Huo Quzhi sat down at the lower right of the emperor, and suddenly smelled a slight aroma at the end of his nose, and secretly thought: Liu Qing has sat here before.

The position where he sat was Li Guang, Cheng Buzhi, Su Jian, and then Li Kang.

Li Dang is the third son of Li Guang, with a family history, he was less than forty years old at the time, he was in the prime of life, and his square face was angry, and he was quite mighty.

There are several other civil and military generals.

For these civil and military courtiers, because they didn't know the hidden story behind it, they were all surprised when they suddenly heard the change in Huainan.

Although it is not certain whether it is a rebellion at the moment, it is not a trivial matter that there is an abnormality in the union of several counties.

Before Huo Qu's illness came, the ministers had heated arguments and had different opinions.

"Your Majesty, the urgent thing is to find out what Huainan is going to do first?

As soon as Huainan moved, the surrounding counties followed suit, this move was too abnormal, why did they dare to act with Huainan? ”

"I think it's better to deal with it by figuring out the reason first."

"This is the time of the summer harvest, and it is quiet and not moving. If you use a large number of troops, the losses will be too heavy! ”

This is all Wenchen speaking.

From their point of view, the situation is still unclear, and we must not start a direct fight, but think twice, weigh the pros and cons, and not disrupt the war.

The so-called talent raising troops has not been successful in three years, and the reason is that most of the Wenchen will think left and right, and the opportunity has been missed.

However, Dong Zhongshu's face was extremely solemn, and he said: "Of course, it is good not to fight internally, but if Huainan has a reverse move, he should decisively send troops to suppress it, the sooner the better." ”

"What the Master saw, he saw.

Your Majesty, the minister wants to ask for war and is willing to lead his troops to attack Huainan. In just a few counties, the minister is sure that he will not dare to commit murder. ”

It was Li Guang who spoke.

The personal bravery of this flying general is commendable, and he sits there with great momentum, like a hill rising from the ground.

In his heart, he was quite contemptuous of Huainan daring to raise troops, and the land of three or five counties could gather up to forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses. He thought that he was sure that he would quickly quell the chaos, especially after seeing Huo Qu's illness coming, he inexplicably had some thoughts of grabbing merit, so he hurriedly asked for battle.

"Heh, General Li is so eager to go to war, and he won't win before the battle, but he doesn't know that he has committed the taboo of the soldiers' rapid advance."

It was Cheng Buzhi who spoke.

The two veterans are ministers of the same dynasty, and there are many comparisons, and discord is the norm.

Acting Prime Minister Li Cai looked at Huo Quzhi, who was the first general: "What is Huo Hou's judgment on the current situation?" ”

Of the people present, only Huo Qubing knew the emperor's mind best.

Liu Che didn't want to make a big deal out of Huainan, at least at this point in time.

But he was very angry at Huainan's actions and wanted to teach Huainan a painful lesson.

The best way is to suppress Huainan not to dare to advance an inch, throw away his armor, and swallow back all the signs of abnormal movement that have just been revealed.

That is, it is best to surrender without a fight, and it is best to settle the matter quickly.

Liu Che's idea is based on several reasons.

First of all, Huo Quai, the emperor, and Wei Qing jointly decided to dig out the Huns' hometown, and now it is less than a month away from the expected time, Huainan is in turmoil at this time, if the army is transferred to quell the rebellion, resources, and war readiness must be piled up on the battlefield of civil strife, and the loss is still secondary.

The plan to attack the Xiongnu later will definitely be blocked and difficult to implement.

The war against foreign races is the more important thing in Liu Che's heart. The emperor was angry at Huainan, but he didn't think it was a big problem.

He transferred Wei Qing to Beiguan, seemingly because of the Huainan movement and wanted to guard against the Huns. But Huo Qubing knew very well that Wei Qing was also going to Beiguan again in the past few days, secretly planning to send troops to the Huns, and preparing for the war.

The emperor was far more angry than worried about Huainan.

There was turmoil in the land of Huainan and the three or five counties, although the matter was not small, but it was not to the point where it could shake the emperor's determination to fight the Xiongnu.

The second is internal friction, and the emperor is unwilling to start a civil war under the premise of dealing with the Xiongnu.

The two of them looked at each other.

The meaning expressed in Liu Che's eyes: I want to quickly pacify Huainan, but I don't fight a big battle, is there a good way to get sick?

Huo Quzhi: Yes!

The above is eye to eye communication.

Huo Quzhi looked around at the ministers: "Huainan is located in the southeast of our Han Dynasty, and the surrounding counties are near Huaishui and the Yangtze River, of which Nanjun and Huiji County (now Nanjing, Shanghai) are its upstream and downstream. ”

He also said: "If you want to contain Huainan, Your Majesty can first issue an order, relying on the terrain of Nanjun and Huiji, strangle its upper and lower ends, and cut off Huainan's connection with the outside world by waterway, including transportation, commerce and trade and material access." ”

Before Huo Quai's words fell, acting prime minister Li Cai showed a thoughtful look.

Master Dong habitually narrowed his eyes.

Cheng didn't know, and Li Guang's gaze fell back on the territory map.

