Xiahou's family got the news sent by Li Ang, enough for them to launch a deadly political offensive against Jijing's separation, the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate concealed the battle report of the border pass, and someone needed to take responsibility, and this candidate is best than the Beiting Metropolitan Governor, the head of the Xiahou family, for the royal family and the family alliance, this kind of concealment is taboo, for the royal family, it can be considered that the Xiahou family has a heart of disobedience, and for the family alliance, the Xiahou division is to destroy the stability of the country, when the Great Qin opened the country, Emperor Taizu's sentence of ruling the world with the family is not empty words, the imperial family and the family alliance represented by the emperor is an inseparable interest whole, although there will usually be contradictions due to the distribution of various interests, but when anyone wants to destroy all this, they will not hesitate to unite.

Thirty years ago, Emperor Wen's father thought that the power of Xiahou Ben's family was too strong at that time, so he took advantage of the assassination of Emperor Wen, who was still the crown prince at the time, to take away the title of Zhenguo Duke of Xiahou's own family, and transferred it to the Xiahou family in Jijing. So when Xiahou Mao took the military newspaper that Li Ang gave him to visit those great families who had always had a good relationship with them, all the people expressed their support, and the dignitaries of the family should be gathered in Chang'an, so that Daqin would never have to worry about it. Emperor Taizu, who experienced the fall of the old Han Dynasty. The Great Qin emperors and the alliance of the local families in power were the same, and they allowed the emergence of rich and rival local families in the local area. But absolutely resist the arrogance that owns a large number of fields and manpower.

After telling the news to Xiahou's family, Li Ang returned to his manor and lived a leisurely pastoral life, although he helped Xiahou's family, but he didn't intend to be involved in this matter, of course, he said hello to Cao Anmin about this matter. He didn't want to be suspicious of the emperor, as long as the emperor was on his side, he could sit back and relax.

In the courtyard in the afternoon, when Li Ang was teasing his children, someone came to the palace, and Cao Anmin wanted to summon him, and the matter seemed to be urgent. After handing over the children to Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang on the side, Li Ang took Li Cunxiao out of the village. Heading straight to Chang'an City, although the officers of the Black Cavalry Battalion who came to announce did not reveal what happened, Li Ang could probably guess something, presumably something happened in the river.

Inside the apse of Weiyang Palace. The chief of Zhishi and the big Sima had already arrived before Li Ang, looking at the two bosses. Li Ang's heart suddenly tightened, Cao Anmin actually gathered the three of them, which showed that something big had happened. opened his mouth to say a few words, and just when Li Ang wanted to dig up some news from the chief and the big Sima, Cao Anmin came. "You all go down." Looking at the three of them, Cao Anmin waved off the guards and asked them to close the door of the palace.

"This is a confidential battle report from the river." Cao Anmin threw a document to Li Ang, "The Huns used a large army, far from our imagination. Cao Anmin's tone was heavy, last year he adopted Li Ang's suggestion, let the Anxi Protectorate take the initiative, the 50,000 light cavalry led by the Ma army, before the autumn into the territory of the Huns, cut 60,000 levels, and also destroyed a Huns used to hoard military food supply logistics ground, successfully forced the Huns to be unable to launch an autumn offensive in the river, and bought a winter time for Daqin to train new soldiers, before the spring, Cao Anmin and Juntang sent nearly 70,000 soldiers who had completed the early training to the front line bordering the Xiongnu in the river, But what I didn't expect was that the Huns actually attacked Hezhong with blood, and as soon as spring began, 400,000 troops were pressed against the front line in Hezhong, and if you count the logistics personnel, the number of troops reached a terrifying 600,000.

After circulating, Li Ang and the two old men beside him who had gone through the wind and rain were frowning, this military information was transmitted back from Hezhong, and it can be seen from above that the reinforcements from Chang'an are still quite far away from them, at least in the month that this military information is sent, the 50,000 Daqin soldiers guarding the border line will face 400,000 Hun soldiers. "The Huns have made a move, and the news from Upper and Lower Persia last winter suggests that Upper and Lower Persia seem to have reached some kind of alliance, so I fear that something will happen to the western front of the river." Cao Anmin said with some concern, although he was full of confidence in Great Qin's national strength, he needed time to build a huge army with the money and grain in the treasury, and it was difficult to completely hold the river with the existing number of troops in Great Qin.

"The Persians should not send troops, but the strength of our army on the western front is absolutely pinned, and we have to increase our troops on the western front at the same time." Seeing that neither the big Sima nor the chief officer expressed their opinions, Li Ang only

At this time, Cao Anmin had already let his personal henchmen move out of the sand table in the river.

