On this day, De Yihai was planning how to attack Datang, and suddenly someone came to report that there were five people who wanted to see him.

De Yihai let the five people in.

The five people who wanted to see De Yihai were none other than Dao An and his four apprentices.

As mentioned earlier, Dao An and his four apprentices caused trouble on Li Tang's ground, and they didn't dare to stay on Li Tang's ground anymore, so they ran to the ground in Xishu.

Today, Dao An and his four apprentices came to Xishu.

When Dao'an and the others first entered the ground of Xishu, they didn't dare to show their faces. A few days ago, Dao'an and a few people got the news, saying that Wang Yan, the king of Xishu, was planning to fight Li Tang, and Dao'an and a few people dared to show up.

Today, Dao'an and a few people came to see De Yihai.

As soon as Dao An saw De Yihai, Dao An said to De Yihai: "Marshal De, now is the right time for you to raise an army to attack Li Tang." Now Li Tang has just destroyed Zhu Liang, Li Tang is already exhausted, if you send troops at this time, you will definitely win. ”

De Yihai nodded.

De Yihai said in his heart: This still needs to be said!

However, Dao'an's words below can make De Yihai happy for a while.

Dao An said: "Now I understand the internal situation of Li Tang. I just came over there. Now Li Tang's emperor Li Cunmiao In order to develop production, he followed the example of Zhuge Liang in Qishan Tun Grain, and many of his soldiers were let to grow grain. Now Li Tangtang's soldiers are less than 100,000 inside and out. ”

When De Yihai heard this, he was shocked.

De Yihai said: "What? Such a big Li Tang, Li Tang, who owns the land of five states, only has 100,000 soldiers in the country? ”

Daoan said, "Yes. Before Li Tang destroyed Zhu Liang, Li Tang's emperor Li Cunqiao had promised the common people in his country that after killing Zhu Liang, he would let a large part of his army retire and go home. Now that Li Tang has really destroyed Zhu Liang, Li Tang's emperor Li Cunqiao has fulfilled his promise and let a large part of his soldiers retire and go home. Therefore, there are not many soldiers in Li Tang's country now. ”

De Yihai said: "Yes? ”

Dao An said: "Also, when Li Tang and Zhu Liang were fighting, the people in his country were also very hard. When Li Tang and Zhu Liang were fighting, many ordinary people in his country were conscripted, and the common people who grew grain in his country were basically old, weak, women, and children, and the common people also paid a lot of taxes. You think, so many people are fighting, where does the salary for this war come from, and it doesn't come from the people's taxes! ”

When De Yihai heard it, he laughed.

Dao An said: "So, if you send troops to fight him at this time, he will definitely be unlucky." ”

De Yihai said: "Yes! ”

Daoan said, "Yes. You think, if there is a war, Emperor Li Tang's promise to the people in his country will not be fulfilled. He said that if he let his soldiers retire, then he could not retire. You think, if many of his soldiers are retired, how can he fight? ”

At this time, De Yihai burst into laughter again.

Dao An also said: "Also, Li Tang's emperor Li Cunqiao also promised the old people in his country that if Zhu Liang was destroyed, he would reduce rent and taxes for the people in his country. Now he did say that, and he said that when the tax was collected after the autumn, the rent and tax would be reduced. It's just that it's not yet time to collect taxes after the fall. If there is another war at this time, his promise to reduce rents and taxes for the people in his country will not be fulfilled. You think, if he doesn't have more taxes to pay his military salary, how can he go to war? ”

When De Yihai heard this, he burst into laughter again.

De Yihai said: "In your opinion, how will we attack it?" ”

Dao An said: "Among the contemptible people, we will attack its Qinchuan first with lightning speed. ”

De Yihai said: "Attack its Qinchuan first? ”

Daoan said, "Yes. Attack its Qinchuan first. Now there are not many soldiers in Li Tang who can really go to the battlefield. At this time, we attacked its Qinchuan first with lightning speed, and we were foolproof. ”

De Yihai said: "What about after that? In the future, if he knew that his Qin Chuan was lost, would he be able to give up? Don't look at his current soldiers, if he knows that something happened, his retired soldiers will soon be recruited back! ”

Daoan said, "That's nothing. If he knew that his Qin Chuan was lost, he would have transferred people from all over his country, and there would not be many of them. Li Tang used to have 500,000 soldiers, but many of his soldiers could not be transferred. Li Tang knows the situation in China. When he was fighting with Zhu Liang, many of his soldiers were wounded. Besides, Li Tang's territory is so big, he can't use all his soldiers to fight with us, right? Also, if we take his Qin Chuan, we will have to accept some of his troops! In my opinion, the maximum number of people he can fight with us at that time is 300,000, and maybe not even 200,000. And what about us? We now have 200,000 horses. After we knock Qin Chuan down, let's collect some more. In addition, the terrain of Qinchuan is dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack, and when I see it, it will not be a problem for us to defend Qinchuan. ”

At this time, De Yihai burst into laughter again.

