Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 187 Shi Congyun Opens His Mouth
Time flies, and before you know it, it's early summer and April.

Shi Congyun paid money to build two other workshops outside the north wall of the city, together with thirty blacksmiths recruited from the surrounding area, he began to get busy.

However, he knew in his heart that three to five hundred catties of gunpowder could not decide anything. The purpose of this time was just an experiment, to see how effective the gunpowder could be and how it could be used in actual combat.

If you want to win the war, you still have to rely on many soldiers of the imperial army, and you still need to be fully prepared.

Wuping and Nanping should not be underestimated either. He was still nervous in his heart. Although the two places were not big, there were only twelve prefectures in total, which was about the same size as the fourteen prefectures in Jiangbei he conquered before.

Wuping and Nanping definitely couldn't have more than [-] troops like the Southern Tang Dynasty, many naval forces, sufficient supplies, and a steady stream of troops.

In the entire Southern Tang Dynasty, there were at least 20 troops, most of which were defeated by him in Huainan.

However, Nanping and Wuping are not like Huainan at the beginning. They are a complete and huge country. The two places add up to a conservative estimate of [-] to [-] troops.

But it should not be underestimated, 5 to [-] people are definitely a lot, not a cat or a dog that anyone can bully.

On the night of the third day of April, when Shi Congyun was about to wash Zhou Xian and go to bed, an eunuch came to the palace and invited him into the palace.

Shi Congyun didn't dare to delay, so he went directly to Wende Hall and found that Wang Pu was talking to the officials there. The eunuch next to him told him in a low voice that Wang Pu had been talking to the officials since the afternoon when he was begging for the holy face. up.

Seeing that the official was still talking to Wang Pu, Shi Congyun ignored him, so he chatted with Wei Renpu and Li Gu next to him for a while. Li Gu spoke concisely and quickly let Shi Congyun know what was going on. thing.

It turns out that because of the submissive attitude of Nanping and Wuping, the officials have not made up their minds to attack Nanping and Wuping.

Wang Pu was impatient, and ran to Li Gu several times, hoping that he would support and persuade the officials to make up their minds, because Nanping and Wuping had to be eliminated, and only with these two places could they use troops against the southern countries.

Li Gu didn't want to stand out at first, but couldn't stand Wang Pu's repeated pleadings. Wang Pu was impatient and liked to argue with others. There were not many friends in the whole court, Li Gu was one, and Shi Congyun was one.

In the end, Li Gu had no choice but to accompany him into the palace and persuade the officials. He happened to meet Wei Renpu who came to report to the Privy Council. Afterwards, the officials ordered someone to come to him because he was the general who was going to be in charge of attacking Nanping and Wuping. .

Shi Congyun was a little flattered. In the past, the fight against Shu and Huainan had already been decided by the high-level officials of the imperial court. These generals only had to obey orders and set out to win the war.

Now that there is a major event, the officials have called him to come to discuss it immediately, which shows that after four years of hard work, he has entered the top decision-making level of the Great Zhou.

"Officials, the lands of Nanping and Wuping must be taken. Without these places, the south cannot be pacified. This place is accessible in all directions. It is the crossroads of the world. Without Jingnan, the south cannot be pacified. If the south is not peaceful, I have worries about the future in Dazhou, so I can't let go to pacify the south. "Wang Pu is still talking over there.

Wang Pu's strategic thinking is actually very clear, which is to integrate the south first, strengthen the country, wait for the time to mature, and then launch an attack on the north and compete with the Liao Kingdom.

Guo Rong did not continue to implement this strategy in the end, which may have something to do with Wang Pu's early death and no one around to remind him not to forget the grand strategy.

Based on this strategic assumption, Nanping and Wuping must be won. The sum of these two places is probably Jingzhou in the Three Kingdoms period. Whether it is to attack Jiangnan in the east, recover Guangdong and Guangxi in the south, or attack Shu in the west, All troops can be dispatched from here.

Therefore, when the Three Kingdoms were at the same time, Wei, Shu and Wu all fought fiercely here. After the Battle of Chibi in Jingzhou, Cao Cao occupied one, Sun Quan occupied one, and Liu Bei occupied one. The three families faced each other here, and staged many power struggles. .

And Shu, which was the first to completely lose the territory of Jingzhou, was also the first to lose the capital to compete for the world, which shows the importance of this place.

That's why Wang Pu repeatedly emphasized.

However, Shi Congyun felt that Wang Pu's greatness belonged to his greatness, and his strategic vision belonged to his strategic vision. He was still too straightforward and didn't understand people's minds.

An old fritter like him has already seen it, why didn't the officials let go?Is it because the officials don't understand the importance of these two places?
Certainly not, the officials are not fools, and Wang Pu has already made it very clear.

It is difficult for the officials to make up their minds because of face problems. The two kings of Wuping and Nanping are too obedient. Almost holding the official's house and calling him father.

