However, Ji Jinsheng thought about it at this time, and suddenly found that there was something that everyone had neglected, and he hurriedly asked his eldest son Ji Ningdao:

"Ning'er, did the prince say that the Xian army was killed or wounded?"

Ji Ning was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said:

"No, the prince did not report the casualties of the Xian army. Now it seems that it should be King Xian who did not say. ”

"Weird...... If the annihilation of the 250,000 guards is true, the Xian army will have to send as many troops as many casualties as it can do, and this is still a battle to cross the river, how did the Xian army do it! ”

Ji Jinsheng's eyes were salty, and Wei Ye's battle must have been hand-to-hand, and more importantly, the Wei army was annihilated by 250,000 people, and it was impossible to disperse and annihilate, but to be grouped. If the guards concentrated their main forces to fight against the Xian army, the entire legion would not be less than four or five hundred thousand men, unless the entire legion was only two or five hundred thousand men and was surrounded by the Xian army.

Taking a step back, even if the 250,000 guards were surrounded by the Xian army, there was absolutely no reason for them to be annihilated within half a month, not to mention that if the 250,000 troops were to be annihilated, the Xian army would at least dispatch at least double its strength to achieve the encirclement, and it would have to cross the river and land.

While Ji Jinsheng was thinking about it, Xihuan asked:

"What does General Ji think of?"

"Back to Your Highness, I'm afraid there is something hidden in this, and it's not easy to act rashly."

"Why, does General Ji really believe Bai Liyan's nonsense!"

Xihuan asked, Ji Jinsheng was embarrassed and said:

The subordinates didn't want to believe it, but the more they thought about it, the more strange it became. His subordinates even suspected that the annihilation of 250,000 guards was probably not the most sensational news, and King Xian did not mention the casualties of the Xian army, which was terrifying.

Moreover, it has been four months since the Xian army was dispatched, but we still don't know the number of the Xian army, the allocation of money, and even the prince doesn't know the inside story, doesn't His Royal Highness feel strange? ”

"Hehe......" Xihuan sneered: "Does General Ji still want to say that the Xian army wiped out 250,000 guards without moving a single soldier!" ”

"This ...... The subordinates don't want to think so, but with Bailiyan's watertight means, I'm afraid that only I can't think of it, and there is nothing he can't do. ”

In the war report sent by Zhao Xun to the King of Xian, he deliberately stated that it was not recommended to announce the casualties of the Xian army before the end of the war, but he was afraid that he would "frighten" the princes of various countries and be ridiculed and even besieged.

About seven or eight days later, the Zhijun took over Dekang and was frustrated, and the detailed news of the defeat of the Wei army was delivered to all forces in Yucheng, the capital of Zhiguo, at the fastest speed.

The Gongliang clan's territory was the closest to Dekang, and it can be said that they were the first to get the news of the defeat of the guards, but it was only a few days later that they learned the detailed report.

At this time, in the center of the back hall of the atrium of Gongliang's ancestral house, there was a handsome middle-aged man with a blue satin straight-lined shoulder and velvet robe, the man had thick eyebrows, phoenix eyes, high nose and thin lips, and a burly body height of one meter nine, but his cheekbones were a little convex, and his face was a little thin, but his face was very ruddy, not like malnutrition, but more like a perennial calculating mind slowly evolved, this person was none other than Gongliangchen.

"I really never expected that the guards would be so vulnerable in front of the Xian army, I'm afraid it will be troublesome now." Gongliangchen grabbed his right hand behind him, turned to look at his brother Gongliangxiu and said, "Second brother, you didn't expect that Bailiyan would have set one for you a long time ago." ”

"yes...... Bai Liyan only showed his younger brother how far the range of the new artillery of the Xian army was, but it was a solid iron pellet, who would have thought that the Xian army already had such a huge projectile.

