With Jia Xu joining the Tang Kingdom, it greatly complemented the depth of the Tang Kingdom's strategist lineup, and Fang Li was even more complacent.

With a wave of his sword, he ordered Ma Chao to be the vanguard, Deng Zhi to join the army, and Wang Ping to be the commander of the rear army.

As for Luoyang, with Cao Ren and Yang Youji plus Jian Yong stationed, Qin Chu is in a hurry, and there should be no problem in a short time, but when he left, Fang Li said a word to Jian Yong: "Luoyang Palace is 'strictly guarded' day and night, and no one is allowed to enter or leave without permission!" ”

The night march was inconvenient, but fortunately, the road from Luoyang was relatively flat, so the marching speed was not slow.

In the Chinese army, there were two carriages walking in a row, Fang Li did not ride a horse this time, but sat on the previous carriage, and Jia Xu, who was in poor health, was also in the same car.

Fang Li always thought that this was Guo Jiaguo's sacrificial wine, why did he come to a sick Wenhe? Hurry up and give me advice when I am cured, and repay the king's kindness!

At Jia Xu's request, Fang Li did not arrange any position for Jia Xu, but only acted with the army.

Of course, Fang Li hoped that Jia Xu would be able to offer a peerless plan as soon as possible, so that the Tang Army's actions would definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

However, Jia Xu is indeed not lightly ill, and he should not work too hard.

Anyway, everyone is coming, are you afraid that he won't contribute at that time?

With Qin Daren's treatment in the afternoon, and taking another pair of medicines in the evening, Jia Xu's spirit is much better now, and it may be a little difficult to get up and act, but the spirit of chatting and talking is still full.

"Lord, according to the minister's guess, the purpose of the lord's attack on Zhai this time is not just Zhai Guo, right?" Once Jia Xu has the spirit, the whole person becomes much neater, and he always likes to keep a straight face and look unsmiling.

Fang Li glanced at him with a smile, noncommittal, and said, "Wen He's health is much better now, I believe that he will be able to act normally in a few days." ”

"My lord?" Jia Xu looked at Fang Li with a serious face, and the meaning was obvious.

Fang Li didn't want him to work too hard, but since Jia Xu was earnest, he had to nod and say: "Yes, Zhai Guo's strength is empty now, and it is a matter of time before he takes it, the reason why the widow is in such a hurry this time is that he wants to take Ji Guo by the way while the world is paying attention to the battle of Qin and Chu, killing two birds with one stone." ”

"Although Ji is not very strong, among the small countries around Luoyang, it is the richest, and it can get a lot of money and grain if you take it." Jia Xu nodded and asked.

Fang Li smiled faintly, touched his chin with his hand and said, "Wen He is really as wise as a torch, you can know it with a guess." My Datang has risen too quickly, and there are constant wars, which requires a lot of money and food support, and a small country like Ji Guo, which is rich but not strong, is really a waste if it is not used by me. However, the widow's intentions are more than that, what does Wen He think? ”

When Fang Li said this, he had the meaning of comparison. Although judging from the data of Dianjiangtai and the legends he had heard before, this Jia Xu was the top strategist, but Fang Li still wanted to know about it for himself.

When Jia Xu heard this, his spirits perked, he coughed and cleared his throat, and said seriously: "I think that this problem should start from two aspects, mainly depending on the pursuit of the lord. If the lord just wants to be a prince who dominates one side, this move is to improve the territorial structure of the Tang Dynasty.

In Yichen's view, although Datang is now discovered quickly, the territory of Datang presents a long and narrow shape from north to south, and there are great hidden dangers. Such a territorial structure, if it was on the border, it might be easier to say, but now it is between powerful princes such as Qin, Wei, Jin, and Zhao, which is a bit dangerous. ”

When Fang Li heard this, he narrowed his eyes and said, "I want to hear it in detail!" ”

Jia Xu saw that Fang Li was interested, and he was even more interested, and said: "Such a land structure, firstly, is the lack of depth in the east and west, once it is attacked by Wei Zhao in the east and west, it is very likely to divide the Tang Dynasty into two and cut the north and south." On the other hand, there are many inconveniences in the future governance, which is not conducive to the long-term development of Datang. ”

Hearing this, Fang Li nodded, and suddenly thought of Cao Mengde, who was sitting in the Liang Kingdom.

If it is true as Jia Xu just said, the Tang Dynasty was divided into two by the enemy country from the middle, with Cao Cao's ambition, will he be self-reliant and emulate himself at that time? Fang Li was slightly worried in his heart.

"According to Wenhe's meaning, if Luoyang and several small surrounding countries are taken now, it may make my Datang's territory much wider, with depth, and room for maneuver, and this danger can be avoided?" Fang Li asked solemnly.

"Yes, with the filling of Luoyang and surrounding countries, the territorial structure of our Datang will be more reasonable, and it will be possible to dominate one side." Jia Xu said with blazing eyes.

Fang Li nodded, shook his head again, and said: "Wenhe, what you said is right, but the goal of the widow is not just to dominate one side, the ideal of the widow is to win the world!" ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he hurriedly stood up, bowed to Fang Li, and said loudly: "The lord is wise, and the minister is willing to follow the lord to the death, help the lord rule the world, and win the supreme!" ”

Fang Li looked at Jia Xu who was bent up, and knew in his heart that it was only at this time that this guy, who was cold on the surface and arrogant on the inside, could be regarded as truly subdued.

"Wenhe, please get up!" Fang Li helped Jia Xu up with a smile, and the two sat down again, and the atmosphere seemed to be more harmonious.

At this time, the two of them could be said to be frank with each other, chatting more and more, and going deeper and deeper, until it was almost dawn, Jia Xu coughed again, and had to stop.

At dawn, a small city appeared in front of the Tang Army, with an orange-red flag hanging on the city, and the word "Ji" was written on it, which was the border city of Ji Guo.

The scale of this city is very small, only three or four miles long from east to west, only two miles wide from north to south, and the population in it is estimated to be more than 10,000.

The defenders of the city saw that the Tang army actually appeared under the city, and couldn't help but be shocked, hurriedly closed the city gate, waved the flag and shouted, for fear that the Tang army would attack the city, and hurriedly blew the horn to gather all the defenders in the city to defend on the city wall.

They shouted in unison: "Why did the Tang Army enter the border of our country without authorization?" ”

Fang Li did not immediately wave his army to attack the city, but ordered to camp on the spot, bury the pot to make food, and repair it overnight before making a decision.

The city guards saw it, and although they were temporarily relieved, they still didn't dare to be careless. Hurriedly sent people to spread the news of the Tang army's pressure to Ji County, the national capital, and asked for troops to be sent to support. After all, there are not too many Tang troops who have come to attack, and Ji Guo still has the ability to fight with them.

And the reason why Fang Li didn't dare to attack rashly was also to test Ji Guo's attitude and reality, to see if Ji Guo's monarchs and ministers had the courage to fight with the Tang Dynasty?

If Ji Guo's armament is loose and his soldiers and horses are vulnerable, then he will destroy Ji Guo by the way and annex his money, food and population. If Ji Guo's combat power should not be underestimated, then take advantage of the will of the Son of Heaven to pass Ji Guo's first destroy the Zhai State with empty troops, and then go back and clean up Ji Guo.

Anyway, these small countries have to swallow them one by one, so that the Tang State will become a fat man, and become a quasi-power with strategic depth in the north, south, east and west, and have the strength to confront the superpower as soon as possible.

"Someone from the north seems to be coming?"

In the night, the soldiers guarding the camp looked north, and under the starlight, a horse galloped forward, because the distance was too far away, and it looked a little blurry.