As soon as the people arrived at Tongguan, Shehuai immediately greeted him, took Bai Qi and others into the pass, and set up a banquet to entertain them. [Full text reading. 】

During the banquet, Zhang Yi asked about the situation in Guanzhong, and said: "Everything is fine in Guanzhong, nothing has changed." A few days ago, the king had received a notification from the general and sent General Zhang Gong to receive the three counties. At this time, the message has not been returned, and it is not known how it has been received. ”

Bai Qi said: "There shouldn't be any changes, those three counties are close to Huguang and almost border with Nanming, and Li Zicheng's strength is not enough to completely control it, so he handed over those three counties to us, in fact, he wanted us to block Nanming's men and horses for him." ”

Li Yan asked, "How is the king doing?" ”

"The king has recently promoted a group of officials, and several of them have been reused, and when you are away, they will be in charge of political affairs. ”

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "This is not surprising, several of us have left, and there is no competent man around the king, so naturally it will not work." ”

Bai Qi asked, "Are there any generals?" Shi Huai said: "No, all the guards and Guanzhong people are led by the princess, and no new generals are mentioned." This time, only some civilian officials were promoted, and they were all capable officials who had recently made political achievements in various parts of Guanzhong. ”

Li Yan said with a smile: "The princess is in command of the people, this is a strange thing. It can also be seen that our king is eclectic. ”

Bai Qi said: "The king still doesn't trust others very much about military power, so most of all military power is in the hands of my Qin people. The people in the world, except for the princess, Wang Bao and Li Gongzi, no one else has ever led a soldier. ”

Zhang Yi said: "It's no wonder that the king, at this time, the world is in chaos, military power is the top priority, and the situation faced by the Qin army is very subtle, at this time, there can be no mistakes inside." The princess is the king's beloved, and when the general and General Wang Jian are away, it is most appropriate for her to be in charge of the army. ”

Everyone nodded, and after the banquet was dispersed, everyone went their separate ways to rest.

Bai Qi rested at Tongguan for three days, and then set off back to Xi'an. Because they were all cavalry, the road was very fast, and after entering Xi'an City, I had already seen King Qin leading the officials to greet him in front of the palace. Bai Qi and the others hurriedly dismounted, and then entered the palace together.

At this time, the feast had been prepared in the house, and the King of Qin sat in the middle, washing the dust for the three of them. All soldiers have rewards, so there is no need to elaborate.

The next day, the king of Qin summoned the three of them to discuss the matter. When they entered the door, Princess Ji Mengdie was also sitting next to King Qin, dressed in a military general's outfit, very heroic.

In the past few months, Ji Mengdie has been the commander of the army, and it seems that today is about to be handed over.

After everyone sat down, King Qin first praised the battle against the Qing Dynasty, and then said: "Last night, General Zhang Gong sent back a flying report that the three counties had been successfully taken over and controlled by our Qin army. Zhang Gong has already sent letters to Nanming and Li Zicheng in accordance with Lone's meaning, Li Zicheng naturally said that Nanming's close to the three counties is Zuo Liangyu's sphere of influence, Mr. Zhang Yi has met with Zuo Liangyu before, and explained some interests, so Zuo Liangyu will not suddenly come to attack, Lone sent General Zhang Gong to rectify the people in the three counties, stabilize the counties and cities, I believe that it will not be long before the three counties can become the basis for the advance of our Qin army. It is conducive to the development of the Qin army in the next step. ”

Bai Qi arched his hand: "King, if you get three counties, you will open the passage to the Central Plains, the southeast and Shandong, as long as you control here, no one in the world can stop the advance of my Qin army." ”

King Qin nodded: "The things to be discussed today are very important. It is related to the survival of our Qin army in the future. Therefore, I also invited the princess to discuss it together. ”

Zhang Yi said: "I am willing to listen to the king's decision." "The King of Qin ordered people to spread out a map indoors, on which the forces and control areas of the princes under heaven were drawn in various colors. The whole map looks very messy, which just reflects the disintegration of the world.

The King of Qin pointed to the map and said to everyone: "Today, it is probably like the situation in the previous life, the Seven Kingdoms are divided, my Qin people occupy Guanzhong, Hanzhong, and Henan, Li Zicheng's Dashun State occupies Zhili and most of Henan, Sun Chuanting's Northern Ming Dynasty controls the entire Shanxi, Fan Ju is the king and hegemon in Shandong, and after Zhu Yousong, the king of Xiaofu, is the emperor, a large area in the south of the Yangtze River is in his hands, and Zhang Xianzhong has taken Sichuan, and there is also the Manchu Qing Dynasty outside the country, and Wu Sangui's Guanning army, looking at the delay. Among these people, the largest territory is undoubtedly Zhu Yousong's Nanming, but Nanming was established in a hurry, the internal factions are complex, the monarchs and ministers are not concentric, and Jiangnan has not had any wars for a long time, the military equipment in the territory is wasted, the soldiers have not been trained, and the combat effectiveness is extremely low, so although Nanming controls a large territory, he has no enterprising heart. Judging from Zhu Yousong's performance after ascending the throne, he is not a wise man, but like a drunkard. It is not surprising that such a master does not want to forge ahead. ”

