The next day, Zhou Wei led dozens of people out of the camp in plainclothes and rushed back to Zhong Ting's camp, and at the same time, the news of Gu Ruquan's defeat also spread back to the Emperor of Heaven in Boyuan City.

"Our army of 100,000 horses and horses is helpless even with 30,000 wandering rebels, which is simply too disappointing to the widow!"

At this time, Xiangguo Jia Zhou said:

"Your Majesty is angry, this matter is not the fault of the captain, it is actually the defense army intercepted the firearms of the Xian army, and tens of thousands of people who defend the country are in rebellion, the captain rushed to the battle, and the lack of preparation led to defeat, not the crime of war.

In addition, according to what Gu Taiwei said in his letter, the salty firearms were extremely powerful and rare in the world, and the range of the earth-shattering fire could reach 20 miles, and the power was terrifying. ”

Hearing the words "twenty miles", Tianzi was taken aback:

"Twenty miles!"

Xiangguo Jia Zhou said with certainty:

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Xianjun's latest sky-shattering fire can send more than 30 catties or even more than 70 catties of iron pills to the sky twenty miles away to bloom, and it can cause dozens of casualties in an instant, which is very powerful. In addition, the Xianjun army also has other powerful firearms, which cannot be described in detail one by one. All in all, these firearms are unrivalled in their history. ”

The Son of Heaven couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in astonishment, and he said:

"In this way, can't we fight from the east of Jinye City to the outside of the city."

"Exactly. Even if you stay in the city, you can't be spared, and the Xian army relied on this kind of earth-shattering fire to hit Du Ruixun's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses east of the Sishui River. Captain Gu led his troops into battle, and it was a blessing in misfortune that only a few thousand people were killed and injured in the two battles. ”

Under Jia Zhou's exculpation and intercession, the original defeat was portrayed as a "great achievement" to recover huge losses. In fact, it is not far behind, compared to Du Ruixun's casualties of 1120,000 under the bombardment, Gu Ruquan has suffered thousands of casualties so far, which is already Bailiyan's great mercy, otherwise with Jiang Jie and Zhou Kong's 50,000 horses, it is more than enough to destroy Gu Ruquan in one battle.

"This group of guards occupies the widow's city and wounds the widowed soldiers, and now the order of the king of Wei has been transmitted to the guards for many days, why this group of guards still does not surrender."

"Your Majesty, those who refuse to surrender and sacrifice the city are not this one guard, there are still three places in Peijun that have not yet surrendered the city, so that the southern army has been unable to go south to Shangxue and Chunjiang, and the Xian army has conquered Chunjiang and went straight to Shangxue, and the minister implores the king to allocate gold and silver, follow the example of the Xian army to implement the law of bribery, and buy the defenders as soon as possible to facilitate the army to go south."

"Do you have to spend a lot of money!"

The Son of Heaven questioned, and Jia Zhou said helplessly:

"Your Majesty, the Xian army has conquered the city all the way, and the benefits of its weapons are only one of them, and the benefits of its gold and silver cannot be underestimated. If the Xian army does not have a lot of money, it will not be able to attack the city all the way so fast. ”

There are two main reasons why the Liang army's handover of the defender city is not smooth, one is that the Liang army's combat strength is not ruthless enough to suppress the defenders. Second, Liang Jun is not sincere, and the specific reality is that there is no money and no policy. The Xian army advanced so fast, force and coercion were only secondary, and what really worked was money.

Under the occupation of the Wei Kingdom, there are many nobles in the old land of the Sun Kingdom, and the administration is not unified, the Wang of the Wei Dynasty is quite inefficient in the administration of the old land of the Sun Kingdom, and the vast majority of those who refuse to open the city are noble fiefs, or the cities that are entrenched by the powerful forces of the nobles, without their consent, the loss of the surrender of the King of Wei lies in the second, and the biggest loss is the local magnates and heroes.

Liang was nominally a state, but in fact its national policy and military quality were no different from those of other princes, only slightly better than Wei Guo, and the safety of private property could not be well guaranteed wherever it went.

Because the army has no culture, no military salary, not to mention pre-war ideological and political education, the victorious side is often unable to restrain its subordinates after entering the city, and there are vicious incidents such as arson and looting, and even rape, plunder, murder, and anger.

On the other hand, the Xian army was strictly disciplined and tough wherever it went, and it also gave the defenders the benefits of gold and silver to win over them, adopted a policy of wooing and appeasing the local magnates and wealthy strata, opened warehouses and released grain to help the people, stabilized public order, and established the image of the Xian army in the occupied areas.

Before attacking and defending, Bai Liyan made long-term political preparations, specially investigated the relationship between the ruling stratum of the patriotic state, the local political strata and the common people, and finally came to a conclusion that the people of all strata of the patriotic country felt numb and dissatisfied with the high-pressure rule of the patriotic state, while the middle class and ordinary intellectuals had no room for development, and the upper aristocracy and local tycoons forgot their righteousness for profit, and there were no fixed political demands, only interest demands

Based on these circumstances, before the attack, the Xianjun army formulated a complete set of detailed and complete political propaganda strategies and takeover plans for the defense of the country, and exercised peaceful control over the occupied areas in the fields of economy and civil rights.

Of course, no matter how good the mouth is, it is not as good as it is to be affordable, although money is not omnipotent, but no money is absolutely impossible, and gold and silver are still open before entering the city. As for whether the gold and silver spent in the end can be returned, Bai Liyan is not worried at all.

As long as the economy is running and trade does not stop, the image spread by the Xian army will be engraved everywhere it goes, and the Xian country controls the production of all medium and high-end goods, industrial goods, and half of the low-end goods, and the lost gold and silver will eventually flow back to the country through trade and political channels, and unless the world is destroyed, people's demand for basic commodities will always be endless.

