Hua Mulan was also very happy and said to Lilac: "Now we can start building orphanages and nursing homes in various places, but at the beginning, we can't spread the stalls too big, mainly because we don't have enough manpower and financial support, so we can only take it step by step, first build an orphanage and a nursing home in each county in Youzhou!" ”

"Let's first recruit some people to accumulate experience in taking care of orphans and the elderly in these orphanages and nursing homes, and after a year or two, we will send those who perform well among these people to other cities to establish orphanages and nursing homes, and gradually spread to all parts of Qianguo with the method of old people leading new people!"

Lilac smiled and said: "Niangniang's strategy is very good, so it can be carried out steadily, Niangniang and the slave maid do not have too much pressure, the slave and the maid feel that the recruited people should be good in character, the heart should be kind, to be warm-hearted, caring, adhering to the principle of rather indiscriminate than lacking, after all, this is a special industry, orphans and lonely old people are easy to be extreme, take care of them to be kind-hearted, enthusiastic, patient people can do a good job!" ”

After hearing Lilac's opinion, Mulan praised: "Your ideas are very good, raising orphans and taking care of the lonely elderly should be like this!" In this way, let them increase the number of recruits, and after recruitment, they will find out the family history of those people, and then start looking for someone to teach them how to raise children and take care of the elderly, and the children will study, so the orphanage will recruit Mr. Teacher. In addition, the construction of orphanages and nursing homes should also start at the same time, and once the recruited personnel have been taught, the new orphanages and nursing homes should be put into use immediately! ”

Lilac promised: "Yes! The slave will send people to the counties of Youzhou tomorrow to find the local government to grant land to build houses, and once the land is approved, they will allocate money to recruit craftsmen to start building! ”

Just when Mulan was busy building orphanages and nursing homes in various parts of Youzhou, there was movement in the Yunzhong Imperial Court again, and the black-clothed guards found out the exact news, the Yunzhong Imperial Court had begun to move the capital to Chang'an, and the news was nothing when I heard it, and the Yunzhong Imperial Court moved the capital to Chang'an It didn't seem to have any impact on the Qianguo side, but the monarchs and ministers of the Qianguo Kingdom instinctively felt that something was wrong.

After receiving the report, Zhao Junsheng did not convene the courtiers and officials on a large scale this time, but only summoned a few more trusted ministers to the Dongnuan Pavilion.

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan sat down on the kang in the East Warm Pavilion, and the eunuch walked in with a few important ministers, and the important ministers saluted Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan and then got up and knelt on the warm cushions on both sides under Zhao Junsheng's signal.

Zhao Junsheng motioned to Lu Xuanbo: "You tell you about the situation!" ”

"Yes!" Lu Xuanbo agreed, and told the matter of Buliu Guli moving the capital to Chang'an in a short language.

After hearing this, the important ministers all thought about it, and Kou Qianzhi arched his hand and said: "Great King, from this matter, it can also be confirmed that the Wei court has regained the allegiance of all the princes, at least temporarily, if the Wei court issues an edict to crusade against our Qianguo, all the princes will definitely follow the will and send troops!" ”

"In this way, I am afraid that Xue Andu in Huazhou will be in danger, if the Great Wei Imperial Court wants to crusade against our country, Xue Andu in Huazhou will be a stumbling block, and he will definitely be kicked away by the leather leopard and Buliu Guli together, otherwise the Wei army will not be able to cross the river and attack Bingzhou without taking Huazhou and Tongguan from Chang'an!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "What the national teacher said is good, there are many people who know about Xue An's lonely old generals, Buliu Guli and Leather Leopard naturally know, even if Xue An is afraid of being false with them, he will be wary, and Xue Andu will be useless no matter how he compromises!" ”

Dongfang Chen said: "King, there are two choices now: first, order Xue Andu to give up Huazhou and Tongguan, and lead the army to retreat into Bingzhou; Second, he ordered Gao Xiu to lead the army south, and sent troops together with Xue Andu, and captured Hedong before Buliu Guli, Pi Leopard and Wei Dependents took precautions, so that Bingzhou, Hedong, Huazhou, and Tongguan would be connected! ”

Hua Mulan, who was sitting next to Zhao Junsheng, said: "Huazhou is an enclave for the current Qianguo, but if this enclave is used well, it can play a great role, and it can be used as a bridgehead for our Qianguo to send troops to attack Guanzhong. The problem now is that the Wei court wants to send troops to attack us, and we can't send troops to attack all the princes at the same time, and the logistical supply burden caused by multiple troops is too heavy, and we will definitely not be able to afford it with the national strength of our country now! ”

Zhao Junsheng asked Pei Jin: "If our country wants to take the initiative to send troops, how many supply lines can it bear at the same time?" ”

Pei Jin replied: "At most, you can only support two supply lines at the same time!" ”

"It seems that once the Wei State takes the initiative to provoke a war, our army can only passively defend in the early stage!" Zhao Junsheng frowned, he thought for a while, and immediately said: "Since this is the case, then you can only give up Huazhou!" But before abandoning Huazhou, it is necessary to take Hedong and Hongnong first, and at the same time defend Tongguan to prevent the Wei army from passing through Tongguan and connecting with Wei and his family! ”

Cui Hao stood up and reminded: "King, Xiangzhou Assassin Shi Pang is aiming at Luoyang to lobby Wei Dependents to serve our country, this matter is ······."

