"Those who fix the sun, stick to the meaning of Yangshan. As the largest city between the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain and Yangshan, this place was originally the main road for the control of Yangshan, not to mention, it is also the shortest path in the north and south of Yinshan, which controls Guyang and the entire Jiuyuan. Ling Huye said to everyone.

"However, judging from the map, it seems that a Guyang cannot take on the heavy responsibility of guarding the eastern defense line." Niu Jian said, "The distance between the two places is too long, and the advantage is not obvious. ”

"The general takes a closer look." Ling Huye pointed to the old road of the Yellow River west of Guyang and east of Wuliangsuhai and said: "In the middle section of the place where Yangshan and Yinshan are sandwiched, there are two protrusions, which are shaped like gates, so they are also called Gaoque, and in order to distinguish them, they are called Yinshan Gaoque. ”

"One east and one west two high ques, tightly locked the passage of the Xiongnu to the south, just like two portals, rejecting the enemy from the outside, cleverly broken." Zhao Yong muttered.

"The gentleman just asked, whether the five plains are suitable, naturally it is not suitable. However, compared to the five plains, the nine plains are extremely suitable areas for farming. In particular, the land from the western end of Yinshan to Yuanyang is crisscrossed by rivers and does not have an extremely large amount of water like Wuyuan, so it is a very suitable area for farming. The prosperity of the mountains and rivers and the abundance of products are not as good as those in the Qin State Pass, but it is also a first-class cultivation place. Compared to the land of Zhao Realm, it is still excessive. ”

I'm afraid Zhao Yong himself doesn't know that the land that Ling Huye told him is the Eilechuan he once talked about.

Here, it is the Longxing land of the Tuoba clan of the Northern Wei Dynasty, where Tuoba Ji rebuilt the country and proclaimed himself the king. If we say a little farther, after the Northern Wei Dynasty drove Rouran to the north of Yinshan, it established six important military towns of Woye, Huaishuo, Wuchuan, Fuming, Rouxuan, and Huaihuang, forming a solid barrier to defend this land. And Woye Town is near Wuyuan, and Huaishuo Town is also near Guyang.

If you go a little further, Gao Huan from Huaishuo Town and Yu Wentai from Wuchuan Town split the Northern Wei regime into Eastern Wei and Western Wei, and then their sons deposed the emperors of Eastern Wei and Western Wei and established Northern Qi and Northern Zhou, and China entered the period of Northern and Southern Dynasties.

The uprising that began in Woye Town broke the six Han Baling, so that Yuwentai and other Wuchuan town generals successfully rose, so that they became the twelve generals of the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty, and these people not only influenced the Western Wei Dynasty, but also the subsequent Northern Zhou, Sui, Tang, etc. were influenced by them.

It is also this place that seems inconspicuous now, and its impact on Chinese history is far-reaching.

"Moreover, from the perspective of the old minister, although the five plains are good, they are swampy and not conducive to tuntian farming. And Jiuyuan is on its side, but it makes up for this shortcoming. So if our army wants to obtain the convenience of the Five Plains, the food of the Nine Plains is the most basic support. It is impossible to transport grain from Daijun here as it is at this time. ”

"Your Majesty, the last general will come from Shangjun, and he knows that Shangjun is mountainous, and its roads are complicated, and chariots cannot be paralleled, and there are high walls and fortified cities along the way, so it is really laborious to capture it. If you can't attack it, but are driven away by the Qin army that is several times your size, you can only return the same way. And the consequence of this is to be trapped on the bank of the river. Unless our army has enough strength to ensure that the ferry is in their own hands. Otherwise, it will be easy to be hit by the enemy. Xu Yuan also said worriedly.

Zhao Yong's idea was good, if he could not occupy the land east of the river or break through the Hangu Pass, cross the river from the narrow place in the upper reaches of the river and send troops to Shangjun, and then attack the south to Xianyang City in one fell swoop. It's a genius idea. However, after Xu Yuan and Li Zhuo's verification, it was found that the biggest problem was that the natural environment of Shangjun determined that this idea did not seem to be so perfect. Where is the weight of grain and grass arranged? How to choose a big river ferry? Attack in a flat or dry period? If the battle is unfavorable, how to withdraw the troops from the other side of the river in a short period of time are all practical problems before this idea.

"And if our army can occupy Wuyuan, then if we go south and cross the Nanhe River along Wuyuan, we can go straight to the hinterland of the Yiqurong people and force the Yiqu people to go south and fight against the Qin people. When necessary, you can also unite with the Yiqu people to go south from the back of the Qin State into the Guanzhong Plain, and you can also reach the city of Xianyang. What's more, there is the grain of Jiuyuan as a guarantee, and the west of the Yiqu people is also a fertile soil. For the army, it can be very beneficial. "Helai Mountain, that is, Helan Mountain, is named after the Helai tribe entrenched under Helan Mountain. The reason why Ling Huye participated in it was because in his opinion, if with the support of Zhao State, the Linhu people went south to compete with the Yiqu people for hegemony, then he could also contribute to the growth of Linhu.

