Chapter 413: Ask Ce Lianghan

"Li Zhengyan and Cai Qinjun are fierce on the surface, but in fact, the advantage is mine."

"Oh? How to derive. ”

"Throughout the ages, the most important thing in civil wars has always been not the territory and the source of troops...... These are secondary, and what really matters is the general righteousness.

"Kuang Fu Army, Kuang Fu Army, the biggest righteousness is Kuang Fu leaving the army, everything else is the appearance, no matter how wide the territory is laid in a short period of time, no matter how many conscriptions, it is like icing on the cake, cooking oil with fire.

"There are two reasons for this.

"First, those who win the righteousness win the hearts of the people, and the righteousness can break the will to resist in the states and counties along the way of the uprising, and it can also affect the morale of the imperial court and the kings.

"Second, even if the war is defeated and frustrated, as long as there is righteousness, defeat can be allowed, you can lose several times, as long as people run, the righteousness is still there, and it will rise again at any time, like wildfire, and it will be extinguished, so that the court and the prince are tired of coping.

On the contrary, the imperial court can hardly afford a defeat, and will only lose morale more and more.

"Even if you are weak, you can bully the strong!

"On the contrary, if there is no righteousness, or it is difficult to convince everyone of righteousness, no matter how strong the soldiers and horses are, they are still full of flowers, and they are too rigid and easy to break."

Ouyang Rong's logic was clear, and under the attention of everyone, he calmly narrated:

"At the beginning of Li Zhengyan's uprising, he held the banner of King Xunyang, and even changed to the original name of King Xunyang, even recently, after King Xunyang served as the Jiangnan pacification master on the side of the imperial court, they moved out of the new banner of the former prince's widow,

"But there is no doubt that the banner of King Xunyang falling to the imperial court is something they can't deny, they can only downplay it, because of this, they can't fool the people of the world, King Xunyang is the most orthodox heir designated by Emperor Gaozong of Daqian."

Ouyang Rong shook his head, thought about it, and sighed lightly:

In fact, Li Zhengyan and the people under him did not see this, and they did their best to say it seriously.

"Once it was to use Wang Junzhi's matter to force the Xunyang Mansion to Liang...... Forced to take refuge. It's a pity that he was seen through by the prince and the prince. ”

Xie Lingjiang glanced at the senior brother who was deeply hidden in his merits and fame, and the latter couldn't take his eyes off it, looked at the tall old man, and talked eloquently:

"Another time, it is soft and not hard, Hongzhou Cai Qinjun, taking advantage of the lack of troops in Jiangzhou to prepare for the encirclement and attack, broke the city to control the Xunyang Palace, but it is a pity that a three-surnamed slave appeared, secretly passed the Wei family, defected to the battle, the plan was in vain, and Cai Qin returned with a feather.

"Both times it was a good time, but unfortunately it failed both times.

"This has also led to a dilemma that Li Zhengyan and Kuang Fujun are facing now, or a choice of life and death."

Qin Jingqin originally listened with a smile, but with the gradual analysis of the flamboyant and confident fox white Qiu young man in front of him, his smile gradually converged, and the wrinkles on his face became deeper, like the weather-beaten bark of an old tree:

"What dilemma?"

Ouyang Rong said slowly: "After conquering the southwest and arriving in Hongzhou, is it to the north or the southeast." ”

"North? Southeast? ”

"Yes, for a rebel team, strategy is more important than tactics, as long as they are not stupid, Li Zhengyan and they can definitely see that there are two strategic lines in front of them."

Everyone saw the fox white Qiu young man raise his glass and take a sip under the moon, and then flicked his sleeves:

"If they can't even figure it out, then there's nothing to worry about."

He goes on to analyze:

"After meeting with Cai Qinjun in Hongzhou, he chose to go north, that is, with the slogan of restoring Kuang Fu Daqian and restoring the throne of Taizong's heirs, he led the army to advance northward with great fanfare, regardless of Jiangnan Province and Huainan Road, and led the army to take Luoyang, the capital of God!

"If you choose the southeast, then conquer Jiangzhou, enter the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River, conquer Yangzhou, occupy Jinling, and monopolize the southeast tax land, which is like cutting off half of the Great Zhou."

Qin Jingqin bowed slightly.

Qin Ying suddenly interjected:

"It makes sense, occupy the southeast, so that the Yangtze River is dangerous enough to hold on, and according to Taoist feng shui, Jinling has a faint imperial atmosphere, which can be used as the foundation for laying the hegemony...... Then to the north, slowly in order to seize the Central Plains.

"In this way, you can win, and you can retreat, and it should be the safest strategy.

"Compared to the previous road, it is too risky......"

Qin Ying was halfway through speaking, when she saw Ouyang Lianghan suddenly laughing, she shook her head slightly, and she frowned: "What are you laughing at, is it wrong?" ”

Ouyang Rong didn't speak, rolled up his sleeves, bent down and took a bite of the food that was quite far away.

