The most arrogant in history

Chapter 377: Shifting the blame to Jiangdong.

Ye Kun, however, was having fun and continued to pursue the enemy relentlessly. Whenever the south wind blew, he would put out leaflets to incite the people of the Central Plains to rebel, telling them that as long as they reached the border, he would send troops to protect and pick them up.

This kind of publicity is indeed effective.

Many people from the Central Plains actually brought their families and bypassed the checkpoints to surrender.

Xue Changfeng, Feng Shengzhi and Ma Zhengyang came to see Ye Kun and suggested:

"My lord, since the people are on my side, why don't we take this opportunity to send troops and capture Nanyang? We can also use this opportunity to test Xiahou Chang and see if he dares to defend Luoyang. Maybe Xiahou Chang will be afraid and give up Nanyang and move the capital to another place."

Ye Kun called Zhuge Feng to discuss it together.

Zhuge Feng thought it was worth a try.

Ye Kun nodded: "Then please ask Lord Feng Shengzhi and General Xue Changfeng to lead an army of 10,000 each, attack from both wings, divide the troops and advance together to besiege Nanyang. Lord Ma Zhengyang, together with Ma Botao, will lead 20,000 central troops to support the left and right."

Everyone clasped their fists, accepted the order, and prepared themselves.

Three days later, the army attacked again.

When the people of Nanyang saw Ye Kun's army, they all came to surrender and vied with each other to be guides.

It took only two days for the army to advance to Nanyang.

The Nanyang defender knew he was no match for the enemy and fled the city.

Ma Zhengyang's army successfully entered Nanyang City, posted notices to reassure the people, and opened warehouses to release grain.

Xiahou Chang was frightened to death, and summoned his civil and military officials, saying:

"Ye Kun's army is coming again. Luoyang may be difficult to defend. I plan to move the capital to avoid their attack temporarily. What do you think?"

The civil officials were all afraid of death, and they all nodded, hoping to move the capital northward as soon as possible.

The chief clerk of the Xiangfu stood up again, clasped his fists and said:

"Prime Minister, we must not move the capital at this moment. Chang'an and Luoyang are both the most important places. No matter whether it is Chang'an or Luoyang, as long as we lose one, we will lose half of our country. It will be extremely difficult to come back!"

Luoyang is the new capital and Chang'an is the old capital. Their importance to the Great Ding Kingdom is self-evident.

From a geographical point of view, if you lose Luoyang, you will lose the Central Plains; if you lose Chang'an, you will lose Guanzhong.

Xiahou Chang sighed, "I understand the reason. I don't want to move the capital either, but Ye Kun is coming with such force that we can't defeat him. How can we deal with him? Should we stay in Luoyang and become a turtle in a jar?"

The chief clerk said, "The autumn harvest and planting season is approaching, and Ye Kun will never launch a large-scale attack on Luoyang. His attack on Nanyang is just to test our bottom line. We should defend Luoyang to the death and then find a way to defeat the enemy."

Xiahou Chang's eyes lit up and he asked, "Do you have a plan to defeat the enemy?"

The chief clerk of the Xiangfu looked around and whispered, "I do have a good plan, but I can't tell you here, in case Ye Kun finds out..."

Xiahou Chang laughed and invited the chief clerk into the back hall.

The chief clerk lowered his voice and said, "We can't fight Ye Kun alone. We still have to unite with Jiangdong and fight Ye Kun to the death. But Jiangdong is also afraid of Ye Kun and dare not take action. Therefore, we can only use the strategy of sowing discord."

Xiahou Chang frowned: "What's the plan?"

The chief clerk whispered, "Send a group of assassins to Changsha, pretending to be from Jiangdong, and look for an opportunity to assassinate Yan Liuhai. Yan Liuhai and Ye Kun are sworn brothers. As long as Yan Liuhai dies, Ye Kun will definitely lead a large army to attack Jiangdong and avenge Yan Liuhai. At that time, we will take the opportunity to counterattack Xiangfan."

Xiahou Chang was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter: "This is a brilliant plan, it will go unnoticed by anyone, it will shift the blame to Jiangdong, sow discord, it will kill two birds with one stone!"

