"Master's visit today, is there anything important?"

Old Master Meng looked at Zhao Yong's gentle and jade-like appearance with a serious face, which was completely different from his fiery personality. It's hard for you to get angry with such people.

"The old man heard that the king wants to recognize the righteousness of Yan Guozi's throne, I don't know if it's true?"

"This ......"

Mencius looked at Zhao Yong's flickering eyes, knowing that the truth was similar to what he had guessed, he thought for a while and said, "The king has never heard such a thing. It is said that it is powerful and powerful, but it cannot lift a feather; His eyes can see everything, but he says that he can't see a cart of firewood and grass. ”

Zhao Yong smiled bitterly, he knew that this old master was the best at preaching with these small stories that he didn't know where to hear, and he was often out of control, if he didn't let him finish his fun, he would be angry afterwards, and even denounced him as a "vertical son" in front of Zhao Yong. He could only say, "Please also ask the master to teach me." ”

"Don't dare." Mencius said, "Lift a thousand pounds without lifting a feather, do not use force; Look at it and not see the firewood, don't be clear. If you can't do it, you can't do it. Zhao is the country of ten thousand rides, tens of thousands of things with armor, and more than ten thousand rides. This is a thousand powers, people who are aware of everything, and although Yan is a leather car and ten thousand times, but the civil strife has not ended, the benevolent government is not implemented, and the people hope for the teacher of benevolence and righteousness, if the hungry seedlings seek the thirst of spring rain. Far from raising troops to quell the rebellion, the king regarded rebellion as orthodox. It's really not human's doing. Is this not for it? Or can't you either? ”

When the celebrities you once admired stand in front of you and scold you, you are afraid that in addition to bowing your head, you will also be smug. But for Zhao Yong, he really doesn't have such a "fan brother" potential.

Of course, the widow knows what the Master said. However, the matter of Yan Guo is not Zhao Buwei, but it can't be. Zhao Yong responded, "Zhao and Yan, there is still Zhongshan in the middle, and it is impossible for Zhao to cross Zhongshan and save Yan." What's more, with the ambition of Qi Guo, I am afraid it is impossible to sit back and watch Zhao Guozhi's intervention; As far as the widow is concerned, Yan Guo has nothing to ask for help, and the second is the king of Yan, Zhao Guo rashly intervenes, I am afraid that the world's gossip can be borne by non-widows. ”

Mencius didn't know that Zhao Yong still had so many reasons to reject him. But he himself is a master of debate, and he will definitely not stop interrogating because of Zhao Yong's words.

"If this is the case, why did the king ask the envoy to enter Yan and obtain the handwritten letter of the king of Yan, so as to recognize this traitor of the son? Isn't this aiding and abetting? ”

"The master misunderstood." Zhao Yongying said, "As the widow just said, the internal strife in the Yan Kingdom is the political affairs of the Yan Kingdom, and the Zhao State is just a small prince, how can he dare to hold the authority of the Son of Heaven and crusade against the traitors?" Mr. is a disciple of Confucius, and he also knows that 'if the name is not right, the word will not go well, and if the word is not good, the thing will not be done'. If Yan Wang sent someone to ask for help, then Zhao Guoding should help him, otherwise Zhao Guoshi would have no reason to intervene in this matter. ”

"The king's affairs can be explained. Today's affairs are not the affairs of Yan Kingdom, but the affairs of the people of Yan Kingdom. Now Yan abuses its people, and the king goes to conquer it. The people thought that they would save themselves from fire and water, and they ate pot pulp to welcome the king. The book says: 'After me, then Su. That's exactly what happened. ”

I have to say that you are asking for trouble when you go to debate with someone who is good at debate. Zhao Yong originally boasted that he could be regarded as an eloquent talent, but in the eyes of Meng Fuzi, he became a child, useless at all, and every time he was taught by Meng Fuzi, he could only smile bitterly. Meng Fuzi suggested that he send troops to Yan State to quell the rebellion, but Zhao Yong insisted that he could not wait for Zhou Tianzi's authorization, and Yan Guo asked for help and would never send troops. Back and forth, the two had a lot of trouble. In the end, Zhao Yong finally found a reason to trick the old master into going back and resting first, so that he could think about it before making a decision. Even if Old Master Meng's combat power is high, he is still old, and he can't stand such a powerful toss, so he can only press this game first, and he will fight again in the future.

