Lu Chao added another stroke to the map, this is the latest enemy movement sent back by the hook letter, looking at the direction marked by the arrows, the people around Lu Chao are a little confused, because the opponent's main force is actually moving towards Changping, leaving Jinyang City, the largest political, cultural and economic center in Xizhao, aside.

"They don't want Jinyang anymore, what kind of play is this?" General Xu Yahua said in surprise, he used to be a general under Meng Tian, and two years ago, he was transferred to Lu Chao, and he was an extremely experienced veteran.

Lu Chao threw the charcoal in his hand and said lightly: "Because they know that in this battle, my goal is not Jinyang, but Gao Yuan." Although Changping is much smaller than Jinyang, but from a defensive point of view, it is more advantageous, because of the limitations of the terrain, we can deploy limited troops, which greatly limits our advantage in troops, although Changping is small, but the terrain is dangerous, more conducive to defense, and here, compared to Jinyang City, it is closer to the upper valley, they can more easily obtain logistics supplements and reinforcements. ”

"General, I don't understand, what is the purpose of Gao Yuan? He doesn't have to fight this battle with us, now that he only has more than 10,000 cavalry in Jinyang, does he expect the Western Zhao army to become the main force against us? He could have just walked away. Xu Yahua frowned.

Lu Chao smiled faintly, "I didn't think about it before, I just thought that this was a good opportunity to defeat Gao Yuan, but in the past few days of marching, I have thought very clearly, and the news that my teacher is critically ill has been known to them." ”

Xu Yahua raised his head in shock, "General, they did it on purpose. ”

"Yes, intentionally, Gao Yuan wants to drag me in Hangu Pass, he doesn't want me to go back to Xianyang. That's why I deliberately showed my traces. It seems that Gao Yuan is expected that as long as I don't return to Xianyang, then there will inevitably be a fierce political struggle between the reformers and conservatives in Daqin, no matter who wins or loses, Daqin will inevitably be greatly injured, in the current form, Fan Sui has the support of the king, and the possibility of winning the final victory must be great, and the reform that Fan Sui insists on is the kind of big move that hurts the muscles and bones, or Gao Yuan feels that this kind of reform will also make the Qin State chaotic. He wanted to profit from the chaos, which is why there was a war that we didn't think would appear in this time. ”

"General, in that case, why should we do what Gao Yuan wants? Our army is attacking, and if you don't return to Xianyang, won't you take advantage of your lofty heart? Xu Yahua was puzzled.

Lu Chao smiled bitterly and sat down slowly, "General Xu, you said that I am compared to my teacher." Who's better? ”

"This ......." Xu Yahua's face was strange, and he looked at Lu Chao with some embarrassment, asking him to wipe his skin to flatter Lu Chao, but he really couldn't pull off this face.

"The relationship between the first king and my teacher is deep. Or do I have a deep relationship with the king? Lu Chao asked again.

Xu Yahua's expression is strange, King Qin Wulie and Li Ru not only have a teacher-student relationship, but also have been friends for decades, Li Ru assisted King Qin Wulie to let Great Qin dominate the world. Where is this Lu Chao can compare.

"It's not as good as it, is it?" Lu Chao said: "Since the king has made up his mind, do you think it will be useful for me to go back to Xianyang?" Let's not talk about whether I can return to Xianyang, even if I go back safely. In addition to making this internal strife more intense and cruel, what good does Yu Daqin have? ”

"But just now the general also said that Fan Sui's reform is too drastic and will cause turmoil in the country, which is not easy for Daqin!" Xu Yahua said.

"Now for us in Great Qin, it's just the lesser of two evils. These days, I have also thought very clearly, since the king has decided, then I can only try to minimize the damage to Great Qin in this dispute, this war is an additional gift, once won, it will boost the morale of the country even more. "Lu Chaodao.

"General, in this way, you and the political ideas of the Li family can run counter, these people represented by Cui Shoufu are afraid that they will regard the general as a betrayer and an enemy, and there is no benefit to the general personally." Xu Yahua said in a low voice.

Hearing Xu Yahua say this, Lu Chao laughed loudly: "General Xu, I didn't expect you to think so much about me, you are right, after my decision is made, from now on, I will become a loner, the people of the school will regard me as an enemy, and the people led by Fan Sui will never accept me, I am really becoming a lonely minister." ”

Xu Yahua was silent.

"Why is my teacher successful?" Lu Chao suddenly asked rhetorically.

