One evening in June and July of this year, Bian Yan came to report on the affairs of the county, and Pei should have left him for dinner. Just a few days ago, a letter came from Zu Ti, boasting that he had just won a great victory, so the two naturally talked about expelling Hulu and restoring the Central Plains.

The war between Yan and Yu went very smoothly, the main reason was that he had marched west several years earlier than in the original history, and at this time Shi Le had just established himself in Hebei, and he could not send troops into Henan, while most of the elites of Hu Han were under Liu Yao, trying to recover Chang'an, and those who could be sent to stop Zu Li were relatively small roles.

After more than a year of hard fighting, Zu Ti took Qiaoxian as the center, fought to the south to the north bank of the Huai River, captured Xiangyi and Yongqiu in the north, and entered the territory of Yingchuan in the west. He planned to take Yingchuan and Xiangcheng counties first, so he immediately waved his army around Songgao Mountain and went straight to Luoyang.

At this time, Liu Congzheng sent the former army general Hu Yanyan and Special Jin Qi Wuda, led an army of 30,000, besieged the Xun group guarding Heyin, and heard that Zu Ti had the intention of going north, so he ordered the second general to go south to conquer. Zu Ti led 4,000 soldiers and horses in his headquarters, and nearly 10,000 armed men in each dock fort, against the Xinji Chenting, fierce battles after the day, the battle was not reached, Hu Yanyan was defeated and left. It's a pity that because of the lack of food and grass, and the Wubao troops are unwilling to stay away from their homeland, they have not been able to further expand the results of the war.

Bian Yan is very optimistic about the prospects, and feels that with Xuzhou as the backing, Zu Tidang can successfully recover Luoyang, and can also relieve considerable pressure on the small court of Chang'an. At that time, Liu Yao will definitely be forced to turn around and fight with Zu Li, if Suo Yao and others wave their troops to the east, respond with them, and attack each other, Liu Yao will definitely be defeated. Liu Yao's troops were no less than 100,000, and they were the most elite field group on the Hu and Han sides, and once they were destroyed, then the capture of Pingyang and the complete pacification of the troubled times could also be put on the agenda.

But Pei Gai shook his head: "Bian Jun, I expect Zujun to enter Luo and fight with Liu Yao, then Suo Qi will not ...... east."

Bian Yan asked: "As Brother Ling said the day before yesterday, although Suo Juxiu is in charge of the country, he can't make the whole country work together, and Kansai is more rebellious, so are you worried that he will have no time to go east?" ”

Pei Gai shook his head: "But I'm afraid I can't do it, I really don't want to do it." ”

Suddenly changed the topic: "Bian Jun, if Jun is Liu Cong, how will he be deployed?" ”

Bian Yan frowned slightly: "What do you mean by this?" I'm not Liu Cong, and I'm not familiar with the war, so I don't know how to deploy it, so that I can have a chance to turn defeat into victory. ”

Pei Gai waved his hand and said that regardless of the subsequent Central Plains War, which one is stronger or weaker, let's first talk about what Liu Cong has done since he usurped the throne - "If I am Liu Cong, I will block the water by the mountains, use the imperial army, or order Shile to harass Henan, and I will go all out to collect and annex the ...... to Jinyang."

Let's go back two or three years and discuss the situation at that time. At that time, Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, had just taken control of the country, but most of the warlords in various places were not convinced, such as Gou Xi, who had been his brother. Gou Xi was the original leader of Yanzhou, and Yin Pantao of Henan persuaded Sima Yue, saying: "Yanzhou is the central plain, and Emperor Wu of the former Wei Dynasty used it to supplement the Han family, and then became a hegemon." Gou Dao will be known for his great ambitions, not a pure minister, if he is allowed to stay in Yanzhou for a long time, he will be a trouble. It is better to move to Qingzhou, and its name will be thick, then the road will be happy, and the public will be in Yanzhou, the longitude and latitude of Zhuxia, and the defense of this dynasty, but it will not be chaotic ......"

