The lag of communication technology determines the effectiveness of intelligence information, no matter how shocking the secret, if it is not handed over to the right person at the right time and in the right place, it is also a piece of waste paper, Bai Liyan is more and more determined to develop the telephone at this time, at this time, if there is a telephone directly to the office of King Xian, things that can be done in minutes, where is it so troublesome to use people to transmit.

In fact, there is another reason why Bai Liyan did not say, with his understanding of King Xian, he is in favor of attacking the central government, but he will never express his position openly, so he will not reply clearly, so as not to make a mistake and affect King Xian's own political status in the future.

Therefore, Bailiyan is needed to be a shield, if it succeeds and does not cause any reaction, King Xian can acquiesce, if it fails, it will also cause dissatisfaction among the princes, and he will push Bailiyan out to offset the political pressure.

Therefore, even if King Xian knew that he was going to fight Liang Guo, he would not reply clearly, but gave convenience ambiguously. But this could not be said explicitly, so he simply did not mention it.

"The opportunity must not be lost and will not come again, once the measure is good, I am afraid that I will regret it in the future, the two generals, what is the opinion of this commander?"

The last general was still worried about causing the princes to shake and be besieged in the future. The lieutenant marshal has other good ideas. ”

Jiang Jie was worried, and Bailiyan said calmly:

"There is much help for the righteous and little help for the unjust, and the princes of the Son of Heaven are all aware of the immorality. As long as our army is not excessive, the princes will not attack it en masse. On the contrary, if our army is held by the Liang State, the princes will definitely attack it in groups. This is the trend of the times, either he dies or I die, there is no other way. ”

The voice fell, and Xu Jin answered:

"That is whether Zhao Shuai and Lu Da Sima should be informed, at least they should have asked the two of them."

"I sent the news to the First and Second Army last night, there should be news from General Lu's office today, and there should be news from Zhao Shuai within three days. Our army did not attack within three days, and waited for the Liang army to enter Gongxiang before sending troops. ”

"Then wait for Zhao Shuai and Lu Da Sima to reply, and then make a decision."

"Okay, just wait for Zhao Shuai and Lu Da Sima to reply before making a decision."

From the decision made by Liang to the deployment of troops, it takes a cycle. Considering that the land area of Liang is not large, densely populated, and the storage is sufficient, this cycle will not be too long, but it is enough for Bailiyan to ask for the opinions of Zhao Xun and Lu Gao, whether the two agree or not, Bailiyan will not hesitate to send troops.

That night, Lu Gao's reply was quickly delivered to Yoicheng. Lu Gao's marching camp is currently located in Kangjun, and it is more than enough to make a round trip for a thousand miles.

After receiving the reply, Bai Liyan was not in a hurry to dismantle it, but invited Zong Botai to discuss.

"Mr. Zongbo, General Lu's reply has arrived."

"What did General Lu say?"

"I'm indecided, so I haven't opened it yet, and I want to ask Mr. for details."

"Oh......" Zong Botai sighed lightly, guessing what Bai Liyan was thinking, so he continued: "The deputy marshal wants to use this unopened secret letter to Xu Jiang and the others to see together, so as to dispel the concerns of the two of them, but he is worried that General Lu will oppose it. ”

"Well, exactly. If General Lu objected, Xu Jinding would not send troops. If I don't object, and the letter is opened in the morning, if Xu Jin insists on his own opinion, I have nothing to do. Therefore, he could only dismantle it in front of him, leaving him with nothing to say. Therefore, I would like to ask Mr. to refer to the details for Ben Shuai, whether this method is feasible. ”

"I thought that Mr. Long was here, and General Lu would not object. The situation is imminent, and if we don't make a decision right away, the consequences are obvious. Therefore, General Lu will not object, this law is feasible. ”

"In this case, the commander will immediately summon the second general to come."

Xu Jin was brought out by Bailiyan, and his ability is above Gu Zhong and Xiao Qu, but compared to Gu Zhong and Xiao Qu, who are bold and lack of strategy, Xu Jin is more cautious, thinks more, thinks more, thinks more, and has more concerns.

While waiting for the two to come, Bai Liyan asked Zong Botai again:

"Sir is sure that General Lu will not object, can you deduce Zhao Shuai's intentions?"

"Hehe, what's so hard about that. The name of the Liang army in the Black Turban Rebellion was to send troops, but it was really a good inaction, and it almost caused a big disaster, compared to the king of Xian, Zhao Xun knew the hatefulness of the Liang country. In this matter, he and Lu Gao should have the same attitude, acquiescing to the deputy marshal's use of troops, and if there is any case in the future, Zhao Xun and Lu Gao can do not know about it to facilitate their actions. ”

"Well, I hope so......"

While talking, Xu hurriedly entered the room, and Bai Liyan took out a letter from Lu Gao and showed it to the two of them:

"General Lu's handwriting has arrived, and the commander has not yet dismantled it, so the two of them will dismantle it together."

Xu Jin and Jiang Jie's eyes were staggered, and Xu Jin said first:

"Please ask the deputy marshal to open the letter from General Lu to clear the military plane."

"Well, Ben Shuai will open this letter in front of the two of you."

After speaking, Bai Liyan opened the envelope and took out the letter, but the result was not what Zong Botai expected, and looking at the wording, it should be Guan Longxiang's dictation.

The content is very simple, and it roughly means: "You Bailiyan is the deputy marshal, and everything is subject to your arrangement." ”

However, Lu Gao is the envoy of the Great Sima and the supervisor of all the supervising armies in the country, and he has the right to veto with one vote, and the implication of "everything is subject to the arrangement" is to agree.

