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"Bacheng!" Dou Wei pointed in the direction of Yizhou, "Bacheng is adjacent to our Yizhou and is among the mountains. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If your Majesty moves the capital here, the three kingdoms of Wu, Nanliang and Nanping will be connected. Be in one piece and be able to take care of it in time."

"Ba Cheng?" Liang Kai suddenly coughed several times.

Since joining the Eastern Earth Alliance and Wu Guo privately reaching a contract with King Yan, Wu Guo has had a relaxing time.

But during these relaxing days, the Wu army was not idle.

After seizing Xiangzhou, which Nanliang once occupied, he continued his western expedition and reached Bazhou, adjacent to Yizhou.

This Bazhou is the smallest state among the 21 states of Dasong. It has only one county, named Bajun.

Bazhou is surrounded by four mountain ranges stretching from north to south, extending for five to six hundred miles. Bacheng is located in the middle of the southern end of the four mountain ranges.

The mountains are the natural city wall of Bacheng.

But Bacheng is not blocked because of this, because Jiujiang passes through the Four Mountains, passes through Bacheng and continues to flow eastward, and can go downstream through Jiujiang.

Therefore, although Bacheng could not be said to be wealthy in Dasong, it could still be ranked among the medium-sized cities.

Another very important point is that there are steep mountains on both sides of the Jiujiang River from Bazhou to Xiangzhou, and the waterways are also very narrow, with the narrowest point being only four to five hundred meters.

As long as you choose a section, set up forts on both sides of the bank, and shoot from a high position, King Yan's fleet will also sink into the sand.

It would be even more perfect if the shipwreck here is combined with the forts on both sides of the river.

Bazhou is so easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is also a state controlled by the royal family.

Naturally, Nanliang would not let go of such a treasured land.

Therefore, after the Jinling Incident, Nanliang has been attacking Bazhou.

But so far, Nanliang has not captured Bazhou.

Wu State's western expedition naturally wanted to attack Bazhou, but it was also unable to capture it.

On the contrary, after the Xie family professed their submission to the State of Wu, they obtained Bazhou effortlessly with the help of an imperial edict from the eldest prince.

Just because the governor of Bazhou was led by Xie Duan.

This is equivalent to Wu Guo getting this advantage in vain.

"Yes, it's Ba City." Dou Wei emphasized again, "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about his own safety when he gets here. Even if I, Nanliang, have evil intentions, I'm afraid I won't be able to attack Ba City."

Liang Kai's eyes gradually lit up.

He had also considered Bazhou, but compared to Changcheng, Bazhou was remote and not as prosperous as Changcheng.

Furthermore, at that time, he believed that under the command of Luther, the 600,000 troops around Jinling could resist King Yan for at least a year and a half.

But he didn't expect that Jinling would be captured in just a few days, which made him disappointed and worried.

Now that Changcheng is no longer safe, the safer Bacheng has naturally become the object of his consideration.

"Brother Dou's idea really coincides with mine." Liang Kai laughed loudly, "As long as we store enough food and grass in Ba City, even if King Yan has the ability to reach heaven, he will not be able to capture Ba City."

Dou Wei took the opportunity and said: "The problem of grain and grass is mine, Nanliang, so naturally it is not a problem. Yizhou has been a land of abundance since ancient times. It has fertile fields for thousands of miles and produces tens of millions of grains. We, Nanliang, are willing to sell grain to Wu at low prices."

On the way here, Brooke revealed to him that Britain was developing the same muskets as the King of Yan's army.

In order to resist King Yan, they, Britain, were willing to sell these muskets and Britain's field artillery to the powerful tribes.

But since it is for sale, it is natural to spend money to buy it.

According to Brooke, such a musket costs about eighty taels of silver.

One hundred thousand muskets would cost eight million taels, not including field artillery and ancillary ammunition.

Although during the Jinling Rebellion, the Dou family plundered a huge amount of wealth worth 70 to 80 million taels in Jinling.

But the loss of Jingzhou also greatly damaged their vitality, so the money must be saved for this purpose.

Therefore, the current cooperation is cooperation, and the combination of the three companies will not delay business.

They cannot give away the food and grass Wu needs for free.

After all, as the Britons said, they were just three allies temporarily under the banner of Britain and the Rus.

The British and Russians were the main allies.

The wealth of Wu State is immeasurable, and they exchange grain and grass for silver, a fair transaction.

"That's what I meant." Liang Kai was delighted.

At present, the most abundant thing in his country of Wu is gold and silver, but if this silver cannot buy anything, it will be dead.

If they can buy the needed supplies from Nanliang, everyone will be happy.

Then, Dou Wei and Brooke looked at each other, and Dou Wei talked about Britain's imitation of King Yan's musket.

Liang Kai was even more ecstatic and promised to buy such muskets.

At present, their muskets are too inferior to the muskets of King Yan's army.

With the new muskets, coupled with British artillery, Bach would become even more impregnable.

"From now on, we will transport muskets and artillery to the Nanping Kingdom through Jiaozhi controlled by the Franks, and then transport them to your Nanliang and Wu Kingdoms through the Nanping Kingdom. King Yan has cut off our sea channel, but cannot cut off this land channel." Brooke said heavily. He punched the table with a confident expression.

The sale of muskets and artillery was also requested by Governor Bolt.

Now that King Yan has such muskets, there is no need for Britain to hide them.

It should be exported to King Yan's enemies to cause trouble for King Yan's unification process.

Of course, there is another very important point.

The muskets and artillery they sold to powerful people were all very expensive.

Normally, it only costs twenty taels to imitate the same muskets from King Yan's army, but they sold them at a high price of eighty taels.

In this way, while selling guns and artillery, they indirectly plundered the wealth of the Dasong clan.

Even if the general Dasongshi failed to resist King Yan, they in Britain would still make a lot of money.

In short, Britain will not suffer any loss from this civil strife, and can still make a lot of money.

Temuta smiled and said nothing.

He knew exactly what the British were doing inside.

When they were in Tubosa City, Brooke explained the matter thoroughly to them and the Russians.

In addition to agreeing to the sphere of influence of the Ross people, Brooke also shared the secret of King Yan's musket with the Ross people to show his sincerity.

This made Ivan put down his last guard and decided to act with Britain.

In order to show his sincerity, Ivan allowed Beidi to open the trade channel with Tianzhu and obtain muskets and artillery from Britain.

On the one hand, after the Rus' State imitated the muskets of King Yan's army, Beidi could also obtain such muskets and artillery from the Rus' State in the north.

But unlike the Dasong clan, they only need thirty taels of silver to purchase imitation muskets.

Taking advantage of this, he looked at Dou Wei and Liang Kai as if they were fools.

But he couldn't show it too obviously.

At present, all forces need the powerful clan to hold back King Yan and buy themselves more time to react.

Their vitality was severely damaged after the Battle of Beidi and Ningjin.

Although during this period, they recruited many Beidi men over the age of thirteen to join various royal accounts, and their military strength was restored.

But they no longer dare to despise King Yan.