"Damn! It's really hateful! ”

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Shi Le was emotional, waving his arms, and he kept cursing something. And standing next to him were Zhang Bin, Kui An, Guo Yin, Xu Guang, Shi Hu, Kong Chang, Tao Leopard and other Xiangguo civil and military officials, all of whom stood silently.

The reason why Shile made a big fire was mainly because the war in Qingzhou was unfavorable. Before the expedition at the beginning of the year, he never thought that the entire Xiangguo would fall into the Qingzhou battlefield and could not extricate himself.

In fact, at the beginning, Shile's attack on Qingzhou went smoothly, but later with the arrival of reinforcements from Liaodong and Leling, the Xiangguo offensive gradually came to a standstill. Later, Zu Ti went north and Li Ju went east, which directly led to the collapse of the entire front, and Cao Wei took the opportunity to recover some of the lost territory.

"Now that Xiangguo is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and each of them is not easy to provoke, the slightest carelessness may lead to trouble. You're all very talented, tell me what we're going to do next. ”

In the face of Sizhou, Xuzhou, Leling, and Liaodong from all directions, even if Shi Le is eloquent, he is helpless.

Zhang Bin was silent when he heard this, he didn't expect that after a few years, the foundation of Xiangguo, which once seemed to have a great future, had almost reached the end of the mountain. Sizhou Li Ju, Qingzhou Cao Wei, Liaodong Weishuo, Leling Shaoxu, Xuzhou Zu Li, Yuzhou Zuyue and other Jin clan towns, faintly with Liaodong as a link to form an alliance to resist Xiangguo.

If you look at it individually, Xiangguo is sure to fight alone, but the combination of several parties makes Zhang Bin feel quite tricky. Several major forces united to encircle the entire Xiangguo within the prefectures of Hebei, Henan, Si, and Qingshu. No matter which direction Shile expands, it will inevitably be attacked by other forces.

"Lord, withdraw the troops!" After groaning for a long time, Zhang Bin was determined to break his wrist and retreat.

"Withdrawal? No way! It's hard to beat half of Qingzhou, how can you give up halfway? ”

"Yes, yes, yes, we must not withdraw our troops! Lord, if you withdraw your troops at this time, you will be underestimated by outsiders! ”

Zhang Bin's proposal to withdraw troops aroused unanimous opposition from everyone, but Shi Le was unmoved, and he was waiting for Zhang Bin to give an explanation. No matter how everyone objected, as long as Zhang Bin made sense, he would definitely choose to listen.

"Dare to ask you, can you be sure that you will take Qingzhou before the middle of winter comes?"

"This ......"

Shi Hu, Kong Chang, Kui An and other generals were speechless in the face of Zhang Bin's questioning. At present, the situation in Qingzhou is scorching, and under the control of the people of Zu Ti and Zu Yue on the southern line, Shao Xu on the northern line, and Li Ju on the western line, it is impossible for Xiangguo to take Qingzhou.

"My lord, the situation facing Xiangguo is more dangerous than ever, and there is an invisible hand faintly weaving a net around Xiangguo. Among them, Li Ju, Zu Li, Zu Yue, Shao Xu, Wei Shuo, and Cao Wei are all nodes on the Internet, and this net just wraps the entire Xiangguo. ”

"As long as there is a slight change in Xiangguo, Li Ju, Zu Ti and others on the node will pounce on them like tigers, just take this attack on Qingzhou as an example, without the help of others, Qingzhou would have been taken by us a long time ago. But looking at the present, most of the financial and material resources of the entire Xiangguo are consumed in Qingzhou little by little, but it does not help the overall situation. ”

"If the lord doesn't make a decision again, the minister thinks that it won't be long before the grain, grass and military resources accumulated by the Xiangguo Kingdom will be exhausted, and at that time, maybe no one else will fight us, and we ourselves may collapse."

When Zhang Bin analyzed the situation of Xiangguo to everyone one by one, everyone had a feeling of enlightenment, and most people only felt that Xiangguo seemed to have a bad year recently, and there was no smooth sailing in the past, but it always seemed unsatisfactory to do anything. But I couldn't understand why, but now after listening to Zhang Bin's words, I suddenly realized.

"Now that Meng Sun has seen it, is it already in his heart?" After speaking, Shi Le looked at Zhang Bin expectantly.

"Today's situation is quite a bit of the Warring States period of vertical and horizontal meaning, Liaodong is a longitudinal and longitudinal agreement with Qing, Si, Hebei, Henan, Xu and other states, to restrict the development of Xiangguo, vowing to trap Xiangguo in Hebei and the Central Plains. The minister dared to assert that as long as I can't wait to break through this dilemma, in the future, when Liaodong is recuperating and recuperating, there is only one thing waiting for Xiangguo to be destroyed. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Bin's eyes shot a gleam! "And if you want to break the alliance, you can only learn from the Qin State back then and use the strategy of connecting and horizontal!"

