In the mulberry forest outside Yushan Dock, a little bud has been spit out.

In the vegetable bed, the early leeks have grown tall.

Cows, sheep, horses and donkeys wander at the foot of the mountain, sometimes bowing their heads to chew tender grass, sometimes raising their heads and looking at humans with innocent eyes.

"Whose food is eaten...... Whose clothes are ...... wear?" the officers and men of the seventh building of the Silver Spear Army shouted slogans and conducted arduous training.

Even the burgers were pulled out today for a collective drill.

When the woman was busy working in the field, and when she felt tired, she straightened up and looked at her father, brother, and husband who were practicing in the distance, and smiled with relief on the corner of her mouth.

Children go to the river to fetch water and water vegetables, go to the mountains to collect firewood, and tend to livestock, occasionally fighting and laughing all the way.

This is Yushanwu, and it is the hard and simple life of the people of Yushanwu.

Is it to deprive them of their last hope of survival?

"The prince wants to be a pure minister?" Lu Zhi's words are so sharp, straight to the core.

"I'm not a pure minister, you should know it." Shao Xun replied.

"What kind of courtier does the prince want to be?" Lu Zhi didn't let him go, and asked directly.

Shao Xun didn't dare to answer, so he could only say vaguely: "I am willing to fight for the imperial court." ”

Lu Zhi smiled and said: "If the imperial court is there, the prince and the prince will live between Luoyang and Jingzhou, and he will not be subject to the enemy. If the imperial court is not there, there will be no owner in the world, and the four sides will fight, not to mention that the soldiers of Jingzhou and Nanyang may attack and kill, and the soldiers of Yuzhou and Guanzhong may also besiege them. The prince did need the imperial court. ”

Shao Xun smiled awkwardly.

The strategist said it so bluntly, he was still sloppy, and only revealed a little bit when he was pressing.

What is it? This is distrusting Lu Zhi, after all, he has only been "working" for a few months.

However, Lu Zhi did point out the core.

The imperial court still has a name, which can appoint assassins, Taishou, and governors, and the world's uncles are still sending taxes, transporting female music, and craftsmen to Beijing for duty, and some people even send troops to guard Beijing.

If you can get a partner in the court, help yourself stabilize other directions, and concentrate on development, it will be possible for Henan to start.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Wen Zhenbian also formed an alliance in the name of exterminating Qin's suzerain, so that the surrounding feudal towns would not attack him, and even formed an alliance under the urging of the capital and the prison army sent by the imperial court.

In the process of eliminating Qin Zongquan, Zhu Wen not only cleaned up the thorns in Xuanwu Town, but also took the opportunity to annex Yicheng, Dongdu, Fengguo, Heyang and other feudal towns.

In the early stage of the beginning, the political help of the imperial court was very important, and I don't know how many swords and soldiers I could prevent for myself.

From this point of view, Shao Xun had a motive to defend the Great Jin court, at least not to let it fall too quickly, or seriously lose its prestige, which was not in his own interests.

"Zidao knows the reason, why did he let me remove the military and civilians of Yushanwu. This dock is built on the mountain, not in the open land, even if Wang Mi wants to go north through this road, he doesn't necessarily have to hit Yushan dock, right? Shao Xun said: "This fang traveled all the way, but the state and county closed their doors and guarded themselves, and I didn't see Wang Mi stop to attack anyone." In his eyes, there are probably only Xuchang and Luoyang, right? ”

On the Yanzhou side, there were already Taishou who were removed from their posts by the imperial court because they sat back and watched the thieves cross the border.

Of course, the imperial court can only be angry with the guards. Sima Yue left Xuchang with a large army and fled to Juancheng, and the imperial court could not remove him.

Lu Zhi thought for a while and sighed: "Since the prince insisted, he would stop." However, Yushan Wucang City is not large, and grain storage is limited, so it is best to evacuate the old and weak women and children to Liang County for temporary resettlement. The burghers stayed behind to assist the soldiers in defending the city. ”

"Yes." Shao Xun said.

The farmland, hemp fields, and mulberry forests under the mountain may suffer, and no matter whether they win or lose, Yushanwu will suffer heavy losses this year.

"Do you know how many soldiers Wang Mi has?" Lu Zhi asked again.

"There were 50,000 or 60,000 people in Qing and Xu Erzhou, but now I don't know it." Shao Xun said: "Along the way, there are many heroes, Heavenly Masters and Taoists, and even the scum of the soldiers and soldiers of the county to join them, and when they arrive in Xuchang, there may be 100,000 people, maybe more." ”

"More than ten thousand people, you can't force it." Lu Zhidao: "I don't know how much its combat power is, so I can only stabilize it first, see its strength clearly, and then make plans." ”

You can't help but fight, just get out of the way. After all, you are a general of the imperial court, you have enjoyed many benefits of the imperial court, lying on the imperial court to suck blood and raise soldiers, if you can't reflect your value and can't bear your obligations, what's your use?

