Lan Jing'an sneered: "I'm afraid that the Nine Emperor Princes have forgotten the disaster of destroying the country back then, right?" Although he is not talented, he has also heard of seeking skin with tigers. Do you think I would be stupid enough to agree to cooperate with you and lead the Xia army eastward? Although I can't make decisions for Brother Qingyun, there is one thing we all think the same way. ”

"Raising troops is not just for personal enmity and family hatred, or even for the sake of the former Qianguo. We both want the people of the world to live in a stable, safe, and oppressive country. Dare to ask if the current Xia Guo has done it? ”

Xie Weining didn't expect her to be resolute, and she also took out the avenue of governing the country and asked him rhetorically. He thought of Xia Guo's current court, and his brows furrowed quickly.

Although Emperor Xia is not as mean and unkind as Emperor Xuan, he has made the country miserable. But he has another problem, and that is the loss of power.

In Xie Weining's eyes, the biggest problem of the Xia Kingdom was that the courtiers were too tough, but the emperor was too weak. The old ministers of the DPRK and China formed a group to control the government. Although Emperor Xia nominally manages the Xia Kingdom of Nuoda, in fact, important decisions can only be implemented through the approval of several important ministers, otherwise no one below will dare to carry out Emperor Xia's orders.

These old ministers have been involved in politics for many years and have a wide range of contacts, and Emperor Xia can no longer easily eradicate them. As long as one of them is tried to move, the other courtiers will threaten to stop the work of the court en masse, and the operation of the entire Xia Kingdom will immediately stop, and the country will soon fall into turmoil.

So although Emperor Xia really wanted to attack the old ministers, he didn't find a good way for so many years, and the Xia Kingdom is still controlled by those old ministers. When the Laochen group gained power, they began to plan for themselves, enclosing land and accumulating slaves everywhere, plundering beauty and treasures.

Xia is a multi-ethnic country, bordering Dayong in the east, resting in the west, resisting the Xiongnu in the north and controlling the southwestern regions in the south. In addition to the Han people, there are also Wusun, Yuezhi, Tulan, Qiang, Di, Yunnan, Kunyi, Baiyue, Baiman and other ethnic groups. It was not united enough, and these ministers enclosed land everywhere, oppressed all ethnic groups, and plundered precious beauties everywhere, causing dissatisfaction everywhere.

Although Xia Guo has strong soldiers and horses, the leading figure in the Laochen group is Prime Minister Fu Chang. Fu Chang was a man of letters, and although he also hoped that Xia Guo would seek foreign conquest, he refused to give the military attache too high a status. Emphasizing literature over military force has gradually become the trend of Xia Guo in the past ten years. And the army of the Xia Kingdom, which was composed of a mixture of various ethnic groups, was even more divided into its own camp and often fought among themselves.

So although the Xia Kingdom is still beautiful on the surface, it is actually in danger inside, and the building may collapse at any time. Otherwise, Xie Weining would not be in such a hurry now. In addition to snatching Lan Jing'an, he also wanted to calm the situation in Jingzhou, in order to control the southwestern countries again.

Xie Weining also looked forward to expanding the territory of the Xia Kingdom to the east. In this way, more Han Chinese can be obtained, and then the Han people can be moved westward, so that they can mix with the various ethnic groups as soon as possible, so as to stabilize the local situation, and prevent the other ethnic groups from really embarking on the road of rebellion under heavy pressure.

Xie Weining naturally knew that Lan Jing'an would not easily agree to her conditions. However, both of them are smart people, and since they have started the fight, they must negotiate a result before they can stop.

Xie Weining chose to take a step back first: "What if I only want Liangzhou?" ”

Lan Jing'an was still very resolute: "Not a single state." But she quickly gave way: "However, if you don't invade the northwest regions again, the cadres can shake hands with the Xia Kingdom in the northwest." ”

Wan Ping had already told Lan Jing'an about the military situation of the cadres led by Wan Mingde in the northwest. The pressure on them is too great, and it would be nice to be able to barely withstand it, and it is really impossible to draw up manpower if they want to go further at the moment. If he can temporarily maintain a stable situation with Xia in the northwest, this will help Wan Mingde's men and horses to recuperate and continue to fight against Dayong to the east.

