Pei Wei visited Liang Fen at night and pointed out that Pei Gai may still have "three fears", and he can't just respond to people and do special things. Liang Fen asked which "three fears" they were, and Pei Weinai said: "One of them is afraid that his grandfather is in the court, and his oath is still in his ears, so it is inconvenient to turn his back on him as an enemy; Second, although there is no virtue in driving a car, there is no major fault, and it is not suitable to be easy; The three fears of the thief have not been extinguished, and Jiangnan may have another seal, if it leads to splitting, it will lose the name of the great Sima Renhou......"

When Liang Fen heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said, "First, third, they are all too worried. When I came, Zu Shizhi was still sick, how could he have been suffering for a long time, and he could recover? Even if they don't die, they can't do anything. As for fear of division...... Shun Tian should be people, in the name of benevolence, what is lost? Even if the people's will is not wanted, it can also be slowly retracted. And if the Central Plains is determined, how can Jiangnan have a unique reason to exist? ”

At this point, he paused for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "When I came, I thought that the thief did not have to be destroyed. If the thief is destroyed, the merit is in the community, and the hope is in Luoyang, and the rest of the ba, ringworm and scabies, if the world is unified. And once they are unified, who wants to fight again? I'm afraid the resistance will be even greater. It is better to break the karma first, but before it is extinguished, it will be done, and then the work of destroying the karma will be owned by the great Sima, so that the prestige will be unmatched for a while, and the natural Ba Yi will not be disturbed, and Jiangnan is not afraid. ”

Pei Wei twisted his beard and muttered: "Liang Gong's words are indeed unthinkable, and they really have the merit of deafening...... To tell the truth, the day before yesterday, Shi Hu came to attack Pingyang, which was broken by our army, although he still could not go on patrol, it is expected that he will be destroyed in the near future; And after the autumn, Da Sima may personally experience the march and take advantage of the victory to go straight to Jinyang. If the annexed state can be recovered, is the time coming? ”

Liang Fen nodded: "If you can recover the whole merger, its merit will be great, that is, it can't, and it will be reluctant to get Taiyuan and Xihe." ”

Pei Wei asked again: "However, how to deal with the second?" Xun's little cunning can't be entrusted to me in the end. The affairs of China and the DPRK really need Liang Gong to plan for the Great Sima. ”

Liang Fen smiled incomprehensibly and said, "Actually, I have already arranged this matter in advance in the court. Zu Shizhi has been ill for a long time, and the Chinese army lacks commanders, if the thieves can not go all out to reconspire to merge the state, but to attack the times, or attack Hanoi and Yanzhou, but the king is slightly defeated, he can incite public opinion and drum up to Yi Shuai. The Xun clan will seek to control the Chinese army because of this, if he deposes Zu Shizhi, what will Da Sima think? As a result, Luoyang and Chang'an, the trend of confrontation has become formed, and Da Sima is expected to be in a dignified array and show the banner of righteousness. Does Wen Ji think so? ”

The two discussed for a long time, and Pei Wei resigned happily without mentioning it.

But as soon as he returned to the mansion, a small official came forward to greet him, saying that there was an urgent report to the city, and Da Sima summoned Changshi to discuss. When Pei Wei heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked, and said in his heart that it was so dark, what should he discuss in a hurry? Could it be that something has gone wrong in Pingyang, and the war is still repeated?

Hurriedly took the car to the Da Sima Mansion, and when he saw that Tao Kan, Guo Mo, Yang Qing, and even Pei Xu had arrived, he couldn't help but "chuckle" in his heart - it was really a military problem! However, after a closer look, everyone's faces were carefree, but they were quite happy, and then Pei Gai said: "Fang You has an urgent report from Pingyang, Yun Xuxian and Guo Yin have rebelled, and Jinyang belongs to me!" ”

Pei Wei took the secret book of Guo Yinzhi handed over by Pei Cai, read it at a glance, and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "God bless me!" He bowed and said, "Congratulations to the Ming Gong!" ”

In fact, Pei should have taken care of it a long time ago, and it belongs to the closest relatives, unless it is in public, otherwise the uncle does not have to be too formal, but Pei Wei still quietly and gradually lowered his posture - and theoretically speaking, he and Pei should not have a simple relationship between superiors and subordinates, and the position of "Changshi" was originally a private subordinate of the Great Sima Shogunate, so he called himself "minister" and honored him as "Ming Gong", which was also in line with the habits of officialdom at that time.

It's just that Pei Gai was not as happy as Pei Wei, he just shook his head lightly and said, "Fuxi, disaster lurks......"

The situation on the front line suddenly reversed, and such a scene came out, which was indeed unexpected by Pei Gai, and he was also ecstatic when he first got the report, and even superstitious ideas such as "Heaven Protection" had been turned around a few times in his mind. But after the mood calms down, and if you think about it carefully, there must be a reason for what happened, and logically speaking, this is not only an accidental event, but also the inevitable result of the development of the situation.