Zhao Yong watched Meng Fuzi disappear in front of his eyes with a disgraced face, and walked towards the White Tiger Hall with a wry smile. To tell the truth, Meng Fuzi is just like what he said, he is full of righteousness, not like himself, full of intrigues and tricks, naturally he can't suppress it. But if you want to govern the country according to the old master's words, I am afraid that Zhao Guo will not be able to survive in this troubled world. After all, people have to save their husbands in order to talk about good food and wine, and finally to be able to make a sound. But the old master, a person who lives by Haoran righteousness, is not comparable to Zhao Yong, which may be the reason why Confucius and Mencius can be passed down for thousands of years, and countless emperors, except for the first emperor through the ages, often can't be passed down for a long time.

Zhao Yong had just entered the White Tiger Palace, and Le Yi Pang Cong and the others hurriedly stepped forward to pay their respects. Zhao Yong asked everyone to get up, walked to the sand table, and said to Le Yi: "I don't know about the attack on Zhongshan, how is the plan?" ”

"Returning to the king, it's almost done." Le Yi walked to the sand table, as the military advisor of Zhao State, the first imperial historian, and the main planner of Zhao State's second Northern Expedition to Zhongshan, the heavy responsibility of explaining it was naturally handed over to him.

That's right, Zhao State will not interfere in the affairs of Yan State, but it does not prevent Zhao State from planning to attack Zhongshan. And this time, Zhao Yong's abacus played very shrewdly, the reason why he worked hard to make Sima Xi become the prime minister of Zhongshan was to make Zhongshan toss again, and it was best to be able to annex Zhongshan after his vitality was greatly damaged. Wei Yu proposed to him a strategy of praying mantis catching cicadas, with the yellow finch behind.

"According to the decision of the king, this Northern Expedition will begin preparations after Zhongshan attacks the Yan Kingdom, and it will take two years to completely annex the Zhongshan Kingdom."

"This Northern Expedition still adopts the method of fighting from the north and the south, and the north is dominated by cavalry, with the purpose of going south from Hongshangsai, attacking Tangxian, Zhongren, and Gucheng, and then going south to Zhending and encircling Lingshou;"

"In the south, the army went out of Gaoyi and Jiumen, first took Fuliu, then went down to Shenzhou, and went north to Ningjia, completely occupying the land in the south of Zhongshan. The elite of Shiyi and Fenglong, according to the Hutuo River, did not allow the Zhongshan people to cross the river south, and the Fanwu cavalry patrolled both sides of the Hutuo River and fought in a mobile manner. ”

Le Yi's plan is just a first draft, that is, the general direction of Zhao Jun's attack. Le Yi's idea was to hold the Hutuo River defense line and resist Zhongshan's frontal counterattack, and the left wing troops were responsible for covering and containing the route of Zhongshan's attack, because from the left flank it was easy to go out of Jingcheng to Fanwu, and finally besiege Lingshou, and with the right wing troops as the main force, gradually occupy the southern land of Zhongshan. Due to the containment of the left flank, the Zhongshan people did not dare to devote all the main forces to their southern front troops, thus reducing the pressure on the right flank troops to attack.

"The two cities of Shiyi and Fenglong, the danger of controlling Taihang is the key to Hebei. The strap is mountains and rivers, and the technology is majestic. Needless to say, its location is important. If Zhao wants to go north or east, it must hold the land of Zhongshan, and the foundation of holding the land of Zhongshan is in the two cities of Shiyi and Fenglong. Wei Yi couldn't help but praise.

