The corners of Yuan Yun's mouth were constantly twitching, the main reason was that a group of old men were playing happily around the huge sandbox, looking at them like those children in the future, constantly fiddling with the city, trenches, and various fortifications on the sandbox, and everyone's eyes exuded a strange brilliance.

"This time we entered from Tongguan, then turned to Anding, then crossed the street pavilion from Anding County, and then went straight to Longxi, and finally occupied Jincheng, so even if these Guanzhong warlords unite again, it will be too late to resist our offensive." Cao Ang looked very confident after speaking, and Yuan Yun also knew very well that this strategy had been discussed with Jia Xu and other staff members for a long time.

During this period, Yuan Yun also told Zhuge Liang about it, and Zhuge Liang's opinion was the same as that of Jia Xu and others, that is, to take advantage of the instability of the Xiliang area, and then insert the gunpowder army into it like a nail, thus completely destroying the possibility that they could unite again.

Cao Ang drew a curved line on the sandbox, this is the route of the gunpowder army's actions, but on the boundary of Chang'an, Cao Ang planted a small flag, and there was some hesitation in his eyes.

Yuan Yun glanced at the sandbox in front of him, and wiped out the city of Chang'an directly with a big hand without thinking about it, just when everyone was surprised, he smiled and said: "Looking ahead and looking backward is the big taboo for us to fail, if you are worried that dealing with Duan Xuan will be accused by the imperial court, it is better to wait for us to calm down Xiliang and then come to plan, the big deal is to offset the credit, we still make money." ”

Hearing this, Cao Ang immediately nodded and agreed: "What Brother Yun said is very true, instead of being timid here, it is better to just do it and say it." ”

Yuan Yun saw that Cao Ang supported him, and immediately continued: "When our gunpowder army enters Chang'an in a big way, we will take away Duan Xuan's city order, and he will pay it, and if he doesn't pay it, he will pay it, and the worst thing is that we will blow up the city gate of Chang'an again, and then see how he resists?" ”

Zhang Liao smiled and said: "I already know the defense of Chang'an City, even if Duan Xuan has the ability, he can't resist our attack, except to disarm and surrender, he really has no choice." ”

Jia Xu also smiled and said: "No poison, no husband, you have to do it absolutely, it is best to let that Duan Xuan die in this incident, if Xiliang is beaten down later, the court will be held accountable, and the old man will bear it with all his might, Duan Xuan will die, Chang'an can really settle down, and we don't have to worry about the rear being raided." ”

Cao Ang snorted and said, "After taking Chang'an, General Zhang Jaw will take over the post of city commander, and I will leave a thousand gunpowder army soldiers, if those miscellaneous soldiers of Duan Xuan dare to act rashly, even kill them all!" ”

Yuan Yun instantly shook his head, Duan Xuan's so-called soldiers are actually the current labor force in Chang'an, these people are basically ordinary people in normal times, and they will only be recruited in wartime, so it is a pity to kill them like this.

After thinking about it, Yuan Yun arched his hand and said: "Duan Xuan has been in Chang'an for so many years, he only knows how to strengthen the city defense, and also to expand the army in his hands, but he doesn't care much about the people's livelihood, and it is still the same as Li Dao back then, so the people of Chang'an probably don't like him for the majority."

As long as we take Chang'an, and then let Mr. Yuan Chang implement a pro-people policy there, disband all the troops and go home to farm, and give a certain amount of funding, it will inevitably make Chang'an completely stable, only those extreme few people need to be killed, and we must leave those laborers. ”

Cao Ang raised his eyebrows, knowing that Yuan Yun was angry again, and he always regarded labor as extremely important, so whether it was a captive or a homeless, he had always been recruiting over the years, and then there were all kinds of so-called brainwashing, and now it seems that the benefits do outweigh the disadvantages.

