After Dongfang Shuo was awakened, he felt that he had offended the emperor Liu Che, so he got up and knelt down in the center of the hall to ask Liu Che for his guilt; "Your Majesty, the minister considered Wei Qing's words for a moment, please forgive your majesty!"

"In front of me, those who dare to lose their minds are the only ones who are Dongfang Shuo; I have said first, I am not in the palace today, just like at home, there is no need to be polite, but the Qing and others are so distracted and decent, I will not take an example! Dongfang Aiqing, now you can talk about your views on the Xiongnu's invasion. Since Dongfang Shuo had already admitted his mistake and laughed a few times, the anger in his heart had long since disappeared, so he no longer pursued Dongfang Shuo's disrespectful crime.

"Your Majesty is magnanimous, and the ministers are fortunate to meet Your Majesty to have three lives like this, and the Han is very lucky!" Dongfang Shuo opened his mouth full of compliments, and the emperor gladly accepted it. Dongfang Shuo continued:

"Your Majesty, Brother Wei, just now I was thinking that the entire Xiongnu territory in the north is fully bordered by the border of our Han Dynasty, and there is no danger to defend, which is suitable for a large army to fight; And there is a Great Wall on the border of our Han Dynasty, and there are dozens of Xiongguan, which are connected with each other.

Now that Nanlu has surrendered to the table, the minister suggested that the Liaodong army could be formed from these hundreds of thousands of people, which would be directly under the jurisdiction of the Son of Heaven, and others would not have the right to intervene.

First, it can be determined whether it is true or false, and second, if it does surrender, it can train and form a border garrison to ensure that it has the ability to protect itself, and Your Majesty has another new force; The third is to take the opportunity to send troops from Liaodong to harass the eastern region of the Xiongnu so that it cannot attack our northern border with all its might.

Yanmen has the old general Li Guang, Yunzhong County has Cheng from time to time veterans, Shuofang Gongsun He, Zhang Zhifang, Shanggu County Su Jian, Gongsun Ao, Wuyuan Zhang Cigong, Zhao Shiqi; Li Kang, Guo Chang, Xun Yu, Lu Bode, Dare Fu and other rising stars assisted by the five counties to stick to the forward extension, there will not be too many actions and mistakes in the short term. Combined with the strength of the five counties, the northern defenders had 320,000, but they could not concentrate on attacking the Xiongnu, so they could only divide their troops to defend the city on the spot. These 300,000 troops are now stuck in a quagmire and cannot be moved easily, just forming a confrontation with the Xiongnu; If you want to break this trend, you must conservatively estimate at least 150,000 in order to turn defense into offense; Shuo slightly calculated: a total of 80,000 inside and outside Chang'an City, 100,000 soldiers from various counties, about 100,000 soldiers from the eastern coast, 60,000 soldiers from the southern border, etc., and a total of 800,000 troops in the whole country. 300,000 garrisons of the Great Wall, 60,000 Gong guards of the Beijing Division, and 160,000 guards of the southeast. The places that can be transferred should be the Eastern Haijiang and Jingshi.

The Dai County north of the Jingshi and the Beidi County of the Hetao built by Xinchen Jian are the top priorities for protection, and the troops must be replenished, and the safety of the Jingshi is more important than Mount Tai.

The minister suggested that His Majesty should deploy Liaodong as soon as possible, use the merger of merchants and goods, and warm up as soon as possible, so that 100,000 mobile troops can be obtained as soon as possible. After Dongfang Shuo analyzed the deployment of troops in one breath, he suggested to Emperor Liu Che to speed up the deployment of Liaodong.

After Liu Che listened to Dongfang Shuo's set of flowing analysis, he stroked his chin and beard and thought quietly. The deployment of troops in Dongfang Shuo's head was exactly the same as Liu Che's memory. The strategy of warming Liaodong is simply killing three birds with one stone, which can not only show loyalty, but also protect oneself, and increase a flexible corps.

So now the first step should be to choose a business trip and go to Liaodong; The second step is to redeploy and calculate the national force, and also to recruit troops; The third step is to appease South Vietnam, so that he does not wait for an opportunity to cause trouble; The fourth edict ordered the princes and counties to collect money, food and soldiers.

"Then who should be chosen as the right person for business?" Liu Che said to himself, in fact, his eyes had already glanced at Dongfang Shuo.

