Guanzhong, Chang'an City.

Xiao Kedi did not deceive Guo Han, and Li Wannian's Guan Long army did return to Guan Long more than a month ago, his own territory.

This is because he found that Nanyang is very difficult to fight, although the number of defenders there is far inferior to his own, but the city defense is quite tight, and the government has already carried out a fortified wall clearance, so that it is impossible for them to pose too much threat to Nanyang City, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, in a short period of time.

However, they themselves, whether it was the 100,000 or so troops on the expedition or the Guanlong region as the rear, were in considerable danger at this time.

As far as the army is concerned, it is already deep into the enemy's hinterland at this time, and the logistics supply has been stretched, so it is natural to be careful at all times when encountering a sudden attack by the Vietnamese army, which runs out of food and grass.

As for the Guanlong area, the danger is even greater, because the Vietnamese army on the Sichuan and Shu sides has begun to move, constantly approaching the edge of Ganlong.

Obviously, this is a test of the soldiers and horses of Sichuan and Shu, as long as the soldiers of Ganlong are only defending to the death, the soldiers of Sichuan and Shu will attack in a big way, so as to completely seize this important strategic place of Ganlong.

And once such a result really occurs, the Guanzhong Plain, including Chang'an City, will enter the range of the Vietnamese army.

You must know that since Ganlong entered the pass, there are several roads, large and small, and there is even the existence of the famous Meridian Valley in history.

When the Three Kingdoms were in the Central Plains, Zhuge Kongming naturally did not dare to take risks easily, so Wei Yan led tens of thousands of light cavalry to attack Chang'an. That's because the national strength between Shu Han and Cao Wei was completely disproportional at that time, and even if Chang'an could be captured, it would be difficult to hold it, let alone really take the entire Guanzhong.

But today's situation is completely different, the imperial army from Sichuan and Shu is the more powerful side, if the surprise attack is successful, the 100,000 Guan Long army fighting abroad will completely collapse.

Therefore, after some weighing, Li Wannian, who was already more conservative, decisively gave up the decision to forcibly capture Nanyang, disrupted the Central Plains, and quickly returned to Chang'an.

And after he retreated to Chang'an, an astonishing news finally came, which made him regret his decision that day - the Vietnamese army actually crossed the Yellow River in a big way, not only captured Jizhou City, but also formed a head-on confrontation with the main force of Guirong!

Does this mean that in fact, the Central Plains has long been empty, and at that time, as long as he persists, or decisively chooses to attack other cities, the plan to disrupt the Central Plains can be realized?

This cognition naturally made Li Wannian quite entangled, and even at this time, he once again had the idea of sending troops into the Central Plains.

However, he was cautious and did not act rashly, but consulted his most valued military advisor Shen Bo.

At this time, Shenbo was seriously ill and couldn't get out of bed, so Li Wannian went directly to the door and asked for advice in front of his bed.

After listening to his story, Shenbo fell silent for a long time.

It wasn't until Li Wannian couldn't bear it a little impatiently, thinking that the other party had fallen asleep because of physical reasons, that the old man said softly, "General, have you really thought about it carefully, what are all the previous behaviors for?"

"For what? Of course, so that the people of Chang'an and Guanlong can live a good life......

"Then do you think that this time with the Ghost Rong people to disrupt the Central Plains like this, you can really make everyone live a good life?"

Li Wannian was suddenly stunned, he really hadn't thought about this question carefully, but if he thought about it carefully, I'm afraid it would ...... ap.

"Hard, right? Not to mention that the soldiers and horses of the imperial court will inevitably retaliate against us in the future, even if they are really completely defeated by the ghosts, they can only retreat to the south and let the entire Central Plains out, but what next? Are we really safe?

"Those foreign ghosts with wolf ambitions will really speak better than the court of their own clan? The old man thought that by then, I was afraid that we would be the target of their attack......

"The history of the past thousand years has taught us so much about this fact that people who are not of our race must have different hearts. Once the alien race is allowed to enter the Central Plains, it will be a catastrophe for the people of the world, and no one will be spared.

"So to cooperate with them to defeat the imperial army, in the old man's opinion, it is clearly a plot with the tiger."

Li Wannian's face was full of confusion: "Then you mean that we just sit and watch all this?"

"It's a countermeasure, but it's not safe. Because in this way we have offended both sides, and when either of them can free up their hands, we will inevitably use our troops against us. Not to mention that Sichuan and Shu and the imperial army are eyeing each other."

"And what choice do we have?" Li Wannian was entangled, and then he thought of something, "Do you mean ......?"

"Yes, the icing on the cake is better than charcoal in the snow. At present, since the imperial army and the ghost Rong are in a decisive battle, it is an opportunity for us, an opportunity to atone for our sins. As long as we send troops to attack the Ghost Rong people at this time and copy their back path, the situation will be completely different.

"When the time comes, Gui Rong will be driven out of Hebei and even northern Xinjiang, and we will naturally make great contributions, and the emperor and the imperial court will inevitably reward us for our merits and deeds, and avoid our sins......

Li Wannian was stunned when he heard it at this time, this was a strategy he had never thought of, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed to be quite reasonable.

Since you can't help the ghost Rong people deal with the imperial court, you can only do the other way around.

But then, he thought of another dilemma: "What about Guo Han? He has already made up his mind, and he has also reached an alliance with us, and then we will betray the alliance and attack, but we are afraid of ......."

"We'll have to send someone to explain it. Some things only have one chance, and if you miss it, you really miss it completely.

"General, this is the only way for us to save ourselves at the moment, if you want to protect yourself, if you want to keep Guan Long from being liquidated by the imperial court and the people from the army, there is only this one chance."

After speaking, Shen Bo grabbed the other party's hand with some excitement, suddenly coughed a few times, stared at him and said, "General, the old man knows that you were also dissatisfied with the various perverse actions of the imperial court, and what you want to protect has always been Guan Long. And now, the emperor and the court are different, and the old man feels that he can change the original established strategy."

Li Wannian was really moved now.

Indeed, as Shen Bo said, he has always put the people of Guanlong first, so he has a strong reputation and appeal in Guanlong today, and can gather tens of thousands of troops in one place.

But at the same time, it also became a chain that constrained all his actions and ambitions, and made him make a decision that could completely change the pattern of the world.

After Shenbo said these heartfelt words, he really fell asleep because of exhaustion.

And Li Wannian struggled with this for several days.

It wasn't until a few days later, when the time came to the end of July, that the arrival of a letter finally made Li Wannian make up his mind.

This letter is from Guo Han, who has become a prisoner!