The ministers of the army were obviously divided into two factions, in the end, they would fight Guanzhong first and solve the Northern Wei court as quickly as possible; Or immediately wave back to resist the attack of the Southern Dynasties?

At this time, Zhao Junsheng also had an idea in his heart, and he asked Dongfang Chen: "Mr. Dongfang, what do you think?" ”

Dongfang Chen stood up and arched his hand and said: "Between the ministers, the army cannot be withdrawn!" ”

All the ministers looked at each other, and Zhao Junsheng also wanted to know why Dongfang Chen said this, "Tell me specifically!" ”

"Great King, although the three kingdoms of Qiu Chi, Tuyuhun and Beiliang have temporarily sided with us, and sent troops to cause a lot of trouble to the Northern Wei court, they will never do their best, their role is limited, and it depends on us if we want to completely solve the Northern Wei court!"

"Our army has solved the problem of coming to Daqian, and now we are going to fight Bogulu Town, which will let Qiu Chi, Tuyuhun and Beiliang see the power of our army, and it will also let them know that it is beneficial to stand on our side! If we withdraw at this time, the three kingdoms will retract when they see that the situation is not good, then there will be no containment in the rear of the Northern Wei court, they can go all out to attack Hedong and Tongguan, if our army can repel the Southern Korean army in time after returning to the division, it will be enough, if it cannot repel the Southern Korean army in time, the battlefield on the western front may be irresistible, once the situation is eroded, the consequences are unimaginable! ”

"Therefore, the minister thinks that the army should not be withdrawn, but we cannot ignore the attack of the Southern Dynasty, and the only way is to draw troops from the country to form a large army, and send a general to lead the army to meet the Southern Korean army!"

At this time, someone remembered that when the army arrived at the Flying Fox Pass, Zhao Junsheng sent Bai Jinguang, Liang Yi and Wei Jing and others to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses south to Xiangzhou, could it be that Zhao Junsheng had already thought of this, if so, it would be a little terrifying, right?

Of course, Zhao Junsheng knew that he just wanted to leave 20,000 soldiers and horses to give himself a peace of mind, but he didn't expect that the Southern Dynasty, which had already made it clear that he would not participate in the Northern Wei coalition army, would suddenly change his mind, and fortunately left 20,000 soldiers and horses.

Zhao Junsheng said: "Mr. Dongfang's words are very reasonable, at the beginning, Bai Jinguang, Wei Jing and Liang Yi and others led an army of 20,000 people to secretly go south to Xiangzhou, on the one hand, to make themselves feel at ease, on the other hand, it is also to prevent Tongguan and Hedong from defending, there are 20,000 soldiers and horses can block the Wei army from invading Hebei, and now it seems that this trick can actually play a role!" ”

Lone agreed with Mr. Dongfang's suggestion and sent troops and horses from China to the south to face off against the Southern Dynasty, but there were two questions: first, who should be the commander? The Southern Dynasty is the emperor's personal expedition, and our country can't just send an unknown junior to lead the army, right? Second, the Southern Dynasty had a three-way army in the east, middle and west, how did our army deal with it? Is it also a three-way shot? ”

Dongfang Chen said: "The king, the minister thinks that for the invasion of the Southern Dynasty army this time, our country should uphold the purpose of defending two roads and attacking one road!" First of all, most of our country's troops are fighting against the Wei army on the Western Front, and the Southern Dynasty dispatched 100,000 troops this time, and our country can no longer draw such a large number of troops to confront it, so we can only defend two roads, and then attack it all the way with superior forces! Second, defending two roads and attacking one road can greatly reduce the logistical pressure! ”

Zhao Junsheng heard Dongfang Chen say this, it was really like this, and asked again: "Which two roads to defend and which one to attack?" ”

Dongfang Chen said: "King, the main force of the Southern Dynasty is in the middle road, and it is also led by the emperor of the Southern Dynasty himself, there are 60,000 troops on this road, and the minister thinks that our army should avoid its edge and guard the middle road and the east road!" Now Jeju Town General Wang Huilong and Qizhou Town General Yuan He are both famous generals, and they should be able to block the middle and east roads! Lu Rail, who had already retreated to Yanzhou, simply retreated to Qingzhou and formed a line of defense with Wang Huilong and Yuanhe! The main force of our army set off from Xiangzhou, crossed the river to Luoyang, and then sent troops south from Luoyang to attack the Western Route Army of the Southern Dynasty! ”

Zhao Junsheng immediately asked: "Who are the leading generals of the Eastern Road and Western Route Army of the Southern Dynasty this time?" ”

"Answer the king, the general of the Eastern Route Army of the Southern Dynasty is Xiao Siyan; The general of the Western Route Army is Liu Yuanjing! ”

Xiao Sihua is a relative of Emperor Liu Yu of the Song Dynasty, he is Liu Yu's stepmother Xiaoyi Empress Xiao Wenshou's nephew, born in the Lanling Xiao family, the Lanling Xiao family is not an ordinary family, is the descendant of Xiao He, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty.

Xiao Daocheng, the founding emperor of Qi in the Southern Dynasty, and Xiao Yan, the founding emperor of Liang in the Southern Dynasty, were both born in the Xiao family of Lanling, and at this time Xiao Daocheng's father Xiao Chengzhi was under Xiao Siyan's account, and Xiao Daocheng was thirteen years old at this time.

