It is Ling Zun who does not want to marry a daughter, and Brother Chen is entangled in it, but Li Wenge, who is afraid that he is also entangled in nothingness, is really anxious, and said with a wry smile.

The incident started a month ago, when Han Tong, the former Shaanzhou Jiedu envoy and the current Beijing Division's right wing inspector, sent his eldest son Han Ji to Yanzhou as a Nacai envoy to propose marriage to his youngest son Han Wei. Originally, someone wanted an older daughter, and the old man Chen Shutong was very happy, not to mention that the future in-laws are still important ministers of the court, and the military generals who can speak well in front of the emperor, this family affair was originally a hit.

It's a pity that when County Lieutenant Chen saw this future uncle himself, his face was immediately overjoyed, and he rejected the Han family's proposal on the spot, so that Han Ji, who had already been under his father's shadow as Wei Weicheng, touched a real nail.

The problem is still in Han Wei's appearance, Han Wei's image of Luo Guo, who is famous in history, is a big deal, Chen Shutong loves his daughter very much, and he doesn't want to end up with a dirty reputation of a powerful person at the cost of his daughter's life, so Chen Shutong categorically rejected the proposal. This matter caused a stir in Yanzhou in July, and Han Ji almost turned around, but he stayed in Yan'an Pavilion temporarily under the persuasion of his younger brother.

Han Wei himself spent some thought in order to save this matter, approached Chen Zhe in a roundabout way, put down his body and accepted this future brother-in-law who was an outcast, a businessman and a cheap business, Chen Zhe felt that although this Han Wei was not good-looking, it was quite different from the pedantic and useless scholars in the world and those who relied on their father's power to run rampant and domineering, and after privately seeking his sister's opinion, Chen Zhe decided in his heart that this person was the future spouse of the old sister. It's a pity that he has a humble position in the family. I don't expect to convince my tenacious dad at all.

At this time, Chen Zhe, who was familiar with the situation of the road south of Xiazhou, was selected by Li Wenge, the Marquis of Yu, as the guide to accompany the army, and Chen Zhe hit Li Wenge with the idea.

In Chen Zhe's view, Li Wenge came forward to persuade his father, and the chance of success was much higher than that of his unsuccessful son. Even my father is not interested in Li Wenge. This upstart who is now powerful in Yanzhou can also mobilize all the powerful figures in Yanzhou, including Li Bin, to participate in the persuasion action. Chen Zhe knew that his father, the county lieutenant, had only gotten through Li Bin's door, and if Li Bin came forward, the matter would be twice as effective with half the effort.

Li Wenge himself has nothing to do with this matter, but it is just a family affair between two families, and he will never be able to intervene as an outsider who can't beat him, and if he says that he forcibly interferes with his power, don't say that there will be some criticism in the local area. Even he himself felt that it was very inappropriate.

What's more, although Chen Zhe thinks that this family business is very good, Li Wenge doesn't think so.

The longevity of all the people in the Han family will end on that confusing and strange night eight years later, and the extremely smart Han Wei will not be spared. If Miss Chen really marries into the Han family, I am afraid that she will also suffer together. Li Wenge knew that in the original history, there should not have been any intersection between Han Wei and the Chen family girl, although he didn't know how the marriage of the Chen family girl should be resolved in history, but he knew that according to the original historical trajectory, Guo Wei would not send six houses to Yanzhou in the second year of Guangshun. It is impossible for Han Wei to come to Yanzhou at this time, and it is even more impossible to see the girl of the Chen family and fall in love, so that as soon as she goes back, she encourages her father to come to propose marriage.

The Chen family girl originally had no chance to enter the Han family, but now, because of her own intervention, the course of history has been forcibly changed. made a difference. If the girl of the Chen family marries into the Han family for her own reasons, then it is equivalent to killing this talented and famous woman in Yanzhou.

