Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 789
"Wang Junkuo told me that Qing and the nobles in Guanzhong had official contacts with each other, intending to plot rebellion."

In the Hall of Ganlu.

Luo Cheng sat down and played chess with Li Jing, Minister of the Ministry of War. The emperor's words made Li Jing's hands tremble uncontrollably.

"I dare not."

Luo Cheng smiled and said, "I also believe that it is impossible for you to rebel. Although you once wanted to go to Jiangdu Yuqian to expose my rebellion, but after that misunderstanding, your performance has always been good. But now, at this time, you have no reason to rebel , right? So, I accepted Wang Junkuo and Fan Yang as Jiedu Envoy, and made him the Minister of the Ministry of War, just to beat him up."

Facing the smiling young emperor, Li Jing felt his back sweating.

"Pharmacist, how much do you know about Lingnan?" Luo Cheng knocked on Li Jing, then brought up Lingnan.Li Jing is a loyal and honest person, although sometimes he is a bit rigid, but his character is relatively reliable, Luo Cheng also knows that he will not rebel, but sometimes it is necessary to beat his courtiers properly for the king.

Li Jing bowed his head and took a long breath.

"Lingnan is now divided by all parties, and it is in chaos. As early as the Southern Dynasty, the land of Lingnan was actually dominated by the powerful Han people and the chieftains of Liyue. It has its own soldiers and horses, and even no matter which dynasty it is, these people must be appointed as local governors."

The most powerful ones are naturally Feng Ning and the Chen family.

Among them, the Feng family has married with the local handsome Xian family for generations, forming a strong alliance.

Mrs. Xian in the Southern Chen Dynasty was a daughter of the Xian family. She married the Feng family and became a representative of the local tycoons in Lingnan at that time.Southern Chen Chen Ba first established the Chen Dynasty, and Mrs. Xian supported it.When the Sui Dynasty destroyed Chen, Mrs. Xian expressed her support, so Lingnan did not experience any major wars.

Feng An, who is currently ruling the roost in the Lingnan separatist regime, is the grandson of Mrs. Xian Tai.

Because Lingnan is located in the south of the Five Ridges, it is called Lingnan, and because the Five Ridges are continuous, blocking the Central Plains, the land of Lingnan has always been a barren land.

After the Sui Dynasty entered Lingnan, the center of operation was Guizhou in Guilin, Guangxi, and Xunzhou and Guangzhou in Huizhou, Guangdong, as the main governing bodies. Several states were managed under them, and the generals were appointed by the imperial court. Most of the governors of the state are appointed local powerful and handsome.

But later, Yang Guang abolished the general manager's mansion and set up more than 20 counties in Lingnan, but there was no higher organizational command above the county level, which made the situation in Lingnan even more chaotic.

Although Lingnan Road and Annan Road were established thereafter, the Central Plains was in chaos at this time, and the imperial court was unable to actually manage and control Lingnan.

Xian Baoche, the general guard of Gaoliang County, made a rebellion, and many Lingnan stream caves responded. This Feng Baoche is the leader of the Xian family.

After that, Feng An, who had served as a general beside the emperor of the Central Plains, returned to Lingnan and occupied Gao and Luo prefectures.

Deng Wenjin is based in Guangzhou, Yang Shilue is based in Xun and Chao, and Ning Changzhen is based in Yulin.

Li Xizhi sticks to Shi'an.

Xun and Chao prefectures are in the east of Lingnan, and they have always been regarded as a relatively independent area. Fan Zigai once guarded here for a long time, and later entered the dynasty. After the chaos in the Central Plains, Yang Shilue took the opportunity to occupy it.

Because of the small territory and weak power, Yang Shilue has now surrendered to Lin Shihong who occupies Jiangxi.

Gao Facheng is based in Xinzhou, and Deng Wenjin is based in Guangzhou.

In later generations, the Beibu Gulf area in Guangxi was occupied by the Ning family. The Ning family was originally the commander of Quzhou in the Guizhou and Chongqing areas. Later, at the end of Chen Mo, he was the prefect of Ningyue (later Qinzhou), and the Ning family was therefore the governor of Ningyue.

At this time, under the leadership of Ning Changzhen, the Ning family occupied most of Ningyue and Hepu County, but turned to Liang Dynasty and Xiao Xian.

He once wanted to expand to Annan Jiaozhi, but was defeated by Luo Yi and his subordinate Qiuhe, so he turned to expand to Yulin County in the north and laid down many cities.

