Wu Qiu Jian glanced at it, and his heart was suddenly shocked. He was not only shocked by the great difference between the map in Wei Ba's hand and the map in his impression, but he also saw Wei Ba's map pointing to Yingzhou in Liaodong draw a circle. He knew that it was Dongyu County of Liaodong County, and it was a place across the sea from Yingzhou. Wei Ba drew a circle here, afraid that he would cut off the roots of Yingzhou first, and then solve Yingzhou.

Qixian is the most remote county in Liaodong County, more than 1,000 miles away from Xiangping, and there are mountains in the middle. It is very difficult to march by land, but it is very easy to march by sea. In other words, it is easier and more convenient for Wei Ba to attack Yuxian than for Gongsun Yuan to support Yuxian. Considering Wei Ba's power outside Liaosui City to force the Liaodong people not to fight, Wei Ba wanted to take the county, and the county was basically his.

It is not a good idea, but it is the only route for Liaodong to connect Yingzhou. With the loss of Yuxian, Yingzhou on the other side of the sea lost contact with Liaodong itself. Either the Wei or the Han, otherwise it will not take long and it will collapse due to the lack of food.

Wei Ba's capture of Liaodong was equivalent to cutting the umbilical cord of Yingzhou. With a slight pinch, it choked the key point of Yingzhou.

This is called lifting weights lightly. Wu Qiu Jian had to admire Wei Ba's vision and ruthlessness.

"Does the general want to take the county?" Wu Qiu Cong pondered for a moment, tried his best to make a disapproving appearance, and shook his head: "A wise man has a thousand thoughts, and there will be a mistake." ”

Wei Ba raised his eyebrows, retracted the map, and laughed: "How can you see it?" ”

"The county is surrounded by mountains and seas, easy to defend and difficult to attack. And the population is sparse, not enough to support the soldiers, and must transport grain and grass. The reason why Gongsun Yuan did not give up on Yuxian. It's just because of Yingzhou, if the county is lost, Yingzhou will not be able to be self-sufficient, and it is Gongsun Yuan's choice to come to offer to Dawei. But what does the general get? There are many dead and wounded, and only a barren small county is obtained? The reputation is good, but the benefits are limited, in case Gongsun Yuan refuses to give up Yingzhou and sends troops to attack, I am afraid that Zuihou will still give up Yuxian and gain nothing. ”

Wu Qiu Jian stomped on the deck under his feet: "Although the battleship is strong. I can't get ashore. Facing Gongsun Yuan's foot ride. How long can you keep it? ”

Wei Ba laughed: "Zhong Gong, are you really interested in discussing the war?" ”

Wu Qiu Jian's heart moved, and he shrugged his shoulders pretending to be reserved. Talking about the county is just an introduction. He wanted to know more about Wei Ba's Jihua. It doesn't matter if it gets out or not. It is also haode that can interfere with Wei Ba's train of thought.

"Come on. Let's talk about the war in Liaodong and see if you are really capable or vain. Wei Ba turned around and walked towards the main cabin. Yu Yan and Zhang Yi glanced at each other and rushed up. Wu Qiu Jian forced the ecstasy in his heart, deliberately lagged behind two steps, and then walked over slowly. By the time he entered the cabin, Wei Ba was already seated in the cabin, and in front of him was a wide and long high table, and two young strategists were opening the table, revealing a huge map.

Wu Qiujian walked up to him and saw a few familiar place names, and couldn't help but gasp.

This is a map that includes Jizhou, Youzhou, and Qingzhou, which is almost a quarter of the world.

"This map is just beginning to be made, and there may be a lot of inaccuracies." Wei Ba rubbed his hands and pointed to the upper right corner of the map: "This piece is still empty, and it is expected that it will take at least five years to complete the preliminary surveying and mapping, and maybe it will not be completed in ten years." However, for now, it is not important there, it is important to Qingzhou and Jizhou, as well as Youzhou. You say, don't you? ”

Wu Qiu Jian nodded silently, Wei Ba said frankly, he couldn't be perfunctory even if he wanted to. This is a very clear general trend, as long as people are not stupid, they can always see it.

