"There is no good in arguing about such things!" Someone finally came out and said something fair. When Prime Minister Li Hao turned his head to look, it turned out to be the general Han Baozheng.

Li Hao wanted to attack with a vicious stomach, but the privy deputy envoy Wang Zhaoyuan always seized on Li Hao's personal stain and attacked, which made Li Hao feel very difficult to entangle...... Moreover, when the former Shu was destroyed, the table was repaired, and the family had a lot of good land and wealth, these are all facts, and it is difficult to refute. Just when someone came out of the round, Li Hao went down the steps and swallowed his breath into his stomach.

He took the opportunity to remove the spearhead from his own personal issues and said, "Your Majesty should start with the big picture and discuss three major matters first. First, in what manner should the envoys of the Zhou Dynasty respond to the questioning of crimes; Second, recognize the strong and weak situation of Shu and Zhou; With the decision of the first two, the general strategy of deploying attack and defense can be used as a evidence, which is the third ......"

Before the words were finished, the sharp-toothed "Wolong" Wang Zhaoyuan immediately said: "What else is there to discuss such a thing? Your Majesty does not respond to the Zhou Dynasty with the posture of the Emperor of Dashu, do you want to persuade Your Majesty to give up the honorific title and claim to the Central Plains for the Zhou Dynasty? I'll just say that Prime Minister Li Cheng is very good at repairing the table. ”

The turtle son pulled to the table again, and Li Hao's black line was full. Li Hao said angrily: "Wang Zhaoyuan, if you don't advise Your Majesty to deal wisely, if he falls into Shu in the future, none of us will be good!" Don't think about the Dashu court, when the family is ruined and the family wealth is scattered, can you be comfortable? ”

"My house is not full of gold, silver and satin like Prime Minister Li." Wang Zhaoyuan sneered coldly.

Li Hao said angrily: "The temple is said to be a national event, you don't have to hold on to such small sections, the big thing is to say that you are ugly!" ”

Wang Zhaoyuan looked calm, and bowed to the north: "How can Your Majesty give up the honorific title?" The minister does not approve of it! ”

Emperor Meng Chang, who had been silent for a long time, also nodded immediately when he heard the question of honorific titles, appreciating Wang Zhaoyuan's attitude very much.

Wang Zhaoyuan continued: "At the moment, you only need to strictly resist the enemy, but you can secretly send envoys to contact the Northern Han Kingdom and the Southern Tang Kingdom to attack the Zhou Dynasty together while the Zhou Dynasty is attacking Shu!" ”

Li Hao said coldly: "The Southern Tang Kingdom has long had no fighting spirit, and let alone say it; If the Northern Han Kingdom will send troops, where will the Northern Han Army be when Li Chongjin and Li Jixun raise troops? The civil war of the Zhou army reached Hedong, and the Northern Han Dynasty still did not move; Now you want to help Shu thousands of miles away? It's really funny! ”

Wang Zhaoyuan said: "Li Chongjin can't wait for the rebels, how can Dashu be compared with the local rebels who rebelled against the army?" My Great Shu Kingdom is surrounded by Hanzhong, Bashan, and Jianmen; There is Wushan Mountain in the east. Surrounded by mountains and rivers, you can attack and retreat and defend. Now that the situation is unfavorable, it will defend layer by layer according to the mountains and rivers; The Central Plains is turbulent, then take advantage of the time to go out of the Central Plains, Your Majesty to the north and the king of the world! ”

Meng Chang heard what Wang Zhaoyuan said well, and immediately asked: "Deputy Envoy Wang thinks that the Shu army can defend against the attack of the Zhou army?" ”

Li Hao hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Shushan is more dangerous, (later) Tang Zeng broke it, otherwise where would your majesty's foundation come from?" If you don't repair your armament, you can't defend it even though it's dangerous. ”

"Did Your Majesty ask you?" Wang Zhaoyuan looked at Li Hao coldly. Seeing that Li Hao shook his head and sighed, but did not dare to refute, Wang Zhaoyuan didn't pay attention to it, and when he said it, he bowed to the north and said: "Your Majesty should not worry about whether you can defend it, but worry about when you will be able to settle the Central Plains!" ”

"Oh?" Meng Chang moved his fat body and said, "I want to hear about it." ”

Wang Zhaoyuan said: "Xingzhou guards for one or two months, and Hanzhong guards for half a year; The mountains and rivers in the north are treacherous, and the Zhou army will not be able to break through quickly, and Lizhou will be defended for a year and a half, and Jianzhou will be defended for another year and a half...... If the north wants to break through Dashu, it will take the Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse, can they afford to fight for so long?