Xu Jiang and the others read the letter and confirmed that it was Lu Gao's handwriting, and they had no objections.

"General Xu, but there are still concerns."

"Zhao Shuai's reply has not yet been delivered, so we should wait for Zhao Shuai's reply to be delivered before making a decision."

"Okay, tonight, the two generals are here late at night, please come back."

"The last general is gone."

Xu Jin and Jiang Jie raised their hands and saluted, and left together in a short time. On the way back to the camp, Xu Jin said worriedly:

"General Jiang, will General Lu mean the meaning of the king?"

Jiang Jie shook his head and said:

"I don't know, but I know that if I want to dominate the world, Liang will definitely not be able to stay. Now that our country dominates the world, the stunts are unmatched, and sweeping the world is just around the corner, if Liang Guo is allowed to be arrogant, it will be extremely unfavorable to my Xianguo. If the king wants to sit firmly, he can't allow villains to run rampant.

Previously, the Xianguo was poor and weak, and the king could only swallow his anger, but now that the Xianguo has become rich and strong, he can swallow his anger again, but it will make the princes greedy to carve up our country. Therefore, I thought that if the king knew that it was powerful, he would never think that this expedition to the west would fall short. Since it is difficult to ride a tiger, only by risking one's life and seeking skin with the tiger can there be room for manoeuvre.

And in terms of the current situation, there is another matter that the deputy marshal did not explain before setting out for the expedition. ”

"Oh, what else hasn't the deputy marshal said explicitly?"

If the war is stalemate and even hurts the foundation of the Xian country, the Xian country is the sinner of the world, so the deputy marshal said before the expedition that he would rather sacrifice the lives of a small number of people in exchange for the survival of the majority, but also to defeat the arrogance and delusions of various countries.

Therefore, attacking the Liang State, it seems that the Liang army has suffered some losses, but from the overall situation, the sooner the war in the Central Plains subsides, the sooner the countries recover. If we do not teach a lesson to deter all sides, countries will continue to attack each other in the short term, and the number of casualties and casualties will be far more than tens of thousands today, but hundreds of thousands and millions. ”

The reason why the hegemon is the hegemon is that military deterrence is the first, followed by soft power such as economy, science and technology, culture and so on. The economy is developed but the military is weak, armed with the most advanced armor and weapons, but the soldiers have no fighting spirit.

Therefore, military strength is divided into two aspects, one is whether you have a powerful guy in your hands, and the other is whether you have a powerful guy and whether he can play his due effect.

As a hegemon in the Central Plains, the biggest gain of defending the country is not land, population and economy, but the national and military prestige of the Xianguo, and the resulting political influence will eventually be transformed into political potential and economic benefits.

In a country that can't even guarantee security, why should capital invest money in your arms, it is not based on the country's military strength and political credibility.

Therefore, if you want to deter the princes and form a united front, you must fight a battle, otherwise you will say that you are powerful during the war, who will believe you. When the time comes, you will push and block, the front will be torn apart, and everyone will not stop fighting, and you will not be able to wait for the united front at all, and external threats will crush the human world.

Two days later, in the afternoon, Zhao Xun's reply was sent to Xiaocheng, as Zong Botai expected, Zhao Xun did not object, only ambiguously said that Bailiyan should focus on the overall situation and let him make his own decisions.

However, there is one thing that Zong Botai has never mentioned, before crossing the river, he had expected Liang Guo to make a move, so he secretly agreed with Guan Longxiang on four situations, but if any one of them appears, he will act according to the plan.

Liang sent troops to defend against Xian, Guan Longxiang persuaded Lu Gao according to the plan, and sent a letter to Zhao Xun overnight, which finally made sense of Zhao Xun. If he did not connect with Guan Longxiang in advance and jointly persuade him, Zhao Xun might not be able to easily agree.

On December 17, Bailiyan ordered Jiang Jie to leave Xiaocheng on behalf of the Eighth Town Army, and rushed to the border between Jingyuan and Gongxiang to join Fang Liang and Tianpeng with about 20,000 pioneers of the Sixth Town Army, carrying with them guard uniforms and tens of thousands of variegated horses and donkeys. In addition, more than 15,000 people hastily reorganized the rebel army handed over to Zhou Kong, with an armed battalion and a baggage battalion, stripped off their armor and issued pot helmets, and the make-up rebels followed behind.

Zhou Kong was still not suitable for hot weapon combat, so the operation of the Eighth Town Army has always been commanded by Bailiyan. At present, it is inconvenient to leave his responsibilities, so he has to let Jiang Jie take charge of the eighth town.

Jiang Jie is one of the few generals with modern concepts for many years, and there are only six young men in the same batch as him who have survived to this day, so as to help them ascend to their posts as soon as possible, so as to ensure that there will be successors in the army and will not change the established policy because of his future changes in Bailiyan.

At the same time that Bailiyan was plotting to attack the Liang army, after the northern army of the Liang State merged with the forbidden army, under the leadership of the Taiwei Gu Ruquan, the Guanling County of the Liang State attacked into Gongshen, and the other group of men and horses sent troops from the Pingnan County of the Liang State to attack Pei County.

Despite the menacing situation, the conscription of conscripts, the mobilization of aristocratic private soldiers and the recruitment of civilian troops, but the Liang army has just entered the Iron Age, and the firearms equipment is not long, to be precise, it has just stepped into the Iron Age, and was hit by the happiness of the Firearms Age, but the thinking is still stuck in the Bronze Farming Age, so the war system and operational theory have hardly changed from ten years ago or even thirty years ago.

The siege was followed by a siege, and the war continued to be extremely slow with artillery bombardment and gunpowder blasting.

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