From the old father-in-law's point of view, such a choice is the best solution.

The reason is very simple, after the Wuhuan point is cleaned up, whether Youzhou needs to defend the border, the answer is yes, because in addition to Xianbei and Xiongnu in the entire Mobei, these people you can't do it once and for all.

In this case, it is better to be quiet than to move, anyway, it is necessary to defend the border, and guarding one more Wuhuan is also guarding, and there is no need to force the use of troops in one more move.

Moreover, the Yuyang, Youbeiping and Liaoxi occupied by Wuhuan mostly live between the mountains and rivers, barren, cold and bitter, if the Wuhuan first Liucheng or even have to cross the Yanshan Mountains, how difficult the logistics is can be calculated.

Even if the grain and grass are transferred from Yecheng, if you have to enter the rugged road of the mountains in the end, you will need to lose at least fifteen stones of grain and grass for one stone of grain and grass transported to the front line.

This is also why Cao Cao in history had to build two Cao Yun before conquering Wuhuan, namely the Pingyu Canal and the Quanzhou Canal, because if the grain and grass in Xuchang were not transported to the front line by water, the loss ratio would be as high as one to fifty, and even Cao Cao, who was in the land of eight states, could not bear it.

Fighting a war is originally a political game that burns money, which Lu Bu has always known, so no matter what kind of battle, it can be regarded as an astronomical amount of grain and grass that will be put in by default, and the question is whether it is worth it or not.

After working far away, a lot of grain and grass were consumed, and in the end, even if everything went well, it was only in exchange for eighteen closed county seats.

There are only 18 counties in Yuyang, Youbeiping and Liaoxi, and even one county in Jizhou can't be compared, and the population, taxes and fields of each county can be called different.

Lü Bu really couldn't think of any reason to abandon the Central Plains occupied by Cao Cao and choose to attack the three counties of Wuhuan, which had no strategic value or economic value at all.

In fact, not only Lu Bu, but after Cao Cao recovered the four states in the north, except for Guo Jia, all of his advisers were against him sending troops to attack Wuhuan, in the final analysis, because this account could not be settled.

"Lord Yuezhang, Yuan Shang is still in Yecheng, no matter what, we are still in charge of the states and counties in the north in the name of the Yuan family, over the years, the Yuan family clan and Wuhuan have been related several times, even if common sense says that it is unlikely that Yuan Shang will commit a crime, but everything should be prepared for a rainy day."

Lin Mo said slowly, not in a hurry, "Moreover, although Wuhuan is a bitter cold place, there are many good horses, I heard Yan Liang say that there are no less than 20,000 good horses in Wuhuan, and all the tribes are good at riding and shooting. ”

Lu Bu, who was holding his chin, slowly stood up and paced back and forth in the tent, he was seriously thinking.

In the end, if everything goes well, you can indeed exchange more than 10,000 horses, and there is a certain probability that the balance of income and expenditure is maintained.

But from this point alone, the attraction of Wuhuan is far less than that of Cao Cao's Central Plains.

In terms of strategic choice, Lu Bu has never questioned his own opinions, even during the Central Plains War, it was only biased because Wei Xu and a few of them jumped hard, but this time, Lu Bu did not respond for a long time, and Lin Mo had already felt the unbearable fierce fighting intent in the heart of the old father-in-law.

He desperately wants to dominate the world.

Human nature is greedy, Cao Cao didn't think of blackmailing the princes of the Son of Heaven at first, but just dreamed of becoming the general of the Han Dynasty.

Today's Lu Bu has too much that he once dared not think of, so he began to eagerly want to get more things that the world could not reach.

However, the old father-in-law did not know that many things seemed to be close at hand, but when you reached out and touched them, you would find that everything was just a mirage like a dream.

The truth of ninety steps and half a hundred, the old father-in-law obviously does not understand.

Lin Mo also slowly stood up, let out a long sigh, and threw out the words in his heart, "Lord Yue, let's be honest, even if you don't use troops against Wu Huan, in the strategy formulated by the son-in-law, the next step will not be to use troops against the Central Plains." ”

"What did you say?"

Lu Bu plucked out his ears, thinking that he had heard it wrong, "Right now, our army is strong and strong, and the prestige is flourishing, taking the Central Plains is like exploring the bag, and if you don't take the Central Plains, what do you want?" ”

Lin Mo smiled slightly, and didn't continue to talk about this topic, but instead asked, "Does Lord Yuezhang know what Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce are thinking at this time?" ”

The topic switched a little out of the way, Lu Bu was stunned for a while, and said casually: "Cao Cao, of course, he is preparing to start a battle for survival with us in the Central Plains, as for Sun Liu."

