Summer State, Shuofang City.
This was the capital city of the Liang Country established by Liang Shidu.
Liang Shidu, Xia Zhou Shuofang people. He is a member of the county's wealthy family. In 617, he killed Tang Shizong, the county governor, and called him the Great Prime Minister. He also joined forces with the Turks to fight against the Sui Dynasty. He occupied Diaoyin, Honghua, Yan 'an and other counties and proclaimed himself emperor. The name of the country was Liang. Shuofang was established as the capital and Yonglong was established as the Yuan Dynasty.
As the only place in the world that had not been conquered by the Tang army, it was not because Liang shi was so powerful that the Tang army was no match for him, but because he had always acknowledged the Turks as his father and had the Turks as his backer.
The Great Tang had just been established, and after the many wars it had gone through, it had no power to deal with the Turks, and naturally no power to deal with Liang Shidu.
Even though he had the Turks as his backer, Liang Shidu was extremely ambitious. He had always wanted to send troops to the Central Plains to replace the Great Tang as the ruler of the Central Plains, but his current military strength was insufficient.
In the palace of Shuofang City.
Liang Shidu was currently eating the sweet lychees that had just been delivered from the south while admiring the graceful dance of the beauties below. His days could be said to be very carefree.
"Your Majesty, the Great General wishes to see you.”The eunuch at the side said in a low voice.
Liang Shidu hurriedly waved his hand, and the dancing beauties left.
"Grand General Xuan greets you."
At this moment, a man dressed like a general walked in.
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
"Brother, please get up. There are no outsiders here, so there's no need for us to be so polite.”
Liang Luoren was Liang Shidu's younger cousin. He had made great contributions to the establishment of the country of Liang. Furthermore, he led his troops well and was quite famous in the army. Therefore, Liang Shidu loved and hated his younger cousin.
Liang Luoren stood up.
"Why have you come, brother? Did the Tang Army at the front line make another move?”Liang Shidu asked.
Liang Luoren shook his head and said," No. The Tang army at the front line didn't do anything. However, something big happened in Guangyang County, which borders our country."”
"What is it?" Liang Shidu hurriedly asked.
"Prince Guangyang, Li Hancheng, was killed.”Liang Luoren said.
Liang Shidu laughed," I told you, Li Hancheng is not a threat. He has ambitions, but he doesn't have the strength. He doesn't know how to hide his strength and bide his time. He will be killed by Li Shiming sooner or later. I just didn't know that time would come so soon. This Li Shiming is really addicted to killing his brothers."”
"Then who killed him?" Liang Shidu asked.”
"Dangyang Ye Qiu." Liang Luoren said.
"Dangyang Ye Qiu?" " Ye Qiu?" Liang Shidu was taken aback." Are you talking about the bandit Ye Qiu who defeated Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong's alliance?"”
Liang Luoren nodded.
Liang Shidu frowned." This Ye Qiu is truly audacious. Not only did he dare to fight against Cheng and Qin, but he even dared to go to Guangyang County to kill the mighty Lord Guangyang. He truly has guts. This is good too. The bigger the commotion he causes, the more chaos the Great Tang will be in, the better it will be for us.”
"Your Majesty, I don't think so." Liang Luoren shook his head.”
"Why?" Liang Shidu asked.
"I think this is a great opportunity for Daliang. Now that the King of Guangyang, Li Hancheng, has been killed, Guangyang County is now without a master. If we send troops to take Guangyang County in one fell swoop, it will be an excellent opportunity for our Liang Country to go south.”Liang Luoren said.
Liang Shidu was clearly convinced.
Just as he was about to agree to Liang Luoren's request, a voice interrupted him.
"Your Majesty, at this moment, we must not send troops.”
The person who spoke was a civil official, the Prime Minister of Daliang, Liang Qianqiu.
"So it's the Prime Minister. I wonder why the Prime Minister doesn't agree to send troops?”Liang Shidu asked.
"First, although Li Hancheng is dead, the Guangyang County garrison is still there. Second, although Ye Qiu is only a bandit, he has just defeated the Great Tang's most elite Tiger Might Army, and he was led by Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong.”
"Even if Guangyang County is in chaos now, can we really defeat Ye Qiu if we send our troops? This is an unknown factor. Once we get stuck in the quagmire and the Tang army comes to their senses, it will be a disaster for our Daliang soldiers.”Liang Qianqiu said.
Liang Shidu gasped.
"Prime Minister is right. At this time, we cannot rashly send troops. However, Prime Minister, what Great General said just now is indeed an opportunity. If we miss this opportunity, it will be even more difficult to get another one.”Liang Shidu said.
" Don't panic, Your Majesty." Liang Qianqiu chuckled." I have another plan."”
"What scheme? Prime Minister, quickly tell me."
"It's very simple. We'll promise Ye Qiu a lot of benefits and make him submit to us. At the end of the day, Ye Qiu is just a mountain bandit. Although he's brave and leads his troops bravely, he's still a mountain bandit. The most important thing is profit. As long as we give enough profit, I don't believe that the mountain bandit will refuse to submit to us. As long as he does, it will be a blessing from the heavens for our Daliang Empire.”Liang Qianqiu said.
Liang shi Du's eyes lit up upon hearing this.
"Prime Minister, you are indeed a wise man. I'll leave this matter to you. Hurry to Guangyang County and convince Ye Qiu to submit to us no matter what. As long as Ye Qiu is willing to submit to us, I'm willing to make him the Grand Marshal of the world.”
As soon as Liang Shidu finished speaking, he didn't notice that his cousin Liang Luoren's expression had changed.
If Ye Qiu was the Grand Marshal of the world, then what was Liang Luoren?
However, Liang shi had been completely taken aback by Liang Qianqiu's scheme, and he hadn't noticed the change in his younger cousin's expression.
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