Chapter 470: Taking Advantage of the Situation
In a hidden corner somewhere, an ordinary-looking man asked in confusion, "Boss, what's wrong?" It almost exploded just now, how did it take such a turn?
Wang Dong: "It's not time yet." Of course, the fire is not big enough or strong enough.
He was only allowed to light the fire slightly, but not to detonate it, so they had to take it easy.
"All right."
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Lu Songli knew that the four ministers of state had joined forces to stop the imperial edict that Song Mo had deposed her father, but so what? It was too easy to provoke Song Mo.
At this moment, she was standing in front of the window with her hands behind her back, listening to her subordinates reporting on the current public opinion.
The people's hearts can be used.
Lu Songli slowly let out a breath, finally reaching this point.
They have always had the advantages of geographical location and people, all they lack is the right timing.
The choice of timing is extremely critical.
We must have a legitimate reason to be a teacher! We must be a teacher of justice!
After realizing that Xie Zhan was adding fuel to the fire, Lu Songli decided to take advantage of the situation.
She has secured the moral high ground.
Although Pingzhou is still facing many difficulties, she has carefully considered them and believes that they can all be overcome and defeated one by one.
And this is indeed the best time to secede and establish independence.
People always sympathize with the weak.
The Xianbei were very determined to move south, and it was an inevitable trend.
The threat from foreign races has become a major concern for Dali. For a time, Dali was unable to do anything to them.
Rather than waiting until the Dali Dynasty is discovered to be old and declining, it is better to rebel now.
At this time, they could take advantage of public opinion and rise up. They could show that it was Dali that was capable but did not protect its people, and that they had no choice but to rebel, rather than that its people despised it because it was old and weak and had entered a period of decline and abandoned it.
They were all traitors, but they had done nothing wrong to Dali. It was only the Song royal family that let them down.
Lu Songli looked into the distance, suppressed the excitement in her heart, and waited a little longer until the fire burned a little more vigorously.
Youbeiping County, Songzhou
When Tuoba Jin led his army back, he happened to see his fifth brother Tuoba Meng coming out to greet him.
Tuoba Jin was quite surprised, "Old Five, why are you here?"
"Big Brother, Second Brother, and Seventh Brother, you have been leading your troops for a long time but have been unable to capture the established territory. Father Khan sent me to check on the situation on your side. I didn't expect that when I arrived, Second Brother had already led his troops to capture Songzhou and now has Youbeiping County under his control."
Tuoba Jin raised his eyebrows, "Big Brother and Xiao Qi haven't taken it yet?"
"No, we're still at a stalemate. By the way, second brother, didn't you go and intercept the tax grain from Pingzhou? What was the result?" Tuoba Meng said, slapping his forehead. "What a foolish question I'm asking. With your ability, it should be easy to capture them."
Hearing this, Tuoba Jin's face quickly darkened, "Don't mention it anymore."
"Brother, what's wrong? Isn't it going well?"
"We were a step too late. The Dali people burned all the tax grain."
Tuoba Meng gasped, "All-all burned?" This is too...
"The bandits took away a little bit of it. We only managed to get less than 20,000 kilograms of food."
Tuoba Meng heard this and said, "Less than 20,000 catties?" Compared to the more than one million dan of grain, it was indeed too little.
"How is the situation on Father Khan's side?" asked Tuoba Jin.
"Everything is fine. The leaders of the Xiongnu, Jie, and Di tribes have already led their armies to Yanmen to join forces." Tuoba Meng finished speaking, and then said, "By the way, second brother, before I left, my father Khan told me that if you are done here, you should go and support your eldest and seventh brothers."
"Is Pingzhou so difficult to capture?"
"Yes, it's very difficult."
Tuoba Jin realized that Songzhou was more difficult to attack this time than before because when Songzhou saw that Longcheng next door was strengthening its city, it also followed suit.
"It seems that these two cities in Pingzhou are indeed very troublesome."
Tuoba Meng smiled and said, "Second brother, it's not like you don't have weaknesses."
"What do you mean?" Tuoba Jin looked at his fifth brother.
Tuoba Meng explained, "Youbeiping County is now completely under your control, and the border between Youbeiping County and Liaoxi County is so long that there must be weak spots."
Tuoba Jin touched his chin and said, "What you said makes sense."
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At this time, Lu Songli and others also received the news.
After the Xianbei captured Yanmen, they stationed their troops there. Other nomadic tribes such as the Xiongnu, Jie, and Di had already assembled and were about to converge at Yanmen.
Lu Songli ordered, "Come here, pass this news to the generals at the front."
At this moment, she looked solemn.
Although she had guessed before, this Xianbei war would be unprecedentedly large-scale.
But even after the news was confirmed, she still felt heavy-hearted.
The influx of foreign tribes to the south was a disaster for Dali.
During the Wei and Jin dynasties, there was also an unprecedented catastrophe. After the Five Barbarians invaded China, the Han people were slaughtered to the point that only eight million remained.
Anyone who has studied history knows that the common people in this dynasty had a very difficult life. To be born in this dynasty was basically the same as committing suicide.
Those who are not of our race must have different hearts. Not only the Han people think so, but foreigners also think so. Therefore, whenever they arrive in a place, they will slaughter the people at will to deplete the vitality of the Dali people.
This is the limitation of the times.
Lu Songli can understand, but will never forgive these invaders and murderers!
Southland
"Master, there is a letter from Chang'an." Xie Bai took two pieces of paper from the feet of the two carrier pigeons.
Xie Zhan took it and raised his eyebrows slightly when he looked at the first one. Tax grain robbed? This was exactly the trick he had tried to use before, but it hadn't worked. Unfortunately, Chang'an, Nandi, and Pingzhou formed a triangle. He couldn't blame Pingzhou, and Pingzhou couldn't blame him either.
Thinking about it this way, the fact that they are far away from each other, one in the south and the other in the north, is not a bad thing. At least they cannot easily blame each other.
"Master, were all the taxes and grain in Pingzhou robbed by the Xianbei army?" Xie Nan asked.
"Not necessarily." Xie Zhan knew very well that the Xianbei army would definitely take the blame.
Jiang Boya, who was standing by, saw this and looked thoughtful.
After Xie Zhan read the information on the second note, Zuo Anmin told him that before he had time to spread the rumor about Longcheng Salt Lake, the rumor had already spread in the palace.
Xie Zhan's expression changed slightly, and his face looked surprised and confused.
Noticing something was wrong, Jiang Boya asked, "Master Xie, what's wrong?"
Xie Zhan didn't say anything, but handed him the letter in his hand.
After Jiang Boya finished reading, the two looked at each other, and the same shock could be seen in each other's eyes. Pingzhou actually chose to play along with them, weren't they afraid?
Afterwards, Tuoba Khan ordered the third Xianbei army led by Tuoba Jinhe Ximing to attack Pingzhou.
For a time, Pingzhou single-handedly resisted the three major Xianbei armies, attracting the attention of people all over the world.
To this day, the Xianbei and Wuhuan invaded four places of Dali - Jinyang in the north, Yanmen in Bingzhou, Youbeiping in Youzhou, and Liaoxi and Liaodong counties in Pingzhou. This was the first phase of the Xianbei's attack. The first three places were conquered by the other side, and now only Pingzhou is still holding on and has not been conquered.
Everyone's eyes are on Pingzhou, wanting to see how long it can last.
The Jintai Army led by Qin Sheng also entered the hunting period at this time.
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