Qin Jingqin, who had been silent, had a thoughtful look on his face, and suddenly asked:

"According to the theory of righteousness and civil war you just said, if Li Zhengyan chooses to march into the southeast and covet the imperial atmosphere of Jinling, it is safe and secure, but the conservative mind of dividing the river and ruling and living in a corner has also been revealed to the world, so ......."

He touched his beard and analyzed: "In fact, it will damage Kuangfu's righteousness, and the world will think about whether he wants to really Kuangfu or want to be self-reliant." ”

"Makes sense." Xie Xue'e got up slightly, and personally poured a glass of wine for Ouyang Rong and Qin Jingqin, lowered her eyes and said: "Just like the Southern Dynasty that crossed to the south in the past, it lived in a corner, and in three hundred years, there were few Northern Expeditions. ”

Ouyang Rong nodded, put down his chopsticks, first was positive, and explained softly to Qin Ying:

"Little Lady Qin's analysis is not wrong, but she ignores one point. The foreign war must not be urgent, the civil war must not be slow, since the righteousness is exalted, the righteousness will push you away, and you will not be allowed to have the slightest idea of shrinking steadily and slowly drawing.

"Time does not wait for others, on the surface, Li Zhengyan and Kuang Fujun have two roads, but in fact there is only one road, they can only go north, dare to go down to the south of the Yangtze River, Li Zhengyan will definitely die, and Kuang Fujun will definitely be destroyed."

After a pause, he smiled embarrassedly:

"I don't know how the strategists on Li Zhengyan's side are arguing and choosing now, the above are some personal opinions, but in fact, they are not accurate."

Qin Jingqin seemed to be distracted, his eyes had been removed from Ouyang Rong for a long time, he had been staring at a plate of Guanghan cakes on the table, reached out and grabbed a piece, and asked while eating, a little slurred:

"Going south of the river is a dead end, so going north, must it be safe? Hmmm......"

"It's not safe, but it's both risk and opportunity, and besides, we all raise our flags, how can we look ahead and look backward? Stay early and go to Antu to have fun? ”

Ouyang Rong sat cross-legged, but leaned forward, waved his sleeves and said:

"Raise troops to the north and make a direct move to Luoyang, the eastern capital, then everyone in the world can know that he Li Zhengyan is determined to recover from the cadres and eradicate the tyrannical guards, so that there will be people in all directions to respond.

"I have heard that the heroes east of the mountain are angry and sorry because of the despotism of the Wei family, and their hearts are unfair, if they hear that the Kuang Fu army is coming, these heroes who are strong and strong, say that they can not prepare their own dry food, raise hoes as soldiers, and wait for the arrival of the Kuang Fu army.

"If Li Zhengyan does not take advantage of this situation to go north to make contributions, but retreats to the southeast and seeks to build a nest by himself, after people from the north and south hear it, how can anyone not be scattered, because the matter of the king of Xunyang, the little righteousness left, is even more gone!"

The tone is categorical.

Xie Lingjiang, Xie Xue'e, as well as Qin Jingqin, Qin Ying and others all widened their eyes and looked at the young man in front of them.

"It's strategic, it's logical...... That makes sense, Liang Han continued. ”

Qin Jingqin bowed his head, reached out again, grabbed a piece of pale golden pastry, put it in his mouth and chewed it.

Qin Ying glanced at Ah Weng, who had entered a certain familiar state.

Ah Weng eats Guanghan cake, in fact, it is osmanthus cake, which is made of golden autumn osmanthus in the southeast Qiantang.

The name of this cake comes from the common name of the moon "Guanghan Palace", because there is an old laurel tree that can not be cut down in the Guanghan Palace, "Toad Palace Zhegui" has become synonymous with winning the championship, initially the scholars who put the list in autumn give each other Guanghan cake to express their blessings, and later the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty will call this cake Guanghan cake.

Qin Ying remembered that in the past, when Ah Weng was leading troops to fight outside, Ah Weng liked to carry a large box of Guanghan cakes, the sweeter the better.

Once there is any important military affairs or major decisions, when you need to concentrate and concentrate on it, Ah Weng will twist and chew one, and think while eating, like a habit, and like supplementing some kind of energy, listen to him mutter, don't eat some, easy to get dizzy when using his brain.

Although Qin Ying didn't understand it very well, she was also familiar with it, and it was obvious that Ah Weng was indeed immersed in what Ouyang Lianghan said right now.

The slightly chubby woman pursed her lips, and looked at the young man who was still talking and stating his views, he exuded a radiant confidence, but with a touch of peace and tranquility, so people couldn't hate it.

It's like the morning sun instead of the midday sun.

This is rare.

In the past, those children of the same age as him, and even many middle-aged officials and generals, under the majestic gaze of the battle-hardened and prestigious Ah Weng, stammered a lot of panic, and it was rare to be able to express their opinions so calmly, let alone be praised by Ah Weng.

Is this really a Hanshi background? No wonder he was favored by the sister of the Xie family, accepted by Mrs. Xie, who was above the top, and even helped match him to create a stage for him to show alone in front of Ah Weng...... Chen Jun Xie is still a figure.

