"Father-in-law, the one in the south is getting stronger and stronger in the battle with us, if we continue to fight them, I am afraid that more than a million Praetorian Guards will have to change their names and surnames, after all, they are also part of the royal family. Zhao Gao continued to persuade Zhang Rang, now that the Liu Jiajun needs time, Zhang Rang's mind has not yet been decided, and the people standing behind Zhang Rang are obviously a little dissatisfied with Zhang Rang, Zhang Rang must gather his own strength in order to protect himself, Zhao Gao must persuade Zhang Rang from this point to stop the army.

More than 1 million Praetorian Guards changed their names and surnames, which has always been Zhang Rang's biggest worry. The foundation of the empire's rule, the four kings and eight martial marquis have not released their intention to completely surrender to Zhang Rang now. Even the two kings of Pingnan and Pingbei, who themselves were under their wings, gradually became dissatisfied with Zhang Rang, and they also had their own shili above the court. Zhang Rang wants to stabilize the imperial court, and the system of the two kings of Pingnan and Pingbei must not be laissez-faire, and Taifu Kongping also has great authority in the court, and these people are all threats to Zhang Rang's real power. It is also because of these existences that Zhang Rang has never dared to do anything excessive to the royal family's descendants.

"Father-in-law, the Praetorian Guard has changed its name and surname, and the balance of strength is reversed. The gap between the millions of troops under our command and the one of the battle-hardened divisions in the south is too great. "It's not clear what Zhang Rang said Zhao Gao said, but what can he do like this, even if Zhang Rang knows about it, he can't do anything. Shili behind him has been increasingly dissatisfied with Zhang Rang recently, so much so that now Zhang Rang has no heart to control the Praetorian Guard with Liliang at all.

"Father-in-law, there is giving and giving, and now we seem to be very strong. But we are also vulnerable to being targeted. Father-in-law. Only those who hide behind the scenes are the real winners. Zhao Gao's sentence really hit the key point of Zhang Rang. Zhang Rang was able to get his current status from a small eunuch, and there was no Shili behind him who was helping Zhang Rang. The people who hide behind the scenes are the real winners, because they don't have to face the battles ahead.

As a eunuch who was pushed out to be an agent, Zhang Rang naturally had an indescribable pain in his heart. The people hiding behind the scenes have been trying to manipulate all of Zhang Rang's shili, but unfortunately Zhang Rang is not a fool. Although the support of the people behind it is indispensable, there are some things that can be most reassuring in their own hands, especially the state's violent organs, the army! Zhang Rang has repeatedly set up these armies, and he does not mean to stand on his own. I want to be self-reliant. There must be enough strength, the Praetorian Guard is no longer in Zhang Rang's control, the Guards, the Haojie Army and the newly formed Dragoon Army, Zhang Rang must control it in his hands no matter what.

The snipe and the clam compete, and the fisherman profits. Zhao Gao's words made Zhang Rang clear the fog in front of him, all the fights between him and Liu Fan were caused by interests, and this interest was not his Zhang Rang. If it is really as Zhao Gao said, Zhang Rang is not reluctant to be this fisherman, but this sandpiper clam is fighting for where to find it. It is true that Zhang let hao hao consider it.

Now the Liujia army is fully shrinking its forces, and the troop movements in the north are also frequent. The Lion Empire did not seem to intend to continue to expand its advantages in this autumn, but instead contracted its forces, giving Dong Zhuo, the king of the north, a chance to breathe. The spies reported that the Yuwen Chengdu headquarters under the original Dong Zhuo had all gone south, and Zhu You of the Qingzhou Army had also mobilized his troops to prepare to march south, and the hidden strength in the south really worried Zhang Rang. Liu Fan's army was enough to worry Zhang Rang, but he didn't expect that the butcher in the north and the Qingzhou general Zhu You would also take refuge in Liu Fan.