Thinking like this, Cao Ang also nodded, and said: "Then according to what Brother Yun said, after returning to Chang'an and taking it, he will hand it over to Mr. Yuan Chang and Zhang Jaw to take care of, as for Duan Xuan, I'm afraid he can't stay, if he returns to Xu Capital alive, he will definitely make a lot of trouble with the help of Cao Ren, it is better to kill it with a knife and avoid disaster." ”

Zhong Xuan immediately raised his thumb when he heard this, obviously none of the people present were good, as long as it was beneficial to their own side, they would be very utilitarian, and they still had no intention of showing mercy to people like Duan Xuan who were their own people.

After everyone discussed for a while, Zhang Liao suddenly frowned and said: "Xiliang is a little flat over there, although we have Li Li to lead the way, but once we enter the huge plain area, it is a little dangerous after all, Ma Teng is known as having the best iron horse in the Han Dynasty." ”

Yuan Yun heard Zhang Liao say this, the corners of his mouth immediately drew a beautiful arc, and then said: "The hot air balloon I told you before, although it cannot be mass-produced because of the material, but now there are two, when I returned from Hanzhong, I had already seen Ma Jun and others doing the finishing work, and according to the current progress, it should be time to catch up with our action."

With this hot air balloon, as long as it is tied to a rope and then suspended above the army, it can be observed that dozens of miles away, as long as the enemy army appears, it will definitely not be able to escape the reconnaissance of the personnel on the hot air balloon, so General Zhang can rest assured, you only need to do a good job of defending the night camp. ”

Zhang Liao heard Yuan Yun talk about the hot air balloon, and the excitement in his eyes was immediately revealed, if Yuan Yun dared to put the hot air balloon in Cao Ang's mansion now, he Zhang Liao would dare to sit directly on it and take off first.

After suppressing the excitement in his heart a little, Zhang Liao patted his chest and said: "There is naturally no problem with camping at night, the camp of the Gunpowder Army is not so easy to break through, if Ma Teng really dares to take the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to attack at night, I guarantee that he will not even be able to cross the steel wire fence." ”

After speaking, Zhang Liao immediately changed his words and asked eagerly: "When will the hot air balloon be seen?" How high can you fly? ”

The corners of Yuan Yun's mouth twitched twice, and he replied: "It can be prepared this afternoon, and it should be able to conduct the first experiment tomorrow morning, and then we will go and see together, but the operators have been selected, and General Zhang may not have a chance to board it, after all, some training is still needed." ”

When Zhang Liao heard Yuan Yun say this, the disappointment in his eyes immediately appeared, but in the end, he smiled and said: "And it's worth it to take a look, if there is such a high-altitude reconnaissance thing, it is like the army has eagle eyes, and it can naturally be guaranteed." ”

As soon as Zhang Liao finished speaking, a group of people laughed, obviously thinking that the Gunpowder Army was already an invincible existence.

Just when everyone was happy, I only heard a report from one of Cao Ang's personal guards, saying that Cheng Yu, who had not been seen for a long time, was here, and was waiting in the front hall at the moment.

Cao Ang was slightly stunned, he didn't know how Cheng Yu came at this time, his eyes were full of doubts, after all, the matter of the Gunpowder Army's expedition to Xiliang is still extremely secret, except for these few people in his study, it is impossible for others to know, if Cheng Yu is really here for this matter, then it is likely that the Gunpowder Army has not yet set out, and the plan will be aborted.

After greeting everyone, Cao Ang took Yuan Yun to the front hall, and his heart was naturally up and down, and when he arrived in the hall, he saw Cheng Yu sitting there steadily, holding the tea that the subordinates had just served, and when he saw Yuan Yun and Cao Ang entering the door, he quickly got up and saluted.