"Since Emperor Taizu broke the Rest Empire, Persia has been divided into two countries, and for more than a hundred years they have been fighting each other endlessly, although they have made an alliance at this time, but in the eyes of the ministers, this so-called alliance is just a piece of paper that can be discarded at any time." In his eyes, the Huns on the northern front have already attacked, so there is no other way but to fight, and the western front must not let the Persians get involved, otherwise, in the face of the dilemma of a two-line attack, with the current strength of Great Qin in the river, it is absolutely difficult to hold, and even face the possibility of annihilation.

"The alliance of the Persians lies in containing our army, and the minister thinks that the Huns are likely to collude with the Persians." Li Ang looked at the two Persian countries in the sand table, which were not too far away from the Huns, and said in a deep voice, although all this was based on his own speculation, but Li Ang thought that his speculation was correct, otherwise it would be difficult to explain why those damn Persians reached an alliance last winter, which was obviously aimed at the situation that Great Qin was facing now.

For Li Ang's analysis, Da Sima and the chief nodded, the unsheathed knife is the most terrifying, the Huns made a move, there is nothing to be afraid of, but the Persians, they have to beware of when they stabbed the dark knife.

"Is there any countermeasure against the Persians?" Cao Anmin looked at Li Ang, "At least until we clean up the Huns, let them settle down." ”

"It's not impossible to let the Persians settle down, but our army still has to suffer some losses." The chief muttered to himself, and the big Sima and Li Ang beside him also showed a somewhat helpless expression, Daqin has always dealt with the upper and lower Persias, all of which are to pull a country and fight a country, usually to help a weak country fight a strong country, so that the two countries can always maintain a balance of power, and now they can also send envoys to the weak Upper Persia, knowing the benefits, so that they dare not act rashly, as long as the upper Persia does not move, the lower Persia will never dare to move, but despite this, it is still difficult to avoid the increase of troops on the Western Front, after all, military deterrence is the foundation of diplomacy, Without a military force that would make Upper and Lower Persia fearful, there is no guarantee that the two countries will not join forces to attack the river.

Cao Anmin quickly understood, and immediately made a decision, "As long as you can make the Persians stay honestly and stay still, they will be pinned down." ”

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"Your Majesty, in fact, the minister thinks there is another way to solve the Persians." Li Ang hesitated for a moment, and finally planned to express his considerations, he has always liked to take the initiative to attack, and it is not in line with his style to sit back and watch Daqin's troops being pinned down by the Persians.

"Tell me about it!" Da Sima and the chief were more concerned about Li Ang's methods than Cao Anmin, after all, for the two old men who had experienced the peak of Great Qin's hegemony, they hated the passive situation.

"If we don't stick to the Western Front, but take the initiative to attack one of the countries in Upper and Lower Persia, I wonder how Your Majesty and the two lords think the other country will react?" Leon didn't say it, but asked a question.

"Do you mean to take the initiative and unite a weak country to attack a strong country?" Da Sima didn't quite understand it, but he still understood what Li Ang meant according to the practice of Daqin in the past.

"That's not right." At this time, Cao Anmin suddenly spoke, he had a deep friendship with Li Ang, he knew too well that this was his most important famous general and friend, and he would never stick to his predecessors, "I think that Li Qing's family wants to unite with a strong country to attack the weak country this time." ”

"What a trick! Presumably, Lower Persia, which now has a strong position between the two countries, will never give up this good opportunity to unify Persia. The chief saw through the key to this at a glance, for Lower Persia, instead of attacking the heavily defended river, it was better to take the opportunity to unify Persia and reproduce the former Sabbatical Empire, but having said that, in fact, the chief did not agree with this method, once Persia was unified, then Great Qin's Silk Road hegemony would be challenged, and Great Qin would no longer have the diplomatic advantage in Upper and Lower Persia in the past.

Cao Anmin also frowned, obviously he also thought of the disadvantages, a unified Persia, a re-emerging Rest Empire, thinking of the battle between Emperor Taizu and the Rest Empire, Cao Anmin hesitated, the two generations of emperors of Taizu and Taizong plus countless advisers and fierce generals split the once powerful Rest Empire into two countries, and now if Persia is unified...

"Whether Persia can be unified or not depends on our will, Your Majesty!" Seeing that Cao Anmin and Da Sima were all hesitant, Li Ang knew their concerns, so he opened his mouth and said in a deep voice, he knew that only by persuading these three people could Juntang carry out the strategic plan he had constructed.