Luo Zhaoyun sits in Huangshui City, is in charge of four counties, and has a vast territory, mostly wasteland and plateaus, and the land is vast and sparsely populated. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

According to the statistics of household registration, there are less than 150,000 households, and the population is about 340,000, which is equivalent to the number of people in a county in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

"Marshal, Zhong Lixuan has arrived outside the hall."

"Please come in." Luo Zhaoyun put the military intelligence fold in hand on the copywriting table, ready to talk to a person from the Qiang tribe.

At this time, a guard walked in with a man wearing a Qiang robe, with leopard eyes ringing eyes, the top of his head shaved into the Mediterranean, the bangs on his forehead were kept up, braided into small braids and hung down, and the beard under his cheeks and jaw was like a long curl.

"I've seen Marshal Luo."

Luo Zhaoyun looked at him for a moment and said, "Mr. Zhong came from afar, and he is a distinguished guest of my Luo Mansion. ”

A guard brought a wooden chair to Zhong Lixuan, which made him feel flattered, and Yu Guang sometimes looked at this young marshal, he had heard a lot of his deeds of leading troops to fight in his early years, and Da Sui intended to publicize, although he lived in the Minshan area, and he had heard of it and secretly admired it.

"You know the current situation in the Central Plains, right?"

Zhong Lixuan looked embarrassed, nodded and said: "I have heard that the Central Plains is experiencing a great turmoil, and the imperial court... The imperial court is almost falling apart, and the anti-kings everywhere are confronting the imperial court and raising troops to rebel, and frankly, no one is optimistic about the imperial court anymore. ”

Luo Zhaoyun's expression was calm, he knew that Zhong Lixuan had been in the Central Plains for a few years and had seen a lot of things, and when he was doing business in Hejin City in Douhe County in the northwest recently, he was targeted by the intelligence officers of Yanlang Pavilion and invited here.

"What does that gentleman think about the situation in the northwest?"

Zhong Lixuan just said a few words about the damage of the imperial court, but seeing that Luo Shuai's face was as usual and he was not angry, his heart relaxed, so he relied on the courage to continue to analyze: "The northwest counties, if according to the geographical situation, are collectively called Longyou, which includes the six counties of Tianshui, Huichuan, Pingliang, Longxi, Anding, and Jincheng in Guanlong, plus the border counties of Xihai, Heyuan, Douhe, Caohan, Lintao, etc., can also be indirectly included in the scope of Longyou, and further west, it is the range of Hexi, including Zhangye, Dunhuang, Xiping, and Wuwei counties, These are the west gate of Xijing Daxing City, the gateway of Guanlong, once occupied the right of Long, then Xijing is no longer impregnable, especially the west of Guanlong, Tianshui, Pingliang, etc., has been close to the hinterland of Guanlong, Fufeng, Jingzhao County, the geographical location is the most important. ”

"Now Li Liang's Xiliang army is defeated, only huddled in Wuwei County, not to be afraid, Xue Ju led the troops to attack the territory of Guanlong, Liang Division occupies the north of Guanlong, Honghua, Diaoyin and other counties, then Longyou and Hexi, it can be said that they want to give it to the young marshal. As long as the young marshal can gain a firm foothold in the northwest, merge Hexi and Longyou, integrate the troops, and then press to the hinterland of Guanlong, then Guanzhong may be difficult to contend with, even if Li Valve occupies Daxing City one step ahead and gains a foothold in Guanzhong, it will be difficult to compete for the young marshal's western army. ”

Luo Zhaoyun listened while pondering, and was a little impressed by this Zhong Lixuan, what he said was very reasonable, and it coincided with his own thoughts.

Luo Zhaoyun, who is familiar with history, naturally knows the importance of Longyou.

The word Longyou first appeared in the late Han Dynasty and early Wei Dynasty, but its origin was traced back to Longshan in the Shaanxi-Gansu Boundary Mountain; The ancients took the west as the right, so it was called the west of Longshan as the right of Longshan, and it was also called Longxi in ancient times.

The Qin Dynasty was able to unify the six countries, because the natural hazards such as Hangu Pass and the Yellow River blocked the attacking armies of the six countries and increased the difficulty of attacking Qin.

Because the ancestors of the Qin State for several generations of Qin kings, they have pacified the Xirong tribe in Longyou, so that their rear is stable, and they provide troops and food from afar, only the convenience of his attack on the Six Kingdoms, the difficulty of the Six Kingdoms attacking it, and the king's hard work, can have the hegemony of annexing the Six Kingdoms.

The rise of the Han Dynasty also started from Bashu and Guanlong, and advanced eastward, and in terms of geographical advantages, it still imitated the Qin State.

The Great Sui also inherited the geographical advantages of the Northern Zhou and Western Wei, and used it to destroy the Northern Qi and Southern Chen, and the route was also surprisingly consistent.

Even if the Tang Dynasty can annex all the anti-kings in history, it has a huge relationship with his position in Guanlong and Xijing, because there is no natural danger to defend in the hinterland of the Central Plains, the plains are open, and various forces attack each other, and no one will attack Xijing, so that it will develop steadily, and have the opportunity to regain strength in the defeat after defeat, and finally eliminate the princes of various places.

As long as Luo Zhaoyun occupies more than ten counties in the northwest, he can look down on Guanzhong when the time comes, and fight all the way down to Daxing City.

Even if Xijing was occupied by Li Yuan and others first, he was not afraid, although Li Valve could coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, but, in the final analysis, the final contest was strength, and the strength of the soldiers.

Of course, he will not tell outsiders these ideas of dominating the ears of kings, but just suppress them in his heart.

"Mr. Zhong, Brother Ling is Zhong Li, the chief of Minshan?"

Zhong Lixuan's heart moved, knowing that the problem was coming after all, and nodded: "It's my brother!" ”

Luo Zhaoyun remained silent, and said slowly: "As far as I know, it seems that he has taken refuge under Xue Ju's tent and is currently staying in Jincheng County. ”

Zhong Lixuan stubbornly said: "That's right, my brother led the clansmen, originally lived in Tongchang County in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River, but since the rise of Tubo, he has continued to attack Tuyuhun and Dasui, and the Minshan area has been occupied by the Tubo people. For the survival of the clansmen, it was by no means intended to be an enemy of the young marshal, but the young marshal had not yet come to the northwest to take up his post, otherwise, the clansmen would not have gone to the Western Qin regime. ”

Luo Zhaoyun heard him say it so bluntly, revealing his hardships and helplessness, and it was not good to intimidate him anymore, and said straight to the point: "Don't hide it, this marshal intends to send troops to Jincheng County, but he doesn't want to see his soldiers and Minshan Qiang people, needless bloodshed and sacrifice, there is no deep hatred, the conflict of interests, can be bloodless fusion, when the time comes, Xiqin can give you the protection of your tribe, Ben Shuai can give more, moreover, grain, salt, tea, living commodities, can give help, What do you think of letting your people re-divide the area and settle down, and become a self-administered county, instead of sending people under the fence all the time and following Xiqin as outcasts? ”

After Zhong Lixuan listened, he was immediately overjoyed, and arched his hand and said: "The young marshal is a heroic figure who promises a thousand gold, if he can really promise like this, it should be the blessing of the Minshan Qiang Department, I am willing to be a lobbyist, go to Jincheng to lobby my brother, and surrender to the young marshal!" ”