Great Tang Southern Emperor

However, there is a problem that the Tang Dynasty expressly stipulates that the people of the Tang Dynasty are not allowed to be slaves-your rich family can recruit servants, but they must be able to leave at any time, let alone hurt people's lives, otherwise they will be severely punished.

And where is Vladivostok?

It's freezing.

To say that the birds don't shit is already flattering the place, and there is no human habitation there at all.

As a free man, who would want to go to that kind of place?

No matter how much money you give, you won't go.

Only those slaves who have lost their freedom can be forcibly arranged by Li Zhen. .

But Yuechuan is different. This is the largest shipyard in Datang on the surface, and it is also an industry under the reign of the prince. Not only is the salary and benefits high, but it also has a lot of face when going out. Everyone likes to come here, so it is not here at all. There is a shortage of people, as long as you want to expand the scale, you can recruit as many people as you want.

"Let's not talk about that, we're here, let's go down." Li Zhen dismounted first, and said with a smile: "This is my property, the chefs are all transferred from the Zuixian Tower in Chang'an, you haven't been to the Central Plains for a long time, today I will be the host, let you have a good taste of the delicacies of the Central Plains."

Wang Dewei and others swallowed: "Yes, the subordinates will definitely not be polite."

"Hahaha……"

Chapter 818

Chapter 1 Eighty-eighty Yuezhou is over, and the Eastern Cuan battle

With the arrival of a thousand merchant ships, the matter of Yuezhou finally came to an end.

After a few days of displaying these thousand ships and letting the common people see the power of Datang, the more than 1000 ships were divided into several batches by Li Zhen, who were dispatched by Li Zhen to major shipyards for sealing and processing. Only [-] ships were left, which were temporarily incorporated into the Yuezhou Fleet to transport combat power and supplies to the rear of Tianzhu—well, if there is no accident, there should be no chance for these thousand ships to gather again Yes, because with the opening of the era of great navigation, the number of ships used has increased greatly, and many places are in urgent need of large ships. It must be that the shipyard will take one away after processing one, and basically will not meet again.

What's more, with more than 1000 ships, Li Zhen can't use them up in a short while, and he doesn't have that many manpower (not sailors, but qualified captains).

So instead of sealing up some of these ships, it is better to sell them to those merchants, earn ten times the profit, and then use the profits earned to invest where they are needed. This is the best way. In this way, It is even more unlikely that these ships will meet again...

Anyway, in short, the matter of Yuezhou is over for the time being. Putting aside the matter of Yuezhou, we will turn our attention to Dongcuan.

The battle here is actually very smooth - of course, this success refers to the Cuan people's invasion of Lingnan is very smooth.

With the help of the ghosts from all sides, Cuan Ren really rose up this time.

Originally, because of the war in Tianzhu, Lingnan, whose military strength in the territory was almost [-]%, was under the double attack of traitors inside and powerful enemies outside, and it was almost collapsed. The army fled, leaving only a defenseless city for Dong Cuan to ravage.

Under such circumstances, the Cuanren even made a great feat of conquering three cities in one day.

Fortunately, the people in Lingnan are not vegetarians, they themselves are poor and evil, and the people in Lingnan fight with the sky, the earth, and the people all year round, and almost no one is afraid of trouble.

The Cuan people's invasion was indeed ferocious, but after realizing that the Cuan people would pose a great threat to their lives and safety, the people had long been vigilant. Under the organization of some insightful people, the people immediately So they got together and armed themselves, and started to fight guerrillas against the Cuan people, and achieved great results.

But the guerrillas are guerrillas after all, and they are inferior to the regular army in terms of equipment and training. After the Cuan people went through a few battles to lure the enemy, most of these guerrillas were defeated, and only a few survived—— ——I don’t know what the mastermind behind the scenes did, but in a short period of time, he helped Cuanren write a training code. With advanced equipment, the combat effectiveness is no less than that of the elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.

Today's Cuan people have completely captured Liu, Gui, Yi, Xun, Lu, and Rong states, and they already knew this before returning to Yue state, so there is no need to say more.

Then there are the four main attack directions of Cuan people, namely Yongzhou, Lianzhou, Chunzhou and Wuzhou.

Of these four prefectures, Yongzhou was captured in just seven days under the pincer attack of Luzhou Cuanren and Yizhou Cuanren. At that time, Li Zhen had not returned yet.

Lianzhou was wiped out in less than three days under the circumstances of Rongzhou's raid and the mutiny of its internal personnel, let alone this.

The barbarians in Chunzhou took this opportunity to rebel, and before the siege Cuanmen arrived, they completely controlled Chunzhou.

On the contrary, Wuzhou is blocked by the Lishui River, coupled with the dangerous terrain, it has survived the onslaught of the Cuan people, but the situation is still not optimistic, and there is a danger of overturning at any time... Of course, there are also Cuan people whose main attack target is not here The reason is that, otherwise, if they are really allowed to enter the palace with all their strength, Wuzhou may not be able to hold back the geographical advantage.

By now, Cuan Ren's purpose was very clear.

