Unbeknownst to the three of them, just as they were laughing with their palms, a military discussion to determine the next movement of the coalition forces was also going on in the lobby of the county government. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Chang'an!"

Wang Guo, who was wearing leather armor and a purple brocade robe on the outside, crossed his waist with one hand, and pointed to a red circle on a map hanging from the hall with the other, and said loudly:

"As long as we take advantage of the victory to advance westward and take Chang'an in one fell swoop, the place west of Hangu Pass can be decided!"

The kingdom's black and red face was filled with inexplicable excitement at this moment, he looked around at everyone, and the people who were able to sit here today to hold this military discussion were either the powerful and powerful surnames in the Liangzhou region, or the tribal lords who had many Qiang, Hu soldiers and horses. Therefore, he pointed to the map and desperately narrated the many benefits of the westward advance of the coalition army in a very seductive tone, trying to influence everyone present in the will.

Finally, the kingdom turned his attention to the middle-aged scholar who was over forty years old and tall and tall sitting in the upper position on the left, and saw that he was dressed in a dark scholar's robe, sitting on the seat with his lap on his face, although he did not speak, but he had an awe-inspiring aura of the superior who was not angry and arrogant.

This middle-aged scholar is Han Sui, the head of the Han family who has been in Liangzhou in recent years and can stop children crying at night!

After the kingdom joined forces with Han Sui Didao, because he took the lead in leading the troops to kill Fu Xie and capture Jicheng, coupled with the support of a group of middle- and high-level generals such as Ma Teng and most of the big clans in the city, he became the leader of the coalition army. But behind this envy, the kingdom knows better than anyone the dangers involved.

Regardless of anything else, Han Sui's side alone plus the soldiers and horses of Jincheng who had just arrived had exceeded 40,000, and the newly recruited soldiers and horses under the kingdom plus the original soldiers and horses of the six counties were less than 30,000. Therefore, after ascending to the throne of the leader of the coalition army, the kingdom rejected the suggestion of his subordinates to claim the throne in the south, but gave himself the title of "General of the United People".

However, this is not enough to maintain the position of the leader of the coalition forces, so the kingdom is determined to attack west to take Chang'an. Only by constantly leading the coalition forces to greater victories can the kingdom gain enough prestige to lead this large army, suppress Han Sui's side, and achieve the goal of strengthening the weak branches.

And when it comes to greater victories, what can compare to the capture of Chang'an?

In the second year of Zhongping, the Liangzhou coalition army was sharp, Bian Zhang, Han Sui and others led troops to attack Sanfu and confronted the Han army stationed in Meiyang, but was defeated by Dong Zhuo, Bao Hong and others, and fled back to Liangzhou in embarrassment. This time, if the kingdom can attack Chang'an in the west, there is no doubt that his prestige will reach the state of the sky, and Han Sui, who is a faint threat to his current position, can only bow his head and completely succumb to his knees.

Thinking of this, the fiery heat in the Kingdom's eyes as he looked at Han Sui became more and more vigorous. And Han Sui, who was kneeling quietly, seemed to know the thoughts of the kingdom, and at this time he also looked at the eyes of the kingdom, Han Sui's eyes were not sharp, but they contained the depth and power after converging the edge, even the kingdom in a high position felt a sense of oppression inexplicably, and hurriedly concentrated on resisting Han Sui's eyes, and the two of them looked at each other for a moment before turning their eyes.

The city government was as deep as Han Sui, and at this time, he had already seen through the deep plan of the kingdom to move westward, but on the surface, he was still silent, quietly waiting for the reaction of others. This middle-aged scholar who joined the combined army of Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou as early as the first year of Zhongping, he was confident that no one could understand and master this army better than himself.

Sure enough, soon there were other generals from the Liangzhou clan who stood up and raised doubts, some proposed that the Han army had left a lot of troops in Sanfu to protect the imperial tomb and guard Chang'an, and there were fewer Han troops in the north and south, so it was better to choose to go north or south, and some put forward the view that although the Han family was declining, the mandate of heaven had not changed, and proposed to cut the troops to Liangzhou to observe the situation.

For many people here, the defeat of Meiyang in the second year of Zhongping, and the shadow left by Zhang Wen with the imperial army all the way to Yuzhong City is too deep, although the cavalry on the side of the coalition army was cut off from food and grass because of the decision-making mistakes of the Han army, and retreated in a hurry, but the Liangzhou coalition army, which has suffered a great loss of strength, has not been able to completely turn defeat into victory, and completely annihilated Zhang Wen's soldiers and horses.

Wang Guo sneered and looked at the several generals who raised objections, disapproving their views.

