In the Hall of Guardianship, Sima Shu was holding an emergency meeting with nine cabinet ministers. Just after the Spring Festival of the second year of Hongwu, the imperial court received an urgent letter for help from Ma Han. It turned out that at the end of the first month of the third year of Hongmu, Baekje organized an army of 50,000 to attack Samhan, and the weak Samhan coalition army abandoned large areas of land in the north and west. Seeing that the country was about to be lost, King Chen immediately asked for help from Dajin!

Sima Shu glanced at everyone and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, let's talk about how to deal with the matter of Sanhan!" ”

"I didn't expect this Ma Han to be so poor, and the imperial court sent so many weapons and equipment to them in vain, and they couldn't even last half a year!" Tobe Shangshu Du Xi was the first to speak, he was very dissatisfied with Ma Han's performance.

"According to the information obtained by the Military Intelligence Agency, Baekje's attack on Samhan this time is aimed at unifying the southern part of the peninsula, and at the worst, it must occupy the west coast of the peninsula controlled by Mahan!" Zu Ti first introduced the judgment of the Military Intelligence Agency.

"Shhh Wouldn't our trade with Samhan be affected? Once Baekje takes control of Mahan, will they still allow us to exist in the southwest of the peninsula? In particular, the imperial court has just completed the construction of a port in the southwest of the peninsula and is preparing to enter the peninsula with the help of the power of Ma Han. ”

After stating the above reasons, Zhang Bin, the first assistant of the cabinet, got up and bowed to Sima Shu and said, "Your Majesty please immediately order reinforcements to Ma Han!" If we have no financial problems, the minister supports His Majesty to take the opportunity to take the entire southern part of the peninsula!" ”

Shoufu Zhang Bin's words resonated with everyone present, and he was not bad at all. Once Baekje defeats Mahan, the interests of the Great Jin in the peninsula will definitely be badly affected, and in this case, the Great Jin has no choice but to send troops!

"Well, I also think that this is the best time to take the south-central part of the peninsula, I'm afraid that after this village, there will be no such shop. Du Aiqing, are we financially abundant this year? Sima Shu turned his head and asked Du Xi, who was sitting on the side.

"Your Majesty, this year's imperial court's financial revenue has increased by three million guan on the basis of last year, bringing the total to 13 million guan, and the minister expects that the imperial court can spend one million guan for the Baekje War."

"Good! Very good! As a precautionary measure, I allocated another 500,000 guan from the inner treasury for military expenses. I hope the military doesn't let me down! ”

"The ministers will live up to His Majesty's trust!" Zu Ti and Zhu Zheng hurriedly got up and replied.

Sima Shu pondered for a moment and then said, "I will make an order. He ordered the general Tao Kan to be the general of the Eastern Expedition, officially built a large camp for the Eastern Expedition in Weihaiwei, and transferred the army captains Yao Gezhong, Li Xiong, and Zhou Za as his deputy generals, and led the Xiang army with 30,000 infantry and cavalry to conquer Baekje. At the same time, in order to ensure the safe arrival of the army on the peninsula. Order Captain Lin Feng to lead the Third Fleet to support the army operation! ”

"Your Majesty. After General Tao's eastward transfer. Who will guard Huainan? Zhang Bin asked after Sima Shu finished speaking, Tao Kan was the governor of Huainan appointed by the imperial court, and he was responsible for resisting Jiangdong. He did not expect that the emperor would make Tao Kan the commander of the conquest of Baekje.

"Well, Liu Kun will be appointed as the governor of Huainan to replace Tao Kan to guard Jiangdong!"

At first, Sima Shu didn't want Liu Kun to be in charge, but over the years, Liu Kun was in charge of the Military Affairs Bureau, and successively participated in and formulated plans for several military operations in the Great Jin Dynasty. He was greatly tempered in theory, and even he himself felt that his military level had improved greatly.

With the improvement of his level, Liu Kun is no longer satisfied with being a staff officer, he is eager to be like his brother Zu Ti to conquer the east and west for the imperial court! So, he put forward the idea of wanting to go to the front line to Sima Shu through various relationships, and finally Sima Shu considered that putting the other party in the military service bureau was indeed a bit of a waste of Liu Kun's talent.

Besides, Liu Kun at this time is no longer the Liu Kun of history, his comprehensive ability is much stronger than in history, and it seems a bit narrow-minded to be entangled in history! In this case, Sima Shu transferred Liu Kun to the south to replace Tao Kan to guard Huainan, if Liu Kun can gain a firm foothold in Huainan, it means that the other party has been completely transformed! In the future, there will be more and more opportunities for him to lead the troops alone.

Soon the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty sent someone to tell Ma Han's envoy about the dispatch of troops, and Li Fansi sent people to look for a long time but did not find the other party. This envoy is Lord Ma Han Chenzhi, the second person in Ma Hanne, second only to King Chen, and the other party is immersed in the prosperity of Luoyang at this time. The envoy of Mahan had never seen such a prosperous Luoyang City in Sanhan. The city wall is 17 meters thick and 28 meters high, and the circumference of the city wall is 48 kilometers. The street is one hundred and fifteen meters wide.

Tomi-sama stayed in a hotel room provided by Ripanji, a restaurant he had never dreamed of. Don't say it's a dream, this kind of scene doesn't even dare to dream. The bowls and chopsticks I eat are all jade, and I haven't seen a lot of things to eat, and I don't know how to eat if I say something unpleasant! The urinals are all made of gold, and they still owe precious stones, and they sparkle in the night.

