Liu Jun advised Liu Yao not to rush south to attack Dali, but to wait for reinforcements from Quanqu first. An army is strong, and the possibility of a short-term decisive victory and the capture of a strong city naturally increases, and maybe Pei should see that the situation is not good-Liu Yao's army is not the only one who comes, so can there be a chance of victory-he will withdraw first; Second, we can also try to push the friendly army to the front line and compete with the Jin people and mussels, so that we can make it easier for the fishermen to profit.

"Eliminate the power of the canal in the land of the old Han Shang County, victory of 100,000 soldiers, every time the country wants to ask for it, and consider its strength, and do not come to offend, it is a discussion. If the elite of the department is exhausted, or even the right to come in person, and it is suddenly defeated under the city of Dali, and the damage is very heavy, the king can rob his generals and seize his soldiers, and lead the army north. They are just a mixture of Di and Qiang, with Quan Qu as the leader of the alliance, then the main force is lost, and it is not difficult to divide and disintegrate - the king Shang Ke Beilian Lu Chuanlou Fugong (Liu Hu) will be broken. Therefore, although the king cannot Feng Yi, but can have Shangjun as the foundation, he will not return to nothing......"

Liu Yao nodded again and again, but Cao Sui interjected and asked, "Since there is not enough grain, how can we supply the army of Quanqu?" ”

Liu Jun smiled: "Bihu only eats cow and sheep buttermilk, and he is not used to eating millet, how much grain can he cost?" "The Void Division of the Qiang and Qiang alliances has always belonged to the Jin and Han Dynasties, so this time I just asked them to send troops to help, not to order the transfer. Even if Quan Qu agreed, he would inevitably be concerned that if all the grain and straw were in the hands of the Han army, the danger factor would be too great, so he would definitely drive a large herd of cattle and sheep to come and use them as military rations-"I will not provide him with food, but only salt, iron, gold, and silk will be folded together, and he will not refuse." ”

There are certain problems with food in Liu Yao's army, but there is really no shortage of gold and silver treasures - in Luoyang and Chang'an in the past, the Hu army has looted more than once, and the accumulation of several generations of wealthy dignitaries has all fallen into the pockets of Hu generals from all walks of life, especially Liu Yao and Liu Yongming, who are the most greedy and have a high reputation......

Liu Juncheng was in his chest and talked eloquently, Liu Yao and Cao Sui couldn't help but bow their heads one after another. But in the end, Liu Jun also said that if Chen Yuanda couldn't ask for reinforcements, the trouble would be a little bigger-

"If our army stays here for a long time and does not want to forge ahead, its momentum will become more and more dangerous, and Pei should accumulate on the contrary, even if it is grazing in the mountains, it will not be able to supply the needs of 100,000 troops for a long time. If the winter is plagued and the cattle and sheep die, the Jin people take advantage of the situation to march north, I am afraid that we will have no left...... "So we must go south in midsummer at the latest, and we can't wait until the autumn is high and the horses are fat—yes, our horses here are fat, and the autumn grain should also be harvested."

Liu Yao smiled and said: "I know it, Sima Zhen's son Fang is also!" In this way, let's wait for Chen Changhong's news first. ”

Cao Sui next to him suddenly sighed and said: "Now that the emperor's younger brother has been abolished, the day when Xiangguo will be the prince is not far away." The king is not on good terms with the country, and there is no chance of harmony after that, His Majesty is here, and the country is not as good as the king...... Knowing ...... Today"

Liu Yao knew what he wanted to say, and hurriedly glared: "Silence!" Emperor Guangwen and His Majesty are both grateful to a certain deep kindness, Your Majesty is here, how can I meet with the swords and soldiers of Xiangguo? If you stop killing Jin Zhun and Wang Shen, if you make Pingyang inside and outside, and make a battlefield, I will die, and I will see Emperor Guangwen Yu Jiuquan without a face! "There is nothing today, at the beginning, since Liu Cang was able to rush back to Pingyang in time, then Liu Yi's "Qingjun side" strategy has no chance of winning, if I ruin the country because of me, how can I have the face to go underground to see my godfather Liu Yuanhai in the future?

Cao Sui lowered his voice and said: "The king is loyal to the country, but he is afraid that others will only seek personal gain. It was not rare to take Yongzhou as the foundation, and then capture Sima Bao in the west, and serve Zhang Yu in the north, and it is not rare for the emperor's younger brother to promise the king of Qin. At that time, even if Xiangguo really practiced Zuo, he would not be able to threaten the king. Unexpectedly, Pei should occupy Dali and block the road...... Worried about the king, just in case, he should secretly send someone to welcome the concubine, the princess and the prince to come......"

- Liu Yao was lost as a young man, and the old lady Hu was still alive, and his princess Bu and his son Liu Yin were in Pingyang, which was regarded as a hostage mortgaged in the capital.

Liu Jun waved his hand and said, "No." Pledge to show sincerity and not rebellion, if you welcome back the concubine, the princess and the prince, not only the country, but even Your Majesty will suddenly be suspicious of the king......"

