As the direction of Guanzhong has tended to stabilize, the 60,000 Guanzhong Army has also initially formed a combat force, in this Central Plains chaos at the moment, Hua'an is ready to go out of Tongguan and kill in the direction of Luoyang.

Before sending troops, Hua'an was still a little hesitant, so he summoned Wang Meng, who was training in the suburbs of Chang'an, and wanted to discuss with him about entering the Central Plains.

Wang Meng was in the barracks, inspecting the training of soldiers, and when he saw Hua'an's summons, he hurriedly left the barracks and marched towards Chang'an City.

Soon, Wang Meng arrived at Hua'an's mansion and clenched his fists and said, "The general is looking for me?" ”

Seeing Wang Meng coming, Hua An nodded and said softly: "Wang Meng, do you know that the direction of the Central Plains has fallen into chaos, the general of Zhao State Ran Min has seized the throne and established the Great Wei regime, and the emerging king of Zhao State Shi Yuan is officially proclaimed emperor in the palace of Xiang State with the support of all generals. ”

Wang Meng nodded and said: "These subordinates all know that Yecheng and Xiangguo are only about 100 miles apart, but two emperors have appeared at once. ”

"You are right, at such a timing, if Ben will lead the main army out of Tongguan, can he recover the Central Plains in a battle." Hua An hurriedly asked.

Wang Meng pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said, "Now is not the time to send troops, and the general needs to be cautious. ”

When Hua'an heard this, he was a little displeased, and said: "Our army has 150,000 main forces in Guanzhong, and a large amount of military rations and baggage have been piled up in Chang'an, Yicheng, and Tongguan, and the soldiers are even more united. After speaking, he looked at Wang Meng confidently.

Wang Meng smiled and said softly: "With the strength of a general." More than 100,000 troops came out of Tongguan, and naturally they could capture the counties of Hedong, Hongnong, Pingyang, and Shangluo in one fell swoop, and then they could capture the eastern capital Luoyang, so as to control the core counties of the Central Plains. ”

"Since the general can easily capture Luoyang, why is it not the best time to send troops, what are you worried about?" Hua An asked softly.

Wang Meng raised two fingers and said: "It is not difficult for the generals to go out of Tongguan and capture Luoyang in one fell swoop, however, after capturing Luoyang." will directly face the two powerful regimes of Ran Min and Shi Yuan. Nowadays, there is no moon and no war in Hebei, and all the soldiers and horses under Ran Min have reached 200,000 or 300,000, and Shi Yuan's soldiers and horses are only afraid of 500,000 or 600,000. Luoyang is not far from Hebei. The general's occupation of Luoyang is a target of public criticism! ”

Hua'an heard this. fell into contemplation, the defense near Luoyang did not have many troops, and it was indeed easy to attack. However, the main armies of Ran Min and Shi Yuan were fighting fiercely in Hebei, and the forces of both sides were very large, in case they turned their attention to the direction of Luoyang, their main army would not fall into a disadvantageous situation.

Although Ran Min and Shi Yuan are mortal enemies, and the possibility of cooperating to attack themselves is almost zero, accidents cannot be completely ruled out, besides, Pu Hong and Yao Gezhong are both extremely ambitious generals, and they also covet Luoyang.

With Hua'an's current strength, in the face of such a complex force, there will be great pressure to occupy Luoyang, although Hua'an is confident that he can hold Luoyang and control the counties around Luoyang, but the army under his command will definitely be attrition, and the morale of the army will be hit for a long time in Luoyang, which is far away from the rear, and the consumption of grain and grass will also be greatly increased.

Nowadays, in the direction of Hebei, all those who can take up arms have basically joined the army, and those who have not joined the army have also provided logistical support for the army, so that in the vicinity of Yecheng and Xiangguo, there are no longer ordinary people who farm the land, and Hebei's production activities have suffered great damage.

Seeing that Hua An fell into deep thought, Wang Meng then hugged his fists and said: "General, the so-called praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches are behind, if the general consumes his strength in the Central Plains too early, once the 200,000 elite soldiers of the Yan Kingdom go south, the Central Plains will belong to others." ”

When Hua An heard this, he felt that it made sense, he actually forgot about the Murong Jun regime in Liaodong, according to the reports of the scouts and Congshi, Murong Jun, the king of Yan, had gathered 200,000 elite soldiers to the west of Longcheng, and had plans to go south at any time, and the reason why Murong Jun was reluctant to move troops was not to wait for Ran Min and Shi Yuan to kill both of them, and then sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman? Since Murong Jun was so shrewd, how could he send troops too early?

"General, right now, the imperial court has long appointed Yangzhou Assassin Shi Yin Hao as the general of the Chinese army, and asked him to prepare for the Northern Expedition, but why is Yin Hao reluctant to move troops, and Huan Wen in the direction of Jingzhou, training soldiers in Xiangyang day and night, but they are all waiting for the best time to send troops!" Wang Meng continued.

Hua'an naturally knew about these things, Yin Hao and Huan Wen gathered about 100,000 soldiers and horses, and all of them crossed the river and stationed between Jianghuai, and they were indeed waiting for the best time to send troops.