"Lian Heng?"

"That's right, since military expansion can't break the blockade, Xiangguo might as well temporarily rein in its edge, first use diplomatic relations to win over all parties, and then launch military operations after breaking the blockade net."

Hearing that Shi Le, Kui An, Xu Guang, Cheng Yao, Guo Yin and other ministers were thoughtful, Zhang Bin's words really spoke to everyone's hearts. If the encirclement from all sides is not broken, the expansion of Xiangguo will be of no use at all except for the waste of financial resources.

"Yes...... But how exactly should you perform the comparative? You see that all around are the Jin clan towns that are hostile to us and other Hu Lu people, how can Li Ju, Zu Ti and others abandon Liaodong and form an alliance with us? ”

Kui An, Xu Guang, Cheng Yao, Guo Yin, Guo Ao and other Xiangguo Wenchen frowned and couldn't think of where the breakthrough was, so they had to pin their hopes on Zhang Bin, who had always been outstanding.

And Zhang Bin really didn't disappoint everyone, only to see a confident smile on the corner of his mouth and said: "General Zhenbei is indeed a great talent, and there are many allies around him, but as long as you cross the surrounding feudal towns, you will find that not everyone is happy to see Liaodong grow." For example, Chang'an Suoqi, Qinzhou Sima Bao, Jingzhou Wang Dun, and even King Langya may not want to see Liaodong strong. ”

"Sir, do you mean that the lord will be a vassal to the Jin family again?" Kui An said with a look of surprise.

"It depends on whether the lord is reluctant to give up the title of King Zhao?"

In the end, Zhang Bin put the choice in the hands of Shi Le, and Shi Le was worthy of being a person who did great things, but he said indifferently: "As long as you can help Xiangguo break the deadlock, don't mention a vain title of King Zhao, even if you discard all the honorific titles on your head, what is there to be reluctant to?" ”

"The lord is wise!" Zhang Bin sincerely admired that he admired Shi Le's ability to afford to let go, but in fact, if he didn't consider that Shi Le was born in Hu, his ability, means, and mind would never lose to any hero in history. It's a pity that he ran into an even more powerful opponent, Wei Shuo, which caused him to be unable to establish a career that matched his ability.

"The Son of Heaven in Chang'an is cowardly and incompetent, Taiwei Suo is selfish and greedy, and the hussar is a good man, although Liang Fen is old and cunning, but unfortunately his ambition is not in the court, so there is no need to worry. As long as the lord descends to the table, I expect Suo Qi and Ko Yun to dance and welcome with their hands! ”

"At that time, the lord has the name of the Jin family, although it cannot completely prevent the Liaodong army from going south, but at least it can make Li Ju, Zu Ti and other foolish and loyal Jin family scruples. At that time, as long as Xiangguo uses a little more means, he may not be able to break the net in front of him in the future! ”

"Do you all have any other suggestions?"

Seeing that the rest of the staff shook their heads one after another, Shi Le secretly sighed in his heart, he was very pleased that he could get a talent like Zhang Bin, but he thought that he was the only one under his command, and there were many talents under the rule of Liaodong Weishuo, he couldn't help but feel a little gloomy.

"Since you don't have any ideas, then immediately withdraw the troops from Qingzhou according to Meng Sun's proposal, and ask Meng Sun to write a surrender table on my behalf, and immediately send someone to Chang'an."

"No!"

……

Just when Shi Le was planning to surrender, after two months of training, the newly established Four-Compartment Marine Corps had become a good one. Speaking of training, except for Wei Shuo himself, outsiders have given limited help to train the Marine Corps, after all, no one knows better than him what the Marine Corps is.

However, Wei Shuo is not a graduate of an orthodox military academy after all, and he can only give guidance on a macro level, but he cannot really participate in training. The Marine Corps only carried out training in Liaodong Bay according to his requirements, adhering to the standards of tigers on land and dragons on the sea.

Seeing the world gradually turn cold, it greatly affected the training of the Marine Corps. In order to further carry out training, but also to adapt to the climate of the South Seas and prepare for future battles, Wei Shuo ordered the transfer of marines to Yizhou and Zhuya bases through the General's Mansion.

As the four years of Jianxing were about to pass, the center of gravity of Liaodong gradually shifted from land to sea, and a large number of materials began to be hoarded in Yizhou and Zhuya, and the Nanyang conquest war had gradually begun. (To be continued.) )