Hedong.

The Yellow River, which flows from west to east, made a bend here, and thousands of years of history were created because of this.

Hedong Hedong is naturally named after being located east of the Yellow River.

This is the essence of the Jin Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the weakness of the two Han states is due to the loss of the key land to the east of the river.

The land of the Three Jin Dynasty, which can be attacked and defended, is geographically unparalleled, and the world is invincible if it is combined, it is the ultimate version of Guanzhong, but Qin is defeated, and it is not a problem, and the division is slaughtered by others, either there is fertile soil and no mountains and rivers, or there are mountains and rivers but there is no arable land population, and in the end it will only be defeated by Guanzhong.

After hundreds of years, the big country with the name of Yan wants to reunify the three Jins, and even unify the six and eight wildernesses.

Murong Ke is the leader of this war - the generalissimo of the Yan State's Western Expedition!

The army he commanded this time was not small, there were 30,000 elites alone, including 5,000 black-armored cavalry mixed with Hu and Han.

The establishment of the Black Armor Army is 10,000 people, and these 10,000 people are basically the most elite army in the Yan Kingdom, of which more than 3,000 people are those ignorant Hu people who were captured from the deep mountains and old forests, plus those clansmen in the Yan Kingdom who have grown up in fighting since childhood, just these 10,000 people can suppress tens of thousands of people in the Han Kingdom, which can be called powerful.

Another 5,000 people were stationed in Jizhou, keeping an eye on the whereabouts of the Han Kingdom.

Murong Ke brought these 5,000 people out to suppress the army, he would not send the black armor army in the siege battle, Yan Guo is not nomadic, naturally there are troops and tools specially used for siege, Yan Guo who came out of Liaodong is quite skilled in the use of siege equipment.

30,000 elites basically took out more than half of the elites of Yan Kingdom, and at this level of elites, the entire Yan Kingdom could only pull out 50,000.

The kind of army of hundreds of thousands of people hundreds of years ago is almost impossible to see in the era of the re-advancement of armor, even if the militia after a short training is facing the elite, it is not an opponent at all, and it is no exaggeration that a thousand elites can chase and cut tens of thousands of militiamen.

Assembling elite combat not only has high combat effectiveness, but also has much less loss of grain and grass, and under various factors, in the Central Plains, all the people have been eliminated.

Murong Ke looked at Guanzhong across the Yellow River, and then said to Murong Chui and the others who followed him: "You see, that is Guanzhong, the foundation of the ancient emperors, Luoyang is a holy city, but non-holy kings can't sit in the world."

Chang'an was able to protect every emperor who built a foundation there, and if there was any mansion in the world that could be called the residence of the King of God, it was only concerned.

Seventh brother, if you can defeat Wei and capture Guanzhong, Wei will definitely flee westward, I will ask Your Majesty to change your royal title, and then give you the official position of Shang Shufu, establish a big platform, and let you go out of the town of Guanzhong to deal with Guanzhong affairs. ”

Murong Chui asked with a puzzled face, "Daxingtai?" ”

The people around are also full of curiosity, they all know about the platform, but what is the big platform?

Standing.

This is a new institution that appeared a few years ago, and its essence is the executive agency sent by Shangshutai, so the whole people call it Xingtai Shangshu Province, but in fact, this is a typical military institution, and the chief officer of Xingtai is Shangshu's left servant or Shangshu's right servant, which can be described as a strange sentence.

Murong Ke said softly: "Daxingtai Shangshu Province, the specifications are completely established in accordance with the Central Imperial Court Shangshu Province, the head of Daxingtai is called Shangshu Ling, this is what I prepared for you, it is definitely not possible to directly seal Guanzhong to you, only in this way can Guanzhong be given to you." ”

Murong Ke thought about Murong for the sake of Murong and for the sake of Yan Guo, which can be said to be painstaking.

Murong Chui was stunned, his brother wanted to separate himself from the imperial court, why did his brother do this?

Murong Ke said with a soft smile: "If in my lifetime, I can get rid of those people, I will remove your Daxingtai, and then you will be a king with peace of mind, I will seal you in Liangzhou, and you will fight with Zhao Yingluo and Luo Jialan in the Western Regions."

