Chengdu City, Imperial Palace.

On the dragon chair in the middle of the Jinluan Palace, Emperor Li Xiong was carefully looking at a piece of paper in his hand word by word, which was a letter from Gao Yue that had just been brought by the messenger of the Qin State.

“…… The land of Liangzhou has long been the homeland of the imperial court, and now it is touched by Chen An. The widow was appointed by the imperial court to be the pastor of the four states of Qin Yongxia and Liang, and it was incumbent on him to recover it at this time. And Chen An's temperament is yin and contemptible, the first Sima Mo father and son, back to Liu Yao's knees, and then the minister of Jiankang, and now he will surrender to His Majesty, his people are capricious to such a point, how can they be trusted? Now the widow is determined to sweep away the ugly, Chen An died in the morning and night, and even more coveted words, His Majesty is the people of the three armies, relying on others, thousands of gold, sitting on foreign expenses, even not a strategy. Today, when the soldiers of the contempt army are united in hatred of the enemy, and when they move south, there is a trend that Chen Rebellion will not destroy Liangzhou and will not return, and he will not return to the north. May Your Majesty listen to good words, and your two families will henceforth be good neighbors. If you insist on going your own way, I am afraid that you will regret it and it will be difficult to chase it, but fortunately, Your Majesty will look at it! ”

Li Xiong frowned, contemplating to himself. It took a long time to raise his head, and the group of civil and military forces below were looking at him with blank eyes, waiting for instructions.

"Gao Yue, Duke of Qin, sent a letter to advise me not to interfere in his war with Chen An, and made it clear that he was determined to win Liangzhou. Everyone, let's talk about it. Li Xiong raised the note in his hand and explained the contents of the letter to the ministers in detail.

Taifu Li Xiang was the first to stand up and say loudly: "This is ridiculous! It is necessary to know that the land of the world is inhabited by the virtuous. His Majesty inherited the legacy of the first emperor, unified Bashu, and cast a great success. At this time, it is because of the hard work to expand the territory and establish a foundation for the country. How could he bow down and give up the opportunity because of his few words from Gao Yue, could it be that in the land of Liangzhou, he should be treated by Gao Yue! ”

Li Xiang is Li Xiong's biological uncle. In the past, he was an important contributor to the founding of the country, and now he is a first-class prince and a great elder of the clan.

Prime Minister Fan Ben posted: "The old prince's words, the minister raised his hands in approval. Liangzhou originally had eight counties, our country has occupied Wenshan, Ba, Fuling three counties, is about to cover the whole territory, later the Jin State famous general Zhou visited Liangzhou, and our country also acquiesced to the status quo. He guards his five counties of Hanzhong, Weixing, Zitong, Brazil, and Padang, and does not interfere with the river water of our well, and we are not good at taking the initiative to send troops to provoke, and it has been delayed like this for several years. But now Chen An wants to dedicate the two counties of Weixing in Hanzhong to me, which is definitely a godsend. Chen An is a villain repeatedly, we don't know this, how can we really care about Chen An's life or death! The key is that if you can take the opportunity to help Chen An and take all of Liangzhou into your hands, it will be a fundamental matter of interests. ”

With the tone of these two bigwigs, almost everyone in the DPRK and China unanimously expressed the attitude that they must not sit idly by and be indifferent. Not to mention that the generals were all angry, even the civilian officials were also a little eager to try, and they were all strongly demanding that Li Xiong immediately send troops north, seize Hanzhong County, and then drive out the Qin army and completely control Liangzhou.

Li Xiong's heart fluctuated, and after thinking about it, he asked, "Li Zhi and Li Feng, what is the situation now?" ”

Fan Ben hurriedly said: "Return to Your Majesty." Li Zhi had just gone to Baishui City, Zitong County, and temporarily controlled Zitong County, with 10,000 elite soldiers under his command. Li Feng is in Hanchang City, Brazil County, and has 6,000 troops under his command. Therefore, the former Majesty ordered a temporary postponement, so the two generals are temporarily suspended for the time being, waiting for His Majesty's instructions. ”

"Hmm...... Spread my will, let Li Feng stand by in Hanchang City, always pay attention to the situation in Hanzhong, and then wait for the stop. ”

Hearing the eagerness in his words, the people below couldn't help but get even more excited. Li Xiang's eyes were shining, and he took another step forward and said loudly.

"Your Majesty! Everyone in the world said that the Qin army was good at fighting. However, you must know that I am a great king, and I am also a soldier of a hundred battles, sweeping the southwest, defeating countless strong enemies, and helping His Majesty to create the foundation of the Holy Dynasty. He is strong, we are stronger, why can't we let go and fight with the Qin army! Now there are two people, Li Zhi and Li Feng, both on the front line, and the ministers invited tens of thousands of elite soldiers to personally go to Baishui to supervise the array. ”

Li Xiang made a generous statement, and finally firmly stated that he would personally take command, and he would want to win Liangzhou for Li Xiong before he was willing to return to the class. The statements of Li Xiang and his ministers greatly encouraged Li Xiong's heart. He is only forty-five years old this year, and he is also considered to be in the prime of life, as an emperor, even if he has a generous temperament, but when he encounters an opportunity to strengthen the country, he is not willing to silently watch and ignore it. At present, the civil and military forces of the imperial court are surprisingly unanimous in their opinions, and the crowd is excited, and this is a good opportunity to make a big move.

