Zhang Mao undoubtedly reached an agreement with Li Yanzhao on the basis of judging the situation.

Chen An's defeat was the time of decline. In addition, Xiu Tu Wang Shiwu surrendered to Liu Zhao and entered Di Dao, so that for Liu Yao, Chen An's defeat was just an easy matter.

However, in such a good situation, Liu Yao still stood still, as steady as Mount Tai. Either he's a fool, or he has other plans.

After Liu Cang, Liu Yao was able to quickly quell Jin Zhun's rebellion and clean up the situation that was rotten because of Jin Zhun's rebellion, and his military and political talents can be seen from this. Since he is not a fool, there is only the second option left for this multiple-choice question.

Accumulate strength and mobilize a large army to defeat Chen An. Then he went up and continued westward to solve the Liangzhou problem. It is the big plan that Liu Yao planned at this time.

After all, for the current Liu Yao, Chen An is just a ringworm of scabies after all, and Liangzhou is the trouble of his henchmen.

It is unimaginable that if Liu Yao mobilized the strength of the whole country and went out of the customs to fight fiercely with Shile, Liangzhou, which was controlled by the Zhang family, crossed the river and took the counties of Henan in Longxi with a knife from behind, what would be Liu Yao's situation?

At that time, not to mention the lost territory population, the fertile soil of Guanzhong alone will be directly exposed in front of Liangzhou. However, Liu Yao, who was in the midst of a fierce battle with Shi Zhao, still had the strength to save him?

If you don't save it, Guanzhong will fall and the army's heart will be shaken. The end is also a rout. If he rescues him, will Shi Le let go of such a good opportunity? The retreat to rescue was likely to turn into a rout due to the trailing attack of the Shilebu. And even if the defeat is returned, it will still have to face the possible offensive operation of Liangzhou against the Guanzhong area.

If Liu Yao is determined not to save him, and still insists on competing with Shi Le, then no matter whether he wins or loses, Liu Yao is already in a fiasco situation.

The place outside the gate, a flat river, is difficult to hold. If Liu Yao and Shi Lechu are defeated, Liu Yao will definitely have to stick to the outside of the pass under the tight logistics, and face the continuous counterattack of Qian Zhao. The final result is mostly a failure and a sinking of the sand. And if it is defeated, the result is not to mention. The Liu clan and Zhao Guo will inevitably die in a battle.

Therefore, Liu Yao undoubtedly clearly realized that if he wanted to compete with Qianhu for hegemony in the Central Plains, he must first stabilize Liangzhou in the rear. As a result, there is the current situation.

Chen An was embarrassed to breathe on Shangqi, while Liu Zhao, who was besieging Chen An on three sides, had been sharpening his knife. Chen An is already a dead man in their eyes, but the real enemy in their hearts is Liangzhou on the north side of the Great River!

There is no room for error in this game. Zhang Zhijun quickly made his own decision in response to Liu Zhao's possible military action:

10,000 people were drawn from the elite of Liangzhou, which was directly commanded by Guzang, and was led by Sima Hanpu of Taifu, who went down from Guangwu and crossed the river to take Jincheng. Then 4,000 county soldiers were dispatched from Xiping and Jinxing counties, and 5,000 elites were dispatched by Guzang, and the new Taishou Song of Xiping was commanded by the new Taishou Song Dynasty.

There are few soldiers in Liangzhou, so Zhang Yuanjun dispatched such 15,000 elites to the east, and his face was already full of pain. It is really that Liangzhou is too remote, the warehouse is not abundant, and the population is insufficient. As a result, military strength is stretched. Li Yanzhao has seen this situation for a long time, and he can fully understand the original situation.

However, Li Yanzhao was also unsure of what kind of results Zhang Yuanjun could receive when he sent such a few people to the east.

Xiping's road is good to say, the first army is more sufficient than the other road, and Song Peiqi is a long-term general, whether it is military command ability or the ability to coordinate the overall situation, it can be called superior. Therefore, with him as the commander, in the face of those shrimp soldiers and crab generals in Longxi and Chen An's department, Li Yanzhao can be said to have full confidence in him.

