Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Section 74 Strangling

"But if Li Wufeng is not allowed to bring enough troops to protect himself, why would he follow the order of your old nine to go to Beijing? The old nine will not be so naive as to think that Li Wufeng is a pillar of the empire full of loyalty and patriotism, right?" Situ Thailand asked.

"This is also the most puzzling thing about the old man. Although Li Wufeng's character likes to take risks, Li Wufeng will not get into this kind of trap with few benefits and huge risks even if he is bold, even if he wants to take risks. I'm afraid that his advisers and generals will not agree with him to risk himself lightly. The Ninth Highness used something as a bait to lure Li Wufeng into Beijing, and the old man has no idea." Still dressed in gray clothes, Leng Qian seems to be getting more and more Thin, but the pair of black eyes in the deep sunken eye sockets are extremely deep.

"Let's take a look first. Anyway, Lao Jiu only asked us to wait to enter Beijing in March. We still have some time to figure out what is so weird about it, but I always feel that this is a bit like a conspiracy against us. , I have a bad premonition that it is not good for us to invite us to Beijing this time, even if we bring enough force, I am afraid that something will happen, my premonition has always been very good."

Situ Tai sighed, a little tired, and pressed his fingers **** the temples on both sides of his head. The financial constraints made him exhausted. Although he had made some progress in the negotiations with the merchants of the imperial capital, the amount of funds obtained was too small, and Those heavyweight guys all maintained a relatively indifferent attitude, obviously determined to not lend money to themselves until the truth came to light. Then should I compromise with those smugglers? This problem has always troubled Situ Tai, Compromise can certainly get a large amount of financial support, but the legacy of raising tigers, once the sea ban is lifted, the Japanese can easily obtain supplements of various strategic materials, and the speed of strength growth will be faster. In the future, not only do they want to take back Treasure Island It will be even more difficult with Kamchatka Island and the Ryukyu Islands, and the threat of the Japanese will go directly to the three coastal counties. Now, although the Japanese can obtain some supplies from Quanzhou and smuggling, as long as you own a place in Quanzhou To strengthen the blockade of Quanzhou and the control of smuggling, the throat of the Japanese is always in my hands. I have to carefully consider the stakes.

Seeing his lord's tired face, Leng Qian naturally knew that the other party must be worrying about financial problems again, but at this point, he was indeed helpless. In order to raise funds for going south, he had greatly increased the amount of goods in Donghai and Yanyun. The tax rate and transit lijin, knowing that this is drinking poison to quench thirst, but in order to win Jiangnan, they can only do so, which has attracted complaints from businessmen in East China Sea and Yanyun. The relationship with the business community in the East China Sea, and the East China Sea and the south of the Yangtze River have suffered from wars, and the industry and commerce have been greatly damaged, especially in Jinling and the southern provinces. Continuous military disasters have spread in these places, and the defeated and rebellious troops have taken advantage of the war to loot Even at the end of the period, Situ Yuan, seeing that the situation was over, organized and participated in the looting of wealthy industrial and commercial households, and the industrial and commercial losses in the entire southeastern region were extremely heavy.

In Yuhang Mansion, Situ Yuan emptied all the treasury of Jiangnan County before fleeing, and the industrial and commercial circles also transferred assets frantically under Liao Qichang's instigation and mobilization, leaving Situ Tai with only an empty city; In Songjiang Mansion, since the decisive battle between the two armies was here, almost all the industrial and commercial owners either moved away in advance or were robbed; while in Gusu and Weiyang, the rich followed suit and fled. When Situ Tai’s army entered the city, except for some land nobles, Almost all industries and businesses have closed down, and 70% of them have already moved their industries to Kansai and Tiannan. Due to the large number of industrial and commercial circles fleeing Jiangnan, the financial sector in Jiangnan has also been greatly affected, and the withdrawal of a large amount of funds has led to Money is tightened, prices are soaring, the people are miserable, and the entire Jiangnan is full of resentment.

The financial difficulties directly affected the operation of the three armies in Situ Tai's hands. With the formation of the new legion, this amount of funds seems insignificant again. If Situ Tai hadn't found a way to get a loan from the Dorton Kingdom, I am afraid that he would not be able to survive this period of time.