Lu Bumo rubbed the fibrous roots of his chin and frowned, "I guess they should take advantage of the time when I am fighting Cao Cao to carve up the territory of Jingxiang." ”

The old father-in-law's analysis was quite in place, Lin Mo bowed slightly, "So, when so many pairs of eyes are staring at us, I plan to do the opposite, not to use troops against the Central Plains, at least for the time being, I don't have to rush to use troops against the Central Plains." ”

"Do you want a truce to train the troops?" Lu Bu was surprised, and he almost didn't write the word 'next policy'.

Lin Mo didn't say anything, but turned around and walked to the sheepskin map hanging behind the handsome case, and pointed to one of the corners.

"Guanzhong?"

After Lu Bu blurted out, Lin Mocai took a deep breath and explained: "Send troops from Bingzhou, point directly at Sizhou, and then take the throat of Sanqin and the key point in Guanzhong.

Then the northern army could drive the cool land for a long time, pacify the rebel forces from the west, and then send troops from Guanzhong to take Yizhou, the country of Tianfu, so that the formation of the Central Plains, Jingxiang two places of encirclement and flanking momentum.

When our territory expands, the Central Plains will be panicked, and what Cao Cao can do is either to force troops to force our army back to the north, or to try to annex the three counties of southern Hunan in order to try to avoid harm. ”

"Attacking Sizhou from Bingzhou, then take the three counties of Guandong first, so that Cao Cao's territory in Sizhou can be divided into two, and Tongguan is dangerous but has become a helpless place, which is the best policy."

Lu Bu frowned when he said this, and then shook his head, "But Liangzhou is a bitter cold land, and it is not much better than the three counties of Wuhuan, and it is useless to benefit our army."

Yizhou, the country of abundance, is of course good, but the Qinling Mountains are rugged and difficult to travel, and the troops from Guanzhong have to cross 800 miles of Qinchuan, pass through thousands of miles of Shu Road, and there are countless dangers along the way, all of which are easy to defend and difficult to attack, which is several times more difficult than conquering the Central Plains. ”

The old father-in-law thought so, in fact, it is not surprising that he idealized the progress of the battle.

Lin Mo could guess with his toes that the battlefield that the old father-in-law longed for was a bloody battle with Cao Cao in the Central Plains, and finally defeated him with the foundation accumulated over the years.

The subsequent situation is that the land of Jingzhou will probably be divided between the Sun and Liu families, so what, to a certain extent, they even helped themselves to disintegrate Cao Cao's forces, and when they arrived at that step, it was not impossible for them to be one against two.

Regarding the naval army, now he has invested a lot of resources in Gan Ning, so in the end, his own naval and land armies may even wave their troops in Jingxiang to complete the final battle of annexing the world.

But he forgot that the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly.

It is true that at this stage, whether it is troops, grain and grass, civil servants or military generals, they are all superior to Cao Cao to a certain extent, and they have a greater chance of winning.

The problem is that as long as the battle situation is at a stalemate, Sun Liu is indeed likely to dismantle Cao Cao's strategic backyard, and the Guanzhong Ten Divisions are also likely to take the opportunity to cause chaos, and even Wuhuan may jump out to attack the rear of the northern country.

If that time really comes, Lu Cao will only end up in a lose-lose situation.

One of the problems that Lin Mo was most worried about was not actually at this point, but was afraid of Liu Bei entering Sichuan.

Yizhou, that is the country of abundance, the territory of one state is enough to be compared with the four states in the north, and Liu Bei in history has half of Jingzhou and Yizhou, even if it accounts for half of the country.

Compared with the war-torn North and the Central Plains, Yizhou's potential is too great.

Moreover, Yizhou has natural risks, and it is simply evaluated by the tactics of guarding according to danger, and none of the thirteen states of Dahan can be compared with Yizhou.

Yizhou is in Liu Zhang's hands, and it is not difficult to conquer, but if Liu Bei enters Sichuan and Zhuge Liang arranges his troops, Lin Mo really doesn't know how to break through the natural danger of Yizhou.

Think about it, even after Zhuge Liang's death, Deng Ai had to travel 700 miles of rugged and dangerous roads to smuggle through Yinping, coupled with Liu Chan's ignorance and the withdrawal of Zhuge Liang's garrison on the Sky Ridge, which made Shu defeated.

In this time and space, he is older than Zhuge Liang, is it possible to choose to kill his opponent like Sima Yi?

The old father-in-law has a certain amount of arrogance now, but the fundamental reason is that there is a serious deviation between him and Lin Mo's definition of the opponent.

