"This, Lin Guang, the Lin family spearman, used to be under the command of King Anton like us, but now he is here with you.
Ma Niubai, a bandit, used to be the sworn enemy of Qingfeng Village.
Commander Wang Hao is not here, but he belongs to the same county and I have heard of him.
I don't know this brother in black, nor have I heard of him, but he can sit at the same table and eat. I guess he is not an ordinary person. He must have been an enemy in the past.
You can take so many enemies under your command and make them abandon their powerful old masters and follow you wholeheartedly as a bandit master. It shows that they also agree with you.
If you can use them, you can also use me. "
Nie Chen waved his hand and said,
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. You said you have a good strategy to defeat the enemy. Can you tell me what it is?"
"Three ways."
Liang Peng stretched out three fingers and said.
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.
The hundreds of thousands of troops outside shrouded their hearts like dark clouds, leaving them helpless and unable to think of any solution. How could this Liang Peng have three solutions?
Are you bragging or are you really capable?
"Appreciate further details."
Nie Chen asked eagerly.
When Liang Peng was full, he put down his chopsticks and said,
"Let me talk about the situation first. With our current strength, there are more than 10,000 people. There are 100,000 barbarians in the north, and there is a large tribe called Qiyan tribe behind them. Reinforcements can arrive at any time.
To the south was the county guard's 10,000-strong army.
Liu Hu is not a fool. No matter whether we win or lose, he cannot confront us or the barbarians head-on.
So he had asked King Anding for help, telling King Anding that a hundred thousand troops were attacking the city, and he himself was defending the city, and asked King Anding to send troops to rescue him.
As for how many troops King Anton will send and when they will come, it is unknown, but no matter how many troops he sends, we who are exhausted from fighting the barbarians are no match for them.
There are wolves in front of us and tigers behind us. What awaits us is a desperate situation. "
Hearing this, everyone nodded heavily. The current situation was indeed hopeless.
"Go on."
"Well, it is known that we will definitely die if we rely on our own strength alone, so we have to borrow some help.
We are not only surrounded by Qiyanbu and King Andong, but also King Pingxi and Quedingding!
Since the first two families want to attack us, we can unite with the latter two families.
The next of the three strategies is to ask for help from King Pingxi. The leader, Weng Huan, used to be a subordinate of King Pingxi. For his sake, King Pingxi may send someone to rescue him.
But the price is that we will be annexed by King Pingxi and become his vassals and subordinates. In the future, we will be driven by him and lose our sovereignty. Qingshui County will fall into the hands of King Pingxi. He may also attack the county in the future, but these are all related to It's okay with us. "
Nie Chen smiled and said,
"You may not know that we have an arsenal in Qingfeng Village. We produce these weapons ourselves. We also have business dealings with King Pingxi and often sell them weapons. Only we can make these weapons ourselves."
"That's why King Pingxi wants to annex you even more."
Liang Peng said coldly,
"He justifiably brought this place down and saved you. He is so kind to you. Are you embarrassed not to follow him? From now on, all your skills will belong to him, and we will all be his vassals.
This is a bad idea, but the good thing is that we can all survive. "
"Next, it's the middle strategy, unlike King Pingxi who asks for help and launches a coalition with Queding."
After hearing this, Nie Chen asked,
"Don't you hate the barbarians the most? Why do you want us to unite with the barbarians?"
"I don't hate the barbarians, I only hate the barbarians who beat us. There are no permanent friends, only permanent interests.
We can lobby the Qiyan tribe and ask them to send troops to attack the tribes of the Qiyan tribe. The condition is that after the Qiyan tribe withdraws its troops, we will release the ban and conduct trade with the Qiyan tribe. We will also lower tariffs, peaceful trade, and steady flow, which is better than their risk. It's better to risk your life to rob someone.
Both sides can enjoy eternal peace. This is the solution for long-term peace and stability. "
Nie Chen smiled and said,
"It's a good plan to drive away tigers and wolves to surround Wei and rescue Zhao. But you may not know that we also have business dealings with Queding Ding. Our hero wine is strong liquor. I'll let you try it some other day and sell it to Que Dingding. It's a hundred Two silver coins per jar.
The top of the bird was sold to other tribes for two hundred taels of silver per jar.
Barbarians have a generous temperament and like strong liquor, which can drive away the cold and keep warm.
The reason why the Qiyan tribe attacked us was that selling the top of the bird to them with strong liquor was too expensive. It cost two hundred taels of silver per jar. The Qiyan tribe couldn't bear it, so they wanted to capture me and make wine for them.
Later, in that battle, you probably participated. We killed Qi Yansong, and the county guards besieged us. We escaped, and the boss died in the battle. Then you beat us, and the Qi Yan tribe beat us. "
Hearing this, Liang Peng sorted out the information, nodded and said,
"It turns out that we still have this kind of relationship. That's great. We have the capital to negotiate terms again.
We can give profits to Queding, sell wine at a reduced price, and at the same time open up restrictions, etc., so that the materials from Queding can flow to us, and our materials can flow to the grassland.
This will gradually make the top of the bird stronger. Of course, this will happen many years later and has nothing to do with us now. "
"Okay, you just said there are three ways. What is the third way?"
"The third is the best strategy. The mantis stalks the cicada, and the oriole follows behind."
Liang Peng smiled slightly and said,
"Just use the first two methods together."
"We first discuss cooperation with Queding, and then let Queding go to fight the Qiyan Department, and then tell King Pingxi that there is a war between Queding and the Qingyan Department, which is a good opportunity to pick up some bargains.
Let King Pingxi send a large army into the grassland. When the two armies are fighting and cannot be separated, let King Pingxi's army defeat the two armies in one fell swoop. They will seize cattle, sheep, horses, and capture slaves. This is a huge bargain. He, King Pingxi, will not take it for free. .
The three families are fighting in full swing, so they have no time to care about us.
We took advantage of this precious time to defeat the county guard's army, seize the county city in one fell swoop, and recruit the other three counties to surrender.
Then we implemented policies throughout the county to encourage people to join the army and increase military pay. While rapidly expanding the army, we captured Hukou Pass and Guiling Pass, which had suffered serious troop losses.
At that time, we will hoard all our troops in Liangguan and Qingshui County.
Weihu County is surrounded by mountains. The Hukou Pass in the west can guard against the troops of King Pingxi, and the Guiling Pass in the southeast can block the army of King Andong.
The county seat in the north, which is here, resists the invasion of barbarians.
By then, the entire Weihu County will be under our control, just like a small country.
We develop people's livelihood, encourage childbirth, and develop with peace of mind for a period of time. After we have enough troops and food, we can start to forge ahead.
This is the current strategy and plan. My lord, generals, what do you think? "
