"Zhu Yuanzhang sent an envoy. It seems that he also knows that the Huai army has captured Shouchun!"
Chen Baxian was just stunned for a moment, and soon understood the reason why the other party sent the envoy.
At present, the frequency of battles between Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Yu is gradually decreasing, and some of the energy can be allocated to pay attention to the situation in the north.
The Huai army is not just a threat to Nan Chen.
The forces entrenched in the Jianghuai area are destined to be a thorn in the flesh of the princes in the south of the Yangtze River. Whoever unifies the south of the Yangtze River in the future will attack the north of the Yangtze River as soon as possible.
There is no way, the Jianghuai land is only separated by a river from the south of the Yangtze River, and the Yangtze River seems to be a natural hazard, but this natural hazard is for the Central Plains and northern cavalry who are not good at boating.
Jianghuai's soldiers, horses, and naval forces are also not weak. With a powerful enough navy, the seemingly dangerous Yangtze River is full of loopholes.
Especially Jinling on the edge of the Yangtze River.
Once the enemy crosses the river, they will be directly attacked by troops and face a life-and-death crisis.
Chen Baxian was the founding king of Nanchen and was the lord of Jinling in history. He had a very good understanding of the political situation in Jiangnan. Therefore, before Zhu Yuanzhang's envoy arrived, he had already thought of the other party's intention.
"Zhu Yuanzhang has not yet made a truce with Liu Yu. He sent an envoy. He must be trying to persuade our army to become enemies with the Huai army!"
"Perhaps, this envoy will also promise to provide us with food, grass, weapons and other support... Haha!"
Chen Baxian suddenly smiled.
"My lord is wise, and I also think that Zhu Yuanzhang intends to make us enemies of the Huai Army and delay the Huai Army's march south. However, we can agree to let them provide a batch of food and weapons first!"
Wu Mingche said.
Obviously, what he meant was for Chen Ba to agree to the other side on the surface first. No matter what, he would get some benefits from the other side first. As for whether to make enemies of the Huai Army later... of course he couldn't do this kind of thing.
If Nan Chen agreed to Zhu Yuanzhang, wouldn't he be taking advantage of the Ming army and acting as a shield for them?
Yu Shiji also said: "What General Wu said is absolutely true, but the Huai army is too powerful to be defeated. Our army still needs to send troops to Lujiang. We must not lose a big thing for a small amount!"
"What you said makes sense, and I understand it too! Don't worry."
Chen Ba first reassured everyone.
Then he smiled and said: "Not only will I not be an enemy of the Huai army, but I will also give the King of Huai a great gift! I remember that when I blocked Liu Laozhi from going south, I exchanged the land of Taixing for a large amount of food, grass and weapons..."
"What do you think, I'll trade Liuhe and Chuzhou in exchange for King Huai's support for us?"
Wu Mingche, Yu Shiji and Xiao Moke were immediately shocked.
"My lord wants to give up Liuhe and Chuzhou? How can this be done!"
"If we lose our territory, won't our army become a bereaved army... Well, my lord, don't be impulsive."
Several civil and military leaders in Nanchen subconsciously advised him.
Chen Baxian suddenly laughed, stood up suddenly, glanced at several people, and said in a deep voice: "Liuhe and Chuzhou are not the foundation of the Wanghe. The Huai Army and the Ming Army can accommodate our army here to act as a buffer in a short period of time."
"But sooner or later it will be annexed by both parties... You all understand this!"
"In this case, why can't I give up this dead land in exchange for the full support of the Huai Army and expand westward based on the Lujiang River?"
In Chen Baxian's expression, there was the determination and determination of a gecko with its tail cut off.
He had led the remnants of his troops to the north, and was able to defeat the Sui army and Wang Sengbian, and seize Liuhe and Chuzhou. Now his troops and horses are stronger, and there are ninth-level generals under his command.
Is it possible that when we reach Lujiang, we still can't capture the Eastern Jin Dynasty's troops?
It is good that the Eastern Jin Dynasty had famous generals, but would those wealthy families in the Eastern Jin Dynasty dare to send their troops to the battlefield to fight against him?
For the Jiangnan family. Chen Baxian has great confidence.
At this time, Wu Mingche, Yu Shiji and other talents slowly realized that indeed, Liuhe and Chuzhou were already dead places for Nanchen. Since they were going to be lost sooner or later, it was better to sell this land at a good price now.
With a large amount of food, grass and weapons, you can still dominate other places.
"Don't worry, even if the land of Liuhe and Chuzhou is exchanged for money, food and weapons, the speed will not be that fast... Call Zhu Yuanzhang's envoys here first and see what they say!"
Chen Baxian said.
The envoy from Jinling was named Ma Shiying. His purpose of coming was just as Chen Baxian guessed. He kept talking about the threat Nanchen faced from the Huai army and wanted Nanchen to send troops to attack Tianchang.
Jinling formed an alliance with Nanchen and provided a large amount of food, grass and weapons. After the truce with Liu Song, they sent troops to support Nanchen...
Chen Baxian just listened to these words.
However, there was still some hesitation on the surface, as if he was persuaded by the other party.
Both sides have their own ideas. One wants to use Nan Chen as cannon fodder to block the Huai army from going south, and the other wants to defraud a wave of grain, grass and weapons from Jinling, and then sell Jinling to the Huai army.
Underneath their own hidden agendas, on the surface they are all happy.
After sending Ma Shiying away, Chen Baxian immediately sent Yu Shiji quietly as an envoy to Sihong.
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In the blink of an eye, several days passed.
Driven by officials at all levels of the Huai Army, Jin Jingqian began to spread rapidly in Sihong City. Regarding this newly minted coin, both ordinary people and businessmen were a little hesitant at first.
But soon, they discovered that many wealthy families in the city were using food stamps, cloth, etc. to purchase gold crystal coins, and the exchange ratio was a little higher than what the government had set.
Under the leadership of these wealthy families, the people gained some confidence in coins.
Later, the people in the city learned that the gold crystal money could not only be used to pay taxes, but also contained some spiritual energy. If it stayed on the body for a long time, it would subtly nourish the body.
At this point, Jin Jingqian was quickly accepted by the people.
Within the palace.
Wang Jing put aside the coin promotion memorial delivered by Qiao Xuan, the prefect of Sihong, and then picked up the memorial below.
One was a memorial sent by the prefect of Tianchang, saying that Chen Baxian sent an envoy to Sihong to discuss important matters.
"Chen Baxian..."
Wang Jing pondered slightly, not knowing the purpose of sending people here. He shook his head slightly and put it down for the time being. We will know what the other party's purpose is when the messenger arrives.
After reading the following memorial, Wang Jing's face suddenly showed joy.
"Hahahaha, good! Fu Youde finally broke through the bottleneck and became a ninth-level general!"
"There are also Yuwen Chengdu and Yang Kan!"
"The two of them have also made a breakthrough. This is triple happiness!"
Wang Jing took the memorial and couldn't help but stand up and walked around the wooden case twice.
Why didn't he rush south?
In addition to the allocation of grain, grass, supplies and troops, he is waiting for a few peak eighth-level generals under his command to break through and enter the ninth level.
Otherwise, Wang Jing could defeat Soochow soldiers and horses with only the ninth-level generals under his command, but it would definitely not be easy.
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