Chapter 131: Alliance and Horizontal Strategy

"Sea thieves certainly need to be encircled and suppressed, but I have no ships in my hands!"

"Mr. Lan, draft an official document for rebuilding the Yangzhou Navy for me and hand it to the Yangzhou Prefecture Office."

"Remember to write the pirate threat more seriously, so that the official masters of the Prefecture Office can feel the crisis."

Li Mu joked.

Only recently did he know from flipping through the Yangzhou local records that Yangzhou actually had a navy.

It's just that this navy unit was a standard guard establishment.

At its peak, it once possessed more than 50 large and small warships.

After the glory, the navy lost its use, and soon declined.

By the time the Lianghuai noble rebellion broke out, the Yangzhou Navy had only a few fishing boats left.

Without even splashing a wave, this guard unit disappeared into the long river of history.

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

Since no one mentioned it, Li Mu could only mention it himself.

The profit of maritime trade is too great, and the major sea merchant families in the southeast have basically divided the territory.

Outsiders rushing in to make small troubles, paying protection fees according to their rules, and following them to earn some small money is fine.

If you really want to share meat from it, changing faces is a matter of minutes.

Especially someone like Li Mu who has a big background; as long as he dares to reach out, others will resist at the first time.

The lesson of the Lianghuai salt merchant group made local forces in other places full of vigilance against the powerful in the capital.

If you can't handle it civilly, then you can only use military force.

The navy is a technical branch, and the threshold for formation is quite high; it is not something Li Mu is qualified to touch.

Individuals can't handle it; for Great Dayu, rebuilding the navy is purely a matter of money and grain.

Shipbuilding technology is ready-made, perhaps a bit old, at least it can lead pirates.

There are not many excellent navy talents, but there are plenty of ordinary navy generals.

As long as the Yangzhou Prefecture Office is willing to run around, and the vested interest groups in the salt industry in the court push it, the probability of the imperial court's approval is very high.

As the Yangzhou Garrison Commander, theoretically, he has the power to control the guard units in the prefecture.

Once the Yangzhou Navy is rebuilt, he can be considered to indirectly control a navy force.

A good beginning is half the battle; as long as the first step is taken, many things will be easy to handle.

"Assistant Regional Commander, the Yangzhou Prefecture is currently in post-war reconstruction, and everywhere is waiting to be revived."

"A group of prefectures and counties will be unable to provide money and grain to the prefecture for a long time in the future."

"Adding a navy force will inevitably squeeze the resources of the land army."

Lan Linjie reminded cautiously.

Insufficient money and grain resources have always been the biggest stubborn disease restricting the combat effectiveness of Great Dayu's army.

In the case of limited resources, every time a money-spending department is added, it will squeeze the resource share of other departments.

"It doesn't matter; anyway, the military pay of the Yangzhou Camp has been obtained in advance."

"Even if it is impacted, it is other departments."

"As a coastal heavy town, it is plagued by pirate threats."

"In the situation where the Jiangnan Navy cannot be relied upon, without its own navy force, the colleagues in the Yangzhou Prefecture also can't sleep well!"

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

Li Mu said with a smile.

Frankly speaking, he really wants to thank The Eagle.

If it weren't for this guy suddenly jumping out to make trouble, his plan wouldn't have been able to advance.

The civil officials of the Great Dayu Dynasty generally have relatively hard heads, and many times they don't turn back until they hit the south wall.

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

Under Gaizhou City.

The Northern Barbarians who came to pinch the soft persimmon encountered difficulties again after days of continuous attacks.

Since more than ten days ago, Gaizhou City has become shaky, as if it would fall at any time.

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

"Hmph!"

"Despicable Yu people, actually deliberately set a trap to lure us to attack the city."

"Trying to gradually consume our strength in the defensive battle, the defending general has great talent!"

"If he can be used by me, he will definitely add another fierce general."

The god-turning words made everyone's hearts go up and down.

However, Chieftain Hugjile's thirst for talent was understood by everyone.

"Great Chieftain, Yu people are mostly despicable people; there is no need to play tricks with them."

"We just need to surround them; when they run out of ammunition and food, it will be the best time to break the enemy."

Nichilege responded calmly.

Forced by the lack of talent in the clan, Hugjile has always wanted to enable the surrendered generals of the Yu Dynasty who came to take refuge.

For the vested interest groups in the clan, this is undoubtedly smashing their own rice bowls.

Unless it is a last resort, everyone will not make concessions.

"Surrounding the coastal three guards, then this war has become a war of attrition."

"Nichilege, the strength of the Yu people is a hundred times ours."

"Do you think we can win against the Yu people by fighting a war of attrition?"

Hugjile reprimanded with annoyance.

It is not easy to accumulate some family wealth; since the uprising against Yu, he has been trying to avoid fighting a war of attrition with the Yu people.

Never thought that it would develop to now, and there are still people in the clan who want to fight a war of attrition with the enemy.

"Great Chieftain, this is wrong!"

"Surrounding the enemy troops does not mean fighting a war of attrition."

"The territory of the Yu Dynasty is really too big, bringing endless pressure to the surrounding neighbors."

"It is not just us who want to overturn the rule of the Yu people."

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

"Only by uniting the anti-Yu forces from all directions can we force the Yu Emperor to compromise!"

Hearing Nichilege's proposal, Hugjile suspected that his ears had a problem.

Such a strategy, no matter how you look at it, doesn't look like something Nichilege thought of himself.

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

The art of alliance and horizontal strategy sounds very simple.

Specifically operating it tests the ability of the envoy.

Ordinary people following the example can only apply a fur.

"Nichilege, it seems you have grown."

"It doesn't matter if I tell you now; long before the outbreak of the war, I sent eloquent people to lobby all parties."

"How many allies can be harvested, it is not yet known."

"In order to strengthen the anti-Yu confidence of the allies, so on the battlefield, we must have some performance."

Hugjile's calm answer suppressed the arrogance of the conservative faction.

The boss is the boss; the vision of looking at problems is further than the little brothers.

Gaizhou City.

As the first target among the coastal three guards to be targeted by the Northern Barbarians, the situation in the city has never been optimistic.

Relying on the tactic of revealing flaws to lure the enemy to launch an attack, the defenders indeed took advantage of a lot.

However, the overall situation in the city is still worrying.

"Commander, the Northern Barbarians have increased the intensity of the attack; a gap was blown open in the south gate wall by the enemy's cannons."

"The South City Battalion Commander requests reinforcements!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 132 =====