Sima Yue listened to Pan Tao's words, who wanted to become the source of trouble: Gou Xi occupied Yanzhou and refused to leave, and wrote a letter requesting the beheading of Pan Tao and taking the opportunity to frame his Shangshu Liu Wang—the two broke up. Because of this, Sima Yue coerced hundreds of officials, and personally led a heavy army out of the village, called the conquest of Shile, but in fact, he pointed at Gou Xi.

Pei Gai said: "The king of the East China Sea died, and 100,000 people fell into the hands of Wang Yifu, not returning to the north to protect the capital, but going east to the sea, and Shi Le broke it in Ningping City in Kuxian County......" Talking about this past, as a witness, he couldn't help but feel a little sad - "The Chinese army was wiped out for a while, and the foreign armies did not help, so Luoyang broke the ......" slightly lifted his spirits and continued: "This is an accidental thing, Liu Cong is in Pingyang, even if he asks God for divination, it is unpredictable. ”

Bian Yan pressed his wine glass and looked at Pei Gai with good eyes, but did not interject - because so far, he still did not know what Pei Gai wanted to say when he mentioned this past.

Fortunately, Pei should go on to get to the point: "However, the Chinese army is going south, and the foreign army is not patrolling, Liu Cong naturally knows that our dynasty has no threat to them." If I am Liu Cong, I will go all out to attack Jinyang, defeat Liu Yueshi, the west and south according to the river, the east choke Taihang, the north and Xianbei, can become a deep and unshakable trend. Liu Cong couldn't see this, and before the king of the East China Sea left the tun, he repeatedly sent Liu Cang, Liu Yao and others to besiege Luoyang, so why did he come? ”

Bian Yan replied: "The so-called two people are fighting, each strangles its head, Liu Cong wants to break my capital, kidnap my son of heaven, and destroy my ...... dynasty."

Pei Cai said yes, that's what he did later-"He thinks, but if I break Luoyang and kidnap the Son ......of Heaven, then I will surrender to myself, and the world can be determined" Then he pouted and sneered: "How can there be such an easy thing?" ”

For a basically unified and stable dynasty, the imperial court must control the largest and most elite armed forces, and the strength of the Chinese army is definitely greater than that of the foreign army. But the problem was that the Western Jin Dynasty was not unified and stable at that time, and the displaced people were raging in various places, such as Gou Xi and other generals led foreign armies, which were strong enough to fight against the central government, and since Emperor Hui of the Jin Dynasty, the authority of the royal family and even the imperial court has been lost......

"It is to filial piety to the Son of Heaven, Xun Taijian is in Heyin, Gou Dao will be in Cangyuan, Wang Pengzu is in Youzhou, each building a bank platform, supporting the crown prince, although the Son of Heaven is captive, and the country is not defeated. Liu Cong was angry because of this, and he harmed the first emperor......"

Liu Cong thought that if he pinched Emperor Huai of the Jin Dynasty Sima Chi in his hand, the Jin troops everywhere would bow down, or scatter in a hurry, at least the north and south of the river could be passed on, and whoever wanted to fart would have no use, so he was so angry that he humiliated Emperor Huai many times, and killed him after just two years.

"If I plan for Liu Cong, I should make him still filial piety to the Son of Heaven, make an alliance under the city, split the soil and cut the land, and make it a vassal. In this way, Hu Han is a heavenly soldier, those who resist are rebellious, and the hearts of the Central Plains are scattered, so they can be slowly plotted. ”

Pei should have this insight because he knew the history of the next 2,000 years. Later, the Jurchens broke through Kaifeng, kidnapped Emperor Hui and Emperor Qin, and supported the two puppet regimes of Zhang Bangchang and Liu Yu, and the means were more clever than Liu Conglai, but most of the Song troops in various places still refused to surrender, and gradually gathered under the command of Zhao Gou, the king of Xiang, and beat Zhang and Liu with their heads in their arms. So later, he was too lazy to preside over the peace talks, and Wanyan Zongbi opposed it at first, and when he had eaten several times from Yue Jiajun and Han Jiajun, he was forced to retreat to the negotiating table. The Song and Jin crossed the river and ruled, and the Southern Song Dynasty was forced to be vassals, and the Jin people could free up their hands to strangle the Heluo Righteous Army step by step, and manage the plastered land in the Central Plains.