Although Li Wenge has confirmed that history can be changed after a year of these things, but for the Han family, who has always been loyal to the Chai family, Li Wenge does not have such strong confidence, he wants to protect the Han family is one thing, whether he can finally protect the Han family is another matter! If you want to rescue the Han family at a critical moment, you have to make small moves under the tip of Boss Zhao's nose, not to mention how difficult it is. Han Tong may not be able to get through that level on his own. Li Wenge remembered that it was clearly recorded in the history books that Boss Zhao had ordered the whole army to strictly prohibit the indiscriminate killing of one person in Chenqiaoyi. It was Han Tong's stubborn resistance that led to the murder, which eventually led to the destruction of the whole door in the hands of Wang Yansheng.

If it's someone else, it's okay. But for this unlucky family, which is very famous in history, Li Wenge believes that it is really a very wise choice for Miss Chen not to marry her. Chen Shutong's choice of judging people by his appearance is undoubtedly very wise in terms of the history he has mastered.

However, Chen Zhe has always been entangled, which made Li Wenge unable to parry, this time he originally summoned Chen Zhe to inquire about the landing of several departments south of Xiazhou, but Chen Zhe mentioned this matter again as soon as they met, which made him quite embarrassed.

He decided that it was important to get the conversation back to the point!

"Brother Chen, why did you resolutely oppose the army's march to the east during the military discussion last time? If Suizhou is taken, the main force of the party in Yinzhou can be forced to return to the division, and the main force of the party in Yinzhou can be forced to fight Xiazhou, mainly because he does not want to fight with several other families outside the Tuoba family to lose troops, and he must hit the foundation of the Tuoba family in order to shake the foundation of the Dingyan army, so Xiazhou must be taken. Does Brother Chen think so too? ”

Chen Zhe shook his head and said, "General,

In order not to kill chickens and take eggs, the lowly position opposes the attack on Yeli, Feiting, and Fangpan, so the lowly position does not approve of marching east to Suizhou! ”

"Kill chickens for eggs?" Li Wenge asked with a frown.

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Chen Zhe nodded: "Yes!" ”

"What's the explanation?"

Chen Zhe sighed and said: "The reason why my lord last proposed to advance eastward was that the road to the east was familiar, and the reality of the three clans in Suixi had already been investigated by our army. However, have you ever thought that these familiar roads, clear truths and truths, have been discovered by lowly caravans in previous exchanges, and the cavalry and horse teams in the adult army are also supplied by these three tribes, if there is no local trade and trade in the past few months. Where can adults have guides who know the road and know the inside story, and where can the horses equip their own teams? ”

Li Wenge nodded and said: "That's true, Brother Chen's contribution is indispensable, and when I go back from this battle, I will make a contribution to Brother Taiwan!" ”

Chen Zhe said angrily: "...... In the future, there will be no chance to make meritorious service again! ”

Seeing that Li Wenge didn't speak, Chen Zhe said: "Have you ever thought about it, my lord?" Why are Yeli, Feiting, and Fangdang willing to trade with lowly caravans, and why are they willing to sell such urgent and scarce strategic materials as war horses to our army? ”

Li Wenge smiled: "They also need food, they need maku, they need silk, since they can't grab it, they can only buy it!" ”

Chen Zhe nodded: "Exactly, the reason why they traded with us behind the back of the Tuoba family. Not because they believe in us, but because they need us. But the adults should understand that if they no longer believe in us, the lowly caravan will be attacked on all sides as soon as it leaves Luzi Pass, and it will be difficult to expand further northward. At present, the chiefs of the three clans regard the lowly caravans as trading partners, so that the lowly caravans can come and go freely within the boundaries of the three families without restrictions, if this is swept and plundered by our army, will these people still trade with us in the future? I'm afraid that when we see a lowly horseman, we will be caught and killed as spies, and we will never have a chance to do business with them again. ”

These principles are natural from the standpoint of a businessman, but from a military point of view, they are pedantic. If the two armies are at war, they have to worry about this. Don't fight this battle at all.

However, Chen Zhedi's words were really listened to by Li Wenge.