"Taihang here, Yanshan here, Changbai Mountain here, compared with these mountains that stretch for thousands of miles, Mount Tai is actually nothing." Wei Ba smiled: "Confucius climbed Dongshan and Xiaolu, climbed Mount Tai and the world was small, in fact, in my opinion, the world in his eyes is too small, not much bigger than Lu. ”

Wu Qiu Jian remembered the world in Wei Ba's mind, compared with the world he said, it was not just that the world in Confucius's mind was too small, and the world in everyone's mind was just a corner.

"Far away, or far away from this map." Wei Ba drew a circle with his fingers: "There is a sentence that you are right, no matter how big the battleship is, it can't go ashore, and if you want to conquer Jizhou, Zuihou has to rely on foot." However, if you don't take Qingzhou, my Han's foot cavalry will not be able to go north to Jizhou. If you want to take Qingzhou, you must first take Yingzhou and Liaodong first. The reason, we all know very well, I need the war horses of Liaodong. ”

"You said that I would take the county, and Gongsun Yuan would raise a large army to come." Wei Ba paused, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and his voice was sarcastic: "Wu Qiu Zhonggong, tell me, am I afraid that Gongsun Yuan will come?" ”

Wu Qiu Jian stared at the map and bit his lip stubbornly. He regretted it a little, he shouldn't have been impulsive and wanted to inquire about Wei Ba's strategy. Now that he has gotten his wish, he knows Wei Ba's strategy, but he can't pass it on to Luoyang, which will make him even more tormented, so it's better not to know.

He understood Wei Ba's intention to attack Xiangxian, and even Yingzhou was just a pretense, what he had to do was to transfer Gongsun Yuan away from Xiangping, let him leave the old nest that had been entrenched for a long time, and rush to Qixian to fight. Fighting with Gongsun Yuan in Yuxian is of course easier than attacking Xiangping. Once Gongsun Yuan is contained in Yuxian, Xiangping will be in danger.

In Wu Qiu Jian's view, Gongsun Yuan's best way is to give up the county, let Wei Ba capture the county, and survive with his tail broken. However, this is only a palliative solution. After Wei Ba successfully captured Yuxian, he would not stop there, he would continue to encroach on Liaodong until he swallowed the entire Liaodong and digested it like Jiangdong, and then used the cavalry of Liaodong to turn around and attack Qingzhou, attack Jizhou, and sweep the entire Central Plains.

Wei Ba is like a snake, he wants to swallow an elephant one bite at a time, and he wants to eat the whole Great Wei. It seems arrogant, but when you think about the current situation, no one can say that there is no possibility of him thinking so. It can even be said that his chances of success are really not small.

Wu Qiu Jian said in a hoarse voice: "You want to tell me this? ”

"Because I want you to understand the real trend of the world." Wei Ba rubbed his hands: "Don't be frugal, you are loyal to your Son of Heaven." I admire it. However, what I want to tell you is that, judging from the current situation, the demise of the Wei State is inevitable. If you are truly loyal to your Emperor Bixia, persuade him to surrender. Now he still has the capital to negotiate, and it is possible to retain the throne, and in a few years, when I take Liaodong, Qingzhou, and Jizhou. He doesn't have much capital. ”

Wei Ba was silent for a moment. He also said: "Counting from the beginning of Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing, forty-five years now, the world will be desolate, and the war will end one day sooner." The people will be at peace sooner rather than later. We're still free. Kick the Hu people out. Don't be frugal, you are from Hedong, you must not like the hooves of the Huns to step into your homeland at any time, right? You have the power of a soldier. Weishenme doesn't lead the elite infantry cavalry to fight to protect the homeland from the slaughter of the Hu people, but does he have to fight against each other, kill each other, and destroy the Zuihou of my Han civilization? ”

Wu Qiu Jian was silent. He was moved by Wei Bazuihou's words. Hedong is the land of Gyeonggi, but the Central Plains have been in army for a long time, and Bingzhou has become a settlement of the Hu people, and their horses' hooves may step into Hedong at any time, and they have threatened the hinterland of the Central Plains. If the Han people in the Central Plains fight for a few more years, these Hu people will become more and more emboldened, and may even set foot in Luoyang and the Central Plains.