Moreover, both countries sent a large amount of tribute, wishing to empty their own family.

In this way, the officials have two dilemmas. One is the moral dilemma. After all, they are so filial, and it is not good to send troops to fight.

The second is the balance of interests. It may be a good thing if there are two local emperors who obey their orders, and they can collect a lot of protection fees every year. If they send troops to fight, it may not be smooth sailing.

So what the officials are hesitant about is these, not the issue of whether these two places are important or not.

After listening to Wang Pu talking for a while, the official frowned, raised his hand to signal him not to speak, and then looked at Shi Congyun. "Shi Aiqing is here, tell me your opinion. If you have the same opinion as Wang Pu, you don't need to open your mouth. I already understand."

Shi Congyun stepped forward, cupped his hands and said: "The official is a wise man, regarding these two places, I thought of historical events."

Everyone looked at him one after another, and the officials also looked over curiously, "Tell me about it."

"At the beginning when Qin destroyed the six kingdoms, the most powerful enemy was Zhao. He fought against Zhao for a long time. Later, the timing was about the same. The first emperor wanted to unify the six kingdoms. The one he wanted to destroy the most was Zhao, who had fought Qin the longest. country.

But there is still South Korea in front of Zhao Guo, and whether to destroy South Korea first has become a big problem.

It also became the key to the dispute between Li Si and Han Fei. "Shi Congyun thought of this allusion temporarily, and began to speak.

When he said this, he really attracted the attention of the officials. Telling the truth with stories is the basic skill of the people's teachers.

"Han Fei and Li Si are classmates, and Han Fei is originally the son of South Korea, so he said that Qin cannot destroy South Korea first, for three reasons.

First, South Korea has always been respectful to Qin State. When Qin State sends troops, South Korea will follow.

Second, Zhao State is the main opponent of Qin State. If King Qin wants to unify the world, he must distinguish between primary and secondary, and use South Korea to destroy Zhao instead of destroying South Korea to weaken his own strength.

Third, everyone in the world is watching. If South Korea is loyal to Qin but is destroyed by Qin first, people in the world will think that Qin is not faithful and will boycott Qin, which is not good for Qin. "

After Shi Congyun finished speaking, Li Gu, who had read a lot of poetry and books in the hall, already understood the continuation of the story, but he didn't say anything. Wei Renpu didn't come from the imperial examinations, and he didn't have that many books. He said, "Han Fei's words seem to make sense."

The official didn't speak, just looked at him and waited for the next article.

Shi Congyun continued, "Li Si only said one thing, South Korea is unreliable.

The reason why South Korea bowed its knees was because Qin was strong, so they only temporarily surrendered to Qin for self-protection.

But once there is a change in the state of Qin, they are likely to jump back and take advantage of the fire.

And facing the strongest enemy Zhao Guoshi is the biggest variable. Will South Korea still be on their side?To deal with a strong enemy, you must clear away the worries around you and put yourself in a situation where you have no worries before you can go all out.

The first emperor agreed with Li Si's opinion, killed Han Fei, and decided to fight steadily. First, he destroyed South Korea, which was weak and weak next to Qin, to relieve his worries, and then had a showdown with Zhao. "

When Shi Congyun said this, everyone felt something.

Wei Renpu came back to his senses, "General Shi said that Nanping and Wuping are South Korea."

"That's right!" Shi Congyun agreed affirmatively, then turned his head and cupped his hands, and said seriously to the officials: "Officials, Nanping and Wuping are unreliable, just as Li Si said that South Korea is unreliable.

If the officials want to sweep Liuhe and level the world like the first emperor did, they should first make up their minds to relieve the worries of such vacillations, and then they can gradually plan for it in the future. "

After he finished speaking, Wang Pu was so excited that he hesitated to speak several times, but he looked at the officials who were silent, and dared not speak again, but it could be seen that he very much agreed with Shi Congyun's opinion.

The official paced slowly, stepping on the white jade bricks, the sound of footsteps was very clear and loud in the quiet hall, after a while, the official looked at him, "Your words made me suddenly realize that the land of Nanping and Wuping is indeed impossible. If they don't take it, they are respectful to me, but they don't care so much at this time."

"The officials are wise!" Li Gu, Wang Pu, and Wei Renpu bowed to each other, and Shi Congyun followed suit.

But he was in a trance and a little excited. The officials were determined to take Jingnan, which showed that he had changed a major historical trajectory. In history, Guo Rong did not go to fight Jingzhou, because the two local emperors, Nanping and Wuping, were so filial. I'm ready to go to a decisive battle with Khitan.

As a result, now that he said so, the officials want to solve the Jingzhou problem first!

Shi Congyun suddenly had a huge sense of accomplishment, grass!Laozi opened his mouth and changed history again!

(End of this chapter)