Inside the Golden Shoden Hall in Tokyo, the lights are flickering, but it is pitch black outside the window. It's easy to give the illusion that it's the middle of the night, but it's really morning; People wake up early, and when the season enters winter, the days are shorter and the nights are longer, and the days are later in the day.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have arrived." A eunuch's voice said.

Guo Shao turned his head and glanced at it, the eunuch on duty today was Wang Zhong, the white and chubby eunuch. Guo Shao has never liked this eunuch from his personal likes and dislikes, the first time they met was in Huainan, Wang Zhong was a confidant of the first emperor Chai Rong, and Guo Shao was a little uncomfortable, and the preconceived impression was not good...... Then Wang Zhong's voice sounded too feminine to Guo Shao, and it seemed to be a little sneering; After all, she is not a beauty, and this tone and voice sound a little uncomfortable.

But Guo Shao still put him in a high position in the province. Because Wang Zhong is compared with eunuchs, he has experience and ability; What he did also proved that he was relatively reliable, and that his early intention to defect was meritorious.

Eunuchs are no longer the kind of situation in the Tang Dynasty where emperors can be abolished, and most of today's emperors are martial artists, much more ruthless than eunuchs...... At this time, the eunuch had no power in military and political affairs, and his status was not based on what position he had, but on whether he could appear in front of the emperor; Because their life and death and power depend on the emperor's words. Wang Zhongneng was on duty in front of the Emperor Jin Xiangdian, which was Guo Shao's reuse of him. Guo Shao employs people to do the right thing, and basically does not consider his own likes and dislikes; If you only consider preferences, he should be surrounded by beautiful women.

"I see." Guo Shao snorted.

Wang Zhong bent down and retreated from the door, saying no more.

Guo Shao didn't take a stand and deliberately let the minister wait, he cleaned up his thoughts again before going to see the minister...... Most of the deliberations that get together are not really discussing anything, but communication and decision-making; Most of the real considerations and trade-offs are prepared in private.

There were all kinds of new notes on the walls, with many names written on them; On the table, there were messy files and papers, with words written on them, scribbled circles and lines. Guo Shao rubbed his temples, today's deliberations can't be delayed for too long.

Guo Shao stood up and walked out of the secret file room, and the eunuch Wang Zhong quietly locked the door with the lock.

It was not yet light, the wind was light, there were no mosquitoes chirping in winter, and there was a kind of silence around us. But this silence is not quiet, as if waiting impatiently for the storm to come.

"The ministers knock on Your Majesty, and Your Majesty will live forever." The crowd prostrated themselves on the ground, and their voices were very neat. It immediately brought about a change in the atmosphere of disorder and silence.

"Settle down, sit down." Guo Shao walked to the upper chair and sat down.

Everyone also got up and returned to where they were sitting, and then they were silent one by one, all so calm that they didn't want to speak first. At this time, Guo Shao knew that it was time to say a few words by himself.

He said: "The Privy Council may order Fu Zhaoxu to stop raiding the borders of the Northern Han Dynasty. Now it looks like it's going to be the wax moon, and there are many festivals in the wax moon; During the New Year and festivals, we also went to harass all parts of the Northern Han Dynasty, and it was easy to lose the hearts of the people in Hedong. I thought it was time to stop. ”

More than a dozen civil and military people echoed it. Although Wang Pu, Li Chuyun and others at the front had different expressions, they were thoughtful. Don't fight during the holidays? This reason is indeed a bit of a joke, but no one is raising the bar with the emperor, just trying to figure out the mystery in it.

Guo Shao's first consideration was the arrangement of Fu Zhaoxu, who had already completed his dispatch. He continued: "Fu Zhaoxu has met the enemy this time, and he has repeatedly made meritorious achievements, and the Privy Council can summon him back to reward him for meritorious service. I think Fu Zhaoxu is generally knowledgeable and calm, and when I go on a personal expedition early next year, Fu Zhaoxu can stay in Tokyo, what do you think? ”

"The ministers seconded the proposal." No one would easily oppose the Emperor's will.

Guo Shao said again: "After Fu Zhaoxu left, Zhang Guanghan (the commander of the left wing of Long Jiejun) and Liu Renzhan, Lin Renzhao and others may not be able to work together. At the same time, the Privy Council issued a military order, ordering Zhang Guanghan's troops to garrison Liaozhou; Liu Renzhan returned to Luzhou and waited for the order...... The war against the Northern Han subsided for a while. ”

Wang Pu said: "The old minister obeys the order. ”

Chaotic analysis and planning, the numb deployment ideas in my head seem to have precipitated. At this moment, Guo Shao finally found the rhythm of the war, and his mood gradually became foggy.

