After dealing with the affairs of the Guang'an Army, it was already three days later.

Wang Kui's Xichuan envoy issued a document to merge the Guang'an Army into the Yongkang Army, and all the generals were scattered and left in Chengdu Mansion to wait for dispatch.

The Yongkang Army was a trusted general of the original Hanzhou Army under Wang Kui, kicking out the generals of the Guang'an Army and integrating the soldiers into it.

As for the original Guang'an Army, it has become an empty shell, waiting for the imperial court to pull out the military salary and re-recruit the army.

A mess that could easily lead to a mutiny, Wang Kui dealt with it with a gesture.

Changsun Hong admired his style of cutting through the mess with a quick knife, although he was a little careless when doing things, but forcing him, Wang Kui's wisdom and ability were infinite.

In the past few days, the two have lived together in the original yamen of Chengdu, where most of the buildings have become white ground, and there are not even a few walls left, but there are still some remnants of houses behind.

The largest one, of course, was used as a temporary lobby.

The lobby is very small, as if it used to be a side room, and it is a little crowded with a dozen or so people, and Wang Kui sometimes even has to set up tables and chairs in the open space outside to discuss with his subordinates.

However, when there were only two people, he and Changsun Hong, they could still drink tea and sit in the room and talk slowly.

The map of Shimen Fan was hung on one of the walls of the house very solemnly, which was a gift from Changsun Hong to Wang Kui, which was much more detailed than the map sent by the Privy Council of the Great Song Dynasty.

"The spies from the north came back, saying that the Mongols stayed near Lizhou and guarded the Jianmen Pass, but there were not many of them, all the Han troops stayed behind, and the Mongols' main team returned to Helin, which is an opportunity for us."

The two stood in front of the map, staring at the curvy lines and dots on the map, discussing.

It was Changsun Hong who spoke, he said: "The sword gate is a portal, whoever guards it can take the lead, we have the sword gate, which is equivalent to choking the throat of the Mongols going south, forcing them to detour to the rice cang road, where the mountains and rivers are complicated, there are many barren land, and the Mongols have to lose half their lives if they want to come in." ”

"If the Mongols occupy Jianmen, they will come to Chengdu as easily as visiting the door, there is no natural danger between Jiange and Chengdu, and they can enter and exit at will, Chen Longzhi has worked hard to manage Chengdu for several years, and once it was destroyed, it is proof."

Wang Kui felt the same way, nodded and said: "It makes sense, but we are rashly attacking the Sword Pavilion now, not to mention whether we can take it or not, just about the court sending a decent envoy to negotiate peace with Mongolia, will it affect the progress of the peace negotiation if we provoke an incident here?" Once the Mongols are angry, they send a large army into Sichuan, how can you and I fight against them? ”

His fault has been made again, it's hard to say whether this is a disadvantage or an advantage, thinking about defeat in advance and winning after winning, it's safe to hear it, and it's cringe to be bad to hear.

Changsun Hong knew his habit, disagreed, and enlightened him: "What does the court have to do with us when we talk about peace? We fight ours, the court talks about the court, and it does not affect each other, if we take the Sword Pavilion and reverse the passive situation of Xichuan, it will not be a good thing for the court. ”

"But......" Wang Kui frowned and was about to say more, but was interrupted by Changsun Hong's next words.

"No, but, the Mongols have no time to take care of us, the throne of the Great Khan, no one can take it down without a small ten years, they are different from us, the crown prince of the Great Song Dynasty can inherit the throne at any time, the Great Khan of the Mongols has no prince, only princes, so many princes, and when they come to the next Great Khan, the Sword Pavilion has been pinched in the palm of our hands for a long time."

Wang Kui looked at him, half-convinced, and felt that this seemed to be a bit of a joke, Changsun Hong had never been to Mongolia, how could he be so clear about the succession system of the Khan over there.

But he chose to believe that because he listened to the words of Changsun Hong, he had never suffered a loss.

"Second brother, if the Sword Pavilion is to fight, we have to wait for a year and a half, we have no food on hand, and the 100,000 loads of rice and grain sent by Lord Meng are only enough for the military and civilian use, and if all of them are taken out to expand the army, it will affect the resettlement of the displaced people returning to their hometowns, and the reconstruction of Xichuan will be delayed for a long time."

Wang Kui said, he was in charge of the whole situation, and he thought a lot: "When the rice in Chengdu Mansion matures in the first year, the general system of the imperial court allocates money, and the treasury is abundant, then the military war can be expanded." ”

"Money and food are the premise, the repair of the city, the rest of the roads, and the restoration of the destroyed streets all require money, and food is even more indispensable, the eldest brother is right." The eldest grandson Hongye said: "I have a strategy here, which is about building a chain of mountain castles in Xichuan, please take a look at it, if it is feasible, it is best to start as soon as possible." ”

"What the second brother brings must be feasible." Wang Kui smiled and took it, and what he started with was a squarely folded map and a stack of paper full of words.

Wang Kui first looked at the paper briefly and roughly, and couldn't take his eyes off the first one just by looking at it, so he simply sat down, looked at it one by one, and after reading it in the blink of an eye, he couldn't wait to spread out the map, while looking at the words on the paper, while comparing the densely drawn red circles on the map, looking left and right, and being happy.

After half a ring, he suddenly raised his head, his eyes red like a gambler suddenly turned over a deck of cards, and shouted in surprise and joy: "Brilliant plan! Wonderful! Genius! ”

Changsun Hong, who was sipping tea in a reserved manner, seemed to have expected him to be so startled, calmly put down the teacup, spit out a piece of tea leaves, and looked at him slowly: "Big brother also thinks it is good?" ”

"Good! Of course! Great! Fabulous!" Wang Kui stood up, danced with his hands, and raised the stack of paper with a loud noise, and when he heard the sound, he knew that this paper was a first-class Sai Wenkui.

"The mountain city is linked, the lock is closed, the river and mountain range are the line, the city is the point, the point is the line, the line control surface, there are passes everywhere, there are strong cities everywhere, the cities on the plains that are easy to attack and difficult to defend are moved into the mountain city, when there is an order, the people all go up the mountain, the Mongols only get an empty city, useless, if you want to attack the mountain, it will be difficult!"

He picked up the map again and held it in his hand as if he had found a treasure: "What's even better is that the location of these mountain towns is all on the top of the high mountain, but it controls the key passes below the mountain, and the Mongols can't ignore it. ”

"Between the cities, there are mountain roads connecting them, and they all walk on the mountain beams, how can the Mongol cavalry climb up? If there is something in one city, there will be at least two nearby cities to support, and the person who drew this map must be a wonderful genius! ”

He looked at Changsun Hong warmly and said, "Second brother, which master drew this?" ”

Eldest Sun Hong smiled and waved his hand, and said, "It's my two brothers below, I'll introduce you to each other when I have time." But big brother, although the mountain city is good, it is extremely expensive, as soon as the stall is spread, it is a huge amount of money to fill in, if you want to adopt it, you should ask the imperial court for instructions, and raise a huge amount of money before it can be implemented, otherwise, you can't do it just by relying on Xichuan's ruined foundation. ”

"Naturally, I saved it. Speaking of money...... Wang Kui's eyes turned to Changsun Hong again: "I don't know about the salt prison, how is the second brother doing?" ”

(End of chapter)