For those who are not as good as him, Gongliang is very generous, because it does not pose a threat, and for those who can compete with one of them, they are often very small-minded.

On the strategy of the city government, Bailiyan admitted that it was not as good as Gongliang, so Gongliang was also kind at the beginning. However, Gongliang Xiu never imagined that Baili Yanwen Taowu was slightly superior, but he went off the rails, specializing in making money, earning a lot of benefits, and fattening the strength of Xianguo.

In all fairness, Gongliang's internal affairs are not bad, compared to Zhao Anling, it is half a chip, but compared to Bailiyan, which is stronger and which is weaker is judged.

Of course, the fundamental reason is that Bailiyan is well-informed, Gongliang Xiu gathers the power of the moment, and if there is no dazzling new star of Bailiyan in governing internal affairs, Gongliang Xiu should be a genius today.

It's a pity that the brilliance of Baili Yan obscured his brilliance, so that his pearl was placed under the golden crow, how could the brighter brilliance resist the light of the sun.

After some in-depth research, Zhao Anling's words changed:

"Now that the situation is clear, our army can advance and retreat to attack and defend freely, the situation is extremely favorable, can Master Hou have a long-term plan?"

"There is no long-term planning, as far as the current situation is concerned, Gongsun Yue has personally led his men and horses to Yuanshan County, and there is no suspense in taking and defending Yuanshan.

But this commander thinks that even if our army takes the land of the four counties, it will definitely not be tolerated by the Changsun Kingdom, not to mention the land of the six counties, not only the eldest grandson will not tolerate it, but the Zhiguo will not tolerate it, even if our army has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, it will be tired of dealing with the attack of the two countries, and there will be no good results under internal and external troubles.

Therefore, Ben Shuai thought twice and gave up the two counties of Yuanshan and Dekang is the best policy. And take advantage of the land of the two counties and Sangnan County in exchange for the compromise of the eldest grandson country, what does Mr. Zhao think? ”

"This ......" Zhao Anling wanted to speak and stopped being a little worried: "The land of this Sun country is already large, only smaller than that of Wei Guo, and besides, the counties of Sun Country are all big counties, and the land of Yuanshan and Dekang counties is not small."

And the two counties of Yuanshan and Dekang have fertile land and are located in the hinterland of the Central Plains. Moreover, King Xian wanted the land of six counties before the war, and now that he has six counties, he will give up the two counties, in case King Xian is angry with Hou Ye, what should he do. ”

"I have also thought about this matter, the land can be given to the eldest grandson, but people can't give it."

"What did Master Hou say?"

"Although I don't know what the situation of the other counties is, but from the situation of Pengyuan, Changyin, and Dekang counties, there are many foreigners in the three counties, among which there are many people in Zhiguo and Changsun, and the king has promised to allow the people of Zhiguo in the land occupied by our army to voluntarily return to Zhiguo, so in the future, it will be said that it will lose five or six hundred thousand people, even if they are all old and weak, but they are people, and there are many children, and ten years later, it is a group of manpower.

If the eldest grandson also makes such a request, the four counties of Pengyuan, Wanchuan, Shangguan, and Ganfu may also lose one million people, so that the population of the four counties of more than 5.5 million may only be more than 4 million in the blink of an eye.

As far as I know, four or five out of 10 of the young and strong men in the counties and counties have been lost in the past 15 years due to war disasters, and in addition to those who have served in the army and served in labor, the number of young and strong men living in various places is only 20 percent of the young and strong men.

Therefore, Ben Shuai wanted to move all the populations of Yuanshan and Dekang counties to the five counties of Ganfu, Shangguan, Wanchuan, Pengyuan, and Qiunan, so as to enrich the people of the five counties. At the same time, the surrendered, captured, and attached to the rebels' families negotiated with the princes, moved back to Xianguo, and reduced the military strength, and released young and strong laborers to be resettled on the spot to alleviate the people's strength. ”

"I'm afraid this won't work, the population of Yuanshan and Dekang counties is more than two million, how can they move away. Take a step back and say, the eldest grandson Guoyan can be fooled. ”

"Of course, the eldest grandson lord will not be easily fooled, but the land of the two counties is always true."

"Shhh...... An Ling was stupid, and asked the Hou Ye to make it clear. ”

"Then let me ask Mr. Zhao, can there be a reason for the land settlement between the two countries to indicate the population?"

"There is no such rule, but when the time comes, the detailed register of land and population must be handed over, and it must not be left empty. And it's easier said than done. How can more than 2 million people be evacuated in a short period of time? ”

"Therefore, we can agree with the lord of the eldest grandson that the land of the two counties will be temporarily loaned, and the loan period will be calculated from the destruction of the rebels, and it will be delivered within two years. Within two years, the people of the two counties were quietly moved away in batches, and at the same time, the grain and grass harvested in the two counties were used to feed the local people. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Anling suddenly realized that the case was amazing:

"Master Hou's plan is wonderful, within two years, the eldest grandson will gain land and lose people, and both people and land will be lost, which can be said to be more than worth the loss."

"What Mr. Zhao said is extremely true, the land of the six counties, I am afraid that it will not be able to be defended, even if it is held, the Xianguo will miss the opportunity to cultivate and recuperate for at least five or six years, and the long-term war, a large number of strong men died in the war, which is extremely unfavorable to the country.

But if the people of the two counties can be moved away and merged into the four newly occupied counties, not to mention the distance, within seven or eight years in the near future, if the Changsun Kingdom wants to manage the land of the two counties, it will have to relocate the people, if the Wei Kingdom invades the east, the original mountains and Dekang are too close, once the Changsun Kingdom can not parry on the western front, the two counties will inevitably become battlefields.

