Fu Shanhe

Chapter 131: Combine vertically and horizontally
"The pirates must be surrounded and suppressed, but I have no ships!"

"Mr. Lan, please draft a document for me to rebuild the Yangzhou Navy and submit it to the Yangzhou prefectural government.

Remember to make the pirate threat more serious so that the officials in the prefectural government can feel the crisis. "

Li Mu said jokingly.

Recently, when he was reading the local chronicles of Yangzhou, he learned that Yangzhou actually had a navy.

However, this naval force is a standard garrison organization.

At its peak, it owned more than 50 warships of various sizes.

After its glory days, the navy lost its place and quickly declined.

When the rebellion of the Huai River and Huai River families broke out, only a few fishing boats were left in the Yangzhou navy.

Without causing a single ripple, this garrison force disappeared in the long river of history.

After the war, everyone seemed to have forgotten about this navy, and no one proposed rebuilding it.

Since no one mentioned it, Li Mu had to bring it up himself.

The profits from maritime trade are so huge that the major maritime merchant families in the southeast have basically divided up their territories.

It's okay for outsiders to rush in and cause some trouble, pay protection fees according to their rules, and make a little money from them.

If you really want to take a piece of the meat from it, changing your face will happen in a matter of minutes.

Especially for someone with a powerful background like Li Mu, as long as he dares to extend his hand, people will resist him immediately.

The lesson learned from the Lianghuai salt merchant families made local forces in other places wary of the powerful in Beijing.

If the literary method doesn't work, then you can only resort to the military method.

The navy is a technical branch of the military, and the threshold for establishment is quite high, which Li Mu is not qualified to touch.

It is beyond the ability of one individual to handle it. For the Dayu Dynasty, rebuilding the navy is simply a matter of money and food.

The shipbuilding technology is ready, maybe a little old, but at least it is ahead of the pirates.

There are not many outstanding naval talents, but there are still a lot of ordinary naval generals.

As long as the Yangzhou prefectural government is willing to work hard and those vested interests in the salt industry in the court give a push, the probability of the court's approval is very high.

As the garrison commander of Yangzhou, he theoretically had the power to control the garrison troops in the prefecture.

Once the Yangzhou Navy is rebuilt, he will indirectly control a naval force.

All things are difficult at the beginning. As long as you take the first step, many things will be easy.

"General, Yangzhou is currently in the process of post-war reconstruction, and all areas are in ruins.

For a long time in the future, all the prefectures and counties will be unable to provide money and food to the government.

The addition of a navy will inevitably squeeze the land forces’ resources.”

Lan Linjie reminded cautiously.

Insufficient money and food resources have always been the biggest problem restricting the combat effectiveness of the Dayu army.

When resources are limited, every additional department that spends money will squeeze out the resource share of other departments.

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, the military funds for Yangzhou Camp have been received in advance.

Even if there was an impact, it was other government offices.

As an important coastal town, it is often threatened by pirates.

In the situation where the Jiangnan navy is unreliable and without its own naval force, colleagues in Yangzhou Prefecture can't sleep well!

I am just reminding them that Yangzhou Prefecture can have its own navy that obeys its orders."

Li Mu said with a smile.

Frankly speaking, he really wanted to thank the Eagle.

If this person hadn't suddenly jumped out to cause trouble, his plan would not have been able to proceed.

The civil servants of the Dayu Dynasty were generally stubborn and would not turn back until they hit a wall.

Only by experiencing it personally and making these people aware of the danger will they follow his plan.

……

Under Gaizhou City.

The northern barbarians who came to pick on the weak encountered difficulties again after several days of attacks.

More than ten days ago, Gaizhou City became shaky and seemed like it would fall at any time.

However, this state has continued until now, and there has been no change. "Humph!"

"The despicable people of the Yu Dynasty deliberately set a trap to lure us into attacking the city.

The defender is really talented in trying to gradually consume our strength in the offensive and defensive battles!
If I can use him, I will definitely have another strong general."

The sudden turn of events made everyone feel uneasy.

However, everyone understood Huugjile Chanyu's eagerness to seek talented people.

“Great Chanyu, most of the Yu people are despicable people, there is no need to play tricks with them.

We just need to surround them and wait until they run out of ammunition and food, which will be the best time to defeat them."

Nichileg responded calmly.

Due to the shortage of talents in his tribe, Huugjile has always wanted to recruit the surrendered generals from the Yu Dynasty.

For the vested interest groups in the tribe, this is undoubtedly destroying their own rice bowl.

No one will give in unless it is absolutely necessary.

“By besieging the three coastal guards, this war will become a war of attrition.

Nichileg, the people of Yu Dynasty are a hundred times stronger than us.

Do you think we can defeat the Yu Dynasty people by attrition?"

Huugjile said unhappily.

It is not easy to accumulate some wealth. Since he started the rebellion against Yu, he has tried his best to avoid a war of attrition with the people of Yu Dynasty.

I didn't expect that at this point, there are still people in the tribe who want to fight a war of attrition with the enemy.

"Great Chanyu, this is wrong!

Besieging the enemy does not mean fighting a war of attrition.

The territory of the Yu Dynasty was so large that it brought endless pressure to its neighbors.

We are not the only ones who want to overthrow the rule of the Yu Dynasty.

Now is the time to send envoys to persuade all anti-Yu forces to launch an attack on the Yu Dynasty together.

Only if the anti-Yu forces from all sides unite, can it be possible to force the Emperor of the Yu Dynasty to compromise! "

After listening to Nichileg's suggestion, Huugjile suspected that there was something wrong with his ears.

This strategy doesn't seem like something Nichileg came up with on his own.

If he himself had such a useful brain, he would not have been changed to the successor of the Chanyu.

The art of forming alliances and making alliances sounds very simple.

The specific operation will test the envoy's ability.

Most people who follow suit can only use the basics.

“Nizhleg, it seems you have grown up.

It doesn’t hurt to tell you now that long before the war broke out, this Chanyu sent out eloquent people to lobby all parties.

It is not yet known how many allies can be recruited.

In order to strengthen our allies' confidence in fighting against Yu, we must show some performance on the battlefield."

Huugjile's calm answer immediately suppressed the arrogance of the conservatives.

The boss is the boss, and he has a longer-term perspective than his younger brothers.

……

Gaizhou City.

As the first target of the three coastal guards to be targeted by the Northern Tartars, the situation in the city has always been grim.

By using tactics that exposed flaws and luring the enemy into launching attacks, the defenders did gain a lot of advantages.

But the overall situation in the city is still worrying.

"Commander-in-chief, the northern barbarians have stepped up their attack, and a gap has been opened in the south gate wall by enemy artillery fire.

South City Thousand Households, requesting reinforcements!"

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(End of this chapter)