If I fail to solve this problem, you must also obey the orders of the imperial court, but leave hope for Dayan. ”

Murong Ke didn't say who those people were, but several people knew that it was none other than the Queen Mother's people, Murong lowered his head and said slowly: "Brother, I know." ”

Smart people don't need to say anything more, how can an ideal situation arise.

The final outcome may have been guessed by Murong Ke, all he is doing now is doing his best and obeying the fate of heaven.

It was too far away, he didn't think about it, if he could destroy Wei and Han while he was alive, it would be enough.

Yan Guo's attack on Hedong was not hidden from anyone.

This is not a surprise attack, in the current situation, it is impossible for any conspiracy to easily seize the vast land, only a dignified battle, only to break down the ruling order of the other party, and then establish its own ruling order on it, can destroy the other party.

This requires the approval of the rule of the dynasty by those at the lowest level, which is why whoever it is, must obtain the support of those nobles, because without the support of the nobles, only the upper state is just a castle in the air.

How can a land that cannot collect taxes and provide grain and grass be said to be its own territory; How can a group of people who don't even know who the emperor is and who they can't serve the country as soldiers be said to be their own people?

Yan has passed wars again and again, in fact, the Shi clan in Hedong has gone from the shock at the beginning to the current acceptance, and they are even ready to welcome the rule of Yan State.

That's the benefit of cultural unity.

Fundamentally speaking, although Yan Guo has always been criticized by many people for having too many Hu people, and even contemptuously called the country of barbarians, it is recognized from the deepest part of his heart.

Coming from Ji Zhao, the biggest thing about his transformation of Zhuxia is his thoughts.

In the world that Ji Zhao had never crossed, the primary goal of the scholars was to complete their great task of helping the world, and the scholars were in front of the country, and the debate between Hu and Han was not so systematic.

But now it's different, after more than a thousand years of propaganda by Luo's, although there is no nation-state now, the iron curtain between Xia Yi runs through the middle, which is an iron curtain that can only enter but not exit.

Hu people can come in and transform into Xia, but the conditions are relatively harsh, and they can only enter Xia completely from the ideological point of view, and those who turn their backs on this will be greatly discriminated against.

Yan Kingdom is the country of Zhuxia, which was certified by the former Luo's family, and surrendering to Yan Kingdom, as long as it is not the kind of extremely capricious and shameless person, it will not cause too many waves.

Of course, the word loyalty and righteousness will definitely not fall on him.

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Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Wei Kingdom, the water of the Luo River is still murmuring, on the side of the Luo River, you can see countless people worshipping, the divine power is like a prison is really worthy of the name, now the belief in Luo Shen is all over the vast, I don't know how many temples have been erected, the statue of Luo Shen can be seen in every temple and Taoist temple, and there are countless individual temples, especially Luoyang which is close to Luoshui.

Even if Luoyang is only the eastern capital, it is still the most prosperous city in the world, compared to the more remote Chang'an, located in the world, and there are countless crown pearls on the head of Luoyang, more like the capital of Zhuxia.

However, Luoyang's military role today is indeed not large, the northern part of the Heluo region and the Yan State across the Yellow River, the east and the Han State, the Liang State across the Tiger Prison Xingyang, and the south and the Liang State across several passes.

This kind of situation that is almost surrounded, if it weren't for the Luoyang Eight Passes in his hands, the Wei State Pass could also give help, and it should have been conquered a long time ago.

But now when it comes to whether it can be defended, everyone knows that Heluo can't hold it, no matter who it is, it's the same.

The Central Plains, with the four countries occupying one side, became to avoid the Central Plains to prevent being besieged by the three kingdoms.

Therefore, the Yan State should advance to the Central Plains, and then go east and south, first seize the land west of the Kunshan Mountains and the north of the Yellow River, and then plot Luoyang.

The Han State should first go north to destroy the Yan State, or go south to destroy the Liang State, instead of directly attacking the east to take Heluo, if the Han State does this, it will immediately greet the Three Kingdoms Group Fight.

Liang is the only one who can attack Heluo, just as the Chu State won the title to Zhou Tianzi in the Spring and Autumn Period, Liang State can merge Heluo with the current land, but the best choice is to go north to Qingzhou first, and then attack Xingyang in the east, and then capture Luoyang.