Where was the last capital of the Jin Dynasty? It's also in Kaifeng - what a great irony! It shows that by that time, the Jin people had basically firmly controlled the Yellow River Valley.

In the future, compared with this world, in fact, the situation of the Jin Dynasty seems to be even worse - of course, the strength of Hu Han cannot be compared with that of Jurchen - this is because the base of Hu Han is in Pingyang, which belongs to the Sili School Captain Department, and is not in Liaodong or Youzhou, which is thousands of miles away, which can be more convenient to encroach on and digest the hinterland of the Central Plains. At present, the two remaining forces of the Jin Dynasty, although Sima Ye of Chang'an has a reputation, but his strength is very weak - just like Zhao Gou who has just erected a flag in Xiangzhou - the blood relationship between Jiankang Sima Rui and the first three generations of the Son of Heaven is quite estranged, and naturally lacks the legitimacy of succession, plus Jiangdong in this year is not rich after the Tang and Song dynasties, and it is impossible to achieve the Southern Song Dynasty.

Because the Jiangnan region has been developed, the social productive forces have gradually caught up with Zhongzhou, which is still the credit of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties, as well as the Southern Tang Dynasty and other countries in the Five Dynasties for nearly a thousand years.

So you said that if Liu Cong still placed Emperor Huai of Jin in Luoyang, formed a puppet regime, and demanded that all armed forces in all places give up resistance in the name of Emperor Huai, would it be much less difficult to annex the Central Plains? Later, the real Nationalist Government had not yet been extinguished, and the Japanese had just pulled a No. 2 person to establish a puppet regime in Nanjing, and in an instant, how many local armed forces rebelled - it can be used as a contrast.

Let's say that when Bian Yan heard Pei Gai's plan, he couldn't help but gasp: "What you have seen is far-reaching, and you really have the talent to go through the heavens and latitudes, but fortunately, you are not a Hu person." ”

Pei Gai smiled and said: "The Hu people have no knowledge, and fortunately, the well-dressed Chinese people who have knowledge refuse to follow Hu." In fact, he is talking about himself, and I really can't think of anyone else in the world who can say the previous words - anyway, there is no record in the history books. Of course, this is not how great Pei Wenyue is, the key is that he has more than two thousand years of knowledge than others, according to him, on the premise of no future events, he can be close to himself in terms of knowledge in a hundred years, and he is probably a Wang Meng Wang Jingluo. Luckily, that guy didn't seem to have been born yet.

However, if Wang Jingluo is there, Pei should definitely take care of the thatched house, even if he sets fire to the thatched house, he will be forced to go out of the mountain - only if he is wasted, he will abandon such treasures...... Who called Huan Yuanzi to have no ambition in the world and not enter Wang Jingluo's eyes.

Shaking his head to dispel too many associations in his mind, Pei Gai continued: "With today's son established, Liu Cong will make Liu Yao fiercely attack, and he may not be able to use all his strength to resist the ancestor - in his mind, if he can capture today's son again, then the bloodline of the Sima clan will be exhausted, and he may be able to seek to seize the world......"

Liu Cong can't have the insight that Pei should have gained from the next two thousand years, so although he hit the south wall once, he will not look back, and still wants to capture Emperor Jin - I kidnap an emperor, you set up a few crown princes, I kill an emperor, and you have a new emperor...... Then I will continue to arrest it, one day the royal family of the Sima family will be arrested by me, who can you rely on at that time?

Therefore, fighting Chang'an, in Liu Cong's opinion, is definitely more important than Yuzu Li. Besides, Luoyang was already burned into a white land, and I didn't have the strength to manage the surrounding area, so you can come if you want to, it's a big deal that I control the Yellow River crossing, and you can't easily threaten my foundation in Pingyang.

Compared with an ancestor who had just recovered Henan, Liu Kun, who was still clinging to Jinyang and was close at hand, was more threatening.