But Zhao Yong didn't think so, what he considered was to occupy the Five Plains and the Nine Plains, although he had a good horse farm and fertile land, but the area east of Yunzhong City was enough for Zhao to raise horses and reclaim land. At the beginning, he also hoped to sweep away all the nomads entrenched in the Hetao and do it once and for all, but at that time, the power of the Xiongnu had not yet reached the Yinshan area. With the internal migration of the Qiulin and Huyan tribes, the Xiongnu have become an important factor threatening this region. If Zhao continues to attack, then the next enemy will inevitably be the Xiongnu.

Xiongnu, Xiongnu. The strong Qin and the strong man are all mobilized because of this. Zhao Yong may not know Meng Tian's feat of attacking the Huns in the north, but the two TV series "The Son of Heaven" and "The Emperor of the Han Dynasty" are well-known, so he naturally watched them. The eloquent Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attacked the Xiongnu in the north, which led to the boiling of public resentment in the later period. Maybe his exploits are so great, but for the people of the Han Dynasty at that time, they were just young people who died outside the fortress and wanderers who fell at the foot of the Great Wall. And the result of this is only to expel the Xiongnu, and with the current strength of Zhao State, can it really hold this land? What is the price to pay?

As a modern person, it is not surprising that Zhao Yong has this kind of thought. The greatness of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty lies in making a nation stand up for its backbone, and those accumulated white bones are also sacrifices that have to be made. This contradiction is irreconcilable. What's more, the boiling of public resentment in the later period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not only the Han-Hungarian War, but the essential reason for the redemption of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The reason why the Xiongnu were strong during the Han Dynasty was precisely because they captured Wuyuan and Jiuyuan from the hands of the Qin Dynasty and laid their own strong foundation. And if you can't get this land now, then if you want to take it in the future, it will never be as easy as it is today.

The butterfly flickered its wings, causing a storm to stir history, Zhao Yong stood at the crossroads of history without knowing it, history always invisibly puts the heavy burden on your shoulders. Whether to start the bloody storm of the Central Plains Dynasty and the nomads who have endured thousands of years under the Yin Mountain is in the hands of Zhao Yong.

"Your Majesty." Niu Jian watched Zhao Yong pacing back and forth, although he didn't know what Zhao Yong was hesitating, but he could deeply understand the entanglement in Zhao Yong's heart. Yes, having obtained the Five Plains and the Nine Plains, it is not only necessary to face the Xiongnu in the north, but also to consider the ideas of the Yiqu and Qin people, this is a matter of national policy, and it is indeed a little difficult to let such a young man bear it. "Your Majesty, the old minister is willing to be the striker, sweep the Nine Plains and the Five Plains for His Majesty, and use this body to guard the clouds. Even if the old minister was broken and buried here, he categorically refused to let a single Hun enter the territory of my Zhao State. Please also make it perfect! ”

Niu Qian's life, although he has fought countless battles, but what makes him most proud is on this grassland. He could predict that after the Northern Expedition, Zhao Guo would enter the next period of recuperation, and he was getting old, and he would definitely not be Zhao Yong's choice to dominate the Central Plains. His mission has ended, rather than dying in obscurity in Handan City, it is better to die in this land and let people remember Wandai.

"Your Majesty, we are also willing to drive for your majesty, sword mountains and sea of fire, and never give up!" Xu Yuan and Li Zhuo also prostrate on the ground for a long time. For them, this Northern Expedition without other generals intervened, it was a great opportunity for them to make contributions, and since Niu Jian took the lead, they had to seize the time to express their position.

"Although Xiao Wang has just been hit hard, his strength is still there. If the king does not give up, Xiao Wang is willing to use the Lin Hu cavalry to help the king calm this place and clarify Yuyu"

On the empty hall, only Zhao Yong was still standing, he looked at the people who asked for their lives, the decisiveness of the past turned into a gloomy cloud between his eyebrows, if he agreed, he would face the attack of the Huns and the defense of the Qin people and the Yiqu people, and even shake the national capital of the Zhao State; If you don't agree, the army will lose heart, fall short, and lose face. It's hard to decide where to go.

When he saw the banner of Zhao Guo fluttering on Cloud City, which had been flying on Cloud City, Zhuoka had been frowning for many days, and finally was able to stretch. She put down the curtain of the ox cart, shook Qiu Linyue, who was already unconscious, and touched her forehead again, it was already very hot. This is the third day she has been in a coma. Yuan Yangcheng's doctor told her that if she still had a high fever on the fourth day, then Qiu Linyue's life would be in danger. And with the conditions of Yuanyang City, there is no way to treat her at all, only by going to the clouds to find Zhao Yong, can he have a chance to save Qiu Linyue, because the army has gone on the expedition and has taken away all the best doctors. So Zhuoka and the others hurried to rush from the original starry night to Cloud City.

Whether Qiu Linyue is dead or alive, the decision is in the hands of Zhao Yong, and the decision on whether the Zhao State is prosperous or declining is also in the hands of Zhao Yong.

The choice is never something that can be decided by a coin toss, only a fool would do it.

(End of chapter)