It's just that if Yan State does not attack Han State Jizhou, Liang State does not have the ability to go north to destroy the Han State entrenched in Qingzhou and other places, and it is difficult to break through Yizhou, which is a single man, so it can only retreat and attack Heluo first.

When the Yan army attacked Heluo, the monarchs and ministers of Wei in Chang'an did not know about it, and Cao Xiu, the general of Zhendong and the Kaifu Yitong and the third division of the town guarding Luoyang, already knew about it.

He first hurried to report the news to Chang'an, and then began to draw troops from the Heluo region, the power of Wei here is no longer very strong, the former division has seven counties, in addition to Sanfu, there are also Sanhe and Hongnong, Hanoi is north of the Yellow River, has long fallen, and Hedong is now located on the battlefield.

After the establishment of the Wei State, the west of Xingyang, the east of the Kunshan Mountain, and the south of the Yellow River were established in this piece of land, and Sizhou had three counties under its jurisdiction.

It mainly depends on the military sources in Guanzhong and Shuzhong.

Cao Xiu tried his best to draw out 8,000 warriors from the Heluo region, and no matter how many people were transferred, he was worried about affecting the guards of the eight passes in Luoyang.

After the news of Yan's attack reached Chang'an, the entire Chang'an City instantly fell into a chicken, fly and dog jump, especially after hearing that Yan Guo was still Murong Ke personally leading the troops, the Wei people who were afraid of Murong Ke like a tiger became even more frightened.

At the Great Pilgrimage.

The four auxiliary ministers stood at the front, looking at the noisy ministers, Yan Guo came to attack, naturally he couldn't sit still, but who would go to war?

Who would dare to fight against Murong Ke?

The withering of talents in the Wei State is really too powerful, especially compared with the Yan State where there are endless talents, it is almost a bit far, and the Hu people belong to the Yan State to take advantage, not only Murong Ke alone, but also absorbed a lot of talents in, although the cultural level of these people is poor, but the martial arts are quite abundant.

Cao Chengsi closed his eyes slightly, he would not take the initiative to take this matter, he was self-aware of himself, he could not be Murong Ke's opponent at all, he never thought of defeating Murong Ke on the battlefield.

You don't need to be on the battlefield to kill a general.

Seeing that no one spoke, the Queen Mother set her eyes on Cao Chengsi, who was faintly the head of the auxiliary ministers, which was naturally not because Cao Chengsi's power surpassed that of several others, but because Cao Chengsi was more active.

"What is General Zuo's clever plan?"

Hearing the Queen Mother's inquiry, Cao Chengsi said calmly: "Empress Dowager Qi, the ministers are not familiar with military affairs, and this matter should be asked to a few ministers who are proficient in battle formations." ”

One push, two, five, six.

It is impossible to make him take on this responsibility, and waiting for the other auxiliary ministers to be liquidated after the defeat is Cao Chenghe's strength.

Perhaps thinking that this answer was too perfunctory, Cao Chengsi pondered for a while and said: "What the minister has always said is to provoke the relationship between Murong Ke's monarchs and ministers, and the minister understands that the Empress Dowager of Yan Kingdom and many nobles in Yan Kingdom are dissatisfied with Murong Ke, which may be a point that we can take advantage of."

Murong Ke led the troops to fight in front, if he could make the rear of the Yan Kingdom cut off his grain and grass, this battle of Hedong might be won without a fight. ”

The Queen Mother asked in disbelief: "Murong Ke is an important minister of the Yan Kingdom, how could the Queen Mother of the Yan Kingdom cut off his grain and grass?" General Zuo isn't joking? ”

Cao Chengsi hugged his fists and replied: "Empress Dowager Qiyu, you are a heroine among women, not weaker than men, but the Empress Dowager of Yan Guo is not, the minister understands that the Empress Dowager of Yan Guo is very greedy for money, and nepotism, she once wanted to let her younger brother, who only knows how to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, serve as the official position of the third division, but was rejected by the emperor and Murong Ke.

If we can bribe the people around her, and then bring a large amount of gold and silver treasures to Murong Ke's slander, it is very likely to achieve the goal.

Although the Emperor of Yan Kingdom trusted Murong Ke, he did not trust Murong Ke.

