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"Ah, today?" Xia Houlan exclaimed.

Zhao Yun nodded in response, and said very firmly: "It's today." These two major vassal states of the north and south suddenly sent troops to attack our Western Jin Dynasty, just to prove to the world that although our Western Jin Dynasty occupies half of the country and is a dominant family, their two countries also have no less strength than our Western Jin Dynasty. If they can succeed in the sneak attack, this imperial examination will definitely be a situation of tiger and snake, and it will end hastily, so that their plot will succeed. This is Zhao Yun's understanding of the current situation, although it is not accurate, it is not far off. If you use a current buzzword to describe the actions of the Southern Han and Northern Wei dynasties, it is to brush up the sense of zài.

In fact, since the founding of the Western Jin Dynasty, although the soldiers and horses have not moved, the strength of the Western Jin Dynasty has surpassed that of the Southern Han Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty. In comparison, the Southern Han and Wei kingdoms are overshadowed, whether it is the territory, population, economic strength, or even military strength, all aspects are not comparable to the Western Jin Dynasty.

What's more, the Western Jin Dynasty's implementation of the imperial examination method won the hearts of the people, won the heartfelt support of the majority of the people in the world in one fell swoop, and attracted many scholars, warriors and students from hundreds of schools of thought to pour into Chang'an, making the Western Jin Dynasty overcrowded and full of talents. Although the Southern Han monarchs and ministers scoffed at this, and the officials of the Wei State disdained it, they invariably claimed that Li Li's move in the Western Jin Dynasty was a small way to sensationalize the public, and it was difficult to get into the hall of elegance, but this was just a malicious slander of self-deception. Facts speak louder than words, and the tens of thousands of literati and samurai who tried to go to Chang'an to take the exam are proof of this. It is by no means something that can be erased with a few words of slander.

Therefore, the Western Jin Dynasty once again walked ahead of the two major vassal states. Leading the guidance of public opinion and firmly controlling the trend of the world. Maybe. The term "public opinion orientation" was still very unfamiliar to Liu Biao of the Southern Han Dynasty and Cao Cao of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and it was unseen and unheard of, but this did not prevent them from understanding the great role of public opinion guidance. Because they had witnessed the temptation and magic of the imperial examinations, they watched the literati and warriors under their rule "smuggle" into the territory of the Western Jin Dynasty and traveled thousands of miles to participate in the imperial examinations.

That's enough. It was enough for Liu Biao and Cao Cao to clearly realize the huge threat of Li Li in the Western Jin Dynasty, and an unprecedented sense of urgency and oppression enveloped them, making them realize that time was running out, and they must do their best to take action to block the strong development momentum of the Western Jin Dynasty. The longer the time drags on. The more unfavorable the form shì is to them; Correspondingly, the longer the time, the more beneficial it will be to Li Li of the Western Jin Dynasty, and the Western Jin Dynasty will become more powerful and invincible.

In the face of such a situation and pressure, the possibility of the Southern Han Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty joining forces to attack the Western Jin Dynasty will increase infinitely, but anyone who understands the situation in the world or has a little insight cannot imagine that the time when the Chang'an Imperial Examination is the best time for the other two major vassal states to attack the Western Jin Dynasty. There are three reasons for this.

First, this was the first time in thousands of years that literati, samurai, and princes were openly selected from all states and counties in the world. The wide range of areas, the number of participants, and the large scope of influence are the most important in all dynasties, and the first time is unique, which can be called the first time. Its importance cannot be overstated.

Second, with such a large number of literati and warriors and people of the three religions and nine streams, tens of thousands of young people poured into Chang'an City. It will inevitably prompt a surge in the flow of people in the Western Jin Dynasty, thereby increasing the defensive pressure on the passes along the way. It is also necessary to mobilize heavy troops to maintain law and order and stability in Chang'an, as well as to protect the safety of many test takers. invisibly restrained a large part of the Western Jin Dynasty's troops, making it have no time to take care of anything else, and they lack skills.

Third, the imperial examination not only restrained a large part of the soldiers and horses of the Western Jin Dynasty, but also bound Li Li and his cronies and important ministers and strategists, prompting them to spend a large part of their energy on dealing with the imperial examination, and did not care about the defensive posture and the movement of troops and horses in various states and counties. At the same time, even if Li Li learned that the counties of Sili had been attacked by sneak attacks, in order to take into account the overall situation, appease people's hearts, and avoid causing riots or chaos, Li Li was forced to be unable to mobilize a large army to help Sili at the first time, and he was bound to wait until the dust of the imperial examination had settled before he could take action.

There is a time lag in this, the imperial examination takes time, and it also takes time for Li Li to transfer troops and generals. This period of time was precisely the perfect opportunity for the Southern Han and Northern Wei to join forces to attack the Western Jin Dynasty, to take the lead in launching an attack, to open up the cooperation channel between Yanzhou and Nanyang before Li Li dispatched troops, to connect the two major vassal states of the south and the north, and to divide the Sili under the jurisdiction of the Western Jin Dynasty from Yuzhou and Xuzhou, and divide them into two, thus greatly weakening the national strength and military strength of the Western Jin Dynasty.