At this time, Situ Tai and Leng Qian deeply realized that the economy determines everything. A strong armed force is important, but without the backing of a strong financial foundation, all these are castles in the sky, but finance is built on the economic foundation. Looking at Li Wufeng galloping across the vast land in the west, Situ Tai and Leng Qian wondered how the weak economic foundation in the west could support such a huge army. Their overemphasis on domestic affairs made them They don't know the large amount of money that the Indians in the Central Continent gave to Li Wufeng. In their eyes, even if Li Wufeng gains something in India, it is impossible to support such an army of hundreds of thousands.

However, both Situ Tai and Leng Qian believed that all of this would be resolved after obtaining the throne. Quanzhou, at that time, adopt reasonable economic policies to stimulate the development of productive forces, gradually restore the original national strength of the empire, and finally point the finger at the West, use all the power of the country to solve the scourge of Li Wufeng, until the completion of the empire from name to substance The unity of the world.

Of course, this idea is quite beautiful. As for whether it can be realized, Situ Tai and Leng Qian are full of confidence, but as the other party, will they be so obedient and let others slaughter them?

The thick **** smell can be smelled clearly even hundreds of meters away, dark red blood can be seen everywhere, and Mailey can clearly see a centurion leaning against the wall and sitting on the wall in pain. But the slight smile at the corner of the mouth looks a bit weird. Fingers left deep scratches on the soil wall, and you can feel the pain and despair of the soldiers at the last moment. The armor also turned bright red, and the long knife that slipped from his hand was stuck obliquely in the soil, and the thick iron shield with animal face was thrown aside, and a little sand covered the bottom of the shield. This beacon tower that also functions as a small fortress is The important bridge connecting several cities, whether it is from east to west or from south to north, the warning message can spread at the fastest speed, which is probably the reason why the enemy attacked here first.

The corpses of twenty or so soldiers were scattered around the beacon tower on the two floors. The wounds caused by the chopping sharp weapon led to death, which should be caused by weapons such as the sabers used by the rangers in close combat. There were another twenty or so corpses at the entrance of the fortress, apparently killed in the final decisive battle with the enemy present after the enemy broke through the defense of the fortress.

The eagle feather at the end of the feathered arrow was still exposed on the edge of the chest armor of the dead centurion. This arrow just escaped the guard of the copper heart armor and penetrated the thick double leather armor. Straight into the chest. It stands to reason that this arrow is enough to kill on the spot, but maybe it was the will inspired by the great sense of responsibility that made the centurion drag his dying body to the beacon tower and light the beacon, maybe it was the completion of the mission that made him a little Relax, the fatal blow finally took away the life maintained by will.

Bending slightly, Mai Li stared at the centurion's distorted face due to the pain, and then turned over the other's body, the black arrowhead pierced through the body, and the dark red blood on the arrow shaft turned purple. Mai Li touched the arrowhead with his fingers, silently exercised his power with two fingers, and with a "crack bang", the arrowhead broke from the rod~IndoMTL.com~ He lifted the arrowhead between his fingers and inspected it for a while before shaking it. Shaking his head and dropping the arrowhead, he straightened the centurion's body again, looked up for a long time before stretching out his hand to close his open eyes for him, stood up straight, and walked forward in silence.

No one in a standard centurion in the entire fortress could survive. It can be seen that the enemy intends to wipe out all the troops in the beacon tower fortress. With more than 2,000 riders, although there is a strong city to defend, the centurion still has no chance in the face of an enemy dozens of times larger than itself. However, Mai Li believes that the enemy has not taken advantage of it, but it cannot be seen from the current situation Nothing else.

The faces of the generals and officers following Mai Li were ashen, and the anger that could melt gold and iron flickered in their eyes. This was the fourth similar situation seen in the past half a month! Tang He The purpose of the people seems to be very accurate. One by one, these contact points densely distributed in the entire southern plain area were removed. Taking advantage of their cavalry advantages, they concentrated their forces in a short period of time to attack recklessly, which greatly damaged the defense network in this area. Although this kind of battle may have caused a lot of damage to the cavalry in Xijiang, but if it continues like this, it will be their own side that will eventually be unable to sustain it.

Walking at the forefront of the generals, Claudia found that he could no longer restrain his anger. The huge anger was like a raging wave hitting his bottom line of nerves. He felt that if he did not find a suitable opportunity to vent After a while, I will really be burned to ashes by anger. But as a general, the creed has been firmly restraining the surging killing intent in my chest, and I took a long breath of the cold cold air in the wild to suppress myself. Only then can Claudia force herself to calm down and think carefully about how to deal with it.