During this period, Xie Ai reported any major movements of Wang Dun to Gao Yue in a timely manner, while pretending to be unimpressed and making all kinds of harmless gestures, and because the Qin army was doing its best at that time to fight to the death with the former Zhao army, he really did not have extra energy to take care of the situation in Jingzhou. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At that moment, Xie Ai introduced the situation before and after the incident in Jingzhou in public. Gao Yue also knew that Wang Dun was against him, and Xie Ai secretly put a lot of push. But for example, since scabies is definitely going to attack, it is better to let it come out earlier. According to Wang Dun's own temperament, status, strength, ambition and other actual conditions, from the reality of his irreconcilable contradictions with Emperor Sima Rui, Wang Dun was bound to rebel. Therefore, Gao Yue tacitly even supported Xie Ai's move, and urged Wang to reverse it earlier, the longer the time, the stronger he may become, and it will be more and more difficult to defeat him at that time.

Xie Ai told the story, because he had always reported everything, so Gao Yue basically knew it. But many civil and military people in the hall didn't know about it, so they still let Xie Ai finish it from beginning to end. At the end, Gao Yue nodded and said, "What Qing said is indeed the truth. Earlier, our army was promised to attack Liu Yao with Shile East, and once the war started, there was no turning back like an arrow with a bow, so it once invested the greatest strength and won no matter what, so it really did not have extra energy to focus on Jingzhou. However, the lack of spare power militarily does not mean that Jingzhou is not taken into account. In the past two years, our army's eyes have been staring at Wang Dun. Now that we have relieved our breath, the next step should be to prepare for the use of troops against the south. ”

As soon as Gao Yue spoke, he had already given the direction of the Qin army's next military action. When the ministers heard this, they knew that it was imperative to go to Jingzhou to quell the rebellion against Wang Dun. However, as the northern states, the terrain is far away and not in the metropolitan area, at most it can only be auxiliary, and the real main force is still the Liangzhou army.

"If you use troops against Wang Dun, Xie Qing will be the main general. I want to ask, now that our army is entering Jingzhou in the east, both land and water routes are blocked, and it is very troublesome to forcibly break through. Since the previous plan is difficult to implement, how will the secretary deal with it? ”

In the past, Zhao Zhao once suggested to Xie Ai that once the army was dispatched, the best route was to go from Weixing to Shangyong and attack Xiangyang; The next road is from Padang to Zigui and goes straight to Gangneung. Xiangyang is the thoroughfare and the most important city of Jingzhou, and Jiangling is the seat of Jingzhou. As long as these two cities can be occupied, not only can Wang Dun's back road be completely cut off, but also the strategic situation in the entire southeast can be quickly revitalized, so as to completely occupy Jingzhou better and faster.

However, in order to avoid being attacked by the enemy on his back, Wang Dun was confused and thought that Gao Yue should not turn against him, so he still preemptively dispatched elite troops to guard the upper and lower roads. Although Xiangyang and Jiangling were empty, the Qin army's eastward march was blocked, and the opportunity had been lost.

Xie Ai said eloquently: "King Chenqi." The plan formulated by our army in the past, advancing on two fronts and capturing Xiangyang and Jiangling, put Wang Dun in a desperate dilemma, this is definitely the best policy. But now that the best policy is no longer advisable, we have to settle for the next best thing and use the middle policy instead. ”

"Xiangzhou is a new establishment of this dynasty, under the jurisdiction of Changsha, Wuling, Lingling, Guiyang and Xiangdong County, in fact, it is the former Southern Jingzhou. At present, the history of Xiangzhou is Sima Cheng, the king of Qiaojun. The king of Qian Jun resolutely rejected Wang Dun's wooing, and generously swore an oath to respond to the imperial court to quell the rebellion. So Wang Dun sent 20,000 troops to attack Xiangzhou, and now he has surrounded Changsha City. A fierce siege was launched. Changsha City is not strong, and there is no food and grass inside and no reinforcements outside, completely relying on the loyalty of the king of Qian Jun to boost morale, and still holding on to the hard resistance. It can be said that it will not be long before Changsha is in danger of falling. And Changsha is lost, and Xiangzhou is in danger. ”