Cao Sui insisted: "Your Majesty has been indulging in wine recently, and I am afraid that Tianshou is not far away, and once Xiangguo ascends the throne, I am afraid that the concubine will be harmed." And if the prince waits for him, who will inherit the king's business? He first excluded women, and then added the word "wait" after the son, which means that Liu Yao not only left the son Liu Yin in Pingyang, but the eldest son Liu Jian, the king of Linhai, is still under the knees of the Bu family.

For the people of this age, this is an unbearable catastrophe.

However, Liu Jun said: "Why does a husband have no wife, why do he have no children? The sheep family has come out, and I heard that I am pregnant, that is, in case, the king is not afraid of heirs. ”

Of course, Liu Yao will not have only one wife, in addition to his wife Bu, there are still many concubines, among which the most favored is the Yang family, and he follows him and sees him in the army. Speaking of this Yang family, it is not an ordinary woman, her real name is Yang Xianrong, a native of Taishan Nancheng, the grandson of Yang Jin, the right servant of Jin Shangshu, the daughter of Yang Xuan in the service, and was the concubine of Sima Zhen of Emperor Hui of Jin, after Jia Hou was killed, she was succeeded as the queen. Later, because of the turmoil in the court, the queen of sheep also had several incidents and wastes, until her husband hung up and Emperor Huai Sima Chi succeeded to the throne, and her queen's position was stable.

But then Liu Yao captured Luoyang and captured Emperor Huai of Jin, and the previous queen Yang Xianrong naturally became a prisoner. It is said that the sheep is peerless, and there is a sinking fish and a goose, so Liu Yao honestly and unceremoniously grabbed it to be his own concubine, and he was very pampered. A few years ago, Yang Xianrong had given birth to a son for Liu Yao, named Liu Xi, and it is said that he was pregnant with Liujia again......

So Liu Jun said, anyway, Liu Yao still has a son, even if he abandons his two sons-in-law in Pingyang, what does it matter? "The situation is very bad now, if His Majesty is suspicious again, it will be difficult for the king himself to be saved, and what about the world?" We have to protect Lao Tzu first, and then consider our son, let alone this son...... After all, there is a spare tire.

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Pei should be in Dali, has been stretching his neck and waiting for Liu Yao, he originally hoped to survive February, and when Hu Jun comes back in March, he will rely on the lifeless work day and night, Dali's defense system can be basically perfected. But it's been more than half of March, but Liu Yao still hasn't seen his army go south......

Why is that? Could it be that the words of his temporary group really scared him and didn't dare to go south? But if you don't go south, you will return to the east, and you have been stranded in Haoyang, what are you going to do?

Convened the generals to discuss, and You Ya You Ziyuan said: "I am afraid that the Ming generals should be the ones who are not only Liu Yao's army......" These days, he participated in Pei Gai's shogunate, and also came into contact with a lot of people and things, and he has a deeper understanding of the previous achievements and current situation of the Xuzhou army...... Therefore –

"It is expected that our army is strong, Liu Yao has heard about it, and Liang Xu, the former envoy of the Ming Dynasty, sent a message, he must be apprehensive, and he may not be able to win. Therefore, he may be sent to lobby for the elimination of Quanqu, and even Tiefu Wulugu (Liu Hu) will come together together. ”

Pei Gai asked: "The Qing family is in Feng Yi, and I know the affairs of the north, if it is eliminated and Tiefu comes to help, how many soldiers and horses can be sent?" ”

You Yao shook his head and said that this is not accurate-"The Void Elimination Department claims to win 100,000 soldiers, and the Tiefu Department is half of it, and if it pours into the nest, it will be 150,000 troops......"

Tao Kan next to him interjected: "How can they abandon their foundation and take advantage of Liu Yao's fire?" Tao Shixing still learned this idiom from Pei Cai, and also asked what the reason was, but Pei Cai's sophistry forgot...... Just kidding, can he say that it is "the fable of La Fontaine, the sage of France, 1,500 years later"?

According to Tao Kan's estimates, the two ministries will pull out a maximum of 30,000 to 50,000 people to assist Liu Yao, and no matter how much Liu Yao himself may not be able to control it, maybe he will be anti-guest-oriented, and besides, in this way, the loss of grain and straw will inevitably be too great. Completely ignoring the supply and transportation of materials, and only thinking that the more soldiers, the stronger the stronger, this kind of low-level mistake can only be made by a person surnamed Fu in 50 years and a person surnamed Yang in 300 years......

You Yao did some calculations and said: "If the void is eliminated and the coming is combined, at the latest in April, the Hu army will go south; If you add Tiefu, it may be as late as May or June. "This is because Liu Hu is a little farther away.

But before April, news came that Hu Jun had finally moved.

The center of Fengyi County is divided, the terrain in the north is higher than that in the south, but it is basically a plain terrain, and the real mountainous area is in the northernmost Liangshan area, which is connected to Xiayang in the east and Beidi County in the west. Liu Yao sent Liu Shu to lead thousands of soldiers and horses, and along this line out of Haoyang, all the way to the west, through Suyi and into Beidi County, echoing with the county governance of Niyang.

