"Hecheng?" Gao Hongyi asked.

"Yes, Hecheng!" Li Xian walked to the bookcase and spread out the geographical map of the two protectors in the northwest that had been prepared long ago, "Yi'er, come and see, this is the Beihu Mansion, the place is very large, there are twelve cities of all sizes, many of them, right?" ”

Gao Hongyi nodded, and Li Xian continued: "But the distribution of these twelve cities is extremely scattered, and the nearest between the two cities is hundreds of miles. Think about it, at such a distance, if the Western Xia Kingdom or the Mongols come to attack, how can you resist? ”

"I remember when my father was there, when the Western Xia Kingdom or the Mongols came to attack, no matter which city was lost, my father would always join forces first, and then recapture the city." Gao Hongyi thought about it and said, "However, unlike the Mongols, the Western Xia Kingdom is to occupy cities and plunder land, but the main thing is to rob property and women. The Mongols, on the other hand, only attacked the city and grabbed things, and if they could not capture it, they would leave for the next place. ”

"You're right." Li Xian took a sip of tea and cleared his throat, "It's just that you forgot one thing, that is, Beihu is a wild and remote place, the people are poor and the land is widowed, and the intrusions that have always come here are petty fights, and there are only 10,000 people at most." It's not worth the Western Xia Kingdom and the Mongol army to attack! If you want to maintain the status quo and not make changes to the city, it won't have any impact at the moment, at most you will just follow your father's old path.

But if you want to level the world, you have to join forces to manage the city, enrich the people and strengthen the army, and then the North Protector can become your base camp instead of your big hidden danger. ”

Gao Hongyi looked at the map carefully, "If it is a city, it will naturally enrich the people and strengthen the army, but the Western Xia Kingdom and the Mongols will inevitably turn from a small fight to a large army conquest, at that time, wouldn't we make a wedding dress for others?" ”

Li Xian shook his head, "Of course, this will be the case, but you may not know that the Western Xia Kingdom has secretly allied with the Song State to attack the Jin Kingdom, and the Mongols have a new hero named Temujin who has also unified the grasslands, I believe that they will not wait forever, but are ready to attack at the right time."

At that time, if they raise troops to attack, they will attack the city and plunder the land, and invade the territory of the Jin State. And if we don't prepare, the cities are scattered, and the cities can only be cattle and sheep to be slaughtered, and there is no way at all. But if we prepare to join the city in advance, several big cities and the northern moat are horns of each other, and the attack can have the strength of a battle, and there is room for rotation in the defense.

Besides, when the time comes, our people are rich and the army is strong, even if the Western Xia Kingdom and the Mongols want to attack, they will naturally have some concerns. ”

"What the Father said is true!" Gao Hongyi replied, "It's just that these are just strategies, the most important thing is how to do it, Hecheng said it is simple, but it is not easy to do." After all, the lords of each city have been in business for many years, and it is inevitable that there will be changes if they want to abolish their main cities. ”

Li Xian picked up the tea bowl and said with a smile: "It depends on how you, the general, do it." Moreover, haven't you imprisoned those city lords in your city lord's mansion for many days? It won't be without a plan! ”

"Ya Father is Ya Father in the end, I can't hide anything from you." Gao Hongyi said sinisterly, "I left them to join the army, not to hide it from my father, if I want to unify the two protectors in the northwest, I must join the army, but the risk is very high, I have a lot of concerns and have not thought of a proper solution." Now that the risk of the father's plan to unite the city is gone, I can plan to protect the west without any worries!

It's just that I didn't expect it to coincide with the father's strategy of merging the city, the current situation! ”

"Well said, it's the right time!" Li Xian said excitedly, "This matter is sooner rather than later, you have to act immediately, and arrange for the generals to join the army first and then the city as a safe policy!" ”

Gao Hongyi nodded, and said with a mysterious smile: "Father Ya's first step is to secure the base camp for me, and there are still a few steps to tell me at the same time!" ”

Li Xian said obediently: "It depends on how capable you are." ”

""Wuhou Yaoshu has been readable recently?" Li Xianfu asked.