In addition, through this "scattered wealth" behavior, the invisible disguised export of precious metals, replenishing the currency of the market, so that the precious metals market can restore a virtuous cycle, before paper money replaces precious metal trading, on the whole, it is still beneficial.

Although Liang Guo was "rich and oily", it was not faster than Xianguo's money, and it was not a small amount of money, so the Son of Heaven thought about it repeatedly for a day, and finally agreed to the suggestion of Prime Minister Jia Zhou.

In the days that followed, the western front was calm, but the defenders continued to dig and build a large number of bunkers and fortifications north of Ruijun to prevent the attack of the Xian army.

It is worth mentioning that since the start of the war, as the fuse of this war, the eldest grandson country has been uncharacteristically low-key, just like the evaporation of the world in the sea, when Wei and Xian were killed, this benevolent brother did not fart, as if he had nothing to do with him from beginning to end, neither helped Xianguo in military and economic terms, nor did he mean to counterattack, although Xianguo did not discuss it with the army, but this attitude made Bailiyan uncomfortable.

At the same time, after Zhong Ting sent envoys, Zhong Mi and Zhong Huai sent envoys to Bailiyan one after another, asking for self-reliance, and Feng Ziyu, the general of the Northern Expedition on the Western Front of the Guards, also sent envoys to negotiate peace. At this time, Bailiyan suddenly found that the trend of the situation was suddenly wrong, so she hurried back to the Lingchang camp on February 16 to see Zong Botai.

"Mr. Zongbo, Wei Jun and Tan Benshuai suddenly have a different feeling, so I have come to ask Mr. to answer your questions."

As if anticipating, Zong Botai said:

"The deputy marshal noticed that the guards were firm in their intention to seek peace today, and he was suspicious."

"Yes, if the guards are seeking a plan to delay the army, there is no need to show goodwill to our army so frequently, and they should come back every few days. Now even Feng Ziyu, the general of the Northern Expedition, has come to make peace, which is inevitably a little weird.

With the delicate relationship between Wei and Liang at present, the Wei army should not show favor to our army in this way, and it seems that it is even more eager to quickly descend our army to end the war. If this is the case, it is a betrayal of the Liang Kingdom, but it is unreasonable to say that the Chengdao faction and the Son of Heaven do not know anything about it. I think about it, I'm afraid there is fraud in this, what does Mr. think? ”

"It's a bit weird, but there's one thing that the deputy marshal should see better than anyone else."

"What's the matter, sir?"

"Sharp words."

"Leigh? Could it be that it is still profitable for the country to do this? ”

"No, the lesser of two evils is the opposite, and the two benefits are the heavier. It was said before that the Liang State used deception to seek the world, but it could be fast for a while, and it could not be profitable for a lifetime, and the princes of the world knew that they were angry and did not dare to speak.

Now the Liang State threatens to defend the country with grain and force the country to submit, and the king of Wei cannot help but fan, but there is one thing that the Chengdao faction did not take into account, which is that the Jin State sent troops from the West Sea.

Although it is not clear what the situation in the West Sea is at the moment, with the current situation, the main forces of the defense of the country are empty, and the West Sea is only defended by weak soldiers. Under such circumstances, if the Wei Guo confronts our army in the Central Plains, its homeland will be attacked by the Jin State and the Four Kingdoms of the West Sea, and the Wei Guo will die. If the expectation is good, King Wei should have another secret order to all departments of the Wei army, and Zhong Ting, Zhong Mi, and Zhong Huai may have acquiesced in the self-reliance of King Wei.

Taking a step back, as long as the land is still surnamed Zhong, this move is tantamount to dividing the seal in advance, which is the least loss for the defense of the country, and can get rid of the burden and revitalize the national strength, which is an offensive and defensive move. ”

"The Chengdao faction has always been a good chance of winning, could it be that the old horse will miss a step?"

"Hehe......" Zong Botai smiled calmly, and then said: "The Chengdao faction naturally will not ignore the Jin State's move to use troops in the West Sea, but the premise is that it will take half a year. Our army's military supply of military baggage can meet the needs of 2 million people for 18 months, and the burden of the princes of all countries is guaranteed for a period of two years, so even if our country's treasury is solid and abundant, it cannot be changed.

Therefore, our army should show signs of fatigue this summer, and at the same time, in March the state treasury should allocate money to purchase grain, grass, and military supplies from all over the country to replenish the warehouses, so that our army will gradually lose the strength to use troops this summer. If it drags on until the end of this year, the national strength will be further depleted, and our army will be forced to return to the table to negotiate peace with the three kingdoms of Wei, Liang, and Changsun, so the key is that from now to the beginning of summer this year, it is the best time for our army to use troops.

And the Jin Kingdom is far away from the West Sea, and the news transmission is not smooth. Since our army started in October last year, it has only been April and May, which is only enough for the Jin State to travel from east to west with fast horses, so the Jin army is slow to respond at this time, and the joint forces of the four countries in the West Sea should be completed before the start of the war at the earliest.

By that time, most of the Xian army had already begun to negotiate peace with the Wei Guo, if the Jin army used troops in the West Sea, the Wei army would go straight to the Yan State through the Central Plains, and then the Yan State would go all the way west to sweep and plunder the Qi State, so that the Jin and the Four Nations Alliance fell into a vicious battle, and the Jin State would win a disastrous victory even if it won.

However, if our country releases the four or five hundred thousand troops under Du Ruixun to the West Sea in advance, I am afraid that the only thing waiting for the Jin army will be annihilation. And according to the calculation of the Chengdao faction, our country will inevitably help defend the imperial Jin for the shame of Jiangdong in the past, so that it can easily weaken the Jin state, and at the same time sow discord between Jin and Xian, and even kill the deputy marshal in the future. ”