Polo's army appeared in Yan'an, and when the news came out, several families were happy and some were sad.

When Chahan heard the news, he was stunned at first, and then laughed. Wang Baobao accompanied the attendants, puzzled, and said: "The Polo army entered Yan'an, it must be to plot against Guanzhong, which is very unfavorable to me. It turned out that what he put on Jining Road was just a suspicious soldier all the way, but it was his plan in our army. I wonder why my father is laughing? ”

"In the past, the old man was restrained by the loss of Badulu. At that time, Polo Timur was still a yellow-mouthed child, and the milky smell had not dried up. By virtue of his father's prestige, he had to command the army and garrison Datong, known as 'the Beijing Division'. Over the years, he has watched Jining, fought with me, and repeatedly lost the upper hand. For the old man, he is nothing more than a child in the past, a defeated man. Unexpectedly, 'this is only a little, not to restore Wu Xia Amon', can actually come up with such a strange plan! Do one thing as a front for another. The old man's smile was not for Polo, but for his father. Answer: Badulu can have a son like this, you can be blind. ”

Chahan laughed for a long time, paced to the map, and watched carefully: "Here Datong, here Jining Road, here Yan'an." Trekking through mountains and rivers, hundreds of miles away. Thinking that he can do it so unknowingly and unknowingly, it must be the Yellow River that has been crossed from Liujiachuan. Although there is a garrison in Yan'an City, it is not a descendant of me and Li Siqi, and it must be a panic to see his army suddenly coming. Hehe, if you don't hand over a single arrow, you can get an important town in northern Shaanxi. Polo, Polo, worthy of the door tiger. Give birth to a child! ”

"It is like giving birth to a child". At the end of the Han Dynasty, in the Three Kingdoms, in the eighteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao and Sun Quan confronted each other for more than a month, and Cao Cao could not win. Looking at Sun Quanjun, he sighed: "Giving birth to a son should be like Sun Zhongmou." ”

It's a compliment, but it's also a curse. The implication is that Cao Cao is looking at Sun Quan's elders and Sun Quan's fathers. The implications are complex. Li Chahan's highlighting of this statement at this moment was quite consistent with Cao Cao's mentality at that time. There is both praise and praise for the terrible meaning of Polo's posterity; There are also similar to relying on the old and selling the old, and still regard it as the meaning of children.

Chahan sighed for a long time, and Wang Baobao was not angry.

He crossed his hands and said: "Although the Polo army has Yan'an and looks south to Guanzhong, he has no foundation in the pass, he is a guest army, and the lone army is deep, the logistics are difficult to supply, and he is not familiar with the situation and geography, so he cannot be long." There is the elite of his father in Guanzhong, and there is Li Siqi, even if he was careless for a while, he had to go to Yan'an, this little problem. The child is not talented, please ask his father to give 5,000 soldiers, rush to northern Shaanxi on the same day, dare to set up a military order, at most within half a month, will be driven out of northern Shaanxi! ”

Although Wang Baobao's personality is not arrogant, he fought on the battlefield in the end. He was less than 20 years old when he raised troops with Li Chahan, and for many years, he fought on both sides of the Yellow River, often with merit, not comparable with ordinary people, and there was a pride in his temperament. And with Richard Han as his father-in-law, under one person, above ten thousand, only people have ever respected him, where is the reason for him to respect people? Think highly of oneself. Pride comes up, and it is reasonable that Richard can't stand Richard's praise of Polo.

Chahan laughed. He is old and sophisticated, how can he not know why Wang Baobao is so angry? didn't care, didn't answer Wang Baobao's request, but diverted the topic, with a refined taste, and asked: "Wu'er, Guanzhong is known as the king's foundation, do you know why?" ”

Wang Baobao talked eloquently and said: "In the former Song Dynasty, Zhao Ding said: 'To run the Central Plains, start from Guanzhong. Wang Ruohai said: "If the map is restored, it will be in Sichuan and Shaanxi." 'The land in the middle of the pass, even the mountains and rivers, retreat is enough to be self-sufficient, and out is rampant in the world. Yin Shang for 600 years, and died in the 100-mile Qi Zhou. Zhao, Wei, Qi, Chu, Han, and Yan are eight thousand miles away, and they are subject to Qin for thousands of miles. King Pei of Hanzhong, received Bashu and Dingsanqin, and became the emperor's business in five years. Li Tang entered Chang'an, got Qin Liang, cut off the heroes, and respected the world.