Qin Ying remembered some of the words that Qin Jingqin had warned in private.

The faint unhappiness in her heart after being denied by Ouyang Rong just now dissipated a lot.

"In fact, whether it is to the north or southeast in the future, it means the expansion of the follow-up war."

Seeing this, the fox and white fur youth shook their heads and sighed softly:

"It's okay to go to the southeast to bury the uprising, but instead it will introduce the military disaster into the hinterland of the southeast, ruin the lives of the people, and affect thousands of families.

"As for going north, it's not a good thing, maybe for Li Zhengyan's Kuang Fujun, it's a good thing to turn the world upside down, fishing in troubled waters, but Guanzhong is at high risk, and chaos in the north is the prelude to the chaos in the world, and quelling this chaos is also a ...... for people to roll over."

Everyone looked sideways at the young man in white fur who suddenly rubbed his face and muttered to himself.

"Fortunately, there is still an opportunity to control the scale of the war and limit the situation to the south of the Yangtze River, the boundary between Hong and Jiangzhou."

Qin Jingqin slowly spoke: "How to restrict?" ”

Ouyang Rong raised his head and smiled:

"The reason why Li Zhengyan is that they are aggressive on the surface, but they are actually in a predicament.

"It's because after Li Zhengyan and Cai Qin joined forces in Hongzhou, if they want to go down to the south of the Yangtze River on a dead end, they must attack Jiangzhou and open this southeast gateway.

"And if it is another way, choose to go north, you can directly cross the river in Hongzhou, do not care about Jiangzhou, but in this way, not only is it easy to expose the abdomen and back to us in Chen Bingjiangzhou, but also because Jiangzhou blocked the best water transportation route into Huainan Road, we can only take a detour to take Shannan Road, which is very hilly......

"And the failure of recruiting the king of Xunyang led to the lack of righteousness in the Kuang Fu army, and it was not a long-term solution to keep the Xunyang palace in Jiangzhou for a long time.

"In this way, both horizontal and vertical have become obstacles, and it is best to overcome them, then the problem is back to the original point, how to take Jiangzhou has become the top priority, Li Zhengyan was not wrong at the beginning, Jiangzhou does have a royal spirit!"

Ouyang Rong sighed, his dark eyes were clear and bright:

"How to limit? Now that I know the concerns and weaknesses of Li Zhengyan and Kuang Fujun, I also know the way to clean them up. ”

"If I am handsome, the more they dilute the King of Xunyang, the more we must emphasize that the banner of the King of Xunyang will be moved out and the righteousness of the Kuang Fu Army will be dismantled.

At the same time, tomorrow will send troops to the expedition, can not wait, immediately lead the army to attack Hongzhou, while Li Zhengyan has not yet arrived in Hongzhou, take the initiative to attack, hit Hongzhou Cai Qinjun by surprise, waiting for the opportunity to find fighters, can also surround the point to send reinforcements.

"It's autumn now, the farming has passed, the grain is more than the horse fat, and it is suitable for the expedition! There is also a similar Jiangzhou front army left by Zhu Lingxu before, which can be used temporarily.

"If Hongzhou is taken, all roads between Li Zhengyan and Kuang Fujun will be cut off, and it will be blocked in the southwest, Li Zhengyan can't afford it, but we can afford it, although the imperial court has reacted slowly, but the local government soldiers have been launched one after another.

"The Kuang Fu army, which is only supplied from the southwest, will inevitably not be able to consume the endless crusade army of the imperial court, and it will not be able to go north or down to the south of the Yangtze River, so it can only be consumed with the imperial army in the territory of Hong and Jiang.

"Even if we don't take Hongzhou and let Li Zhengyan and Cai Qinjun converge, we can also go to the army to conspire, such as to set up a discordant plan, to find out who persuaded Li Zhengyan to go north, these people always have relatives and friends of the same clan, you can ask them to send a letter to persuade them to surrender or persuade them to go north, deliberately expressing their joy to welcome Kuang's return to the army...... In such a discord, the more important the moment of decision, the more suspicious people become, especially the rebellion of the head on the waistband of the trousers, which makes people's hearts ......

"So, Uncle Qin, isn't this an advantage in me?"

Ouyang Rong asked lightly.

Qin Jingqin picked up a Guanghan cake, paused at his lips, was quiet for a moment, put down the osmanthus cake, and sighed lightly:

"Good."

The women looked at each other, and there was a faint strangeness in their eyes when they looked at Ouyang Rong.

Qin Jingqin turned to a piece of Dongpo meat, tasted it carefully, and sighed:

"He's a good cook. It's the right day. ”

The old man turned his head to Xie Xue'e and said in an envious tone: "The Xie family's luck is better than my Qin family, and it is the luck of the Ru family to be able to get this kitchen." ”

Xie Xue'e's eyes were complicated, and she was just about to speak, but Xie Lingjiang answered and corrected seriously:

"It's not a family's luck, but a family's luck."

(End of chapter)