The clothes of the girls on the street are all satin, smooth and soft, and radiant. Not to mention silk in your own tribe! It's nice to be able to put on clothes! Even his own silk was also given by the merchants of the Great Jin Dynasty, but it was also for the sake of him helping the other party.

Look at the silk on your body, which is the most inferior fabric on the street. After discussing with King Chen before traveling, he gave a piece of material to make a dress in front of the tribal nobles.

Ah! The envoy sighed while watching: Don't say it's Ma Han! I'm afraid that no city in the world has the prosperity of Luoyang City.

Chen Zhi has been waiting for the dispatch of troops from Dajin in the hotel There has been no news, and he has been walking on the street for more than ten days, and there are no lonely people in Luoyang City, and he can't be lonely if he wants to. It is said that in the more than ten days that he has been here, there has not been a single day of idleness, either someone has led him to see a play or to attend some banquet, watch army performances, hunting, and bowing.

The treatment enjoyed by the envoys of Ma Han was specially formulated by the Li Fan Division in charge of Pei Wei, and his purpose was to corrupt the envoy and strive to make the other party corrupt in Luoyang, so as to achieve other ulterior purposes.

In the evening, the Mahan envoy returned drunk. Suddenly heard that the emperor had summoned him, and he knew in his heart that this was the Great Jin Dynasty was going to send troops! Then I have to go back! Happy days are over! Sure enough, the emperor asked him to go to Tao Kan, the general of Zhengdong in the imperial court, to prepare to return to Mahan with the army.

After receiving the appointment from the imperial court, Tao Kan immediately began to prepare for the expedition. On the ninth day of the first month of February, the armies and generals from all walks of life gathered in Weihaiwei Military Port in Qingzhou, with General Tao Kan, lieutenants Li Xiong, Yao Gezhong, and Zhou Zha, and Captain Lin Feng leading 30,000 infantry cavalry to Baekje, including three carriage cavalry and seven carriage infantry troops.

In the camp of Weihaiwei's Eastern Expedition, Tao Kan was holding an emergency meeting in the camp. He sat on the upper seat, the generals of the army sat on the left, and the envoy of Mahan, Lord Chenzhi, sat on the right. After looking around, Tao Kan first asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, it is hard to come from afar. I don't know what your best plan is to go to Samhan to annihilate the soldiers of Baekje this time? ”

Actually, Tao Kan himself had already thought about it! However, as the commander-in-chief, he asked his subordinates to talk about it first, which is polite and respectful to his subordinates. However, at first, everyone didn't speak for a long time, why is that! Who dares to talk in front of the boss! Tao Kan is the commander-in-chief appointed by the emperor, and they are just people who charge into battle.

Tao Kan smiled and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, don't be restrained. ”

Yao Gezhong and the others below, you look at me, I look at you, I think to myself! The coach asked everyone to speak, if everyone didn't speak again, it would be disrespectful to Tao Kan! Thinking of this, Li Xiong hurriedly stood up and said, "My lord, we are all juniors. We are deeply honored to follow the general on this expedition! Thinking that the general fought thousands of miles in the south and defeated the rebels of King Qi, the mighty Quartet really made us admire! It's up to you."

After saying that, Li Xiong gave everyone else a look, and everyone hurriedly got up and said, "Everything is willing to be dispatched by the general." ”

In fact, this is Tao Kan testing his subordinates, why should he be tempted? This expedition is different from the previous ones, it is a war abroad, in case one of his subordinates is disobedient, resulting in the defeat of this war. The emperor will not blame this person, but will think that Tao Kan is incompetent! In this case, Tao Kan made a statement to test a few subordinates who were not familiar with him, which can be regarded as probing the bottom in advance!

Tao Kan was very happy to hear the generals' answers, after a simple trial, the performance of his subordinates made him very satisfied, in his opinion, the quality of this group of generals from the Army Officer Academy is very high! No one secretly troubles him, and no one despises his unusual appearance, everything is done according to the orders of the army!

Next, Tao Kan introduced the battle plan in detail to everyone, first of all, he ordered Yao Gezhong to lead the infantry army to act as the vanguard of the army, and with the help of the navy, he landed in Daifang County to establish a landing place for the army, and the main force followed!

"In this operation, we adopted a strategy of flanking from the north and south, starting from the base on Jeju Island in the south, landing in the south controlled by Mahan, and then attacking Baekje from the south with Mahan's troops."

After hearing this, the envoy of Ma Han was very satisfied with Tao Kan's plan, and after everyone left, Tao Kan secretly found Zhou Za, the main general of the South Road. As soon as they met, Tao Kan said with a different face: "Captain Zhou was originally looking for you to come over for an important matter, and this time the South Route troops are shouldering a secret mission. You give Ben a firm reminder: your mission is not to save Mahan, but to stay on Jeju Island and wait for Mahan's army to be wiped out! ”

"After the main force of Mahan is destroyed, you immediately take control of the southern region of Mahan, lure the main force of Baekje to the south, and create conditions for the main force of the northern road to operate. Of course, we don't know exactly what the situation is in Malaysia today, but based on the strength of the Baekje people, it is likely that if the other side goes well, they will have occupied the western coast of the peninsula. Therefore, when you arrive on Jeju Island, you must be flexible and changeable, in short, aim to destroy the Mahan army and contain the Baekje army! ”

"No! Please rest assured that the general must be cautious in his humble duties! (To be continued......)