"That's because the Li family formed a deep friendship with the first king when he was still young, and after the first king ascended the throne, he vigorously supported the political ideas of the Li family, and did not hesitate to kill people for this purpose, and the head was rolling and the blood flowed like a river, which established the unique position of the Li school in the Qin State." Xu Yahua blurted out.

"Yes, it is the support of the first king, General Xu is really a Confucian general, different from others, think about the problem at a deeper level, the success of the Li school comes from the support of the king, but now the king no longer supports the concept of the Li school, which has made clear the root of the failure of the Li school, Cui Yuan They think that I have a large army, and I have a very good relationship with the king, which will inevitably affect the overall situation, that is too high to think of me, and too underestimate the loyalty of the Qin army system to the king." Lu Chao spread his hands and said with a smile.

"The general sees a thousand miles." Xu Yahua admired the authenticity, "Look at the problem and hit the nail on the head." ”

"Unless I take the 100,000 troops of Hangu Pass to force the palace, General Xu, if I decide so, will you go with me?"

"I, I ........." Xu Yahua's face turned blood-red all of a sudden, Lu Chao's question was yes, so he couldn't answer, because no matter how he answered, it was wrong.

Lu Chao sighed: "The lesser of two evils, this is my decision, Gao Yuan wants to drag me in Hangu Pass, drag in Jinyang, I will obey his wishes, this battle, our side from the book, has the absolute upper hand, whether it is the number of troops, or the fighting power, or the length of the supply line, we have an absolute advantage, if we can't win this battle, then it can only be said that God does not bless me, even if I can't catch Gao Yuan, just defeat his army, I have achieved my goal." ”

Only then did Xu Yahua understand all of Lu Chao's thoughts, "It turns out that you are using this to show your attitude to the king. ”

Lu Chao was silent for a moment, "I can't tell those senior brothers in Xianyang, I have abandoned them, I have betrayed the teacher, I hope this move of mine can make them understand, just stop fighting, compromise with the king, cooperate with Fan Sui, and make Daqin a little more stable." lest the time be like when the first king came to the throne decades ago, the heads of the people are rolling and the blood is flowing like a river. ”

"The general has good intentions."

"It's not good intentions, it's just a wise way to protect yourself."

"I'm afraid that Cui Shoufu and they won't agree, there is no turning back from the bow, since they have already started, I am afraid that they will go all the way to the black, not to mention, in the entire Great Qin, the officials of the Li school occupy an absolute advantage."

"That is, they don't know the current affairs and kill themselves. Gao Yuan has a very good saying, the power comes out of the knife handle, they have no army in their hands, they don't have the knife handle, and they still want to fight against the king, that is to kill themselves, and Bai Qi will never be soft. "Lu Chaodao.

Xu Yahua nodded, every earth-shaking reform in the court, which time is not a river of blood, this time I am afraid that it will not be an exception, when Lu Chao, the most powerful and powerful in the Li school, made such a decision, it has basically decided the fall of the Li school.

It was late at night, Xu Yahua blew the letter that had not dried the ink, carefully sealed the envelope, clapped his hands, and an adjutant quietly appeared in front of him.

"Send this letter back to Xianyang immediately and present it to the king." Xu Yahua said.

The adjutant took the letter, stuffed it into his bosom, and turned to leave the tent.

"General Xu, send it out like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to hide it from the general's eyes." Behind Xu Yahua, a general said in a low voice.

"Why do you want to hide it from the general, I just repeated his words today word for word and presented them to the king, do you think the general doesn't know who I am? He has revealed his heart to me today, but he has only revealed his heart to the king through my mouth, and to me, it is much more powerful than the general himself. ”

"Is that so?" The general behind him exclaimed.

"The general is smarter than we imagined, and he understands the current affairs, my Daqin's reform is already unstoppable, but General Lu's worries are not unreasonable, so the biggest task of our soldiers now is to fight this battle and boost morale, which is the best gift to the king."

"Understood!" The general said solemnly.

Lu Chao used his words with Xu Yahua to stabilize the army's heart, so that all the generals in the army can cooperate sincerely, work hard in one place, and think all the way, it is indeed very clever, the senior generals in the army have their own backgrounds, their own information sources, many things can't be hidden at all, it's better to directly pick out the party.

At this time, a long distance away from Changpingli, a tired army appeared on the road, and when they saw the Changping city towering in front of them, a leading general sat on the ground, "Damn, I finally arrived in advance." We arrived ahead of time, and the war has not yet begun! He howled loudly.

This army, Li Mingjun's troops, who rushed all the way from Shanggu, set out with 15,000 people, and forcibly marched all the way to Changping, leaving less than 10,000 people, and more than 5,000 soldiers were left behind. (To be continued......)