In the original history, Liu Yao's former Zhao and Shi Le's later Zhao fought for several years, Shi Le captured Liu Yao, and after he entered Chang'an, he basically unified the entire Yellow River Valley, and the generals who stayed in Huaibei in the Eastern Jin Dynasty also retreated south in fear. However, in the more than 20 years since Shi Huxue's death, Murong Yan has been pressing forward step by step, and Shi Zhao has been apologizing internally for many years, and rebellions have been ceaseless in various places. Why is that? Not to mention Shi Hu's cruelty, Shi Zhao's political system is also relatively primitive, and it is difficult to really level the local forces and create a clear world.

In this way, the ostensible unification of half of China was still based on the premise that Shi Le used Zhang Bin's strategy to gradually adopt Chinese law to build a political structure. And now this set has not been in operation for a long time, and the effect is not significant, especially in the Bingzhou area, which is far away from the center of its rule, it is inevitable that the people's hearts will not be attached, such as a pile of dry firewood, as long as a little spark can ignite a prairie flame. So coupled with the persecution of the Guanzhong Army and Shi Hu's defeat in Pingyang, if there is no internal chaos, it will be a strange thing.

After all, the time of the merger of the state is not long, and even if the people don't think about the old Jin, they will miss Liu Kun - from this point of view, although Liu Yueshi has no talent to make decisions on the battlefield and break the enemy on the battlefield, he has also made great contributions, which is enough to pass on with Zu Li.

However, the occurrence of this incident was too far away from him after all, and the opportunity was difficult to control, because of this, Pei should not wait for the Ming Dynasty after repeated thoughts, and summoned several important ministers to discuss overnight. At that moment, he said: "I haven't heard that Xu Xian has any talent for using soldiers, and Guo Yin is the same, although he rebelled against Shihu and took Jinyang, I am afraid that he will not be able to defend it for a long time." If the army of Pingyang can take advantage of Shi Hu's retreat, they will chase after him until the city of Jinyang, and then it will be enough; Otherwise, I am afraid that Guo will eventually be defeated, and this letter will not be of great benefit to me. ”

Pei Wei thought for a while, and then asked, "Did this letter come directly to Chang'an, or did Liu Yang and the others know about it in advance?" ”

Pei Gai replied: "It is from Pingyang, and Liu Yang knows it. ”

"I don't know what Liu Yang and the other generals are going to do?"

"Liu Yang sent a message with the letter, and he should take this opportunity to try to break through the mountains and advance to Jiexiu, but his ambition does not seem to be very strong......"

Anyone who suddenly gets such a great opportunity will not let it go easily, but it is true that as Pei Gai speculated, Liu Yang did not press the whole army at the beginning, and tried to echo the determination of Xu, Guo, and even kill Jinyang City in one go. After that, it was purely driven by the situation that the miraculous work could be established - the relevant information has not yet been reported to Chang'an.

Tao Kannai said: "Thousands of miles apart, even if we have the heart, it is difficult to rescue Xu Xian, etc., we can only hope for the front-line generals, not to miss the opportunity, but also to know the advance and retreat, not to be greedy for temporary profits and advance in vain." Therefore, we have discussed that we should continue to send additional troops and horses to Binh Duong in order to cope with the changes in the situation. ”

If Liu Yang and other front-line troops were not 20,000 or 30,000 now, but 40,000 or 50,000 or more, and there was plenty of food, do you think Liu Yang would take the opportunity to try to merge them all? If this is the case, Chang'an will not worry that he is too greedy for profit, and he will be defeated. In short, opportunities always favor those who are prepared, as long as they are fully prepared, they are not afraid that the opportunity will not come, and if they are not fully prepared, even if there are more opportunities in front of you, you will not be able to grasp it.

Therefore, Tao Kan asked Pei Wei: "The autumn harvest is imminent, I don't know how the government has a surplus now?" ”

Pei Wei did a little mental arithmetic, and then said: "After the autumn harvest, the treasury will be full, and then it will be merged." Now that the grain in Hanzhong has arrived, and the grain in Liangzhou is still on the way, I am afraid that it will be difficult to support the army to go on an expedition in advance, but if it is said that another 120,000 people will be sent, it must not be difficult. ”

When Yang Qing heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said: "In this case, I will negotiate with the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Degree tomorrow to make a plan as soon as possible." ”

Pei Gai waved his hand and said that he was not in a hurry. He pondered for a moment, and then said: "According to Guo Yin's book, Shi Hu's southern invasion has really exhausted Jinyang and the county treasury. With the current situation, I take advantage of the disadvantages and want to collect Xihe and Taiyuan, which should not be difficult; If after the autumn, Shihu has a little more grain and straw, I am afraid it will be difficult to draw. Just ......"

