Chapter 507: Alliances
Southland
Xie Zhan was also thinking, the court has been keeping its troops inactive, who would it attack first?
It could be the King of Jin, part of the East China Sea he controls is the heartland of the Central Plains, and the others are all on the edge.
Pingzhou could be a possibility, after all, Pingzhou was the first to rebel.
It could be the King of Cheng, what if Song Mo wants to surprise him?
And then there is Xie Zhan, he knows very well that with Song Mo's narrow-mindedness, he will definitely remember him badly.
At this time, Xie Zhan also realized that the response of him, the King of Jin, and the King of Cheng helped Pingzhou out. Otherwise, the court would definitely point the gun at Pingzhou.
But if they rebelled, the court would have to consider which side to attack first.
He had both gains and losses.
"Sir Xie, we need to issue a call for talents to recruit more talents."
Jiang Boya knew that Pingzhou was well known to the world because of the article attacking Song Mo.
On paper, the other side occupies two states, and the territory is larger than their Nandi. In terms of reputation, Pingzhou is more famous than the King of Cheng in the Southwest, the King of Jin in the East Sea, and their Lingnan. It is far ahead of the others.
And it also occupies the righteousness, which is very attractive to talents.
Jiang Boya has a toothache. How can they stand out in the Southland and compete for talents?
"Mr. Jiang's analysis is correct, but Mr. Jiang, don't forget that Pingzhou has a fatal weakness. People don't know that all the plans of Pingzhou are from women, and this woman holds great power in Pingzhou."
Xie Zhan is talking about Lu Songli. After Jiang Boya joined him, he did not hide the inside story of Pingzhou from him, including his several fights with Lu Songli.
Jiang Boya nodded. This can be regarded as a trump card to deal with Pingzhou. If this news is revealed, it will be enough to make men in the world hesitate.
They didn't look down on Lv Songli because she was a woman, but that didn't stop them from taking advantage of her female identity. A real man doesn't care about trivial matters when he succeeds.
Just then, Xie Nan hurried in, "Patriarch, we received a message that Pingzhou announced that Lv Songli is their first leader!"
Xie Zhan paused.
Jiang Boya glanced at Xie Zhan, then lowered his head slightly.
Xie Zhan's heart sank. The two strategies he had prepared to deal with Pingzhou were useless. Not only did the strategy they had just discussed to attack Pingzhou by saying that the mastermind behind Pingzhou was a woman fail. Hou Shuang's strategy was also useless.
He guessed that she would rise to power one day, but the process would inevitably be full of hardships.
He thought that if he gave Hou Shuang time, he would have a deep enough relationship with the Qin family's direct generals and mixed into the inner circle.
By then, the Qin and Lu families would have conquered a lot of territory and expanded. At that time, Hou Shuang would instigate and use these direct generals to instigate the Qin and Lu families to fight for power, triggering internal fighting between the two sides.
The best result he expected was that both Qin and Lu would suffer losses. He would then take the opportunity to defeat them one by one.
He had never expected that Lu Songli would be in power at this juncture, and it was a woman in power in public, which was beyond his expectation.
In theory, Pingzhou just rebelled, and it was the time to stabilize people's hearts. Most people would not risk the world's disapproval at this moment, which would cause chaos in Pingzhou.
Therefore, many people would choose to gain a foothold in Pingzhou and then slowly plan.
Did Lu Songli not consider these at all?
But no matter what the reason was, Lu Songli was reckless or deliberate, and it did disrupt his plan.
Xie Zhan suddenly had a feeling that God bless Pingzhou.
Thinking of this, Xie Zhan felt stuffy in his chest. After a long while, he exhaled a long breath and felt less stuffy.
"Mr. Jiang, we are in trouble." Xie Zhan said with a wry smile.
"Song Mo will definitely be the first to use troops against Lingnan." Xie Zhan said with a sigh.
Jiang Boya understood that they were going to use the strategy of vertical and horizontal alliance.
The so-called vertical alliance is to unite the weak to attack a strong country, and the horizontal alliance is for a strong country to unite the weak to attack another weak country.
He is considered to be good at this.
"Do you need me to go to the southwest?"
Xie Zhan nodded, "Please trouble Mr. Jiang."
With the pride of the court, it is impossible to unite the King of Jin and the King of Cheng at this time.
If the court does not choose the horizontal alliance, then they will choose the vertical alliance!
Now that the court has taken the lead in attacking Lingnan, if they cannot convince the King of Cheng or the King of Jin, the two bystanders may take advantage of the situation, and Lingnan will be in danger at that time.
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Pingzhou, Xue Mansion
Ji Wuyin looked at the man who was returning home on a snowy night, "Are you so busy?"
Xue Xu let the servant brush the snow off his body with a feather duster, and replied, "Yes, there are too many things to do, and I have to sort them out one by one." He now wished that there were twenty-four hours in a day.
Ji Wuyin saw that he was busy every day, but he was full of energy, as if he had a second spring.
He thought, power is really a man's aphrodisiac.
Not long after, the two sat down and sent the servants away.
"I still feel like I'm dreaming now."
Xue Xu was speechless, "It's been several days, and you're still dreaming?"
"Don't worry about me, I'll be able to recover in two days."
Ji Wuyin felt like he was hit by a pie.
He really didn't expect the Lu family and Lu Songli to be so promising. First, she revolted by secession of two states, and then Lü Songli suddenly became a female lord, ruling the two states as a woman.
He was worried that Pingzhou could not resist the court, and then the King of Jin, the King of Cheng, and Xie Zhan rebelled.
Isn't this a big fight?
He carefully compared the six forces. Let's not talk about the imperial court and Xianbei. Just compare Pingzhou with the other three. He dared to say that in terms of the economy within the jurisdiction, the other three were definitely not as good as Pingzhou.
Lu Songli was also famous for making money.
This war was all about logistics. A strong army must have strong support.
In this way, isn't the chance of winning improved?
He was very glad that he moved his industry from the south to Pingzhou. Otherwise, no matter whose territory he was in now, he would be forced to become their money bag and give them blood transfusion to conquer the world.
It would be fine if he won in the end. If he lost, he was afraid that all his efforts in this life would be in vain, and his family would be implicated.
He didn't worry about this in Pingzhou. Lu Songli was good at the value of goods, and the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce under his management was a big fat pig. The only thing the two sides had was cooperation.
"Tomorrow, I will give you a thousand acres of land. I know you are busy. I will prepare the land deeds and other things for you." Ji Wuyin only felt that Xue Xu, the old man, looked particularly pleasing to the eye.
Xue Xu: ??? What is this stingy man doing? Is he plucking feathers?
Ji Wuyin did not intend to explain. He put his hands behind his back and walked slowly to the Ji Mansion next door. The two mansions were next to each other, so he simply opened a small door inside to facilitate regular visits. Xue Xu did not react, and let him do whatever he wanted.
Ji Wuyin also planned to burn more paper for the ancestors during the Qingming Festival next year to thank them for their blessings.