Chapter 240: Deciding to Expedition West
Jia Xu's analysis made Li Dao nod uncontrollably, and after hearing this, Li Dao's heavy expression suddenly became relaxed, and his eyes suddenly lit up and said: "Wenhe said exactly what I wanted!" ”
Li Wei made up his mind and decided to fight with Guan Yu, but he did not reply to the court, this was also his plan, he wanted to delay as much time as possible, so he did not reply to Guan Yu for a long time, as long as he did not reply to Guan Yu, in the absence of a reply, Guan Yu would definitely not act rashly, of course, this was his conjecture
Entering the autumn of Luoyang City, everything is depressed, the trees are withered, the grass and trees are withered, the autumn wind sweeps the fallen leaves, it seems to be a desolation, and then look at a mansion in the northeast of Luoyang, standing majestically in the wind, standing majestically, looking at the mansion in the city, the people in and out are endless, many people are still in a hurry, and then look at a person in the house sitting in the center of the house, in front of him is a huge desk, the table is a drawing that is wider than the table, the person is buried in the drawings and constantly consulting, there are several people standing beside him, This person is the general Guan Yu, he is planning the next step of the military situation with the generals, at this time Guan Yu has put the western expedition on the agenda, because since the last letter, it has been more than half a month, he can't wait any longer, Li Wei's delay in replying is obviously delaying time, this Guan Yu is still clear.
Previously, Guan Yu had sent a letter to Han Sui of Bingzhou asking him to launch an attack from the north of Sanfu, echoing with him from afar, and jointly attacking Li Dao, but said that Han Sui of Bingzhou had moved to Xiliang since he was defeated by Dong Zhuo earlier, and Ding Yuan of Bingzhou was defeated by Dong Zhuo, and Ding Yuan died. Han Sui took this opportunity to seize the annexation of the state, and then sat in the annexation of the state.
At this time, the annexation states were relatively small among the counties. The population is also relatively sparse, and the natural source of soldiers is also very small. Because it is located in the north, the north is close to the Central Plains in the south, the geographical location is very dangerous, Han Sui sat on the state and continued to expand the military strength, he rarely got involved in the war in the Central Plains under the state, and more to bear the war with the Xiongnu, but the strength of the Xiongnu is not Han Sui's opponent after all, several invasions have been beaten down, and the army of Han Sui who has experienced the war has also exercised extraordinary combat effectiveness. Especially in terms of cavalry, Han Sui was not involved in the war of the princes of the Eighteenth Route to conquer Dong Zhuo, so he retained his strength, but the limited population of the state limited his military expansion was limited, so Han Sui's military strength was never able to become bigger and stronger during the Chinese New Year, but he was still able to protect himself.
At that moment, Han Sui received the holy decree, and he actually wanted to send troops to recruit the traitor Li Dao and the imperial court to form a joint force to suppress the thief, as a battle-hardened general. At this time, Han Sui was already over half a hundred years old, and he had lived for most of his life, and he had seen some things very clearly, and the imperial court issued an edict to send troops to attack Li Dao, and it was obvious that the driving force behind this scene must be Guan Yu. Although it is an edict sent down by the emperor, a discerning person can know the clues of this at a glance, what does a teenager know? If no one causes it. How could he know what the princes of Lu Dao said goodbye to and what they should not do? This is especially true in military strategy, what does a milky hairy child understand? So when he received the edict, Han Sui quickly understood what was hidden in it
Guan Yu took the Son of Heaven to order the princes. In the name of the Son of Heaven, he commanded the heroes, and if there was any disobedience, it would be against the sky. Han Sui, who is the assassin of the state, fell into deep thought, if you want to say that others are the only ones who are their enemies, the battle that happened in Meiyang ten years ago is still vivid, Guan Yu was still a general under Dong Zhuo, and he was in a good situation with Bian Zhang's rebellion, and successively defeated famous generals such as Huangpu Song and Zhang Wen of the imperial court, and went all the way east and did not expect to fall into Dong Zhuo's hands.
And Guan Yu is the culprit who caused the whole plan to fail, he defeated his son-in-law Yan Xing, killed his beloved general Nian Gongying, he suffered several times, the most defeated and forced to withdraw from Xiliang, this kid can make himself miserable, if he didn't take the opportunity to seize the state, maybe he is still wandering, Guan Yu This is his own feud, his son-in-law Yan Xing and Ai Jiang Nian Gongying were killed for him, and now a holy decree of the imperial court actually wants to send troops to help him, Help your enemies, huh! How does this work? On the private side, he was absolutely reluctant.
From the strategic point of view, he is now in the state, and he is living comfortably, although he has no big intentions and ambitions, but no one dares to try against him at the moment, if he sends troops to attack Li Dao, not only will his strength be damaged, but even if he joins forces with Guan Yu to attack Li Dao, even if he defeats himself, what can he get? Is it possible to get Chang'an? This is absolutely impossible, when the time comes, he may end up with a basket of money and a lot of money, he has no benefits at all, and Guan Yu will not let himself benefit.
