Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 453 Cao Bin: Fearing Jiangnan Like a Tiger
Xichang City.

The changes at the front quickly reached Gao Fang's ears.

Gao Fang looked at the message in his hand in disbelief, his throat moved up and down, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Counselor Dong Yun was also a little absent-minded.

After a long while, Gao Fang was full of reluctance, and said through gnash teeth, "The three of us have arranged everything carefully, so it's broken for the thieves like this?"

The three people in his mouth refer to him, Duan Siping, and Dong Jialuo, Dong Yun's father.

The three people who contributed the most to the founding of the Dali Kingdom were Emperor Duan Siping, Commander Gao Fang and Military Adviser Dong Jialuo.

Since the three of them raised the banner of righteousness to fight against Yang Qianzhen, they didn't pay attention to the rebels and rebels near Dali.

What they are wary of is the Central Plains, the land of Shu.

Therefore, after the founding of Dali Kingdom, they did everything possible to carry out restructuring in Jianchang Mansion.

It is also the relocation of the people, and the arrangement of the mountain people to enter the mountain to garrison, and the Dali court will provide supplies.

The well-arranged line of defense didn't last more than a month, and it seemed to be shattered, advancing step by step for the opponent, with little effect.

"Is the gap really that big?"

After repeated defeats, Gao Fang's mentality was a little out of balance, and there was a little frustration in his tone.

He was a little scared.

The current Gao family is indeed the only one in Dali, but it has not reached the point where it will be the only one in the future.

The Gao family in history has developed through several generations.

In Dali, he is the uncrowned king, and dethroning the Duan family emperor is like a game.

If you are in a good mood, it will be useless, and you will feel refreshed when you are the emperor.

Feeling boring, he gave up the emperor to the Duan family, anyway, it was just for fun.

The Duan family has no temper at all.

But now the Dali Kingdom has only been established for 20 years, and it has only been more than ten years since the death of the founding emperor Duan Siping.

At the beginning, the Duan family intended to check and balance the Gao family who controlled the military power with the Dong family who controlled the prime minister.

It wasn't until Duan Sicong ascended the throne eight years ago that the Gao family replaced the Dong family and became the only powerful officials in Dali.

The current Gao family has really controlled Dali for only eight or nine years.

The Duan family in Dali has not yet completely laid down, and the Yang family, the most powerful of the 37 barbarian tribes in the country, also has a lot of influence in the Shanchan Mansion.

Gao Fang was confident that he would be able to overwhelm them, but if he really fell into the sand in Jianchang Mansion, his strength would be greatly damaged, and the situation would be unknown.

He has already realized the invasion of the Central Plains, and the Gao family has fallen into a life and death situation.

"You go out first!"

Involving the entire Gao family, Gao Fang was also a little confused, so he asked Dong Yun to go down, and he was alone to think about it.

Dong Yun made a bow and left.

This Central Plains is too strong, and the strong have no chance of winning.

Dong Yun was full of anxiety until he saw a man named Chen Yanshou from the Southern Han Dynasty.

Chen Yanshou came to Xichang to see Gao Fang.

Gao Fang was thinking about the future of the Gao family, and Dong Yun received him on his behalf.

Chen Yanshou's voice was extremely ear-piercing: "Mr. Dong, the puppet emperor of the Central Plains is insatiably greedy. He covets Jiangnan, Jingnan, even our Lingnan, Bashu, and your country Dali, but he really treats me like nothing. If he is so greedy, he will surely suffer disaster. "

Dong Yun listened to Chen Yanshou's swearing words, although he didn't want to increase the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige, he couldn't help but said: "That being said, the Central Plains is far stronger than we imagined. I'm not afraid of your envoy's jokes, I The army fought several battles with it, and they all ended in defeat. As far as I know, your country is also the same."

His words have been very tactful.

Dali did not get any benefits, and the same is true for Lingnan.

Considering national strength, Luo Youdu did not send troops on the third front.

Just let Cao Bin attack the Southern Tang Dynasty, and attack Bashu all the way by himself, and teach Dali a lesson by the way, and re-plan the border between the two countries.