Because the minister learned that Murong Chui was Murong Ke's only blood related brother, and Murong Chui was one of the three surviving younger brothers of Emperor Yan Huan today.

The current emperor of Yan is still young and has no heirs, and his little uncle Murong Chui is one of the successors to the throne.

If we buy the courtiers and eunuchs in the Yan Kingdom, let the emperor suspect Murong Chui.

How would Murong Ke choose in the face of the emperor and Murong Chui?

No matter what he chooses, the relationship between him and the Emperor of Yan is destined to crack, at that time, in the face of the Empress Dowager's actions, as long as the Emperor of Yan is a little indulgent, there will be people who will take it upon themselves to target Murong Ke.

As long as Murong Ke and the Emperor of Yan turn their faces, no matter who wins or loses in the end, it will be our Wei State who wins. ”

Cao Chengsi's other abilities are not mentioned for the time being, the conspiracy is very silky, and it faintly touches the realm of Yangmou, in his plan, there are many parts that have to be jumped even if he knows that it is a pit.

After saying this, Cao Chengsi said: "This is just a little idea when the ministers discussed Murong Ke, the queen mother can use it or not, this is the idea that the minister gave you and His Majesty the Emperor, as for how to defeat Murong Ke on the battlefield, the minister doesn't know, as the minister said before, the minister is not good at that." ”

Cao Chengsi's last sentence can be regarded as completely removing himself from this matter.

What he meant was very clear, I had already given an idea in my own area of expertise, and you should leave the things of war to professional people, and those things had nothing to do with me.

The ministers in the palace are still digesting Cao Chenghe's plan, this plan is very executable when he hears it, this is actually a counter-plan, this plan has been very classic since ancient times, and almost every country and country, organization and organization have this plan appeared.

The difficulty of this plan lies in choosing the people who oppose the enemy and how to provoke them, both of which have been determined by Cao Chenghe, and they are very executable when they hear it.

The Empress Dowager of Wei also stopped asking Cao Chenghe, and instead began to ask others, but everyone lowered their heads.

Seeing this situation, the little emperor was still clapping his hands on the throne, he was still a child wearing open crotch pants, the Empress Dowager of Wei was already very angry, Cao Chengsi stepped forward and looked at everyone and said sharply: "My courtiers of Great Wei, Murong Ke makes you afraid to this extent?"

If I had the ability to lead troops, I would have asked Ying to fight Murong Ke right now, instead of cowering here, which is really disappointing.

If you don't have the ability, don't occupy a high position, and when Murong Ke enters the pass, you don't have to worry about being captured by the Yan people.

What a disappointment! ”

As he spoke, he named two more auxiliary ministers, and said in a cold voice: "Auxiliary minister, what a noble honor this is?

Since ancient times, those who can occupy this position are the pillars of the country, and you must do things that are beneficial to the country, both of you are military generals, but now you are so afraid of war, it is really a shame for my Great Wei, and it is even more vain for my Cao clan to stand on top of the court with you, which really makes my father feel ashamed. ”

Cao Chengsi's merciless ridicule and sarcasm shocked everyone, never expected Cao Chengsi to do this kind of thing directly in his face, everyone thought that Cao Chengsi was angry in his heart and could not be restrained, so he said this in anger.

As everyone knows, Cao Chengsi said this on purpose, he just wanted to provoke these two people, either these two people fell into his radical method to fight, or these two people were extremely cowardly and lost hope, no matter what the result was, it was acceptable to Cao Chengsi.

This thing is very ancient, but this trick is really easy to use, nine out of nine people can't stand the radical method, this is not only the reason for the top, but also because when using the radical method, the person who is excited knows from the depths of the subconscious that there will be another bad result if not excited.

For example, this time, these two people knew that if they didn't agree to this matter, then they would face the disdainful eyes of countless people, as auxiliary ministers, before the battle, it was enough to sweep away all the fame that the two had accumulated in the past.

"General Zuo, you don't have to say such things, Great Weizhong, are you the only one who is a loyal minister?

There is a saying in this world called planning before acting, neither of us knows Murong Ke well, so we don't want to be good at big talk, we don't want to be like someone, facing Murong Ke's repeated defeats, and asking for credit with a shy face. ”

As soon as these words came out, the hall was suddenly quiet to the extent that a needle could be heard, who these two people were connotating, everyone knew that it was none other than Cao Chenghe's father Cao Lin, the often defeated general of the Great Wei, comparable to Xiahoudun during the period of Emperor Wu.

