Hearing this, Han Yan was a little worried: "Great King, in order to recover the two clans, implement the Eight Banners, build a city in the grassland, increase the population, prosper commerce and other plans, the treasury has gradually run out, if it were not for the wealth of Goguryeo and the two clans, as well as the efforts of the Zhen family, the Hong family and other big clans, it is estimated that it will be a little unbearable, if you send troops to fight at this time, it is really not conducive to the development of my Dayan."

Yuan Xi frowned, of course he knew the current situation of Dayan, the stall was big, and money had to be used in all aspects, just for the population reward, he spent a whole hundred thousand gold as preparations, but if he didn't do anything because of this, let Cao Cao make it big out of thin air, the consequences would be even more serious.

Li Ru smiled slightly, and said: "Shang Shuling doesn't have to worry, at this time, my Dayan is indeed not the time to send troops, not to mention anything else, Goguryeo has 310,000 people, although Jia Dudu has controlled there, but due to Zhang Lizhen's traitorous policy, it has led to a lot of rebellions, in order to ensure that it has always become my Dayan's place of support, as well as the conquest of Sihan, I have transferred another 20,000 elite soldiers, and this place occupies 50,000, and the population of the Xiongnu and Xianbei tribes is as high as 730,000, which has dragged my 200,000 army, The main force of the three legions, as well as the Wuhuan Six Banners, and they are not Wuhuan , if you want to completely implement the Eight Banners, the time will be much longer, so calculated, my Dayan has at least 250,000 troops that cannot move, plus the guards in various places, as well as the defense of the royal city, at least 300,000, this force has accounted for half of my Dayan army, if you start a war now, once something goes wrong, there will not even be reinforcements to send, this is extremely dangerous, so this minister does not recommend that you officially start a war with Cao Cao now"

"Military advisor, if our army does not send troops to attack Cao Cao, it will be difficult to protect Hanzhong!" Jiang Wan said solemnly.

"Haha, why do you have to send troops to our army, the king lays out the world, the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, except for my Dayan, there are talents stationed in all states, Fu Gan in Liangzhou, Ma Liang in Jingzhou, Chen Su in Xuzhou, Tao Dan in Jiangdong, and Fa Zheng in Yizhou, now is their chance to perform" Li Ru laughed loudly.

Yuan Xi's face froze, and he said: "Right Minister, you should know that Gu arranged them back, more as a shadow, to lay the foundation for our army to recover the states in the future, and now although they are improving their status with the help of Dayan, they are far from becoming important ministers who can influence the states."

"The king, if it is a talent from other states, it is estimated that it is still a little worse, but if it is Fa Xiaozhi, it is absolutely no problem, in the big exam of the day, Kong Ming, Yu Liang, and Fa Zheng are among the top three, Kong Ming does not need to say it, all the military and internal affairs are all understood, and everything is known, even if the minister is given to him immediately, it is estimated that there is no problem at all" Li Ru strongly appreciated.

"Zuo Xiang has won the award," Zhuge Liang immediately said modestly.

Li Ru smiled and said: "As for Yu Liang, although he is not as good as Kong Ming, he also manages the entire Goguryeo properly, 30,000 people, it was properly solved within ten days, and he even implemented the population plan in Goguryeo, the promotion of the Chinese language, calm and decisive, gentle and ruthless, Jia Dudu has already written three times to praise, and Fa Zheng is the most outstanding military strategy among the three of them that year, and the minister has also talked to him, it is estimated that at this moment he is already preparing how to let Shuzhong send troops to help Zhang Lu and resist Cao Cao."

"Hahaha" Hearing this, Yuan Xi felt a lot more comfortable, nodded and said: "Yes, I almost ignored the ability of filial piety, and immediately sent a message to him, asking him to find a way to let Liu Zhang, a soft egg, send troops, and the lonely side will also respond."

"No!"

"In addition, I have to tell him that he must pay attention to safety," Yuan Xi said solemnly.

"The minister understands," Li Ru replied with a smile.

"King, in fact, this is still just guarding, if you can solve one person, it is estimated that you can attack with defense" I saw Tian Feng suddenly smiled.

Yuan Xi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and sighed: "Lone knows who the right minister is talking about, and he admires his loyalty, Shen Shen, and the ambition of helping the people, but it's a pity that he doesn't want to!" Lone has already given Jiuqing the position"

"The king, the reason why he hasn't said it yet, is not because the king's strength is not enough, the king's strength is already arrogant, the heroes only have defense, but no counterattack, so they are hesitant, it is estimated that they are still not worried about the future, or the chips are not enough, the king is better than aggravating a sum, if you can get him, Xuzhou can be determined, there are enough Cao Cao's 300,000 loads of grain and grass to guard against my Dayan" Tian Feng said with a smile.

After Yuan Xi pondered for a while, he said solemnly: "This matter, let Lone Zai think about it."

"The king is wise!" Tian Feng hugged his fists.

After Yuan Xi put this matter aside for the time being, he said: "Military advisor, in addition to informing Xiaozhi, Ma Liangna also needs to inform you, Jingzhou is more important than Yizhou, and Lone decided to send Fei Yi over, he is also from Jingzhou, and he is good at using the art of war, his personality is loyal and upright, Lone loves it very much, Cao Cao's main target is estimated to be Jingzhou, and Ma Liang alone is not enough."

"No!"

"Okay, then go down and arrange it immediately! It is necessary to block this Cao Sikong from expanding his strength again," Yuan Xi waved his hand.

"No!"

However, this time it was clear that Cao Cao was more prepared than Yuan Xi, or that a lot of things were hidden due to the distance.

Just two days later, an astonishing piece of news reached Yuan Xi's ears.

"What, Yangping Pass is lost" Yuan Xi said in a cold tone, Yangping Pass is the gateway to Hanzhong, if you lose him, Hanzhong will be finished.

"Really, it turned out that Cao Cao had already recovered Yang Song, the main book of Hanzhong, Yang Song's brother Yang Bai was the general of Yangping Guan, Zhang Lu's younger brother Zhang Wei had not arrived yet, he opened the city and surrendered, Zhang Wei did not check for a while, and was directly ambushed by Guan Yu, 40,000 troops lost as much as 20,000, and he was almost beheaded, and now Guan Yu has waved his troops towards Nanzheng, the place of Hanzhong governance, and the form is extremely critical" Li Ru said solemnly.

Yuan Xi was silent for a while, then suddenly laughed and said, "See, this is Cao Sikong!" You think he's soft, but he's hard? Before Guandu, he had never been defeated, and this time he chose the right time and did enough in the early stage! ”

"King, now is not the time to praise Cao Cao," Li Ru shook his head helplessly.

"Military advisor, now I can't do anything in Dayan, I can only hand over everything to Xiaozhi, Hanzhong has fallen, Shuzhong will be shocked, Liu Zhang is stupid, and he will not abandon the foundation, as long as he guards the Sword Pavilion, he can still be completely blocked, and it is even possible to counterattack and recover Hanzhong, all this depends on Xiaozhi's ability" Yuan Xi said expectantly.

Li Ru nodded, it really can only be like this now, after all, the distance is too far.

"But Cao Cao can't be too comfortable, order Yuan Ping, Gao Ran, let them move a little, yo the horse, at least half of Cao Cao's troops are involved, and reduce some of the burden for filial piety," Yuan Xi ordered.

"No!" Li Ru responded.