The winter of 387 A.D. was very difficult for all parties in Hexi. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At present, the defense of Gaochang was in full swing, and the defenders successfully repelled wave after wave of attacks by the Qiuzi people.

However, the casualties of the defenders are also increasing, and the situation is gradually deteriorating, and reinforcements are urgently needed.

It's a pity that Wei Shuo will not be able to withdraw to help this winter, so he can only count on Li Wei and Yang Han to grit their teeth and persevere.

The fact that the war has reached this point has greatly exceeded the expectations of both the enemy and us.

Wei Shuo didn't expect Qiuzi to dare to stab him in the back, and Bai Zhen, the king of Qiuzi, also didn't expect that Gao Chang would be so difficult to bite.

Nearly 100,000 allied troops surrounded Gaochang for several months, but still did not see a glimmer of hope of breaking the city.

This couldn't help but make the rest of the alliance more and more dissatisfied, and everyone put the responsibility for the unfavorable war on Bai Zhen's head.

What made Bai Zhen even more worried, many lords gradually regretted listening to Qiuzi's provocation and should not have come to wade into troubled waters.

Thanks to his superb means, and repeatedly saying that he was sending troops like Yue, he barely managed to maintain the alliance.

But even so, Bai Zhen, the king of Qiuzi, still felt more and more pressure, and the situation became more and more difficult.

At the moment, he was very worried that if the coalition forces continued to fail to take Gaochang, Wei Shuo would seize the opportunity to fight back.

Just when the king of Qiuzi was worried, he saw the envoy-like minister come back with a worried face.

Seeing this scene, Bai Zhen couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and asked in a trembling voice: "The Minister of State has returned in embarrassment, is it possible that he has gained nothing from this trip?" ”

The prime minister of the country lowered his head emphatically, and said with regret: "Alas, please forgive the old minister for his incompetence and failure to convince King Yue. ”

"What the hell is going on? Didn't Yue Ban hate Gao Chang very much? Why don't you want to send troops to avenge your shame? ”

"King, now that the coalition army has been trapped in the fortified city for a long time, anyone with a discerning eye can see that our army has long been at the end of its strength."

"The king of Yue is a shrewd man, how can he not see it?"

"Besides, last time I had a bloody battle with Wusun, but I didn't get any benefits, so I haven't eased up yet."

"Not to mention that the people of Yue have been frightened by the Gaochang army, saying that the Gaochang soldiers are all devils, and they can be a hundred!"

"What is one for hundred? It's just an excuse, King Yue just wants to let Qiuzi and Gaochang lose both, so that he can reap the benefits. ”

Failing to persuade King Yueban to send troops made Bai Zhen annoyed and couldn't help but complain to the prime minister.

"Alas, I didn't expect King Yue to be so short-sighted, he thought that Wei Shuo would not annex Yue Fan in the future?"

"Hmph, let's see, sooner or later, the king will pay the price for today's short-sightedness."

"King, no matter how much you complain now, it won't help, the key is to think of taking Gaochang as soon as possible, otherwise the people are panicking, and the coalition forces are afraid that they will disperse."

"Well, what can be done now? can only rely on the superiority of troops to continue the onslaught on Gaochang. ”

"Yes...... But if it goes on like this, it's hard to get through. ”

"If you can't survive, you have to survive!"

Bai Zhen said fiercely: "If you don't take the current opportunity to destroy Gaochang, once Wei Shuo has Hexi as his backing, the countries of the Western Regions will probably be reduced to fish and meat on their felt boards, and they will be slaughtered by him." ”

……

In fact, not only Wei Shuo and Bai Zhen felt that the winter was difficult, but even Lu Guang in Guzang City also felt uncomfortable.

Although the counterinsurgency process went smoothly, the Liangzhou treasury was also emptied.

If it weren't for the tens of thousands of stone grain that Wei Shuo had 'blackmailed' in Jiuquan, I was afraid that he would be even more blind now.

Faced with the treatment of thousands of holes, Lu Guang's hair was really sad.

When it comes to marching and fighting, he is not afraid at all, but he can only govern the local area and handle government affairs, but he scratches his head.

In the end, there was really no way, and Lu Guang had no choice but to gather Zhu Lu and his staff to discuss countermeasures.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the government treasury is empty, and there are strong enemies outside, how can we regain momentum as soon as possible, please give us advice."

Yang Ying (not Yang Hanzi, born in Hongnong Yang, one of the four major staff members of the former Western Expeditionary Army) spoke: "Although the king of this battle (after quelling the rebellion, Lu Guang has proclaimed himself the king of Sanhe) has exterminated the traitors, but he has also destroyed the wealth accumulated in Hexi for decades of recuperation. ”

"The widow naturally knows how to recuperate with the people, otherwise how could he easily let Wei Shuo'er go? It's just that I ask you to come up with a plan on how to do it. ”

"In the opinion of the minister, if you want to solve the immediate dilemma, the only way to do so is to tear down the east wall to make up for the lack of the west wall."