"Not only that, but there is also a place for wells." Le Yi received with a smile: "Taihang is an important place to control and choke, and Jingcheng is the key to Taihang's entry and exit, this is a dangerous place, and soldiers must fight." According to this place, the soldiers of Jinyang can go out of the well and enter the land of Hebei, and the soldiers of Hebei can also enter Jinyang from this place. If there is no Jing Cheng in hand, then our army must go north to prevent Zhongshan from entering the land of Jinyang. With Jingcheng, Shiyi, and Fenglong in hand, unless the Zhongshan people have a great increase in strength, they will definitely lose the first move, and there is no chance of winning. This Northern Expedition is nothing more than further encroachment on its land. ”

Zhao Yong proudly watched the two of them analyze the situation there, the starting point of all this was his own change in the ruin, now that the melon is ripe and falling, it seems that he is about to succeed, how can he not be happy? Presumably Zhao Yong would not know that it was with his little foresight that he had the strong strength of Zhao State today, otherwise the hidden danger of Zhongshan would continue to affect the strength of Zhao State.

"Now that the two gentlemen have made plans, we might as well talk about it carefully." Zhao Yong said, walked to his own place and knelt down, and said: "On the Zhongshan side, our plan is to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, and let Sima Xi say that the king of Zhongshan will send troops to attack the Yan Kingdom in the civil strife, and I can take this opportunity to occupy the southern land of Zhongshan." ”

"Not bad. The key to this move lies in whether Sima Xi can occupy the land of Yan, as long as he leads the troops to the expedition, we can fight a quick battle, on the one hand, besiege Lingshou, on the other hand, attack Fuliu and go north, forcing Zhongshan to admit that from now on, the land of Zhongshan on the south bank of the Hutuo River belongs to Zhao State, which is the first step; ”

"Second, send troops to besiege Lingshou again, at this time, the Zhongshan troops who attacked Yan should have returned to Zhongshan, take advantage of their unstable foothold, continue to go north along the Hutuo River, attack the land of Yan captured by Zhongshan, and completely block the possibility of Zhongshan advancing eastward." Le Yi said.

"The most important thing is that this is the timing." Wei Yu continued, "The first time our army attacked Zhongshan, when we attacked Yan in Zhongshan. Now, when the Qin State has just occupied the land of Bashu and is in the process of integration, it has no time to look eastward; Qi is about to move, according to intelligence, Qi Wang Tian Biyi is ready to order the general Kuang Zhang to attack Yan in the north, it seems that this pompous king is ready to surpass his father in political achievements; The king of Song was drunk and dreamed of death, and he had no intention of attacking Qi, and because Qin occupied Bashu, Chu had to worry about whether his capital Yingdu would be able to resist the Qin army that came from Bashu along the river; At this time, Wei must not be able to persuade Qi to attack Yan's determination, and at this moment, it is the best time for us to attack Zhongshan. ”

"Therefore, a certain suggestion, the king may wish to send envoys to the Qi, Han, Wei, and Song kingdoms, to tie up their hearts, welcome their wishes, and send other countries to hinder the possibility of throwing themselves into the war of annexing Zhongshan."

Le Yi and Wei Yi, one provides an offensive plan from a military point of view, the other proposes to create a war environment from the field of diplomacy and politics, a doctor of imperial history, a national lieutenant, the cooperation between the two is seamless, and they can be regarded as the left and right of Zhao State, and they are also Zhao Yong's strongest military assistants. The other four people of the White Tiger Hall also had to admit that the combination of these two would be the strongest weapon for Zhao State to annex the world.

Zhao Yong thought about the plan of the two again, thought about it and said: "Since this is the case, let's plan according to this plan first." Before Zhongshan sent troops to attack the Yan Kingdom, there were still details that could be carved. General Pang Cong, Wu Sima. ”

"The King." Pang Cong and Wu Guang came out to respond.

"This time, the personnel preparation and food and grass preparations still depend on the two of them. Don't relax. ”

"Whoa!"

Wu Guang looked at Le Yi and Wei Yi, talking and laughing with Zhao Yong, and the trace of coldness in his heart flooded again. He suddenly remembered what Meng Yao had brought from the palace that day, and his heart was a little firmer. If you don't think about yourself in this matter, and wait for the people of the back waves to arrive, your own Sima will come to an end. He had to strike first.

However, how to start so as not to make Zhao Yong suspicious?

He thought about it for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up, which made him think of an excellent opportunity for Meng Yao to meet him.

(End of chapter)