Wei Zheng nodded: "How many troops will Yang Guang use this time?" How to solve the problem of grain and grass? ”

Wang Shichong sneered: "Thanks to the rich family foundation left by the emperor, the grain in Yongfeng Cang in Guanzhong is enough for 300,000 troops to eat for more than three years, and in order to guard against the Turks, a lot of military food was also left in the counties on the right side of Longyou in Hexi. Tuyuhun can't last too long, at most a year, and he can be a teacher. ”

Wei Zheng said with a smile: "Then when he finishes fighting this time, the canal should be almost dug up, and the Jiangdu Palace should also be built by Yu Wenkai, who has dug the Yongji Canal." Yang Guang will definitely stay comfortably in Jiangdu and live a life like a fairy for a while, how can he care about the mountains of corpses and white bones on the side of the canal dug up in Hebei? ”

Wang Shichong's eyes flashed: "Yang Guang's favorite is Jiangdu, and he will definitely build the Jiangdu Palace like heaven, last time He Chou took the drawings of the Ruyi car and made the car has been dedicated to Yang Guang, when I went to see Yang Guang that day, I saw that his cheeks were thin, his eyes were deep, and he looked overindulgent, it seems that this thing made him feel refreshed, and when Yu Wenkai built the maze, Yang Guang probably wanted to get into it and never come out again." ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "The thing that the lord asked me to do last time to buy hundreds of stunning orchids, I have already done it, and it is all in the full garden of Daxing City; raised it, sent a master dancer to teach them all kinds of dancing and charming, and it will definitely be able to fascinate Yang Guang. ”

Wang Shichong shook his head with a smile: "Not busy, not busy, there is still a lot of time." Hyun Cheng. You can help me bring a letter to Li Jing. I have something to discuss with him. ”

Two hours later, on the racecourse in the middle of the park, Wang Shichong and Li Jing each rode a good horse, galloping in this wide, more than ten miles of grassland, and the attendants were far behind, to ensure that the conversation between the two would not be heard by others, only to see that the two in front of them had slowed down their horses. Walking slowly side by side, I could only see their speech activating in the setting sun, but I couldn't hear a word clearly.

Li Jing was dressed in civilian clothes today, riding on a yellow horse, and said as he walked: "Lord, looking for me today, why is it not in the secret room, but on this racetrack?" ”

Wang Shichong was also dressed in a purple suit, riding a snow-white Qinghai horse, and said with a smile: "I always talk about things in that secret room." I was also suffocated, and this time I followed Yang Guang all the way out on patrol. It's all in a car, and there aren't many opportunities to ride a horse, alas, I haven't ridden much for more than half a year, and the fat in the thighs has grown, I can understand why Liu Bei had this kind of sigh when he was in Xinye. ”

Li Jing smiled slightly: "The lord's riding skills are still very good, I don't see the appearance of not riding a horse for half a year, Liu Bei is still a little inferior to you." ”

Wang Shichong laughed: "Pharmacist (Li Jing's character), when did you learn to pat my ass like others." It's not like you at all. ”

Li Jing waved his hand: "That's what I think, lord, this is not a sycophant." ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Okay, don't say more, after coming back from Yingzhou, you haven't arranged your official position, are you a little dissatisfied?" ”

Li Jing shook his head: "Being an official here in Yang Guang, I'm not interested at all, but looking at this style, it seems like I'm going to fight, lord, this time I'm afraid that you will have the opportunity to join the army, if you can, take me and follow you to the battlefield to see the real war, these are my dreams, you should know." ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Oh, do you also see that there is going to be a war?" So where do you think the war will start? ”

Li Jing pondered for a moment: "Although Yang Guang's ultimate goal is in Goguryeo, in my opinion, the place where he will send troops recently is not Liaodong, but the area of Hexi in the Western Regions. ”

Wang Shichong quietly said "oh": "How do you see it?" ”

Li Jing said: "Yang Guang dug the canal so laboriously, and used Ma Shumou to open the river to supervise the Tongji Canal, Shanyang and Hangou, and ordered Yu Wenkai to open the Yongji Canal in the north, obviously wanting to open up the waterway from Jiankang to Jiangdu, and then to Luoyang, and finally as far as Zhuo County, and mobilize military rations and soldiers in the Zhuo County area to conquer Goguryeo, and now the canal has not been completed, and he has not issued a national mobilization order, so he will not attack Goguryeo in the Liaodong area. ”

"This year's newly transferred grain to Luocang and Luokoucang is now transferred to Guanzhong through GuòTongguan, where Yongfeng Cang has stored a lot of grain, and now it has to transport grain there, indicating that the war will start in the west first, thinking of these years, Tuyuhun has been constantly harassing and attacking the Hexi Silk Road, and at the end of last year, the Tiele troops attacked Feng Xiaoci's troops out of the pass, so the object of this crusade is either Tuyuhun or Tiele."

