"Lao Chen thinks that the king may need to change his strategy and destroy Zhongshan first, and then Sanhu."

Zhao Cheng said, Zhao Bao and Fei Yi also nodded silently, in their opinion, Zhongshan is more of a big trouble for Zhao Guo than Sanhu.

"Although Zhongshan was driven by me to the north bank of the Hutuo River, its strength is still there." Zhao Yong said, walked to a few cases, and brought himself a cup of tea, "The mountain cities on the north bank of the Hutuo River are all built against the mountains, the terrain is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is also not easy for Zhongshan to be entrenched for many years, and it is not easy to go down in a war, and it is more likely that the king of Zhongshan will flee back to the mountains and try to restore the country another day. A lesson from the past, you must quit. ”

"However, with the land on the north bank of the Hutuo River, if you want to compete with me, it is clear that Zhongshan will need a few more years before it can be realized. And now, Sima Cheng is dead, Sima Xi and my country are eyebrows, although the orchestra pool has become a Xiangguo, but it is not stable. Domestic fighting in Zhongshan has loomed. Sending troops at this time may not have an effect. ”

"The king is going to provoke infighting in Zhongshan?"

Zhao Yong shook his head and said with a smile, "Don't wait for me to provoke, they will make a mess themselves." ”

When Sima Cheng agreed with Zhao Guo to introduce a group of craftsmen and gentlemen to Zhongshan, he had actually made a fatal mistake. He wholeheartedly hoped that Zhongshan could learn the habits of the Central Plains and be accepted and recognized by the Central Plains countries, instead of calling it the country of Rongdi, which was to sincerely accept the aid to the Zhao State. In his opinion, if Zhongshan can really do what he wants, then he will also go down in history.

But he didn't care, the reason why Zhongshan was a long time with other big countries was precisely because of his identity and customs in the country of Rongdi, so that he could exercise good combat effectiveness and strong cohesion, and have his own place in the Warring States. Sima Cheng did not retain this advantage, but unrealistically learned from the Central Plains countries, which not only did not get support at home, but also caused ********. And now, he is dead, and the people of Zhongshan still haven't noticed the problem, because they have begun to enjoy the benefits given by the Zhao State. In particular, the continuous decline in tariffs has made Zhao people more and more enthusiastic about doing business in Zhongshan.

"The Qin State is related to the Central Plain, so that it can grow into a great power in the West by virtue of its geographical advantages; Needless to say, on both sides of the Great River and Huai River, there is mostly high-quality land that can be cultivated; Qiangqi dominates the eastern plain, and sits in the north to look at, which has the meaning of annexation. The reason why Wei is strong is that the land east of Hedong and Hanoi is the foundation of its success. ”

"However, although our country has scattered land, its yield is low, and it also has many borders with other countries, so there is not enough land for cultivation and cultivation, and the people naturally flow into other countries, resulting in a shortage of our own soldiers."

"This place is in the north of Qin, northwest of our country, the army goes north to the infinite gate, and it is only three or four days away to this place, and Qin has to defeat Yiqu Rong, Lin Hu, and cross the big river before it can have it. If I don't take such a heaven-sent land, will I not waste my arms? ”

In addition, what Zhao Yong didn't tell everyone was that from this position, if he could cross the big river, wouldn't he be at the back of the Qin State? If such a strategic march can be carried out, then if the Qin army can be flanked in front and rear, it may be possible to break through the geographical advantage of the Qin State and open up another strategy for attacking the Qin State. Of course, it is unrealistic to mention this now.

"Therefore, compared to Zhongshan, Sanhu has actually become the biggest hidden danger of Zhao State, if it is not removed, then Zhao State will also talk about the hegemony of the Central Plains."

Conquest and conquest are actually fighting soldiers, horses, money and food, that is, resources and logistics. These ministers of Zhao State thought that it would be enough to destroy Zhongshan and dominate for a while, but they didn't know that if their vision was limited to this, then Zhao Yong would be able to live happily from now on. It's just that because he comes from the future, he knows that the situation of war and chaos will be unified, and he can surpass everyone with his vision.

After some bargaining, Zhao Bao and Zhao Cheng reluctantly agreed, and took out more than 15,000 stone of grain from the internal history and turned it into military food, plus the previous more than 40,000 stones, which was enough for 60,000 stone of grain and grass. It can be regarded as achieving Zhao Yong's earlier purpose.

