Xu thought that this one question was difficult enough, and Xu was that everyone couldn't think of other questions, Lu Xianchang waited for a long time, and saw that no one asked, so he turned his head and said to Zifeng, Zhongkai and others: "What do you think about this issue?" ”

"The disciple believed that sending a large army to attack in the direction of Kyoto would inevitably shake the government and the opposition of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the people would panic, and that our army would be victorious, and that it would be the quickest way to achieve victory by quickly breaking its morale. The troops out of Xuzhou were too slow, and it was easy for the Northern Wei Dynasty to calmly transfer troops, and it was easy to fall into a stalemate, so it was not advisable. Zifeng replied.

"Hmm." Lu Yan nodded, "If other people have any other ideas, if they have different opinions on Dean Wei's opinions, they can also ask for advice." Dean Lu asked inspiringly, but his eyes fell on Liang Xiu, in Lu Yan's opinion, Chen Fan is young after all, he has only read Mengxue, and he may not be enough to talk about scriptures, among these people, Liang Xiu worships Wang Boming as his teacher, this person's level is stronger than this Wei Fuzi, not a star and a half, to refute Wei Fuzi's remarks, Liang Xiu is undoubtedly the best candidate among these people.

However, although Liang Xiu felt Lu Xian's gaze, he had no intention of speaking, first, he was studying scriptures, and he still needed to have a good relationship with these people in the academy; Second, Dean Wei's words, Liang Xiu supported it from the heart, his views were very close to his, and he didn't want to refute it against his heart.

Lu Yan saw that the disciples didn't plan to speak anymore, and were about to speak, but he didn't expect Dean Wei next to him to speak first: "Fa Sheng, you are Dean Lu's newly accepted disciple, you don't plan to say a few words, support the façade for your master." ”

Originally, Chen Fan didn't plan to speak, but since he was named, he naturally had to say a few words.

"What Dean Wei said is that I am only a shallow learner and I don't know much about the state of the country, so I didn't speak. When Dean Wei asked, I will talk about my simple opinions, if there is something wrong, I hope that the two deans and all the senior brothers will bear with me. Speaking of this, Chen Fan gave a salute to everyone, and first made the salute enough to reduce the disgust of others.

"Just now, Senior Brother Xu said that if you want to start from Xuzhou and form a north-south trend with the Faqing tribes to attack the Wei army, I think there are three undesirables. This is not desirable, and this is the person Faqing. Thinking that there are lotus flowers in the tongue of people in Buddhism, there are treachery, and there are capriciousness, but faith and righteousness are rare, Faqing was born in Buddhism, a monk, but he does not read the good of the original Buddhism, kills the monk and burns the scriptures, it can be seen that this person is impermanent, not a person who can work with, how can he cooperate with the Wei army? "If Master Jia is present, he will definitely applaud Chen Fan's words, the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism is not a matter of a day or two, and with the opportunity to attack Buddhism, Chen Fan will naturally not let it go, who is calling Chen Fan a Taoist priest now.

"These two are not desirable to the earth. Our army goes north, if it can win, it can obtain part of the eastern part of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but this area, due to the successive battles, the population is sparse, some of the people are Buddhist believers, and it borders the land of Faqing, if you send troops to defend it, the number is too small, it will cause Faqing to covet, and it will not play a protective role; If there are too many people, Fa Qing will be suspicious of him and will attack him, and free up troops to defend us, so that they will contain each other, and even Fa Qing will unite with the Northern Wei Dynasty to attack our army, which is not easy to defend, so it is not advisable to take this place for the time being, and it is harmful to take it. But if you don't take it, the land that our soldiers and soldiers have exchanged for their lives will not be easy to deal with, and it is better not to send troops from here. ”

"These three are undesirable. Our army went north from the east, Senior Brother Ganglu said, the Northern Wei Dynasty can calmly transfer troops, one can increase the troops in the east, and the other can send troops to attack our Liang State, even if the Northern Wei Dynasty gives up the east, but if it wins in the Huaishui area and goes south, how will our army respond? At that time, the offensive and defensive situation was changed, and its momentum was in Wei, and the strength of our army was far away in the east. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Fan paused, in fact, he could talk about the three advantages of Dean Lu's strategy, but Chen Fan thought about it and didn't say it, the reason is very simple, saying too much will cause others to be disgusted, and if it is not good, it will become the target of being attacked, so it is better not to say it. However, Dean Wei's view of whether to fight or not is to be judged. Chen Fan asked himself that he is not a narrow-minded person, but he has a principle, that is, he can not worry about a person, but if this person hits the door, he must fight back, otherwise he will be regarded as a soft persimmon, and the other party will not only not converge, but will intensify it, for the sake of future life, at this time, he must not show timidity, he must fight back, of course, he must pay attention to ways and means.