His favorite battle is to take the initiative to attack...... Only by grasping the initiative can he control the speed and slowness from his own side, and his state of mind gradually calmed down and calmed down.

At this time, Wei Renpu stood up and bowed: "Your Majesty, the Privy Council has drafted a strategy for the use of troops, and is about to present your Majesty. ”

Guo Shao immediately said: "Here are all important ministers of the imperial court, Deputy Envoy Wei will talk to everyone for your reference." ”

"Whoa." Wei Renpu stepped forward, took out a picture with thick and conspicuous lines and hung it on the wooden frame on the side, and then bowed up and down.

Wei Renpu straightened up and said calmly: "The Northern Han Kingdom is no longer allowed to exist in the world, and there is no need to negotiate peace. The strategy of this battle was to erase the Northern Han Kingdom and merge it into the Great Zhou. ”

Everyone immediately turned their heads to look at Wei Renpu. Guo Shao also likes to listen to him talk about military affairs, and Wei Renpu can always show a strong bearing.

Wei Renpu stretched out his big hand in the sleeve of his robe, pointed to the picture and said, "If you want to destroy the Northern Han Dynasty, you only need one place: Jinyang."

There are several barriers to Jinyang in the Northern Han Dynasty: First, Jinyang City itself has been operated by warlords of the feudal towns and has become one of the few heroic cities in the world. And the people of Hedong are fierce and aggressive, and the soldiers have been in battle for a long time. Therefore, it is difficult to make a quick map of the city.

Second, the road into Jinyang was under the threat of the Northern Han army. The topography of Hedong is "Sichuan" shaped, and the best road to take is nothing more than a flat corridor between the mountains, one is along Fenshui from Jinju (Linfen); One is to take the Luzhou (near Changping) corridor. The Northern Han Dynasty had already deployed, Qinzhou was in the Taiyue Mountains, and the valley road could threaten the grain road from the east and west; Fenzhou threatens Fenshui and land roads; Longzhou threatens the east and west roads.

Third, foreign aid from the Liao army. The Liao army may have two roads, from the grassland in the north, take the Xin and Dai basins, this road is the best way; The Youzhou army moved south from the northeast.

However, the weaknesses of the Northern Han State are also obvious, and there are two places: first, the troops are weak, and if they want to defend Jinyang with all their might, they will cause insufficient troops elsewhere and it will be difficult to take the initiative to attack and harass. Second, the Liao army's rescue road was too far, and there was a shortage of food and grass. ”

Guo Shao nodded in agreement, fortunately Wang Pu and Wei Renpu and others offered advice.

Wei Renpu bowed to Guo Shao, looked back left and right, and continued: "Therefore, our strategy is to attack the weaknesses of the other with our own strengths. The greatest advantage of the Great Zhou over the Northern Han Dynasty was that its military strength far exceeded that of the Northern Han Dynasty. Therefore, the ministers and others thought that the superiority in numbers and forces should be used to avoid the recurrence of wars, and said, 'Clamp the wings and only take the heart'.

In the first step, the elite of the first army went out of Liaozhou and approached Jinyang, forcing the main force of the Northern Han Dynasty to retreat into the city and control the situation first.

The second step is clamping. The main force of the follow-up army divided Jinzhou and Luzhou into two routes, and divided the troops to attack Qinzhou, Fenzhou, and Longzhou, forcing the peripheral forces of the Northern Han Army back to the city and pinning them locally. In addition, the division attacked Shizhou in the northwest; The edict ordered Yang Chongxun, the assassin of Linzhou in the north, to threaten Lanzhou and other places.

The third step is to block reinforcements. All the way to guard against the Liao army in Youzhou. All the way from Jinyang to the north, forcing Xinzhou, to prevent the Liao army from going to Xin, substitute for reinforcements.

Finally, the siege of the city is the main attack on Jinyang. At this time, Jinyang became an isolated city, so he besieged it to death and attacked the city in peace. As long as Jinyang is uprooted, all roads will be decided without a fight. ”

Guo Shao listened to it and said: "If the other party has a slight disagreement, write within three days; Three days later, a decision will be made. ”

At this time, the hall outside the window was already bright, and the side hall located on the east side of the Jinxiang Hall was facing the rising sun, and the whole room was unconsciously shrouded in a layer of light yellow light.

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