"I want to hear about it."

"Originally, if the family helped, Gu Zangdang could recover in a short time, but it's a pity that ......"

As soon as he mentioned the family, Lu Guang's face instantly became gloomy, he didn't expect that to this point, the family still wanted to compete with the Lu family for dominance, so that the cooperation between the two sides was full of twists and turns at the beginning. Otherwise, Lu Guang would not have left the family and discussed countermeasures with his staff alone.

"The minister thinks that with the current situation of Guzang, he can only set up troops to plunder the surrounding forces to make up for his own shortcomings."

"Sir's words have won my heart, dare to ask where is the right place to start?" Lu Guang's eyes lit up when he heard this, he was originally from the Hu nationality and understood the rules of survival of nomads.

"It is not advisable to attack powerful forces, otherwise once the other party retaliates, it will fall into endless disputes, which is contrary to the original intention of the king to recuperate."

"Therefore, the minister thinks that Linsong Lu Shuihu is the most suitable."

"Lu Shuihu?" Lu Guang was thoughtful

"King, you just killed Fuqu Luo Qiu in the name of the unfavorable war, and formed a mortal enmity with Lu Shuihu."

"Plundering the other party can not only make up for the lack of Guzang's treasury, but also further weaken the opponent's strength, so that it can never become a threat to Guzang."

As soon as Yang Ying's words fell, Lu Guang's eyes flashed, and he suddenly felt that what he said was too right.

Originally, he used the excuse that the war was unfavorable and killed Fuqu Luoqiu, wasn't it because he was worried that Lu Shuihu would be strong and threaten Gu Zang?

Now that you have made a feud, you might as well offend to the end, and it would be better if you could swallow Lu Shuihu in one fell swoop.

"Someone, go to Linsong and tell Fuququ Congee and ask him to send 3,000 horses and 30,000 cattle and sheep to Guzang."

"The king, you can't just let the Lu Shuihu family pay tribute, just in the name of the king's accession to the throne, let the Hu clan of all tribes follow Wei Shuo's example, and all of them pay tribute."

With Yang Ying's reminder, others also seemed to have opened their minds, and they all spoke to Lu Guang, and the meeting hall was lively for a while.

……

Lu Guang was happy, but he forced Lu Shuihu into a desperate situation.

When the envoy told Lü Guang what he requested, the Lu Shuihu people, who were still immersed in the grief of losing their leader, became angry.

Frustrated Ququ Congee even clamored to send troops to Gu Zang to avenge his brother.

Fortunately, the new leader, Fuqu Mengxun, understood the righteousness and did not lose his mind, and politely told the envoy that Lu Shuihu was willing to sacrifice horses, cattle and sheep.

After the envoy was sent away, the anger of the frustrated Ququ porridge could no longer be suppressed, and he was angry at his nephew and said: "I gave all the cattle and sheep to Lu Guang, what should I do with my own people?" ”

"One word: boil! From now on, all ministries will be frugal and must survive this winter. ”

"Uncle, when your strength is at an absolute disadvantage, don't say anything about fighting to the death, it's useless!"

"My uncle was killed by Lu Guang under a trumped-up name, just when people's hearts were in turmoil, and they could never withstand any twists and turns."

"The only way out is to endure humiliation, it is said that in ancient times there was a heroic man named Gou Jian among the Han people, in order to complete the mission of revenge, he not only sent the most beautiful woman in the country to the enemy, but also personally went to the enemy country as a hostage."

"It was by constantly showing weakness that Gou Jian won the opportunity for the Yue country to recuperate, and finally destroyed the enemy country in one fell swoop."

"In the future, our department should follow Gou Jian's example and try his courage, as long as he survives the present, he will definitely return a hundred times the pain to the enemy in the future."

In the face of the angry frustrated Ququ Qu Congee and the people who didn't understand him, Frustrated Qu Mengxun was always unfazed, and this remark finally calmed everyone down.

At this time, the cousin Fuqu Nancheng was worried: "I can afford this little thing if I squeeze everywhere, I'm afraid that Lu Guang will get an inch." ”

Frustrated Meng Xun sneered and said viciously: "I promised to give Lu Guang something doesn't mean that I am afraid of him, if Lu Guang doesn't know how to force each other wantonly, it's a big deal that we go directly to the west to join Wei Shuo, I think Lu Guang still dares to continue to force each other?" ”

"And the supplies can't be given completely, especially the horses, at most a thousand for him! Cattle and sheep can be given more, not more than 20,000 heads. ”

"Well, this is the most appropriate, since I agreed to Lu Guang's request, I would not force him to raise troops to attack; and preserved the vitality of the tribe, thinking that it would be planned for the future. ”

"It's just that this winter is going to be difficult." Frustrated Meng Xun muttered to himself.