After the military council meeting in Gaotang City, Hu Guiliang and his guards returned to the garrison of the Third Army outside the city.

According to the military order, the Third Army was about to rush to the Liaocheng area.

The military order is like a mountain, and the big war is coming, Hu Guiliang does not dare to delay.

At this time, the first reserve division of Liaodong County, led by Brigadier General Ma Liang, had been stationed in Fancheng. Fan Cheng ordered Song Shao, who had already led the squire of Fan Cheng at this time, to greet him.

For the military and political system of Yan State, Ma Liang, as a brigadier general, is very familiar with it.

In this era, there was a common problem in all countries of the Central Plains, that is, it was easy to occupy a city, but it was relatively difficult to govern, and it could only rely on the local big family to govern.

Big families generally only consider the interests of their own families, and most of them are "wall grass", so I want them to help you sincerely, wait! So if you really want to straighten out the occupied place, it will take at least ten or ten years.

The Yan State is different, starting from the Liao Land, for the newly occupied land, the Yan State has formulated perfect laws and regulations to govern it. Not only the army participated, but also the various ministries of the court and even the local counties and counties, especially the officials.

For the newly occupied land, the demoted officials are basically demoted, and half of the original officials are transferred to other places to serve or study in the academy, and some officials who are sincerely attached to the Yan State, familiar with the local conditions, and have no family background are retained as deputy positions.

A set of officials prepared in advance by Yan Guo with experience in local governance immediately stationed in the local area with the army, relying on the army, began to govern the local area.

In this way, it usually only takes half a month to pacify and control the newly occupied city.

After so many years of implementation, this very efficient system has become more perfect. In the words of Prime Minister Lu Zhonglian in Qidi, it is "since ancient times, there has been no strategy." ”

After the first division of Liaodong County entered the city, the division commander Ma Liang, accompanied by the county commander Song Shao, inspected Fancheng.

Fancheng is a small city, and the city walls are built of rammed earth, which can be said to be extremely simple compared with cities such as Diqiu and even Gaotang. It is adjacent to the acropolis city of Qicheng in the west of Diqiu, the state of Zhao in the north, Jixi County in the east, and Taoyi occupied by Wei in the south.

After occupying Fancheng, the army led by the king of Changguo did not stay in this place too much, and the sappers were also allowed to build the city of Fancheng, and then they marched westward.

But at this time, with the main force of the Yan State and the main force of the coalition army about to start a battle under Diqiu City, the geographical location of Fan City is in a very important position. This place is the only way for the main force of the Yan army to contact the rear.

At present, there is no excessive threat around Fancheng. The Zhao army led by Lian Po in the north intended to attack Gaotang; The Wei army in Taoyi in the south was even smaller, and they did not have the ability to go north to Fancheng.

The Yan army can let a reserve division garrison Fancheng, which can be said to attach great importance to Fancheng.

Ma Liang didn't think too much at this time, but after inspecting Fan Cheng, he was not very satisfied with Fan Cheng's defense.

Song Shao, the county commander who accompanied him, asked: "Song County Order, according to my Yan system, where I Yan Di City, the defense must be perfected. What is the reason that many of the defenses on the walls of this city are imperfect or even broken? ”

Song Shao hurriedly said to Ma Liang: "General Qiyu, Fancheng and my Yan Kingdom have just recovered for more than a month, and now because of the war, many people have been dispatched to support the front of Diqiu. Therefore, there is no time to restore the city. ”

Ma Liang pondered for a moment and said to Song Shao:

"This place in Fan City is now an important channel to connect the front army with the rear, and we can't be careless. Song County Order, this general can order the officers and soldiers under his jurisdiction to build Fan City, and I also hope that you can transfer some people to cooperate. ”

Song Shao also knew what Ma Liang said, according to the Yan system, it was a reasonable request.

He bowed down to Ma Liang and said: "What the general said is extremely true, this county order will organize the people and cooperate with the general to build the city." ”

Ma Liang turned around and said to a herald behind him: "Pass on the general's order, inform the officers and soldiers of the whole division, don't rest for the time being." Immediately began to build the wall of Fancheng, and after the completion of the construction of the city wall, our department will have a good rest. ”

"No." The herald bowed and replied.