Dongfang Shuo analyzed the deployment of domestic troops and calculated all possibilities. For example, whether South Vietnam will surrender and rebel; the instability of pirate fishermen on the eastern coast; stability of ethnic minorities in the Southwest; uncertainties for domestic princes; the combat power of each branch of the armed forces, as well as the allocation of food, grass and ordnance; coordination and unity of the armed forces.

Dongfang Shuo's detailed analysis made Liu Che once again have a new understanding of the affairs under his rule, and felt that it was very correct to summon Dongfang Shuo to discuss the matter this time, and at the same time, he was very pleased with the table reduction and olive branch cast by Liaodongnan Lu, which can be said to be a timely rain in the snow. Therefore, now Liu Che is eager to take Liaodong into his pocket immediately, and he can conjure tens of thousands of elite soldiers.

"Dongfang Aiqing, who do you think can take on this important task and go to Liaodong to accept Nanlu's submission on behalf of me?" Liu Che's originally serious expression became a slight evil smile when he saw Dongfang Shuo.

Dongfang Shuo had just finished speaking, and was drinking two sips of wine to moisten his tongue, when he heard the emperor asking himself, thinking to himself, Elder, can you let me rest, how can you bear it when your mouth is dry!

There's no way, who made Liu Che the emperor's son of heaven, since the problem is here, will we have to squeak or not. I could only endure the anger and replied with my tongue: "Your Majesty, the imperial historians in the court can take on this important task." ”

After speaking, he quickly picked up the wine bowl, took two sips, and then continued to wait for Liu Che to ask a question seriously.

"After thinking about it, others don't know the cause and effect of this matter, I'm afraid that I will miss my major event, Aiqing will go to Liaodong to surrender on my behalf, it's good!" Liu Che said that he had already chosen the candidate in his heart, and Dongfang Shuo was the most suitable.

When Dongfang Shuo heard this, he showed a very reluctant look and explained to Liu Che; "Your Majesty, it's okay for Weichen to make suggestions, but when it comes to this important task, the minister is not up to the task."

Liu Che smiled, this is asking for the privilege of acting cheaply to himself, or give it to him. "Dongfang Aiqing, Chao Chinese Wu, Shu has already taken it into consideration. I promise you to act cheaply, patrol the hunt on behalf of the heavens, give the Son of Heaven a sword, and bow to me wherever you go. and assign Huo Qubing to be the centurion of the guard, who is responsible for your safety; You choose a business trip and go to Liaodong together. The incident was set two days after the sting, on the fifth day of the second month. ”。

Dongfang Shuo heard that he wanted the right to act, and happily agreed to accept the order. "Weichen takes the order!"

"Dongfang Shuo, Wei Qing, Huo Quai, this matter should be resolved as soon as possible, the pressure on me now is even greater than when the first emperor was in power, surrounded by strong enemies, if this situation cannot be contained, my Han country will be torn apart. On the day of the sting, I and my husband attended the ceremony of going to the sick and apprenticed, which was counted as a special reward. Tomorrow the court meeting, I will set this time, and the holy decree will be issued; There are other important things to deal with in the palace, so I will not stay here. Liu Che got up and walked in front of the two, said a few words earnestly, and hurried away among the crowds of several people. I was standing beside the emperor, and naturally I could see that the emperor could see that a personal eunuch made some movements to Liu Che at the door. After seeing it, he stopped talking today, and finally finalized Dongfang Shuo as a special envoy and was fully responsible for this matter.

"Second brother, Your Majesty can entrust you with such an important matter, which shows Your Majesty's trust, Qing is here to congratulate Brother Dongfang." Wei Qing bent down and bowed to Dongfang Shuo in celebration.

"Third brother, where do you speak, sharing worries for Your Majesty is the honor and duty of the courtiers; Shuo is going to be taken away to get sick, and the third brother should not be blamed as a brother" Dongfang Shuo also bowed to Wei Qing in return, and said politely.

"Your Majesty, let me go sick as your envoy to the chief of the guard, that is to cultivate his land, and I hope that the second brother will make more transfers on the way!" Wei Qing said cautiously.

Naturally, I couldn't stand still and said, "Thank you, Master, I hope you will give me advice."

After that, they were all happy, and after chatting for a while, they dispersed and went back to their respective homes.