"Where else?"

Ji He spit out two words in his mouth: "Hanzhong." ”

"Hanzhong?"

"Exactly!"

Meng Lang got up and left the bed, and went to the map hanging on the wall of the tent to look closely, the situation of the prefecture and county in the world was all in Meng Lang's chest, there was no need to look for it, he fell to the location of Hanzhong at a glance, his eyes fell on it, fell into thought, and muttered: "Hanzhong." ”

Ji He didn't speak, waiting for him to finish thinking.

After about half an hour, Meng Lang's slightly frowning brows opened, a look of enlightenment appeared on his face, he looked at Ji He, and asked with a smile: "Fang Ping, why did you say that instead of attacking Nan'an and other counties, it is better to take Hanzhong first?" What is the reason, let's hear it. ”

Ji He had been observing Meng Lang's expression, and when he heard him ask, he said, "Ling Gong is known and why he advocated this discussion. ”

"Just tell me and see if I'm as different as you think."

So when Meng Lang returned to the couch and sat down, Ji He answered his question and said, "It's better to take Hanzhong first, there are four reasons." ”

"The first reason?"

"Although Dingxi is poor and crouching, the armor is quite fine, and Xin You, Tang Qianli, a good fighter and resourceful man, tens of thousands of people in front of the Gonglu, after a hard battle, Fang Ke Xiangwu, and then immediately recaptured by Xin You, now our army such as attacking Nan'an, is to take the power of my Keye, out of the rush of the strange soldiers, I am afraid it will be difficult to win quickly, and once it falls into a stalemate, it will not be conducive to my Wang Shi to destroy the rest of the Murong clan! One of the reasons for this. ”

"The second reason?"

"On the contrary, if you don't fight Nan'an, change to attack Hanzhong, Hanzhong is located in the south of Xianyang, and its northern boundary is only two or three hundred miles away from Xianyang, although there is Qinling in the middle to block it, but there are Longbing troops stationed here, it is a potential threat to our royal capital after all, and if you lay Hanzhong, you can remove this threat, this reason is the second."

"What about the third?"

"Huan Meng has pheasant, Wan, Bingtun Luyang, north of my Luoyang rear, east of my new Xiangcheng, Yingchuan and other Yuzhou counties, if to the west, then threaten my Guanzhong Hongnong, Shangluo and other counties, pheasant, Wan and other places, my Wang Division is necessary to take sooner or later, must not be stolen by it, in this way, if our army before using the soldiers Pheasant, Wan, first capture Hanzhong, occupy this county, can cause pressure on Brazil, Badong and other counties in Shuzhong, so that Huan Meng can be forced to shrink forces for the safety of the western flank of Jingzhou,...... That is to say, the occupation of Hanzhong will be beneficial to our army in the future to capture Pheasant and Wan, and to collect Nanyang County to enter the royal territory, the third reason. ”

As far as the current situation is concerned, the strategic position of Pheasant County, Wan County, in other words, Nanyang County is quite important.

The north of this county is more than 200 miles away from Luoyang, the east is also about 200 miles away from Xiangcheng, Yingchuan and other counties in Yuzhou, and the west is a little farther away from Hongnong (Sanmenxia), Shangluo (Shang County) in Guanzhong, and Tongguan, but it is only 400 miles,—— it is not far from the important towns in three directions, Nanyang is a basin, there are many mountains around, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, combined with these two points, if this county is occupied by Huanmeng for a long time, then it is obviously very unfavorable to Pu Qin.

Therefore, sooner or later, Pu Qin will lay down this place.

But as I said before, Nanyang County is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and its south is Jingzhou under Huan Meng's rule, once the Qin army attacks here, it won't take long for Jingzhou soldiers to rush to help, so that a big war may be set off here.

Then, in order to facilitate the Qin army's use of troops in the future, Ji He's point of view, as he said, is that Hanzhong can be taken first.

Hanzhong County is adjacent to Brazil and Padang counties to the east, and Jingzhou is to the west of Brazil and Padang counties.

