Han Mo returned to the camp, Xiao Lingzhi and Xiaojun were still asleep, it had already exceeded three hours, Han Mo could only stay by the side, until the sky was bright, Xiao Lingzhi was the first to wake up, and when he saw Han Mo sitting on a chair and watching, he couldn't help but rub his eyes and said, "Han Lang, are you back?" Why don't you wake me up? ”

Han Mo put it down, walked over, kissed her on the forehead, and said softly: "When I came back last night, I saw that you were already asleep, so I was worried about arguing with you, so I didn't let you get up."

Xiao Lingzhi frowned and said, "How did I sleep last night?" I can't even remember. ”

"Maybe it's been a bit tired of life at the border recently." Han Mo stroked Xiao Lingzhi's hair lovingly, "Zhi'er, I've really wronged you for letting you suffer here with me." ”

Xiao Lingzhi leaned on Han Mo's arms, only felt very warm, smiled and said, "You let me follow you in the barracks, so that Zhi'er will not be wronged." Zhi'er is only afraid that you won't let me follow you! ”

Han Mo shook his head and said, "Even if the sky falls, I will also hold your hand and let you stay by my side." No one in heaven or on earth can take you away from me. ”

Xiao Lingzhi's heart was moved, and her face was full of happiness.

"Zhi'er, freshen up and have breakfast." Han Mo hugged Xiao Lingzhi from ** to ** and helped her put on her shoes, Xiao Lingzhi was quite surprised, but it was extremely sweet.

How many men in this world can wear shoes for women?

Han Mo had already boiled the porridge, and when Xiao Lingzhi was freshening up, Xiaojun also woke up, and Han Mo also freshened up, and did not eat breakfast, so he rushed to the camp tent of Dashuai.

Not long after he entered the big tent, the newly appointed chief soldier of Linyang Pass, Tie Kui, had already led Qin Luo and Wang Siyu to the big tent, and the three of them looked very dignified, and their eyes even flashed with anger.

After the visit, Tie Kui had already said very directly: "General, there is news from the north. ”

Seeing the expressions of these three people, Han Mo knew that the matter was not trivial, and frowned and asked, "Qingjun was repelled by the Northern Barbarians again?" ”

"I'm afraid I don't have to fight this time." Tie Kui clenched his fists and said: "Shangjing sent an envoy a few days ago to go to the front, and our people learned that the envoy went to the north to negotiate with the northern barbarians. ”

"Peace talks?" Han Mo frowned and said: "The Northern Barbarians are on the offensive, and there is an alliance with Wei, how can they easily accept peace talks?" He stood up and walked to the huge map of the four countries in the tent, on which the twenty-six counties of the four countries of the Central Plains were clearly marked.

The three of them also followed, looking at the map.

"According to the news reported, the Northern Barbarians have captured half of the land of Zhongshan County in the north of Qingguo, and it seems that a group of people and horses have invaded Gaoyang County." Tie Kui pointed to the map and said: "Although Wang Yanping is quite talented in commanding the army, there are serious problems with logistics and supply, and compared to combat effectiveness, the Northern Barbarian cavalry is far stronger than the Qing army, most of Zhongshan County is a plain area, and the Northern Barbarian cavalry moves extremely fast over there, whether it is assembling to attack or retreating, it is far from being comparable to the Qing army." ”

"In other words, the Qing army will not last long, and it is very likely that the Northern Barbarians will completely capture Zhongshan County?" Han Mo frowned and asked.