With regard to the party members and the Dingyan army, Li Wenge's attitude was different from that of the Zhejia family. The Zhe family wants to weaken or even eliminate this nation as much as possible, and the Zhe family and the Tuoba family have fought each other for decades, and have formed a deep blood feud. In the eyes of the Zhe family, as long as the Tuoba family exists for a day. Fuzhou has no sense of security at all, and the number of times Fuzhou has been invaded by the Dingyan Army over the years has been several times more than the number of times that it has been invaded by the Khitan. This year, the party members gathered tens of thousands of troops in the direction of Yinzhou, intending to attack Fuzhou because of the division of troops into the pass, which was greatly inferior in strength. The folded family members have long been unable to bear it.

Although due to his strength, he did not extinguish the ambition of the entire party clan, but this person would never engage in any form of negotiation and compromise with the Dingyan army. The firmness of the Zhe family's stance on this point made the Central Plains Dynasty embarrassed, and in the centuries-old struggle with the number of party members, the most resolute landlord war faction against the party and the nation was a party family.

However, Li Wenge did not see it that way. In his opinion, the territory occupied by the party members. These people have strategic resources such as salt and iron, a large number of cattle, sheep and livestock that these people have, and these people own the largest horse farm and the largest number of horses in the northwest region. and the talent of the people of this nation, who are accustomed to fighting on horseback by birth, are a rare treasure. If these party nationalities can be successfully co-opted, then the Central Plains Dynasty will no longer face the dilemma of being unable to attack and defend when facing the Khitan iron hoof.

For the Central Plains, the party item is a potential threat, for the Zhejia family, the party item is a common hatred, and for Li Wenge, a rising star who has just risen like a new star in Yanzhou, the party item is a valuable resource.

With a total force of less than 5,000 troops, it was impossible to storm Xiazhou City, which was strong and profound, and was known as the world's strongest city. After that year, the 50,000 troops of the Tang Empire returned under the city of Tongwan, and the 5,000 soldiers of the Guanbei Battalion today are even more unlikely to succeed, not to mention that more than 1,000 of these 5,000 soldiers are still logistics baggage soldiers, and the real combat soldiers are less than 4,000 people.

However, the generals of the Zhe family agreed that as long as the troops forced the city of Xiazhou and carried out large-scale looting and slaughtering of the Dangxiang tribes living around the city, then Tuoba Yi Yin, who was on an expedition to Fuzhou, would inevitably lead the main force of the difficult army to return to the division, so that the siege of Fuzhou would be immediately resolved.

This plan did work, and Li Wenge thought that as long as the army reached the city of Xiazhou, even if nothing was done, Li Yiyin would withdraw his troops as soon as he got the news.

As for the looting and massacre, Li Wenge could only shake his head secretly in his heart.

He was not a scholar who talked about righteousness, and he knew that the necessary killing could serve as a deterrent warning. But he absolutely disagrees with the looting and killing of the Zhe family purely for revenge. This is not half beneficial to Yanzhou, the party members are a poor and scumbag people, if they do not raise livestock and horses, they have no source of materials. In the current situation. Even if it is a handful of things that are snatched back, it will lead to all party departments

The states are hostile and hostile, and the difficulty of trade in the future is only likely to increase.

This is the real killing of chickens and eggs. The Tuoba family is the family closest to Han culture among the Dangxiang tribes, and if this family has a fundamental hatred of the Han people, it will be more difficult for other ethnic groups to become sinicized.

Just as he was thinking about this question, Shen Chen came to his military tent in the middle of the land.

Shen Chen described to him what he had seen in today's investigation and his own analysis and judgment. Finally, he said: "My lord, it is not smart to abandon the Qingling Gate, because we don't have many people, but the Qingling Gate has been in disrepair for many years, and the defense direction of the walls of the Great Wall is to the north, so it will be more difficult to defend the south." King Aro gave up that place because he had experience, and he knew that he could let us in and cut off our food routes. So that our army will collapse due to lack of food......"

Li Wenge muttered the name of "King Luo" and paced back and forth in the tent. But he did not speak.

