"Fan Gong, at present, the Qin State is attacking Shu is too fierce, the general Wucheng Marquis Wang Jian led 400,000 Qin divisions to Jianzhou, and the three kingdoms of Hou Qin, Shu Han, and Hou Shu are powerless to move, and the defeat is probably not too sooner or later, I wanted to lead the troops straight down to Changzhou, in order to compete with Qin according to the land of the four states, I don't want Jing Luo to write to me to stop the army first, I am really unwilling, and please Fan Gong teach me!"

After taking Fan Li and Xi Shi back to Yizhou City all the way, Sima Yu invited Fan Li to the mansion for discussion.

This time he went north, Sima Yu gathered the strength of the four armies, and he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to annihilate the main force of the 250,000 Chengjia army and take Changzhou in one fell swoop.

Who would have thought that because of the 100,000 Qin troops led by Wang Ben, Sima Yu had to gather the strength of the army to annihilate the Qin army in one fell swoop under Beiguan City, but because of this, the combat power of the southern Wang army was exposed, so that Gongsun Kuang and Gongsun Jie, who occupied the five northern counties of Changzhou, had to stop fighting and preparing to join forces to resist Sima Yu.

Although the battle strength of the Chengjia army under the command of the two is not good, there are still 100,000 people, if they are determined to defend the city, with the strength of the southern royal army, I am afraid that there will be a lot of losses under the strong attack.

More importantly, according to the news from the Outer Cabinet, after the end of the Battle of Beiguancheng, Wu Han, who occupied Chongzhou, was also gathering a large army and was ready to go south to support Changzhou at any time.

Only then did Sima Yu have to consider Wang Meng's suggestion, and the 200,000 army stagnated in Yizhou City.

Wu Hannai is the founding general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, ranking second among the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, who has successively swept away Liu Yong, Dong Xian, Gongsun Shu, Lu Fang and other separatist forces, and is the most meritorious and capable general under Liu Xiu.

Wu Han also came to this world when he led troops into Shu to attack Gongsun Shu, and he was the first Gongsun Shu to unify Chongzhou in one step, and the emperor of the Eastern Han Empire Liu Xiu in the Central Plains was the main one, and called himself the Marquis of Guangping.

Chongzhou is one of the largest prefectures in the entire Shu area and population, with more than 800,000 people under the rule of Wu Han, many soldiers and generals, and the strength is far above Gongsun Shu.

If it weren't for the containment of the Western Xia and Fengxiang armies in the north, Changzhou would not have been able to call the shots by Gongsun Shu, and even the menacing Great Qin would have mainly relied on wooing Wu Han in the face of Wu Han.

In the battle of Chenshijun, 250,000 Chengjia troops were buried in Yongzhou, which made Wu Han see the opportunity to annex Changzhou, and he would not sit back and watch the southern Wang army get involved in the five northern counties of Changzhou.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is the population of my palace? What is the strength of the troops? ”

Fan Li didn't answer Sima Yu's question positively when he heard this, but asked rhetorically.

"Counting the two counties of Shangfeng and Shidao in Kuizhou and Xinna, there are nearly 9 million people under his rule and more than 400,000 troops."

Sima Yu calculated silently in his heart, and said after being silent for a while.

"What about the Qin Kingdom?" Fan Li continued.

"The Qin State sits on the two mansions of Yongliang, and also has the three prefectures of Shu, tens of millions of people under its rule, and millions of people with armor" Sima Yu's face sank and said truthfully.

How far the difference in strength between the two armies is!

"The Qin army went south to Shu with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, and it was still steady and steady step by step, the general of the Qin State Wang Jian has annexed Jianzhou for more than a month and has not been in the war, and the monarch has expanded two states with a state this year, what is the shortcoming? In Li's opinion, the top priority of the lord is not to expand the territory and merge the territory, but to rectify the internal government, select the virtuous, develop the locality, stabilize the new land, and externally form allies to jointly resist Qin. Now going north to the land of the five counties will only consume the strength of our army and force the Wu Han army to the opposite side of our army. Gongsun Guo, Gongsun Jie, the generation of the guards, the climate is not good, leaving the five counties is more conducive to us uniting the Wu Han army to resist the Qin army.