"No matter how to send troops, when to send troops, how to fight, one thing is very critical, that is, the estimation of Faqing's combat power, how his strength develops, how long he can hold out, these are the basis for our judgment, Dean Gangwei said, 'The Faqing uprising in the Northern Wei Dynasty is huge, and it is estimated that it will not be extinguished for a while and a half,' This point is of course good if it happens, but we can't be too optimistic, Faqing's uprising, the reason why it can be won at present, is that the Northern Wei Dynasty is unprepared, Faqing just hit Wei by surprise, and won temporarily, In my opinion, if there is no strong help from our country, from now on, within three months, it will be destroyed, let alone sweep half of the Northern Wei Dynasty and divide Jizhou, Henan, and Qilu. Chen Fan decided to refute Dean Wei's judgment on the situation in Faqing, and the series of responses made by Dean Wei later were all based on this judgment, and opposing this judgment was tantamount to basically rejecting Dean Wei's words, so although Chen Fan's tone was tactful, the content was sharp, and the smile that Dean Wei usually put on his face stiffened suddenly.

Fortunately, Dean Wei had been the dean for many years after all, and he did not decide to refute it in person, but looked at the disciples and said lightly, "What do you think of Fa Sheng's words?" ”

After Dean Wei's words were asked, everyone first looked at Xu Feng, he proposed to send troops from Xuzhou to criticize Dean Lu, but he didn't expect to be vetoed by Chen Fan's three undesirables, everyone waited to see his reflection, but what they didn't expect was that Xu Feng got up and saluted Chen Fan and said: "Fa Sheng's people, places, and potential analysis is very thorough, it is because I didn't think about it before, and it is really not advisable to send troops from Xuzhou, thank you Fa Sheng." With that, he sat back down.

This attitude of admitting his mistake made Chen Fan's heart feel very happy, and he immediately said: "Where, this is fortunate that President Lu proposed to send troops from Huaishui to attack Luoyang, I only thought of it, otherwise I would have considered Xuzhou." "In fact, Chen Fan doesn't think that there will be anything wrong with sending troops from Xuzhou in his heart, the more soldiers, the better, if he can send troops from Xuzhou to contain some of the enemy's troops, it is also a good choice, but it is necessary to have multiple parallel roads, so as to more effectively contain the enemy, so Chen Fan does not fully agree with Dean Lu's soldiers and horses, but externally, of course, he must be consistent with the teacher.

Xu Feng nodded, and did not squeak again, his attitude was so anxious that Dean Wei thought in his heart, how could he not object to the view that Fa Qing would be defeated in three months, this was beaten? Just when Dean Wei was in a hurry, Xu Zhen stood up and said: "Fa Sheng's statement that Fa Qing will be defeated in three months is too arbitrary, you must know that soldiers are impermanent, and things that win more with less happen from time to time in history, even if the Northern Wei army is stronger than Fa Qing, it may not be able to win the battle, looking at the development of Fa Qing for more than a month, you should know that Fa Qing is a person who knows soldiers, or there are people under his command who can fight habitually, and if the Northern Wei Dynasty wants to eliminate Fa Qing, it will not be an overnight achievement." ”

Needless to say, there is still some truth in what Xu Zhen said, which may also be what most people think, just like many people look at the rise of the stock market, it is a bullish voice, and now that they look at the big victory, naturally many people will think that Faqing will continue to win, but they don't know that the turning point is likely to be approaching.

"Winning more with less certainly exists, but it requires the right time, the right place, and the right people, and there is no plan to have a plan, and now these points are not in Faqing, how can Faqing be undefeated?" Chen Fan looked at Xu Zhen, and then said, "Let's talk about people first, if you want to win, you must work together, the so-called righteous have more help, and the unrighteous have little help." After Faqing broke through the city, he killed local officials and killed monks and nuns, and his brutality would not only make officials and monks afraid, but also some believers and ordinary people of Buddhism would be afraid, and other Buddhist sects would resist him one after another, and ordinary people would not follow him. ”

"Besides, Faqing was established less than a month ago, and if you want to grow, you must need enough time to recuperate, train soldiers, and raise money and food, but the Northern Wei Dynasty will not give Faqing such a long time. The early development of Faqing is too fast, it will inevitably cause the vigilance of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and its indiscriminate killing will arouse the panic of officials and scholars, the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Liang State have fought for so many years, it can be seen that there must be people of insight in the court of the Northern Wei Dynasty, these people will definitely want to strangle Faqing in the cradle before the climate, and they will inevitably send heavy troops to exterminate Faqing in the shortest possible time, preventing it from sitting big, it can be seen that time is not on the side of Faqing. ”

"Look at the geographical advantages, Faqing has just laid down Fucheng and Bohai County, but these places are not dangerous to defend, and the place is not big, lack of depth space for troops, if the Northern Wei Dynasty attacked, decisively give up the city, turn to the countryside, maybe be able to hold on for a long time, but once you give up, it means defeat without a fight, Guan Faqing this person, is unwilling, if you defend it, then defeat is a matter of time."

Finally, it is said that the use of soldiers, the use of soldiers on the spot, the decision of military generals, and the use of life by soldiers are all conditions that cannot be ignored in victory or defeat. The Northern Wei Dynasty currently has a million troops, although it is divided into all sides, there is Rouran in the north, and Liang State in the south is contained, but as long as there is no major war, it is no problem to transfer 100,000 people to quell the rebellion, and the army of the Northern Wei Dynasty is incomparable to the peasant army of Faqing due to the perennial war, well-trained, and soldiers' lives, so the defeat of Faqing is within three months. ”