As far as the entire Yanzhou is concerned, in fact, Yan Guo occupies most of it. The Tang army occupied mainly the prefectures and counties of Sizhou, while the Jin army occupied some prefectures and counties of the entire Yuzhou and Yanzhou. Hanoi and Ji County on the north bank of the Yellow River are bounded by Qishui Pass, the south is owned by the Tang Dynasty, and the north is owned by the Yan State. On the opposite side of Ji County, it was bounded by Suishui, and the Tang army occupied part of the county seat of Xingyang County, located south of Suishui.

The Jin army confronted the Yan army along the Suishui line, and after arriving at Suiyang, they went all the way east to the sea.

After the tripartite strike, they all began to operate this line of defense. After all, neither wants the other to enter their own territory, and even if there is a war in the future, they want it to happen only in the other party's territory.

Murong Ke took Murong Chui as the governor of the seven prefectures of Jing, Yan, Henan, Qing, Xu, and Yang, and was responsible for the defense of the entire defense line south of the Yellow River. Under it, Huangfu Zhen led the army to move to Suozao County, responsible for defending the south bank of the Yellow River opposite Ji County and the Suishui line opposite the Tang Army.

And Sun Xi, Fu Yan, and Yue Xi were in charge of the rest of the place under Murong Chui. After subsequent troop increases, the number of troops on Murong Trai's defensive line reached 150,000.

Li Xin led 10,000 troops led by Lu Guang and Pang Hui to garrison Qishui Pass, Chen Kang moved to Huai County, and Zhao Ji was stationed in Xingyang County. If these places are combined, Li Xin has sent a total of 20,000 additional troops, and the total number has reached 30,000.

The light cavalry, in particular, increased by about five thousand men.

Although Huan Wen in the south returned to Jiangling with reluctance, he left the 30,000 troops in the Xuchang area. At the same time, he sent another naval army, and at the same time mobilized 40,000 troops to Suiyang, where Huan Chong was located, and Pengcheng and Donghai, where Yuan Zhen was located.

As a result, the strength of the Jin army in this area has also reached about 100,000. On the whole, it seems that the Tang Army has the least number of troops. This, of course, was the result of not counting the town army.

If the subsequent town armies formed in Hanoi, Jijun, Henan, Xingyang and other places are also counted, the strength of the Tang army in this area is almost 50,000.

As a result, the entire junction of the three states of Yanyu became like a powder keg, as if it could erupt at any time.

As a result, the three forces are balanced with each other, and no one dares to act rashly, and they are all carefully and deliberately maintaining this fragile balance.

After arranging things properly, Li Xin went back to Chang'an and took the newly returned Lu Hu with him. Although Lu Hu didn't want to leave his lair, he couldn't help it now. Moreover, this is what the Tang Army has always done.

Fortunately, Li Xin's reputation is good, such as the old neighbor of Lu Hu, Hongnong Taishou Yang Qun, Zhang Ping of Taiyuan, and Shannan of Shanggu, etc., are now officials in Chang'an City. This can be regarded as a little comfort to Lu Hu, after all, there will be no worries about his life!

The only thing that is not happy is that I can no longer hold the military power as before. In the troubled times, without military power in hand, I feel as if this head is unstable at any time.

In July, when the weather was hot, Li Xin finally returned to Chang'an City with the Bupo Army. As was customary in the past, Wang Meng was outside the city to welcome him back victorious.

"Congratulations to His Highness's victorious class!" Ten miles outside the city gate, the ministers knelt on the ground, and the mountain called a thousand years old.

"Excuse me! Come into the city with this king! Li Xin was already used to it, raised his hand, and said.

"Your Highness!" The ministers got up, and then, according to their official ranks, followed Li Xin's horse in the direction of the palace.

Along the way, it was the people who spontaneously came to greet them. For these people, Li Xin returned with a big victory, and his own people don't have to worry. In addition to coming over to see what Li Xin, the Tang King, looks like, many people still want to be happy.

"It's been a hard time for you! If it weren't for your support in the rear and the continuous deployment of material resources to the front, the war would not have gone so smoothly! Walking and walking, Li Xin said to Wang Meng and the others not far behind him.

"This is my duty as a courtier, and I don't deserve the word hard work of His Highness! But Your Highness, this expedition has been going out for several months and is in danger, which is really hard! Wang Meng said humbly.

"These days, everything is still stable in the country, right?" Li Xin was no longer modest and polite, and after thinking for a while, he asked.

"Everything is stable in the country! The local government performs its own duties, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and this year is another bumper harvest year. Now the people in the territory all praise His Royal Highness's kindness, the people's aspirations, our Datang is just around the corner! Wang Meng replied respectfully.

"If that's the case, it's a gratifying thing!" Although I know that Wang Meng's words may be exaggerated, in general, there should be nothing wrong.