"If reinforcements can suddenly arrive at this time, Wei Yi is defenseless, and he will inevitably be caught off guard and defeated, the siege of Changsha will be lifted, and the situation in Xiangzhou can be stabilized. At that time, troops will be sent north from Changsha to defeat Jiangling, and they can even threaten Xiangyang further north. In this way, it is equivalent to returning to our best policy, wouldn't it be good? ”

Gao Yuejian's eyebrows frowned slightly, thoughtfully, and interrupted him: "What Qing said, Gu Du understands. Lone also knows the situation in Xiangzhou, and now it is very bad. However, Wang Dun sent the general Wei Yi to command 20,000 troops to fight Changsha, knowing that the king of Qiaojun had no reinforcements, and he had the intention of winning. Although the king of Qiaojun was loyal, he had no choice but to have low combat strength and inferior strength to Wei Yi, and he lost his troops one after another, so he had to sit in despair and sit in the city, what can he do? ”

Xie Ai bowed and saluted, and immediately replied aloud: "My Liangzhou army has high morale, and my determination to fight for the king has not wavered. If you travel lightly, and within ten days, the troops will come to Changsha City and suddenly attack Wei Yi, you can guarantee that you will be able to defeat him! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was very surprised, and they couldn't help but turn their heads and ears. Gao Yue raised his eyebrows, thought about it and shook his head: "Within ten days, the King of Qian Jun should still be able to defend it." But there is no way out, how can our army send troops? Han Yong's face was pale, and he also asked: "The water and land routes to Changsha in the south or east are all locked by Wang Dun's army, if you want to break through forcibly, you can also make it, but I am afraid that it will delay time, and when the road is opened, Changsha will have already fallen, and the rescue will lose its meaning." I want to ask Xie Junhou, can't our army fly away? ”

There was chaos in the hall in response to the sound of peace. It's no wonder that everyone questioned it face to face, the situation is here, it is a great benefit to defeat Wei Yi, rescue Sima Cheng, and stabilize Xiangzhou, but the key is only one point, there is no way to go. Liangzhou jurisdiction, and Jingzhou border, Wang Dun has troops stationed, several important places, but also there are heavy water and land defense, and the war in Changsha is getting more and more tight, rescue should be sooner rather than later, can not allow a slow breakthrough, how to fly to Changsha in a hurry?

"I don't dare to ask for advice." Xie Ai was still humble and polite, and said unhurriedly: "The worries of the king, the doubts of Han Gong, and the confusion of your colleagues are all reasonable. But in fact, the road to Changsha actually has a smooth road, and it is not in the control area of Wang Dun. ”

Including Gao Yue, everyone looked at him with their eyes at the same time, and the hall fell silent at once.

"The minister calculated in detail for the king: Youyang City, the southwesternmost part of Fuling County, is closely bordered by Xiangzhou. If you send troops from this place and travel all the way to the east, you can reach Yuanling in Xiangzhou in three days. Then from Yuanling, and then along the east of the Yuan River, to Yiyang, up to four days. Then immediately abandon the waterway and go to the land, and then run south to Changsha, which will only take two days in between. After resting for half a day, even with the head and tail, the troops can be under the city of Changsha within ten days, which can be caught off guard by Wei Yi, which is the minister's strange plan. ”

There was a lot of whispering in the hall. Gao Yue's eyebrows, which had been locked, slowly unfolded, but then frowned again. Just as he was about to speak, a voice below suddenly shouted, "Slow! Although this plan is good, it is still not feasible according to the following opinions! There is one of the most fundamental omissions, and I am about to ask Xie Junhou in person, but it depends on how you explain it. ”

When everyone heard that voice, they didn't need to look at it to know that it must be Shi Wangkai, the governor of Qin. Wang Kai questioned loudly, and gestured to Gao Yue, but Gao Yue was silent for the time being, and wanted to listen to what he asked Xie Ai first.