After thinking about it for a while, Hua An looked at Wang Meng with a smile and said softly: "Wang Meng! It's all a loss to you today, otherwise, Ben would have made a big mistake, haha! ”

"Share the worries of the general, this is what subordinates should do." Wang Meng was extremely polite.

Hua An nodded, looked at Wang Meng, and then asked: "Wang Meng, in your opinion, who is better between Ran Min and Shi Yuan in the Hebei direction, who can defeat the other party and achieve the final victory." ”

Wang Meng smiled and said softly: "With the three-way army of the Great Jin Imperial Court and the 200,000 elite men and horses of the Yan Kingdom, how can Ran Min and Shi Yuan be victorious, and within a few years, they will all be defeated." ”

Seeing that Wang Meng's analysis was very correct, Hua Anzhong greatly appreciated, paused, and asked: "Ran Min is brave and good at fighting, and the begging army under his command is invincible in the world, on the day he ascended the throne and became the emperor, he boasted that he would go to Haikou to first determine the Central Plains and then sweep the world, and now, the war against Shi Yuan has been won repeatedly, if it were not for Shi Yuan's many generals, I am afraid that Xiangguo has been broken by Ran Min, so a warrior, how will it end?" ”

Wang Meng didn't think about it and replied: "Ran Min is indeed brave, but sooner or later he will die at the hands of Hu Ren." ”

"Oh, why is that?" Hua An asked curiously.

Wang Meng replied: "Ran Min is brave and crowns the world, and the beggar army is strong, but in the Central Plains and Hebei area, after Shi Hu's tyranny, there are only millions of Chinese people, less than half of the total population, and there are many people with yellow muscles and thin muscles, such a people's strength, how can they fight against the fierce Hu people, no matter how strong Ran Min and the beggar army are, how can they change the overall situation in the Central Plains and Hebei, even if they defeat the Hu people in the Hebei area, they are bound to suffer great losses, and the soldiers and food are empty, once Murong Jun's 200,000 elite soldiers go south, what can Ran Min resist, besides, Except for the Chinese people in the Hebei area, Ran Min will not receive the support of any friendly forces. ”

"Oh, why won't Ran Min have the support of his allies?" Huaan then asked.

Wang Meng smiled and said: "Murong Jun of Yan State is a Xianbei person, a kind of Hu people, Ran Min wantonly slaughtered Hu people, Murong Jun hates Ran Min deeply, naturally he will not support Ran Min, in addition, it is the three-way army of the Great Jin, now, Ran Min has been called the emperor and established the Great Wei State, which is clearly to fight against the Great Jin court, besides, the Great Jin court was made by Wei Guochan, Ran Min took Wei as the national name, which is a great irony of the Great Jin court, how can the court tolerate it, did not lead the army to crusade against Ran Min, it is because the strength is not enough, And how could they support him? ”

Seeing that Wang Meng's analysis was reasonable, Hua An thought so, paused, and said: "Ran Min claimed the emperor without authorization, and my Great Jin Dynasty naturally would not support him, but the Chinese people in Hebei suffered a lot, at this time, Wei and Zhao attacked each other, and the people had no intention of cultivating crops. ”

Seeing that Hua'an was actually worried about the country and the people, Wang Meng was greatly moved, and suddenly, he respected Hua'an even more, paused, hugged his fists and said: "The general is worried about the country and the people, and his subordinates are admired, but every qiē is the mandate of heaven, the general's strength is limited, and it is already a great merit to make the people of Yong, Qin, Liang, and Yi live a good life, as for the people in the Central Plains and Hebei, when the time is ripe, our army can completely wave its army to the east to save the people there, and the general does not need to be in a hurry." ”

Hearing this, Hua An nodded approvingly, Wang Meng always has a very strategic vision in analyzing problems, considers problems, always starts from the overall situation, and never bothers for a little profit.

According to the progress of history, the Wei regime existed for two years, that is to say, if all the qiē were rolled forward according to the wheel of history, Ran Min would have a year and a half to fall.

In this way, at most one year, Hua'an can basically lead the main army out of Tongguan, although the year is very hard, but for its own interests, this year must wait.

Moreover, in this year, Guanzhong can be well developed, and all the abandoned land on the Qinchuan River for 800 miles can be planted with crops, so that there is no need to transport military grain from Chengdu and Hanzhong, and the direct production of grain from Guanzhong will be of great benefit to the eastward advance into the Central Plains, at least in terms of logistics, the benefits are self-evident, and the reserve army shuttling through the narrow mountain roads of the Qinling Mountains can be completely liberated.

In addition to the most important military rations, all kinds of military materials and equipment, including the armory hall and other buildings, also began to divide half of them to the direction of Chang'an, in order to build Chang'an into a new metropolis.

With the potential of Chang'an, once various facilities are built, Nanzheng will inevitably be left far behind, and become a transportation hub connecting the Central Plains and the Western Regions.

In order to lead the army out of Tongguan at any time, all the armies under the command of Hua'an are conducting intense training, and there is no slackness, in addition, the agriculture in Guanzhong is also advancing in an orderly manner, and the construction of Chang'an City has also entered the right track. (To be continued......)