The news of the chaos in Huaishang will not be spread back to the core decision-making circle of the big country very quickly. According to Li Jie's judgment, it will take ten days for an emerging overlord like Wu who attaches great importance to riding and boating to spread throughout the country.
That is about ten days.
The sphere of influence of the Wu State was far less vast than that of the Chu State.
At the same time, the geographical complexity of Wu State is not as exaggerated as that of Chu State.
Taking the journey in and out of the Huaihe River Basin as an example, because of Yunmengze and the Dabie Mountains, the Chu State started from the northern territory and went to the Huaihe River much faster than starting from Yingdu.
This is why Chu State mostly has stronghold-type military bases on both sides of the Huai River, with no real traces of long-term operations.
It is nothing more than thinking that when the time is right, we will promote it from the local area to achieve the effect of one point leading to the whole area.
If you're lucky, it will be a sweep.
If you are unlucky and encounter an unknown situation like the rise of Wu, you will suffer heavy losses.
At this moment, in the city of Baiju, south of the Dabie Mountains, the visiting doctor was going crazy.
Both belong to the Dou family lineage, and the branch of the official of that place is the local leader in Quanyi. It mainly relies on Yingdu and Hanshui for its livelihood, and is very influential in the central government.
Bai Ju is more of a military boss, and most of the warlike members of the Dou family come from the Bai Ju Dou family.
But I never expected that the rising star fighter that Bai Ju was most proud of in recent years would actually die in the battle to regain Zhou Laicheng?!
But this is not the focus of the doctor there. The focus is: Zhou Laicheng is lost?!
"Wu Man Li Jie invaded our territory of Da Chu and killed my descendants of the Dou family. This revenge must be avenged——"
The one who kept roaring was one of the leaders of the "martial arts sect" of the Bai Ju Dou clan, who once defended the King of Chu. When the former king was in the worst situation, King Wu Gou Chen's chariot was only twenty steps away.
One arrow can change the distance of many things.
Unfortunately, it was too urgent at the time, and the young Dou Master had no intention of killing Gou Chen, but instead did not hesitate to personally protect the late king.
For this reason, the fighting master with six arrows almost died in battle that year.
But he survived in the end and was called the "Arrow-bearing Scholar". The late king was naturally extremely grateful to the Dou Shi. The vast area of the Dabie Mountains was basically the Dou Shi's hunting ground.
If Yunzhenlu, a doctor from the state, wants to gain a foothold in Huai River, he must obtain the support of the Dou family. Therefore, one-third of the income from the state city every year is protection fee for the Dou family.
Now what the Bai Ju Dou clan has to face is not only the humiliation of losing their elite children, but also the income of Zhou Laicheng, a big city on the Huai River.
If you want to maintain the loud voice of the "militant faction", it is absolutely impossible without money.
The particularity of Zhoulaicheng is that it is also a very important trade transfer station, which can conduct a large amount of physical trade with Huaiyi and the descendants of the destroyed Huaiyi country.
A lot of the garbage produced by Baiju Doushi can actually be exchanged for very good things from Huaibei, such as cattail grass, hemp silk, grain and even mulberry leaves.
Zhoulaicheng is an important part of Baiju Doushi. Without this part of the income, the operation of the entire Baiju Doushi will have huge problems.
When the Dou Master began to advocate war, the entire Bai Ju Dou Clan responded immediately and could not express calm words at all. It was precisely because of the huge financial pressure that there was no other way.
Unless they ask for subsidies from the central government, the struggle in Yingdu has reached a fever pitch at this moment. To get involved, Baiju Doushi must come up with qualified bargaining chips.
And apart from generals, doctors and soldiers, they had nothing else to offer.
If you think about it, you have to use force to speak in the end. Internally, the final struggle in political struggle is force; externally, the way to restore normal finance is still force.
It's all about force. Bai Judou's appeal to the outside world is naturally more popular.
However, Dou Huang, the official there, was quite calm: "Now the Wu people are coming with a fierce force, and they have also taken the elites of all the countries in Huaihe River. Without a strong army, it is impossible to win quickly."
"You can order Sui, Tang, Ying, and Yi to attack it together."