The chief clerk whispered, "This matter can only be arranged secretly and must not be publicized, otherwise it will not work."

Xiahou Chang nodded and smiled, "Very good, I will arrange it right away, and provoke a war between Ye Kun and Jiang Dong, and we will fight to the death!"

This move is indeed insidious. If it succeeds, Ye Kun and Jiangdong Xiao Dequan will definitely fight to the death!

At this time, Ye Kun was attending a meeting in Nanyang City.

Study how to arrange Nanyang, whether to abandon it or to garrison it.

Zhuge Feng said: "Last year, we captured Nanyang, but then gave up. That was because our division was old and our soldiers were tired, and we were running low on ammunition, so we didn't want to fight Xiahou Chang. Now the situation has changed, and Xiahou Chang has lost his nerve. We should occupy Nanyang and use it as a frontline position for our future attack on the Central Plains."

Xue Changfeng and others nodded in approval.

Ye Kun holds the same view. Soliciting everyone's opinions is to give everyone a chance to speak and to establish an image of himself as someone who is receptive to good advice.

The plan was decided, and Ye Kun arranged the construction of Nanyang and the allocation of garrisons, and at the same time relocated the elderly and weak in Nanyang to settle in the rear.

The development measures previously implemented in Yizhou will have to be repeated in the Jingxiang area.

Promote ventilated stoves, build 100-family villages, open schools, and set up medical rooms.

There are many forts in the Xiangfan area, which are small cities.

Because of the constant wars, local gentry had their own forts, which were built very solidly.

In order to weaken the power of the gentry, Ye Kun had already built many brick and tile kilns to produce bricks and tiles on a large scale, build new villages, and allow the people to farm on the spot, saving time.

Gongsun Erniang designed a hollow brick in the shape of a "mouth" that burned very quickly.

When building a house, the middle of the "口"-shaped brick is filled with yellow mud, which can save a lot of materials.

From the outside, it looks like a normal brick wall, which is not afraid of rain and is also very strong. It has better stability than the hollow wall and can also insulate and keep heat.

After the new village was built, all the farmers in the fortress ran out and joined Ye Kun.

The gentry's control over the peasants was greatly weakened.

Jiang Youde also followed Ye Kun and moved to Xiangyang, where he was setting up a new textile factory.

Ye Kun took some time to go over and take a look. He found that Youde had lost some weight again. He felt heartbroken and advised:

"Youde, we already have a lot of textile technicians now. Why do you have to work so hard? You should rest more and arrange your subordinates to do the work."

Youde smiled and said, "The hemp harvest is coming soon. The textile factory must be built quickly and the work started. Otherwise, the people of Jingzhou will suffer from the cold in winter. We also need to build wool sweater factories and down factories."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "There isn't much wool and down in Jingzhou, so a small factory will do. Changsha in the south should also build a textile factory to process the hemp yarn nearby to avoid transporting it back and forth."

Youde's eyes lit up: "That's great, after I arrange things here, I will go to Changsha to build a textile factory. It's very close to home, and I also want to go home and visit."

"I have informed Yan Liuhai and asked him to select a site to build a textile factory."

Ye Kun held Youde's hand and said, "I will go to Changsha with you in a month. But you have to take care of yourself."

Ye Kun owes Youde something.

There is too little time to spend with her.

Youde was very surprised and said with a smile: "Keep your word, you can't lie to me!"

"I won't lie to you. One month later, when the weather is nice and clear in autumn, I will accompany you back to your hometown and then to Changsha..."

"That's great."

Youde looked around and saw that there was no one around. He rewarded Ye Kun and whispered, "Can we go to Changsha together?"

"Of course, we'll be going to Changsha this time, just the two of us."

Ye Kun understood Youde's meaning and held her in his arms:

"If you like, you can stay in Xinye County, Jianghetou or Caomiao Village. I will build a new city there and let you be a proper wife."

Until now, Youde has no identity.

Seeing that she was becoming increasingly haggard, Ye Kun was worried that she would not live to see the day when he unified China, so he wanted to give Youde a status.

Youde blushed and whispered, "Madam or not, I don't care. I just want to spend some time alone with you, just ten days or eight days."