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Guo Jiadao: "Today, the Jingzhou army raided Nanyang Deng County and broke the city in one fell swoop.

At the same time, the Wei army attacked Henan County in a big way, and according to the news transmitted back by Yanzhou Xizuo, the Cao army that attacked Henan County was as many as 130,000 people, and the leader of the army would be Cao Ren, the general of Wei. Like the war in Nanyang County, the specific battle situation in Henan County is still unclear, and the urgent report from Si Li's assassin Shi Guan Ning said that the war is urgent, the shape is critical, and the entire Si Li is in a worrying situation. Guo Jia's words were very concise, and the few sentences outlined the dangerous situation faced by Si Li, and also revealed that he had limited information in his hands, and he had not yet obtained the most accurate information, so he could not make a judgment.

Li Li frowned slightly after hearing this, obviously very dissatisfied with Guo Jia's answer, but he knew very well in his heart that the situation was not clear and he could not complain about Guo Jia, but the time was too short, only half a day, and he could not collect detailed and specific information at all. Not only that, but it was already not easy for the news of the sudden war in Si Li to come back so quickly at this moment.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Li couldn't help but sigh secretly: "It's too inconvenient to pass on the news at the moment, the front is in full swing, but the rear doesn't know what happened, let alone what the specific battle situation is." Just like the situation in front of him, Si Li suddenly had a war, and it was already considered a god speed after receiving the news after half a day. "He misses the transmitters and telephones of later generations.

Even so, this is the credit of the unique flying eagle transmission of the Western Jin Dynasty. Otherwise, the time to get the information may be delayed by a day or two, and the information will not be available until tomorrow morning at the earliest. This was still the case in the Western Jin Dynasty, not to mention the speed at which the Southern Han and Northern Wei countries transmitted their messages. It takes at least one day and two nights to receive the news from a distance of five or six hundred miles, which is much slower than that of the Western Jin Dynasty.

So. At present, the three major vassal states are most afraid of encountering this kind of sudden war, and fierce battles are raging ahead. The rear didn't know anything about it, and by the time the news came back, the daylilies were cold. If the enemy army leaves after the fight, or runs away after taking advantage, the beaten party can only sigh and sigh, and there is no other way to retaliate afterwards than to raise troops to retaliate.

Fortunately, this battle of Sili was by no means accidental, nor was it a pure sneak attack on the city. It will not be a quick solution and a hasty end. This is a premeditated and prepared large-scale war, and the sneak attack is only to seize the opportunity and open up the situation by surprise, so as to occupy an advantageous position and prepare for the next war.

The current situation shows that the simultaneous attack of the Southern Han Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty on Sili was not just to seize a few county towns or passes, but to have a larger plan. The ultimate goal must be to expel the Western Jin Dynasty forces from the Central Plains, and then carve up the Central Plains Prefectures and counties under the rule of the Western Jin Dynasty, so as to achieve the ultimate goal of weakening the national strength of the Western Jin Dynasty and strengthening its own strength. Such obvious strategic intent. If Li Li still can't understand it, then even if he has lived for so many years in vain, sooner or later he will become a slave to the country.

It is precisely because Li Li is well aware of the strategic intention of the two major vassal states to send troops at the same time. So he was not in a hurry to send troops to help Si Li, and dealt with it calmly. Attempt to plan and then act, and then strike. Other words. The joint attack of the Southern Han and Northern Wei on Sili had already been expected by him, or that he had been waiting for this opportunity, deliberately creating an opportunity to induce the two countries to take the initiative to attack. As for why he did it, only he knew best.

