Tian Tong observed the monarch's face while speaking to the Duke of Qi, and after he finished speaking, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and walked into the hall with a straight face.

Tian Dong knelt down next to Xiao Wenkao and bowed again, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, what Fang Cai Weichen said is just some immature humble opinions, and what to do needs to be carefully considered.

But Wei Chen thought about it, Lord Xiao must have carefully discussed it with the king, so he asked the king to decide.

After all, Weichen is familiar with political and economic affairs, and he is far less proficient in military affairs than Lian Shuai. ”

After finishing speaking, Tian Dong lay on the cold stone slab and pressed his forehead tightly to the ground, full of respect.

Xiao Wenkao, who was beside him, was stunned when he saw Tian Dong's series of actions, and he involuntarily stretched out his thumb in his heart.

This Tian Dong is the same age as himself, but he is much older than himself, and he has always looked at himself as a horse, but he didn't expect to show some of his own unique opinions at this moment.

"Real people don't show their faces, pretend to be pigs and eat tigers." This was Xiao Wenkao's only comment on Tian Dong's performance at this time, and at the same time, there was also a hint of precaution in his heart.

However, as for what Tian Dong just said, Xiao Wenkao also felt that it was true. And he also analyzed some clues, and there seemed to be some inclination in Fang Cai Qigong's words to agree to Zhu Lihua's request.

After Tian Dong finished speaking, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Tian Xiangbang is right, now the advantages of giving Hedong to Lihua outweigh the disadvantages, but as a condition, we also have to ask Wei Huan's 40,000 horses to come back."

After all, at such a time of crisis, one more soldier and horse would have one more guarantee. ”

After Xiao Wenkao finished speaking, he secretly glanced at Qi Gong, and saw that his lord was once again in deep thought, so he lowered his head and fell on the ground again. After a while, he subconsciously looked at Tian Dong beside him, but saw that Tian Dong also turned his gaze to himself.

Xiao Wenkao couldn't help but smile slightly bitterly in his heart, nodded lightly to Tian Tong and lowered his head again.

"Do the other Qing family have any objections?" After waiting for Xiao Wenkao to finish pondering for a moment, Duke Qi asked in a deep voice to the ministers in the hall.

But the other ministers had already seen the situation clearly at this moment, and Tian Dong and Xiao Wenkao had put forward clear suggestions one after another, so who dared to have any objections.

Seeing that none of the ministers spoke, Qi Gong Xiao Zishuo touched his three-foot long hair, and after pondering for a moment again, he said as if he had made up his mind:

"In that case, let's do it according to the advice of Xiangbang and Lord Xiao. Since Hedong has attracted the attention of both the Rong and Qin people, then we will withdraw and let them fight each other.

The widow felt that it would be more appropriate for Tian Xiangbang to preside over this matter, after all, Xiao Qing's family had already offended Gu Daoyuan and Zhu Lihua, and it would not be good if they went again. Tian Xiangbang went to Hexi to contact Lihua, but the form was expedient, and there was no need to stick to the details.

Without further ado, after the court meeting is dispersed, Xiangbang will leave. ”

After saying this, Gong Qi nodded slightly after seeing Tian Dong's response, and continued to the ministers in the palace:

"Ladies and gentlemen, now there are only four counties left in my Qi country, if the Rong people cross the yellow water, it is unknown whether the widow will follow in the footsteps of Qin Jun, but it is a certain number that all Aiqing will be martyred.

Therefore, I hope that all Aiqing and the widow will work together to go to the national mourning.

The Great Division

, I will leave for Chu tomorrow and meet with Chu Jun to see if they can send troops to help the widows resist the Rong people.

The chief manager, I will take you to the Yidu of Shu and tell the Duke of Shu about the current situation.

After so long, is he still calm, ready to sit back and watch the world collapse and ignore it?

This shrunken turtle wants to protect himself, but he doesn't want to think about it, the Qin State is destroyed, the Qi State is destroyed, can he Shu State still be alone? ”

After Duke Qi finished speaking, he only heard the courtiers who were named respond one after another, and he was a little upset and prepared to retreat and leave.

It's just that he just got up, and suddenly remembered something again, and hurriedly turned to the ministers in the palace and said:

"From today on, if you let the widow hear whose fief is occupied by the Rong people, you don't have to ask the widow for sin, cut off your head and send it to Tokyo.

All the Aiqing, if the center is fine, let's go back to their respective fiefdoms. The widows of the province are too angry to see that you courtiers are only submissive. ”

"Whoa!"

In the Qinglong Palace, when Xiao Zishuo finished speaking, the ministers rushed to send Qi Jun away from the Qinglong Palace. After Qi Gong left, the ministers who raised their heads and put down their hands looked at each other and shook their heads and sighed.

Three days later, the army that was originally guarding the south finally returned to Tokyo, and the Duke of Qi immediately sent the 100,000 troops to various counties to Chen soldiers on the south bank of the Yellow Water.

Shortly after the deployment of Huangshui's troops under the personal efforts of Qi Gong, Xiangbang Tian Dong also ended his two-month journey to the west of the river. He returned to Tokyo with a piece of news that made Xiao Zishuo happy and worried.

When Tian Dong arrived at Shangdang and saw Lu Lihua, Lu Lihua immediately signed the delivery document of Hedong County with Tian Dong and returned Gongzi Si to Tian Wen. However, he refused to return Wei Huan's soldiers and horses, saying bluntly that they still needed to fulfill their promises to help defend against foreign aggression.

