"It's just that Chen Baxian is willing to hand over the land and city. He is so willing to do so. He must be determined to expand to the Lujiang River. If our army does not agree, how can Chen Baxian stop?"
Wang Guangyang pondered for a moment, with a worried look on his face.
Chen Baxian was willing to trade his territory for food, grass and weapons. He was so sincere, but the Huai army turned him away. He could no longer imagine what Chen Baxian's reaction would be if he knew the news.
Anyway, Chen Baxian's reaction will definitely be detrimental to the Huai army.
Gao Xi said calmly: "Things have their own priorities. A million troops are crossing the river south. If they are shaken because of a Chen Baxian, this is child's play!"
In Gao Xi's eyes, Chen Baxian was nothing at all. The Huai Army did not agree to the Huai Army's consideration.
As for whether this will embarrass and anger Chen Baxian and affect his plan to expand westward... What does it have to do with the Huai Army?
Does Huai Jun still want to consider it from his standpoint?
If Chen Baxian listened to Zhu Yuanzhang's advice and sent troops north to attack the Huai army, the Huai army would only need to send Wang Sengbian, Cao Jingzong and a ninth-level general to stalemate with him.
Anyway, it is impossible for Chen Baxian to fight against the Huai army for the benefit of the Ming army and damage his family's vitality.
Weigh the pros and cons and prioritize.
Gao Xi saw it very clearly. In comparison, the strategic vision of Wang Guangyang, Shen Yi and others is much inferior, and they are easily swayed by external objects.
Wang Jing stood up and took two steps back and forth.
"What Zhaoxuan said is absolutely true. Our army is attacking the south of the Yangtze River. The target is the Sun family of Soochow. Before taking the Sun family, everything must be compromised for the southern expedition. As for Chen Baxian... we cannot let him be easily won over by Zhu Yuanzhang! "
"Ask Pei Ju to see Yu Shiji and tell him that he doesn't want Nanchen's territory. If he wants to attack Lujiang, Gu can provide him with some food, grass and supplies..."
Wang Jing made a decision.
Giving Chen Baxian some food and grass would calm his mind and allow him to go to Lujiang with peace of mind... He offered the territory to Wang Jing even if he didn't want it, so Chen Baxian didn't have to worry about Wang Jing stealing his retreat.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Everyone praised him repeatedly.
Even if this matter was resolved, Wang Jing then ordered Cao Jingzong to lead the army, with Wang Sengbian as his deputy, and send 100,000 soldiers to garrison Tianchang just in case.
After talking about this important matter, and seeing that several key ministers were present, Wang Jing asked about the money, grain taxes, and taxes of the three major provinces and counties, as well as the newly established Huainan Province.
The three major provinces all had good harvests. In addition to the taxes collected, people also stocked up a large amount of grain and grass in their homes.
In addition to rations and seeds, ordinary people do not need to store too much food at home.
Therefore, many people have recently gone to grain shops and grain stores to sell grain. Among them, the most trusted by the people is the grain store established by Wang Jing in the name of the palace.
Before the promotion of crystal coins, Wang Jing used large-scale grain stores and food stamps to stabilize civil order.
Nowadays, food stamps and grain can be exchanged for crystal coins at grain stores. If you don't want to get crystal coins, you can still use food stamps.
However, food stamps will be abolished sooner or later.
If the food store does not take back a food stamp, it will destroy it. It won't take long for the food stamps to gradually disappear.
Grain stores throughout various prefectures and counties still have a reason to exist. They can use crystal coins to collect the surplus grain from the people every year, stabilize grain prices, and also weaken those merchants who hoard.
Most of the grain harvested this year will be transported to Yangzhou to be used as military rations.
The elite soldiers of the Huai Army also disguised themselves as guardsmen and quietly came to Yangzhou, Taixing, Nantong and other places.
There are also Huainan and other places. The newly appointed Huainan Chief Envoy Yang Hong has come to Sihong to take over, and the Wei Commander and the Inspector have arrived in Shouchun. The vacancies of officials at all levels in Huainan Province are being quickly transferred to fill them.
According to Wang Guangyang's estimation, by November of the fourth year of Taichu, all the officials in Huainan Province would be able to fulfill their duties and stabilize the entire province.
"When Fu Youde and others return with their troops, a royal court will be convened to start dispatching troops and generals, and decide on the generals, deputy generals, and governors of each army..."
Wang Jing thought to himself.
Preparations for crossing the river south are being carried out in an orderly manner, and the troops can be dispatched only when the time is right.
The dispatch of troops this time is the key to whether the Huai Army can become a dynasty.
…
In the blink of an eye, more than ten days passed.
Yu Shiji, who had been in Sihong for several days, had already returned. Chen Baxian's reaction was unknown to Wang Jing for the time being. However, the Huai Army's gift of five thousand stones of grain and grass and ten thousand swords, guns and weapons was unceremoniously accepted.
Obviously, it is impossible for the opponent to launch an attack on the Huai Army in a short time.
If he really had this idea that the Huai army, which had more than a million troops, could be destroyed with just a slight movement, Chen Baxian would not be able to provoke at this time as long as he was a normal person.
Put Chen Baxian's matter aside.
Wang Jing stayed in the palace these days. Except for a few days with Da Qiao and his son, he spent the rest of his time with Xiao Yun.
His second child will be born soon.
During the days he stayed in Sihong.
Huaijun's shipyard is working day and night to debug sea-going ships that can sail on the sea. During this southern expedition, Wang Jing deliberately divided his troops into three groups, one of which was to attack by sea.
The sea is very windy and rough, so a sharp-bottomed ship is needed to sail smoothly in the waves. If the river boat is simply taken to the sea, the Huai army's navy will be in danger of being destroyed when encountering wind and waves.
Among them, the envoys who contacted the Southern Song Dynasty also bypassed the Sun family by sea ships and entered Hangzhou Bay directly.
The outcome of the mission is currently unknown.
However, distant friendship and close attack only weakened the Sun family of Soochow and reduced the difficulty of crossing the river. Even if the Southern Song Dynasty did not agree to form an alliance, the Huai army could still defeat Soochow by its own strength.
This day.
Wang Jing stood outside the courtyard, looking a little nervous, and his spiritual power shrouded the courtyard next to him. At this time, more than a dozen maids and wives were serving in the courtyard.
I don’t know how long it took.
As a baby's cry came from the yard, Wang Jing suddenly felt relieved.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, on making tiles!"
The mother-in-law who was responsible for delivering the baby came out and congratulated her repeatedly.
"good!"
Wang Jing laughed. In this world, he was considered to have a son and a daughter. All the maids and wives in the courtyard came to congratulate him. With a wave of his hand, they were all rewarded.
In a tea shop outside the palace.
Gao Xi and Pei Ju were sitting opposite each other, talking from time to time, but most of their attention was on the palace.
With their spiritual power, they can cover the entire palace.
However, the palace was shielded by formations, so they could not know what was going on inside. They had to wait until someone from the palace came out before they could get the information.
Soon, their expressions changed.
"It's a girl..."
The two looked slightly relaxed.
"It seems that Yang Kan and Pei Sui will be disappointed this time!"
Pei Ju chuckled.
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