From the map, we can see that the Cuan people at this time have occupied a large area from Nanning Prefecture in the west (the local territory of the Dongcuan people), Wuzhou in the east, Guizhou in the north, and Luzhou in the south (almost equivalent to throughout Guangxi).

In other words, the Cuanren have completely separated the western part of Lingnan Road from the Tang Dynasty. As long as they blow up the road into the mountain, a closed Cuanren kingdom will be completely formed here. Can't take them down either.

If you want to go out to the sea, you have to go out to the sea, and you need to pass through the checkpoints. If you retreat, you can defend the south of the Lingnan in the west. If you go south, you can go south to Nanyang through Luzhou. That's all), unless the Tang army can fly into the Hundred Thousand Mountains, they can advance, attack, retreat, and defend, and are completely in a strategically active position.

This should be the strategy given to Cuan Ren by the people behind the scenes.

And this is just the beginning, the plan of the people behind the scenes obviously goes beyond this, their main target should be Li Zhen.

Because as the actual control of Lingnan, if Li Zhen can't solve Cuanren in a short period of time, then it is certain that those behind the scenes will definitely participate in Li Zhen's meal in the court, and then force the emperor to kill him. Transfer back to Chang'an, re-select the virtuous to quell the Cuanren Rebellion.

At that time, as soon as the people who suppress the chaos arrive, the people behind the scenes will cooperate to withdraw their support for the Cuan people. Without a think tank, Dong Cuan will be a group of fools with power but no brains. As long as the people who suppress the chaos are not idiots , It is completely possible to hang Cuan people up and beat them.

In this way, relying on the merits of pacifying Lingnan, it is completely no problem to snatch one of Li Zhen's identities at random—for example, Lingnan appeasement envoy or Nanyang recruitment envoy, then Lingnan and even Nanyang will fall under the control of these people. It's under control.

When the other party did this, it was a one-shot. First, the Cuanren rebellion dealt a severe blow to Datang, shattering the myth of Datang's invincibility.

Second, the killing of the Cuan people caused the population of Lingnan to drop sharply, forcibly blocked the development of Lingnan, had an indelible impact on Datang's economic development, and indirectly delayed Datang's outward expansion.

Thirdly, Li Zhen was removed, and the great construction in Lingnan would naturally become unfinished. The era of great navigation would naturally be postponed for many years, which indirectly delayed the development of Tang Dynasty again.

Fourth, the Cuan people rebelled, which brought serious disaster to Li Zhen's reputation.

Fifth, Lingnan is under their control. With such a large territory, they can do what they want

sixth……

Wait, wait, according to the enemy's plan, the impact of Cuanren's rebellion on Datang this time can be said to be huge.

Chapter 819 An irresistible bait

Chapter 181 An Undeniable Bait

It has to be said that the enemy's plan was perfect, but all of this was based on the premise that Li Zhen could not suppress the Cuanren rebellion in a short time.

Can Li Zhen put an end to the Cuanren Rebellion in a short time?

In theory, of course it is possible, as long as he is determined to bring back the troops stationed in Nanyang or Tianzhu, it doesn't take too much, only 10 people, he can sweep the entire Lingnan.

But if Li Zhen really did this, he would really fall into the opponent's trap—because no matter whether Li Zhen transferred troops from Nanyang or Tianzhu, it would definitely have an impact on the local situation.

If Li Zhen transferred people from Nanyang, then if the Nanyang natives who had been captured by the slave team and hid in Tibet all day long, if they didn't take the opportunity to do something, they wouldn't believe Li Zhen, There are only 20 troops in Nanyang, and the original strength is already insufficient. If another [-] are taken away, it will definitely be even more stretched.The Nanyang aborigines, whose pressure has been greatly reduced, will definitely set off riots after Hou Junji returns to aid Lingnan. This is almost a certainty.

People in Nanyang cannot be transferred, and Tianzhu is even more incapable.

It would be even better if people were transferred from Tianzhu. Datang's army in Tianzhu is only a few hundred thousand, and the millions of troops facing the South Tianzhu Alliance are seriously insufficient in number. If Li Zhen is transferred away at this time Even if there are only 10 people, it will have an impact on the morale of the Datang army—in fact, it has already had an impact, because less than three days after the Cuanren rebellion, the Datang military camp had already received news of a fire in the backyard. The entire barracks was in chaos.

If Li Zhen hadn't forced them not to return aid, I'm afraid they would really send someone back to aid Lingnan right now.

Yes, it was Li Zhen who took the initiative not to let them return to Lingnan. Not only did he not transfer troops, but he also refused his support.

The reason is very simple, because Li Zhen has already seen that Cuan Ren's rebellion is a dead end in the eyes of others, but for Li Zhen, it is easy and can be broken with a wave of hands.

The enemy's layout must have started before Li Zhen returned to Chang'an, so they would ignore one thing - the tens of thousands of young soldiers hidden in the Qinling Mountains near Chang'an, let alone think that Li Zhen would bring them back to Lingnan— — No one can stop the charge of the [-] youth army, except God.