I can't help but say that although Ah Lan looks like a careless person, she often sees the deepest part of the problem, and she always hits the nail on the head when she speaks and does things.

She brought the most important thing I should be thinking about right now to my eyes.

What am I going to do.

Ah Lan said: "Liu Qinghan handed over all his family business to you - although it is temporary, the master of the door will definitely be able to save him, but during this time, you still need to help him take care of it." What he told you before, will you do what he says?"

“……”

I didn't speak, but fell into a deep tangle.

Under normal circumstances, taking over his family business, of course, he should do what he wants to do, and I know very well that what he wants to do is the most correct and worthwhile thing to do in the current environment.

But let me do it......

To be honest, I am not mentally prepared to go from being a spectator, or a planner, to an implementer, and this is not a business, nor is it a casual order, but it may be a war thousands of miles away.

Sensing my hesitation, Alan said, "You're still hesitating, aren't you?"

I looked at her, and I didn't hide it, and nodded slightly.

She sighed, and then said: "I know that it is not easy for a woman to do this kind of thing, but you must know that if you don't grasp the opportunity, maybe what you have to do in the future will be much more difficult than what you have to do now, and at that time, you can no longer do anything, and you have to continue." ”

I frowned slightly and looked at her.

She nodded at me.

This time, I was silent for a little longer.

I don't know how many shifts it is in the middle of the night, but it feels like it should be the deepest time of the night, the surroundings are quiet, except for the starlight, the rest of the sky is as dark as a thick curtain, there is a feeling that the night is frozen around, and it is also this feeling, which makes people feel the most difficult to break through, and even suffocate the depressive feeling.

After a long time, I said slowly: "Sister Lan, you must know that although I will take over Qinghan's family business, I can't do it with a word. ”

She frowned slightly.

I said: "Xichuan does have natural dangers as a basis, easy to defend and difficult to attack, which is the reason why Shu can stand alone outside the war in the Central Plains, but it is not uncommon for Shu to be captured in all dynasties. I have seen a battle in the history books, and the army of the Central Plains destroyed Houshu, and it was quite easy to destroy. ”

Ah Lan didn't expect me to suddenly tell her about this, and she was a little stunned: "Oh?"

"The emperor of the Central Plains only sent two lines of soldiers and horses, one from Fengzhou from the north to the south, and took the Jianmen Pass, and the gate of Chengdu was opened; the other road from Jingzhou to the east by water, and after the mouth of the three rivers, the east gate of Bashu was opened. ”

“……”

"Shudi, if it is not solid, it is not an impregnable place. ”

“……”

"If according to what Liu Qinghan said, it is indeed possible to contain the situation in the south of the Yangtze River if the troops go out of the Sanjiang Estuary, but what about the interior of Shudi?"

Ah Lan was stunned for a moment, and finally heard the point of my words: "Are you worried that someone will march into Shu from the North Road?"

"From Fengzhou. ”

"Fengzhou?"

She frowned, as if remembering something, and suddenly looked at me with wide eyes: "You mean—"

"Yes, Shaanxi. I said calmly: "We were on the way into Sichuan, and you saved me from Nangong Jinhong's men, but in fact, at that time, I had just gone to see the political secretary of Xi'an Prefecture, because after Lin Sheng of Shanxi won the military power, he did not go directly to the capital to fight, but turned around and fought Tongguan." ”

“……”

"It's a pity that when we arrived, Tongguan had already been lost. ”

“……”

"At that time, I judged that the reason why the rebels turned around and fought Tongguan was, of course, to occupy Shaanxi and cut off the connection between Shu and the capital, so that even after I entered Sichuan, it was impossible to have any help to the war situation in the Central Plains, but I now understand that their purpose was more than this. ”

Ah Lan continued: "After taking Shaanxi, they will be able to directly send troops from Fengzhou to fight Xichuan!"

I nodded heavily: "Yes!"

Ah Lan is just a Jianghu character after all, she doesn't know much about these things, and she is still a little vague when she hears me here: "But, can they really get in?"

"It's hard to say, because except for the Sword Gate-" I hesitated for a moment, didn't finish the sentence, and then continued: "Even if the Sword Gate Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it also requires a strong defender. ”

"Shudi, isn't there a head of the Yan family?"

"But whether he will send troops or not, I can't guarantee. ”

Ah Lan raised his eyebrows in astonishment: "Huh?"

I nodded.

Actually, whether Yan Qingchen will send troops or not, I don't think it's a big problem, the biggest problem is his mother, the eldest lady of the Yan family.

Just like this purchase of iron ore, it is obviously an infighting between the two people of the Yan family, Yan Qingchen - except for some places on him that I can't see through, I want to admit that he is the head of the Yan family after all, and he is a person with a very strategic vision, but his mother Xue Qian is not, if Xue Qian must fight with him, or to complete his father's "will", then Shudi may not need others to fight at all, and he will be in a mess first.

If at this time, someone really hits Xichuan's idea-

I didn't dare to think about it.

Ah Lan took a long time before he said: "What you mean is that if you are here and the troops go out of the Sanjiang Estuary, then someone must be able to send troops to defend the Sword Gate." ”

"This is just a most ideal scenario," I said, "and the key question is what kind of soldiers will go out of the Sanjiang Estuary." ”

Her brow furrowed again.

I said: "The mountains and rivers of Shu are undulating, and the soldiers of Shu are good at land warfare and fighting, but the navy - at least I have not seen any powerful navy at present. Even if I want to train troops, it will take at least half a year from the beginning of requisition to the time when it is used. ”

“……”

"What will happen in half a year, and what I will be able to do in half a year, I dare not think about it. ”

“……”

This time, Ah Lan looked at me with a noticeably different gaze than before.

She was silent for a long time before she sighed lightly, and then said, "The eldest lady of the Yan family really deserves her reputation. ”

“……”

I was stunned by her sudden words, and I didn't know what to say, but she had already chuckled, and then said: "I really will shrink in that small fishing village to embroider your flowers, I didn't expect that you would still line up troops." ”

I couldn't help laughing: "Sister Lan, what kind of arrangement is this, this is just talking on paper." ”