You can't fight too hard and consume a lot of your own strength, so the court may settle accounts after the autumn.

The degree in between, is not easy to grasp.

It's ideal to just want to take benefits, but not to pay the price.

"What is Zidao's good plan?" Shao Xun humbly asked.

"The prince is unwilling to evacuate Yushanwu, and the servant has only the middle strategy." Lu Zhi said: "The main force went out to the territory of Jiacheng and Xiangcheng and settled on the west bank of Rushui. If the thieves come, they can block the river and refuse. It is closer to Yushanwu, and it is more convenient to echo. ”

"If the thieves go to Liangxian and Yique to enter Luoyang, then they must fight in Rushui, and they must not let the thieves break in, otherwise the foundation will be in ashes."

"If the thief goes to Yangzhai and Yuyuan Pass into Luoyang, he will follow behind and attack the defenders of Yuyuan Pass before and after, and annihilate the thieves in the valley."

"Wang Mi crossed the state through the border, assassinated the history and the Taishou but kept his own door behind closed doors, and his ambition was arrogant, so he made the valley of Luonan his burial place."

Since ancient times, mountains and rivers have been a very important factor in warfare. Blocking the river and facing each other directly are completely different concepts.

To deal with Wang Mi and remove the people left behind, Shao Xun can mobilize about 10,000 troops, and if he can cooperate with tens of thousands of forbidden troops, he can indeed fight a beautiful battle of annihilation, at least a defeat battle.

"I have a son, and everything is worry-free." Shao Xun said with a smile.

"The servant is just making some suggestions, and it depends on the prince how to fight." Lu Zhi said humbly, and then, he said with a straight face: "Wang Mi's rebellion is certainly a big crisis, but there are also many opportunities. The prince should think carefully about what kind of face he will appear in front of the Son of Heaven and the Minister's Giant Room in the future. ”

Shao Xun nodded slightly.

This is to package his personality and solidify his image in order to obtain benefits.

"Honest people suffer." Shao Xun only said one sentence.

Lu Zhi smiled when he heard this, then looked at Shao Xun with a slightly appreciative gaze, and said, "The prince has been well versed in this before. If you are too honest, even if you make great achievements, you will not get many benefits. I know that the prince is not a person without measure, but sometimes he is a little domineering, which can really make people indecisive. ”

Honest Gou Xi, the imperial court asked him to get out of Yanzhou, and he got out, he couldn't take a few soldiers with him, and he had to go to Qingzhou to reorganize the troops.

Gou Xi should also be sad, from now on, it is estimated that he will still respect the orders of the court on the surface, but he will definitely make small moves in private. In other words, the honest man Gou Xi disappeared, and now he is the warlord Gou Xi.

Shao Xun has disadvantages and advantages compared with Gou Xi.

The disadvantage is that he is too young, and it is not easy to be promoted, and at the same time, he does not have Gou Xi's decades of accumulation.

Whether the advantage is next to Luoyang, or the generals of the forbidden army, it is inevitable to be constrained to deal with it. In addition, he can really fight, solve many troubles for the imperial court, and reflect his own value.

Domineering is his protective color, grabbing land, money, and women, you can use the sentence "young and vigorous" to prevaricate.

Small mistakes continue, big mistakes are not made, resolutely respect the orders of the imperial court, let go to Guanzhong, let go to Hebei if you go to Hebei, and even bring the private troops to fight for the imperial court, isn't this a great loyalty?

It will also pull the relationship, if you are the superior, in the face of such a thorn, you can indeed only love and hate.

"Since the prince has made an overall deployment, the servant feels that this time the king of the war should reflect the word 'loyalty', and at the same time establish military exploits, so that the court can not find fault. In the end, he reaped the benefits and put the court in a dilemma, and finally leaned towards the prince, pinched his nose and confessed ......" Lu Zhi immediately said in detail.

Shao Xun nodded again and again.

Two foxes, one big and one small, finalized the general strategy in a few words.

******

March passed in a flash, and as Wang Mi entered the realm of no one in Yan and Henan, Taifu Sima Yue avoided Juancheng even more, and people of insight in Luoyang finally realized that something was wrong.

No one stopped Wang Mi together, so let him rush all the way over?

As a result, since the end of March, scholars have been leaving Luoyang, first taking a temporary refuge in the suburbs with their families, and then thinking about the next direction of escape.

Some people took refuge in the mountains to the west, and some ran south to Nanyang.