Wang Siyu said solemnly: "In fact, the Northern Barbarians suddenly came back from the extreme north, and there was no warning in advance, which can be said to have caught the Qingguo people off guard. Moreover, there are tens of thousands of barbarian cavalry, all of whom are barbarians who have lived on horseback since childhood, and they are addicted to killing, but they have a very strict establishment, perhaps because we have learned a lesson in the previous dynasties, and the combat methods are much higher than they used to be. They suddenly attacked Yanmen Pass, and easily attacked the pass, but fortunately it was Wang Yanping, if it was changed to an ordinary general, Zhongshan County would have been taken by the Northern Barbarians long ago. ”

"The northern barbarians have now learned to encircle, attack at night, burn grain, and feint to set up ambushes, and the progress is really not small." Tie Kui sneered: "If nothing else, if Qingguo doesn't increase its troops to the northeast, Zhongshan County will completely fall in twenty days at the latest." ”

Han Mo pondered for a moment, and finally said: "Chief Tie Bing, in your opinion, at this time, the Northern Barbarians will agree to negotiate with Qingguo and the army?" ”

Tie Kui thought for a while and said, "Since the people of Qingguo dare to send someone to talk, they naturally have enough capital, otherwise they would not have done such useless work." ”

"Then what kind of conditions do you think Qingguo people will come up with?" Han Mo's eyes stared at Zhongshan County on the map and asked calmly.

Tie Kui said: "The Northern Barbarians are greedy, and they are now in the prime of their war, if there are no conditions that are enough to impress them, I am afraid it will be difficult to strike the army." After a pause, he frowned and said: "The Northern Barbarians attach great importance to actual goods, and I think the Qingguo people want the Northern Barbarians to stop, and they should come up with huge wealth." ”

Wang Siyu said slowly: "The nobles of Qingguo have been corrupted over the years, and it is said that their treasury is very empty, even if Shang Zhongli is in charge of the Qing army, the military salary of the Qing army is also in short supply from time to time...... If you want to give a huge wealth to the Northern Barbarians, the Qingguo people may not have such financial resources. In other words, if Qingguo's treasury really had such financial resources, Shang Zhongli would definitely have asked Qingguo's imperial court for military expenses to equip and strengthen the military. ”

Han Mo nodded slightly and said, "Commander Wang's words are good. Although Shang Zhongli is known for his defense, in my opinion, there is no general in the world who does not like to attack in his bones. After a pause, he said: "After Shang Zhongli first defended and then attacked the retreating Wei army, after three years of reorganizing the army, he suddenly launched an attack on my Dayan, attacking us by surprise...... Speaking of this, Han Mo couldn't help but look at Tie Kui.

Tie Kui's expression was calm, but his fists were clenched.

The battle of Upper Valley City took place during that attack, and Tie Kui will naturally remember it for the rest of his life.

"So Shang Zhongli still likes to attack in his bones, and defense is just a helpless choice." Han Mo said slowly: "In the past ten years, he has not sent troops to attack, firstly, there is Sima Qingtian in Wei State, and I have a handsome man in Dayan, he does not dare to act rashly, and the other reason is naturally because Qingguo's national strength is not enough to support him to wage war against foreign countries, which is enough to show that Qingguo's financial resources are deteriorating, and it is undoubtedly extremely difficult to come up with huge wealth to satisfy the appetite of the Northern Barbarians." ”

Qin Luo immediately said: "General, Qingguo has a lot of land, and as the saying goes, the world's goods are exported to Qingqing, and their wealth should be the largest." ”

Han Mo smiled faintly: "Qingguo is indeed rich in resources and vast land, but those nobles are greedy and exploit the people, and a large amount of wealth in the people's treasury is accumulated by a small number of people. If the fastest hand beater compares to the wealth of the nobles of the four countries of the Central Plains, the rich people of Qingguo are as many as cows, and the wealth of the Lu clan alone can be as rich as the country. After a pause, he slowly walked back to his seat and sat down, and said lightly: "The nobles are rich, but it does not mean that Qingguo is rich." The more wealth the nobles accumulate, the more serious the exploitation, the income of the Qingguo treasury will naturally become weaker and weaker, once there is a state affair, the nobles will never take out the silver from their wealth, can only allocate silver from the treasury, a weak treasury, how can it support a huge country? Just like this time, the Qingguo people want to negotiate with the Northern Barbarians, and they really want to come up with a huge amount of wealth to satisfy the Northern Barbarians, are those nobles willing to take out the silver from their own money bags? ”

Qin Luo is a martial artist, and he didn't understand this kind of economics, but after listening to Han Mo's explanation, he understood why Qingguo was rich in land and resources, but the national strength was weak.