Cao Chengsi just wanted to laugh in his heart when he heard this, these words couldn't anger him, a dutiful son, and he himself didn't look down on his father from his heart, but he still pretended to be angry for a flash on his face.

The mouths of the two did not stop, and then said: "But since you said such things today, if no one in the court is willing to fight, then the two of us are naturally willing to fight with that Murong Ke, but we want to see if he is really as invincible as rumored." ”

After saying that, he glanced at Cao Chengsi with disdain, but Cao Chengsi did not have the slightest intention of being provoked and angry, but did not smile: "Then this father misunderstood the second prince, if he can really defeat Murong Ke, this father will definitely apologize to the two, I have two in Dawei, so why be afraid of Murong Ke?" ”

With the end of this dialogue full of swords, guns and swords, the atmosphere in the court still smelled of disputes, and after the court meeting dispersed, a group of people gathered around Cao Chengsi.

His cousin asked, "Brother, what are we going to do next?" ”

Cao Chengsi looked at the majestic and glorious palace, with deep obsession, and said softly: "The next thing is to wait for them to fail, and then beat them into a place of no return." ”

"What if they win? So what to do? ”

Cao Chengsi's eyes widened suddenly, and he said in a deep voice: "Victory over Murong Ke on the battlefield? That's just a dream, they are bound to lose, there is no way to win at all.

If they can really win, then let them fail, and there must not be two clansmen who have won a big victory on the battlefield to return to Chang'an, absolutely! ”

Cao Chengsi's tone was categorical and full of unquestionable flavor.

He really understands too well the current political balance in the Wei Kingdom, and anything can break the current balance, especially the victory on the battlefield, if he wants to get rid of these auxiliary ministers one by one, become the auxiliary ministers with great power, and even the regent, he must not allow these ministers to have merit beyond himself.

Even if he fought for a big defeat, he would not let these two people return to Chang'an with victory.

The Battle of Hedong was a war that could only be lost, not won.

As for what the Wei State did after losing the Battle of Hedong?

Let's not mention that it is not in Cao Chenghe's consideration.

Even if you consider it, just lose Hedong, Wei will not be destroyed, during the Warring States Period, Wei not only had the land east of the river, but even seized the land of Hexi, and the Qin State did not fall into the crisis of destroying the country, and it should be the same now.

There is a natural danger of the Yellow River between Hedong and Guanzhong, as long as the ferry is guarded, it is absolutely impossible for the army of Yan to fly over.

Moreover, the three auxiliaries faced on the other side of the east bank of the river are all the best places in the pass, and the Wei State has ruled here for nearly a hundred years, and the people's hearts are very stable, and it is not easy for the Yan State to seize it.

The few people around Cao Chengsi were a little eager to speak when they heard this, and some of his words made his hardcore unable to accept them, after all, this is Cao Wei's foundation, and Cao Chengsi knew that something was wrong as soon as he said it.

As soon as he rolled his eyes, he immediately made up for it and said: "My father knows what you are thinking, but my father is also forced to be helpless, if you want to have great strength in the bow and arrow, you have to pull the bowstring backwards hard, and it is better to take a few steps backwards to accumulate strength when moving forward."

The same is true for the country.

If they are allowed to occupy a high position for the sake of temporary interests, the future of Great Wei is unimaginable, and cutting flesh to heal their wounds now may be the best result for Great Wei.

Moreover, since ancient times, the fastest defeat of a country is internal strife, and the political struggle between Murong Ke and the Empress Dowager of Yan State is not the kind of political struggle of our Wei State, they may break out into civil war.

Murong Ke built another political center in Taiyuan, this must be a hidden danger, and when Jinyang and Jicheng go to war, it will be our opportunity.

On that day, it will be the time for us to recover Hedong and other places, and we will even be able to invade and merge with the state in one battle. ”

Cao Chenghe's words that avoid the important are still very demagogic, and he can always make sense of this kind of words.

His words are always seven points of true analysis, and three points change the underlying logic, so that people can't tell what is wrong.

