Wang Kui walked back and forth on the deck, took a few steps in the direction of the stern helmsman, felt that something was wrong, and returned again, and loudly beckoned the sailor to paddle.

Changsun Hong grabbed him and persuaded: "We are on the water, and if we can't come in a hurry, let's sit down first and think about it in the long run." ”

Wang Kui jumped twice, then stopped, sat down according to his words, and said to Changsun Hong with a red face: "Yes, if you can't come in a hurry, I think about it, we will expand the army when we go back, send a detailed work, and explore the truth in detail, and then we will do it after everything is ready." ”

"It's easy to fight, there aren't many Mongols left in the north of the northern captives, most of the people who guard the places are characters like Fan Yongji, Yelu Chucai in the pass is recuperating again, there will be no large number of northern captives south of the Qinling Mountains, we will attack it, and the resistance will not be great." Changsun Hong made his face serious and said seriously: "But you must be able to defend it, otherwise it will be in vain, once you lose it again, you will not only lose the soldiers' food and grass, but also collapse the results of the two years of hard work in Sichuan." ”

Good words warn the world, and the words of the eldest grandson Hong were like cold water on his head, splashing Wang Kui to sober up.

Yes, attacking and defending is the king's way, otherwise one advance and one retreat will open their own doors.

"The second brother has a point." Wang Kui suddenly calmed down, the impulse on his blood flashed, he frowned and touched his beard, and said in a deep voice: "The current Sichuan is in ruins, although in the past two years, it has recruited displaced people to open up wasteland and work hard. But after a few years of suffering, where can it be recovered in a year or two? The northern captives were ferocious, the places they passed were all in ruins, people and animals were lifeless, and half of the four roads of the Sichuan Gorge were destroyed in the war of the previous years. Even now, there are still no more than 100 households in some county towns, no one has people, the fields are barren, and the war depends on people and money and grain, no one has no money, grain and grass are scarce, and there is no progress in capturing some places, but we have to spend great efforts to defend them, and we are in the city everywhere, which is not a good thing for us who are in dire straits. ”

"Big brother thinks so, that's right." The eldest grandson Hongshu raised his brows, high-fived and praised: "What is the eldest brother going to do?" ”

Wang Kui seemed to be smiling, staring at Changsun Hong: "Second brother wants to test me?" ”

He waved his hand: "As soon as the war starts, there is no way to retreat, but whenever you are in battle, you must fight steadily and steadily, step by step, and it is the best policy." I think that the civil strife in the north, the division and aggregation, will not be closed for a year or two, and we can think long-term and come up with a strategy that can be managed more farther. ”

The eldest grandson Hong looked at him with satisfaction, and found that the trip to Lin'an seemed to make this big man who was a military general a lot more mature, thinking about problems, no longer as impulsive as before, although his heart still had blood, but he could put it away freely.

"That's right, but I have a word, please consider it." Changsun Hong nodded, and then said: "The big plan can be slowly planned, but now at the moment, there is another important point, but we have to take advantage of the opportunity to win it with the momentum of thunder." ”

Wang Kui's eyes lit up: "What the second brother said is...... Sword Pavilion! ”

Changsun Hong clapped his hands again, raised his eyebrows and said, "This is the place!" The key point of Jiange Shu, the barrier of Chengdu, is more important than Yangping Pass in Hanzhong. According to the enemy, there will never be peace on the Chengdu Plain, just like now, the Mongolian cavalry can come and go as they want, come and go as they like, we want to develop, we want to farm, and live forever under their blades; According to our side, the middle of the river is worry-free, the rear is as stable as Mount Tai, the merchant does not have to tremble, the farmer does not have to be afraid, whether it is hoarding land or opening up wasteland, or even the field opened in Rongzhou, it will not be affected by the Mongols. ”

"And the Sword Pavilion is dangerous, it is difficult to attack the Sichuan from Hanzhong, but it is easier to attack the Sword Pavilion from the Sichuan, as long as the plan is careful and the surprise is expected, it can be completely taken."

Wang Kui listened attentively, nodded incessantly, and Changsun Hong further said: "Now under the account of the eldest brother, there are only 50,000 soldiers, most of them are newly attached to the people's army, and there are only a few thousand soldiers who have seen blood on the battlefield. ”

"Dali, although there is also a shortage of people, but it can also produce 10,000 or 20,000 people, these are all soldiers, soldiers who can stand up at critical moments. It is not a big problem to deal with the northern captives who are guarding the Sword Pavilion. ”

Wang Kui thought for a while and asked, "Jianmen Pass belongs to Longqing Mansion, which was burned down by the Mongols and has not been rebuilt so far. Before coming to Jiangnan, according to the guard of the Sword Pavilion is a Mongolian barbarian general called Chihuolu, the northern captives of Hanzhong have entered Sichuan and fought in the grass valley in recent years, all of them are borrowed from the Jianmen Pass, Chihuo Lu are all vanguard generals, to take the Jianmen Pass, it is estimated that the number one enemy is this person. ”

"I also know this, under this person, there are more than 2,000 people with colored eyes, another 3,000 Han soldiers, two Han people and thousands of households to assist in the defense, and tens of thousands of people were captured in the pass for their enslavement." Changsun Hong analyzed: "The year before last, Marshal Wang Dechen of the Northern Captive Capital entered the Kou, and was blocked in Chengdu and returned without success, Chihuo Lu did not dare to come out, which shows that this person is not very bold, shrinking into the pass, harassing the left and nearly four directions, and not meeting with our brigade, we will fight it, and the chance of victory is very great." ”

"After seizing the Sword Pavilion, Chengdu can be built on a large scale, without worrying about the harassment of the grass valley every year, the people can rest assured that they can boldly go out of the city to cultivate, and the wasteland in the distance can also be developed, without having to spend military strength to defend and defend, no matter how you think about it, it is a good thing to count in one fell swoop."

"As for whether the Beiyu will make a detour to Tubo, insert Dali from the side, and bypass the natural danger of the Sword Pavilion, that is another matter, if the Mongols really do this, it is very wise, because there is a higher ground than Chengdu, the sky is far away, the garrison is lax, and it is indeed very dangerous to fight."

Changsun Hong laughed and pointed at himself: "But now it's different, if Dali is still in charge of the gang before, the Mongols may really bypass the plan we worked so hard to build and the mountain city defense system and appear behind us, but if it were me, that wouldn't have happened." ”

He clenched his fists together and touched them in the air: "I'll let them know that sometimes playing a sneak attack is not a little easier than a frontal attack!" ”

"With the second brother in Dali, I naturally have peace of mind." Wang Kui raised his eyebrows and laughed, happy: "Since this is the case, let's settle down first, and after we go back, we can start to attack the Sword Pavilion, face the mountain and attack the fortification, the second brother's ghost pawn will show his skills!" ”

"This is natural, but, big brother, the matter of Rongzhou Rongchang, I have to set the rules and set the rules, this is the charter, you take a look at it first."

Changsun Hong seemed to be waiting for him to say this, and he had already taken out a stack of manuscripts from his arms and handed them to Wang Kui.

Wang Kui took it speechlessly, blinking his eyes and looking at Changsun Hong: "Ah, are you ready?" ”

He was not busy looking, and looked at Changsun Hong with a somewhat pitiful and helpless look: "Did you leave me a soup?" ”

The eldest grandson Hong said with a smile: "It's not just soup, it's all meat and bones, big brother rest assured, Dali and Xichuan are dependent on each other, I won't do selfish things, Xichuan develops well, Dali has a way out, I understand this truth." ”

Wang Kui was relieved, grinned, and quickly lowered his head to see what was written on the paper.

(End of chapter)