The combat effectiveness of the Qinwang army was uneven, the orders could not be unified, and the bad problem of not being saved in the face of death and being broken through the defense line often occurred, and the military law could not be severely punished. On the contrary, the combat effectiveness is not very good, but a lot of credit has to be shared every time. In the future, if you regain the lost territory, you will inevitably have to give a reward.

Before the recovery of Xijun, Bailiyan and Zhao Xun did not dare to let the Qinwang army move to Xijun, but they were afraid that after the move, not only could they not increase the combat power of the Xian army, but they were likely to be busy occupying land without doing their job, which would intensify the local people's already complicated feelings.

Therefore, King Qin's army was stationed on the east bank of the Yongxing River, and even the newly built fortress on the east bank did not dare to let them enter, for fear that they would never leave after entering. In the future, they will occupy the land on the spot and put it in their pockets.

In the future, the Qin Wangjun will be a big problem that will not be solved, and it will be more difficult to solve than those powerful people who have money and power but no soldiers.

"The matter of the Qin Wangjun is indeed tricky, but there is no problem at the moment. The trickiest thing at the moment is Antaihou. According to the news, An Taihou came to persuade our army to send troops to attack the back of the Black Turban Army, and the king most likely agreed. ”

"Isn't this a cocoon to bind yourself to others as a swordman, could it be that Taihou promised benefits," Guan Longxiang guessed.

"Well, it is said that it is a tacit consent for the Xian Kingdom to capture the land of the Sun Kingdom in the future."

"Hey, it's because the princes have played the Son of Heaven to abolish the country"

"It's hard to say, most of the time it won't be abolished, but it's still possible to exchange land for the alliance of various countries to crusade. Wei didn't want to attack and provoke the rebels just after taking a breath at this time, but after thinking about it repeatedly, it was best to seek the best of both worlds, not only in exchange for Liang Tianzi's acquiescence, but also to ease the situation in Beihai. Therefore, Wei asked Mr. for a clever plan to see if he could have the best of both worlds. ”

"This is difficult, I am afraid, the rebels are now equipped with a hundred steel weapons, and their combat power is extremely fierce, while the vassal states do not have such sharp weapons, so the rebels will not easily give up this good opportunity to attack and plunder to the west and engage our army head-on again. Unless our army is weak and the rebels are strong, the rebels will counterattack our army. ”

"If you can't show what you can't, if you can't show what you can, this way is no longer feasible. Our army has a total strength of more than 400,000 people, and it is on the defensive, and a large number of steel blades are equipped with elite soldiers. ”

"Then the only way to do that is to take the initiative and attack the rebels."

Guan Longxiang suggested, and Bailiyan asked

"Where to hit"

"It's still Shao Ping."

"But Shao Ping is far away from the Yongxing River, and it is not close to Weijin, the rebel water army has been shared with our army, and it is difficult to win in the water battle, and the filial piety city and Wuliao along the way are already empty cities, how to hold on to Shao Ping"

Shaoping is an important town connecting the two counties of Qiunan and Xianxi, and directly threatens the Changsun Sangnan County to the west, and when Shaoping is defeated, the straight road for the rebels to go south to Qiunan County will be cut off, and it will take more than a thousand miles to go south.

However, the current Shaoping is no longer the Shaoping of two years ago, there is a population vacuum area of 14,500 li between Shaoping and the Yongxing River, and the rebel naval division has been formed, and it is difficult for the Xianjun naval division to achieve a decisive victory, and it is impossible to continue to evacuate the population of Shaoping south by boat. Therefore, if Shaoping is occupied, logistics support and military reinforcements will be a big problem, and if Shaoping can be captured and held, the pace of the Black Turban Army's westward advance will inevitably be blocked.

"Adults don't have to worry, our army will attack Shaoping's siege without attacking, just cut off its grain route."

"How to ensure the supply of our army after a long siege without attacking"

"We can first block the rebels' waterway leading to our army's garrison to prevent the rebels from attacking and harassing the rebels, and then use the sailors to carry heavy grain and grass, and the baggage battalion to build a fortress southeast of Shaoping, and hoard grain and grass to keep our army for a long time."