Because Cao Chengsi's words are not pure nonsense, they can happen, he just analyzed them to a certain extent through good eloquence, which makes people have to be convinced.

But in fact, it is a distortion of the truth, and sometimes it is indeed justified to back down.

Many people understand the truth that if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, but you have never heard of being able to directly package the lives of your country's generals and even soldiers to the enemy country.

The soldiers who raised their arms in Hedong County may never know that someone was ready to betray them in the faraway Chang'an, a place they had never seen before.

Of course, the nobles of Chang'an will never know that these soldiers of Hedong County do not know what they are fighting for, and they may surrender to the Yan people at any time.

Does Murong Ke know these things?

A lot of things are known.

He attacked Hedong at this time because he knew that with the current Wei State's overthrow, it would be even more difficult to resist the attack of Dayan, and it would be so much more effective with half the effort.

……

Liang Guo Nanyang.

This is one of the most critical counties of the Liang State, Nanyang County connects the Heluo region and the Guanzhong region, from here can directly threaten the two most critical lands of the Wei State, in front of Nanyang, Guanzhong and Heluo are only a few passes.

During the period of Luo Youzhi, the Liang State repeatedly adjusted the administrative division here, because it was worried that there would be problems here, one was worried that it would be seized by the Wei State, and the other was that it was worried that it would be self-reliant, and Nanyang was very easy to stand on its own, especially in the case of seizing Xiangyang, Nanyang had fertile land and population, and there were dangers that could be used as capital.

Luo Youzhi divided these divisions, dividing a county into three counties, ensuring that it would not stand on its own, but in the end, this division proved to be too scattered, so he set up a state assassin here, which was called Nanzhou, and later Luo Xianzhi added Nanzhou Xingtai here.

In a land of Nanyang, there are three county guards, a state assassin history, a scholar servant, the county guard is in charge of local government affairs, the state assassin is in charge of supervision, and the Xingtai scholar is in charge of military affairs.

When Yan Guo increased his troops from Taiyuan to Hedong, Liang Guo immediately received the news that this extremely important military situation was heading towards Jianye, and the Nanyang high-level officials, especially the Nanyang Xingtai Shangshu sent by Luo Xianzhi, clearly knew that he came here to monitor Yan Guo's Hedong movements.

Liang Guozhong's news was transmitted very quickly, after all, Liang Guo had the fastest water transportation in this era, and the messenger set off from Nanyang, along the Han River and the Yangtze River, and soon arrived at Jianye, and the news was quickly delivered to the palace.

Luo Xianzhi hurriedly entered the palace, he didn't guess anything, after all, Xiao Yan really often called him to the palace, as soon as he walked into the palace, he saw Xiao Yan waving the sword in his hand with great interest, and he immediately knew that it was about military affairs, and after thinking about it, Xiao Yan really said: "Lingxiu, Yan Guo has gathered a large army to attack the Hedong of Wei State, and what we expected before has come true." ”

Luo Xianzhi was naturally far inferior to Xiao Yan in terms of specific wars, he walked to Xiao Yan's side and looked at Kan Yutu, and said excitedly: "Then my Great Liang can also start attacking Wei, does Your Majesty have any ideas?" ”

Xiao Yan was a genius military commander, and he didn't need Luo Xianzhi to provide a lot of help in this regard, he pointed to Nanyang and said: "According to our previous plan, send troops from Nanyang and knock directly on the pass, if you can break through the pass in one battle, we will attack Luoyang directly."

But now I have another idea, that is, the troops are divided into two routes, one way is still attacking Luoyang from Nanyang, and the other is from Nanyang to feint to attack the fortifications. ”

Although Luo Xianzhi is not proficient in military affairs, he has no problem judging the general situation, and he knew what Xiao Yan wanted to do as soon as he heard it, so he asked: "Your Majesty, do you want to let this army attacking Guanzhong contain the forces of Wei?"

Guanzhong is the lair of the Wei State, and they will definitely guard the Wuguan Pass so that there is an accident, this is your purpose? ”

Xiao Yan nodded and said: "If you want to break through the pass from Nanyang, it is actually very rare, or it is impossible at all, on this road, there is a martial pass, a place for business, and the last Lantian, after breaking through many obstacles, you can enter Chang'an."