"If the human body is used as a metaphor, then Shaanxi is like the head of the people. If you win Shaanxi, you will be the first in the world. Therefore, if you make trouble in the pass, you can quickly control the fate of the world. This is the foundation of the king. ”

Chahan bowed his head and said: "Taking history as a mirror, you can rise and fall in the Ming Dynasty." Wu'er is right. Guanzhong is the foundation of the king, so it can control the life of the world, in addition to what Wu'er said, there are two most important ones. First, Guanzhong is known as the 'land and sea', which is the land of Kyushu; Tianshui, Longxi and other places are close to Qiangrong, practicing war preparedness, advocating force, and the people are fierce and can become a strong army; Moreover, from the west of Wuwei, water and grass are suitable for animal husbandry, and there are many places suitable for raising horses. Retreat is enough to be self-sufficient, that is, this is also called.

Second, and more importantly, Guanzhong is located in the northwest, from northwest to southeast, like a high-rise building. Condescending, to the east, you can look at Hebei; To the south, you can control Sichuan.

"From the Yangtze River to the east, the Yellow River is south, and the general trend of the world is divided into north and south. Therefore, Hebei and Jiangnan are the places where the world wins. And those who are important in the north and south are in Sichuan and Shaanxi. Jiangnan relies on the Yangtze River, Sichuan according to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, down to Wu, Chu, its potential is enough to seize the Yangtze River, is to get Jiangnan, must first get Sichuan. Hebei relies on the Yellow River, and Shaanxi is in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, which is strong enough to seize the danger of the Yellow River. Sichuan and Shaanxi are often the orders of the north and the south.

As the old man said earlier, Guanzhong is condescending, and it is enough to control Sichuan. Therefore, Guanzhong is really the top priority. Why did the old man not forget to put an elite in Guanzhong while using troops in Henan and Shandong? If you use a horse as a metaphor, the elite that the old man puts in Guanzhong is the horse whip. Drive horses to compete for the world, and the horse whip must be in the hands of people. Guanzhong is the old man's 'manpower', and it is the root of the old man! ”

His smile gradually faded, turned serious, raised his finger, and lightly touched the location of Yan'an in the map, as if he was talking to Wang Baobao, and seemed to be talking to himself, and said: "Even though Polo is alone in the depths, but since he has already obtained Yan'an, he covets Guanzhong, so he should not be underestimated!" Wu'er, you used Zhou, Qin, Han, and Tang as metaphors to illustrate the importance of Guanzhong. As a father, I will ask you again, what is the reason why Emperor Shizu can determine China? And why is it difficult for the former Song Dynasty to become unified in 300 years? ”

The example Wang Baobao just gave only talked about before the Tang Dynasty, not about modern times since the Song Dynasty.

After listening to Chahan's question, he lowered his head slightly and thought about it, and said: "The reason why Emperor Shizu was able to set China is also because of Guanzhong. When Emperor Xianzong was emperor, he wanted to give the same surname to Kyushu, and ordered Shizu to choose one of them in Bianjing and Guanzhong. Because of Yao Shu's suggestion, he said that Guanzhong was on the field, and the ancient name was Tianfu Luhai, and the ancestor invited Guanzhong. Emperor Xianzong and Henan with it. From the strength of the land and the army, it is the emperor's business. The former Song Dynasty was difficult to unify in three hundred years, except for Liao and Jin, I am afraid that there are reasons why the northwest is not under its control. "Yuan Xianzong, it is Meng Ke Khan. During the Song Dynasty, there was the Western Xia Kingdom in the northwest, and the two countries were hostile to each other and often at war.

"The weight of the pass, you can see from this!"

"So, how does my father plan to deal with Polo?"

