This mutiny made Li Yue realize one thing.
The State of Yan also fell into a brief period of exhaustion. In the past, when the Yan army went south, it would often have an army of hundreds of thousands, with troops marching out in three directions, but this time the scale was obviously much smaller.
Feng Yi had 30,000 troops. Seeing that the situation in Lukou was decided, he immediately retreated without any hesitation.
Before, it would have taken several months.
But this does not mean that Yan State is weak.
When Ran Min died, Murong's food in his stomach was no less than that of Li Yue.
Murong Jun went south and kidnapped two to three hundred thousand people, not counting the barbarians who had no choice but to join them.
Both sides are just digesting what's in their stomachs. The next battle will be unprecedented and more brutal than the battle between Murong Ke and Ran Min.
The Murong family has been in business for several generations and has accumulated a lot of experience. It is at the peak of national morale and is stronger than itself.
Li Yue could not deny this in any case.
"The State of Yan spans the north, bordering Goguryeo in the east, Zhangping in the west, and Chile and Tuoba tribes in the north. It can be combined vertically and horizontally, make connections with distant places and attack close ones, and contain the Murong clan on all sides."
Crisis is motivation, and with a knife hanging above his head, Li Yue's only thought is how to weaken it, surpass it, and annex it.
They could still live in peace with the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but they only wanted to settle in Jiangzuo, including Huan Wen, and had no ambition to restore the rivers and mountains.
But with the Yan State, it was a fight to the death.
Murong has already stepped into the Middle Earth with one foot and will definitely not go back again.
Liu Qun said: "Goguryeo is deeply afraid of the power of the Murong family and does not dare to look west. Zhang Ping is on both sides and will never take risks. Tuoba Shiyiqian and the Murong family are married. It is difficult for these three to change. The only one who can unite is Chile."
Chile, also known as Ding Ling and Gaoche, when Shi Hu was in power, encouraged the Yi Di to move southward and into the Central Plains. The Chile people also migrated along with this tide and settled in a wide area north of Yinshan Mountain and east of Jinshan Mountain.
Constantly moving south to invade the northern border of Yan State.
Zhai Shu, who is active in Hebei, is a Chilean.
"No matter whether they are willing to besiege Yan State or not, they must send people to try." Li Yue did not believe that Goguryeo was unwilling to take revenge.
Tiao You cupped his hands and said: "Tuoba Shiyiqian and the Murong family were at odds with each other, and Jie Zhao was destroyed. Shiyiqian gathered all the tribes in Shenhebei, intending to go south, but the chiefs of the tribes were frightened by Emperor Wu Dao's killing of Hu. Shi Yijian did not dare to go south, so Shi Yijian gave up the idea. At that time, Shi Yijian asked Murong Huang to marry him, but Murong Huang refused twice. Shi Yijian was resentful, arrogant and rude, and invaded the Yan territory. Murong Huang ordered Murong Huang to Jun and Murong Ping led 50,000 cavalry to attack the state of Dai, while Shi Yijian led his troops to avoid the desert!"
The elders Liu Qun, Tiao You, and Shen Zhong are almost seventy years old, and the younger ones are over fifty years old. They still remember many things fresh.
"So that's it!" Li Yue was overjoyed.
Powers such as Goguryeo, Chile, and Zhang Ping were not as good as Dai.
Daiguo has developed stealthily over the years and has become a behemoth.
Since Tuoba Shiyiqian had the ambition to take over the Central Plains, he would definitely not be of the same mind as the Yan State, and there was a basis for cooperation between the two parties.
"I am willing to be an envoy on behalf of the country!" Tiao You did his duty.
Someone took the lead, and others stepped up.
"I would like to send an envoy to Goguryeo."
"I am willing to send an envoy to Chile."
"I am willing to send an envoy to the state."
"Exactly!" Li Yue knew what they were thinking. From Liang Gong to Liang Wang, the next step was Liang Emperor. If he didn't seize some credit now, he would not have many opportunities in the future.
