Li Kuan clenched his fists and said, "Your Highness, rest assured, here in Li Kuan, I guarantee that I will not leak any secrets." ”

"I flew in the air, looked at the military camp on the border of Guzhou, and found that the military camp was one every hundred miles, so arranged, but Lord Li, your arrangement?"

"This kind of arrangement has lasted for hundreds of years at the border gates, have you also found that the military camp is so inappropriate?"

The meaning of Li Kuan's words is obvious, that is, he also thinks that this arrangement is not good.

Of course, Yi Jiuxiao could hear what he meant, so he said, "So Lord Li, do you think this method of arranging the formation is good?"

"Li Kuan has always been not optimistic about this method of arrangement, so evenly divided, the strength is too scattered, it will be easily broken by the enemy, and there is not much combat effectiveness at all. If it is arranged by me, I will definitely hold the pass, grasp the whereabouts of the enemy in time, and then attack flexibly. ”

"Okay! Lord Li's words are exactly what I want, since you are not optimistic about this method of arrangement, why do you have to arrange it like this?"

"Back to Your Highness, when I was the general of Zhenxi, I wanted to change this method of arranging troops, but Feng Xishan disagreed, saying that it was a centuries-old inheritance and could not be changed casually. ”

Yi Jiuxiao understood, it turned out that Feng Xishan asked for this, it seems that this person is a mediocre person who marches and fights, why did he sit in the position of the secretary of the military department.

In this way, he sealed the family with several times the strength and couldn't take the Li family, and he was not wronged when he was defeated and died.

"Lord Li, now that the Ministry of War is no longer in charge of the Feng family, how about we change it?"

"Li Kuan is willing to obey His Highness's orders, I don't know how His Highness wants to change it?"

"Lord Li, according to what you just said, concentrate your forces to defend the Guancheng, but I don't know how many Guancheng can be built in your defense area?"

Li Kuan didn't answer Yi Jiuxiao immediately, but walked to a map and muttered for a long time.

Then he spoke: "Back to Your Highness, although the border of my Guzhou is thousands of miles away, only three passes are enough." ”

"Oh, the three passes? ”

Yi Jiuxiao felt a little little less from the bottom of his heart, so he wanted to ask what was going on.

"Your Highness, the three passes I am talking about are not distributed in a straight line, but in a triangle.

There are two passes in front, which are 500 miles apart, and the other pass is 200 miles back, and they live between these two passes, forming horns with each other. ”

Li Kuan said as he pointed to the map over and over again, clearly pointing out the locations of the three passes.

Then he said: "At present, there are too many passages above the border fortress, which are conducive to trade but not for defense, so I want to destroy most of the existing passages, and only keep two passages, and the first two gates are built on the two passages." ”

"Okay!" Yi Jiuxiao applauded.

Li Kuan's strategy is really good, although this move may not be able to stop Chen Guo's army, at least it can delay the speed of Chen Guo's invasion, and prevent it from taking advantage of the situation, or even drive straight in.

But this alone was not enough, Yi Jiuxiao proposed: "The invasion of the Chen State is by no means a few thousand people, at least tens of thousands, so it is necessary to arrange more horse exploration, spy on the military situation, and gain insight into the military aircraft in advance." This matter of adjusting the armament cannot be delayed, and Lord Li will arrange it from now on. ”

"Okay, in accordance with His Highness's orders, Li Kuan immediately arranged for the transfer of defense, built the city, destroyed the border unrelated roads, and increased the number of exploration horses. ”

After agreeing with Li Kuan, he briefly learned about Chen Guo's political situation. He has been on the border for many years and is much more familiar with Chen Guo than ordinary people.

After that, Yi Jiuxiao did not linger any longer, but quietly left Huangling Pass and flew into the air.

This trip to Chen Guo, the result is unpredictable, today the border guard will be readjusted, is to leave a back hand for himself.

If the operation to Chen Guo fails, he will not be defeated by the other party.

At the same time, it is also for Chen Guo to see, I believe that Chen Guo will definitely have a horse exploration at the border, and such a change is also a warning to Chen Guo, so that he will not dare to act rashly.

Yi Jiuxiao did not make any further stops on the way, but flew directly to Jinzhou, the capital of Chen State, and finally arrived fifty miles outside Jinzhou City thirteen days later.

Looking at Jinzhou City from afar, Yi Jiuxiao didn't dare to continue flying, but fell to the ground.

Then he rented a horse from a market town and walked slowly into the city, thinking about what to do if he entered the city.

How to intervene in the political situation in Jinzhou, Yi Jiuxiao thought about it again and again on the way, it was impossible for him to go directly to Chen Liufeng, the emperor of Chen State.

The emperor did not see him only if he wanted to, except in the name of an envoy, but time no longer allowed him to act as an envoy with great fanfare.

What should I do? Break into the palace of Chen Guo, or break into the Qinzheng Hall where Dazai handles affairs.

None of this is appropriate, because instead of seeing these people in power, it will be self-defeating and counterproductive.

Fortunately, Li Kuan gave him a suggestion, and the court of Chen Guo was divided into two factions, of which Dazai Guan Bi was one faction, and Xuan Zhongchun, the dean of the academy, was the other faction.

Dazai Guanbi advocated taking advantage of the emptiness of the country of Yi to use troops against the country of Yi and divide the country of Yi.

And Xuan Zhongchun, the dean of the academy, believes that his lips are dead and his teeth are cold, and in the process of destroying the Yi country, Chen Guo will also be greatly injured in the country, and he is afraid that he will be taken advantage of by others.

