When fighting against Gu Che, from the bright side, Xi Zhen killed thousands of Vietnamese soldiers and killed Qi Qiu.

However, these opportunities were all given to him by Gu Che.

Gu Che wanted to fight him, but if he didn't want to fight, it was useless to provoke Xi Zhen.

"The Vietnamese army was defeated, and the Chu people were awarded 3,000 armor." Of course, this is Xi Zhen's victory, but this victory was given to him by Gu Che.

Then Gu Che didn't give it to him, and the initiative on the battlefield was completely in Gu Che's hands from beginning to end.

Xi Zhen can get to his current position step by step, and he must be an absolutely calm observer.

All the loopholes that Xi Zhen caught were thrown to him by Gu Che, and now that Gu Che is not throwing them to him, Xi Zhen has completely lost the opportunity.

But what else can Xi Zhen do?

Lead the troops to attack Gu Che?

Or is it just taking advantage of a small victory to collect troops and return to Chu?

Neither.

Among the three forces, Chu was the weakest, with a total population of only one-fifth of Dayue and one-half of Weiguo (Jiangdong). Even if Wei and Chu form an alliance, it is only two-thirds of the size of Da Yue.

What would be the consequences of a truce?

The Central Plains and the northern region occupied by Ye Yue are the earliest developed areas of the entire Zhongzhou mainland, and the reason why the situation of the Three Kingdoms is formed is that the warlords of Rui Mo are fighting in the north, while the south is relatively stable, but once everyone is working hard to develop the economy and build agriculture, the center is on the side of Chu and Han, whether it is population or terrain, if Chu and Han are now returning to the dynasty, there is only the possibility of gradual cannibalization, so it must be northern.

Not to mention the family.

What really determines the direction of history is not these generals and heroes who went to the battlefield to conquer, whether it is Yuan De, Xu De or He Zhen Yehuai, someone quickly took their place after their deaths.

And the only thing that remains unchanged is the monopoly of these families, who have been entrenched in this continent for hundreds of years, through guò economy and knowledge, and finally reached the political monopoly.

A person like Yuan De and Ye Yi who is virtuous and capable, Ye has to carefully maintain the balance of the family under certain circumstances.

The family is a wealthy family, but Dayue is an invincible and powerful enemy for Chu Han. All Maisons have only one choice when faced with a strong enemy - surrender.

Ye Yuezhi is in the Yunzhou family, Yuan Chu is in Jingchu, and He Weizhi is in Jiangdong.

Even if they were betrayed at the beginning of the establishment of these three forces, Ye Yi had a strategist and Guo Yu to give him a heavy blow when he was in Yanzhou at first. And when Xu De was conquered later, it was unknown how many forces in Yunzhou secretly communicated with the tune. Among them, people like Gu Che who secretly communicated with the enemy halfway are not to mention.

And Yuan De and He Xiao also had such an experience.

For the family, they don't need to have any loyal and patriotic feelings, no matter who rules the world, they will always be used, so for the scholars of Chu and Han, the ruler's surname Yuan is not much different from the surname Ye, and even said that the surname Ye is better, Ye Jin's ruling center is in the Central Plains, so the matter of the Jingchu generation is of course to ask the family of Jingchu, under the rule of Dayue, they don't need to raise soldiers, they don't have to fight for power with Xi Zhen, why not?

When Yuan De was there, with his prestige, he was still able to maintain internal unity, and as soon as Yuan De died, the internal contradictions of the Chu State began to be revealed.

Therefore, Xi Zhen couldn't return to the court, he could only attack.

Although Jiang Wei captured Jingzhou, the most important Xiangyang was not in his hands, and the most important place of Huaisi could not be captured because of his poor level of land warfare, so although Jiang Wei had a larger population than Jing Chu, his strategic situation was more dangerous than Jing Chu.

Although Jiang Wei has the Yangtze River natural risk, but in fact, this natural risk is the most unacceptable, not to mention that Ye Yue and Jiang Wei are based in Jingzhou, all have Huaisi, which is equal to the Yangtze River natural risk, and they are evenly divided, as long as Da Yue frees up his hand, it is to suppress the situation of the whole line of the defense of the country in minutes. From this point of view, time is still not on the side of Chu.

The Northern Expedition was imperative.

You can't retreat, but how can you advance?

The first five times Xi Zhen fought with the Vietnamese army was once a year, or even several times a year. However, after the Fourth Northern Expedition, Xi Zhen was completely silent.

Gu Che naturally understood in his heart, besides, with Chu Qi on the front line, Xi Zhen couldn't make any big waves.

This time, when I returned to Yunzhou, no one invited Gu Che to participate in any big gatherings.

Gu Che naturally didn't bother to make friends with them, and when he came back in the past two or three years, Gu Zhao was not only sensible, but also able to walk and talk.

He always smiled when he looked at Gu Che, but he was not afraid of Gu Che for half a minute.

Gu Xi's second child was also born, but both of them were daughters.

Gu Che has not fought well on the front line in the past few years, and the forces in Yunzhou have gradually paid little attention to Gu Che.

Gu Che spent the New Year in Yunzhou peacefully, and then waited until early spring to teach Gu Zhao to read and read poetry.

Gu Zhao was born to Gu Che and Ye Huai, no matter who he was, Gu Che was very satisfied.