De Yihai asked again: "What about after that?" ”

Dao An said: "In the future, let's rest for a while." ”

De Yihai said: "Why? ”

Dao An said: "Why, I will tell you slowly in the future." ”

De Yihai said: "Okay! ”

Dao An said: "In short, now that you are raising troops, it is a hundred benefits and no harm to you. Taking a step back, even if you can't get the whole world, you can at least get Qinchuan. Take a hundred steps back, even if you can't get Qinchuan permanently, even if you get Qinchuan, you will soon be recaptured by him after you get Qinchuan, you can still get something from Qinchuan, get some soldiers, horses, food and grass or something. Take a thousand steps back, you raised troops this time, even if you didn't succeed in the first step, you didn't even fight his Qin Chuan, you won't lose anything, right? Will they dare to retaliate against you in the future? Take 10,000 steps back, even if he dares to retaliate against you in the future, even if he dares to raise troops to fight you in the future, you still have the "Seven Nations Contract" signed with Wu, Wu Yue, Chu, Southern Han, Nanping, and Fujian! Didn't your "Seven-Power Compact" say that one side is in trouble and all sides are supporting! If he dares to raise troops to fight you, then Wu, Wu Yue, Chu, Southern Han, Nanping, and Min must not be able to watch it? ”

At this time, De Yihai burst into laughter again.

It seems that De Yihai will not do anything else, he will only laugh.

From then on, De Yihai began to plot to fight Li Tang. So, where is the Qin Chuan that Dao An said?

Qinchuan is now all of Shaanxi, as well as most of Ningxia and part of Gansu. Qinchuan was a state in Li Tang at that time. At that time, Li Tang had five states, and Qinchuan was one of them. At that time, the geographical location of Qinchuan was very important. It is bounded by the Yellow River to the east, the Yellow River to the west, the Great Wall to the north, and the mountains bordering Xishu to the south. At that time, it was a primitive war of swords and guns, and as long as there were big rivers and mountains blocking the road, it was not easy for the army to pass through. Didn't Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period have an army of 830,000 who did not cross the Yangtze River? Therefore, the geographical location of Qinchuan is very important. Moreover, on the other grounds of Qinchuan and Li Tang, only Tongguan can pass through one road.

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From then on, De Yihai and Daoan began to plan to fight Li Tang.

The purpose of De Yihai is: as long as Li Tang is destroyed, it will not be far from the unification of the world. Because the other countries other than Li Tang have very small territories and few soldiers and horses. Destroying Li Tang and then destroying them is not a problem at all.

In addition, De Yihai has another purpose: that is, after he takes all the world, he will pull Wang Yan, the king of Xishu, from his seat, and he will be the emperor.

Dao'an's purpose: Li Tang has a holiday with him, the more enemies Li Tang has, the better, and everyone will fight with Li Tang? Everyone fights with Li Tang, I am happy when I watch it, and I am comfortable when I look at it. You Li Tang want to live a good life in peace for a few days, but you can't do it at all!

Dao Anxin said: Li Cunxuan, you have made us so miserable, you want to be the emperor in peace, stability and happiness, nothing like that, this time I have to let you talk without words.

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Twenty days later, De Yihai's men and horses were put in order.

On this day, they will send troops.

This time, it was personally conquered by Wang Yan, the "emperor" of Xishu.

This time, it was De Yihai's idea to let the "emperor" drive the expedition in person.

De Yihai said to the "emperor" Wang Yan a few days ago, saying that if there is an emperor and you driving in person this time, then we will be able to successfully destroy Li Tang in one fell swoop.

Actually, De Yihai didn't think like this in his heart, De Yihai thought this in his heart: If Wang Yan can go to this war in person, and if Wang Yan can die on the battlefield in this war, then I will save trouble in the future, and then pull him down from his seat.

In this way, Wang Yan, the king of Western Shu, commanded 200,000 troops to personally recruit and send troops to the Tang Dynasty.