After a pause, he said with some uncertainty: "With Shi Hu's brutality, no matter whether he can recapture Jinyang or not, he will loot the people's property and think it is for his own use - Guo Yin's book also said that Shi Hu ordered to continue to rob the valley of the scattered people, and continued to rebel because he couldn't bear it." Although I have two counties, I am afraid that I will not face the remnants of the thieves, but tens of thousands of hungry and cold people who are waiting to be fed. What can I do? ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be slightly stunned - we are discussing the battle situation, why did you suddenly pity the common people, Da Sima? The soldiers are in danger and the war is fierce, and the people will suffer, so why not just not have enough to eat? If we have to consider whether the people are safe or not, how can we fight this war?

It was Pei Wei who reacted the fastest, and immediately leaned over and said: "Ming Mansion is kind-hearted, and he cares about the common people, and I am really fortunate to be promoted!" The great luck of Shi Li Shu! "First determine the tone, all the issues considered by the leaders must not be insignificant, and then reappear to help Pei Cai ponder the reason-

"What Ming Gong said is also true, if we recover Xihe and Taiyuan, and the treasury of the two counties is empty, even if the wild people are on the verge of starvation, then we can't use this as a basis to return to Leping and Shangdang to collect all the annexes. Moreover, in the past, there was famine in the state, and tens of thousands of 'beggars' were scattered between Hebei and You, which caused chaos in the eastern part of the country; If we see this scene again today, I am afraid that it will be difficult for Hedong to be stable......"

I thought that most of the whole world was Jin soil, but Hedong and Pingyang were occupied by Hu and Han, so Sima Teng led the "begging work" to run east and go to Jizhou to settle in the valley. Now that Pingyang and Hedong have been recovered, if we go north and seize Xihe and Taiyuan, then do you think the hungry people of Bingzhou will run east to attach themselves to the "old master" Shi, or will they come along the road to the south? Once they disrupt Pingyang and even Hedong, I am afraid that in the short term, our army will no longer want to use troops abroad......

Pei Wei was originally the reason for making it up, but as he made it up, he suddenly felt that Pei Gai's concern was not unreasonable - it turned out that my nephew was thinking so far, and he really had the capital of a king!

Don't look at Pei Wei's private discussion with Liang Fen, what "the name of Da Sima Renhou" was mentioned, but in fact, in his heart, "benevolence" is not important, in the troubled times, "strength" is the most important, and "benevolence" is just a superficial article to establish a righteous reputation and attract the people of the old Jinshi. So Pei should say that he was afraid that the people of Taiyuan and Xihe counties would be hungry, and Pei Wei didn't take it seriously - when the world is decided, it's not too late to slowly appease him, now, even if they have made sacrifices for Po Karma - but while making up reasons, while secretly plotting, it turns out that this is really not a political issue, but a military issue!

Actually, Pei Gai really didn't think about it so deeply at first, he was purely worried about the livelihood of the people in the two counties, and he was afraid that he would be ruined too hard by Shi Hu. Since I am fighting in this life, it is to save the country and the people, not to continue the Sima family, how can I not consider the safety of the people? It is true that you don't pay attention to the details when you do big things, but that's the result of weighing them, and you can't do big things by completely ignoring the details. At present, the great enemy must seek victory first, but we must not ignore the people's livelihood because of this, otherwise what is the difference between it and peanuts that dug the Yellow River to stop the Japanese army and caused even worse harm to the people of Henan? !

But after Pei Wei said this, everyone present, including Pei Gai, also woke up, even if they purely considered the military, they could not ignore the hungry people in the two counties. Tao Kan said: "Da Sima is far-sighted, I can't wait." In this case, the government should first stock the grain, and first transport it to Hedong and Pingyang, which is not only thick for Liu Yang's use, but also beware of the fact that after the two counties are really obtained in the future, the people can be saved. As for reinforcements, they can only be sent for the time being, or they can be sent less......"

Pei Wei and Yang Qing were still mentally calculating how much grain they could transport, and Pei Gai said: "The situation in the state is more complicated than when we planned it before. Yangqu Guo clan, a great family for generations, is deeply rooted, even if Shi Hu really recaptures Jinyang, he is afraid that he will die and not stiffen, and there will be people who are willing to respond to our army at that time. I'm afraid that Liu Yang will not be able to cope with such a situation, and it seems that I will have to go to Pingyang myself......"

Everyone persuaded him, indicating that the public should not be moved lightly, but Pei Gai had made up his mind and resolutely went north - in fact, to a certain extent, he also wanted to hide from too many and too cumbersome daily affairs before and after the autumn harvest. After everyone said a few words, they stopped admonishing, because what Pei Gai said was reasonable, and if he really had to face a high-ranking family like the Yangqu Guo family, I was afraid that Liu Yang, who was from a humble background, would be difficult to deal with; Besides, the situation in the state is chaotic, and Pei should be separated by 108,000 miles, and it is not easy to control it. "Ming Gong can't be moved lightly" is just a habitual cliché - if the central leader wants to work hard, then we are courtiers, do we have a glorious face - the big guys also understand that it is time for the big Sima to move.

So Pei Gai finally decided to lead 3,000 people to escort grain and grass to the north to sit in Pingyang and coordinate the front-line war.

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