"Guanzhong is so important, Polo Timur will not be unaware. The reason why he occupied Yan'an was precisely because he saw the importance of Guanzhong. However, as Wu'er Shicai said, he is alone and will not be able to hold on for a long time. Since he saw the importance of Guanzhong, he dared to come up with such a strange plan, and he would not make such a childish mistake with the old man's material, and he must have no fear. Perhaps, he will still have a backhand. ”

Since Polo Timur saw the importance of Shaanxi and had the courage to surprise and occupy Yan'an, then he would definitely know the truth that "the entry of guest troops cannot last". Therefore, Chahan speculated and analyzed that the reason why he dared to act like this should be that there should be a backhand. Wang Baobao asked, "Is there a backhand?" ”

Richard Han looked at the map, looked at Yan'an for a while, and moved his gaze downward, fixed near Lantian. Wang Baobao realized and said, "Father is talking about Zhang Liangbi? ”

"Although Zhang Liangbi is controlled by the old man, he is fixed and has misdeeds. Polo Timur dared to suddenly enter Shaanxi, and there would be no shadow of him in it! If he joins forces with Polo, then even if there is an elite team in my Guanzhong, even if Li Siqi is there, in a hurry, I am afraid it will be difficult to completely calm it! ”

"How's that to be?"

Chahan had already made up his mind and said, "There is only one plan now. ”

"Why?"

"First of all, you must be steady, and you must not mess with yourself. Zhang Liangbi may join forces with Polo, but this is just the old man's speculation after all, and it is difficult to say whether it is true or not. Therefore, it is necessary to suppress the news of Polo Timur's entry into Shaanxi and not spread it to the army, so as not to shake the morale of the army. Secondly, even if Zhang Liangbi really joined forces with Polo, the elite of our army in Guanzhong and Li Siqi may not be enough to defeat the enemy for the time being, but they are still enough to protect themselves. Therefore, in the current strategy, our army should still focus on Jining. ”

"Still dominated by Jining?"

"Not bad! Jining first, then northern Shaanxi. ”

"However, if Polo Timur sticks to Jining on the one hand, and enters Shaanxi with all his strength on the other?"

"Stick to Jining? Hmph, thousands of troops and horses have fought over the single tree, such as two rats fighting each other in the hole, and the brave will win! Although Polo Timur dug fortifications on the Jining front line and put on a posture of perseverance, he was far inferior to our army in terms of bravery or excellence. As long as our army goes all out, he will definitely not be an opponent. Although the ditch is deep and the base is high, in the eyes of the old man, it is just a chicken and a dog. The old man's military order was passed on, and the soldiers on the front line were ordered to launch a fierce attack from now on! Give them five days to break through the Polo barriers. After opening the passage, continue to go north, and use the momentum of thunder to oppress Datong! ”

"Annihilate the 5,000 men and horses that Polo arranged on the Jining front, and then take Datong directly? This, this ,......, this is a plan to save Zhao from Wei Wei! ”

"Yes, yes. Polo occupies Yan'an, although it seems that our Guanzhong is dangerous, but as long as our army can quickly defeat the current enemy and enter the outside of Datong City, Guanzhong will be dangerous! ”

Ignoring the fundamental Guanzhong, in the face of sudden danger, he still had firm beliefs, refused to hastily change the front-line deployment, broke the boat, and adopted the strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao, and clearly fighting Datong to protect the Guannei. Wang Baobao was moved and said, "Father, my lord is heroic! The child is willing to come to the front and break through the enemy's stronghold. ”

"Wu'er, I don't need you to go out of battle right now. ......, you remember, the general, is the courage of the army. As a last resort, as a general, you must not move lightly. ”

The more danger there is, the more the Lord must be safe.

If Wang Baobao is sent to the front line now, the soldiers on the front line will definitely be suspicious. Why did Wang Baobao come? Tens of thousands of people gather in one place, and once suspicion arises, rumors will inevitably spread. When rumors come together, it is difficult to unite as one. If you can't be united, and you face a strong enemy, you can only fail.

Of course, this is not a foregone conclusion. If there are no heavy generals in the army, in the face of a dangerous situation, perhaps the main general needs to step forward. It's just that the lieutenant general of Chahan is full of talents. Destroying the strong and breaking the edge, there are many good talents. Send one to the top, and it will be more than enough. Therefore, Chahan was reluctant to transfer Wang Baobao out in person.