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Pharmacist, then in your judgment, which one will Yang Guang fight first?" ”

Li Jing replied without thinking: "It must be Tuyuhun, the Tiele tribe is far away in the Tianshan Mountains, and it is a very strange thing to appear in the area of Yumen Pass, according to my judgment, it should be the Western Turk Khan in order to consolidate his khan position, only to buy the Tiele people, let them test the reality of my Great Sui, but although General Feng lost the battle, but he taught the Tiele people a hard lesson, I think the power of the Western Turks is far less than when the Datou Khan was back then, and the Chuluo Khan was a little Khan who was supported by the lord, and more importantly, His mother and stepfather are still hostages in our Great Sui, and since Pei Shiju has gone to the Western Regions to ask for his guilt, then Luo Khan will not dare to continue this kind of provocation, and will only bow his head and admit his guilt, and put the blame on the Tiele people. ”

"The Tiele people have suffered losses in the battle, and they can't get a reward, Pei Shiju is a smart person, he must let them make meritorious service and turn to attack Tuyuhun in the south, and then drive Tuyuhun to the east, and then Yang Guang will send troops, just to achieve his wish, lord, this qiē should have been planned by you and Pei Hongda."

Wang Shichong laughed: "The pharmacist is really talented, these things that I have been planning with Hongda for a long time, even Wei Zheng didn't see it at a glance, but you guessed it directly." It's not easy. ”

Li Jing smiled slightly: "Xuancheng's strength is not in military strategy. And what I'm concerned about. It's food and grass, military things, so the sense of smell is more sensitive than him. ”

Wang Shichong put away his smile and said, "Then according to the pharmacist's eyes, what will happen to this plan in the end?" Can Yang Guang defeat Tuyuhun smoothly and break the country and capture the king? ”

Li Jing pondered for a moment and said, "It's not a big problem to defeat Tuyuhun, but the Tuyuhun people are extremely good at escaping. The land of Hehuang, a radius of thousands of miles, they have grain and grass in the cities of various places, it is really not good, they would rather throw away the cattle and sheep and run away, our Great Sui and Tuyuhun have not had formal contacts for a long time, there are few people who know the topography of their country, and it is very difficult to pursue them when the time comes. ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "In this way, Yang Guang wants to eliminate Tuyuhun." It's almost impossible, isn't it? ”

Li Jing said with a smile: "There are no absolutes in the world, after all, Tuyuhun has a population of more than 200,000. Usually it is also scattered into various tribes, and it is unlikely that such a large number of people will gather together and run away, so when the time comes, it must be a tribe as a unit, scattered and escaped, Yang Guang wants to catch all these people who are running all over the mountains, so he can only adopt the method of casting nets to fish, scattering hundreds of thousands of troops, and pursuing them with light horses. ”

Wang Shichong gritted his teeth: "Can you catch up?" ”

Li Jing shook his head: "Unless there is a guide or internal response, it is extremely difficult to catch up with the king of Tuyuhun, a few years ago when I traveled the world, I once went to Tuyuhun, and also disguised himself as a merchant to travel all over the major cities of Tuyuhun, there are four or five of their big cities, all of them are on the plateau, not to mention chasing horses, even if you go on a road, you will be dizzy, breathless, and your heart is about to beat, if you want to chase these people for thousands of miles, it is even more difficult, and it is already a big victory to capture tens of thousands of people and return to the division." ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "I also hope that Yang Guang can waste more time in Tuyuhun and consume some national strength, it doesn't seem so easy to achieve." ”

Li Jing said with a smile: "Anyway, Yang Guang will have to follow more than 500,000 troops when he goes out, and he will send an army of three or four hundred thousand to defeat Tuyuhun, and no matter whether he can catch up with the king of Tuyuhun or not, this expedition will consume at least four or five months from the time the troops are sent out from Guanzhong, and at least half of the grain in the Guanzhong area will be used up in this expedition, plus the consumption of envoys from various countries in the Western Regions who have been entertaining people for more than a year, the former emperor has been operating in Guanzhong Longyou for many years of grain and materials, I am afraid that Yang Guang, a loser, will be fooled." ”

Wang Shichong said with a smile: "After consuming so much grain and strategic reserves, just to shake off his majesty in front of Tuyuhun, Yang Guang probably still feels very proud." ”