Then he went down to the city, rode a horse with a few heralds, and headed towards the camp of the garrison in the city.

Ma Liang never imagined that it was his own order that became the key to this national war.

Just when Yan State was actively deploying troops in response to the Central Plains War.

Xiong Wan, the king of Chu, and Huang Xie, the king of Chunshen, were already on their way back to Chu.

In the van in which Xiong Wan was riding, Xiong Wan asked Huang Xie, who was sitting opposite:

"It seems that this time the five countries have even cut down Yan, and this Qin country has come out of the "blood capital". On the one hand, it took the initiative to send troops, and on the other hand, it supplied half of the grain and grass to the armies of various countries, and promised not to occupy an inch of land in Yan State. ”

"Chun Shenjun, the widow thinks about it, I don't know why this Qin Wang Yingji did this? This...... In the eyes of the widow, this is simply unbelievable. ”

Huang Xie thought for a moment and said to Xiong Wan: "King, this matter is not difficult to understand. According to the analysis of the ministers, Qin Wang Yingji was very afraid of the rise of the Yan Kingdom. If you think about the age of this Yan Wang Kang, you will know. ”

"King, this time the five countries are cutting down Yan in a row, no matter if other countries are really cutting down Yan under the instigation of King Yingji of Qin? But my Chu State still has to deal with it as agreed when I came to Luoyi. ”

"For my Chu State, if the Yan State is defeated, my Chu State can also get the benefits of cutting Yan; If the coalition army is defeated, my Chu State will not offend the Yan State too much, and there will be no loss for my Chu State. ”

Speaking of this, Huang Xie looked up and saw that there was no one else in the car, but he still whispered to Xiong Wan:

"King, you can send someone to inform me of Jingyang, the general of the Chu State's front, and ask him to secretly send an envoy to Yan Land, so that he can reach a tacit understanding with the Yan army, don't really fight, just confront each other."

"After this matter is negotiated, our king must inform the general Jingyang, so that he must keep his mouth shut and never leak the slightest tone. After that, our Chu State will depend on the war between the coalition forces and the Yan State. This is the humble opinion of the minister, please let me know it. ”

Chu Wang Xiong was stunned, "oh", and said to Huang Xie:

"Chun Shenjun, I understand what you mean. However, according to your policy, can my Chu State really gain greater benefits? ”

Chun Shenjun Huang Xie, smiling and saying to Xiong Wan:

"My king thinks about it, now Wei and Han have obeyed Qin; And Zhao is a big country in the Central Plains. If my Chu State really sends troops to fight Yan with the other countries this time, with the current national strength of my Chu State, I am afraid that I will not be able to compete with the countries! ”

"Needless to say, the victory of the Yan State is that the Yan State was defeated, and the coalition army occupied the Yan land. As for the cities occupied by the coalition army, if our Chu State robs it with other countries, it is not as good. Nine times out of ten, the nations rushed up and divided the land they occupied. ”

"Your Majesty, as the minister has seen, the result is that the countries of the Central Plains will not be left with even a little oil residue from our Chu State. Since our Chu State is thankless, why don't we wait for the countries to invade the Yan Land, and then we will send troops to the Yan Kingdom. ”

"Even we can take the opportunity to promise Yan Wang Kang that he will not destroy his country. In this way, Yan Guo must be grateful to my Chu State, and if I don't make it, I will hand over the Qi land I occupy to my Chu State. ”

"Your Majesty, my Chu State is doing this, it can be said that it is left and right. It is to exchange the greatest benefit for the smallest price, why not do it for my Chu State? Isn't that the truth, my lord? ”

Huang Xie's words made Xiong Wan, the king of Chu, happy, and very satisfied with Huang Xie's suggestion.

I couldn't help myself, and in the car it was "haha" and laughed.

Facing Chun Shenjun Huang Xie, that's the eyebrows flying!

praised Huang Xie again and again:

"Chun Shenjun's strategy is wonderful, wonderful! It is exactly what the widow wants. I, the State of Chu, will proceed according to this strategy! Chun Shenjun, the widow can send someone to inform Jingyang, let him proceed according to this strategy, secretly send someone to Yan Land, and reach a tacit understanding with Yan Jun. ”