At the same time, Lihua sent his general Gao Yunce to lead 20,000 troops to follow Tian Wen into Hedong, of which 5,000 soldiers and horses were led by Xu Xiaoyang to take over Xiaoshui City, and the other 15,000 troops arrived in Huangyin County led by Gao Yunce himself.

The soldiers and horses of Hedong County were led by the great Sima of Qi and the great marshal Lian Min and returned to Gyeonggi one step ahead.

So far, the eight counties of Hedong County plus the five counties of Xieyu and the five counties of Kwantung have all been returned to the Qin State in less than two months, but there has not been a single conflict between the two countries of Qi and Qin, and such a strange thing has never happened in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

But what is worrying is that Tian Dong found that the situation in Lihua at this time also seemed to be extremely unfavorable, not only Ji Lin and Hanhai were lost, but even Quwo City, where Qin Gongyin's wife and Gongzi Hui were located, was surrounded by 60,000 Rong troops.

Moreover, not long after Lihua sent troops to Hedong County, Tian Dong received the news that Xijing's Rong army sent troops to Xieyu Guandong.

After hearing Tian Dong's return, Qi Gong secretly wiped the sweat on his forehead, at this time he was afraid for a while, it seems that his decision is still decisive, otherwise Qi Guo is afraid that he will face a two-front battle.

But Rao was like this, and the Duke of Qi was also not at ease with the Huangyin Qin army, which was only garrisoned by 15,000 soldiers and horses, and he immediately ordered Lian Min's soldiers and horses to stand still in Gyeonggi, ready to wait for the defeat of the Qin people to re-enter Yaoping to resist the eastward advance of the Rong army.

For this reason, he had to postpone the construction of the Yellow Water Defense Line, and had to turn his gaze from the north to the east.

.......

"General, the soldiers and horses of Liangyuan, Baishui, Pucheng, and Fengtong counties

All the grain and grass were transferred to Longmen, and the people who were willing to follow us were also placed in Longmen County, ready to cross the river to Hedong County at any time.

For those who refused to leave, we also left them food seeds and told them to take refuge in the mountains.

Now the four county towns have been burned down like Ji Lin and Hanhai, and even a single piece of wood can never be found at this time.

Now that it is autumn, I see what use they have taken possession of these cities. ”

"General, Lady Yin and Gongzi Hui, as well as the clan ministers, are all willing to go east to Hedong County. Just wait for the general's order. ”

"General, Captain An came to report, saying that there are still 31,300 soldiers and horses in Quwo City, 9,000 war horses, a million bows and arrows, 10,000 cans of fire oil, and rolling wood and thunder stones. The grain and grass are enough for all the people and horses to use for half a year, and the people have been sent out of the city one after another......"

"General, General Gao sent a letter, saying that in the past two months, there have been less than 10,000 people recruited to join the army in Hedong, and the vast majority of these people are just ruffians who want to speculate, and they have no combat effectiveness at all."

"General, the Marquis of Xu Xiaoyang has sent news that the direction of Xiaoshui has not encountered the Rong army in the past few days."

"General, the 80,000 Rong army has occupied the five counties of the Xieyu Corridor, and now it has confronted Captain Gao Yunce's army outside Huangyin County.

In accordance with the general's requirements, the lieutenant had made defensive preparations according to the standards of Quwo and Longmen. The Rong people saw that Huangyin was heavily guarded, and they had no intention of attacking Huangyin for a while, so far there had been no battle. ”

.......

In the meeting hall of the Yellow Sky Fortress, Zhu Lihua frowned and listened carefully to the reports of everyone in the hall, constantly thinking about the meaning behind these news in his mind. When everyone said that, his eyes flashed brightly, and after looking around at everyone, he said solemnly:

"It seems that the Rong people's intentions are not unexpected, and we do not need to take new measures to deal with them.

It is still the same sentence in the woods, and we can only sit and wait for the destruction of the city when the enemy is outnumbered, so we have to take measures to clear the wilderness in the counties in the northwest of Hexi.

The enemy army is numerous, our army is small, and the scattered forces can only bring about their own destruction, so let them occupy these cities, let them disperse their forces, and under the advantage of the other, the gap between us and the enemy will not be so big.

At present, there were originally 30,000 Rong soldiers and horses from Shuofang West, 40,000 Rong troops from the west of Qinlan County, 50,000 Rong people from Xuchang South, and 120,000 people from the three roads.

And we, counting General Wei Huan's Qi army, only have less than 100,000 troops, and at this time, we have to divide our troops to Hedong County, so there are only 50,000 soldiers in Hexi at present.

Thirty thousand of them are defending the city in Quwo.

However, after the Rong people occupied Xuchang, Binshui, and the northern counties that we had abandoned, they would have 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers and horses to guard each county, and then they would only have about 70,000 or 80,000 people left to fight.

I don't know if you have found out, but Quwo has attracted 60,000 Rong troops for more than four months, but Longmen and Shangdang have not been attacked by the Rong army in these more than four months.

What does this mean?

It shows that there is nothing wrong with our analysis, that they have reached the end of their crossbow, and that they have nothing to do with us after dispersing their forces.

I see that for a period of time in the future, let General Wei's cavalry move from the south to the north. After the Rong people occupy the four counties of Liangyuan, you will go and attack their grain routes, and pin down the Rong army in the counties that have been burned to ashes.