"Now that my army is gathered, Longyou is barren, and the two counties of the north are stable and north, how can the army receive food and grass? Go south to Hanzhong, Bashu, Shu road is difficult, not conducive to my Xiliang iron cavalry to run, Xi Yongchu and Jianhe years, my Xizhou elite cavalry twice into Shuzhong, were broken by the Shu people by the barbarian soldiers, dead and wounded, now it is necessary to repeat the mistakes of the past. As for the Mandate of Heaven, this is the view of Confucianism, in recent years, the Han family has been dim, relatives and eunuchs have been fighting endlessly, and the heroes of the Quartet are surging, which is the time for heroes to use force! ”

Saying this, the kingdom looked around at the crowd and said in a loud voice:

"Everyone knows how to strike first; The latecomer is controlled by others, and the only way to take advantage of the victory is to attack and go west to take Chang'an, which is the best choice for the coalition army! ”

Several generals who had objections looked at each other a few times, and there was no way to refute them, so they had to sit down again, while the others only whispered quietly, and no one dared to stand up and question it anymore. Han Sui also had to speak at this time, he got up and shook his sleeves, glanced around at everyone, and then said calmly:

"What the general said is extremely true, taking advantage of the victory to attack, the west attack to take Chang'an is indeed the first choice of my army, so although it is dull, I also know that this is the time of God, I am willing to lead my troops and horses to obey the order in front of the horse, and march west together to capture Chang'an!"

As soon as Han Sui's words fell, the generals attached to his side were all surprised, in their opinion, it was a helpless move to promote the kingdom, and Han Sui, who had the most soldiers and horses under his account and the strongest strength, was the best candidate for the leader of the coalition army, so since the merger, the people and horses of the king and Han can be said to be distinct, and there is a faint tendency to resist the court. But now Han Sui is low and small, expressing his willingness to obey the orders of the kingdom, if it weren't for the fact that his lord's behavior has always been unexpected, the general who was anxious would have been shouting a long time ago.

As if sensing the doubts of the people below, Han Sui's slender and deep face flashed a strange and unpredictable smile, and he changed his words and then said;

"It's just that it is not the best policy to send troops in a hurry, and regardless of the fact that the counties of Liangzhou have not yet been completely annexed, and the other soldiers and horses have not yet arrived in Jicheng, I am afraid that it will take more time to raise the grain and grass of the army alone, otherwise once the war is unfavorable to the west, the grain and grass in the rear of the army will not be enough, although there are millions of people, there is nothing to do!"

Han Sui's words hit the crux of the kingdom's westward expansion plan, and the issue of grain and grass has always been the key to the unsustainable operation of the coalition forces, and the people on Han Sui's side took the opportunity to echo it.

At this time, the kingdom finally appreciated the power of the scheming Han Sui, he did not speak out against it like others, but he advanced his own army by retreating, and dug a big pit by the way. If he insists on countering under the guise of being a soldier and a soldier and a soldier with food for the enemy, then Han Sui doesn't mind stumbling on him on the way west, as long as the battle situation is stalemate, there will be a shortage of food and grass in the rear, and I am afraid that there will be another mutiny of Di Dao under the surging emotions.

The kingdom's eyes, which were holding sulk breath in his chest, stared at Han Sui with his eyes, and after a while, he spit out a breath of turbid air and said lightly:

"What Wen Yue said is reasonable, before going west, it is indeed necessary to ensure the stability of the rear and the supply of grain and grass, so that you can have no worries!"

As long as the general direction of westward expansion is determined, I am not afraid that there will be no chance to take down Han Sui's soldiers and horses.

The kingdom thought to himself.

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The military discussion that followed was nothing more than a discussion between the parties on how to conquer the city in Liangzhou and raise grain and grass for the west. In the end, a military discussion ended hastily in the open and secret fighting, and the coalition army initially set the strategy of westward expansion, but the war continued at the beginning of spring this year, and most of the counties missed the agricultural time, and the army wanted to raise enough grain and grass to wait until the next year.

For the fighting men who galloped most of the time, sitting in the hall was undoubtedly more uncomfortable than dancing with knives and guns, so as soon as the military discussion ended, they either surrounded the king and Han, or left the county government in groups of three or five, and did not stay for a moment.

A single general walked last, he was burly, more than eight feet tall, with slightly sunken eye sockets, a high nose bridge, and his appearance looked like a mixture of Han and Qiang.

He slowly paced outside the mansion, and the soldiers who had been waiting for a long time hurriedly came over, ready to wait for the horse. Unexpectedly, the general was not in a hurry, he turned over and looked at the wall inside the county gate after turning over his horse, and a trace of an unfathomable smile appeared on his face.

Just now, he was like an old monk in the hall, sitting on the wall and watching, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that behind the happy conversation between Wang and Han in the military conference was-for-tat. The kingdom wanted to take the opportunity of westward expansion to suppress Han Sui and lead all the soldiers and horses in one fell swoop, while the treacherous and cunning Han Sui changed his way to set up the kingdom that had just ascended to a high position, and the people below were divided into two factions, and even he was counted in the kingdom's side. The previous Wang and Han confluence were just caused by the situation, and it was inevitable that the latter two would turn their faces and fight, the difference was only that either Han Sui was annexed, or the kingdom was emptied.

Thinking of the scene of the battle between the two later, the burly general thought of a Liangzhou nursery rhyme he had heard before, and several of them were like this.

"Three horses race the road, two horses compete for the first, the front horse fights to death, and the back horse takes the lead."

It's best to use it here now, and when the kingdom and Han Sui fight each other and die, they will be in front.

Thinking of this, the general on the horse lowered his head and rubbed the mane of the horse, laughing, attracting a sideways glance from the soldiers around him.

The general didn't care, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly.

"At that time, people only knew Wang and Han, but who knew that at that time, it was me who was really the hero - Ma Shoucheng!"