Shi Hu sent troops to set foot in the south of the Yangtze River, but returned with a disastrous defeat, and since then, his ambitions have been greatly reduced, and he no longer dares to have the intention of going south.

The Shu State, which was also hostile to the Great Jin, also immediately shrank its forces, and when Shi Hu invaded the south, the troops gradually deployed on the border of the Great Jin Dynasty withdrew to the rear, which was a great sign of weakness.

A war between the Great Jin Dynasty and the Zhao State greatly demonstrated its strength, but the losses of each legion were not small, and the consumption of various military materials was also huge, so there was no extra strength to conquer other countries for a while, and there was not enough strength to directly smash Yecheng, recover the Central Plains, and temporarily recuperate, which was the best choice for the Great Jin.

After two consecutive battles, Hua'an's Northern Expeditionary Army also needed to recuperate for a while, so all the generals recognized the imperial court's policy of recuperation.

The New Year is approaching, the border is peaceful, Hua'an does not have to bother with affairs for the time being, and most of the small things in the camp are also handed over to the generals.

After several months of continuous fighting, Hua An was tired of fighting, and what he wanted to do most at the moment was to stay with his family and enjoy the joy of family.

At the time of the Chinese New Year, there were a few heavy snowfalls in the sky, and Jiang Mountain, outside the capital, was completely in a fairy tale world.

Taking advantage of the free time of the New Year, he took his two wives and children to Jiangshan to step on the snow, and taught his children hunting skills hand in hand.

The four of them walked hand in hand in the snow in the mountains, playing a lot, this kind of scene, last year, they also experienced it once, but at that time, Han Xueyu was Hua'an's little sister. Hua'an can only be seen from afar, and now. Han Xueyu's identity is Hua'an's wife, and Hua'an can finally hug this 'long-coveted' little sister in a grand manner.

Hua An hugged his two wives left and right. made the six-year-old Huawei envious in his heart, and he said in a milky voice that he would marry two beautiful girls when he grew up, just like his mother and second mother.

Huawei's statement really surprised the three of Hua'an, Wang Ling pointed directly at Hua'an, saying that Hua'an had brought bad children, and Han Xueyu naughtily pushed Hua'an away and ran away alone.

A family of four walked in the snow on Jiangshan Mountain, enjoying the beautiful scenery given by the heavens. Looking at the scenery of Jiang Mountain, Hua'an thought of the various scenery of the Central Plains and Liaodong, the surging mother river, the Liaodong Mountains stretching for thousands of miles, and the endless prairie, which were originally the scenery of the Great Jin Dynasty, but now, they are occupied by various countries.

While appreciating the snow in Jiang Mountain, Hua An also calculated a plan to recover the Central Plains in his heart, and he planned to spend the New Year and recuperate for a few more months. After the weather is warm, he will make a statement to the imperial court, saying his plan to recover the Central Plains in his heart, as long as the imperial court adopts it. And he will lead his army again, far away from his wife and children.

Therefore, during this time of the Chinese New Year. Huaan will spend almost all of his energy with his family, especially his wife and children. The plan to create a man is indispensable, and there is only one son of Huawei. For a general's family like Hua'an, it is too little.

After the Chinese New Year, the weather gradually warmed, and the Northern Expeditionary Army conducted a recruitment to fill the void lost in the previous year's battle.

The recruitment of troops was surprisingly smooth, and the common people had long understood the prestige of the Northern Expeditionary Army and knew that joining the Northern Expeditionary Army must have a future, so they competed for recruitment.

After a month of acclimatization training for the recruits, the weather had completely shaken off the bitter cold, and by this time, Hua'an had recuperated long enough for all the soldiers under his command to be reunited with their families.

At this time, Hua'an decided to offer a plan to the imperial court, send troops to gradually recover the lost territory, increase the strength little by little, and finally, completely recover all the lost territory.

After months of replenishment and training, the Yangzhou Legion and the Jingzhou Legion were all rejuvenated, and although the generals were too willing to fight, they were fully capable of fighting.

In order to make Chu Garlic, who was in charge of the country, have a psychological preparation, Hua An first wrote his plan into a twist, sent his subordinates to the palace, and then waited for Chu Garlic's summons in the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Chu Lianzi received Hua'an's recital, and after discussing it with several important ministers, he couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he summoned Hua'an to the court, and prepared to let all the ministers discuss it together in the early dynasty.

Early in the morning of the second day, Hua'an, who received the summons, rode a horse from the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army to the capital early, and entered the palace to participate in the early dynasty.

Since Hua An is a foreign minister, he does not go to the court every day, so when he saw Hua An appearing in the Taiji Hall in a military uniform, many ministers came to greet him with great curiosity, and Hua An naturally returned the salute politely.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has arrived." A eunuch's slender voice came, and Chu Lianzi walked into the Taiji Hall with Sima Dan in his arms, and gently sat on the dragon chair behind the white gauze curtain.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live...... all the ministers in the court bowed their knees and bowed.

Chu Garlic stretched out his hand and waved lightly, signaling the ministers to get up.

The ministers got up and lined up on either side, according to the size of their official positions.

Chu Lianzi raised his eyes to look at the crowd, and when he saw that Hua'an had come, he nodded lightly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this morning, the mourning family mainly wants to ask your adults for advice, the issue of the Great Jin Dynasty recovering the Central Plains, you must know everything, say everything, don't hide any ideas. Chu Garlic opened his mouth and admonished.