After frowning and pondering for a long time, Li Li's gaze fell on Wang Yue, the left capital of the Eagle Eye Guard, and said softly: "Si Li's assassin Shi Guan Ning doesn't know the military deployment of the north and the south, and he has been beaten to the doorstep by others, and he doesn't know the specific situation of these two enemy forces. He doesn't blame him for not knowing the enemy's situation, after all, he is a civil official and doesn't understand military affairs, but if Wang Yue also doesn't know anything, I have to wonder if there is still a need for the Hawkeye Guard. ”

The weight of these words was not light and very harsh, showing that Li Li was extremely dissatisfied with Hawkeye's inability to detect the movements of the two major vassal states in advance, as if Wang Yue was responsible. This is because Hawkeye is an intelligence organization that specializes in spying and gathering intelligence.

The Hawkeye Guard and the Xiliang Army coexisted, growing and growing with the Xiliang Army step by step, the formation process was very long, the internal structure was very complex, the number was large, and the power was huge. So far, no one under Li Li's command knows the specific number of Hawkeye Guards, nor does they know how Hawkeye Guards collect intelligence, let alone what specific matters this intelligence organization directly under Li Li's command is responsible for.

All they know is limited to superficial situations. For example, the Eagle Eye Guard is divided into three major parts, which are jointly led by the three commanders, and Li Ru serves as the chief manager, mainly responsible for intelligence collection within the three auxiliaries of Chang'an; Wang Yue was the commander of the left capital, responsible for collecting military intelligence on the Central Plains states east of the Yellow River and north of the Yangtze River; Yan Xing was the right capital and was responsible for collecting intelligence on Xiliang, the southwest, and the south of the Yangtze River.

In addition to this, they also heard that the Hawkeye Guard was not only responsible for gathering intelligence, but also had a mysterious team of assassins, or dead soldiers. These Assassins were tasked with spying on intelligence, as well as purging the Hawkeye Guard of dissidents or traitors, as well as assassinating them. This extremely mysterious team of dead soldiers was jointly trained by Li Zhi, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, and Wang Yue, the great sword master, and after completing the training, they were divided into two, one part of which was in the hands of the three commanders of the Eagle Eye Guard, and the other part was in the hands of Li Zhi, the general of the Praetorian Guard.

Therefore, the Hawkeye Guard actually has four commanders, and the four of them nominally perform their own duties, but in fact they contain and restrain each other, and only obey Li Li's orders, which is equivalent to Li Li's shadow. At present, Li Zhi and Li Ru are standing in the light, while Wang Yue and Yan Xing are in the dark, and they do not show up; The two of them do not participate in military and political affairs, do not set foot in the court, have officials but no real positions, and their whereabouts are strange and erratic. It is worth noting that all the expenses of the Eagle Eye Guard are all provided by the Inner Government and have nothing to do with the household department.

Prior to this, it was rare to see Wang Yue or Yan Xing participating in the deliberations, and today was the first time, Wang Yue appeared in the main hall. Just now, Li Xuan, Jia Xu, Guo Jia and others glanced at Wang Yue from time to time, their eyes were very strange, or curious or confused or wary, in short, they had no good impression of Wang Yue, and they did not have a good face. This is not to say that they hate Wang Yue himself, but they have prejudices about his identity, always wary of him, and highly vigilant, as if Wang Yue is always spying on their privacy. To put it bluntly, Wang Yue and Yan Xing were spy chiefs, spying on intelligence and assassinating enemies externally, and monitoring the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the military and political officials of various prefectures and counties internally.

When Li Xuan, Jia Xu and others looked at Wang Yue with scrutinizing eyes, they saw that his face did not change and his heart did not beat and said: "What His Majesty said is extremely true, this time the Eagle Eye Guard is indeed unfavorable, and the last general is willing to be punished and let His Majesty deal with it." Before meeting His Majesty, the last general had executed the four generals in charge of Jizhou and Jingzhou on the spot, and received some information about the troops sent by the two countries, so he came to report to His Majesty. ”

Li Li bowed slightly: "How to deal with people who are unfavorable, you can decide for yourself, and you don't need to report everything." I don't care about the process, I just look at the result. What I want to know now is the reason why the two countries sent troops at the same time, they would not join forces for no reason, there must be a reason. ”