From beginning to end, from Lin Mo's point of view, his opponent has never been more than Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Ce are both existences that cannot be ignored.

But the old father-in-law didn't take Liu Bei and Sun Ce seriously, so he was eager to attack the Central Plains, and firmly thought that taking the Central Plains was equivalent to winning the whole world.

He didn't understand, Guanzhong Shibu, Sun Ce, Liu Bei, none of these guys would be kinder than Cao Cao.

As a forward-looking vision of a traverser, the most important thing in the world now is not the Central Plains, but Yizhou, after owning the north and Xuzhou, only by holding Yizhou in his own hands can he ensure that there will be no follow-up confrontation problems that have lasted for many years.

Now, the old father-in-law has collided with his strategic choice, and Lin Mo doesn't think that this is completely his drift, although there is a certain reason for this, but it is not dominant.

The dominant reason is that they see things differently from each other.

However, Lin Mo still wanted to try to see if his old father-in-law was stubborn because it was not what it used to be.

In the past, he persuaded Lu Bu that he only needed one sentence, but now, he still has to use this sentence, "Lord Yue, whether it is Liangzhou or Yizhou, the son-in-law is ready, just wait for the time to come, you can get it." ”

Hearing this, Lu Bu's eyes did not light up as before, but looked at Lin Mo deeply, wanting to speak and stopping, as if he couldn't make up his mind.

Perhaps, it was because he was accustomed to the old father-in-law obeying his words, or perhaps, he felt that the old father-in-law was hesitant and a little angry, and he couldn't wait for Lu Bu to express his position, Lin Mo shook his head and arched his hand: "How to choose, Lord Yuezhang will decide for himself, I'll go and see the roster of prisoners." ”

It's not vindictiveness, it's a compromise.

From Peng Cheng's misidentification of his father-in-law to today, the two have been together for five or six years, and they know the bottom of each other day and night, if he can't even listen to his own words, let alone others.

In the final analysis, the old father-in-law is a human, not a puppet, let alone Lin Mo's puppet.

He has his own thoughts, and he has his own choices, and it is normal for disagreements to arise on the way away.

If he really decided to do this, Lin Mo would use his own means to correct it, but people are very strange, you can adjust a person's thinking, but you can't completely change his will.

Perhaps, these years have been really smooth.

"Wait."

When Lin Mo walked to the tent of the Chinese army, Lu Bu still stopped him.

Looking at Lin Mo with his back to him, Lu Bu sighed weakly, "Yunwen, if I am your age, I can also fight Sizhou, Liangzhou and Yizhou first, and I can even make a truce for several years to hoard grain and grass to build weapons, but"

Without waiting for him to finish, Lin Mo turned around suddenly, his gaze was firm and fierce, "Lord Yue, no one knows which will come first, tomorrow or the accident, some people die and annihilate before they can see this world clearly, and some people live like a walking corpse but are old."

The Mandate of Heaven has never been controllable, wise man, do his best, obey the Mandate of Heaven, and should not be forced. ”

Lu Bu chuckled, turned his back, and muttered, "Who hasn't been young, wait until you reach my age, let's say these words again." ”

At this moment, Lin Mo was dumbfounded, and finally realized that the difference in strategic choice between himself and his old father-in-law was not actually a difference in perspective, but a difference in mentality.

What the old father-in-law said made Lin Mo not know how to refute it, because in the past, he simply wanted to defeat his enemies and further expand his territory.

But now, he didn't say it, but Lin Mo knew in his heart that he wanted to create his own dynasty in his lifetime.

The old father-in-law's ambition is too inflated.

If it is just a tactical choice or a strategic dispute, he can always find some way to convince him, but the facts in front of him cannot be subverted.

He is indeed no longer the year when the Tiger Prison was closed to fight Sanying, and he is no longer the year when the six generals of Cao Ying were single-handedly challenged under Puyang City.

Even, in this era, the age of the old father-in-law is already considered to be a long life.

If it was in the past, Lin Mo would also play a child's character, fight with the old father-in-law, spread his hands, pouted: "The old father-in-law has made up his mind, then the son-in-law wishes you a victory, I will go back to Pengcheng first." ”

But now, he is no longer the young man he was when he was at the beginning, he is married, he has children, the man in front of him is the father who loves women the most, the grandfather of his own children, and the father-in-law who can attack Xiao Guan at all costs for himself.

People can't always expect the other party to accommodate themselves.

Love is never an obligation.

