However, Wanyan Pingqiu's Northern Xinjiang tribe may not be able to do this. They are invincible in war immediately, but they are far from good at governing the country immediately.
This is also the characteristic of nomadic groups. No matter where they invade, their first purpose is to plunder. They will leave immediately after looting. They rarely occupy it because they do not know how to govern the place...
Even their tribesmen only know how to herd sheep and horses, but they don’t know how to farm!
How else could the fat man say that Wanyan Pingqiu is a 'genius of a generation who only knows how to bend a bow and shoot big eagles'?
Moreover, the area of Gaojuli is extremely vast, and its population is larger than that of the northern Xinjiang tribes combined. It would be easy for him to capture Wanyan Pingqiu, but it would be even more difficult to completely occupy it.
The main reason is that Gaojuli has mountains and plains, but there is no pasture. How will they let their horses go?
In addition, Gao Juli faces the sea on three sides, but Wanyan Pingqiu does not have a navy, so its future development is very limited. At least it cannot pose any threat to the coast of Dazhou. On the contrary, given time, when the navy of Dazhou becomes stronger, it can be done at any time. Attack it.
That's what Li Wanjiang meant, and Xiao Chen followed what he meant.
Li Wanjiang was just happy, but he didn't know that Wanyan Pingqiu was indeed a genius of a generation, but she didn't just know how to bend a bow and shoot eagles...
The current situation is very interesting. Xiao Chen and the others originally wanted to unite with the Russians to capture Gao Juli, drive away the Japanese, and give Li Wanjiang a 'surprise', but now they are acting on orders and becoming aboveboard.
Xiao Chen came to Fengyang to gamble with his life, and a narrow victory was already an unexpected joy, but unexpectedly he won all the games. Not only did he eliminate his suspicions, relieve the hidden crisis, but he also saved Zhu Tianfu. Breaking the alliance between Li Wanjiang and the Japanese...
It can be seen that things in the world are really unpredictable, and blessings and misfortunes are really fickle.
The Russian navy had already begun to launch a feint attack on the Japanese fleet. With Dugulou's perfect cooperation and clever coordination, it passed through the Japanese fleet's defense line and transported Ross troops and horses to the two islands one after another without anyone noticing.
In just half a month, at least 50,000 Russian soldiers were gathered on the two islands.
There are camps that have been set up long ago, as well as sufficient supplies of food and grass, which can allow 50,000 soldiers and horses to fully rest and recharge their batteries.
The Japanese fleet also became suspicious of the sudden and frequent dispatches of the Yanyun Navy, but they did not know what the purpose of the Yanyun Navy's dispatches was?
Because when they met at sea, the Yanyun navy was not wary at all. The plugs on the muzzles of the cannons were not removed, and they greeted them with flags in a friendly manner and encouraged them to come on.
He even helped them salvage and treat soldiers who fell into the water after an encounter with the Ross fleet, and generously donated supplies on the ship, including ammunition!
According to the generals of the Yanyun Navy, they actually wanted to fight side by side with the Japanese brothers, just like they teamed up to beat up the Russian Japanese during the battle with Shunfeng!
But firstly, we are too weak and we are powerless to help. Secondly, our Governor Xiao Chen has strictly ordered us not to initiate a head-on conflict with the Ross fleet.
So I can only patrol here for a while as a third-party neutral attitude. If you need anything, please let me know. As long as you are not officially participating in the war, we can help with everything else...
The generals of the Japanese fleet were very moved and tried to persuade them that this place was already a battlefield, and it would be very dangerous for you to come and go here.
But Yanyun Navy said we are not afraid! Anyway, what we are fighting is the Yanyun banner, not your Japanese banner, and what they want to attack is you, not us.
But if they dare to fire at us, it will be equivalent to officially declaring war with us. Although we are not strong, we will definitely fight with them to the death!
In fact, to be honest with you, this is what we came here for.
Our Marshal Li Ling actually really hopes to join you in fighting the Russians, but the boss, Xiao Chen, doesn’t agree. He is too timid to do the work...
To put it bluntly, the Yanyun Navy wanted to fight with the Russians, but the boss Xiao Chen did not agree, so Marshal Li Ling sent a warship to interfere, hoping that the Russians would take the initiative to attack them, so that they would have a reason to join the war.
People are firing at us, we have to fight back, even if the boss Xiao Chen blames us, it won't work, and we will not be punished by the orders of the emperor!
But strangely enough, the Yanyun navy has been hanging around here for more than half a month. During this period, they must have encountered the Ross fleet, but the Ross people did not take the initiative to attack them and allowed them to wander back and forth...
I guess the Russians are not willing to fight two fleets at the same time, right?
However, although the Ross fleet frequently attacks, and the fleets dispatched each time are large in size, they are quick to leave at the first touch and are not willing to fight. Sometimes they even fire a few cannons at each other from several miles apart and then quickly escape...
So what is their purpose?
Do we want to retake Shunfeng City, do we want to attack our homeland, or is it just a simple provocation?
Bagaya Road is really inexplicable!
The Japanese kid never thought that this would be Yan Yun and Ross's close cooperation, using a plank road to build a plank road under their noses, secretly planning Chen Cang, and would soon give them a very big 'surprise'.
Xiao Chen and others took a boat to go south, and it was a smooth journey... against the wind.
It was spring now, and the wind was blowing from the southeast on the sea. The boat they were on couldn't go very fast. It was useless for Xiao Chen to worry because it was a passenger ship and there were no rowers.
Because the war in Yizhou was tight some time ago, almost all the warships were transferred to participate in the war, so they did not even have a single warship to escort them.
Originally, Li Wanjiang said that he would allocate two warships from the Haining fleet to Xiao Chen, but Xiao Chen refused. Haining Bay itself does not have many warships. Now we are at odds with the Japanese again. If they come to attack, we are not stubborn. , Li Wanjiang did not insist anymore, and just told them to be careful on the road...
The weather was pretty good, and because the boat was so big, it was not too bumpy on the sea. After dinner, it was quite leisurely to enjoy the moonlight and eat fruit on the deck.
"It's not that you kid is in a hurry. This is going to die, and you're not going to get married!" Gong Shouli was not in a hurry at all. He even hinted the captain to drive the ship slower and stop at every port along the way. Maybe by the time they arrived at Yizhou, Li Wanyun and the others had already wiped out all the remnants of the Tianxuan Society?
There is no need for me to put myself at risk.
"Is this what you, an imperial envoy, said?" Xiao Chen glared at him, "We are on a mission, so we should be as anxious as sparks of fire."
"I think you're like a moth flying into a flame!" Gong Shouli retorted.
"Hey, Lao Gong, you said that Xu Haiming and the others gather together and murmur every day. Are they talking bad about me?" Xiao Chen asked in a low voice.