When the ministers heard that it was to recover the Central Plains, they immediately looked at each other a few times, and they were really not very interested in the recovery of the Central Plains, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, they had long been accustomed to the birds and flowers in the south of the Yangtze River, and most of them were not interested in the Central Plains with a relatively harsh climate, and they never thought of recovering the Central Plains.

Seeing the ministers' expressions of disobedience, Chu Garlic was very unhappy, she sighed secretly, looked at Hua An in the crowd, and said: "Hua Aiqing, the excerpt about the recovery of the Central Plains is yours, and the specific situation, please ask Aiqing to say it again in front of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty." ”

"Yes, Queen Mother." Hua An clenched his fists, walked out of the queue, looked at the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, my Great Jin is located in a corner of the south of the Yangtze River, and the land occupied by Jingyang is mainly in the two prefectures of Jingyang, the land is not broad enough, and the people are not enough, and the Zhao State of the Central Plains occupies the land of ten states, and there are many soldiers and enough food, and it will be extremely unfavorable to my Great Jin in the long run, and with the current strength of my Great Jin, I am not able to confront the Zhao State, and the direct northern expedition to the Central Plains has little chance of winning. As long as my Great Jin occupies the Shu State, the strength will increase by at least fifty percent, and the cost of confrontation with the Zhao State will be greater, after the capture of the Shu State, our army will recuperate for a period of time, and then continue to advance westward along Hanzhong, capture Qinzhou, and then go north, and the army of the King of Liang cooperate with each other, capture the Guanzhong land of the Zhao State, once my Great Jin occupies the Guanzhong, you can form a corner with the Jingyang Erzhou army in the south of the Yangtze River, and jointly attack the Central Plains, and the reconquest of the lost territory is just around the corner, I don't know what you think. ”

After Hua An finished speaking, he looked at the ministers in the court in high spirits, but the ministers reacted numbly, and they didn't seem to be listening to Hua An's speech at all, and even felt disgusted, which really surprised Hua An.

However, it is no wonder that these civil and military ministers are either soldiers in Jiangnan, or Jiangbei scholars who have obtained stable land in Jiangnan, their current lives are very rich, and once there is a war, they must conscript soldiers and food, and this will undoubtedly bring them a burden, and the officials from the soldiers are naturally unwilling.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if you have any opinions on Hua Aiqing's plan, you might as well talk about them." Seeing that the ministers ignored Hua'an, Chu Lianzi asked.

A minister came out of the ranks, hugged his fists and said: "Queen Mother, although Zhao is defeated, its strength still exists, if our army attacks Shu on a large scale, once Zhao goes south again, what will our army resist?" ”

"Yes! Oh, yes! The main force attacked Shu, once the army of Zhao went south again, the consequences would be unimaginable! The ministers chimed in.

Seeing that the ministers were so cowardly, Hua An'an couldn't help but burn a wave of anger, and said: "My lords, the Zhao army went south this time, and lost no less than 100,000 soldiers, which can be described as a great loss of vitality, and it is impossible to go south again in a short period of time, and moreover, the Yan State in the north is getting stronger and stronger, and Shi Hu's main army will be more and more contained, besides, our army is going west, and there is no need to dispatch too many troops, and 80,000 soldiers and horses on three routes are enough, and it will not cause much change to the defense of Jiangnan." ”

Seeing Hua An say this, a minister glared at Hua An and retorted: "General Hua, there are more than 100,000 troops in Shu, and they have the advantage of geography, and the general wants to destroy Shu with only 80,000 troops, what a fool's dream!" ”

"Yes! I think that at the beginning, Zhonghui's more than 100,000 troops couldn't help Shu State, and in the end, Deng Ai smuggled through Yinping and approached Chengdu, only to force the later lord Liu Chan to surrender, I don't have 200,000 soldiers and horses in Dajin, it is difficult to destroy Shu Kingdom! Another minister chimed in.

Seeing that the people who were arguing with him were a group of civil servants who didn't understand military affairs, Hua An didn't bother to say anything, he looked at Chu Lianzi and said loudly: "Queen Mother, you don't need the assistance of friendly troops, with the strength of my Northern Expeditionary Army, you can destroy Shu with the strength of your army, please ask the Queen Mother to issue an order and let the last general lead the army to the west." ”

"What, it's up to you to be the strength of the Northern Expeditionary Army." Chu Lianzi also felt that Hua An was talking nonsense.

Shi Huanwen, the assassin of Xuzhou, who had been silent in the crowd, came out and praised: "General Hua is so strong!" However, with only the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army, I am afraid it will be difficult to take the entire Shu Kingdom! I don't know if the general has a detailed plan for attacking Shu. ”

Seeing Huan Wen out of the ranks, Hua An'an was overjoyed, he knew that this Huan Wen would definitely agree with the Western Expedition, and the historical Shu Kingdom was destroyed by Huan Wen, so he said loudly: "Yes, of course there is, hit the head, chop the tail, and stab the chest, and the three armies of our army in the north, south, and central will attack at the same time, and the Shu State can be destroyed in one battle." ”

"Oh, the three-way army will destroy Shu together, so strong, I don't know how the three-way army should be configured, where is the march route?" Huan Wen then asked. (To be continued......)