But most Wenchen didn't understand what Huo Quzhi meant: "And then? ”

"Then from my Chang'an out of a troop of horses, fast march, one day up to Yingchuan County, continue south to Runan County, north of Huainan, can be divided into two roads at any time, to the east can reach Pei County, like a hanging neck blade, the front of the south can pierce into Huainan.

The other road continued south from Runan County to the west side of Huainan.

These places are all key points around Huainan, and the accumulation of troops can threaten it on three sides. ”

"In addition, although there are abnormalities in the surrounding counties of Huainan, it is by no means that everyone is bent on following Huainan, and the so-called abnormal movements are just a few officials being deceived by others."

Huo Quzhi said: "Your Majesty can order the secret investigators to spread widely in the counties and counties around Huainan, saying that if Huainan wants to do wrong, there will be chaos in it." Threatened by soldiers on three sides, coupled with internal turmoil and instability, as long as Huainan still has some sense, he will never continue to act rashly. ”

Liu Che snorted: "Go on." ”

Huo Qu's strategy is divided into three steps, the first step is to curb the entry and exit channels of Huainan and make it lose ground.

The second step was to resolutely dispatch troops to cooperate, further increasing Huainan's sense of coercion.

The third step is the key, pulling the crotch from the inside.

You must know that at present, the national strength of the Han Dynasty is growing day by day, and the people are abundant.

Huainan wanted to rebel, why did Liu An always feel that the time was not ripe, and wanted to introduce the Xiongnu to create external strife, and then he considered taking advantage of the situation, the reason is here.

The people of the Han Dynasty are living a good life, why do the surrounding counties rebel with you?

Even if some people are bewitched by the writer, ordinary soldiers and subordinate officials will never support Huainan wholeheartedly.

Using the secret investigation system to expand Huainan's own contradictions internally, so that it loses the conditions for rebellion, if the operation is profitable, it is likely that Huainan will move itself and swallow it back.

If this plan is carried out smoothly, not only will its own consumption be small, and there will be no need to make a big move, and Huainan will most likely be like in history, which has been prepared for many years, and in the end it did not make much waves.

Even Wenchen felt very good after listening to it.

"There's one last resort." Huo went to the sick road.

Well?

After hearing the first three, everyone already felt that the feasibility was very high, and Huainan couldn't stand it.

There is one more.

"Your Majesty can send another elite all the way out of Chang'an to Jiangxia, and take over Jiangxia, Jiujiang, Huaiyang and other counties with lightning speed.

This team must be strong enough, if anyone dares to stop it, kill it with a sword, and quickly seize the command of the soldiers and horses of these counties, then Huainan will become a lonely place, which can disintegrate its will and completely defeat Huainan's calculations. Huo Qu said sickly.

The study room was silent, and the eyes of all the ministers followed Huo Quai's story, depicting and outlining several lines.

These lines are aimed at Huainan everywhere.

This is the essence of blitzkrieg, focusing on the heart, fast, accurate, and breaking the enemy with one blow.

Huo Quzhi's four suggestions, together are a complete Pinghuai policy.

It is rare that he can put forward as many as four articles so quickly, and his strategic acumen can be seen.

Li Cai thought for a while: "Huo Hou's strategy, with the last one is the most important, if you can relieve the cooperation of the soldiers and horses of several surrounding counties, Huainan will be defeated without a fight." But these counties, Huainan is afraid that they have been in business for a long time, and they are by no means so easy to dismantle. ”

Huo Quzhi: "That's right.

Therefore, the men and horses in the middle must be elite enough, and the soldiers and horses of several counties can not dare to raise their heads, and if there is any abnormal movement, they can quickly break the enemy, and do not give the opponent a chance to repeat. ”

Li Cai said: "However, Huo Hou thinks who will lead the troops to do it?" ”

Li Guang's eyes widened: "In the middle of the road, the old minister is willing to lead the troops to break the enemy." ”

Everyone else thinks that Huo Qubing will say that he will lead the troops himself, after all, he is brilliant in martial arts, and he has a precedent of running to the rear of the Huns to crisscross the enemy camp.

Huainan is not as good as the Huns, and it is far worse.

If Huo is sick and willing to go, everyone thinks it is the most appropriate.

Unexpectedly, Huo Quzhi smiled and said, "I can do it with my subordinates leading the team." ”

He was not very interested in fighting a civil war like Huainan, and he did not plan to participate in it in person.

Liu Che said decisively: "Just act on the policy of getting sick."

However, the team in the middle lane, you will personally lead the troops to go on a trip when you are sick, and there is no room for error. The defense of the Chang'an Guards was temporarily replaced by Li Kang. ”

The implication is that Huo Qubing will go in person, and he can be guaranteed to be foolproof.

The emperor gave an order, that is, he had to go, and Huo Qu was sick and thought that he would train the soldiers and train his ability to attack.

More than ten days should be enough to come back, and when the time comes, the team that went to Luoyang to catch Yu should also return to Chang'an, and nothing will be delayed.

And if he wants to go in person, he doesn't have to rush to go, after all, he has to go hand in hand with several other ways to achieve the effect, so that the other roads can be launched first. More than a thousand miles away, Huo Qubing can run over in one day and night!

(End of chapter)