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while and agreed to Dongfang Chen's suggestion, but he was a little worried about Wang Huilong, who was guarding Jeju, and said: "Wang Huilong doesn't have many troops in his hands, but I'm afraid that he won't be able to withstand the attack of Liu Yikang's 60,000 army!" ”

Dongfang Chen said with a smile: "The king can rest assured, there are 12,000 town defenders and state and county soldiers and county soldiers in the entire Jeju, if you give up other counties and let Wang Huilong only defend the city, with the sturdiness and height of the city, it can be done for a month!" ”

"Besides, Wang Huilong is talented and understands military strategy, and more importantly, he has a life-and-death enmity with the Liu family of the Southern Dynasty, and he will not surrender to the Southern Dynasty no matter what!"

Dongfang Chen got to the point, Zhao Junsheng nodded, and asked again: "Okay, let's do it!" Last question, who is the handsome? ”

This is a big problem, if the candidate is not selected correctly, not only will he not be able to resist the attack of the southern army, but he will also be defeated.

This involves the issue of combat record, qualifications, official position, and background, and the person who is in charge must be able to suppress the generals Xue Andu, Wang Huilong, Yuan He and Lu Rail, and let these people obey the order unconditionally.

Bai Jinguang's record is okay, but he is a little lacking in qualifications and age, first of all, Xue Andu is only afraid that he will not obey him, after all, Bai Jinguang was the little brother who followed Xue Andu's ass.

Xue An didn't even think about it, he had the heavy responsibility of resisting the army of Buliu Guli; Guo Sheng, the general of Xiangzhou Town, is the general of Beiyan, although he is old, he is afraid that he will not be recognized by several others; Genga is the same, the force is sufficient, and the seniority in the cadre army is insufficient; As for Wang Huilong and Lu Liang, they don't have enough prestige to make others bow down.

The selection of this marshal really made Zhao Junsheng difficult, who to send to lead the army to the south?

Zhao Junsheng thought of Cao Jiao, at this time Cao Jiao's task was to guard Qianjing, how about transferring him as a marshal? But can he hold up to the scene? He has to face the emperor of the Southern Dynasty!

At this time, Dongfang Chen arched his hand and said: "King, there is a candidate who is fully competent, but the minister is worried that he will be reprimanded by His Majesty and reprimanded by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty if he speaks out!" ”

The generals and ministers of the army all looked at each other, who was Dongfang Chen recommending?

Zhao Junsheng was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who are you talking about?" You say, even if you don't adopt it, I won't reprimand you! ”

"Yes! It is the princess who wants to recommend the minister, and in the absence of the king, now only the princess in the entire Qianguo is qualified and has enough prestige to lead the army to the south, and no one else can! The king thinks that the Southern Dynasty is the emperor's personal expedition, if our country only sends an ordinary general to lead the army, it will fall into disadvantage in terms of momentum, and the soldiers will not be enough in confidence, but if the princess is the commander, it will be different, at least the two are in the same position, and our army will not fall behind in momentum! ”

Zhao Junsheng's eyes widened after hearing this, and he hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, no, Mulan is the princess, if she leads the troops, wouldn't it make the Southern Dynasty laugh at me and have no one available in the country?" ”

Dongfang Chen said loudly: "Great King, on the contrary, this move will not only not make the Southern Dynasty laugh at my Qianguo, but will also make the world think that my Qianguo only needs to send a woman to lead the troops to defeat the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, which shows that my Qianguo does not take the emperor of the Southern Dynasty in his eyes at all!" ”

Zhao Junsheng frowned: "That's what I said, but everyone has different opinions, how do you influence other people's opinions?" ”

Dongfang Chen smiled slightly: "So this matter needs someone to guide you in the market!" ”

Guiding public opinion? Zhao Junsheng was stunned, this is the first time he has heard someone say in this era that he wants to guide public opinion, this Dongfang Chen is an understanding person!

That's right, it's to guide public opinion! How to guide public opinion? That's definitely going to be publicized!

Zhao Junsheng immediately made a decision, just do it!

Soon, a series of edicts were sent back to Qianjing with an expedited horse of 800 miles, appointing Hua Mulan as the commander, drawing the Zhenshu army from Hebei prefectures to form an army to go south, ordering Wang Huilong to concentrate his troops to defend the city, ordering Lu Liang to lead the army to continue to retreat to Qingzhou, and ordering Hua Mulan to take the south and west route army as the main target of attack.

After several edicts were issued, Zhao Junsheng ordered the army to continue to march towards Bogulu Town.

After getting the news, Xi Huan, who was fighting with Gao Xiu in Bingzhou, was in a big risk, where did he still have the heart to fight with Gao Xiu, so he pulled out the camp overnight and returned the same way.

At this time, there were less than 2,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Bogulu Town, but when Zhao Junsheng's tens of thousands of troops arrived forty miles north of Bogulu Town, Xi Yang, the son of Xi Dependents, led the army to withdraw from Bogulu Town and fled in panic to the east, encountering Xi's army on the way.

"What, Bogulu Town was captured by Zhao Junsheng?" Xi Yan almost fell off his horse when he heard this.

Xi Yang said: "If Bogulu Town is not breached, the child will not lead troops to meet his father here!" ”

Xi Huan's heart is so cold, the old nest has been taken away, where is he going now?

The general next to him clasped his fists and said: "General, the Qianguo High Repair Department must be pursuing our army at this time, and the last general thinks that the general has already made plans!" Now that the soldiers learned that Bo Gulu Town was forced, everyone was panicked, and if they were caught up by the cadres at this time, it would definitely be a big defeat! ”

Xi Yan turned his head to look at the soldiers behind him, and his faces were really panicked, where are there still warriors fighting? He gritted his teeth and ordered: "The whole army turns to Chang'an!" ”

When Beiliang and Tuyuhun learned that Zhao Junsheng led their troops to capture Bogulu Town, they increased their troops to speed up the offensive and try to seize as much territory as possible before the cadres fully took over the territory of Xi Liu.