"What Mr. Guan Long means is that the cavalry will be stationed in the southeast of Shaoping for a long time to attack the grain road."

"Exactly."

"If there is something in Xijun, or something in Wuchat or Xiaocheng, how can the cavalry support"

"The naval army can be stationed in the fortress, and if the cavalry gallops to help, the naval army can be ordered to defend the city, but it is really not possible, retreat into the warship, and withdraw. Leave the city to the Shaoping rebels and order them to divide their forces.

At the same time, a new city can be built between Shaoping and Yongxing River, and Shaoping can be pressed step by step, so that hundreds of miles of land between Xincheng and Yongxing River will become a barrier for our army, which will be used for farming, and the army will be reclaimed here to shorten the supply of our army. ”

"Where did that man come from?"

"I'm about to talk about it. When our army sends troops, it must choose the time when the farmers are busy with farming, and coerce the peasants of Shaoping and Mandala under the rule of the Black Turban Army. When the farming is idle, the city fortress is built with the back of the Milong River, and then relying on the city fortress, the city is built between the Yongxing River and Shaoping, and the plundered people are moved into it.

Holding each other for such a long time, even if Shaoping is not captured, Shaoping's momentum can be shared by our army, and Xijun can be connected as a line, which is convenient for our army to defend. When Shao Ping's momentum was weakened by our army, our army used cavalry to attack, but it could cross Shao Ping and advance westward to the territory of Sangnan County to attack and harass, forcing the rebels to strengthen their rear forces. ”

The strategic significance of capturing Shao Ping is significant, and at the same time, the risks and disadvantages are also everywhere, too far from the rear, reinforcements and supplies will be very troublesome, even if the Xijun salient is connected into a line, but it cannot cover up the strategic shortcomings of Shao Ping's too far distance.

Guan Longxiang intended to rely on the Milong River as a springboard, build a bridgehead along the river, and then use the bridgehead as a springboard to build a new city between the Yongxing River and Shaoping, diluting the rebels' strategic advantage in Shaoping. At the same time, an armed labor battalion can be stationed in the east of the new city, turning the wasteland between the new city and Yongxing City into a granary.

If troops were to be sent west to build the city directly from the banks of the Yongxing River, because there was no bridgehead to gain a foothold, the excessively long overland supply route would not only be a huge burden on their own side, but also delay the construction period and waste logistical manpower, and the rebels would easily seize the opportunity to inflict heavy losses.

After a little thought, Bailiyan immediately affirmed Guan Longxiang's strategy

"Mr. Guan Long's plan is feasible, but the cost is huge, I'm afraid that without three million stones, grain and grass, it will be difficult to form."

"What your lord said is very true, so this plan must be operated between summer harvest and summer ploughing, not only can take advantage of the rebels' busy farming and have no time to fight, but also plunder their people to our army's garrison, and can also use our army's summer harvest to build a fortress. When the city is harvested in the autumn and the city is built, this plan can be carried out again in the spring ploughing next year, and the plan can be successful in the summer harvest next year. In the future, whether it is westward or southward, our army will advance and retreat. ”

"Okay, this matter will be arranged immediately after I discuss it with the king and Zhao Shuai. In addition, there can be progress in the affairs of the Prince's Palace."

"There is no abnormality in food and clothing." Guan Longqing said.

"What about General Lu Gao, did Yanping say something over there?"

"No, Yan Ping's tone is very tight, and the last general will let acquaintances talk to him, and it is difficult to ask four, five or six. However, "

"But what's the matter?"

Lu Gao suddenly lowered his voice, lowered his head, and leaned closer and said mysteriously

"The last general will inquire that the prince has become more and more greedy for lewd pleasures since the beginning of this year, and I am afraid that it will not be a good thing in the long run."

"And such things, does the king know?"

"I'm afraid I don't know much, so"

"So Yanping has been bought by Xihuan"

Lu Gao only nodded and did not make a sound.

The princes and protectors of the Xianguo dynasty are all direct or collateral of the salt lord family, although Lu Gao is also the background of the salt lord family, but it is far less difficult than Yanping's background. If Xihuan can shut up Yanping, it means that the Jin Kingdom and the Yanping family represented behind Yanping have a huge exchange of interests, but I don't know if Luhou knows about this.