Xie Weining nodded: "If the two armies form an alliance, this condition can be accepted by the Xia Kingdom." However, this will not be beneficial to Xia Guo at all, so why should I promise you? Unless, you can get Xiao Qingyun to withdraw Yizhou's troops. ”

Lan Jing'an pondered for a while, and quickly guessed Xie Weining's intentions. Now Jiang Shaoheng has led people to break through Baishui Pass and is attacking Jia Meng, once Jia Meng is broken, it will be one step closer to taking Shu County or Ba County. Xia Guo was obviously afraid of Jiang Shaoheng's people.

Moreover, due to Jiang Shaoheng's fierce offensive, Xia Guo urgently transferred troops and horses to the south, and was tired of dealing with the cadres in the north of Yizhou, and has now lost control of the southwestern regions of Yizhou. If you can't send people back to the south in time, I'm afraid that the many small countries that have been re-established in the southwest will soon become bigger, and then it will really not be under the control of the Xia Kingdom.

However, Jiang Shaoheng captured Baishui Pass and lost a lot of people. In the battle of Baishui Pass, more than 10,000 people from the Xia Kingdom guarding the pass were killed and 8,000 were injured. Although Jiang Shaoheng's cadres were slightly better in numbers, they also lost 7,000 dead and 6,000 wounded. The 50,000 elite soldiers in his hands are less than 40,000 usable.

Xiao Qingyun once told Lan Jing'an about the planning of the entire battle situation, and the main task of the cadre army led by Jiang Shaoheng was not to occupy Yizhou, but to open up the passage of the cadre army on the southern front and the northwest, so that the army could be connected together and it was convenient to mobilize men and horses according to the military situation.

Lan Jing'an thought, what if he could achieve his goal without capturing Yizhou? Is it possible to save troops and free up hands to destroy Dayong as soon as possible? Then it is not impossible to stop the offensive in Yizhou.

Lan Jing'an replied to Xie Weining: "It's not impossible to attack Yizhou again, but..." she dragged out her tone and looked at Xie Weining. Xie Weining really showed a nervous look: "But what? ”

Lan Jing An Lian's mouth opened lightly: "However, Xia Guo must allow the cadres to pass through Yizhou at any time. ”

Xie Weining frowned: "If the cadres want to go through Yizhou, unless they can choose to go to Hanzhong County, they don't need to talk." Lan Jing'an stopped doing it when he heard it, the three adjacent places in the east, west and north of Hanzhong County are all Dayong's territory, but the south is Ba County of Xia Kingdom. Even if the cadres are allowed to borrow the road, it will be too difficult for the cadres to first open up the east and west directions.

Lan Jing'an put forward another proposal: "The cadres are currently unable to take the Hanzhong route. However, we can take the waterway, from Qiangdi through Baishui to the Western Han River, through Ba County, into the river, and then to Jingzhou. ”

"If the Xia Kingdom agrees to lend Qiangdao, Baishui, Jiameng, Langzhong, Anhan, Bajuncheng, Linjiang, Yufu and other places on this route, we are willing to guarantee that we will not enter and attack any of the cities we pass through. In the same way, we need Xia Guo's promise not to attack while we pass by. ”

Xie Weining hesitated, Lan Jing'an pointed out that the route covered many cities in Qiangdi and Yizhou, if this waterway was really opened, basically Guanghan County and Ba County in the north of Yizhou would be equivalent to not defending the cadres.

However, if you don't agree, the cadres will follow this route to capture one city after another, so it is better to promise Lan Jing'an for the time being, and first free up your hands to clean up the southwest side. Moreover, if the cadres only use the water route, they will be able to eliminate the possibility of various cities being attacked on the land route.

Xie Weining took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I can agree to your condition." ”

So far, the two sides have shown the greatest sincerity. But Lan Jing'an still felt that it was insufficient, and threw out another point: "If the cadre army goes south from the northwest and down the river, it naturally does not need the help of Xia Guo." But if we need to move from south to north and swim upstream, we also hope that Xia Guo can lend us a little manpower on the waterways. ”

Xie Weining chuckled: "Ugly girl, you are really lacking in people's hearts." I can answer this for you. But I have one last condition, not about the cadres, but about you. ”