After such a peaceful day for a while, Ye Jin recruited Gu Che into the palace.

Gu Che was not too surprised, and after packing up his clothes, he went to the appointment. The Gu family was very nervous, Gu Che smiled and waved his hand, "The king doesn't dare to touch me." ”

After Gu Che said this, she got into the carriage that came from the palace to pick her up and went all the way.

When he arrived at the palace, the sky had already darkened, and Gu Che was led down and walked all the way inside.

When he was led to the hall, he saw Ye Jinzheng looking at something alone.

Gu Che walked in and knelt down directly to the side, ignoring Ye Jin. Ye Jin still bowed his head and didn't speak, so Gu Che directly picked up the dishes and chopsticks and started to eat.

waited until he was already half-full, Ye Jin spoke, "Taifu Pu's situation is so good, it is said that he should continue to put pressure on Xi Zhen at the border, why is he back now?" ”

Gu Che put down the dishes and chopsticks, raised his head and looked at Ye Jin, he hadn't seen him for three years, Ye Jin had faded away from his original immaturity, and had become mature and upright. Maybe in a few years he will be like his dead father.

Ye Jin understood all of Gu Che's tactics, so he knew that Xi Zhen was afraid of Gu Che now, so Gu Che should have caused a certain amount of pressure on Xi Zhen on the front line, but Gu Che withdrew at this time, which was not quite reasonable.

Gu Che just smiled, "The way of marching should be a suspicious soldier, he has suffered the loss of crossing the river in white in Jiangdong, so he doesn't dare to take it lightly and believe that I really left." After Gu Che answered quietly, he looked at what Ye Jin had been looking at. It was a marching map, even Chu Qi had doubted his actions, but Ye Jin did not have the slightest doubt about his march, but asked his plans very directly.

There is no doubt that it is difficult to say how Ye Jin has not been on the battlefield militarily, but in terms of insight into people's hearts, Ye Jin has already inherited Ye Huai completely.

Ye Huai looked at it and thought for a while, then shook his head, "If this is the plan, Taifu should really learn from Jiangdong, instead of coming back." ”

Gu Che smiled, "After a few defeats, the situation in the army is unstable, Che is not there, if the Chu army attacks, the victory or defeat will be his own." Then they will understand that it is clear, why not? ”

Ye Jin didn't say anything more, just looked at Gu Che quietly.

Gu Che is already forty years old, but in terms of her complexion, she is only in her twenties, if it weren't for the momentum between her eyebrows, I'm afraid no one would believe her age.

Ye Jin sighed softly, "Mr. has begun to abandon the generals now. ”

Gu Che just smiled lightly and didn't speak. Ye Jin changed his tone, "When does Taifu plan to leave?" ”

Gu Che thought for a moment before he spoke, "Don't worry, wait for next autumn." ”

Ye Jin was a little surprised, "Taifu thinks that Xi Zhen will raise troops to attack in the autumn of next year?" ”

"It should have been later." Gu Che spoke up, "Xi Zhen, they will definitely hoard and wait until after the autumn harvest to come." ”

Ye Jin looked at Gu Che for a while, then nodded, "I hope Taifu won't disappoint Jin." ”

Gu Che smiled and didn't say much, Ye Jin seemed to think of something again, "Taifu has been free recently?" In a few days, Yunzhou ......"

"Nope." Gu Che directly interrupted Ye Jin's words, "Che has been fighting abroad all the year round, and when I come back this time, I want to spend more time with my wife and children." ”

Ye Jin stopped talking, and then nodded, "Jin understands." ”

"Take care, Your Majesty." Gu Che saluted Ye Jin, and then stood up. Then he didn't mean to look at Ye Jin, and walked out directly.

Ye Jin's face was a little cloudy, but he didn't say anything.

Gu Che has no feelings for himself.

Gu Che came out of the palace and waved his hand, not in Ye Jin's carriage, but walked on the streets of Yunzhou on foot with the servants.

It was not particularly late, and there was a commotion on the streets of Yunzhou, and there were people with status and status on the east street where the palace was located. Gu Che listened to the faint sound of singing strings from the pavilions of the wine shops on both sides, smiled softly, and then walked forward.

Gu Che had just walked a few steps when he saw a wine shop open the door, and someone stumbled in inside.

Gu Che raised his head, and the man stood against the porch for a while, and then stretched out his hand to fix his sideburns and staggered to the side.

Zhao Kite.

Zhao Yuan was obviously a little drunk, and only after walking a few steps did he see Gu Che, blinking his eyes and seeming to be thinking about something.

Gu Che stepped aside, and then left directly.

Where does Zhao Yuan still have a little bit of the original hermit demeanor? He has seen a lot of people over the years, and Gu Che smiled a little self-deprecatingly.

After that, he returned to the Gu family, and as the New Year approached, there were basically no more families walking around this year, but Gu Che was also happy and quiet.

When swimming in the lake with her family on the river, Gu Che suddenly remembered that many years ago, when Zhao Yuan and Zhang Chu were both there, she used to go down the river and find a hermit to measure the heavens.

Gu Che had a heart, and then took a boat and went all the way with his things.

In winter, the lake is cold and there are many fewer people visiting the lake. Gu Che's thoughts drifted far away with the ship.

She hadn't swum in the lake for many years because of the injuries on her body, and she was always afraid of these cold places. R1152