Your Majesty thinks again, (later) a few years after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, a few years after the Jin Dynasty, a few years after the Han Dynasty, and a few years since the Zhou Dynasty, and in another year or two, it is not known whether the Zhou Dynasty exists. They won't attack Shu for long, and they won't have that much patience. ”

Meng Chang nodded frequently: "It makes sense, it makes sense!" ”

Wang Zhaoyuan said: "Therefore, Your Majesty does not have to put down his noble body and whisper to the Zhou Dynasty, he wants to fight, let's accompany him!" In today's Zhou Dynasty, the emperor is a child, the woman is in charge of the country, the lord is weak and the minister is strong, and the limit is not far away; Back then, 'Guo Rong' was in power, and his martial arts were aggressive in the southern and northern wars, but His Majesty was not afraid, and now he is still afraid that a child will not succeed! ”

Meng Chang suddenly snorted: "I have been a country in Dashu for forty years, and the country is peaceful and peaceful. The north has gone through the Tang, Jin, Han, and Thursday dynasties! The Zhou Dynasty is nothing more than a whirling grass, but that's it. ”

When everyone heard the emperor say this, they all bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise. ”

Even Li Hao was unwilling to disobey the emperor anymore. Li Hao bowed down and bowed, while thinking: Although Wang Zhaoyuan is a "hammer" (dialect means a certain male organ), it is very annoying, but this guy is quite good at figuring out the holy will, and today he caught the emperor's mind that he did not want to be a minister. That's why I was defeated when I was against him.

Li Hao thought about Han Baozheng looking for a step for himself before, and immediately said: "The minister recommended the Xuanhui North Courtyard to make Han Baozheng deploy for the front camp, and send reinforcements to Hanzhong to resist the enemy to protect Hanzhong." ”

Meng Chang immediately said: "Quasi-play." ”

Li Hao turned his head again and said: "The defense of Xingzhou made Hou Mao have merit in rejecting the Zhou army, and he must have talent, and after General Han arrives in Hanzhong, he can reuse this person...... The old man really confiscated his money, and he didn't even see anyone! ”

Han Baozheng said: "I would like to listen to Prime Minister Li Cheng's words." Li Cheng is at ease, when Zhou Shizong was still in power, the Zhou army was very strong, but the Central Plains was turbulent, and it was also at this time and at that time; This week, the orphans and widows of the Zhou Dynasty are too busy to take care of themselves, and the foreign strong and middle cadres still want to bully others, so they can't help but look down on our Shu army too much. And when I am ordered to lead the army north, I will see how the Zhou army can do it in a while? ”

So Meng Chang ordered the repair of the national letter to answer the edict of the Zhou Dynasty, and still called himself the "Emperor of Dashu", and made some excuses, saying that the Shu State had no provocation, and reprimanded the Zhou Dynasty for bullying people too much, and the whole country was indignant. There is quite a sarcasm in the rhetoric, the monarchs and ministers of the Zhou Dynasty like the explosion of wealth, the villain once succeeded.

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When Kokushu arrived in Tokyo, it was already more than half a month later. At this time, it is the end of the winter moon (November), and it is about to enter the wax moon, and it is already snowing in Tokyo, and the whole world is fluttering like goose feathers, and the palaces and houses of the entire metropolis are shrouded in a snow-white snow, which is very different.

This time, not only Fu Jinzhan was angry, but the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were very dissatisfied; But it has been more than a month since Xiang Gongbu used troops, and he has not even broken through Qingniling, and the monarchs and ministers of the Zhou Dynasty, who have always believed in the use of force, have nothing to say now.

