Chapter 536 Small Goal
Qin Heng led a large army into the royal city of Buyeo and took full control of the city's security.
Afterwards, under Lu Songli's arrangement, Liu Heshan took a group of grassroots officials to the Fuyu tribe, and his cousin Jiang Changyun was also stuffed into this team.
Liu Heshan was originally the magistrate of Wuliu County in Liaodong County. Later, because he made the right choice and clung to the Lu family, after Lu Desheng was promoted to the governor of Pingzhou, he was also promoted to the governor of Liaoxi County.
Because he had served as a county magistrate and had experience in local governance, the governor talked to him this time, hoping that he could lead the team to govern the newly conquered Buyeo County.
That’s right, once the Fuke tribe was conquered, the governor renamed it Fuyu County.
Liu Heshan only thought about it for a moment and then solemnly accepted the heavy responsibility of being appointed by the governor.
At this time, Qin Heng and Guo Chong were standing on the city wall of Fuyu Royal City, looking far to the west.
"What a pity that the Xianbei didn't send troops back to support us."
Guo Chong coughed lightly, "The Sun family army will suffer now."
Afterwards, under the command of Qin Heng, the Pingzhou army, with the Fuyu royal city as its center, continued to expand in the east, west and north directions, east to Sushen, west to Eastern Xianbei, and north to Ruoshui (Heihe). Finally, each checkpoint was hoisted with a flag unique to Pingzhou.
Pingzhou, Governor's Office
Victory news came in frequently. As the Pingzhou army completed all its set goals, Lu Songli took a charcoal pencil and drew a stroke on the map.
Since then, they have added another piece of territory to their Pingzhou territory.
Lu Songli's eyes were still on the map.
The Fuyu tribe is the northwest part of Jilin Province in later generations. To the east is the homeland of the Sushen tribe, which is also the eastern part of Jilin Province. Further north is the Heilongjiang area in later generations.
Well, these are the places that need to be taken.
Their first goal of expanding into Pingzhou was to take over all the black soil.
Yanmen
General Sun stood on the city wall, frowning and thinking carefully.
At this time every day, the Xianbei barbarians would charge at the city gates. Now that the time had come, there was no movement from the other side. It seemed that something had indeed happened to the Xianbei, but no one knew what it was.
At this time, a spy came to report, "General, we have received news that the Fuyu tribe east of the Xianbei were ambushed by Pingzhou and wiped out."
Sun Ming and the others were surprised. For the Sun family army, Pingzhou's surprise attack on the Fuyu tribe was tantamount to besieging Wei to save Zhao, which helped them escape the siege.
Sun Congyi: "Pingzhou has done a great job. We can finally take a breath."
Thanks Pingzhou.
Other generals also said, "If the Xianbei come back to support us, it will probably be exactly what Pingzhou wants."
But General Sun poured cold water on them at this moment, "Don't relax too soon. If the Xianbei weren't stupid, they wouldn't let Pingzhou lead them by the nose. Besides, the Xianbei might even increase their siege efforts."
Sun Congyi: ...
Damn Xianbei barbarians!
"Prepare for battle, don't let your guard down."
At General Sun's command, the other generals all got to work.
Only Sun Congyi hesitated until the end, saying to his father, "What a pity, the Qin and Lu families rebelled against Dali. Otherwise, if our Sun and Qin armies joined forces, the Xianbei would be doomed."
Sun Ming didn't say anything.
Sure enough, an hour later, the Xianbei army launched an attack. This time, the attack was more ferocious than any previous one, and they didn't care about life or death.
Sun Congyi killed the Xianbei barbarians who rushed up the city wall while cursing the Xianbei royal court.
No, it was the Pingzhou army that stole their back garden. Are they, the Xianbei, crazy for trying to make trouble for the Dali court?
Chang'an
The news of the Pingzhou army's attack on the Fuyu tribe was brought back to the court, where Song Mo was presiding over the morning court session.
All the officials in the court were speechless for a moment.
The ministers looked at each other, then stole a glance at the emperor on the dragon throne. No one dared to speak at this time.
While other parts of Dali were deeply harmed by the Xianbei, Pingzhou had already expanded its territory.
This is really a blatant slap in the face of the Dali court.
The ministers were all muttering in their hearts.
How come Pingzhou is so capable?
If you don't make a sound, you'll be nothing. But when you do, you'll make a big splash. Pingzhou is incredible.
One minister said stubbornly, "Pingzhou's boats are small and easy to turn around, but our Dali family is big and powerful, so it's different."
As soon as these words were spoken, other ministers immediately echoed them.
"That's right, and Pingzhou took advantage of the Xianbei's attack on Yanmen and Daijun to take action. They are taking advantage of us."
"Fuyu is just a branch of the Hulu people, and a subordinate tribe of the Xianbei. Pingzhou dared to attack Fuyu, but they were picking on the weak. They didn't dare to face the main force of the Xianbei."
At the same time, some ministers were also rejoicing.
"It's good that Pingzhou doesn't go west to attack the subordinate tribes of the Xianbei."
"Am I wrong? Dali has already opened up two fronts, one in the south and one in the north. Prince Jin and Prince Cheng are already itching to make a move. The Lueyang army can't move. If we add three more fronts, Dali simply can't afford it—"
"Enough! Dismiss the court!" Song Mo could no longer bear it and left with a flick of his sleeves.
Southland
Xie Zhan stared at the map. Finally, he picked up a pen and added a stroke to the map of Pingzhou.
After Pingzhou conquered Buyeo, Lu Songli now owns three states. A territory as big as three states...
That night, the light in Xie Zhan's study was on all night.
Xie Zhan thought about it all night and finally made a decision.
He immediately asked someone to invite Jiang Boya over, and the two of them discussed secretly for quarter of an hour.
"Your Excellency is very courageous!" Jiang Boran stood in awe.
Xie Zhan smiled helplessly. In fact, being forced to take this step meant that he had already lost the game. Because catching up with Pingzhou by conventional means would be impossible.
One step slow, every step slow.
At this point, he needed to resort to extraordinary means to narrow the gap between the two sides. Otherwise, he would never catch up with Pingzhou.
"Sir, this time, you have to help me."
"Okay!" Jiang Boya nodded solemnly, "There's no time to lose. I'll go get ready right away."
"Go ahead."
After Jiang Boya left, Xie Zhan asked someone to invite Xie Nan and Xie Bai.
After the two arrived, Xie Zhan asked Xie Bai to go to King Cheng and whisper something to him.
Xie Bai nodded as he listened.
After Xie Zhan finished giving the order, Xie Bai took it and left.
At this time, only Xie Zhan and Xie Nan were left in the entire yard.
Xie Zhan pursed his lips tightly, his hands clenched into fists under his sleeves. He was making a difficult decision.
Thinking of Jiang Boya who was ready to leave, he closed his eyes tightly. When he opened them again, he looked even colder than before. He said in a cold voice, "Xie Nan, listen to my orders!"
"Yes, Patriarch!"
"I'm asking you to do something that must be kept secret. You must not leak any information. Can you do it?"
"Xie Nan will do whatever it takes to complete the Patriarch's request."
"Okay, then you..."
Hearing this, Xie Nan widened his eyes.
"This is the thing to be done. Can you do it?" Xie Zhan asked coldly after giving the order.
Xie Nan felt as if his throat was blocked by something, and in the end he could only nod with difficulty.
"Then go and make preparations. I will hand the person over to you in a while." After Xie Zhan said this, he stopped talking.
After Xie Nan retreated and walked out of the door, he couldn't help but look back at the head of the family.
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