However, moving the population away, exhausting the strength of the Changsun country, at the same time, even if the Wei Guo captured these two counties in the future, the local population was sparse, and the supply was extremely inconvenient, and the Wei Guo was bound to fall into the two places like the Changsun State and could not extricate himself.

At that time, our army will recuperate and recuperate, and then cross the river to fight with it, and it will be easy to recover the two places. At that time, the achievements of the eldest grandson and the defense of the country will be in the hands of our country, and the Xian country will have enough national strength to run the two places, wouldn't it be beautiful. ”

Population is the basic resource for all development, and without a population base, no amount of land can be maintained.

Xianguo does not count the lost Jiangdong East County, the land area of the existing seven counties is more than one million square kilometers, and the population of the miscellaneous counties is barely more than 7 million.

Pengyuan, Wanchuan, Shangguan, Xiaguan four counties are all large counties, the land area is no less than the seven counties of Xianguo, not counting the early migration of the black scarf soldiers, after more than ten years of consumption, the local people are only more than 4 million, the old, weak, sick and disabled still account for the majority, young and middle-aged are scarce.

More than 10 million people occupy more than 2 million square kilometers of land, not to mention the fact that the territory spans a long period from east to west and a short span from north to south, which is not conducive to the development of strategic verticals, and the logistical support and military dispatch required in peacetime alone have become problems.

At this time, coupled with the burden of Yuanshan and Dekang counties, Xianguo was unable to operate at all, and it was difficult to digest the vested results in a short time.

At the same time, the Changsun State will not tolerate the Xian State to swallow the land of the six counties, and the Jin State will also take the opportunity to make trouble, not to mention another stab in the back of the ill-intentioned Zhiguo, and the diplomatic and military situation of the Xian State will be ten times more difficult than it is now.

In the final analysis, the essence of war is the economy, and the basis of the economy is agriculture, industry and commerce, and the population base.

As the old saying goes, "if you lose your land, you will lose your land, and if you lose your land, you will gain all your land", what determines the value of land is not any subjective factor man-made, but the objective factor of people themselves, which determines the value of land.

Just like a lifeless planet, even a planet full of gold has no meaning to the universe. It is because of life that the land is given value by life.

In the long run, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages of giving up the two counties in exchange for the compromise of the eldest grandson kingdom, but before that, it is still necessary to convince King Xian.

As the war entered July, the situation had quietly changed dramatically, and as expected, the Gongliang army ceased war with Chitose on the southern front, and "attacked" Ganghui County very smoothly, gradually advancing southward.

Ye Xin led his troops to pursue at this time, while Mo Yunfeng sent troops from Fengqing at the same time to confront Shen Duchi in Chaocheng.

The battle reports from the front were sent to Pengyuan in mid-April, and then to Shanling via Zhao Xun. Thanks to Jianbao, the Xianjun sent messages almost three times faster than the other vassal states.

In mid-June, King Xian already knew the good news of King Yin Tian anyway, out of secrecy, Bailiyan did not say that King Yin Tian was Gongsun Yue, and in late June, he captured the whole county of Dekang and half of the counties of Ganfu and Changyin and passed to Chenling.

By the beginning of July, Bailiyan's urgent delivery was delivered to King Xian again, but this time it attracted the wrath of King Xian.

"How dare he!" King Xian abruptly put the book on the case, and his face was extremely displeased: "Zhongqing said, what is the reason for this Yongxing Hou. ”

"The King." Nuo Yiyan stepped forward and said: "The minister thinks that the Marquis of Yongxing is not unreasonable, the rebels are now at the end of the tower, so there is no need to worry, but I am afraid that they will make peace with the eldest grandson on the northern front, and then go south to Ganfu and Shangguan, and the situation will be extremely unfavorable to our Xianguo at that time."

As the saying goes, if you are greedy, you will lose, and my country will swallow six counties, and I am afraid that all countries will not be able to tolerate it. Now that the land of the six counties is already in the bag, it is better to give up the two counties to marry the eldest grandson, and at the same time, it can also offset the deterrence of the country against me, it is better to use the Sishui River as the boundary to consolidate the land of the four counties that have been obtained. ”

Hearing Nuo's words, King Xian immediately glared at him and asked Lu Gao:

"Lu Aiqing, do you think so too?"

"Yes, the king, with the national strength of my Xian country, it is the limit to be able to run the four counties."

"Humph!" King Xian snorted angrily and asked Gao Xun, "Gao Aiqing, what do you think?" ”

"Back to the king, the minister thinks that there are indeed too many places in the six counties, and they are too far away from the essence of my Xian country, and it is difficult to effectively control them in a short period of time. In addition, the eldest grandson is not the most important, the most important thing is that the Jin kingdom in the eldest grandson of more than 200,000 horses, so far has not made a big move, then the king of Jin in order to repay the shame of the Lingling, with my tiger swallowing six counties as an excuse, united with the eldest grandson, the rebels to attack me, that is bound to be defeated.

And Zhiguo and I are better not out of sincerity, but to use our country to confront the Jin State and the eldest grandson, even if our army can win in the end, Zhiguo will strike from behind, our country will not only not be able to get the land of the six counties, then several years of consumption, Zhiguo's vitality has been restored, and my Xianguo is in ruins, at this time a thunderous blow, I am afraid that there is a danger of losing the country. ”

"What do you think so?"

King Xian asked loudly, and Lu Gao and Gao Xun said in unison:

"Yes......"