If there are Qin soldiers stationed in Hanzhong, it is conceivable that in order to ensure the safety of Jingzhou, Huanmeng will inevitably have to strengthen the strength of Zhou An's father and son who are guarding Shuzhong, and they need to deploy heavy defenses in Brazil, Padang, and retreat, at least in the west of Jingzhou.

Although Jingzhou is Jiangzuo's first-class state, Jiangzuo's financial revenue mainly comes from Jing and Yangzhou, but in the end it is only a state, and then it is rich, no matter how large the population is, it is also limited, and Huanmeng has not been in Jingzhou for too long, in order to consolidate the rule, so as not to arouse public resentment, it is not easy to recruit troops on a large scale for the time being, so it is that the current available troops in Huanmeng are only thirty or forty thousand cavalry.

Thirty or forty thousand, it seems like a lot, but first, he must have troops to guard Jingzhou, and second, to leave some troops to deter the monarchs and ministers of the imperial court and Yangzhou Yindang, and third, he has previously divided some soldiers and horses to Zhou An's father and son, so as to help them better suppress those Li old ministers and folk "cunning gangsters" in Shu who are still not convinced of the Tang Dynasty.

In this case, if he had to divide his troops to defend the west flank of Jingzhou, when Pu Qin attacked Nanyang in the future, the reinforcements he could mobilize would naturally be even less unless he was recruited temporarily, which would be beneficial to the Qin army.

Meng Lang nodded and asked, "What about the fourth?" ”

"Nan'an, Longxi, Wudu, Yinping four counties, northwest of Longdi's southeast eight counties, southeast of Hanzhong, these four counties have something, the southeast eight counties and Hanzhong will be starry night rush to help, now as Hanzhong for my own, not only is it equivalent to cutting off the arm of these four counties, and our army can send a division out of Hanzhong, with the main force, two ways to attack these four counties, so that they can not take care of each other, this reason is also four."

"Is there another five?"

"Ling Gong, He Shicai said that there are four reasons, and now that the four reasons have been stated, there is no fifth."

Meng Lang grabbed the feather fan on the case, shook it and said with a smile: "I'll add a fifth one to you." ”

"Linggong asks for instructions."

"Zhou An, although he dared to fight, but tended to be inflammatory, ignorant of wealth, he was attached to the Tang magnates from before Huan Meng, and a traitor was embarrassed, killing dissidents, and a big camp, invading people's homes, to excavate ancient tombs, robbing the market, can be called dangerous and arrogant, only because Huan Meng is brave and brave, he actually got Jingzhou to show his use, but his temperament is so, I heard that he is now in Shuzhong, for the government is corrupt, people are unbearable. The land of Shuzhong, this is a new acquisition of Huanmeng, the people's hearts have not yet been attached, Zhou An's governance, and such cruelty, as I expected, Shuzhong will be chaotic sooner or later! If our army can occupy Hanzhong, then when the civil strife in Shu is over, through the Sword Pavilion and Jiameng, Chengdu can be taken directly! ......, Fang Ping, the fifth reason for this. ”

He only saw what was in front of him, but Ling Gong saw it later. Ling Gong's eloquence is strategic, and not as good as one or two. ”

"Where do I have any great talent? The king is the hero! I have nothing but exhausted my thoughts, and I have done my best to be foolish. ”

Ji He asked, "Then Ling Gong agreed with He's suggestion?" ”

"But there's a problem."

"Dare to ask Ling Gong, what's the trouble?"

The tent was opened at this time, and Ji He and Meng Lang looked at it together, and saw that Xiang Red Axe had come back with a newly cooked meal. On the black lacquered plate, a plate of barbecued meat, a bowl of soup, a plate of vegetarian dishes, a bowl of rice, and two cakes are steaming.

Meng Lang said: "You wait outside the tent first. ”

Xiang Chiaxe replied, "Yes." He turned around and went out with a food plate.

