Steel Dynasty - Chapter 569

[Chapter 569: A plan within a plan]

“King Yan is indeed cunning.”

In the Qingzhou government office, Fiji was looking at the letter sent by Zhan Xingchang.

He just came back from Pengzhou yesterday. Now that Pengzhou City Government Office is officially put into operation, Pengzhou Governor has taken over the large and small government affairs. There is no need for him to stay.

Pang Yukun said: “King Yan wants to get the matchlock technology and contain us at the same time. He really has ulterior motives, but he really posed a problem for us.”

Xiao Ming had a gloomy face, and the situation he least wanted to see happened. Well, judging from King Yan’s reaction, King Zhao would probably be very wary of his annexation of Wei.

Sure enough, ten days later, Zhan Xingchang returned from Chang’an and brought a reply from King Zhao.

“Your Highness, only King Liang has agreed to Xiao Qi’s alliance. The attitudes of King Zhao and King Yan are wavering. They are just waiting for our reply.” Zhan Xingchang said.

“So what are King Zhao’s conditions?” Xiao Ming asked.

Zhan Xingchang said: “After meeting King Zhao this time, King Zhao originally wanted to threaten His Highness with the alliance, but when the official mentioned the covenant with King Chu, King Zhao changed his mind. Now he I ask His Highness not to continue to invade Wei.”

After taking a breath, he continued: “This time the King of Wei also spent a lot of money to recruit troops. It is said that in order to recruit troops, he asked Xiao Qi to send eighty taels of silver to King Zhao. , but now the King of Zhao and the King of Shu are at war, and they are unwilling to fight on both sides. “

So, only King Liang is willing to send troops now?” Xiao Ming asked.

“Yes, Your Highness, the most important thing now is the attitude of King Yan. If King Yan also gives up his troops, this alliance will basically fail.”

Xiao Ming paced back and forth. Now the vassal king of Dayu is independent. Each vassal king has his own interests, and no vassal king wants to see other vassal kings become too powerful.

If he hadn’t been too strong, he would probably be the one being punished now.

After thinking about it carefully, he said to Zhan Xingchang: “In this case, we will agree to King Yan’s conditions and provide him with matchlock technology.”

“Your Highness, if this is the case, do we have to give up our strategy for Wei? ? ” Niu Ben is also in the government office, and he is very unhappy about this matter. Now that the Southern Expedition Army and the Dengzhou Army are in a state of decline, this is the time to pursue the victory.

Feiji and Pang Yukun were both old foxes. They looked at each other and seemed to understand Xiao Ming’s strategy.

“In order to avoid being besieged by Hezong, we can only agree to this condition temporarily, and now that we have Pengzhou City and Tongzhou City, we also need time to completely transform these two places. Now King Wei has involved King Zhao, King Yan, and King Liang. It seems that an agreement must be signed for this cooperation.” Xiao Ming looked at Zhan Xingchang.

“Your Highness has a clever plan. Both King Yan and King Zhao proposed to send envoys to Qingzhou and let the envoys from the five parties sign an armistice contract in Qingzhou to maintain the status quo.” Zhan Xingchang said in surprise.

Fiji said: “This incident reminds me of the Six Nations’ joint attack on Qin. The current situation is quite similar to that of the past.”

“Hahaha… So now we are strong against Qin.” Xiao Ming said.

Pang Yukun agreed: “Yes, that’s why these vassal kings are afraid that we will continue to grow stronger. His Highness’s attack on Wei this time seems to have really frightened them. In this situation, even if the King of Wei does not send anyone to join forces, It is estimated that the other vassal kings will not be able to sit still. “

“What Pang Shouxu said is very true. I also saw this and planned to take advantage of it. Since they want a contract, we will give it to them. After Pengzhou and Tongzhou stabilize, we will do it. Then continue to capture other cities in Wei,” Xiao Ming said loudly.

Everyone nodded when they heard this. Now the initiative to attack or defend is in their hands.

Now Pengzhou has a population of 500,000, and Tongzhou has a population of 200,000. Now they only need time to recruit soldiers from the two places and train them into an army. Once they add another 50,000 troops, even the kings of Zhao, Liang, Wei, and Yan will Don’t be afraid if you rise up and attack them.

Niu Ben sighed and said, “It’s just that the general still feels that he is at a disadvantage. If we sign this contract with Lao Shizi, wouldn’t it mean that only King Wei can attack us, and we can’t attack him.”

“This Commander Niu is at ease, Since we are going to sign a contract, I will naturally ask them to recognize our occupation of Pengzhou and Tongzhou, and I also have an idea, maybe we can take the opportunity to capture Huaizhou!”

Xiao Ming already has a plan in mind. Then he told Pang Yukun and others the plan.

After everyone listened, Fiji had a look of astonishment on his face. He said: “I didn’t expect that words could come like this. I’m really knowledgeable. If so, King Wei and other vassal kings will really have a hard time talking about it.”

Xiao Ming smiled. nodded.

This time it was not that Xiao Ming was cowarded and signed the armistice agreement. In fact, even if the four kings came to attack, he might not lose, but he never forgot that the barbarians had been watching the changes in the country of Chongqing.

At that time, even if he won, it would be a miserable victory, and the four kings would suffer heavy losses. This situation was exactly what the barbarians wanted to see the most.

Once this happens, he will no longer have the power to deal with the real enemies of Dayu.

Therefore, he must avoid King Wei’s conspiracy at this time. After all, he has already taken advantage and only needs to digest the fruits of victory.

When his strength further increases, he will completely annex Wei in a very short period of time, leaving King Yan and others with no time to react.

As for now, he still needs time to digest the captured land and population, and the most important thing is that he is preparing to capture an overseas food supply area, the Sanshan Kingdom currently controlled by the Japanese state.

In this era, the large island opposite Fuzhou was called Ryukyu, and the series of islands from Ryukyu to Wa was called the Sanshan Kingdom, which was later known as Okinawa and its nearby islands.

According to the information provided by Wang Xuan, the population of the Sanshan Kingdom is 200,000. Now the Sanshan Kingdom is forced to pay tribute to the Japanese country and provide Yamada Nobunaga with a large amount of food every year. When Yamada Nobunaga unified the Japanese country, the food provided by the Sanshan Kingdom can be said to have helped. Yamada Nobunaga is very busy.

In contemporary history, successive dynasties have missed the opportunity to regain this kingdom twice. Xiao Ming doesn’t want to miss it now, not to mention that this is a place that can provide food for free?

Therefore, Xiao Ming also considered this aspect when signing the armistice contract. With the food supply stable, he would not worry about logistical issues in the future.

After agreeing on the matter, Xiao Ming said to Zhan Xingchang: “This time you are responsible and you will be responsible to the end. You inform them now and say that the king has agreed to their terms and ask them to send envoys to Qingzhou to negotiate.”

” Yes, Your Highness.” Zhan Xingchang bowed and said.

(End of chapter)