"The two major Hu tribes in the north and south of the desert were reunited and established a unified regime Liao Dynasty, the second battle of Longyou, the Liao Dynasty actually had the opportunity to cut from the back and give the Great Jin a salary, but they didn't do it, why does the lord think this is?"

"The development and end of the Second Battle of Longyou, to be honest, there are many unexpected places in it, such as the Liao Dynasty, Li Zhong and Tubo are in full swing, and if the Hu people suddenly launch an attack on Anbei at this time, they will definitely achieve great success,"

Although Wang Huailie did not participate in the second battle of Longyou, but at that time he was also ready to fight, the reason is very simple, at that time in the Longyou battlefield, Tubo sent troops quickly in the early stage, won one victory after another, and achieved a huge advantage, and the number of troops, it was also far beyond Li Zhong, as far as the situation at that time was concerned, many people were pessimistic about the situation in Longyou, so many of the local Jiedu envoys who were still loyal to the imperial court were prepared in advance, once the Longyou war situation deteriorated, Zhao Zhi would definitely urgently dispatch troops, with the help of the power of the local Jiedu envoys.

Of course, the final ending was very good, Li Zhong turned the tide, once again won more with less, defeated Tubo, after this battle, completely crushed the military power of Tubo, so that it did not dare to compete with the Jin Dynasty for at least 20 years.

Fan Zhongzhe sneered: "Lord, you have to understand a truth, the enemy is stronger than yourself, in fact, it is not terrible, I am afraid that this enemy has no weaknesses, a calm and rational enemy, it will definitely make people feel afraid and afraid." ”

Wang Huailie was puzzled: "What was the Liao Dynasty worried about at that time? ”

Fan Zhongzhe said lightly: "The war between countries often involves a single blow and moves the whole body, if you can't succeed in one blow, it will inevitably form a stalemate, once a stalemate is formed, even if you defeat the enemy, you will also suffer heavy losses, such as our war with Tubo, Li Zhong led the army to defeat Tubo twice in a row, beheaded hundreds of thousands of enemies, and achieved a brilliant victory and prestige for our Great Jin, but in addition, what else did the imperial court get? Tibet still exists, although weak, but not perished, and after a few decades, it will still recover, and at that time, the war will continue. ”

Wang Huailie nodded, and somewhat understood what Fan Zhongzhe meant, after the founding of the Hu people, their upper-level rulers were obviously not a group of generals, no longer only knew how to fight, kill, burn, kill and loot as before, but more strategy and foresight, before you are sure that you can destroy the Jin Dynasty in one fell swoop, don't act rashly, once the war breaks out and can't succeed, it will be a long-term stalemate, the gains outweigh the losses, and it will not benefit anyone.

Fan Zhongzhe continued: "Anbei Jiedu made the defeat and retreated to Anbei, and the Liao Dynasty army was eyeing the border of Anbei, at the most critical moment of the war, Li Zhong sent a large number of Anbei elite soldiers to the south to support the Longyou battlefield, completely ignoring the threats and hidden dangers of the Liao Dynasty army, lord, why do you think Li Zhong did this?" ”

Wang Huailie shook his head: "What do you think? ”

Fan Zhongzhe sneered: "I thought that Li Zhong had made two preparations at that time, if the Liao Dynasty did not move, it would be the best, once there was any sign of sending troops, then fortunately abandon the entire Anbei, and even the entire Eleven Prefectures of Longyou, save the military strength, and then withdraw to Huizhou as quickly as possible to prevent the Hu army from attacking the pass and destroying my Great Jin." ”

Hearing this, Wang Huailie's whole body shook violently, and then he said in disbelief: "This is impossible, if Li Zhong really has this intention, such a thing, it is impossible to get to this point, and there is still no news at all, this is just your speculation and delusion." ”

"I'm really just guessing, but it's not delusional."

Fan Zhongzhe nodded and said: "At that time, the Tubo army had already invaded the western part of Longyou, and the situation on the entire Longyou battlefield, Tubo still had a great upper hand, at this critical moment, once the Liao Dynasty hundreds of thousands of troops went south, Anbei Jiedu made Ma Wu just defeated, it was the time when the military heart was floating, the Anbei army was not the opponent of the Liao Dynasty at all, if Anbei was broken, then this battle would not have to be fought, because there would only be one result, that is, defeat, fiasco, in this case, it is better to abandon Anbei and Longyou, Although the land was lost, the military strength was preserved, and as long as the army was still there, it could continue to guard Huizhou and prevent the Hu people from joining forces with the Tubo two countries, intending to destroy the heart of the Great Jin, if the whole overall situation really developed in this direction, with Li Zhong's character, for the sake of the overall situation, it is very likely to do so. ”

Wang Huailie touched his chin: "Without the protection of the army, millions of people will immediately become slaves, and he Li Zhong will probably be scolded and blamed by everyone in the world." ”

Fan Zhongzhe said: "Because of the importance involved, there are some things that can only be thought in my heart, and maybe when it is absolutely necessary, I will take action, but I will never say it." ”

Wang Huailie looked at Fan Zhongzhe and sighed: "Mr. Fan, you said so much, I understand, don't worry, I'm not an impulsive person, I know what to do and what not to do." ”

Fan Zhongzhe had a smile on his face, and bowed down: "Lord Shengming." ”

Fan Zhongzhe's character is like this, maybe for injustices, he will be very fierce and upright, but when it comes to important matters related to the overall situation, he generally will not fiercely advise and speak out, but stop at the point, say his suggestions and intentions, if Wang Huailie does not accept it, he will no longer say more, but tear away the topic, and then look for an opportunity to slowly turn the topic and ideas back to the original point, until Wang Huailie himself accepts and understands.

Zhao Zhi died, Zhao Xun succeeded to the throne, and rewarded many people, but for Wang Huailie, he was quite cold and slow, which made Wang Huailie resentful of the court and Zhao Xun, and did some out-of-character things and said some out-of-character words, Fan Zhongzhe advised several times, until today, this made Wang Huailie understand a truth, with the death of Zhao Zhi, Yang Daosi, Liu Ji and a number of highly meritorious celebrities, or died, or retired, the court situation of the Great Jin Dynasty began to be unstable, and the national strength began to decline, but on the whole, The power of the central court is still strong, not one or two local festival envoys can compete, once Wang Huailie and the court completely turn face, the court will not be afraid of Wang Huailie, it is very likely to take this opportunity to kill Wang Huailie to make an example of the monkey, take him to the knife, and warn the major feudal towns in the world.

Now that Zhao Xun is looking at Chuzhou, there can only be one attitude that Wang Huailie needs to show, that is, low-key and obedient, at a certain price, to protect himself, to draw Zhao Xun's attention away as soon as possible, and to reduce his own pressure.

"Mr. Fan, please be seated."

Wang Huailie raised his hand and invited Fan Zhongzhe to sit down, and then said: "Yesterday, Zhao Xun just issued an edict to me, agreeing to my request, separating the two counties north of Chuzhou, and restoring the establishment of Caizhou. ”

Fan Zhongzhe pondered for a moment, and then asked: "The food and materials of the soldiers stationed in Caizhou are still supplied by our Chuzhou?" ”