Cao Ang sat down and immediately asked, "What is the matter with Zhong De's coming here this time?" ”

Cheng Yu smiled, then pointed at Yuan Yun and said, "Lord Cao Sikong specially ordered Yuan Hou to enter Yecheng, and asked Yuan Hou to bring 10,000 gunpowder army soldiers. ”

Cao Ang glanced at Yuan Yun in surprise, then turned his head and asked Cheng Yu again: "Mr. Zhongde, can you tell me more details, the gunpowder army has just returned from there, why is it going to go over now, and let Brother Yun command, is this a bit abrupt?" ”

Cheng Yu nodded and said, "It's really abrupt, but now it's been confirmed that Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang have fled to Karasuma, so the lord has already begun to prepare for the crusade, which requires the support of the Gunpowder Army." ”

Cao Ang became even more suspicious when he heard this, glanced at Yuan Yun again, and then said: "If it is to crusade against Karasuma, why don't you choose me or General Zhang Liao, but choose Brother Yun, after all, Brother Yun is not good at leading troops." ”

Cheng Yu shook his hand and said helplessly: "Several of us are so consoling the lord, but the lord doesn't know what he is thinking, so he made up his mind and only let Yuan Hou lead 10,000 gunpowder troops to participate." ”

Cao Ang frowned deeply, Yuan Yun on the side was also average, now Cao Cao crusaded against Karasuma, and then took away 10,000 gunpowder army soldiers, which is tantamount to making Luoyang's crusade against Xiliang worse, after all, now Luoyang's gunpowder army is less than 50,000 people, and there are 10,000 fewer horses at once, and there are only less than 30,000 combatable soldiers left who can go to Xiliang to fight.

The most troublesome thing is that Cao Ang can't refuse now, and it is impossible to inform Cheng Yu at this time that Lao Tzu is going to send troops to Xiliang, so he can't support Cao Cao, Lao Tzu, so you can solve it yourself.

If you really want to say this, it is equivalent to the miscarriage of the plan to crusade against Xiliang, after all, so far, Cao Ang has only informed Cao Cao that he is already planning to deal with Xiliang, but no one would have thought that things would go so fast, after all, Yuan Yun had made a lot of arrangements a long time ago.

"It's okay, now that there are a few tanks, since there is a demand in the north, I'll bring 10,000 gunpowder troops over." Yuan Yun already knew that there was no way to avoid it, and Cao Cao's order could not be refused, but he couldn't reveal the secret of Luoyang's crusade against Xiliang, so he could only go to Karasuma by himself at this moment.

Thinking like this, Yuan Yun was stunned in his heart, his Xuanwei Hou was the one who robbed Zhang Xiu, in history, Zhang Xiu died during the crusade against Karasuma, and if he went this time, he wouldn't be as unlucky as him, right?

"No! We must find a way to remove the title of Marquis of Xuanwei, and it is best to change it to a different title, otherwise it will be too unlucky. When Yuan Yun was thinking in his heart, Cheng Yu was really stunned, because Yuan Yun had always been more resistant to going to the battlefield, and this time he agreed so happily, it is not surprising that there are ghosts.

After looking at Yuan Yun carefully for a while, Cheng Yu was suddenly startled, and then looked at Cao Ang and said, "Could the prince have made any big moves recently?" ”

O old fox!

Yuan Yun sighed secretly and hurriedly explained: "I actually want to go to Karasuma to go around, I heard that the pasture over there is very suitable for raising horses, this time it is for the future business plan, if you can occupy a few pastures, the farm in Beihai can be expanded." ”

Cheng Yu still had some doubts in his heart when he heard this, and finally chose to ignore it, after all, there were some things he felt that he still didn't know, so that even if the lord Cao Cao asked later, he could have a clear conscience.

So Cheng Yu assumed that what Yuan Yun said was true, nodded and said: "This is very good, as long as Karasuma is won this time, Yuan Hou can have as much grassland as he wants, and I Cheng Yu can still guarantee this." ”

Yuan Yun laughed loudly and said, "In this way, I will thank Mr. Zhongde, but when we return this time, I may need to take some waterways, because there are a few big guys who need to be transported, and the time will not be delayed for long, so please ask Mr. Zhongde to explain this to Cao Sikong." ”

Cheng Yu was stunned again, and said, "But what kind of tank did Yuan Hou just say?" ”

Yuan Yun nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Cheng Yu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said with a smile: "It must be some kind of big killer, right?" Since this is the case, then the old man will take the waterway with Yuan Hou, but he has to take a good look at these new things, Yuan Hou must have always been very powerful. ”