But it's okay to use these to intimidate those people in Chang'an, those nobles of the Wei State, even if they all grew up in the deep palace and grew up in the hands of women, how many of them have experienced the battle array?

I'm going to be scared out of my position here. ”

Luo Xianzhi nodded, and recognized Xiao Yan's words, now among the countries, it belongs to the Wei State, which can be seen by people of insight in the world, but Luo Xianzhi did not agree with Xiao Yan's approach, he said after a deep sigh: "Your Majesty, the minister has a few questions. ”

Xiao Yan knew that Luo Xianzhi had an idea, and said, "Lingxiu, you say, I listen." ”

Luo Xianzhi walked around Kanyutu, and at the same time slowly asked: "The first question of the minister is that our army will attack Luoyang, and if it goes north from the land of Jingchu, it will definitely pass through Yique, Your Majesty will attack this pass, will there be reinforcements from the Wei State?" ”

Xiao Yan said after hearing this: "It shouldn't be, Wei has an army in Liangzhou to defend the Western Regions, and it has to arrange a large army in Hedong to fight with the army of Yan, Heluo has a very strong force, and there is no need to send troops to guard Yique Pass." ”

Luo Xianzhi nodded and continued: "Since our army will not send troops to attack Yique Pass, what is the purpose of our attack on Shangyu?" What is our purpose in containing the forces of Wei? ”

Xiao Yan understood a little, and Luo Xianzhi said again: "In this way, we are holding back the Wei people for the Yan people, and the minister has a third question, who do you think the Yan people and the Wei people will win in Hedong?" ”

Xiao Yan said without hesitation: "Of course it is from Yan State, Murong Ke has proven his strength, he is a veteran of the battlefield, but Wei State has withered talents, whether it is Hedong or Chaozhong, there are no capable people, this battle of Hedong, unless it can rain fierce people from the sky, otherwise Wei will be defeated." ”

Luo Xianzhi said with emotion: "Yes, we all think that the Wei State will be defeated and the Yan State will win, so why is this why our Liang has paid sacrifice and blood to help a country that will win?"

Use the blood of the people of Daliang to add glory to the people of Yan Guo, this is not what we should do, let the people of Yan shed more blood, let the people of Daliang shed less blood. ”

Dead friends do not die poor.

What's more, Yan Guo can't die, and Liang Guo himself is still relatively weak, where can he have the ability to help the powerful Yan Kingdom?

Xiao Yan fell into deep thought when he heard this, and he found that this was the result of the difference in thinking between himself and Luo Xianzhi.

He is an excellent commander, and when thinking about problems, he always can't help but think from the best perspective of war, but Luo Xianzhi thinks differently, Luo Xianzhi really thinks about war as a continuation of politics.

Luo Xianzhi walked around in a circle, walked to Xiao Yan's side again, and then said: "Now Yan Guo and my Liang are cooperating very happily, but when Wei State is destroyed, my Liang and Yan Guo will be the biggest opponent."

Besides, Yan chose to attack Wei instead of attacking the land of Jizhou north of the Yellow River of Han first, wasn't it because he harbored evil intentions?

They wanted to use the Han State to bind our Daliang, and in order to prevent my Daliang from getting Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and the complete Yuzhou, they even chose to abandon the plan to seize the fertile southern Jizhou.

Chen's father has already seen their plan, but there is no way, this is the result of inferior strength, now we have to seize this opportunity to expand our strength as much as possible, if we can capture Heluo, my strength will be greatly enhanced.

It had a huge advantage over the Han State, and it was the key to this battle to break through Yique and conquer Luoyang. ”

Xiao Yan nodded slowly, concentrating all his forces to break through the Yique Pass in front of Liang Guo, this is what he should consider.

Ique.

This place can be regarded as a place where soldiers must fight, in the Bang Zhou era, it has been extremely important, it is the main place for Qin, Chu and Wei to compete here, outside the Yique Pass, there are no less than one million soldiers killed in battle.

Now that a new round of war is about to start here, Xiao Yan asked in a deep voice: "Lingxiu, how many troops can be sent this time?" ”

Luo Xianzhi was naturally well aware of the money and food in the country, and immediately said: "There are 20,000 elite soldiers and 50,000 auxiliary soldiers, and then 100,000 people will be levied from Nanyang and Jingzhou to prepare a year's grain and grass for these people."