After all, the people of this era are not demanding, and from the perspective of the so-called living and working in peace and contentment in future generations, the standard is also extremely low!

"It's a minister, I want His Highness He Xi first!" Hearing this, Wang Meng seemed to think of something, and lowered his voice and said.

"Oh? Where does the joy come from? Li Xin couldn't help but be strange.

"His Royal Highness Hexi, the overall situation has finally been deployed, as long as the time comes, the Yan Kingdom can be wiped out in one drum!" Wang Mengce immediately took two steps forward and said with a smile.

Li Xin, who was originally puzzled, first glanced at Wang Meng deeply after hearing this, and then laughed too. pointed at Wang Meng and said, "The parents of those who gave birth to me, and those who know me, Jing Luo!" ”

"Your Highness has praised it! The minister didn't think of this at first, until he took Hanoi County and other places this time, and took a look at the map, only to find out that His Highness had a far-reaching plan before! Wang Meng hurriedly said.

"Tell me, what is the layout of this king?" Li Xin asked with interest.

"The minister doesn't know when His Highness started to lay out, but if it's expected, it should be that he started planning when he was the first to take down the party. Encroaching on the whale swallow step by step, the Yan army was driven to the east of Taihang Mountain step by step, and now, it is constantly forced to retreat to the east of Xingyang, north of Suishui. In this way, Datang has already formed an encirclement of the entire Yan Kingdom. ”

"Go on!"

"Today's Yan Kingdom, surrounded by the sea in the east and separated by Taihang in the west, can only be connected to Jiangzuo to the south in addition to being connected with Pingzhou through Lulongsai and other places. The trade routes of the Western Regions are all in our hands, and most importantly, we are located in the upper reaches of the Great River, in the north of Yan Kingdom. This is a favorable position, if we want to destroy the Yan Kingdom in the future, whether it is to take a boat down from the Great River, or to go south out of Taihang, it is very easy! Wang Meng continued.

Li Xin didn't interject, just kept nodding his head in agreement with his analysis.

However, these are not the most important things, the minister feels that the most critical point in His Highness's layout is to completely isolate the connection between the Yan Kingdom and the Beidi Saiwai Rudai Kingdom. In this way, if Yan Guo wants to obtain a large number of war horses from the Northland, it is impossible. And the terrain of the Central Plains is flat, if you want to fight in all directions, you can't do without horses! On the other hand, we can continue to strengthen our cavalry, and when the time comes, the victory will be doomed! ”

"It seems that you have already thought about the problem very clearly. As you said, from the very beginning, I had already begun to calculate the Yan Kingdom. After all, Yan Guo is strong and we are weak, we can only come step by step. Fortunately, Yan Guo didn't take us seriously at the beginning, otherwise, there would be no today! After Li Xin heard what he said, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief and said.

This should be regarded as a kind of luck, or a kind of arrogance of Yan Guo as a big country, otherwise, Huashan Army should not have been given a chance to grow in the first place.

Of course, there is not only the destining of fate in this, but also the reason why Li Xin seized the opportunity and moved according to the history in his memory.

"Now that the overall situation has been achieved, what we need to do now is to strengthen our strength as soon as possible. So that when the time comes, he can act quickly and wipe out the Yan Kingdom. At that time, it will not be difficult to unify the Central Plains. However, how long does Your Highness think we will have to strengthen ourselves? Wang Meng asked after a deep groan.

The key is how much time you have in between, and of course, longer is not always better. After all, after a long time, I'm afraid that Yan Guo's strength will also recover.

The best time should be when the strength of the Yan Kingdom has not recovered, and Datang has become more powerful.

Of course, there is also a problem with Jiang Zuo. However, when Li Xin and Wang Meng were considering the elimination of the Yan Kingdom, they did not consider them in the past. Or in a sense, it was to exclude Jiang Zuo from the battle to destroy the Yan State.

It is true that this exclusion does not mean that Jiang Zuo is not counted at all, but that both of them feel that Jiang Zuo's factor will not have a great impact in the war to destroy the Yan Kingdom.

"It's not going to be long, in my estimation, less than five years. Therefore, during this period of time, we must improve our national strength as soon as possible! After Li Xin pondered for a while, he also said with some uncertainty.

If the thing in my memory happened as usual, then I would have to solve the Yan Kingdom before this period. At the very least, you have to deal a great blow to Yan Guo.

For the elimination of a big country like Yan State, there are only less than five years to prepare, which made Wang Meng frown.

Judging from his old and serious thoughts, unless there is some major crisis in Yan Kingdom. Otherwise, it would not be easy to prepare for a war of annihilation in such a short period of time.

"Minister, I will do my best to strengthen the Tang Dynasty, and I will die!" After taking a deep breath, Wang Meng looked at Li Xin and said solemnly.