"In the past, Qin was in Guanzhong, closed the Han Valley and it was difficult for the division of the Kwantung to enter, but today it is difficult to reproduce - for Qin to the south of Bashu, to drive Rong Di to the west, and to force Wei to move to Anyi in the east......"

The place in Guanzhong is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the problem is that now the small court retains a small area around Chang'an, and there are many Di and Qiang tribes between Yongliang and Yongliang, and they rebel from time to time, so it cannot be said that there are no worries; Moreover, the south lost Bashu and could not supply military supplies continuously; In addition, more importantly, even if Hu Hanjun can't break through Tongguan, people can take a detour - Liu Yao crossed the Yellow River west many times, and disturbed Chang'an City in the south through Feng Yi County in the north.

At that time, the Qin army first took the west of the river, then crossed the Yellow River, and entered the east of the river, forcing the Wei state to move the capital from Anyi to Daliang, which was equivalent to blocking the wall on one side. Now it can't be done, all the walls in the pass are broken, not to mention that Liu Yao can cross the river to the west repeatedly, and even Tongguan is still in the hands of Hu Hanjun......

So even if Zu Ti takes over Henan, it does not mean that the threat of Chang'an is lifted, and Liu Yao can give up Tongguan and continue to attack from the north road.

Therefore, Pei should have said that Liu Cong and Liu Yao are likely to ignore Zu Qi and continue to attack the key positions - unless Liu Kun goes south and directly threatens Pingyang, but if Liu Kun has such strength, he can already do it, why wait until Zu Li advances north? And even if Liu Yao temporarily retreats, or Liu Kun in the north, or Zu Li in the south, Guanzhong will not necessarily send troops to echo-

"The king of Nanyang supervised the military of Shaanxi, but the troops were stationed in Tai and did not go out to defend the enemy, so he was at odds with Suo Juxiu, which can be known. If Liu Yao temporarily retreats, Suo Juxiu will compete with the King of Nanyang, how can he have time to echo Zujun? ”

When Bian Yan heard this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh: "How difficult the country is, and the courtiers are also disrespectful, so the thief sits big, isn't this providential?!" ”

Pei Gai sneered: "Providence may want to die Jin, but it will not die in Huaxia!" After a pause, he looked at Bian Yan, and it seemed that the other party didn't take the word "Death Jin" too seriously, so he continued: "The courtiers are not the same as the others. In the past, I crossed the north with my ancestor to fight the thieves, but Jiankang gave little money, so the heart of King Langya can be known without asking. If Zujun enters Henan, Suo Juxiu will not respond, and he will also ask the Son of Heaven to reward him, then Jiankang will be angry, if Zujun is recalled immediately, how to deal with it? ”

The closer Zu Ti gets to Guanzhong, the more politically he will lean towards the Chang'an regime - after all, there is a genuine son of heaven there - do you think the Jiankang regime will be indifferent to this? Zu Shizhi went out from Jiangdong, in the eyes of Wang Dao and those people, if there were no funds from us, where did you come from today? Yes, we didn't give you any supplies, but the original name was given by us, if we resolutely refused to let you go north, would Chang'an be able to get your strong foreign aid?

Sima Rui is the prime minister of Zuo, and most of the military governors of eastern Shaanxi are the governors of the military, and logically speaking, he is qualified to replace the military chiefs of Yan and Henan without the consent of the Son of Heaven. In the original history, after Sima Rui ascended the throne, he appointed Dai Yuan as the general of Zhengxi, the governor of Si Yanyu and the military of the six states of Yongji and Hebei, and the history of the Sizhou assassination.

Bian Wangzhi was originally full of joy when he received Zu Li's victory, but he was poured several scoops of cold water down by Pei Gai in a row, and he couldn't help but look miserable: "If this is the case, I am afraid that there will be no day for the country to rejuvenate!" Then he asked Pei Gai: "Can you have a way to save you?" ”

Pei Cai leaned back slightly: "It's not for nothing...... Does Bian Jun really want to hear it? ”