Those nobles, through various means, controlled commerce, expropriated expropriation, and put the silver that was supposed to enter the treasury into their own pockets, although the nobles were full of money, but the country became weak.

Moreover, these nobles have formed a solid united front, and any force that wants to get money out of their pockets is their enemy.

This is a huge force, and even if the treasury is weakened, the imperial court cannot take money from the nobles by forceful means, and if it does, there will be greater internal turmoil.

This aristocratic tumor has actually become the main reason for Qingguo's weakness, but this tumor is born in Qingguo's throat and can be easily removed, but it may be life-threatening, so before finding a real cure, this tumor grows very firmly in Qingguo's throat and drags Qingguo down step by step.

"No silver?" Tie Kui sneered: "Then the people of Qingguo will not cut the land and sue for peace!" ”

"Cutting the land for peace?" Qin Luo and Wang Siyu were both taken aback.

Han Mo seemed to have expected it, and nodded: "Yes, seeking peace is nothing more than three articles, compensation, harmony, and land cutting." Indemnity, Qingguo people can't come up with a huge amount of money, as for harmony...... The Northern Barbarians mobilized the people, seeking practical benefits, and at such a time, the Northern Barbarians would never agree to make peace with each other. If the compensation and relatives are not successful, it can only be a land cut! A sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth: "If the people of Qingguo really want to negotiate with the Northern Barbarians, this time they will send an envoy, and they will definitely let the envoy take the land." ”

Wang Siyu's expression was solemn: "How can the people of Qingguo do such a shameful thing." ”

Although the Central Plains was divided into four countries, the Yan people also regarded the Northern Barbarians as a great enemy as a part of the Central Plains culture.

Tie Kui said slowly: "Wang Yanping has retreated again and again on the Northeast Front, and the Qingguo people are no longer able to cope with the two-sided battle, so they must think of a way to stabilize the Northern Barbarians first and deal with the Wei State wholeheartedly." ”

Han Mo touched his chin, pondered for a moment, returned his gaze to the map, and asked slowly: "Chief Tie Bing, in your opinion, if the Qingguo people want to cut the land, what place will they give to the Northern Barbarians?" ”

Tie Kui walked to the ground, and simply patted it with his palm in Zhongshan County, and then in Gaoyang County, and then said: "If we didn't guess wrong, the people of Qingguo really want to cut the land, and these two counties must not be able to keep it." ”

"Zhongshan County has been captured for most of it, Gaoyang County is in turmoil, and there are a large number of descendants of the Northern Barbarians, and the Northern Barbarians will inevitably make territorial claims to Gaoyang County." Tie Kui walked to the front of the Dashuai case, and said: "For a long time, the four counties of Zhongshan, Gaoyang, Yangping, and Hexi have been listed as the four northeastern counties of Qingguo, becoming a system, Hexi is located in the north, and Yangping is connected to the two counties of Zhongshan and Gaoyang, I am afraid that the northern barbarians will be greedy, and the lion will open his mouth and make demands on Yangping. ”

At this point, everyone's expressions became grim.

Han Mo slowly stood up, put his hands behind his back, and walked to the big tent, Qin Luo had already stepped forward to open the big tent, Han Mo put his hands behind his back, stared at the military camp in the distance outside the tent, and after a long time, he said slowly: "I hope Qingren will not be so spineless." After a pause, he said indifferently: "If they really did this and ceded the three northeastern counties to the Northern Barbarians, then ...... Sooner or later, I, the Yan people, will regain every inch of land we have lost from the Northern Barbarians, and we will not make the same mistake as the woman of the Northern Barbarians in the previous dynasty. ”

In his eyes, a cold light flashed, and a murderous aura loomed.