Li Jing hooked the corners of his mouth: "But for Yang Guang, this is also a helpless move, many generals of the Guan Long family have a lot of opinions about not getting a battle for a long time, two years ago, a large number of Guan Long's children were abolished The title of Viscount of Yin, and now there is only the third level of the princess, and the difficulty of getting the knighthood is much higher than before, so Yu Wenshu and Yu Zhongwen ask Yang Guang to fight all day long, this battle, he has to fight if he doesn't fight." ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Does the pharmacist also want to fight this time?" ”

Li Jing nodded: "I really want to go to the battlefield this time, I haven't been on the battlefield for so many years, I want to see it with my own eyes this time, my lord, can you help arrange it?" ”

Wang Shichong said with a smile: "There is no problem, I will go to Yuwenshu to arrange a low-level military position for you when I go back, and I will let you make contributions this time." ”

A hint of joy appeared on Li Jing's face: "Then thank you to the lord." By the way, my lord, Yingzhou is there, have you completely given up? Isn't it a bit of a shame? ”

A trace of helplessness flashed on Wang Shichong's face: "You should know very well how much effort and resources I have spent on the layout of Yingzhou, but the world is impermanent, and now the arrangement can only be withdrawn, according to the agreement between me and Xiao Miao, the land of Jingying will be completely ceded to the Xiao family, He Ruobi does not believe in this evil, and he has to continue to die in Xiangzhou and the surname Xiao, and as a result, his life is lost, although I am not afraid of the Xiao family, but now I am an ally with them, and I don't want to take the initiative to fight with them for territory and tear my face, It even attracted Yang Guang's attention. ”

Li Jing smiled slightly: "That rumor that Xiao Xiao revived again led Xiao Cong to go home and embark on Yang Su's old path, and many of the Xiao family's children were also collectively dismissed, is this the master's handiwork?" ”

Wang Shichong's eyes flashed: "It was Yuwen Shu who did it, but this Xiao Xiaofu is up again, but I will mention General Yuwen." ”

Li Jing was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "It's still the lord who is smart, so that Empress Xiao and Yuwen are like fire and water, and the lord can be at ease." By the way, what should I do with that Chen Ling? ”

Wang Shichong hooked the corners of his mouth: "Two days ago, the envoy of the Wa State was arrogant and rude, angry to Yang Guang, a few days ago he also summoned me over again, and asked me if there was any way to teach the Wa Guo a lesson, I just thought of that Chen Ling, so I told Yang Guang that there is a Liuqiu country in the south of Kyushu Island in the Wa Kingdom, with a population of more than 100,000, and he did not accept Wang Hua, and the year before last he had sent Zhu Yi, the captain of the Yu Cavalry, to go to this island when he entered the sea to seek immortals, and he was also very familiar with the route to the island, so if he eliminated the Liuqiu, he could give the Wa State a warning, Let them know the strength of our Great Sui. ”

Li Jing was slightly stunned: "Are you asking Chen Ling to recruit troops to fight this liuqiu?" Since he is no longer in Yingzhou, why should he be given this opportunity? ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "I now think that Chen Ling may be of great use to our cause in the future, not necessarily in Yingzhou, maybe in Jiangnan, he will help me open up a world in the troubled times, it is too early to say this, I entrusted Yu Wenshu, let him protect Chen Ling as the general to go on the expedition, sure enough, the day before yesterday the holy decree has been issued, the edict Chen Ling is the general of the tiger Benlang, and the court invites the doctor Zhang Zhen Zhou Jia Huyalang to assist him, recruit 20,000 troops in Dongyang, and go on an expedition to flow balls. ”

Li Jing frowned: "When you go out to sea from Dongyang to the east, you will often encounter storms, my lord, will this Chen Ling encounter a shipwreck without reaching Liuqiu?" ”

Wang Shichong put away his smile and said: "Wealth and danger are sought, Chen Ling, as a native of Jiangnan, if he can't even go to sea and beg for a stream, then he will not be worthy of working under me in the future, and there is no pity if he dies." ”

Li Jing said thoughtfully: "Does the lord intend to run Jiangnan?" It's just that this Chen Ling, he is not from the Jiangnan family, nor is he from the Chen Dynasty clan, his ability is average, can he take on this responsibility? In case he makes a mistake, it may cause harm to the lord's plan for many years, so it's better to be cautious. ”

Wang Shichong's eyes flashed: "Don't worry, I have made sufficient arrangements, and someone will take on this responsibility at that time." (To be continued......) R1292