"So, you must have no opinion on sending troops? So, how should this battle be fought? Zhao Yong said and looked at Le Yi.

Le Yi cleared his throat and said: "According to the policy set by the king to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, I think that the attacker this time is the Hu people of Lou Fu and Lin Hu, as for Donghu, it is far away in the north, and it is not much to deal with me, so you can not consider it for the time being." ”

"The minister thinks that the first thing the army needs to do is to lead the army from the Infinite Gate to the north and west, and establish a city in the Dahei River area, which will be used to reserve military rations, rest the army, and use it as a nail to wedge into the heart of the Hu people."

With Le Yi's narration, everyone searched on the sand table and finally found the big black river. The Dahei River is located on the Qiantao Plain, where the Dahei River originates from the northeast and flows into the Daheihe, which flows in the opposite direction of the Yellow River, but the soil here is black, so it is called the Dahei River.

The place that Le Yi is talking about is probably in the area where the Dahei River and the Dahe River intersect, this area is open, and the Dahei River and the Dahei River have washed it, resulting in sufficient water resources and fertile soil, which is extremely suitable for reclamation and grazing, and it is also a place where the Hu people gather.

"Secondly, with this place as the center, divide the army in the west and south directions. In the western direction, the troops should stop at the bend of the Great River, at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain, drive the Hu people into the plain area in the south, and build a city here; And in the southern direction, at least in the Yuzhong area. ”

"Wait." Zhao Cheng said, "This place seems to be near the border of the Qin State. ”

"Yes, the southern part of this place is the upper county of Qin." Le Yi said affirmatively.

"If that's the case, I'm afraid it will cause dissatisfaction in the Qin State." Zhao Bao said worriedly, if he angered the Qin State at this time, he was afraid that he would be retaliated.

Everyone looked at Zhao Yong, but Zhao Yong said disapprerovitously, "It's okay, the forest here is luxuriant, the Hu people gather here, and they have entered the border of our Zhao country many times, and they can't be cleared, it's too dangerous." What's more, we are only driving the Hu people into the forest, and we will definitely not completely annihilate them. Drive the tiger and devour the wolf, as long as this wolf does not harass us and let them enter the Qin State, I have no opinion. At least not we let them go. ”

Everyone smiled heartily, indeed, Zhao State was just driving away the Hu people, and as for them entering the Qin State, it was not something that Zhao State could control.

"Actually, you don't have to worry too much about Qin's retaliation." Le Yi continued, "According to the king's estimation, if Gongsun Yan wants to take revenge on Qin, he must join forces to resist Qin within this year or two, before the heir of the king of Wei is completely disgusted with him. In this sense, it is natural that the sooner the merger is carried out, the better. ”

"If this is the case, then there is a five-nation alliance to attract the attention of the Qin army in the direction of Hangu Pass, and we take the opportunity to expand our forces to the northern part of Shangjun of Qin, and the possibility of a head-on conflict with the Qin army will be very small, or if the battle of Hangu Pass is scorching, it is not impossible for us to sneak into Shangjun."

This is something that Le Yi has been thinking about for a long time, as long as the five-nation alliance can fight hotly in Hangu Pass and Qin, then he might as well send troops south from the Hetao Plain and enter the upper county of Qin through Yuzhong, and if he can contact the Yiqu people to attack Qin again, then Qin will definitely not be able to resist the attack from three directions. If so, you might be able to give it a try.

In other words, even if the sneak attack was unsuccessful and the Zhao army was defeated and retreated, it was unlikely that the Qin army would go deep into the hinterland of Zhao to catch up with the Zhao army, because Yiqu and the Five Kingdoms Alliance were hindered in the rear, and the King of Qin would not give such an order unless he was crazy.

"So, I wonder if you have any other opinions?"

Everyone present, Zhao Cheng, Zhao Bao, and Fei Yi, knew very little about military affairs, and seeing that Le Yi had arranged it so carefully, there seemed to be nothing to question, so they naturally shook their heads and said no. On the military's side, Wu Guang is half of the case, and he has also begun to turn to logistics work, Le Yi is the main designer, and Pang Cong doesn't know much about this place and has nothing to say.