"Never put it down." Gao Hongyi said with a smile, "If you don't read, you won't be able to invite Yuan Mingde, and if you don't read, you won't know a good father!" ”

Li Xian said with a smile, looking at the thoughtful Gao Hongyi in front of him, and suddenly remembered what Gao Yuanhe said on the eve of his death:

'Sir, my father is too arbitrary, and I am afraid that there will be omissions in planning Shihu's affairs, so I will repair a letter and send it to the Lord of Meicheng, let him bring the troops here, and please be sure to go to the back mountain hunting ground trail when the time comes, and lead them to the tiger killing camp to see me! ’

"Father, Father!" Gao Hongyi saw that Li Xian suddenly lost his mind and shouted. "What are you thinking, so engrossed."

Li Xian looked at Gao Hongyi, who looked concerned, shook his head and said, "I'm old, I have a lot of things in my heart, and I am fascinated when I think about it." ”

"Oh, what the hell is that so fascinating, can you tell the child?" Gao Hongyi said curiously.

"Readers naturally care about their affairs." Li Xian said while thinking, "There are still too few people available around you now, I wonder if I want to recruit some talents?" Over the years, many remnants of the Song people have no way to return to the country, and they are reluctant to report to the Jin country, and they have been ostracized and mutilated by the Jin people, and many people have died in vain, but there are also many people who have come to our northern protectorate to escape the disaster.

If we ignore our past suspicions and take grace, maybe we can find out that the sages can be used for you. ”

"That's what the child wants!"

The two talked for a long time, and seeing that it was almost afternoon, they were about to go to dinner together, when Li Zhong knocked on the door outside and said that there was an urgent report.

Li Zhong brought a person in, and when the man saw Gao Hongyi, he bowed and shouted: "General, Wang Yinglin, the son of Wang Quanzhi, the old city lord of White Horse City, has rebelled!" ”

"What, it's really the other way around!" Gao Hongyi wondered.

Li Zhong reminded on the side, "General, you forgot that you asked Wang Quanzhi to accompany the old man to the funeral, and his son avenged his father, but it was not really the opposite. ”

Gao Hongyi glared at Li Zhong, and then asked, "Who are you, how do you know that he is the opposite." ”

The man replied: "Huang San, the deputy envoy of the subordinate White Horse City, early this morning, Wang Yinglin took the power of the city defense battalion with his generals to control the White Horse City, and his subordinates took advantage of the chaos to escape and rushed to inform the general. ”

"I see, go down!" Gao Hongyi stared at him and said.

"General, that Wang Yinglin is ruthless and vicious, maybe he has raised troops to fight now, and the general must be ready to deal with it!" The man was not reconciled.

Gao Hongyi nodded and didn't say anything, but at this moment, the man actually took out a dagger from his arms and flew forward to stab Gao Hongyi.

At this time, Li Zhongxing turned around, stepped forward, grabbed the dagger, and then punched the assassin out of the air, and then quickly ran over and lifted the assassin up.

Although the assassin's martial arts skills were good, he didn't expect Li Zhong's fists to be so heavy and so fast, it was too late to react, and he could only be at Li Zhong's mercy!

Li Zhong was so angry that he didn't wait, he carried the man's head and hit it straight to the pillar, the man's head was cracked, his brain was flowing all over the ground, and the blood splashed on Li Xian's body scared him.

"Brother Yi, are you okay, I was careless and let the assassin in, I am guilty." Li Zhong blamed himself.

"Of course you are guilty, such a thing, such a person does not ask clearly, and if he does not find out, he will let him and out, if it weren't for my cleverness, I would already be a dead soul under his knife at this moment!" Gao Hongyi said angrily. "Father is fine!"

Li Xian's face turned pale and nodded, indicating that he was fine.

Li Zhong was furious, "It must be the assassins sent by Wang Yinglin, I will take people to destroy them!" ”

"Stop, Li Zhong, how many times have you been impulsive, don't be impulsive, why don't you change it!" Gao Hongyi scolded. "You now give me a copy of a hundred forbearance words back to the city defense camp, and if you can't finish copying, you won't be allowed to eat!"

Li Zhong had no choice but to go down and copy. Gao Hongyi looked at Li Xian and said, "Fortunately, it didn't hurt the father, so the father was frightened." ”

Li Xian waved his hand, "The future is very difficult, this is just the beginning, you have to be careful!" ”

Gao Hongyi nodded, "Yes! However, the opportunity to join forces has come. ”