Lin Mo shrugged his shoulders with a wry smile, "Master Yue's lesson is that if your mind has been decided, then we will fight the Central Plains, destroy the Cao thief, and let your son-in-law have some time to prepare." ”

Lu Bu slowly turned around, tilted his head to look at Lin Mo, his eyes were a little surprised, as if he didn't know the son-in-law in front of him, and said with a smile: "Your kid has a strong personality like Ling'er, why are you so happy today, I still expect you to quarrel with me." ”

The smile on Lin Mo's face slowly receded, and Yun said lightly: "I think, if Ling'er is here, she definitely won't want to see us quarrel, and Chuan'er doesn't want to either, right." ”

Lu Bu was stunned when he heard this.

didn't respond to Lin Mo, and after being stunned for a moment, he walked back to the handsome case expressionlessly, looking down at the battle report.

Lin Mo bowed his hand and turned to leave.

I don't know if this kind of goodbye is an unhappy breakup, but after Lin Mo left, Lu Bu still stood up and turned around to look at the map.

He didn't speak, but his eyes were a little wandering, and he didn't know whether he was looking at the Central Plains of Yanzhou and Yuzhou, or looking at Sizhou, Liangzhou, and Yizhou.

If there is anything in this world that can balance the greed and impulse of human nature, it should be family affection from the depths of the heart.

Since the messenger came back to report to Cao Zhen and Man Chong, Cao Cao's reinforcements would arrive in half a month, and as of today, a full month has passed.

Don't talk about the rush of marching, let's just have a normal marching speed, and it's time to arrive.

But the fact is that the Lu army did not move at all under the city, and he did not scold or attack the city every day, so he confronted himself like this.

This can only mean one thing, not only did the reinforcements not come, but they didn't even enter the territory of the annexed state, otherwise they should have made a move a long time ago.

In Jinyang City, the council hall.

Man Zhong and Cao Zhen sat opposite each other and didn't say a word.

From the initial excitement of repelling Lü's army to the hope of receiving Cao Cao's reply, they were all consumed in this day-to-day wait.

At this moment, the eyes of the two were full of tiredness and despair.

No matter how much you struggle in your heart and how you comfort yourself, you can't hide the fact that you are abandoned.

They have become outcasts.

Surviving with a broken arm is certainly singable and crying.

But only the severed arm knows how painful it is.

They didn't even dare to go to the barracks to calm the soldiers, because the defenders of the city were far more desperate than they were.

"Rush out with the troops, this is the only chance." Cao Zhen's whole person was rickety, and he was weak.

"Does the general himself believe this?" The wry smile of the full favor was full of mockery.

Yes, there were indeed 2,000 cavalry in the city, and there were 10,000 soldiers and horses, but it was impossible to organize troops to rush out of the city.

The military heart has always been a one-time fight, then declining, and three times exhausted.

The fundamental reason why the school field was able to boost morale in the end was that everyone was willing to believe that as long as they defended it, they would have the opportunity to wait for Cao Cao to come to the rescue.

But now, their lord has abandoned them.

For Cao Cao, with a heart to the death, they threw their heads and spilled blood in Jinyang City, but in exchange for the end of abandoning their sons.

No one believes in Cao Cao anymore, not even Man Chong and Cao Zhen.

They simply have no power to organize a charge.

What are you doing rushing out, going to the lord who abandoned them?

Heh, it's not worth it.

Whoosh~

Countless arrows were shot into the city that was not visible at night, nailing them to the wooden lattice of the city pass.

Cao Jun didn't even shoot arrows to fight back, but subconsciously hid under the city.

Well, if you want to attack the city, attack the city.

But after this rain of arrows, there was no movement under the city pass.

Suddenly, a centurion had the courage to poke his head out and look down, but he couldn't see anything clearly.

Turning to look at the arrows, he saw that they were wrapped in a silk cloth.

He stepped forward to open it and check, it was Lu Jun's reward.

The content is very simple, Cao Cao has abandoned you, open the city and surrender, don't kill, whoever opens the door with the reward, and the bounty.

When he was on the verge of despair, these rewards written by Zhao Yun seemed to let these Cao Jun see the dawn of hope to live.

Everyone's faces showed smiles for the rest of their lives.

There was no need for anyone to even take the lead in shouting, and the defenders on the road gathered in groups of three or five to whisper, and even let out laughter with joy.

Now, not only do they not have a trace of guilt about the surrender of Kaecheng, but they even feel that it is the best revenge for Cao Cao.

After dawn, he opened his sleepy eyes and found himself tied to the bed, unable to move.

Around, there are a pair of gloomy eyes.

"Overseer, don't blame us for being ruthless, today it's not us who bears Cao Cao, it's him who bears us first!"

(End of chapter)