In addition, there is a strong separatist force in Lingnan. It is Li Guangdu, the former governor of Yongping County. Li Guangdu, like Ning Feng, is a powerful chieftain in Lingnan. The farther north, the stronger.

"Bring a map." Luo Cheng said.

Then a servant immediately fetched a map, "Look for someone from Lingnan."

A huge map was placed in front of Luo Cheng, Li Jing and his ministers.

"Your Majesty, there are more than [-] counties in Lingnan, from east to west, and now the separatist forces are divided into Yang Shilue from Zun and Chaoer Prefectures, Deng Wenjin from Guangzhou, and Gao Facheng from Xinzhou."

"Then there are Xian Baoche and Feng An from Gaoliang."

"Next is Li Guangdu from Yongping, Ning Changzhen from Hepu, and Li Xizhi from Guilin."

"Further to the south, King Yan is guarding Annan."

Among the nine major forces, Luo Yi is the king of Yan in the Great Qin Dynasty and the governor of Annan Road.

And Li Xizhi had also submitted Feng Zhengshuo to Luo Cheng, so he was awarded the prefect and governor of Shi'an County by Luo Cheng.

Apart from these two, among the other seven major powers, only Feng An is now surrendered to Daqin, and Luo Cheng was awarded Gaoliang prefect and governor.

Most of Budi Gaoliang is still in the hands of Xian Baoche, a relative of Feng An's uncle's family.

Yang Shilue has belonged to Jiangxi Lin Shihong, and Ning Changzhen has belonged to Jianghan Xiao Xian.

The remaining four, Xian Baoche, Deng Wenjin, Gao Facheng, and Li Guangdu, still refused to accept any of them.

As for the Fujian area further east, it is now under the control of Shen Faxing, which is not within Lingnan.

"If the imperial court wants to take Lingnan, what do you think is a good way?" Luo Cheng asked.

Li Jing looked at the map. Now the power of the Great Qin is limited to the north bank of the Yangtze River, and it is still too far away from the south of the Five Ridges.

You must know that there are generally only three routes from the Central Plains to Lingnan at this time. The most mature route is from Hunan to Guilin, followed by from Jiangxi to Guangzhou, and the last route is from the sea to Guangzhou.

However, sea routes are not mature and stable, and the military generally still mainly uses land routes.

But now Jiangxi is in the hands of Lin Shihong, and Hunan is in the hands of Xiao Xian.

"Your Majesty, if we march from the sea, although our army has a lot of sea experience, we don't have any experience on the Guangzhou route. Especially if we go south in a big way, we will have to transport too many troops, horses, money and food, which is not easy. The most terrible thing is Thousands of miles away, logistical supplies are not guaranteed, this is too risky."

Luo Cheng nodded, "But it's not easy if we want to fight overland. There are still Xiao Xian and Lin Shihong blocking the way."

It can be said that Lin Shihong and Xiao Mian are in a more favorable situation. They are also vying to enter Lingnan first, but they also encountered troubles. The trouble Xiao Mian encountered was Li Xizhi.

Li Xizhi occupied Shi'an County, controlled Guilin, and attached himself to Luo Cheng, blocking Xiao Xian's army from going south to Lingnan.

Although Lin Shihong was joined by Yang Shilue, he was also blocked by Deng Wenjin and Gao Facheng like Yang Shilue, and was also blocked.

And the three forces of the Lingnan Qin Dynasty, Luo Yi, Li Xizhi and Feng An, were separated again.

"If I give you the title of Lingnan Jiedu Envoy, and let you take a fleet to sail from Jiangdu Port to Lingnan, would you like to go?"

Li Jing looked at the map.

"If this is the case, Nachen led the fleet to choose to land in the southwest of Gaoliang County first, which is Feng An's territory. First, he will join him to defeat Xian Baoche in the east, capture Gaoliang County, and then use this as the base camp to fight against Gaofa Chenghe in the east. Deng Wenjin, took Guangzhou, then went up against the gloomy waters, and joined Li Xizhi in Guilin to attack Li Guangdu from north to south, then blocked the Wuling Passage, and then turned around and united with King Yan to focus on destroying Yang Shilue and Ning Changzhen. Keping also."

Luo Cheng was very satisfied with Li Jing's words, "Very well, then I will appoint you as the Jiedu envoy of Lingnan Road, and give you all 6000 Jiangdu navy troops, and another [-] elite soldiers and cavalry. A little Lingnan."

(End of this chapter)