Wang Yue said: "Your Majesty is Shengming." At the enthronement ceremony last year, Cao Pi, the prince of Wei, and Pang Tong, a military advisor under Liu Biao of the Southern Han Dynasty, infiltrated Chang'an in disguise, and privately contacted in the pavilion, and the two sides reached an alliance and secretly formed an alliance. The two sides agreed that the Jingzhou army would take the lead in sending troops to capture Nanyang County, and Wei would follow closely behind to send troops to capture Yingchuan to open up the passage blocking the two countries; Later, Wei provided 20,000 horses and cavalry equipment to the Southern Han, and the Southern Han provided 80,000 stone grain and grass to the Wei State. This is the condition of the alliance between the two countries, and after fulfilling the alliance, the two countries join forces to fight against our Western Jin Dynasty, and the ultimate goal is to weaken the national strength of our Western Jin Dynasty. ”

Hearing that Cao Pi and Pang Tong infiltrated Chang'an, Li Li's eyes narrowed slightly, his brows jumped, and a cold murderous intent flashed in his eyes. After Wang Yue finished speaking, he said in a deep voice: "The intelligence is very accurate, and it is very consistent with the sudden war in front of us, but this is an afterthought, and it is useless to find out the intelligence at this time." Even if the matter has come to this point, it will be futile to pursue responsibility. This is the only time, and if you make the same mistake again, you will not be spared. ”

As he spoke, Li Li's gaze fell on Li Ru, and he said in a deep voice: "Wen You, it's time for you to take care of yourself, this is your responsibility, but you don't know it." I don't want this kind of thing to happen again if I let others swagger into the capital, and then leave unscathed, and now join forces to attack Si Li. ”

"Weichen is guilty, and he will never do it again, please punish His Majesty." Li Ru hurriedly knelt down and bowed. In fact, when he heard that Cao Pi and Pang Tong were secretly in contact in Chang'an, sweat began to break out on his forehead, and he realized that he was indeed too negligent, and he actually didn't notice it, and he still didn't know anything about it after so long. Now it has been found out by Wang Yue, and it is a big shame now!

Li Li didn't know what Li Ru was thinking at the moment, but he knew that Li Ru had an old problem, he was easy to his tail, and he had to beat it from time to time to let him sober up, otherwise he might not even be able to distinguish between the southeast and the northwest. This may be related to his own hidden disease, although his body is not disabled, but he does not have the fertility of a normal person, which leads him to be psychologically distorted and get carried away with pride. However, once he does things wholeheartedly, his ability is undoubted, and he is thoughtful and resourceful, and he can be called capable. This may be the so-called "no one is perfect".

"That's it, there is no need for punishment, and knowing the mistake will improve greatly." Li Li waved his hand to signal Li Ru to get up, comforted him a little, and then said to Wang Yue: "Is the military deployment of the two countries sending troops to the division clear?" ”

Wang Yue said respectfully: "The specific deployment is still unknown, but as long as Your Majesty gives the last general a little time, at most two days, the last general will be able to find out." At present, the general only knows the general situation of the deployment of troops of the two countries: the main leader of the Han army this time will be Huang Zu, Pang Tong will be the military division, and the deputy generals of the Chinese army will be the Jiangdong veteran Zu Mao, Tai Shici and Zhang Yun, and the Chinese army will be 80,000 horses, most of which are infantry troops; The vanguard of the former army is Wen Ping, the deputy vanguard Liu Pan and Wei Yan, the generals Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, and Xu Shu who joined the army, and the front army has a total of 50,000 horses, of which 30,000 are war horses; The commander of the rear army is Han Song, the deputy generals Pan Zhang and Chen Sheng, and the rear army has a total of more than 20,000 people, who are responsible for escorting grain and grass baggage. In addition, it is said that Huang Zu was able to serve as the main general of the whole battle Pang Tong this time, so that the commander of the 150,000 army of the Southern Han Dynasty was not Huang Zu, but the military advisor Pang Tong. ”

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