The loss of Jingzhou is equivalent to the loss of the south. Zhang Rang never considered the matter of the Jiaozhou Corps, but Xuzhou, Yangzhou and other places were Zhang Rang's top priority, and they were the places where Zhang Rang raised soldiers. Although Xuzhou has not yet been taken, it is sandwiched between Jingzhou and Yangzhou, and it will not last long and it will definitely have to change its name and surname. Zhang Rang's eyes were closed, and the map of the entire empire appeared in Zhang Rang's mind, and the most peaceful state capital of the empire now may be Yingzhou, which hangs alone overseas.

Zhang Rang was thinking about the gains and losses, and the Sea Clan suddenly tore up the agreement and attacked Yizhou on a large scale. Although Yizhou is very poor, it can still be self-sufficient in food, and even has a surplus in ordinary times, not to mention that Yizhou also has a large number of mining resources and a large-scale weapons manufacturing department. It's not that Yizhou doesn't have money, but because Yizhou's long-term war has dragged down Yizhou's economy. But now that the Sea Clan is attacking Yizhou, and the momentum is strong, it is very likely to take Yizhou.

Liu Jiajun marched into Yizhou, and if he wanted to solve Yizhou's predicament, it would certainly not be possible to do it in one or two years. Of course, he knew what Liu Fan meant by getting married now, it was nothing more than to gain a lot of prestige, and then use the folk liliang to enhance his strength. Now the central government of the empire everyone knows that Zhang Rang is actually in power, Zhang Rang has not made any reputation for the attack of the Sea Clan so far, which has made the empire boiling, especially the large number of teachers and students of the Tianlong Academy who are about to master have expressed their dissatisfaction with Zhang Rang, this is not an opportunity.

"Zhao Gao, you said that if I give a certain amount of support to the one in the south in this battle against the Sea Clan, will it be beneficial to us?" Zhang Rang's eyes flashed with a fine light, the battle against the Sea Clan is a war between countries, and a local warlord must not be allowed to go on the expedition instead of the country. In this case, Zhang Rang didn't mind giving Liu Fan a name, and using his name to let a local warlord fight for the country. In this way, Zhang Rang will not lose too much infamy, but also be able to collect a certain amount of popular support, stabilize the court, and free up his hands to clean up those who are not quiet, and he can also consume a lot of the strength of the Liu family's army.

"Father-in-law, I'll do it. Of course, the reason why Zhao Gao is getting stronger and stronger against the Liu family is clear, and Zhang Rang's ability to give Liu Jiajun a certain amount of support is in harmony with Zhang Rang's thoughts. But Zhao Gao couldn't show any joy, and said to Zhang Rang in a low voice: "Father-in-law, the Sea Clan is menacing, and most of the elites of the Sea Clan have been concentrated to attack Yizhou, and this time it is also inevitable." And if the one in the south wants to develop and grow, Yizhou is an indispensable piece of territory. So the bone thrown by my father-in-law was a piece of haode bait. ”

"Father-in-law, the strength of the Sea Clan, we all know it, in this case, we will give a certain amount of support to the one in the south, those unstable factors we might as well take the opportunity to kick into the camp of the south, those soldiers who want to quarrel and kill thieves are also rushed to the south, we only need to allocate a small amount of grain, grass and baggage. ”

Zhao Gao's proposal made Zhang Rang tempted, these soldiers who disobeyed military orders now need Zhang Rang to support, and they need to consume a lot of grain and grass every day, so it is better to hand over this burden to the south, and the grain and grass saved every day can recruit new soldiers and horses, and the empire will never lack warriors, and they are excellent warriors. It's just that these Praetorian Guards are well-trained, brave and good at fighting, and all handed over to the Liu family army Once the Liu family army takes Yizhou, the consequences will be unimaginable, and then the Liu family army will be able to fight Shenjing when they turn around, and at that time the Liu family army also has a name and strength. How to choose for a while made Zhang Rang a headache, reluctant to use troops, and wanted to receive the greatest benefits. (To be continued.) )