Meng Langnai continued: "The trouble is that the roads between Guanzhong and Hanzhong are not passable, only the Meridian Road and the Bao Slope Road are feasible, these two roads are very difficult to walk, people and horses are not easy to walk, and it is even more difficult to transport baggage,...... Fang Ping, do you have a solution to this dilemma? ”

"There is no way to resolve this dilemma, but there is a way to capture Hanzhong."

"What do you mean by that?"

"You can use the sound to attack the west."

"Oh?"

"On the surface, our army is still making a counterattack on Nan'an and other counties, and after Hanzhong sent soldiers and horses to assist Nan'an and other counties, our army selected elite soldiers and secretly went south along the meridian road, taking advantage of its emptiness.

Meng Lang thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Fang Ping, you have a very good strategy,...... This is called a plan within a calculation. ”

"A plan in a count?"

"Feint to attack Nanyang, actual attack on Nan'an, this plan is also; Feint attack on Nan'an, actual attack on Hanzhong, these two plans are also! The two plans are set together, and they are all plans to attack the east and the west, even if Xin Youzhu knows the soldiers, even if Tang Qianli is smart, he will definitely fall into my hub! ”

Ji He laughed and said, "What Ling Gong said about the plan in the plan turned out to be what it meant. ”

“…… Even if Hanzhong is empty, after all, the land of the heavenly prison, the task of attacking Hanzhong is very arduous, Fang Ping, who do you recommend to think that you are worthy of this task? ”

"Heshu fought with Guangwu, Guangwu was brave and resourceful, and he could get soldiers to die, and his people could also!"

Meng Lang shook his fan and smiled: "I knew that you would recommend Lu Ming!" ”

"What about the public opinion?"

"Just use him! If Hanzhong can be captured for me, this miracle is also a success, but if the battle is unfavorable, there is no way back, and the situation will be extremely dangerous,...... Fang Ping, I called you back to the camp this time, originally I wanted you to continue to serve Lu Ming in the military, but since the plan has changed, you should not participate in this battle. Tomorrow, you will go back to Quang Binh County. ”

"Ling Gong's love and gratitude for He. However, since this plan is offered by He, how dare he stay out of it? In this battle, he dared to ask Linggong to agree, and Xu He attacked Hanzhong from Guangwu! ”

Meng Lang groaned and said, "But the risk of this battle is not small. ”

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger."

Looking at Ji He's handsome demeanor, Meng Lang liked it from the bottom of his heart, although he was reluctant to commit this danger, but after thinking about it, if her husband wants to achieve great things, where can he get it in a gentle drizzle? changed his mind and said: "Qing has this ambition, I should be the beauty of Qing!" Okay, if you attack Hanzhong, it's up to you Sasuke Lu Ming! ”

"Thank you so much!"

"Fang Ping, you go to see the king with me in the afternoon, change your strategy to attack Hanzhong, you play with the king carefully!"

"No."

Jun Qianlu has a chance for everyone, although Ji He is loved by Meng Lang, but there are not many opportunities to see Pu Mao in private in a non-imperial court meeting, he knows that this is Meng Lang's opportunity to give him "Jane in the emperor's heart".

As for the strategy of "conquering Nan'an and other counties" that has been decided, will Pu Mao agree to the temporary change? Meng Lang and Ji He are not worried about this, maybe for other courtiers, Pu Mao may not necessarily obey his words, and even for Meng Lang's suggestion that "it is against the way of benevolence and righteousness", Pu Mao will often follow his own will and not adopt it, but in other aspects, especially in the important politics of the military state, he has always been "good as a stream" to Meng Lang, and he must not oppose changing the established strategy to accept Ji He's strategy of attacking the Han Dynasty.

As the two of them expected, in the afternoon, Ji He followed Meng Langjin to see Pu Mao, and after he finished talking about his idea of changing his attack on Hanzhong, Pu Mao only thought about it a little and accepted Ji He's opinion.