Shen Chen continued: "In the past three days, the enemy army has always maintained a grasp of the movements of our army, but has never launched a major attack on us. However, along the way, there was not a single person in the two party settlements where our army encountered, and all the supplies were retreated cleanly. If the lowly estimate is good, it will be the same all the way from here to Xiazhou. By the time the army arrives at Tongwancheng, the route of transporting grain from Luzi Pass to the north and south will be three or four hundred miles long, and these three or four hundred miles of grain will always be under the threat of the party cavalry with unknown troops. I am afraid that the army will run out of food at that time! ”

Li Wenge finally nodded lightly: "The wall is clear, and the enemy is lured deep." Harassing along the way, and then plagiarizing our army's back road, trapping our army under the fortified city, this should be the idea of the party members! ”

Shen Chen smiled bitterly: "My lord summed it up well, it is estimated that now the tribes and herdsmen in the south of Xiazhou have begun to retreat in the direction of Tongwan City, and the harriers of the enemy army are very powerful." Our scouts are not yet able to compete with it. Therefore, every move of our army is under the supervision of the enemy, and it is very difficult for us to speed up the march, the terrain situation outside the Qingling Gate is too strange, the slopes and ravines are vertical and horizontal, the party has lived here for a long time, and the location is favorable, if our army does not want to be attacked in the marching army column, we can only maintain the current marching speed. At this rate. It will take at least twenty days to a month for our army to reach Tongwan City. This distance was only three or four days' journey for the party cavalry in a two-horse configuration. In such a war, we suffer too much in terms of mobility! ”

Li Wenge raised his head and asked, "You just said that the fine seal thinks that the cavalry of the Tuoba family is limited in carrying land rations this time?" ”

Shen Chen said: "Yes, the enemy seems to be trying to save rations. In three days, the number of dry food bags was reduced by less than a tenth. It seems that this group of party members is ready to rely on this little food for a month. ”

Li Wenge asked: "Have you analyzed why the enemy did not organize a large-scale grain transportation team?" ”

Shen Chen said without hesitation: "I have thought about this problem, it is still a problem of terrain. The terrain north of Qinglingmen is complex, and the roads that can be passed are hidden between the slopes and ravines like a labyrinth, and the only real thoroughfare is this one, which is occupied by our army. If the enemy is less outnumbered than ours, it is necessary to avoid staying on the same line with our army as much as possible, so the enemy cannot block this main road, and naturally does not dare to use the main road to transport food. The enemy can take advantage of the familiarity of the terrain to maneuver freely on both flanks of our army, but the food convoy cannot go quickly, and once it is discovered by our scouts, it will inevitably suffer, so it ......"

"That's not right!" Li Wenge shook his head and said, "It is indeed difficult to transport grain, but it is not as stupid as choking on food because it is dangerous!" ”

He said, "Is this possible?" The enemy's food reserves were extremely limited, and even now they were not enough to eat, so the enemy could not waste a grain of food, so they refused to risk transporting food, preferring to lose some horses rather than lose food. ”

Shen Chen said: "No! Now that autumn has just begun, it is the most prosperous month in the year, how can it be embarrassed to this point? ”

Li Wenge shook his head: "It's hard to say in detail, but I think that since the Tuoba family has gathered troops to fight Fuzhou, the people and horses can be made together by eight families, and if there is food and straw supply, eight families must come out together, but I am afraid that these ethnic groups who have been living a tight life may not be willing to follow the Tuoba family to this troubled water, right?" ”

Shen Chen's eyes lit up: "What do you mean, this time, the Tuoba family has emptied their own family?" ”

Li Wenge shook his head: "Xiazhou is the fundamental place of the Tuoba family, and it will not leave some grain and livestock in the warehouse, but Youzhou in the west, I am afraid that it will not be so solid, if King Luo does not withdraw the entire Youzhou into an empty city, Youzhou must be extremely empty at this moment, and eight or nine out of ten people have begun to starve to death......

Shen Chen thought for a while and asked: "If we cross this unknown terrain to fight Youzhou, we will have to deal with each other in these ravines, they are the head snakes of the land, we will be more dangerous, and if Youzhou is an empty city now, there is no point in us fighting it!" ”

Li Wenge shook his head and said, "You immediately follow me to see Zhi Linggong, the strategy of the Northern Expedition should be adjusted for a moment!" ”