On the night of the landing in Hukou Bay, Du Ruixun gathered 140,000 heavy troops to occupy the sky and the place was advantageous and failed to inflict heavy losses on the Xian army, but was wounded by the Xian army 60,000 or 70,000 people, which is simply incredible. ”

"Hehe, even if the weapon is powerful, it is not as powerful as Baili Yan's governance. According to the report, by the end of October, the number of Xian troops crossing the river had reached more than 1.2 million, and it was only the Xian army, and it was not known how many Xian troops and civilians there were in Ganfu County on the east bank.

If you add up the county soldiers and forbidden troops in various parts of Xianguo, but the population of Xianguo is only less than 18 million, the Xianjun army is now the first hegemon in the Central Plains, and I am afraid that no one will be able to match it in the future. ”

"My brother's worries are not unreasonable, the land of my Zhiguo is three times that of Xianguo, but the finance and taxation are far inferior to it, and the private financial resources cannot be compared with it. According to the calculation of the foolish brother, the current Xianguo has forty percent of the world's wealth, the Liang State only accounts for less than two percent, and the remaining sixty percent is to be shared by more than ten princes. ”

Although there is not much concept of "industry", "productivity" and "science and technology", Gongliangxiu is very clear that the strength of the productive force and the amount of iron ultimately determine the strength of the country, whether the army is excellent, whether the commander knows whether he is wise, determines the strength of the strength, Xianguo has both things, and the unification of the world is only a matter of time and order.

The two brothers were talking, and Gong Liangchen suddenly changed his words:

"Second brother, you said that if the princes join forces to attack Xian, Xianguo will have the power to parry."

Gongliang Xiu was startled when he heard the news, and hurriedly got up and said:

"Big brother, it's okay to calculate Bailiyan, but you must not be an enemy of it. Can't you see that the Xian army has mobilized the strength of the whole country to attack and defend this time, and half of the elite of the defense of the country have died in Dekang, and only relying on the remnants of the Western Front troops and not to mention that they can't parry the strength of the Xian army, I'm afraid they can't even carry the guns and artillery of the Xian army.

What's more, with the current situation, the westward advance of the Xian army is unstoppable, and it may not take a month to reach the back of the guards on the Western Front. When we attack Xian at this time, not only will it be useless, but we will also have to incur the retaliation of the Xian army. What's more, it is extremely convenient for the Xian army to manufacture artillery and ordnance, and the Lingling is under Yongxing City, and at the end of September, the Xian army of 100,000 horses and horses rushed to the aid of the capital county, which is to guard against the Jin army and our army.

If this army is equipped with powerful firearms, how can our army win the war? ”

"Brother Xian is saying that it can't be done at this time?"

Gong Liangchen asked solemnly, Gong Liangxiu shook his head and said:

"No way! As long as the king of Xian does not surrender and the tomb does not fall, it will not be possible to make the Xian country submit. The Xian army has built two pontoon bridges on the Sishui River, and the daily travel potential of the Qianli Yuejian BMW is even 1,500 li.

Further, the Xian army is now heavily concentrated in Dekang, and our army is not ready to invade the Xian country, so it rashly starts a war, and the counties east of the Sishui River in our country will be swallowed by the Xian army. At that time, wouldn't it be even more passive. ”

"But the Jin army is gathering in Jiangdong, there are five or six hundred thousand people, this is not like preparing to rush to the aid of Qiguo. I think that the Jin Kingdom also wants to take advantage of the emptiness of the Xian Kingdom to deal a fatal blow. ”

"This is the insidious part of Bailiyan. Bailiyan transferred all the town troops in Jiangdong, which was not only to attack and defend with all his might, but also to lure the Jin State. Bailiyan even attacking and defending the Xian army would not consume the strength of the Xian country, so he was not worried about the loss of the Xian army at all.

If the Jin army dares to take the opportunity to attack Xian, it will be more profitable for Xianguo to attack Jin than to attack Wei, and Bailiyan will not hesitate to collect troops to counterattack Jin. At that time, let alone 500,000 Jin troops, I'm afraid that the Jin Kingdom will also be over!

In the opinion of his younger brother, although Xihuan has been in Chenling for more than 20 years, Bailiyan is on guard day and night, so it is speculated that Xihuan and even the Jin Kingdom know very little about the Xian army, if they know that the Xian army hides as many cannons and firearms as possible, how can they dare to send troops to fight.

