Liu Yu hooked the corners of his mouth, pondered for a long time, he suddenly raised his head and said to the two brothers standing in the distance: "Daogui, come here, Dao Pian, this place is almost cleaned up, take the servants to rest first." ”

Liu Yu knows that among the two younger brothers, the second Liu Daolian's brain has not developed well since he was a child, and he cannot discuss important military affairs, but the third Liu Dao's rules are both civil and military, and even the military strategy is not under him, so he has discussed a lot of military techniques with him these days, which makes him extremely surprised. A few days ago, I also tried to discuss with him how to obtain military supplies if the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains in the future, and now, it is time to call him over and discuss it.

Liu Daogui walked over and smiled at Liu Muzhi: "Did the fat brother eat and drink well today?" What do I need to do? ”

Liu Yu smiled and pulled Liu Daogui to sit down: "We are discussing the art of war, remember that we talked about it two days ago, if the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, how to obtain military supplies?" Your fat brother wants to hear your high opinions. ”

Liu Daogui nodded, and said: "If you want to go north to the Central Plains, there are two roads, one is from Jingzhou, along the Nanyang Basin to the north, out of Xiangyang, through Funiu Mountain, to the south of Luoyang Longmen Mountain, this road to over Funiu, Yi Ji Mountains, is not easy to walk, so it is not easy to send troops from this direction in the past dynasties, during the Three Kingdoms period, Guan Yu's Northern Expedition was blocked by Cao Wei's army in the Fancheng area, and he was not allowed to go north. In the end, it was attacked by Soochow in the rear, and it was a failure. ”

Liu Yu nodded: "That is to say, if you go on a northern expedition from Jingzhou, you need to use Xiangyang and Fancheng as the forward bases, and supply here, right, as long as you can break the Yiju and Longmen Mountains, you can take Luoyang directly?" ”

Liu Daogui said: "Yes, but these mountain roads are very difficult to walk, is a natural barrier separating the Central Plains and Jingxiang, generally if you want to take Luoyang, more is to go east, along the Yellow River line, lead Huai into Luoyang, and then start from Pengcheng, through Liang County, through Bishui Pass, water and land together, straight to Luoyang." ”

Liu Muzhi laughed: "Jinnu, it seems that your third brother knows the general trend of the world and the dangers of geography." It's really terrifying, Dao Gui, let me ask you, if Luoyang is now in our hands and we want to enter Tu Hebei, then how should we get supplies? ”

Liu Daogui hooked the corners of his mouth: "The Central Plains area is a rich and fertile land, and there is also a large amount of grain production, generally speaking, there is no such trouble, but if it is now, the Central Plains has been in war for many years, and it has been unpeaceful since the flood, and even Luoyang City has been ruined, and now General Zhu Xu's headquarters in the Central Plains have to rely on supplies from Pengcheng." Even so, it was still robbed by Ding Lingren and Zhang Yuan's rebels from time to time, so the imperial court discussed many times to give up the Central Plains, if it wasn't for Xuan Shuai and Xianggong's insistence before, I am afraid that it would have been abandoned long ago. ”

Liu Yu's expression became solemn: "We are going to Luoyang now, and more than 1,000 new troops have been added, the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass go first, and the road rules, you say that after we pass, where will the military supplies be solved?" ”

Liu Daogui thought for a while, and said: "Go to the country for thousands of miles, the supply line is extremely long, and the transportation of grain from Pengcheng will be disturbed, and the transportation of grain from Jingzhou, first, the king of Jingzhou is only afraid of unwillingness, and secondly, the mountain road of Funiu Mountain, Yiju Mountain is extremely difficult to walk, and it is not easy to supply from afar, if you really want to gain a long-term foothold in Luoyang, the best way is to follow the example of Zu Yuzhou (Zu Ti, who was awarded the history of Yuzhou Thorn in that year, so later generations respected it as Zu Yuzhou). Pick up food on the spot. ”

Liu Yu's eyes lit up: "How can you get food on the spot?" ”

Liu Daogui said: "The Central Plains, although the war continues, but over the years, whether it is the Han people or the Hu people, have their way to protect themselves, when the Northern Expedition of Zuyu Prefecture, Henan is full of dock forts, independent, Zuyu Prefecture is not so much to fight with the Zhao army, but to use various means to win over these dock fort owners, so that they have been used, and finally, when most of the dock forts in Henan fell to the ancestral side, to provide them with military food and Ding Zhuang, the Central Plains will return to the Great Jin. ”

Liu Yu looked at Liu Muzhi with a smile: "How about it, my third brother can analyze it well." ”

Liu Muzhi remained silent and continued: "Then what method do you use to make these dock castle masters use us?" When General Zu Ti went on the Northern Expedition, the Jin Kingdom still won the hearts of the people in the Central Plains, and the people all looked forward to Wang Shi, but now, the Great Jin Dynasty has abandoned the Central Plains for nearly a hundred years, even if we recovered these places in the last Northern Expedition, but still can't recruit these people from the dock fort, we can only hold Luoyang, Xingyang, these big cities, the vast countryside of the Central Plains, the mountains, all of which I don't have, what can you do to let these Central Plains people support us? ”

Liu Daogui said loudly: "Everyone has a heart of loyalty, not that the people of the Central Plains are unwilling to turn their hearts to the Great Jin, but I don't know if we can gain a firm foothold in the Central Plains, and I don't know if we will abandon them like the previous dynasty, so if we want to get the hearts of the people of the Central Plains, we must first make them believe that the Great Jin Dynasty regards them as people like Jingzhou and Yangzhou, and will do their best to protect them, and will never give up on them." ”

"In the past few years, the Central Plains is in turmoil, full of stragglers, bandits and horse thieves, the strength of the imperial court is only shrunk in the big cities, not to protect the villages, so with the Central Plains father and elders, coupled with the defeat of Yecheng, Zhang Yuan rebellion, are very unpopular, if we return to Luoyang this time, then we must manage the surrounding area well, not only trapped in the lonely city, you can divide the brothers of the Beifu army, divided into small units, dozens of people, more than 100 people as a team, scattered to patrol all over the place, if there is a small group of horse bandits and thieves attacking, then resolutely eliminate it."

"Only if we can effectively protect the people of the Central Plains, can we win their hearts, only let them know that sending grain to the Great Jin is to protect themselves, so that the hearts of the people of the Central Plains will be to me, Luoyang's food problem will be solved, and you can even use Luoyang as a base to form an army dominated by the atomic brothers, just like General Zu back then, when he came out of the division, there were only 3,000 Ding tribes, and a few years later, there were 100,000 male soldiers and owned the entire Central Plains."

Liu Muzhi smiled slightly: "Daogui, your idea is very good, but please answer me two questions, first, if our more than 1,000 people are scattered into small units and attack everywhere, dozens or more than 100 people, and encounter a large group of horse thieves, or even Murong Yong or Fu Pi's army, or Ding Ling's army, how to deal with it?" ”

"Second, if we go to Luoyang and don't defend the city, but scatter to various townships and villages, how can we get General Zhu Xu to agree that before we receive food, why should he consume Luoyang's already tight military rations to supply us?"