Pu Mao smiled and said to Meng Lang: "No wonder Master Meng has always appreciated Ji Qing, Ji Qing's strategy of changing Nan'an and attacking Hanzhong is indeed wonderful. ”

Ji He said modestly: "Weichen is stupid, and his views are not enough to be a king. ”

Meng Lang noticed that Pu Mao seemed to have something on his mind, and asked, "King, why do you seem to be in a bad mood?" Do you think that Ji and this policy are still negotiable? ”

"Ji Qing's strategy is very good, Brother Gu and Lu Ming have not yet arrived, and Gu has not yet ordered the two of them and Yao Tao to lead their troops to sneak back to Guanzhong and attack Nan'an's purpose, which can just change the strategy, and it is not a lonely 'order to change the day'!" Pu Mao made a small joke, then got up, paced in the tent, and said, "But Master Meng is really lonely, and Lone is indeed in a bad mood. ”

"Dare to ask the king, why is this? Don't be sure, who upset the king? ”

"Who else could it be! It's He Hun Evil! ”

Meng Lang asked, "What's wrong with He Hunxie?" ”

"Didn't Master Meng invite Gu and give He Hun an edict to send Zhang Shi to Gu?"

"Yes. The king, He Hun evil and cunning genus, such as jackals, although fierce, its account of high force is admittedly able to fight, but its greed is short-sighted, the strong is weak, the defeat is not ashamed of surrender, there is no far-sighted, and its Hu, appearance and my Middle Earth Tang, Di, Xianbei are different, different species are also, the reason why he can be based on Xu, relying on Zhang Shi's help, if Zhang Shi can enter Qin, for the king's use, then Xu, Qing land, without a fight and can be peaceful! This is the reason why the minister invited the king and asked him to send Zhang Shi here. ”

"For this reason, Gu Zi also knows, but Master Meng, the above table that He Hun Xie replied to Gu just arrived this morning, guess what he said in the table?"

"Could it be that he refused the king's order and refused to send Zhang Shi here?"

"Isn't it!" Pu Mao's face flashed with anger, and he said, "What did he say in the table, Zhang Shi was sick and couldn't travel far, saying that when he was well, he would send him to Lone!" This look is a fabricated nonsense, he is fooling Lone! ”

"King, it's not surprising that he refused to send Zhang Shi. As Chen Shicai said, Zhang Shi is his reliance on Xu, I heard that he has no respect for the Tang scholars in Xu, especially the scholars captured from Qingzhou, and actually treats them as equals with his subordinates, and makes a gentleman's camp, and these scholars are incorporated into the camp, and they are not allowed to move freely. But he was very respectful to Zhang Shi, so much so that he didn't call him by name, called him 'Right Marquis', and he refused to obey the order, which was expected by the minister. ”

"Then you still asked Lone to give him an order?"

Pu Mao's tone did not mean reproach, and Meng Lang was not frightened, he smiled unhurriedly and said: "King, although He Hun refused to obey the order, but the name of the king who is thirsty for talent will now be known to Xu Shi!" ”

Pu Mao suddenly said suddenly: "Master Meng, you asked Gu to summon Zhang Shi, not to really summon Zhang Shi, but to help Gu Yang love the name of Xu?" ”

"The king, just like the minister said, the reason why He Hun was able to gain a foothold in Xu was because of Zhang Shi and other soldiers, and by the high force under his account, he had no popular support in Xuzhou, and now the reputation of the king of Jingxian and good talents, as long as it can spread in Xuzhou, the land of Xu and Qing, just wait for our army to destroy the Murong clan and solve the threat of Dingxi, you can get it!

"In addition, when the king issued an edict to He Hun evil, he had a generous gift with the will, and it was clearly stated in the decree that it was specially given to Zhang Shi, and the decree has been called diligently, and there are heavy gifts, and my Great Qin country is thriving, and those who know the times are called Junjie, maybe, He Hun evil will be suspicious of Zhang Shi from it, this is a divisive plan, which will also help my Wang Shi to take Xu Di in the future!"

"Master Meng."

"The king, the minister is here."

Pu Mao said with sincere admiration: "Shi Zhen takes one step, looks at three steps, and thinks far-sightedly. ”