Wang Baobao said: "I am taught by my father. ”

As soon as Timur of Chakhan handed down the military order, while he was talking, someone came outside: "Commander, Jining is urgent!" ”

"Jining? Take it. ”

The guards outside the door led the Jining messenger in and presented a military report. Chahan unfolded his gaze, his face darkened. Wang Baobao asked, "Father?" ”

"Haidong Xiao Deng invaded Jining on a large scale."

"Huh?"

It's really a house leak and it rains. Only then did it decide how to solve Polo Timur, but Deng She came to attack Jining again. Wang Baobao's expression changed greatly and asked, "What is the current situation in Jining?" ”

Chakhan Timur finished reading the military report, handed it to Wang Baobao, asked him to take a look at it himself, asked the messenger, and said: "He Zongzhe said in the military newspaper that Xiao Deng divided the army into two routes, all the way to take Surabaya, all the way to besiege Ningyang, it seems that he wants to besiege the city and send reinforcements. When you go out of the city and come to my Linfen, what is He Zongzhe's strategy to deal with? ”

"General He's plan is to respond to all changes with the same. Although the red thieves besieged Ningyang in a hurry, General He had no intention of going out of the city to support. ”

"Don't plan to leave the city?"

"Yes."

Chahan sighed and said, "Yanzhou will be lost!" ”

Wang Baobao glanced at ten lines, hurriedly read the military newspaper, and when he heard what Chakhan Timur said, he was inexplicably puzzled, and said: "According to the military newspaper, He Zongzhe deduced that the red thieves wanted to besiege the city and send reinforcements. Therefore he refused to go out of the city, lest he be ambushed by the thieves. In the child's opinion, there is nothing wrong with this response. ......, why did my father say that Yanzhou would be lost? ”

"Think of that little Deng, known for his deceit with soldiers. In last year's battle of Yidu, our army attacked it with superiority, but it was still unable to win. What about today? Now is the time when he has taken the initiative to attack, and it is expected that he must be well prepared and his morale is booming. He Zongzhe knew that he was besieging Ningyang, but he refused to rescue him because of his scruples, so he fell in terms of morale first. How can the right response be like this?

"Yanzhou is only dozens of miles away from Ningyang, even if there is an ambush of the thief army, our army relies on the town, which can be relied on, and there is a strong city in front of it, which is enough to echo, so what are you afraid of? The correct response should be to select the elite and rush out of the city to help at the beginning of hearing the news. Fought a field battle with the thief army and was defeated. Only in this way can we boost the morale of our army and thwart the sharpness of the enemy's army. Moreover, our army is fighting with Polo in Jining, and He Zongzhe will not be unaware. The more times like this, the more he should take the initiative to attack, and the less he should be passive in defense! Because only if he takes the initiative to attack, can he relieve the pressure on my Jining side; Now, he is trapped and waiting for help, isn't it equivalent to transferring all the pressure to me Jining? A big mistake, a big mistake. ”

"Despite this, He Zongzhe is sticking to Yanzhou, Yanzhou is a big city, and there is plenty of food, even if he can't defeat the enemy's sharpness, it should still be safe to defend it. Why did my father say that Yanzhou would be lost? ”

"Haidong is brave and has a lot of talents. Hong Jixun, Zhao Guo, Guo Conglong, etc. are all choices of the moment. They used the power of one country to attack He Zongzhe in Yanzhou. The so-called: if one plan fails, two plans must be implemented. He Zongzhe first fell behind in momentum, and Haidong saw his weakness. If Haidong has another special plan because of this, then nine times out of ten, he will definitely be fooled! ”

"Haidong saw a weakness? What weaknesses? ”

"I'm afraid of losing Yanzhou."

Wang Baobao is also a talent in the end, and after being reminded by Chahan, he suddenly understood, and said, "Yes, exactly." He Zongzhe didn't dare to go out of the city, on the surface, he was afraid of being ambushed, but in fact, he was afraid of losing Yanzhou. He wanted to stick to Yanzhou, which was good. But for Haidong, his desire to stick to Yanzhou has become his weakness. ......, heck, how is this going to be? ”

The analysis of Chakhan Timur and Wang Baobao was bloody.