If the Yique Pass has not been broken within a year, Nachen's suggestion is to retreat temporarily, because at that time, the battle of Hedong should be over, and if the war that lasts for a year cannot be captured for a long time, the soldiers will be very tired, indicating that we have lost the opportunity. ”

Preparing a year's worth of grain and grass for nearly 200,000 people is a huge amount, and if it weren't for the smooth weather of Jiangdong and the east wind in recent years, he really wouldn't have been able to take it out in the case of a complete national war.

Xiao Yan groaned and said in a deep voice: "Lingxiu, this can't be done.

I also need 50,000 troops, prepare two years of grain and grass, one year may not be enough, this attack, will be successful, the battle of Hedong is victorious, as long as our army can cut off the Wei army from Cuihan, Heluo is in the pocket of our army.

After taking over Heluo, it is necessary to take over the eight passes of Luoyang, otherwise Heluo, which has just arrived, will be in danger at any time, and a pass of 5,000 to 6,000 people can barely maintain, and the current number of troops is far from enough.

Moreover, Yique Pass is one of the most important passes guarding Luoyang, and it is impossible to conquer it if the number of people is too small, and it is necessary to attack day and night, and 70,000 people are definitely not enough. ”

Luo Xianzhi almost didn't hold back, he thought that Xiao Yan would ask him for more people and money, but he never expected that opening his mouth would be twice as much, he couldn't help but recall what his father said about it, as soon as the emperor encountered the war, he would have a whim, Luo Youzhi and the emperor had a lot of disputes because of this, but basically Luo Youzhi finally compromised, after all, Xiao Yan would not ask for money for no reason.

Luo Xianzhi never expected that it would be his turn now.

And Xiao Yan is indeed justified, although he has not yet attacked Yique Pass, but Xiao Yan has already considered it thoroughly, and it is all appropriate during and after the war.

But 50,000 people!

Luo Xianzhi knew that these 50,000 people could not be the elite in armor, but even so, it was not easy.

Luo Xianzhi's face was embarrassed, the reason why he didn't give it was naturally not that there was no one, a huge Liang country, there would not be so many people, but the problem was that a large number of young people were taken away, which would definitely affect the cultivation of the country in the coming year, and as soon as these people went for so long, production would be delayed.

Moreover, so many local troops were dispatched to leave, Luo Xianzhi was worried that there would be chaos in the place.

The most important thing is that so many troops are withdrawn, and he is worried that the Han State will take the opportunity to counterattack the part of Yuzhou occupied by Xuzhou and Liang, and he must know that once the three kingdoms of Yan, Wei, and Liang go to war, the Han State will definitely not let go of this opportunity.

In the Yan Kingdom and the Liang Kingdom, who the Han Kingdom chooses to attack, Luo Xianzhi doesn't have to think about it to know that it must be the Liang Kingdom!

But after pondering for a while, Luo Xianzhi nodded slowly and said, "The ministers will prepare these materials for Your Majesty, and the soldiers will also provide them according to the quantity." ”

Xiao Yan was a little surprised by Luo Xianzhi's happiness, and couldn't help but say: "Lingxiu, if your father is here, he will definitely quarrel with me, and he will not agree to me so easily." ”

Luo Xianzhi said helplessly: "Then does Your Majesty think that the minister's father will finally agree to you?" ”

Xiao Yan laughed loudly: "When I know it with reason and move with emotion, Qingyun will agree with my idea." ”

Luo Xianyi spread his hands and said: "The minister has been persuaded by His Majesty's reasoning, so he directly agreed, if His Majesty is unwilling, the minister is willing to quarrel with His Majesty." ”

Xiao Yan couldn't hold back his laughter, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "That's not necessary, it's good like this, Lingxiu, you go and prepare." ”

Luo Xianzhi bowed, "The minister retreated." ”

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Looking at the affairs of the northern and southern dynasties, they were all defeated because of treachery, and prosperous because of loyalty, and the traitors did not know what they were, and those who were loyal were also obscured, and people's hearts were confused, and they were in the middle of the game. - "Miscellaneous Notes on the World"

(End of chapter)