Zhao Junsheng shook his head and said: "I can't wait any longer, as long as the connection between Chang'an and Luoyang is cut off, the captain can't do anything, even if the Southern Dynasty side agrees to send troops to attack our country together, the captain will not rest assured that the Southern Dynasty side will send troops to attack our country, the premise is to leave enough troops to guard against the Southern Dynasty, lest the Southern Dynasty suddenly turn around and end his nest!" Proposed edict, ordered Xue Andu to wave his division to the east to attack Hongnong, and must defeat Hangu Pass, defend Tongguan and Hangu Pass, and block the connection between Chang'an and Luoyang; Ordered Gao Xiu to wave his division south to fight Hedong! ”

Cui Hao touched his beard and said: "The attitude of the lieutenant has been ambiguous and vacillating before, and this move can force the lieutenant to make a choice!" However, the troops in Gao Xiu's hands are only 15,000 at full strength, and with this force, the pressure should be very great to hold Bingzhou and Hedong at the same time! ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said: "If every city is deployed with troops, the troops will be dispersed, even if 100,000 people are deployed in Bingzhou and Hedong, it is not enough, the most important thing is to guard several important passes, among which Pingcheng, Jinyang, Anyi, Yanmen Pass and other cities and passes are the most important, as long as these cities are not lost, the Wei army will not dare to go deep into the hinterland of our Qianguo!" Besides, even if they take the land of Bingzhou and Hedong, if they want to attack the land of Hebei of our country, they will have to cross the Taihang Mountain, and if they want to capture our various passes in the Taihang Mountain, they will not be so easy to fight! ”

"In this way, let Gao Xiu defend the state and order Zhang Xing to send 10,000 troops to attack Hedong!"

The timing of Zhao Junsheng's choice to send troops was very good, it was when Buliu Guli moved the capital to Chang'an with the Yunzhong court, and at this time, Buliu Guli and the families of the ministers of the Wei court and the fifty or sixty thousand troops were on their way to Chang'an.

Not only did the leopard not expect that Xue Andu would suddenly send troops from Tongguan to attack Hongnong, but even the lieutenants did not expect that it was too late to send troops to rescue when the lieutenants reacted, and the offensive of Xue Andu's army was very rapid, and they captured five cities in four consecutive days, all the way to Hangu Pass.

Among Zhao Junsheng's old troops, Xue Andu used infantry cavalry to attack the fastest and fiercest, he used cavalry to open the way, defeated the enemy troops who came to meet him, and attacked the opponent's frightened city wall defenders with infantry, often able to break the city with one blow.

And this time, Xue Andu immediately sent a cavalry of 3,000 people to attack Hangu Pass after capturing Hongnong County on the first day, and when the defenders along the way knew that there were enemy troops killing them, Xue Andu's cavalry had already gone around the city, and it took only two days to arrive at Hangu Pass and successfully take this pass by surprise and garrison.

After learning that Hangu Pass was captured by a surprise attack, the lieutenant was shocked and angry, and he wanted to take the Wei envoy Pang Ji to sacrifice the flag before sending troops, but Pang Ji had already been notified of the evacuation and secretly left Luoyang.

Then the lieutenant personally led the army to storm Hangu Pass, day and night for three days in a row without defeat, and on the fourth day he got the news that the entire Hongnong County had all fallen and was captured by Xue Andu's men and horses.

The capture of Hongnong County by Xue Andu not only made Wei and Chang'an lose contact, but also hung in the air in the east of the river under his control, and was surrounded by the sphere of influence of the Qianguo.

After Wei Wei led the army to Luoyang, what he was most worried about still happened, the Qianguo side had already sent troops to attack Hedong, or from Jizhou, he wanted to send troops to rescue, but the reinforcements could not go to Hedong through the blockade controlled by the cadres at all, and could only watch Hedong being captured by the cadres.

Having lost the captains of Hedong and Hongnong, the area under his control has been reduced by more than half at this time, and his strength has also decreased significantly, which gives him a feeling of being surrounded by an iron wall.

Loyal to Tuoba Huang, with Buliu Guli and Leather Leopard, they sent troops to attack Qianguo? I'm afraid that before he can reach the land of Hebei, his lieutenant has already been made dumplings by the Qianguo army, right?

Wei Wei finally understood his current situation and situation, he had no choice but to choose to return to the Qianguo, and he was no longer qualified to make an offer, so it depended on how much Zhao Junsheng ate.

In December 439, Qianjing.

Lu Xuanbo reported to Zhao Junsheng: "The king, Wei sent people to Yecheng and expressed his intention to return to our side, and it was his own brother Wei Guan who came."

Zhao Junsheng actually still admires Wei Dependent, this person is very brave, but since the emperors of the Northern Wei Dynasty died one after another, three emperors died in a row within a few years, and the Northern Wei court's control over the local area declined, especially during Tuoba Jun's reign, the loyalty of the Wei family plummeted, and the Wei family sent people to express the intention of returning to the court, so that Zhao Junsheng still felt that it was not easy to deal with.

Zhao Junsheng asked several ministers: "What do you think the imperial court should have towards the captains?" ”

Dongfang Chen stood up and said: "The king, the minister thinks that the lieutenant has no choice, and he has no qualifications to open conditions, the imperial court should let him unconditionally hand over the military power and arrange an official position for him in Qianjing!" ”

Gao Yun next to him said: "Isn't this too ruthless, in case he changes his mind in anger and fights to the death with our army, won't our army have to suffer great losses?" ”