As for the Southern Han Dynasty, Luo Youdu sent Pan Mei to be stationed in Hengyang to prevent the Southern Han Dynasty from going north.

Liu Wei attached great importance to forming an alliance with the Southern Tang Dynasty, and sent troops northward many times.

But Pan Mei lived firmly in Hengyang, took advantage of the complex terrain of Huguang, and relied on the few soldiers in his hands to kill the soldiers and horses of the Southern Han Dynasty.

Pan Mei didn't bother to defend the city, and the weak troops fought extremely unrestrainedly in his hands.

Pan Mei, who was on the defensive, made the offensive Nanhan even unclear about the color of the Hengyang city wall bricks.

Dali Kingdom is far away from Jiangnan, so they don't know much about the situation in Jiangnan.

But the Mining Mansion in the southeast of them is next to Jiaozhi and Lingnan.

There is still some understanding of the war between Lingnan Han and the Central Plains in Jingnan.

Chen Yanshou blushed slightly. It was undeniable that during their battle with Pan Mei, they were like experience packs. They fed Pan Mei's level of experience and gradually increased.

With a dry laugh, Chen Yanshou covered up his embarrassment, and said: "Pan Mei, a famous general of a generation, is indeed difficult to deal with. Our army's main purpose is not to enter Jinghu, but to restrain Jiangnan. Don't look at our army's defeat in Hengyang." However, Jiangnan has won successive battles and victories, and the Central Plains navy dare not take the lead."

With great joy in Dong Yun's eyes, he said eagerly: "Is that really the case?"

The Central Plains is so powerful that it has become the target of public criticism.

Any failure along the way will cause a chain reaction.

All bets are off.

If Jiangnan really gains an advantage, then they can counterattack the Huainan area and thus point directly at Bianjing.

At that time, they might be able to take a share of Dali and take Bashu together.

Chen Yanshou smiled and said: "Of course, in the current situation, only you and I can help each other to defeat the ambition of the false emperor. I absolutely dare not lie about the military situation. Cao Bin is quite famous. He led the army to the south, and it seems that the momentum is huge. , but in fact it was just an embroidered pillow. After arriving at the Yangtze River, he was stationed on the bank of the river on the grounds that the water and soil were not acclimatized. This rest and recuperation lasted for two months."

"The prince of Jiangnan saw Cao Bin's timidity, and sent the Jiangnan navy to the north to provoke."

"The navy of the Central Plains has fought with it more than ten times, with more defeats than victory. This is better than the navy. After all, Jiangnan will rule the roost."

"The navy in the Central Plains suffered repeated setbacks, causing the morale of Cao Bin's troops to plummet. The generals in the army even laughed at Cao Bin, who feared that the south of the Yangtze River was like a tiger, and dared not go south."

Dong Yun said loudly: "That's true, the Central Plains is in danger."

Dong Yun couldn't judge whether it was true or not, but he knew in his heart that this was the only way to severely damage the Central Plains.

Facts have proved that with Dali's strength alone, even if he defends with all his strength, he can only nibble away at the opponent step by step.

Only a change in the Central Plains can force them to withdraw their troops.

Dong Yun asked Chen Yanshou to wait for him for a while, and asked to see Gao Fang himself.

Gao Fang looked tired, obviously worried about the current situation.

Dong Yun detailed the news brought by Chen Yanshou.

A gleam of hope flashed in Gao Fang's eyes, and he couldn't wait to say: "Sir, do you think this matter is true or not?"

Dong Yun said: "It should be true, not groundless rumors. But whether it is true or not, it doesn't matter. We can spread the Jiangnan military information to Chengdu, and it would be best to force Luo Youdu to retreat. Even if we can't, it can delay time and increase their logistical pressure. Even if the news is there False, it has no effect on us."

"If there is a real problem with the Jianghuai battle in the Central Plains, our army can still reproduce the prestige of Nanzhao's invasion of Shu in the early years."

Gao Fang's boredom dissipated a lot, and he ordered: "According to the master's plan, send people to Sichuan to spread the news of Jianghuai. In addition, try to find out the details of Jianghuai..."

"Go and invite Mr. Chen, and the Marquis will personally meet him."

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