Fu Jinzhan convened the important ministers of the military state to discuss the imperial meeting. Wang Pu was the first to question the feasibility of this battle, he said: "Originally, it was planned to take Hanzhong as the forward battalion, but Xiang Gong failed to quickly break through the defense line of the Shu army, and the original strategy of delaying it did not work; The Shu Kingdom made every effort to reinforce the north and strengthen the defenses. The more Shu troops in Hanzhong, the less troops Xiang Gong had...... The old minister thought that he could give up the battle first; After the weather is warm in the coming year, another army will be sent to attack from the east road and disperse the forces of the Shu army before entering the map. ”

Fu Jinzhan's voice behind the curtain asked, "What do Prime Minister Wang and General Guo think?" ”

Because Xiang Gong was recommended by Wang Pu, Wang Pu was also a little embarrassed at this time, and turned his head to look at Guo Shao. Guo Shao was also a little depressed, and said after a moment of silence: "What Wang Yuanjun said is not unreasonable, now that I see the wax moon, the weather is cold, and the soldiers are trapped in the difficult situation of Shu, we can indeed consider a temporary truce, and first retreat the army to Guzhen, Fengzhou and other places for the winter." But......

Xiang Gong is in front of him, and he understands the various conditions on the spot, and it is not appropriate for the imperial court to give orders casually two thousand miles away. The minister thought that he could send someone to comfort the soldiers in front and give Xiang Gong a certain degree of autonomy. If he thinks that there is a chance to take Qingniling and enter Tuxingzhou, he can continue to use troops; On the contrary, according to the opinion of the privy envoy prince, the army should be withdrawn first, and another army will be sent from the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River next year to contain the Shu army. ”

Wang Pu could accept it after hearing this, and nodded: "General Guo is reasonable, and he should indeed ask the main general in front of him what he means." ”

Guo Shaodao: "No matter what Xiang Gong plans, you can ask him to report in detail on the local geography, deployment of troops and other matters, so that we can analyze and evaluate the military and political situation of the Shu army." ”

Fu Jinzhan said: "According to what you said, send a fast horse to Guzhen to deliver the decree." ”

The people took the command. Eunuch Yang Shiliang said: "If there is something to start, there is nothing to retire." Then they bowed down together and said, "The ministers are leaving." ”

Guo Shao rubbed until the end and did not leave the palace. After the ministers left one after another, they followed the eunuch to the study inside and met with Fu Jinzhan alone. As usual, although they met, they were not alone in the presence of their attendants.

Fu Jinzhan complained softly: "The Lord of Shu has made me lose face many times, and there are so few people in this world who can defend me, Xiang Gong called me a little disappointed. ”

Guo Shao persuaded with good words: "The lord of Shu is temporary, and he will eventually suffer first." Don't worry, the war to unify Shu has just begun, and sometimes it does not go well. Next year, the Queen Mother will definitely regain her dignity!

However, I don't think Xiang Gong is entirely to blame for this matter, although the Northwest Town soldiers led by him are also quite combat-effective, there is still a gap between the equipment and the quality of the soldiers of the forbidden army; Moreover, a small detail on the battlefield can affect the outcome. Maybe Xiang Gong happened to meet a talented person from the Shu State...... The terrain over there is difficult and dangerous, and as long as it is properly deployed, it is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack. Otherwise, the Shu Kingdom would not have survived the Jin, Han, and Zhou dynasties for decades. ”

Fu Jinzhan said softly: "You are right, we seem to be in too much of a hurry, if we make more preparations, we will use troops to attack Shu next year, and we will not even be able to take Hanzhong." In the end, I don't blame you for my decision. ”

Guo Shao hurriedly said: "The Empress Dowager always listens to my advice, and the responsibility for this matter mainly lies with me...... At that time, I was really anxious, and I thought that if we could not continue to open up the territory and build up merit, the lack of prestige would slowly decline, and it would not be a way to do so in the long run. ”

After he said that, his tone became resolute: "Take Shu within next year!" After the deployment was completed, the minister asked the minister to lead the forbidden army to attack Shu. ”