If the monarch really wants to move troops, Gongzhou in the east and Xizhou, Yuzhou, and Zizhou in the south are the best places to move. In a few years, when the people of the states are stable and the soldiers return to their hearts, the general trend has been achieved, and there are several states to resist Qin, what is there to fear? ”

Fan Li obviously had an understanding of the entire situation of the Southern Wang Army before deciding to join Sima Yu, and when he said something, Sima Yu couldn't help but nod frequently.

It is true that Sima Yu was indeed too anxious, thinking that with absolute control over the army, he could expand wildly.

But they didn't want to, what Wang Meng was worried about was that once the army was defeated, or the strength was seriously damaged, the Jinzhou and Nanyi that had just been occupied would be in chaos, and at that time, the Wu Han army or the Qin army would take advantage of the situation to attack, and the general situation would be in danger.

Therefore, at this critical juncture, Wang Meng and others, who were far away in Wangcheng, wrote to persuade Sima Yu to stop his troops.

"I'm afraid the Qin army won't give us a few years, judging from the news from the outer cabinet, the domestic forces of the Qin State are being frequently mobilized, and I am afraid that a large number of Qin troops will soon come to Shu to support Wang Qian, and the strength of the Three Kingdoms will inevitably be unable to resist. The Three Kingdoms were shattered, and our army bore the brunt of it, and the reason why I was in a hurry to take Changzhou was also to use Luzhou and Changzhou as a buffer zone to resist the Qin army! ”

Although Fan Li's words are reasonable, Sima Yu also has his own worries in his heart.

"Your Excellency, rest assured, I am willing to invite myself to envoys and send envoys to various states, I am confident that I will persuade them to unite against Qin and buy time for your lord!"

Fan Li smiled confidently and asked Sima Yu for his life.

"Good! With Fan Gong out of the horse, why worry about big things! ”

Sima Yu was overjoyed when he heard this.

He had long had the idea of uniting to resist Qin in his heart, but unfortunately he was suffering from no suitable candidate.

Originally, he was going to send Liu Xuanchu as an envoy, but he was afraid that he still had resentment in his heart and missed a major event.

"I will be the swordsman Wang Yue and the elite of the 500 army to walk with Fan Gong, protect Fan Gong's danger, and make friends with the money and materials needed by various countries, but if you need it, you can withdraw it at will!" Then Sima Yu waved his hand again and said heroically.

Wealth is moving!

Sima Yu, who came from later generations, knew very well that in dealing with this kind of matter, if you want to have a relationship, you must have money to lubricate it, so as to get twice the result with half the effort.

"Thank you!"

With Sima Yu's words, Fan Li's heart was also overjoyed, at least he could waste some less lips and tongues when doing certain things in the future.

Two days later, a carriage left Uiju City under the escort of 500 elite soldiers and headed for the five northern counties.

It was Fan Li who was preparing to send the second grandson and Wu Hanjun and other forces.

The conversation with Fan Li was like a bright light that swept away the doubts in Sima Yu's heart, officially changed the concept in his heart, stopped the idea of sending troops to the five northern counties of Changzhou, and instead sent Fan Li as an envoy to win over and divide.

At the same time, after Fan Li's envoy, the 200,000 troops gathered outside the city of Yizhou also began to slowly withdraw, except for the northern army that left Hu Luguang to guard Shangfeng and Shidao two counties, the rest of the eastern army, the southern army, and the Chinese army all returned and withdrew in the direction of Yongzhou.

In addition, in addition to the Northern Army, Sima Yu also set up the Governor's Mansion in Shangfeng and Shidao Counties, with Cui Zhouping as the governor, the military administration of the two counties, and Su Ze as the deputy.

With the withdrawal of the southern royal army, the originally tense situation in Changzhou eased, and everyone's attention suddenly shifted from Changzhou to Jianzhou, where the Three Kingdoms Alliance and the Qin army were opposed.