The north is very small, only under the jurisdiction of Niyang, Fuping two counties only, if from Fuping to the south, a horse Pingchuan, can directly point to Chang'an City. Previously, Pei Gai had already sent Wang Ze and Xie Feng to lead the second battalion of "Robbery Fire" to capture the city and close the gate to the Weibei Plain, but before he could conquer Niyang, because of the change of situation, the second general and his subordinates were recalled to Dali.

Therefore, after Pei should get the report, he discussed with the generals whether to send troops to help defend Fuping. Pei Wei shook his head and said: "No, Liu Yao's main force has not moved, and the partial division is moving westward, precisely to mobilize and disperse our army." And Fuping can keep it, even if it can't be guarded, it will also be a headache for the 10,000-year-old Koji Zhongke, so what's my business? ”

Pei Gai retorted: "I ask for the order of Feng Yi and the two counties of Beidi in the north, I can't get them all now, I'm afraid that the world will laugh at me, if I get the city again and lose it, how can I establish my prestige?" ”

Tao Kan said: "Pei Gong said before that things seem to be impossible and must be done, but Fuping's defense is not impossible, but it must not be done, knowing that it cannot be done and forcing it, this fool's trip is also." In Kan's opinion, not only do you want to mobilize our army, but also want to protect the west side of your own house, so as not to plunder it for us - then Liu Yao's main force is about to go south, and this situation is very clear! If you send one or two thousand troops to save Fuping today, I am afraid it will not be of any benefit, and if you send a large army, then Dali will be weak, how can you resist Liu Yao's attack? ”

When Pei Gai heard this, he couldn't help but be slightly surprised: "As Tao Jun expected, Liu Yao is about to come south?" ”

Tao Kan nodded, and then glanced at You Yao: "If You Jun's calculation is correct, it means that Liu Yao has received the help of the void, but he has not asked for soldiers and Tie Fuye." ”

Pei Wei added: "Ming Gong wants to increase his prestige and settle the ...... of Long" He is an elder, and he calls Pei Gai's word "Wenyue" in private, and in front of everyone, in order to show the respect and humility of the lord and subordinate, he has always been called "Ming Gong" - "In a big victory, not only will the thieves be emboldened and dare not come again, but also make the guards of Guanxi fear the power of my soldiers, so why care about the loss of a city and a place?" There is a saying in the Ming Dynasty: 'If the land is lost, the people and the land are lost; Save people and lose land, people and land exist', have you forgotten yourself? ”

Pei Gaixin said ashamed, Taizu quotes, how dare I forget...... Having said that through this world, the words I plagiarized are not less, but this passage alone is somewhat psychologically burdensome to copy - I can't help but groan, if Taizu is here, how will he weigh and choose?

Would Taizu care about losing one or two cities and one or two pieces of land? If you ignore the momentum of the small and the big, and fortify everywhere, what is the difference between it and Li's German waste?

made a decision on this: "What Qing and others said is true, and immediately sent a letter to Lu Zhongke, Yun I am here to resist Liu Yao's 100,000 army, and I will not refrain from being separated, and ask him to save Fuping, there will be a heavy reward - I want to see him, in the face of thousands of Hu Qi, whether he has the courage to take a step in ten thousand years!" ”

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Tao Kan's estimation was not wrong, Chen Yuanda did bring back the soldiers and horses of the Void Division. These are nomadic in the old Han Dynasty in the county of Di, Qiang, united, a total of Dai Xuan Quanqu main, called "chieftain", it is said that there are 100,000 people - Hu Zhi is Luo, Judah China is called Hu also. When the Western Jin Dynasty was strong, these Di and Qiang were nominally attached to the Jin, although they would also go south to loot from time to time, but they were not large-scale, and the magistrates were often treated as the same as thieves, and it was not a foreign invasion. After that, Hu Han Jianji, Liu Yuan, and Liu Cong sent envoys to surrender many times, and the elimination of the power canal was just perfunctory - now the Jin people don't have time to take care of me, I'm so comfortable to be free, why do I have to put a tight hoop on my head? Attached? Let's wait for you to destroy Jin first.

However, as the Jin army successively showed benefits in the north, and even the emperor was arrested, the balance in Quan Qu's mind naturally gradually tilted. In particular, not long ago, a group of Tiefu people crossed from the east and west of the Yellow River, just located in the north of Shangjun, like a sharp sword hanging on the head of the Xuzhi Department, and also attached to Hu Han, its leader Wulugu was given the surname Liu by Liu Cong, worshiped as the general of Anbei, the military of Jian Xianbei, and the general of Ding Lingzhonglang, and was named the Duke of Loufu......

Therefore, Quan Qu felt that even if he refused to attach himself to Han, he should improve his relationship with Tu Ge. At this time, Chen Yuanda came to borrow troops with a generous gift, and knew the benefits - Chen Changhong is also a person who can speak well - Quan Qu immediately agreed, and sent his son Yi Yu to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to the south to meet Liu Yao.