately.
And the only things that the young master can rely on are probably the king's division in his hands, the Jin garrison in Zhongli and Sunan, and then Li Jie.
The other mother clans in the hinterland of Wu State cannot be relied on at all.
By that time, the civil war didn't need to be imminent, it would just break out in an all-out manner.
Even though Gongzi's military strength is stronger on paper, the mountain rich who have a strong desire for survival and have to continue to be shameless for the sake of their family will definitely help Gongzi Chou delay.
As for whether the state of Chu and the state of Yue will become riotous during this period, it is no longer important.
There is a high probability that Yue Guo first saw how Wu Guo was getting angry, then came over to flirt with the old man in Wu Guo, and finally stabbed him half to death with a backhand knife.
"Which young master does Shou Li support?"
"I support shit, I support it, I don't support any of them."
Li Jie glanced at Young Master Ba and said, "Xia Liu, I came here to ask you to give me advice, not just to chat."
"Shou Li, when it comes to attacking Cai, we must have a good reputation."
"Cai Guo was rude and assassinated me."
"..."
The reason is very good, yes.
"After the war between Song and Cai, I am afraid that the princes will be angry and it will not be beneficial to the leader Li."
"Now that Wu and Jin are forming an alliance, it is actually a good opportunity."
"How can we resume fighting when our soldiers are tired?"
"speak English."
"After the battle of forcing the sun, the crocodile men and brave men must be corrected. Whether the candidate crocodile men and brave men should be included in the main selection should also be assessed. If we send out troops at this time, the crocodile men and brave men will be exhausted no matter how strong they are.
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"I'm not going to use Crocodile Man, Yongfu."
"..."
As soon as Li Jie said this, Young Master Ba was a little shocked and said quickly: "Li Jie, please don't take any risks!"
"I want to select Yidanying and Xue and Dai to surrender, and then attack Cai Guo."
"this……"
Speaking of fighting, in fact, in Gongzi Ba's view, it is best for the boss to fight every day at this time, because the support given by King Wu is quite generous.
The battlefield never stopped for a day, and the King of Wu never died. This help will never stop easily.
What does money and food mean to the current King of Wu?
On the contrary, Li Jie helped him expand his territory and make a great name for himself, which was what satisfied him the most.
"After passing this village, there is no such store. Now I have enough money and food to control Cai, enough soldiers and morale. When the impact of the Battle of Biyang completely subsides, I still want to get something like this from Gusu.
Support, the possibility is extremely slim."
"It is indeed a good opportunity to attack Cai at this time."
However, Young Master Ba was still quite worried about fighting across borders, and he had just finished defeating the Song State, and was about to face the Cai State. It would be enough if he won, but what if he lost?
But seeing Li Jiefeng's light and calm appearance, Master Ba thought to himself: Could there be a deeper meaning in it?
So Jiba asked the boss in a low voice: "Does Shou Li have another reason?"
"I heard that Marquis Chen married a daughter named Xihou. This daughter from Chen Guo is extremely beautiful. Since I know about it, I can't let her go."
"..."
Moreover, County Magistrate Li has already thought about telling the officials and generals of other countries tomorrow that he is planning to attack the State of Cai, and he will announce this in front of the envoys of the State of Song.
The reason is ready-made, Cai Guo wants to destroy the hard-won peace after the Battle of Biyang!