A generation of talented women, Cai Yan and Cai's family, were taken away by the Huns in Hedong back then.

Wei and Han are both Han Chinese, weishenme wants to kill each other, zuihou cheapens Hu people? Shouldn't the ingenuity of the Han people be used to defend against foreign insults, and shouldn't they conquer a wider world as Wei Ba said? Could it be that we have fought all our lives and made great achievements, but Zuihou wants to watch the hooves of the Hu people trample on our tombs and turn our homes into their pastures?

Wu Qiu Jian's face changed, and his eyes were painful. If Wei Ba persuaded him to surrender, he might not be indifferent, but Wei Ba wanted him to use his talents to protect his homeland from the trampling of the Hu people, which suddenly poked at his soft underbelly and made him no longer indifferent.

Wu Qiu Jian didn't know how to leave the cabin, and after a day and a night of meditation, he wrote a letter to Cao Rui.

……

"Not for sale!" With a word, Mrs. Xi choked Cao Fu, who rushed over, speechless. Cao Fu was stunned for a long time, and then said, "Weishenme? The price can be negotiated. ”

"No matter how high the price is, I can't sell you horse armor." Mrs. Xi slowed down her tone and said to Cao Fu helplessly: "You should know that horse armor is a weapon of the country, and the Han and Wei dynasties are hostile relations, how can we sell horse armor to you?" ”

Cao Fu was anxious, raised his voice and said, "Then the fire bomb was also sold before?" ”

"The reason why I sell fire bombs to you is because fire bombs are disposable, and they are gone when you use them. Horse armor is different, a set of horse armor can be used for at least two to three years, and if it is well maintained, it is normal to use it for five to ten years. Secondly, the four members of my Wei family, father and son, are all fighting against your Wei State, and if I sell horse armor to you, won't I trap them in danger? If they have any damage, even if I make a mountain of gold, how can I face my Wei family's ancestors and ancestors? ”

Cao Fu scratched his head. He was ordered by Cao Rui to rush to Xiangyang to buy horse armor, originally thinking that this was an opportunity to make a fortune. Cao Rui is well aware of the importance of horse armor to the current war, so he is very generous and gives a particularly large profit margin. Cao Fu calculated, if he bought a set of horse armor, he could get a profit of nearly 10,000 yuan, and 5,000 sets of horse armor would be 5,000 gold.

Five thousand gold, it's heartwarming to think about. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Xi poured a basin of cold water on him.

Don't sell, don't sell a set.

What can I do?

Just when Cao Fu was helpless, Mrs. Xi said casually: "Ma armor is a sharp weapon, which can only be with friends, not enemies, I think Cao Jun can understand this truth, and will not embarrass you." In fact, as long as you Son of Heaven is willing to give in and pay tribute like King Wu, you will be a family in the future. If you Wei want to go on a northern expedition and expel the Hu people, let alone 5,000 sets of horse armor, even if it is 10,000 sets, we will not hesitate. ”

Cao Fu's heart moved, thoughtful. He raised his head and looked at Mrs. Xi, who smiled and bowed, "Cao Jun, there is one thing I want to ask you for." ”

"Madame, you say."

"My uncle Pang Lin used to be an official in your Wei State, and now he wants to return to his hometown and retire for a long time, I don't know if you can help handle the relevant documents and make it convenient."

Cao Fu laughed: "Madam, this matter is not difficult, it is on me." ”

(To be continued......)