Therefore, there is no benefit in sending troops by himself, only to damage himself to help Guan Yu, the enemy, this is obviously an unworthy deal, and if his strength is depleted, he will become the next Li Dao, Guan Yu can eat himself at any time, even if Guan Yu does not eat himself, others will also eat him, so this has to be said that it is not dangerous! Based on the above considerations, there is no practical point in sending troops by yourself, on the contrary, it will bring misfortune to yourself.
But then I thought about it, if I don't send troops to help Guan Yu this time, one is to disobey the holy decree, and the other is to offend Guan Yu again, Guan Yu's personality he still understands, if he doesn't give him face, he will definitely retaliate against himself, when the time comes, as long as he defeats Li Dao and turns back, he can still consider attacking himself, and the reason for sending troops is to resist the decree and disrespect, and then he will also be involved in the war with Guan Yu. There are many generals, Guan Yu is the world's tiger general, and his strength is outstanding, how can he be his opponent? It's not possible to turn over the 18th Route Coalition Army in front, let alone the people of your own district?
This is really a dilemma, horizontal and vertical are a death! Han Sui was a little melancholy, how should this step be taken? Since both horizontal and vertical are unlucky, why damage your strength? As long as his strength is intact, he Guan Yu will have to spend some strength and effort if he wants to eat himself, and the enemy that Guan Yu wants to try the most now is Li Dao, and after eliminating Li Dao, he doesn't know who his next target is! Who of the princes is the greatest threat to him? I'm afraid it's not himself, so I have to say where to go at that time, and after Guan Yu eliminates Li Dao, he can make full use of this time to recruit troops and expand his military strength to deal with Guan Yu, and there is also an important consideration that if he is in trouble, he will also turn to his worship brother - Ma Teng, this Ma Teng is now a powerful person who dominates Xiliang, if he joins forces to resist Guan Yu, Guan Yu will definitely not dare to use force easily.
So he thought about it again and again, and finally made up his mind that is to continue to sit on the state and don't send troops to help Guan Yu, and stay in place to stand still, Guan Yu saw that there has been no news from the state side, guessing that Han Sui, the old fox, must be playing tricks again, so he didn't wait any longer, after he appointed the people in Luoyang, he began to point the generals, Guan Yu discussed with Liu Bei after careful and serious research, and decided to personally recruit Li Dao, leaving Liu Bei to stick to Luoyang, assisted by Wen Ping, leaving Zhang Fei to guard the tiger prison, and leaving Li Su to guard the Bishui Pass, Zhang Yang continued to defend the Hanoi area to resist the attack from the Kwantung region; Transferred the captain of the water school to the seed series, and the captain of the Yue cavalry, Wang Qi, rushed to Hongnong to guard the guard to resist the attack of Han Sui in the annexation state;
Making the above arrangements also has its own unique considerations, now Guan Yu is going to dominate the world, as a general, the commander of the three armies, the highest military commander, the next thing to do is to do it himself, because the person who can replace him has not yet been found, even Liu Bei He is not at ease, not that he does not believe in Liu Bei's personality but doubts his military ability, after all, Liu Bei has not personally commanded a large battle for so many years, his military talent has yet to be stimulated, compared with himself, naturally he has more advantages, The conquest is a major military event, so he is still a personal expedition this time, leaving Liu Bei to guard Luoyang, first, Liu Bei is a relative of the Han family, and his influence in the court should not be underestimated.
Leaving Wen Ping to assist Liu Bei is also because Wen Ping has a certain amount of military power, and is loyal to himself, once there is a change in Luoyang, Liu Bei can't cope with the situation, it is good to send troops to help Liu Bei, the two of them can jointly guard to ensure that Luoyang is foolproof, this Luoyang is the imperial capital is very important and not an ordinary city is comparable, so it is necessary to arrange competent people to guard the guard, and another point is to prevent changes in the imperial capital, after all, he has just stood in Luoyang for a short time, so to ensure that Luoyang is stable, not afraid of 10,000 in case, this is also his base, The only base, if Luoyang loses, then the consequences can be imagined, which is equivalent to the abandonment of the previous efforts, so Guan Yu pays special attention to Luoyang's affairs.
Tiger Prison Pass as the gateway to the east of Luoyang is of great significance, this Tiger Prison Pass on the one hand to resist the enemy from the eastern part of the country, on the other hand, it can also resist the enemy from the Nanyang side, so as a city defense on both sides, the gains and losses of the Tiger Pass directly affect the security of the imperial capital, the importance is self-evident, Guan Yu left Zhang Fei to guard the Tiger Pass, Zhang Fei is a fierce general with the courage of ten thousand people, but also a rough and fine person, there is no lack of wit, leaving him to guard on the one hand is to fancy his martial arts, on the other hand, it is also because he is his own righteous brother, Let him guard more securely, and on the other hand, he will also exercise Zhang Fei. (To be continued......)