If Yanping is bought by Xihuan, then the affairs in the prince's mansion may not be so easy to know by the outside world.

After drinking with the two until dark, Bailiyan returned home and combined the lenses processed by Yang Dun and Liu Zao with a bronze telescopic cylinder into a telescope in the study. Due to the size tolerance, it was difficult to match the lens cap and the telescopic cylinder, either too small to fit, or too large to fit firmly, so it could only be sent back to Yongxing City to be reprocessed and adjusted, and finally five pairs of primitive and simple telescopes were finally assembled.

Pulling out one of them, Bailiyan came to the courtyard and looked at the bright moon hanging in the night dome.

Unlike the earth, which has only one natural satellite, there are two moons hanging in the sky at present, one large and one small, and the small one is only standing on the ground and observing with the naked eye, only the size of a ping-pong ball, which is almost synchronous with the big moon and revolves around the planet.

At the same time, in the prince's mansion, Xihuan was discussing with Ji Jinsheng.

"General Ji, my brother asked people to spread the word to the palace, and recently imitated a batch of even archer crossbows, the effect is still not good, can the general get detailed information from Yongxing City."

"I'm afraid this is difficult, the Gongzao and the Xianjun have all stolen the archer's crossbow, if the Ordnance Division can't make it, it's beyond our ability."

"What about the pearls, where do the pearls of the Xianguo come from?"

"Judging from the news inquired by the Imperial Division, King Xian once privately said that Wei Xian planted it from the ground, but how to plant it, only Wei Xian knows about it."

"Wei Xian, Wei Xian, it's all Wei Xian, why does Wei Xian always have his share."

It has been August and September since the Xian army was equipped with a continuous archer crossbow, and Xihuan carefully obtained the drawings and originals, and sent them back to China for imitation, but the effect was not satisfactory. The durability and the life and accuracy of the arrow box are far less than those made by the Xianjun, and the reason for this is that the key core components of the Jin Kingdom cannot be manufactured.

"The princess is angry, Wei Xian is proficient in a hundred craftsmen and miscellaneous arts, and it is difficult for ordinary people to know what she thinks. The last general thought that it was better to act in a roundabout way, at least until the crown prince of Xianguo ascended the throne. Moreover, Wei Xian's new policy is a hundred times stronger than the changes of the vassal states, why can't my Jin Kingdom apply what I have learned to strengthen my Jin Kingdom.

At present, Xianguo Xing 100 craftsmen, China can also Xing 100 craftsmen, Xianguo implements new farming methods, China can also learn it. In this way, as long as the Xian State is under the control of our Jin Kingdom, the national strength of our Jin State and the vassal states will lose each other, and the countries will be defeated without a fight, so why be afraid of the Xian State. ”

"General Ji wants to make me parrot in the Jin Kingdom and be willing to be the queen"

In Xihuan's view, Ji Jinsheng's suggestion is equivalent to being a follower, and he is like a gourd to draw a scoop, which seriously hurts Xihuan's self-esteem.

"Your Highness, the method that Wei Xian has practiced can free the Xianguo from the collapse in just one and a half years, and it must have its merits. Now that the rebels are advancing westward and have no time to look eastward, judging from the current situation, there is no doubt that Xianguo will return to its pre-war level within three or two years, or even exceed its pre-war grain production.

If our country fails to introduce the new law of Xianguo, after five or ten years, the national strength of Xianguo will increase greatly, and with Wei Xian's ability, it will be easy to make an enemy of me. What's more, the national strength of Zhiguo is not as good as before, Xianguo and Zhiguo join forces to start a war, there is Wei Xian in the north, and Gongliang in the south, how can I deal with the Jin Kingdom. ”

"According to what General Ji said, my Jin Kingdom can only rejuvenate the country by learning his Wei Xian's methods."

"It's not all, Wei Xian's new policy, although it benefits the people, is not beneficial to the powerful and powerful, and over time, the Xian country will have civil strife. Therefore, our Jin Kingdom can learn its essence, but not its failure. ”

"In this way, Wei Xian's new policy is not invulnerable"

As if he smelled a glimmer of hope, Xihuan's tense face immediately relaxed.

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