What is good from above must be followed by those below.
Li Yue didn't like luxury, hunting, palaces, or female musicians. He worked hard and late at night just to strengthen the Liang Kingdom. All these people saw it.
If you want to have a place in the new dynasty, you must rely solely on merit.
As a result, Liang Guo's atmosphere was positive.
Li Yue prepared carriages, guards, and gifts for them, and led hundreds of officials to send them out of Yecheng.
In the rise and fall of a country, the role of diplomacy cannot be ignored.
Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there have been extremely clever strategies such as joining forces vertically and horizontally, making friends at a distance and attacking closely.
Almost everything that can be annexed around the Liang Kingdom has been annexed, and the remaining ones are hard to chew.
Even the weakest Zhang Ping has become prosperous in recent years. According to Xinxing, Yanmen, Xihe, Taiyuan, and Shangjun, there are more than 300 barriers, more than 100,000 Yi and Xia households, and six armored and string-controlling people. A crowd of 70,000 people paid homage to the general and set up a town, looking eastward at Yanliang.
The key point is that Zhang Ping also worshiped the docks everywhere, surrendered to almost all the surrounding forces, played both sides, and was extremely obscene.
Just when Zhang Ping was thought of, secret reports came back from Luoyang and Jinyang. Yao Xiang and Zhang Ping were brothers and formed a secret alliance.
The two hugged each other for warmth, and their strength was by no means weak.
But then a question arises, who are they going to fight if they wear the same pair of pants? Di Qin, Yan, or the Central Plains?
Li Yue smiled and said: "These days, there are unfed wolf cubs everywhere."
Cui Hong touched his nose and said, "Yao Xiang is quite trustworthy. The Hebei war has not yet decided the winner, so he should not betray. I think the alliance between the two should be aimed at Guanzhong."
Li Yue always felt that something was going to happen in Guanzhong. After the war in the east, it was now the turn of the west. Fu Jian proclaimed himself emperor as soon as he came up, which had aroused great resentment from the surrounding forces.
Murong Jun is at the height of his power, but he is still just a King of Yan.
There are still many forces loyal to the Sima family in the west, such as the Zhang family in Hexi and Sima Xun in Hanzhong.
Li Yuechong said to Zhang Shengye beside him: "The scouts and school officials should keep a closer eye."
"Wei!" Zhang Shengye accepted the order with his hands raised.
In view of Yang Lue's outstanding performance in Lukou, Li Yue separated the school affairs separately, not only supervising internal affairs, but also taking charge of external affairs.
Scouting is more about battlefield reconnaissance, more military.
School affairs are all-pervasive, infiltrating, wooing, publicizing, spying, collecting intelligence, creating rumors, anything that is beneficial to Liang Guo.
This places higher requirements on the quality of school officials, who are not just capable of slashing people with a knife.
However, with the presence of the Shangwu Hall and the Lecture Hall, a talent chain has gradually been formed.
Starting from this year, people have graduated one after another and entered the military, local, and school affairs, starting from the bottom without any privileges.
Liang Guobie did not dare to say that the upward path was relatively smooth, and the privileged and powerful class in the country had not yet been formed. Even veteran ministers such as Liu Qun, Shen Zhong, and Tiao You only had high positions but no weight.
Besides, the Liang Kingdom was in ruins and waiting to be revitalized. The Northern Kingdom was in ruins, and there was not much benefit for them to fight for.
Not only could Li Yue not get much benefit, he even had to borrow the power of powerful nobles.
The Cui family alone contributed nearly 300,000 shi of food, not including other money, silk, and weapons.
The Zheng family of Xingyang took out five thousand sets of various armors at one time when Li Yue got married.
This year's rebellion in Yuyang County was also secretly supported by the Lu family.
Other small tycoons have sent troops to assist in every war.
It is currently on the rise, and the external interests are large enough. There is no need for these powerful nobles to get involved in the internal affairs. They have common interests with Li Yue.
(End of chapter)
