clang……
The sudden sound of bells and chimes came from afar, and half of Tai'an City, including the Imperial City, shook. The three people in Fengluan Hall faintly heard a series of horse hoofbeats.
For a time, the soldiers hiding in the dark cooperated with each other and blocked every window with their swords and halberds. Lao Pu rushed out immediately.
"Eight hundred miles urgent?"
The empress stepped down from the dragon throne and stood together with Da Sima and Old Man Xia.
"Don't look at me, I didn't hear anything!" Da Sima was also confused.
The Wu Dynasty had no shortage of horses and had a complete intelligence system. It started with a 400-mile rush, but an 800-mile rush was still rare, let alone in winter.
The eight hundred miles in winter require the messenger to sacrifice his life. After the letter is delivered, the person will be rewarded with military merit by looking at the records for survival. At least one turn in the beginning will be rewarded, and a favor will be added if he dies.
"wait!"
After a while of calculation, Xia Abacus sat down directly.
The empress is still young, and these old people are the ballast of the court. Anyone can mess up, but they can't mess up.
After a while, the swords and halberds were withdrawn. Lao Pu held an official document in both hands and walked into Fengluan Hall with his back bent.
"Bring it!"
Grabbing the official document with one hand, the empress tore open the envelope with her delicate hands regardless of the procedure.
The brief text came into view. The empress let out a long sigh of relief at first, and then her face suddenly became serious. "Did someone set a cannon on Da Ming?"
The incident has nothing to do with the Wu Dynasty. The problem lies in the Huaihe and Lianghuai regions, which have been in drought for two years.
Everyone knows about the drought in the Huaihe River and the Song Dynasty. The equation analyzed the strategy of the Song Dynasty, and its conclusion was that the drought in the Huaihe River Basin was too serious, which would not only affect the Ming Dynasty, but also affect the price of grain in Kyushu, and then affect the Wu Dynasty.
Under normal circumstances, it would be enough to pay close attention to this kind of information, but this eight-hundred-mile emergency has directly torn the drought apart, revealing the secret war.
In less than a month, the rebel force exceeded 300,000, captured the county seat, and besieged the capital. If there was nothing behind it, the empress could take off her own head and use it as a ball.
"Fire the gun?"
Da Sima took the official document and his expression darkened, "If I remember correctly, Jiaozhou was in chaos last year!"
"For the troops to be sent in March, Ying Tianfu will send 80,000 troops and recruit hundreds of troops in Lingnan. The total strength will be about 240,000!" Xia Abacus opened his mouth to come up with the specific data, but when he finished speaking, he fell silent.
Jiaozhou is recognized as a good place in Kyushu. There are mineral deposits in the mountains and water in the rice fields. Whatever Kyushu lacks, you can find it in Jiaozhou.
But the native barbarians in Jiaozhou are not good people. All the seventy-two caves in Jiaozhou are not convinced by the Ming Dynasty and the Chu Dynasty.
When a large army entered Jiaozhou, the native barbarians were hidden in the mountains. If they fought hard, 70% of the mountains and rivers in Jiaozhou would be drained away. This means that Jiaozhou is too rich in resources. No matter how you fight, you can make money. The Ming and Chu countries may have already mentioned The barrel ran away.
At the same time, the Jiaozhou rebellion showed a cyclical pattern, basically fighting from generation to generation.
"This is too careless in the Ming Dynasty. This can be fired!" Da Sima handed the letter to Xia Abacus.
I really don't know what to say, but Da Sima understands why this official document has to be sent to Tai'an City in an expedited manner of 800 miles.
Even though the Ming Dynasty was strong, it could not stop the war between the two places.
Chaos was possible in any area during the Ming Dynasty, but Lianghuai was the least likely. That was Zhu Ming's land of Longxing. No matter what considerations he had, the reigning emperors and nobles who held the power of the court would not see their hometowns in chaos. stand up.
But it just so happens that the trouble right now is in Lianghuai.
No one is behind it, so who can believe it?
"Hard enough!"
The letter paper and the palm were crumpled into a ball, the places that shouldn't be messed up were messed up, and the people who shouldn't be killed were killed. Isn't this a cannon fire?
"After this incident, the Lianghuai River is completely ruined. There will be no stable grain production within five or six years!" Da Sima was worried.
Only the Wu and Song dynasties were able to do this kind of thing. Everyone present knew whether the Wu people had done it or not, so only the Song people were left.
No matter how you do it, the impact will be very bad.
In business, the people of the Song Dynasty played some tricks, got a bad reputation, and failed to grasp the current situation. It will be over, and no one will care about it after a few years.
But if this is done, people in the Ming Dynasty can hold grudges to the point of ruining their country.
"The people of Song Dynasty risked their lives!" Xia Abacus shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Hexi, everything is still Hexi in the final analysis. Now it depends on what we do!"
The missing piece of the Song Dynasty's territory was Hexi. Whether you admit it or not, as long as you can capture Hexi and lose a few areas connected to Yangzhou, the Song Dynasty will make money in the long run.
As the northern gateway of Sili, and the northern gate of life in Luoyang, the imperial capital, how could the Song people rest assured unless it was in their own hands.
The Song Dynasty's army was relatively weak among the Six Kingdoms of Kyushu, and was at a disadvantage in attacking. However, its skills in defending the city were extremely good, and it was not afraid of a large army sieging the city.
Judging from the current situation, the Song people wanted to use the grasslands to contain the Wu Dynasty, and use Jiaozhou and Lianghuai to bleed the Ming Dynasty, so as to buy enough time.
If it's not done, it's all a conspiracy, and it won't make it to the stage. But if it's done, it's a conspiracy, and everyone has to be careful.
The key is that the Song Dynasty must prepare first!
"One move affects the whole body. Regardless of whether the Song people have a secret alliance with the Chu State, if such a big event occurs in the Huaihe River, the Chu State will also drag the Ming Dynasty's southern army to Jiaozhou. In this way, the Ming Dynasty will be divided into three parts. One of the armies has been restrained, and the chaos in the Huaihe River will not be extinguished in a year or two. The Ming Dynasty must defend the salt field, and the Ming Dynasty must protect itself first even if there is a fire!"
Dashima’s quick analysis.
The Ming Dynasty was too strong, powerful in all aspects. Faced with the threat of the Wu Dynasty forty years ago, all countries could temporarily put aside their prejudices and unite together. Now even if they don't use troops, they can still contain them secretly.
"To protect ourselves, the Navy needs to move back and blockade the Yangtze River..."
Wasted!
It's a small thing to point out cannons, but it's a big deal to point out the two Huai Rivers.
"Chaos is coming!"
In this world, if you don't get involved, some people will get involved. In the current layout of Kyushu, one country doesn't want to live in peace, and the other five countries don't have a good life either.
The cancer before was the militaristic Wu Dynasty, but now the Song Dynasty has acted as a troublemaker.
"We can't fight, and the chance to fight us is wasted!"
Xia Abacus's hands trembled.
The money has just been spent and there is no big problem in getting it back. But this is not a question of whether to take the money or not. It is about thinking about what to do next time. Who can guarantee that I will get the same support.
"Yeah, you can't fight!"
Everything is tied together. The Wu Dynasty can fight, but it is best not to fight. If there is not enough time for the Song Dynasty mission to return to the Song Dynasty, Da Sima will wonder if there is a spy in his family. Otherwise, how could there be such a coincidence?