At the beginning of April, the old and weak women and children in Yushanwu had already packed everything for moving, and then either helped the old and the young, or took a carriage and horse, and avoided to Liang County in the west.

Wang Situ summoned, Shao Xun hurried and arrived at the palace before nightfall.

Wang Yan personally set up a small banquet to entertain him.

"The Son of Heaven once served as a general of the Left Guard, and he also led troops during the Battle of Dangyin, and he plans to intervene in the war." Wang Yan was not very happy when he said this, after all, he was the commander of the forbidden army, and the Son of Heaven intervened, obviously distrusting him.

Shao Xun casually agreed.

The pomp and circumstance of the old man is not small, the silk and bamboo are bursting, and the dancing girl is fluttering, which makes Shao Xun, who has worsening self-control, distracted from time to time.

"How does the Son of Heaven plan to intervene?" He asked, looking around.

There was a female musician in the palace who was talented and good-looking, and had an outstanding temperament, although she was a "high-class prostitute", she still made him pay a few more attentions.

"The last time the old man entered the palace to ask the right question, the Son of Heaven agreed to keep the enemy out of the gate." Wang Yan said: "At present, there are three most favored generals around the Son of Heaven, one is Miao Bo, and the other is Miao Yin, both of whom are the former ministers of Taifu's father and son, and are now used by the Son of Heaven. The third is Zhu Dan, who is the governor of the three departments of the right guard, and often enters the palace to ask the right. ”

What a new generation for the old!

Shao Xun sighed a little, has the Son of Heaven forgotten me? Or is it because of rumors, don't dare to use me, don't want to use me?

The Son of Heaven served as a general of the Left Guard, and Shao Xun really didn't know much about the fact that he had led troops during the Battle of Dangyin.

He only knew that when Sima Yue went on the Northern Expedition, he took the king with him, but he didn't know what they did.

"The Miao brothers may each lead a forbidden army to guard Yique Pass and Yuyuan Pass to stop thieves." Wang Yan continued: "The old man will sit in Luoyang, take charge of the overall situation, and dispatch all departments. The Prince......"

"I wish to honor Situ's command." Shao Xun said loudly.

"Okay." Wang Yan was a little happy.

He knew that Shao Xun might not accept the dispatch very happily, but it was better than nothing to have this statement.

The two looked at each other and smiled, raising their glasses and drinking.

After putting down the wine bottle, Shao Xun found out of the corner of his eye that the palace beauty had passed by not far away last time, and seemed to have stayed for a while, paying attention to what he was doing.

When Shao Xun turned his head, there was no trace of him.

"Where's Chu Zhong?" Seeing Wang Yan looking at him, Shao Xun casually covered up.

In the past two days, the Son of Heaven has frequently summoned his courtiers to ask right. As a secretary and supervisor, he stayed in the palace last night and was busy until late at night. Wang Yan said.

"I see." Shao Xun nodded.

Wang Dun was originally a great Honglu, and later served as the assassin of Qingzhou, and after returning to Luoyang halfway, the two radish pits were gone, so he served as the secretary and supervisor.

Most of the noble positions of this third grade are still operated by Wang Yan. In order to help his younger brother, who couldn't make it, Lao Qiang Deng broke his heart.

The two then talked about many other things, and did not break up until midnight.

Wang Yan invited Shao Xun to stay overnight and enter the palace with him tomorrow.

Considering that the soldiers were all with him, Shao Xun agreed.

Wang Yan was overwhelmed by alcohol and left early.

Wang Dun was also absent, and the princess of Xiangcheng, Sima Xuan, sent someone to arrange a place to live.

The room is not big, decorated plain and elegant, and the nouveau riche is completely different from the style.

The palace also specially arranged for people to serve.

Shao Xun looked at it, and it turned out to be the female musician he had seen at the banquet, and he was immediately overjoyed: Lao Qiuden really knows what I mean!

This appearance, I feel pity, this temperament, is no worse than Lan Ji.

It's just that there is a slap mark on the face?

Shao Xun, who has been abstinent for more than a year, was too lazy to think about it, so he directly blew out the candle flame and hugged the beauty to the bed.

Today, I will also inspect the quality of the maids and maids of the lower family who entertain guests.

Tang Jian was neatly draped, ignoring the unkind gaze of the royal family, and led a group of brothers to be on duty outside, meticulous.

Soon there was a long, gentle "um" sound from the woman's throat.

The night passed quickly.

When Shao Xun woke up in the morning, he found that there were tears in the corners of the beauty's eyes, and he couldn't help but feel pity again.

After leaving the room refreshed, he found that Wang Dun, who looked tired, had returned.

Shao Xun saluted him, and then, surrounded by his own soldiers, went to wash and eat, and drove away with Wang Yan after a while.