"Great! Uncle Wang's words are very much in line with my intentions! In this case, I bothered my uncle and went to Baishui City to preside over the overall situation for me. Now I have named my uncle as a general, and I will give you 50,000 horses and horses, and I will go north on the same day. Let Gao Yue see, what is called the narrow road to meet the brave wins! ”

Pingmu Town. The Qin army battalion.

In the main tent, Xie Ai, the commander of the expedition to the south, sat in the middle, and the left head was He Cheng and Wan Hong; The first on the right is Yang Jiantou and Yao Xiang. Further down, more than a dozen generals sat upright on both sides, all listening to Xie Ai.

“…… In the past, Emperor Wu of Wei and Ma Chao and Han Sui were hostile in Tongguan. Although Ma Chao and Han Sui's strength and resourcefulness were far inferior to Emperor Wu of Wei, the two armies held each other for a long time, which was because Ma Han occupied the dangerous terrain in the early stage. Now the situation of our army is similar to that of Wei Wu: fifty or sixty miles to the south, there is the Bao River, according to the scouts, Chen An has gathered heavy troops on the other side of the river to wait for them, and the only three ferries are all heavily guarded. Therefore, even if we have made great efforts to cross the Bao River, there is still a dangerous Yangping Pass in the south, and when we attack Yangping Pass and reach Nanzheng, our army is already at the end of the crossbow, let alone attack Hanzhong County and even Liangzhou. ”

Therefore, according to the general's intention, the Bao River is difficult to cross, so he simply ignores it. Now it is better to march westward first, capture Liuba, and then quickly move south, bypass Dingjun Mountain, and attack the empty Nanzheng City from the hinterland, then you can get twice the result with half the effort, and the situation in Hanzhong will be resolved without a fight. ”

He Cheng snorted, drooped his eyelids, and said gloomily: "Now that Chen An occupies the entire Hanzhong, and he is eye-to-eye with Cheng Guo, his arrogance has risen again. At present, he is heavily guarded on the southern and western fronts, and Liuba is personally garrisoned by Jiang Chong'er, a fierce general under Chen An. ”

Xie Ai stood up, walked to the march map hanging on the wall, and explained while pointing: "Jiang Chong'er is just a reckless man, he has no brains in trouble, and he was promoted to general by virtue of his close relationship with Chen An. He can only obey the command of others, where can he have the talent to command others and take charge alone? Liuba and Wudu are close to each other and have a deep origin, there are many Di people who serve as soldiers there, and even many people's parents, wives, relatives and clans are still in Wudu. I repaired the book with King Yang Yi, so that he came forward to cooperate, recruited and lured along the border, shook and disintegrated his army's morale, and then waited until our army suddenly pressed the border, most of them would quickly disintegrate and flee. ”

He Cheng didn't raise his head, and immediately continued: "Others have no command ability, and they can't be alone, only you, the general, have the ability to be the commander of this side, and the general will admire it." ”

The true emotion in his words is something even a fool can hear. In the tent, Yang Jian sat with his head steady, with an expression of indifference to my business, while Yao Xiang and Xie Ai were friendly, and their faces were very angry. The rest of the people below Wan Hong looked at each other, not knowing what to say, and the atmosphere was a little embarrassing.

Xie Ai thought for a while, turned back to the main seat and sat down again, adjusted his mood, looked at He Cheng again, and said earnestly: "General He! …… I also happen to have something in my heart to talk to my foot and all of you. The war in Liangzhou was extremely important to the lord. Before I came, the lord repeatedly told me and told him earnestly. Xie was young and shallow, and he had no extravagant hopes, but thanks to the love of the lord, he became the chief officer of the southern camp, so he had to do his best to deal with it. When it comes to victory and defeat today, is it related to a certain person? ”

"Ladies and gentlemen! Now Chen An is waiting in the south, not to mention that there may be a huge army of Chengguo to follow up and be my enemy. In this grim period, we, as a collective, are both prosperous and loss-making. Only by working together to do a good job in the tasks to be served by the main bus can everyone be happy. If we have internal disputes, and our words and deeds are not in order, and the word will go out, will we not be ridiculed by the enemy? At that time, the enemy's army will come to attack together, even if we don't die on the spot, how can we go back to see the lord, don't you understand this truth? ――If you suspect that Xie is obsessed with fame and obsessed with officials, then when the war is over, Xie should personally ask the lord to resign from all his positions here! ”

He Cheng snorted again, half-hung his head, and was silent. Yao Xiang stood up suddenly, clenched his fists and said loudly: "General Xie is both civil and military, and he is the commander of the southern expedition appointed by the lord, even Han Junhou and Yang Changshi said that they can, and the last general has no objections. ”

Although he is young, he is also tall and strong, and he has been tempered in Saibei for several years, and he has grown more and more imposing. At the moment, he was glancing at him sternly, and all the generals and colonels in the tent stood up and saluted Xie Ai respectfully, expressing that they resolutely obeyed the orders of the main general and did not dare to slack off. With his words, Wan Hong also bowed down and said that he would listen to the order unconditionally.

Yang Jian's head really doesn't matter, his current mentality, even the position of the crown prince who was in his heart back then has been looked down upon, don't say what the chief official is not the main official. However, he and Yao Xiang used to have a good relationship with each other, and now that Yao Xiang expressed his support for Xie Ai, he also said with a grin: "General Xie is the commander, and he has nothing to say." In fact, whoever is the commander can do so. A certain is not interested in any of these. As long as you can win the battle and let someone go into battle and kill the enemy quickly, then whatever you say, you are willing to do it. But if he is incompetent, cowardly, procrastinating, etc., then no matter who comes, he will not obey him first. These words are in front of the lord, and a certain dares to say so. ”