Chen Shuying and Mr. Jiang are now divided into two lines of defense to protect the entire western part of Jiankang Prefecture. It can be said that all strategic points and passages are in their hands, so Li Xingchen actually has no other better option, which is to directly attack by force.
In history, when Yang Guang and Yang Su led their troops to attack Jiankang Prefecture, they also attacked with both left and right wings without any tricks. Thinking of Chen Shubao's "magic assist" in history, Li Xingchen was somewhat looking forward to it. He didn't know that this man escaped death and just took the throne.
What magical operations will Empress Chen do?
"Your Highness, there is an urgent report from Lingnan. General Xiao is pacifying the various states in Lingnan. Mrs. Xian has sent people to meet with General Xiao. This is a memorial." Li Ping walked over quickly.
Li Xingchen took the unpainted memorial and shook it at Pei Zilie: "This Xiao Boqing is not stopping in Lingnan."
"Mrs. Xian..." Pei Zilie was a little worried.
Although Mrs. Xian, the woman who has been coordinating Lingnan for many years, is already old, who can underestimate her? When Chen Baxian was able to pacify Jiangnan, it was because Mrs. Xian stabilized Lingnan from behind, and also stabilized Chen Baxian's rear.
Chen, this Mrs. Xian can be regarded as a founding hero.
Will Mrs. Xian really side with Shu Han now?
"She will," Li Xingchen said calmly while looking at the memorial, "What I am really worried about is not Mrs. Xian, but Baiyue."
"Isn't Baiyue already..." Xiao Shilian frowned.
Baiyue was the most violent force that resisted Nanchen, and it was also a long-term destabilizing factor in Lingnan. Madam Xian became famous by suppressing Baiyue, and eventually forced Baiyue to go west and hide in the mountains of Xiangjun and other places.
, gradually integrated with the local Wuhu barbarians and others, and are still called Baiyue, but they are no longer the grand occasion when the Yue people occupied the entire southern mountainous area.
During the Soochow period, the Yue people were always the biggest problem in the south. As a result, the actual scope of Soochow's rule did not extend beyond the coast of Taihu Lake. Going further south, it could only control some major local towns. However, Soochow also used encirclement and suppression, conscription, etc.
This method suppressed the resistance of the Yue people and introduced the Yue people into the army, forming the main source of military strength.
But this still allowed the Yue people to maintain a lot of power in the south, so it was Mrs.
While Baiyue was heading west, it was very hostile to the Chinese Dynasty, but at least in name Baiyue was still subordinate to the imperial court.
"Do you still remember the assassination of Chen Shubao outside Jiangling City?" Li Xingchen said in a deep voice.
Pei Zilie suddenly took a breath of cold air: "His Highness is saying... the blood seals the throat?"
The danger when guarding Chen Shubao outside Jiangling City can be said to be the biggest test Li Xinchen has ever experienced. Not only did the personal followers he had cultivated with great difficulty almost be wiped out, but Li Xinchen himself jumped into the valley to protect Lechang.
It can be said that I personally escaped with a narrow escape.
And that time, the weapons and arrows used by many killers had blood sealing throats from Lingnan.
At that time, Li Xingchen and Donggong were beyond their reach to Lingnan, so the matter naturally went undisturbed. After all, Chen Xu also punished Chen Shuling accordingly, which was an explanation for Donggong at that time.
But of course Li Xingchen would not forget this matter, and he specifically told Shen Jungao and Fu Wei about it when they were demoted to Lingnan, hoping that they could investigate secretly.
"Your Highness suspects that he is from Baiyue?" Pei Zilie frowned.
"For Mrs. Xian, chaos in Jiangnan is not a good thing, but for Baiyue, it is just the opposite." Li Xingchen said attentively, "It is still up to Xiao Boqing to make his own judgment on how to deal with this matter, but someone must give him a reminder
For a moment. But now it is the hottest time in Lingnan, and the army is not easy to move lightly. Just ask Xiao Boqing to be more vigilant."
"By the way, what are you going to do about Shen Jungao and Fu Yi?" Pei Zilie thought of something and asked hurriedly.
"Let's lock them down for now. Once we capture Jiankang Mansion, they will probably obey." Li Xingchen smiled bitterly. Although these two capable and loyal officials were once enemies, he did not want to kill them.
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At this time, Lingnan is already the hottest time of the year. It really makes people feel what it was like for Zhuge Liang to "cross Lu in May and go deep into the barren area". Fortunately, Zhuge Liang went deep into Nanzhong when summer was about to begin.
And now Xiao Shilian and the others are almost entering autumn in Nanzhong.
The weather is cooler at least.
But even so, the army didn't have much combat power. All the soldiers imitated the Lingnan style, put on their hats and rolled up their sleeves. If it weren't for the military discipline here, many of them would have been unable to bear it.
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The table was filled with Lingnan fruits, but everyone here didn’t have much appetite. Especially for Li Xun, Luo Yi and others from the north, it was really hot and uncomfortable here. Fortunately, the military doctors and craftsmen based on the people here
The generals made the suggestion to prepare herbal tea to prevent heat stroke. These generals could not wait to drink it from morning till night with a can of herbal tea in their hands.
“Mrs.
The people below him are no better than him, so the eldest brother does not laugh at the second brother, "It would be best if we don't fight this battle."
Everyone here breathed a sigh of relief. Mrs. Xian had the army of various tribes in Lingnan second only to Shen Jungao, and more importantly, compared to Shen Jungao's local soldiers who only had an advantage in numbers, the armies of these tribes participated in
They had gone through the battle to suppress Baiyue, and because they were all locals, they naturally had better geographical location and more harmonious relationships.
Fighting on this hot day is an absolute nightmare.
"But this does not mean that we can relax," Xiao Shilian said immediately, turning his eyes to a civil servant sitting next to him, "Mr. Fu?"
In the Battle of Yanguan, both Shen Jungao and Fu Wei were captured alive. Naturally, both of them expressed an attitude of absolute disobedience. But after all, they were former "comrades in arms." Xiao Shilian was not willing to do so before Li Xingchen gave clear instructions.
How about direct them.
And now that it was time to deal with Lingnan affairs, Xiao Shilian naturally didn't mind letting the two of them come to introduce the situation. The two of them didn't like this way of "cooperating" with Shu Han, but someone had to know what Xiao Shilian wanted to do.
, otherwise once the Shu Han people misunderstood the situation in Lingnan, resulting in unnecessary casualties, the two of them felt guilty, so Fu Yi "attended" the meeting today.
Fu Yi secretly sighed in his heart. In fact, he knew that Nanchen would be destroyed within the year, so he no longer wanted to persist. However, Shen Jungao was still holding on, so he could only accompany this person.