In early spring and February, the earth warms up, the glaciers melt, and everything recovers.

The snow and ice in the shade of the mountains and rivers have not yet melted, and the cold of winter has not yet completely disappeared, but the grass on the ground has begun to spit out tender shoots, and the weeping willows are pulling out a trace of emerald green branches.

Xue Ju personally came from Tianshui County to Yongcheng, the seat of Fufeng County, which is a heavy city on the westward route of the capital, the hinterland of Guanlong, which is more prosperous than those cities in the northwest and densely populated.

The civil and military officials of the Western Qin Dynasty and the officers and men of the three armies also felt that the further they advanced to the east, the more beautiful the environment became, the people were relatively wealthy, and the clothes were more fashionable and exquisite than those in the northwest, and the customs and culture were much stronger.

It was already spring, and Xue Ju, the overlord of Western Qin, was hesitating whether to turn around and guard against Luo Cheng's Northwest Army, or continue to go east and take Daxing City.

The strength of Western Qin is close to 300,000, of which 60,000 or 70,000 are the surrendered troops of Tang Bi, so two-thirds of Western Qin's troops are concentrated in Fufeng County, adjacent to Jingzhao County, and the attack on Daxing City is the most direct, and it can rob more wealth.

If you turn around and start a war with Luo Cheng, first of all, it will be very difficult, second, the soldiers are unwilling, and third, it is not in the interests of the group. However, if Western Qin started a war with Li Tang, Xue Ju was worried that Luo Cheng would take the opportunity to lead his troops to attack the rear, and Huichuan, Longxi and other counties would not be able to block the impact of the Northwest Army at all.

Just when he was hesitating, an envoy from the Luo Cheng faction arrived, bringing a letter of alliance.

Xue Ju was stunned, Luo Cheng wanted to form an alliance with Western Qin?

When he opened the letter curiously and read it, he knew Luo Cheng's initial intentions.

In the letter, Luo Cheng promised that the Northwest Army would not attack the territory of Western Qin for the time being, but Li Yuan coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes to set up a puppet emperor, and his heart could be punished, and he also issued a pseudo-holy decree to cut Luo Cheng's title, which made him angry, but Jincheng to Daxingcheng was nearly 2,000 miles apart, and there was a Western Qin garrison in the middle, so it was not appropriate for the Northwest Army to send an expedition.

Therefore, Luo Zhaoyun asked Xue Ju to rest assured to attack Daxing City and start a war with Li Tang, the Northwest Army will definitely not take advantage of the danger of people to attack the rear of Western Qin, as long as Western Qin conquers Jingzhao County, occupies Daxing City, and sweeps the counties between Tongguan and Jingzhao, and cedes the three counties in the west to the Young Marshal's Mansion, then Luo Cheng will be the king in the northwest from now on, and he will no longer fight with Western Qin.

After Xue Ju read Luo Cheng's letter, he was undecided for a while, unable to guess whether it was true or false, so he asked the strategists to follow suit.

Chu Liang, the squire of the Yellow Gate, took the opportunity to instigate: "This is good news, if the Northwest Sui Army does not advance eastward and attacks the rear of our Western Qin, Your Majesty can personally conquer and take Jingzhao County and truly claim the emperor in Daxing City." ”

Shangzhu Guo Xi Daoyi shook his head and said: "Before you don't know Luo Chengzhen's intentions, you still can't fully believe it, what if he breaks his promise?" ”

Chu Liang retorted: "The young marshal's character can be trusted, if he violates it, we will make the content of the letter public to the world, and it will definitely not benefit him if he is completely discredited." ”

Xue Rengao was unconvinced and said: "Why, if he doesn't send a single soldier in the Northwest Army, he will want our three counties at that time, how can there be such a good thing?" Unless they can send troops to their aid and send them to the head of the city! ”

Hao Aidao: "If we can use the three counties of Huichuan and Longxi in the northwest in exchange for Jingzhao, Shangjun, Fengyi County, Hongnong County, etc. in the Guannei, then we will take advantage of it." It's just that this may be Luo Cheng's trick, wanting me to lose both Xi Qin and Li Tang, and he will take advantage of the fisherman. ”

Xue Ju pondered for a long time, and then said: "Luo Cheng has a reputation, he shouldn't easily break his word and use his reputation to deceive, although the letter must have other purposes and conspiracies, but as long as he doesn't send troops for the time being, it will be in the interests of my Western Qin." You can be with the Northwest Army and the snake tail, pretending to agree, and when we conquer Daxing City, exterminate Li Tang, take the Guannei, turn around and confront the Northwest Army, at that time, whether to cede or not, it depends on the mood of the king. ”

Xue Rengao nodded and said: "Yes, for the time being, stabilize the Northwest Army first, and after sweeping Li Tang, no matter what alliance agreement it has, you can turn around and clean up the Northwest Army." ”

The military generals expressed their opinions, and finally Xue Ju made a decision and decided to temporarily make an alliance with the Northwest Army.

In fact, Xue Ju has his wishful thinking, because he is sandwiched between the Northwest Army and Li Tang's forces, and the enemy is on his back, which is quite bad, to solve this game, he must overcome one side, and now there is a breakthrough, Xue Ju wants to fight, first let go of his hand and fight with Li Tang, once he wins, he will solve the trouble, at that time, Western Qin is not afraid of the Northwest Army, and he can start another war at any time.

………

Jincheng-gun.

After Luo Zhaoyun received Xue Ju's handwritten reply, he smiled faintly, this plan made Xue Ju easily take the bait, because he guessed Xue Ju's difficulties and weaknesses, and he was not afraid that the overlord of Western Qin would not be moved.

In addition, Luo Zhaoyun also knew from history that Western Qin and Li Tang did have such a battle, first Li Tang was defeated, and when Western Qin was preparing to take advantage of the victory to pursue, Xue Ju suddenly died, making Western Qin's achievements fall short.

This made Luo Zhaoyun suspicious, Xue Ju was good at martial arts, he was in his forties, he was strong, how could he suddenly die violently?

The mystery of history made him gamble this time and wanted to try it out.

When both Western Qin and Li Tang were defeated, it was time for the Northwest Army to advance eastward and clean up the Western Qin regime.

The main thing is that this bureau must be broken, and this breakthrough is to let Xue Ju attack Li Tang without worries, otherwise, the three parties will not move, and the most advantageous is Li Tang, because Li Valve has been operating in Guanzhong for many years and has several generations of reserves, and when the major valves support the Li family, talents will gather and occupy the biggest advantage.

There are too few talents to oppose the king in various places, and the intellectuals are from the gate valves, and the gate valves are all gathered in the gate, so the Li family cannot be allowed to stay in Daxing City for a long time.

During this period, in Jincheng County, several major military camps have stepped up training, weapons and equipment are also being updated, and war horses, grain and grass are constantly being prepared and hoarded to meet the needs of this year's war.

The eldest grandson Wuji, Du Ruhui and others couldn't see through the young marshal's strategy, but they also guessed that it was related to the benefits of the fisherman, but they didn't know what the specific 'stroke of genius' was.

However, no one asked too much about the strategists, and they all felt that the young marshal was too far-reaching, waiting for a surprise to appear.