And the other way led by Han Pu, from Li Yanzhao's point of view, is not optimistic. He vaguely remembered that Ma Duwei had told him some old things about the Eastern Crusade. It was Han Pu, as the commander, who led the Liangzhou soldiers eastward to go to the national disaster, but he held on to the Qiang people near Nan'an for a long time, and even ran out of food in the army. only then did they kill cattle for food, and motivate soldiers to fight to the death.

However, when Han Pu and the Diqiang people would fight in Nan'an, and life and death were hanging by a thread, it happened that Zhang Lang led the Jincheng army to come to the rescue. So the two sides attacked, the Qiang people were defeated, and Han Pu won this battle with difficulty and luck. It was precisely because of this battle that Ma Duwei won several levels that he was promoted to the rank of cavalry captain.

It can be seen that Han Pu is undoubtedly too conservative in his use of soldiers. It is unwise for the army to press the border, but not to take the initiative to attack, but to hold on to the enemy, hoping that the enemy will run out of food and retreat.

In other words, Ma Duwei was not killed by such a mediocre talent that time, and it was also God's favor. However, the complexity of the situation this time, the danger of the battlefield, if Han Pu was still sent to plan the current military operation as he did last time, defeat was almost a foreseeable fact.

From Guangwushun down the river and across the river, the first to bear the brunt was Jincheng County, which was guarded by Chen An's subordinates. Jincheng County is a key to enter Liangzhou from the south of Longxi River.

If this place is in the hands of Liangzhou, the Liangzhou army will build a strong camp on the north bank of the Dahe River, echoing Jincheng County on the south bank, and send two long-term generals to defend it. If Liu Zhao wants to break through Jincheng and drive straight in, he doesn't know how many troops he has to consume under Jincheng in order to fulfill his long-cherished wish.

On the contrary, if Jincheng falls into the hands of Liu Zhao, it can be used as a springboard and a bridgehead for attacking Liangzhou. In the future, Liangzhou will not only have a quiet border, but also must be fortified with heavy troops on the north bank and defend itself according to the danger of the big river.

If the situation is eroded, then the manpower, material resources, and troops that Liangzhou will invest in the defense line of this great river in the future will be far from being able to measure today.

Therefore, Zhang Mao, the pastor of Liangzhou, has formulated strategies so far, etc., completely taking into account today's reality, although this plan is not a very safe plan, but in the current situation, it is undoubtedly the most suitable plan.

It's just that for the commander of the army that went out of Guangwu County and crossed the river to take the land of Longxi, Li Yanzhao secretly slandered in his heart. It's just a slander. After all, the major military affairs at this level are not something that he, a small head of a hundred people, can put his beak into.

After the business was over, Li Yanzhao said goodbye to Zhang Yuanjun with a little trepidation. Fortunately, this Zhang Yuanjun is also a reasonable person, and he did not embarrass him because he hanged Zhang Xiaolangjun for most of the night last night. On the contrary, he was grateful for his hard work here, and ordered the chamberlain next to him to go to the inner house, took a thousand coins and ten silks, and ordered them to be given to Li Yanzhao.

Li Yanzhao was flattered, and knew that the envoy's move also had the intention of making him shut up. Therefore, he knelt on the ground, and even said that the merit was meager, and he did not dare to be a generous reward. It wasn't until a heavy look of uncertainty appeared on Zhang Mao's face that Li Yanzhao took the money and goods that Zhang Envoy had rewarded with the help of the two chamberlains.

The two chamberlains each held a few silks, followed Li Yanzhao out of the county guard's mansion, and handed over the silk cloths to Niu Erzhuang and Zhang Xing, who were waiting outside the door. said goodbye to Li Yanzhao and others. Li Yanzhao saw that the two of them were holding these handkerchiefs and sending him all the way from the inner hall to the door of the Assassin's Mansion, he was also out of breath, and hurriedly took out a small amount of money from his arms and quietly stuffed it into the sleeve of one of the chamberlains. Then he waved goodbye to the two of them.

Out of the Assassin's Mansion, the three of them returned to the inn all the way. Li Yanzhao ordered the two of them to go to the market to buy some cakes and other things, and then rode on horses and went all the way back to the county town.