Just as Zhao Yong was about to say something, he suddenly saw Niu Jian still coiled in front of the sand table, and he refused, his brows were tightly locked, and he seemed to have some questions. He paced slowly to his side, "General Niu, it seems that there is something new?" ”

Niu Jian was very entangled. On the one hand, he knew that the plan designed by Le Yi was completed at the behest of Zhao Yong, and he almost discussed with Le Yi what goals needed to be completed at each step. When Le Yi also attacked Zhongshan, he showed a strong battlefield reading ability and excellent sense of the overall situation, and he synthesized such a plan with Zhao Yong's ideas, which should be said to be no problem.

However, it was precisely because of this that Niu Jian was very hesitant, because in his mind, there was another plan that was completely different from this marching route. And years of battlefield career told him that his plan might be slightly better than Zhao Le's plan.

On the one hand, there is the dignity of the king, and on the other hand, there is the guidance of reason, which is where Niu Jian contradicts.

"General Niu? Is there anything unspeakable? If it's inconvenient..."

"Your Majesty," Niu Jian said, kneeling down, leaning on the ground, and saying in his mouth: "Mr. Le's plan, the old minister thinks it is wonderful, however, the old minister has another good strategy for marching, and he will not vomit or be unhappy." ”

Zhao Yong was stunned suddenly, and suddenly understood, Niu Jian knew that this plan was jointly formulated by himself and Le Yi, so if he objected, he would embarrass himself, so he didn't dare to say it. Zhao Yong walked closer, leaned over to help Niu Jian stand up, looked at the veteran's slightly frightened eyes, and said, "Why is the general afraid of this? National events, in the worship of Rong, should be the temple to calculate the victory or defeat before it can be implemented. Since the general has a good plan, he might as well say it and everyone should refer to it in detail, if it is a good plan, it can naturally be implemented. There is no ambiguity in this matter. ”

"Definitely. General Niu Jian is away all the year round, and he is more familiar with the situation in the north than we are, and we are only making decisions on paper here, so naturally it is not as immersive and insightful as the general. Le Yi also said with a smile.

Seeing that the two of them said this, Niu Jian knew that he was thinking too much, so he was no longer afraid, "Your Majesty, please come with me." The old man's strategy, although a little dangerous, but the grain and grass used are not too careful, if it can be harvested, it is also a wonderful place for me to stabilize the north. ”

As he spoke, he led everyone to the sand table, pointed to a city and said, "Here, this is Daicheng," everyone nodded, and Niu Jian pointed to a pass in the northwest of Daicheng and said, "This is Yanmen Pass, which is the pass that the king ordered to build since the last time Lou bothered to knock on the side." Zhao Yong nodded, this is one of the few places he has been to in his previous life, the last time he inspected the land, he seemed to return to his previous life, watching the ups and downs of the mountains, only to remember that this is Yanmen Pass, so he ordered to build a pass here to prevent the building from knocking on the side.

Niu Jian then followed his fingers along the southwest mountain range of Yanmen Pass, and where there was no mark on the sand table, Niu Jian fiddled for a while, and a basin between the three mountains appeared, "This place is Ningwu." There are two high mountains to the northwest and southwest of him, and just between the two mountains, there is a road to the west. Everyone followed Niu Qian's direction and crossed the big river, isn't it the hinterland of Lin Hu and the border of Shangjun of Qin State?

"Your Majesty, please keep watching." Niu Jian said, took everyone back to the area indicated by Ning Wu, continued to the north, and drew a path in front of a mountain to connect to the Hetao Plain, "This place, called Youyu, was originally located in the middle of nowhere, so there is no surprise, but in the north of this place, there happens to be a small road. ”

Niu Jian said, "Back then, there were Lou mortals haunted here, the right jade city guard led the soldiers to fight here for several days, the old minister brought troops to help, and completely annihilated this Lou Fu cavalry, in order to commemorate this battle, the old man named this place 'kill Hukou'." ”

"Kill the tiger's mouth?" Zhao Yong asked in surprise.

The Yuzhong mentioned in the article is not Yuzhong in Gansu Province, but the Yulin area of Shaanxi Province, and the difference between ancient and modern place names is also. In addition, the specific marching route of King Zhao Wuling's expulsion of Sanhu is no longer available, I have broken the historical books, Google maps, and the situation map of the princes for a long time and can only find clues, not to mention the changes in ancient and modern surface vegetation, among which the roads are even more complicated, can only ponder one or two, unscientific, please bear with me.

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