Because the two of them had their own opinions, argued endlessly, and did not give in to each other, Chen Liufeng, the emperor of the Chen State, was also undecided for a while, otherwise the army might already be on the way.

However, the academy is a clear stream in the middle of the court, and although it is very close to the emperor and gives advice, it is weak and difficult to compete with Dazai for a long time.

Therefore, Xuan Zhongchun can win and win over, and he must find ways to get in touch with him, and then help him.

In this way, he could influence the government of the Chen State, change the mind of the Emperor of the Chen State, and dispel the idea of invading the Yi State.

The current situation in the countries reminds Yi Jiuxiao of the history of his previous life.

made him have the illusion that he had returned to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and returned to the era when the princes were divided and the heroes competed for hegemony.

How similar is everything, many large and small countries coexist, full of contradictions and interests, full of greed and lust, full of intrigue and strategy.

Similar to the Warring States Period, today's powerful ministers and large families in various countries like to raise scholars, recruit talents through various means, give advice to themselves, and enhance their own reputation and strength.

Fan Tao, the former secretary of the Ministry of Industry of Wei, was born as a doorman and was a taxi raised by the Feng family.

Before he became an official and became famous, he had been supported by the Feng family, and the Feng family gave him a lot of cultivation resources.

Fan Tao's own qualifications are also very good, and he cultivated to the middle of Jindan, and later served as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

Of course, the person who was a confidant died, and Fan Tao fought against the Li family in order to repay the Feng family and was killed by Yi Jiuxiao.

Back then, Kaizhou was too conservative and Chengyuanhua forced Yi Jiuxiao to stay under Kaizhou as an official, not for anything else, but also an attempt to raise a soldier.

This is because these scholars do not necessarily have to be cultivators, but they can also be scholars.

Cultivators are samurai, scholars are scribes, both are indispensable, and the top three in the state exam are also the best resources for selecting scholars.

Of course, Yi Jiuxiao has great ambitions, and he doesn't want to stay in the remote Kaizhou at all, so he decisively rejected Chengyuanhua, otherwise he would be a taxi in Chengyuanhua now.

In fact, Yi Jiuxiao is still a soldier today, but he is just a national soldier of Yi State.

According to Li Kuan, Xuan Zhongchun, the dean of Chen Guo Academy, is very fond of raising scholars, and he has reached the point of seeking talents.

As long as a talented person goes to him, he will not refuse to come.

And to give these guests more favorable conditions and treatment, if you want to be an official, he recommends it to the imperial court and the state capital to be an official, and if you don't want to be an official, he will keep it in the house as an offering.

Although it is popular, not everyone can do it, and it must be supported by huge financial resources.

The Xuan family where Xuan Zhongchun is located, as a big family of the Chen State, happens to be not short of money.

Of course, the monks are not trading at a loss, these scholars also gave advice to the Xuan family, and also won the status of the Xuan family in the Chen country.

Therefore, Xuan Zhongchun, as the dean of the academy, has the strength to compete with Dazai Guan Bi for favor.

Yi Jiuxiao decided to devote himself to the Xuan family as a scholar, which is the most convenient and fastest way to contact Xuan Zhongchun.

As for being a warrior or a scribe, Yi Jiuxiao thought about it again and again, and finally decided to be a scribe.

The reason is that Xuan Zhongchun is the dean of Chen Guo's academy, and Yi Jiuxiao himself happens to be from the Qi State Academy, so it may be better to start as a scribe.

Xuanfu is very large, when Yi Jiuxiao went to Kaizhou Wanfu, he was shocked by the scale of Wanfu, that was because he had never seen Xuanfu.

How big is Xuanfu, it is estimated to be three or four times the size of Wanfu, and it is a capital city like Jinzhou City, which is far from being comparable to Kaizhou, which is remote in Qi State.

Not only large, among which the pavilions are forested, the various buildings are section and scale, and the scale is much better than the imperial palace of the Great Song Dynasty in Bianliang, Tokyo.

The difference is that there are only walls around the Xuanfu, and there is no wall like the Great Song Palace.

In Jinshu City, only the imperial city has a city wall, it is a city within a city, and the rest of the magnates, even the mansions of Dazai and the prince are not allowed to set up city walls.

On the left side of the west gate of Xuanfu, there is a Jixian Pavilion, which has a courtyard and dozens of houses.

This is where the Xuanjia recruits talents, and it is also a place for customers to live and communicate daily.

Of course, the west gate of Xuanfu is not the main gate, and it seems that the Xuan family does not dare to blatantly set up the Jixian Hall at the south gate where the main gate is located.

Yi Jiuxiao was dressed as a scholar, and did not appear at the door of the Xuanfu Jixian Hall with his original appearance.

Instead, he is disguised as a young man in his twenties, and his appearance is also very ordinary, that is, he is not handsome or ugly.

Although there are not many people who are familiar with Yi Jiuxiao's original appearance, he saves unnecessary trouble for the sake of prudence.

After riding a horse and wandering the streets for a while, Yi Jiuxiao led the horse to the door of the Jixian Pavilion.

He tied the rented old horse to the horse stake in front of the door, patted the dust on his body, and walked into the gate of the Jixian Pavilion with a package on his back.

There are no guards in front of the Jixian Pavilion, not that the Xuan Mansion does not have a family in order to save money, but that he wants to put on a posture of a corporal Lixian.