Chapter 905
Chapter 907
A big river divides the north and the south.
There are Jingzhou, Jizhou, Yuzhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou and Xuzhou in the north.
Jiangnan has Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yizhou and Jiaozhou.
The current situation of the empire is that the three emperors are facing the kingdom. Ye Yuanhuo occupied Jingzhou and looked down on the Central Plains; Li Xing sat in the south of the Yangtze River and defended according to the river; Li Xingzai was inclined to An Donghai, racking his brains to calculate the cards in his hand.
At the poker table in troubled times, the three are the high rollers with the most chips.
There is also Liangzhou in the northwest, where Cheng Dalei nests, sneaking at the changes in the current situation, holding a sharp weapon, but resolutely refusing to take action.
At this poker table, Cheng Dalei was in a corner, trying to keep a low profile, but no one knew what cards were hidden in his hand.
After Heshen arrived in Jiangnan, he personally started the war on both sides of the river. Raise an army of 200,000 people and attack the three cities of Longxi, Zhongli and Luofeng occupied by Li Xingzai.
At the same time, Ye Yuanhuo is also expanding his own territory step by step, embezzling the princes of the northern land.
There is war in the north and south of the river.
A steady stream of battle reports spread to Liangzhou. Although Cheng Dalei did not participate in the war, his eyes were wide open, staring at the evolution of the empire.
In the north, Ye Yuanhuo attacked the city and conquered the land.
Cheng Dalei thought secretly, and based on the current situation, he was afraid that it would take less than a year to unify Jiangbei. After the iron cavalry went south, it was about to meet the princes of Jiangnan.
Right now, Cheng Dalei is more concerned about the war in the south of the Yangtze River. Li Xing has already raised troops to attack the East China Sea. Cheng Dalei can't see whether Li Xingzai can hold it or not.
"Now, do we need to do something?" Cui Baiyu asked.
Cheng Dalei was looking at the latest information sent, without raising his head: "What are you doing?"
"Yeyuanhuo started a war with the princes of the Central Plains. We just took the opportunity to expand our territory, beat him in the back, and attacked Chang'an in one go. It may not be impossible." Cui Baiyu.
Cheng Dalei shook his head and said, "The princes of the Central Plains will collapse at the touch of a button, and there is no way to form the power to stop the fire of Yeyuan. The Rong clan has not moved, and our family cannot break him."
"It's better to take the opportunity to expand the site. From Sanshuiguan to Jingzhou, you can always win one or two cities."
"According to what you said, it can be done, but it doesn't make much sense." Cheng Dalei has thought about this question more than once: "We can't destroy the enemy's combat power, and blindly expanding our territory will only expose our weaknesses to the enemy. Even if we can lay down a few cities, who can we send to guard it? So we have to send troops into Jingzhou. Originally, the Rong clan couldn’t reach us, so now we can recklessly encircle the points for reinforcements.”
Cui Baiyu nodded: "So what's your next move?"
"Wait." Cheng Dalei spat out a word.
Cui Baiyu frowned, waiting to mean to do nothing. In this war that affected the entire empire, only Cheng Dalei was aloof, as if he was isolated from the world.
His words may not be unreasonable, but waiting blindly, but not taking the initiative to seize the powerful things with oneself, this is really a correct choice.
Of course, Cheng Dalei is not doing nothing. In addition to collecting intelligence, he is also expanding his troops and hoarding food and grass. Now Liangzhou's total army has reached 100,000, and it is considered to have some wealth.
In recent years, there have been no droughts and floods in Liangzhou, so the fields have been harvested well, and the grains in the granaries are piled up like mountains.
There have never been any natural disasters, natural disasters are mostly caused by man-made disasters, and without man-made disasters, there will be no natural disasters.
Therefore, the people of Liangzhou eat fat, and the children born here are stronger than those in other parts of the empire.
But the more this is the case, the more Cheng Dalei is reluctant to ruin this peace. Now that the prosperity of Jiangnan has been affected by the war, is it possible to destroy this painstakingly managed Liangzhou?
After finishing the trivial matters at hand, Cheng Dalei left the study.
Along the long corridor, Cheng Dalei came all the way to the backyard. At this time, Su Ying was sitting under the vines in the courtyard to embroider, while Fan Lihua was sitting on the other side.
Cheng Dalei currently has two wives, the relationship is not very good, but it is not too bad. Getting along is also respectful, and the well water does not violate the river water.
Sitting together like this today is quite a rare thing.
Cheng Dalei paced closer, coughed lightly, and the two suddenly raised their heads. Su Ying hurriedly stood up and said a thousand blessings, Fan Lihua stood up slowly, and bowed awkwardly like Cheng Dalei.
Cheng Dalei didn't pay attention to this. He waved his hand to let the two sit down. When a maid brought tea, Cheng Dalei took a sip and said, "What are you busy with?"
"Sister Su is going to embroider a handkerchief. I'll come and see what's new." Fan Lihua was someone who held a needle heavier than a gun, and after a while, she lost interest. Seeing Cheng Dalei coming over at this moment, he hurriedly asked, "We are the daughter's family. You are someone who does big things. Tell me, what's new recently."
"What can happen is nothing more than fighting each other. If you can say it, it won't be a good thing." Cheng Dalei waved his hand: "If you want to talk about something new, it means that Heshen went to Jiangnan to start a crusade against the East China Sea."
Although the two women were locked in the house, they did not know anything about the outside world. Su Ying thought for a while and said, "Can Li Xingzai hold it?"
"It is difficult to estimate, but it is not easy to say. The strength of the two sides is very different, but the victory or defeat on the battlefield is not determined by the strength of the bright side."
Fan Lihua said, "Li Xingzai always came out of Toad Village, how much should you help him?"
Cheng Dalei shook his head. It was true that Li Xingzai went out of Toad Village, but he was also the sixth prince of the empire, and now he is a prince of one side. From the day he walked out of Liangzhou, the relationship between the two sides has been broken.
What's more, this is a major matter of competing for the world, not to mention Heshen's confrontation with Li Xingzai, it is his own and Li Xingzai's arrest, I am afraid that both sides will not show mercy to each other.
The king's way is ruthless, that's the truth.
Second daughter, look at me, I look at you, no one can understand Cheng Dalei's thoughts.
At this time, a girl in red hurried over. Cheng Dalei heard the wind in the back of his head, and turned around almost subconsciously, the girl slammed into Cheng Dalei's arms.
Cheng Dalei subconsciously seemed to have thrown it away. After many years of blood on the knife's edge, he already had an extraordinary reaction ability. That is to say, he was stunned for a moment, and he could clearly see that there was a warm and fragrant nephrite body in his arms, and the energy that was thrown from his waist was also withdrawn.
The girl also knew that she was in trouble, so she took two steps back and bowed her knees, saying: "The boss forgives my sins, this slave was fascinated by the pollen, and I didn't see the boss for a while."
Cheng Dalei was stunned and said, "Who are you?"
It was Su Ying who responded faster, dragged the girl up from the ground, and said with a smile, "You rescued him with your own hands. You don't even recognize her, she is Yang Xiaomei."
Cheng Dalei was stunned, and sighed: "It's worthy of being ashamed."