Li Yan said: "King, in that case, should we attack Nanming first?" As long as we take Nanyang and Xinyang as the bases, and make friends with Li Zicheng in the north, we will have no worries, and then avoid Zuo Liangyu and go all out to attack the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, I think the chances of winning are very high. ”

King Qin smiled and shook his head: "Li Gongzi can't help but be a little anxious, although Nanming is rich and the soldiers have no combat effectiveness, but this is not the time to attack." ”

Bai Qi also agreed with King Qin's meaning: "The king is right, Li Gongzi, the more chaotic the situation, the more you must see the key points clearly, Nanming is just a piece of ringworm on the skin, which can be removed at any time, but you must not move it first." Because we still have a big problem with our henchmen, fighting the world is like curing a disease, scoring clearly who is the main opponent. ”

Li Yan said: "As long as we take Nanming, our strength will definitely increase greatly, isn't that right?" I know that in Mr. Zhang Yi's previous life, there was a debate with General Sima Cuo, discussing whether to attack Korea first or Bashu first, Sima Cuo means to attack Bashu first and expand his strength, and the king of Qin at that time adopted this opinion and captured Bashu, so the strength of Qin has increased greatly, and what I mean now is the same as Sima Cuo's back then. ”

When Zhang Yi heard this, he couldn't help but smile: "Li Gongzi, this time, that time." At that time, Sima Cuo wanted to take Shu, because the king of Shu had no way, the territory was in chaos, the cost of our Qin army's attack was very small, and the harvest was great, and more importantly, the Qin people got such a large territory, and the candidates did not think that the Qin State was greedy and had much ambition, because at that time, Bashu was still a wild land, but today it is different, Jiangnan controlled by Nanming, which is the richest area in the country, once we start to attack, it will inevitably attract the eyes of others, and the Qin army's intention to seek the world is clearly expressed. At this time, my Qin army is not enough to unify the world, and it is not good for me to expose my intentions too early. ”

King Qin said: "This is one of them, the second is that Nanming is a start-up, the people are not aligned, at this time the internal factional struggle is very fierce, but once my Qin army goes to attack, it will make Nanming internally consistent with the outside, if Nanming raises the strength of the whole country and resists desperately, the Qin army will not be able to capture Nanming in a short period of time, but will be dragged into a protracted war, this is the next policy." ”

Zhang Yi said: "The attack of the foreign enemy is easy to unite an ununited interior, and if we don't fight him, Nanming will continue to be obsessed with each other, intriguing, and Zhu Yousong is an unenterprising one, so Nanming's territory is like a fragrant cow R, placed on a table where no one is around, and it can be eaten by us at any time." As long as we settle the other things. ”

Li Yan nodded again and again: "The king is clearly decisive, and Weichen is far inferior." ”

King Qin smiled: "But Li Gongzi's words made Gu have another plan." Nanming is certainly desirable, but not at the moment, Nanming relies on several generals, the southeast is Shi Kefa of Yangzhou, and the west is Zuo Liangyu. We are far away from Shi Kefa's side, and we can't take care of it, but Zuo Liangyu is close to him, this person has a lot of ambitions, once he is allowed to expand his strength unlimitedly, it will be unfavorable to my Qin army sooner or later, so we can not fight Nanming, but we can't let Zuo Liangyu be idle. And the one who can attack Zuo Liangyu, in addition to the Qin army, is Zhang Xianzhong of Sichuan. ”

Zhang Yiyi frowned: "King, do you want to provoke Zhang Xianzhong to attack Zuo Liangyu?" ”

King Qin nodded: "Zhang Xianzhong has hundreds of thousands of troops at this time, his ambition is higher than the sky, Zuo Liangyu has always been his nemesis before, Zhang Xianzhong hates and fears him." And Zuo Liangyu's troops were stationed in Wuchang, blocking Zhang Xianzhong's eastward advance, and sooner or later there would be a war between them. As long as we burn a fire in it, we can involve these two sides in the war, and if they fight, they will naturally have no spare strength to deal with our Qin army. ”

Zhang Yi applauded and laughed: "The king's move can protect the south of my Qin people, and there is no worry." ”

Bai Qi said: "Yes, now that my Qin army is in Gansu to the west, don't worry, there is General Wang Jian in the north to guard the line of the Great Wall, and there is no need to worry about trouble, and then the south is leveled, and the Qin army can develop to the east with all its might." ”

Li Yan said: "It's just that Zhang Xianzhong controls Sichuan, although he has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, but it seems that it is not easy for him to attack Zuo Liangyu." The king also said that Zuo Liangyu has always been Zhang Xianzhong's nemesis, and now Zuo Liangyu also has 100,000 male soldiers under him, and Zhang Xianzhong will not go hard. ”

King Qin said: "Everything is done by man. Gu heard that after Zhang Xianzhong took control of Sichuan, he had the heart to be the king, and at this time, as long as he used some tricks in it, he could succeed. ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "This matter can be done, as long as the king sends one person to lobby, the minister can guarantee it, and it will be successful." ”

King Qin was stunned: "Does the prime minister already have a candidate?" ”

Zhang Yi nodded: "This person is far away in the sky, close in front of him, it is Li Yan and Li Gongzi." ”

Li Yan was stunned: "Mr. said it was me?" ”