"I heard that Suiguo had responded to the call and went to Biyang Kingdom."
"This moment is the same as that moment."
The old fighting master held his sword sternly, "At that time, my country was afraid of our great Chu, and asked for help. Now Li Jie has attacked and destroyed the Huai River city, and his troops have reached Huai Shang. Who can know the direction of the sword?"
After listening to Dou Shi's analysis, Dou Huang, the doctor there, nodded. Talking about relationships between countries is quite nonsense.
Sui State responded to Li Jie's call and sent soldiers to participate in the Battle of Biyang in order to have a reputation and strong support. If Chu State turns against Sui State, or Chu State attacks Sui State, it will have to consider its international influence.
In the past, as long as the Jin State came forward, it might be possible to mediate, but now, Sui Guo may not need to invite the Jin State, and more than a dozen countries on the Huaihe River will form a coalition to resist the Chu State.
This possibility was quite difficult in the past. It was common for them to hold each other back, or secretly act as lickers for the Chu State.
But it's different now. The "Justice League" is a platform. In this platform, only by advancing and retreating together can we get the "Chixia" cloth from Jiangyin City.
This is only what the noble nobles value most. For the nobles of small countries who hold real power, the contacts with Jiangyin City have generated great business opportunities and huge profits, which are enough for them to unite under a common goal.
The normal state of advancing and retreating together will naturally extend to national cooperation.
So the biggest enemy of countries large and small on both sides of the Huai River has never been the old monster of the Wu State, but the old gangster of the Chu State who has been living in obscurity for who knows how many years.
But for the nobles, the truth is divided into two parts.
If we can work together with the Chu State, we can naturally make a fortune together with the Chu State.
Now that Li Jie is making a fortune in Huai River, he still doesn't bring anyone to play with him. It's impossible to say that the members of the "Justice League" don't have any ideas.
With the support of the Chu State, after killing Li Jie, shouldn't you just grab the things in Jiangyin City if you want?
When I had the idea, the Chu State came to sell it, and it became a conspiracy.
"Except for Sui, the Tang, Ying, and Yi families, I'm afraid they still don't have enough troops."
Dou Huang, the doctor there, made a brief judgment and analyzed it based on the intelligence at hand, "I heard that in the Battle of Biyang, Li Jie's soldiers were mostly warriors, with few auxiliaries and strong men. If so, the 'rebel army'
The number is 20,000. Even if it seems to be an exaggeration, it cannot be too different. More than 10,000 regular soldiers should be somewhere in the range!"
So based on this military strength, according to the practice of Chu State, the number of troops can be directly expanded to more than 100,000.
When there is a big melee, 100,000 troops will be scattered on different battlefields, maybe a dozen battlefields, maybe three or four battlefields. In short, they will swarm forward and rely on manpower, material and financial resources to directly kill the enemy.
It is difficult to have such a complicated situation in other places, but the terrain at the junction of the Dabie Mountains and the Huai River is too complicated. Natural rivers and swamps can be seen everywhere, and farmland is likely to be adjacent to woods.
With this kind of topography, it is basically rare for the Central Plains to meet uprightly.
When the old monster of the Wu State pushed across the Huai River to break up the Chu State, it was also the use of various strange tactics. The Chu State's military superiority was not used at all.
However, as the Dou Shi said, "This is the time, the other is the time." Li Jie is not the King of Wu Gou Chen, and the "rebel army" is not the "Wu Jia" of Gusu. In Bai Ju Dou's view, this willful fight will lead to victory or defeat.
In addition to looking at God's will, there is also one's own efforts.
"Now that the Yangtze River and Huaihe River are flooded, the country of Qunshu has been humiliated by Li Jie several times. Maybe we can send lobbyists to invite troops."
After the fighting master finished speaking, he added, "Cai Guo will attack in five directions. Every land captured by Cai Guo can recruit warriors to cope with the changes!"
These operations are all possible and are routine operations.
But the reason is that these operations require money, and not just a little bit, but an absolutely astonishing amount of money.
After watching the Dou Master talk, his eyes turned directly to himself. The doctor there suddenly thought that it was not good, but there was no good way to refuse. The Dou family of Chu State came from the same lineage, so he could not turn a blind eye...