Chapter 1157: Encircling and Annihilating Yang Lin (I)

After listening to Yan Xiang's words, Yuan Shu just thought about it for a while, and shorthand nodded in agreement.

When Zhao Kuangyin saw this, a cold light flashed in his eyes, but he hid it well and was not discovered by anyone.

Zhao Kuangyin found that Yuan Shu's attitude towards him had changed, although he was still extremely affectionate, Zhao Kuangyin felt that Yuan Shu was guarding himself intentionally or unintentionally.

In the past, as long as Yuan Shu sent troops to fight abroad, the first candidate for the position of chief general must be Zhao Kuangyin, but now he has let Ji Ling, a reckless man, serve as the chief general.

Zhao Kuangyin knew that the simple-minded Ji Ling was by no means the opponent of the cunning fox-like Li Mi, so he waited for Ji Ling to replace Ji Ling to lead the army to defeat Li Mi after Ji Ling's defeat, so as to regain Yuan Shu's attention.

Everything was as Zhao Kuangyin expected, Ji Ling was really not Li Mi's opponent, even if he had three times the enemy's strength, he was still being played by Li Mi.

Zhao Kuangyin thought that the position of the main general must be his own, but he didn't want Yan Xiang to recommend Lian Po as the main general, so that all his calculations were in vain.

Zhao Kuangyin thought about it again, but found that Yan Xiang had been saying good things about Lian Po since when, and Lian Po was more and more valued by Yuan Shu, so that he gradually became idle.

Zhao Kuangyin is Yuan Shu's brother-in-law, and it stands to reason that he is closer to Yuan Shu, but Yan Xiang has followed Yuan Shu since he came out, and has always been loyal to Yuan Shu's trust, so Yan Xiang is one of the few people who can persuade Yuan Shu.

The reason why Yan Xiang secretly suppressed Zhao Kuangyin was not because he was dissatisfied with Zhao Kuangyin, but because he thought that Zhao Kuangyin had too much power and could already threaten the lord Yuan Shu.

If Zhao Kuangyin was a pure loyal minister, then Yan Xiang would naturally not suspect Zhao Kuangyin, but obviously Zhao Kuangyin had his own ambitions and secretly did a lot of things that no one knew about, so he persuaded Yuan Shu not to boost Zhao Kuangyin's prestige anymore.

Although Yuan Shu's own ability is not excellent, he is definitely not a fool, although he does not believe that his brother-in-law will betray him, but what the military advisor said is indeed not wrong.

If the merit and prestige of the courtiers are too high, it will indeed affect the ruling position of the monarch.

Therefore, even if it is just in case, Yuan Shu must balance the rights of the generals under his command, and the only people in the army who can balance Zhao Kuangyin are Ji Ling and Lian Po.

There are also many opponents around Yuan Shu, Qin Hao, Huang Zu, Cao Cao, Li Mi, Liu Xuan, a total of five princes looked around his power, and also restrained Yuan Shu's huge forces, and if Yuan Shu wants to expand externally, he must first solve Li Mi in Yuzhou.

Regarding the selection of Li Mi's chief general, it will only be between Ji Ling and Lian Po.

Although Lian Po is honest and loyal, he has always been a non-party and non-fighting, but he has a very good personal relationship with Zhao Kuangyin, which also makes Yuan Shu worried, so he forcibly sent Ji Ling as the main general, but Ji Ling is difficult to take on the big task after all, and in the end, he has to rely on Lian Po.

Regarding Yuan Shu and Yan Xiang's thoughts, Zhao Kuangyin could naturally guess it, but not only could he not understand it, but he also regarded Yan Xiang as a thorn in his eye.

Zhao Kuangyin already has his own ambitions, and the reason why he pretends to be a loyal minister is just to borrow the power of the Yuan family as a ladder for his promotion, and now that Yuan Shu does not give him the opportunity to develop, what is the point of him staying under Yuan Shu?

"The next road is not easy to walk, should you continue to endure it? Or is it directly independent of Yuan Shu? ”

As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but flash a trace of eagerness, but he quickly calmed down again, and said secretly: "No, now the situation in the Central Plains is complicated, and the princes are constantly fighting.

After all, the background of my Zhao family is still too shallow, and I must continue to rely on Yuan Shu to endure and go down. ”

Zhao Kuangyin has been forbearance for many years, but he doesn't want to fall short here, and he also feels that the benefits of self-reliance are not big enough now, so it is better to endure and continue to fight big.

In this way, Zhao Kuangyin chose to continue to hide his ambitions, and his 'deferential' performance was also seen by Yuan Shu, so he felt guilty about Zhao Kuangyin in his heart, and decided to find another opportunity to compensate Zhao Kuangyin in the future.

Luoyang, school field.

The Women's Army, the Nine Dragon Guard, the Iron Guard, and the Tiger Guard, four elite battalions, with a total of 12,000 troops, have been assembled, and they can be immediately mobilized as soon as Qin Hao gives an order.

As for Luoyang City, Qin Hao also left 12,000 defenders, and transferred 3,000 troops from the 5,000 defenders of Tiger Prison Pass to reinforce, and gathered 15,000 defenders to defend Luoyang.

Now that the fierce battle in Yanzhou is in full swing, neither Li Zicheng nor the Yanzhou Princes Alliance can offend Qin Hao at this time.

Even if someone attacked Tiger Prison Pass at this time, as long as the strength did not exceed 100,000, with the 2,000 defenders in Tiger Prison Pass, it would be enough to support the arrival of reinforcements from the Qin army.

After Qin Hao's mobilization, the deployment of the Qin army's troops on the front line of Luoyang became Xu Huang's 2,000 troops guarding the Tiger Pass, Guan Sheng and Xun commanding the 10,000 troops guarding the Yique Pass ruins and responsible for rebuilding the Yique Pass, Tan Daoji, Qin Wu, Qin Jian and other generals 15,000 troops were responsible for garrisoning Luoyang, and Qin Hao led 12,000 elites to support Bai Qi.

Qin Hao glanced at the generals below, Gao Chong, Pei Yuanqing, Xu Chu, Jiang, Arthur, Hu Sanniang, Hua Mulan and other generals lined up, and after a little counting, he found that the number of female generals was even more than that of male generals, which made Qin Hao sigh in his heart: The women's army is really full of talents.

Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong, Xiong Kuohai, Cheng Biting Jin, and Jia Fu were all injured, and although they were mostly healed under Sun Simiao's treatment, they were still not healed after all, so Qin Hao just ordered them to continue to recuperate, and did not agree to them to go with the army.

Looking at the generals, Qin Hao said in a deep voice: "A few hours ago, my lord received a report from the Yewang War, although the fall of Hangu Pass cut off the grain route of the Liang army, but Yang Lin was unwilling to sit still and lead the army to break through yesterday.

Yang Lin calculated that Bai Qi would set up an ambush on the way to Hangu Pass, so he ostensibly broke through to Hangu Pass, but halfway turned around and came to Luoyang. ”

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but tighten their hearts, Luoyang's current troops are not sufficient, once Yang Lin really arrives in Luoyang, I am afraid that there will be a fierce battle.

Just as the generals were rubbing their hands in their hearts, Qin Hao said again: "However, Yang Lin's mind has been thoroughly understood by Bai Qi, Bai Qi not only arranged ambushes on the front line of Hangu Pass, but also prevented Yang Lin from jumping over the wall to attack Luoyang ......"