It can be seen how clever Bailiyan's deception methods are, it is clearly a poisonous plan to lure the Jin State to attack Xian, if the Jin State is greedy, it will be defeated by Bailiyan and even destroy the country, so it is really lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot. ”

Gongliang Chen was unwilling, he said:

"Neither can attack nor weaken the Xian State, can it really only be dominated by the Xian State in the future?"

"Big brother, brother has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not."

"You and I are brothers, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Forgive my brother for bluntly saying that the Son of Heaven has been immoral for a long time, and he has long been ashamed of the princes of the world, but it is just because of his face, and no one dares to say it thoroughly. Throughout the princes fighting for hegemony for hundreds of years, no one has unified the world, and now the Xian country was born, the trend of unification is gradually emerging, if the time helps the Xian country, the general trend is irreversible, we must not move against the trend, move against the tide, so as not to suffer the disaster of annihilation. ”

Gongliangchen pondered and vaguely understood the deep meaning of Gongliang's cultivation, so he said:

"Brother Xian wants to emulate Jing Shanggong's law"

"Under the strength, those who go along with it prosper and those who go against it die, is there a third way? The eldest brother should go and see Xianguo with his own eyes, even the beggars in the market live more like people than the people under the rule of our country.

Since ancient times, those who have won the hearts of the people have won the world, but now Xianguo has not only won the hearts of the people, but also won the help of many sects in the world. Even if the country has not been obtained, in fact, the country of the Ji family, the land of the princes, has long been hollowed out by the Xian country, and the holes have become a dangerous wall, how can a gentleman stand under the dangerous wall and wait to be killed. ”

"That virtuous brother has ever thought about what my king will do, how can Xianguo let go of the kings." Gongliang Chen asked.

"Those who want to achieve great things are not informal, Baili Yan is wise, not a cruel person, if he has the ambition to conquer the world, he will have a good strategy to subdue the kings and pass on to the king of Xian in his lifetime."

"That virtuous brother has ever thought that Xihuan and the Jin Kingdom will definitely not sit idly by and watch the Xianguo win the world, not to mention that the crown prince Jiang Yu and Xihuan are obedient to Xihuan, and the relationship with Bailiyan is not harmonious, and when he ascends the throne in the future, he will cut Bailiyan's authority."

"Hehe, big brother is too worried. The eldest brother has never been to Xianguo, and he has never dealt with Bailiyan, so he will not know what Bailiyan is good at. Not to mention how treacherous he is, his three strategists Zong Botai, Zhao Anling, and Guan Longxiang are all first-class strategists in the world, and there are even royal guests who help him, and his ears and eyes are all over the world.

The foolish brother dared to say today that if the prince Jiang Yu is unfavorable to him in the future, he will be abolished by Baili Yan in the future, and a new monarch will be established. ”

"Oh, Brother Xian's words are true!"

When Gongliang Xiu heard this, he thought that Gongliang must have imagined it in the morning, and he hurriedly said:

"The eldest brother doesn't want to kill the sons of King Xian."

"If all the sons of King Xian die, Jiang Yu and his two sons are the only princes of Xianguo, even if Baili Yan abolishes Jiang Yu, he can only support the son of Xihuan as the king, if Bai Li Yan wants to destroy the Jin, how can the new king and the old king agree."

"I advise my eldest brother not to waste his efforts, today's Xianguo is full of royal guests, if Bailiyan has a contingency strategy, it is definitely a royal guest to respond, and it is not something that outsiders can plot. If you are accidentally caught by the royal guest, you will be killed, so the eldest brother should be cautious. ”

"Hehe, don't worry, brother Xian, why bother with you and me when you kill someone, someone will kill you and me on your behalf!"

A trace of cruelty flashed in Gongliangchen's eyes, he thought that only by getting rid of the other sons of King Xian, as well as the heirs of the side line, no matter how powerful the capable generals were, there was no spare tire in their hands, and it was useless to meet a faint monarch.