If this is the case, the Southern Han Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty will be able to fight a beautiful turnaround, achieve a magnificent turnaround, completely reverse the unfavorable situation they are currently facing, turn passivity into initiative, and become vassal states whose comprehensive national strength and military strength are not weaker than those of the Western Jin Dynasty. At that time, the Southern Han Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty did not need to join forces again, and their own strength would be comparable to that of the Western Jin Dynasty.

?????? This kind of situation, Zhao Yun could not have expected it at this time, and Xia Houlan could not have this foresight. Not only that, but the situation in front of them alone was enough for the two of them to figure out. But they can now be sure of one thing, this is that the Chang'an imperial examination is an opportunity for the Southern Han and Northern Wei dynasties, an opportunity to turn defense into offense, and completely reverse the situation and the pattern of the world, and they will not let it go. And what Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan have to face now is the offensive means of Cao Cao of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but as for the war in Nanyang County, they are beyond the reach of the whip and can do nothing.

"The general's words are reasonable." Zhao Yun's words persuaded Xiahou Lan, and he also felt that Cao Cao of the Northern Wei Dynasty was very likely to take the initiative, after all, this was indeed an opportunity.

In order to ensure that the first Chang'an imperial examination was carried out smoothly, in the past month or so, tens of thousands of county soldiers in Sili have been ordered to go to Chang'an to maintain law and order, and it is said that the county soldiers in Bingzhou, Shuozhou and other places have also been transferred to Sanfu to garrison. Up to now, only Xiahoulan knows that more than 100,000 county soldiers have been transferred to Chang'an Sanfu and other places to garrison and assist in defense, plus the 200,000 troops guarding Gyeonggi, there are no less than 300,000 troops around Chang'an at present.

Not only that, Xia Houlan also knew that the later general Zhuge Liang was also the governor of Sili, but he had not been in Sili at all for more than a month, and had been staying in the capital Chang'an, and it was said that he was also one of the five examiners of the imperial examination. Obviously, before the end of the imperial examination, Zhuge Liang could not return to the division, and naturally he could not command the soldiers and horses of the battalions to fight.

This situation is undoubtedly very dangerous. If Wei only made a tentative attack, it would be better to say that with the strong combat power of each battalion of soldiers and horses, it was fully capable of resisting the enemy outside the country; However, once the Wei State mobilized heavy troops to invade on a large scale, the battalions stationed in the territory of Sili may be difficult to stop the Northern Wei army on their own, and then a situation will be formed in which they are fighting separately, and they are not subordinate to each other, and they cannot form a joint force, and the Northern Wei army is very likely to seize the opportunity to break through each other. If the situation deteriorates to such an extent, the consequences will be unimaginable, and the scene of the Jizhou fiasco in the past may be repeated. This is a situation that Xia Houlan never wants to see, and he can't even think about it.

"Where does the general think the Wei army will choose as a breakthrough? Hanoi or my Nam Nam gun? After thinking about it for a long time, Xia Houlan finally got the hang of it, and hit the nail on the head with one word.

Zhao Yun was also thinking about this problem, it stands to reason that the capital of Wei is in Jizhou, and if Wei takes the lead in attacking, the first target is to attack the Hanoi camp. But Zhao Yun felt that things were not so simple, and his intuition of leading troops to fight all the year round told him that if Wei really sent troops to attack, it was very likely that it would be Kaifeng City, where Zhao Yun was stationed, rather than the Hanoi camp.

"I've thought about it. If my previous judgment was correct, if the Southern Han and Northern Wei really joined forces to attack, then the Wei army would not attack Hanoi County, nor would it send troops from Jizhou, but dispatched the Yanzhou army to directly attack the blockade, that is, to attack the garrison of my peerless iron cavalry. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Yun suddenly paused, and seemed to hear an unusual sound in his ears, but when he listened quietly, he found nothing. Immediately, he continued: "Compared with my Henan County, the Hanoi battalion has 100,000 Bingzhou troops led by General Teng Xiao and 30,000 Qinglong battalion iron cavalry under Xu Chu's account, and there are 50,000 county soldiers from the Anyi battalion in the rear to supply logistics baggage, and there are 30,000 county soldiers led by General Guo Huai of Shangdang to respond, with a total of more than 200,000 troops. If the Wei army wants to sneak attack the Hanoi camp, it needs to gather at least more than half of the soldiers and horses of the entire Wei State to ensure the success of the sneak attack, otherwise he will not be able to shake the Hanoi camp at all.

But if Wei sent troops on a large scale, how could we not be aware of it? So far, our army has not sent back the news of a large-scale transfer of the Wei army, which shows that the Wei army has no signs of transferring troops and sending generals; Otherwise, the plan will never escape the eyes and ears of our army. In this way, in the absence of a large-scale transfer of troops by the Wei army, if he still wants to sneak attack our army, he will inevitably choose to send troops from Chen Liu, and directly attack the blockade! ”

The moment the words fell, a confident smile appeared on Zhao Yun's face, and his thoughts became clearer and clearer, and the more he spoke, the more thorough he became. He spoke all his thoughts, and as he expounded his opinions, his thoughts raced, and he quickly analyzed the problem and arrived at what he thought was the most accurate judgment. This is the embodiment of the value of conversation, not speaking for the sake of talking, the actual meaning of conversation is to think, to express the complex thoughts in the mind, to remove the chaff, so as to grasp the core of the problem, and draw the most reasonable judgment.

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