Why couldn't Yang Wanhu transfer He Zongzhe when he besieged Ningyang, and Pan Xianer proposed to fight Wenshang instead, so that his reinforcements could be transferred? There is no other reason. It is because if Ningyang is lost, Yanzhou can still hold on; But if Wenwen loses, Yanzhou will definitely not be able to protect. He Zongzhe was eager to defend Yanzhou, so he had to send troops to help. Li Chahan sighed: "If you care too much about the gains and losses of a city, how can you protect me Jining?" ”

What he said was that he didn't have a backache when he stood and spoke. He Zongzhe has the responsibility of defending the land, so he will naturally regard Yanzhou as the most important. And Li Chahan stands at the height of the overall situation, of course he doesn't care about Yanzhou's gains and losses.

"Now that the matter has come to this, how should our army respond?"

"Now, we can only see whether He Zongzhe will fall for the enemy. The old man asserted that Haidong surrounded Ningyang, and since he could not mobilize He Zongzhe's reinforcements, the next step would definitely be to change his strategy and use other tactics to force him out of the city. If He Zongzhe can not be fooled and insist on not helping, then Yanzhou may still be saved. But if he can't hold his breath and moves rashly, then the loss of Yanzhou will only be sooner or later. ”

"What does my father mean that Haidong will not take Yanzhou by force, and even if the strategy of besieging Ningyang fails, it will still be for the purpose of transferring Zongzhe's army out of the city?"

"yes."

"But why is that?"

"Xiao Deng didn't come to attack early, he didn't come to attack late, but he came to attack at this time, it must be because he heard that our army and Polo are fighting in Jining. How could he not know that once I Jining decided the winner, his plan to take the fire from the fire would inevitably fail. Therefore, if he attacks Yanzhou and Jining, it will only be a quick victory. However, the big city of Yanzhou is not easy to attack. If you want to win quickly, you can only turn the tiger away from the mountain, and then take advantage of the weakness to attack. ”

"That's what my father said. But the child was a little puzzled. ”

"Oh?"

"Even if He Zongzhe fell for Xiao Deng's plan, he finally sent his army out of the city. However, as my father said, Yanzhou is a fortified city, and it is not easy to attack. Even if the army out of the city is defeated, if Xiao Deng wants to conquer the city quickly, I'm afraid it won't be too easy, right? ”

"No matter how strong the city is, so are the defenders. One blow of strength, then decline, three and exhaustion. When the thief army besieged Ningyang, He Zongzhe refused to help, and his morale was declining. And if the thief army plans to rush out of the city and fail miserably, it is because the morale is exhausted. Moreover, the defenders of Ningyang and Yanzhou are both 'gourd army', and they are in the same vein. If Ningyang falls, the soldiers will know that it is because He Zongzhe refused to rescue, Wu'er, think about it, the morale in the city will not stop at that time! There must be a boiling of emotion.

"If you can't be stable internally, and you don't have morale, how can you fight a strong enemy?"

Wang Baobao was silent, and after a while, he asked again: "In this case, how should our army respond?" ”

Richard Han took his hand in the room, turned around a few times, and said: "There is no other way, there is only one way." ”

"What's the solution?"

"Spread my military order and ordered the Henan Army to send a part to aid Jining. If Yanzhou had not yet fallen when he arrived in Jining, he would take Yanzhou as the advance and stick to Jeju as the top. As long as Yanzhou and Jeju can be held, it is to hold the throat of Jining, and even if Xiao Deng has tens of millions of strong troops, it will definitely be difficult to move forward half a step.

"And if Yanju has been lost, the defense line will be spread around Jeju. In addition, the Dongpyeong Road garrison was ordered to defend closely along the Jeju River to prevent Xiao Dengqi from attacking Dongpyeong, and at the same time, send an army from Wenshang and other places to defend Jeju's flanks as a response to Yanju and Jeju. ”

Speaking of this, Richard Han stopped talking, as if remembering something, came to the map again, looked at it carefully for a while, and his face gradually became gloomy.

He muttered, "Wenshang, Wenshang." Hehe, if Xiao Deng has no other plans and wants to transfer He Zongzhe out of the city, maybe he will start from Wenshang instead. If that's the case? If that's the case? The outlook for Yanzhou is a bit less promising. This is for 'the enemy must be saved'. ......, keep it up! ”

"The child is here."

"Didn't you ask for your life just now and want to go to the front line of Jining? Jining doesn't need you, but Jining Road can't say it, you need to go into battle. ”