"My lord, please look here. Han Xin pointed to Tongguan and said to Liu Fan: "Tongguan and Tiger Prison Pass are still in the hands of the only two remaining Praetorian Guards, and Zhang Rang does not seem to have the intention of transferring these two Praetorian Guards. However, the army stationed in Hujiao Pass has been confirmed to be the people of the Eight Great Emperor Merchants, and the situation of Shili Shili who belongs to the Praetorian Guard Army guarding Tongguan is not very clear now, if we can rebel against this army, we can directly threaten the hinterland of Sizhou, whether it is to attack or retreat, it is bound to attract part of Zhang Rang's Sizhou army, and my troops in Yongzhou can take the opportunity to cut off Dong Zhuo's tentacles, and then cooperate with this Praetorian Guard Army to hold Tongguan, so that Zhang Rang can not attack Li Jing's corps with all his strength, as long as they are supported for a period of time, I believe that Li Jing's corps will be able to solve the current crisis。 ”

"It's a good idea, but it's not feasible. Zhang Liang shook his head and said: "Not to mention whether the army stationed here can rebel or not, even if it can rebel, there are still too many hole cards in Zhang Rang's hand that have not been played." Dijing, counting the troops in Zhang Rang's hands, already has 13 million troops, Tongguan rebelled, they don't have to fight us at all, they only need to deploy a force of two million people here to block our route to attack Dijing, the feasibility of this plan is not fighting. However, the emperor originally raised more than 3 million guards, which was already very difficult, and now that there are suddenly more than 10 million troops, can we do something with grain and grass to support their actions?"

Liu Fan shook his head and said: "It's useless, I think I got married this time, and you have already seen the horror of the heritage of the four great families in Yangzhou." I want to tell you something. The strength of the eight imperial merchants in the imperial capital was far stronger than that of the four by a hundred or even a thousand times. They hold the economic lifeline of the empire, and to put it mildly, even if they give away a million taels of silver now, the money will be returned to them in less than three days, and there will be no problem at all in supplying the eight families with grain, grass and food. ”

"What do you think of the current battle situation?" Liu Fan frowned, looking at the generals under his command, the troops were not enough, and he could only hope that the generals under his command would be able to come up with some way to deal with these people, after all, the soldiers under his command were all real geniuses. But it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice. Although Li Jing's corps are all elite veterans, they also urgently need a lot of time to reorganize the army, only after the reorganization is completed, Li Jing's corps really has strong combat effectiveness, but Zhang Rang and the Eight Great Emperor Merchants obviously did not intend to give Li Jing this time, and in an instant, the northern part of the entire empire became confusing and cloudy.

"My lord, I'm afraid we're going to have another protracted defensive counterattack, but this time I'm afraid the victory won't necessarily be ours. Chen Ping had a smile on his face, there can only be one way to fight the war in this situation. That is, relying on the fortified fortress to defend it, but the opponent's forces are too large. Even if it is a pile of human lives, it can completely bury the Liu family army in Yuzhou into the corpse.

"Report, lord, there is a son named Long Xuyan in the rear of the army who asks to see the lord. The generals continued to discuss a set of combat jihua, but they had to overthrow all the sets of jihua. In the face of such a huge force, a corps that even has to purchase armor will not be able to fight for a long time. This is also the biggest weakness of the Liu family's army, even if there is enough population to provide a steady stream of soldiers, but it has to face the extreme situation of not having enough armor.

"Dragon Whisker Rock?" Liu Fan's brows furrowed instantly, there has been no news of this Dragon Whisker Rock since it disappeared from Yizhou last time, and Weishenme will appear here today. Although the two did not meet, in the process of the formation and development of the Dark Night Quicksand, Longxuyan did provide a lot of help to the Dark Night Quicksand, but no matter how many times Liu Fan sent a contact signal, there was no news of Longxuyan, but as long as the information was needed, someone would send it to Liu Fan, and the information sent was much more reliable than the information obtained by the Dark Night Quicksand, both in terms of concealment and credibility.

Liu Fan waved his hand, and everyone quickly retreated, leaving Guo Jia alone by Liu Fan's side, and soon Dian Wei and Xu Chu came to Liu Fan with a person. Liu Fan fixed his eyes and saw that this person was not Longxuyan and who he was, but he hadn't seen him for more than a year, and Longxuyan's momentum had grown a little.

"I've seen Master Hou in Xia Long Xuyan!" "Long Xuyan didn't get close to Liu Fantao when he came up, but took the official road. Liu Fan nodded slightly at Long Xuyan, it can be regarded as a greeting, after all, Liu Fan is now one of the most prominent people in the empire regardless of his identity and status, and he doesn't need to return the courtesy to these people, sometimes arrogance will make others respect you from the bottom of their hearts. Since Long Xu Yan wants to go through the official channel, Liu Fan will naturally not be close to Long Xu Yan.

"I came here to save Hou Ye's life this time. Liu Fan's arrogance obviously exceeded Long Xuyan's estimate, Long Xuyan looked at Liu Fan slightly, and quickly reacted and said to Liu Fan with a smile, the faces of the generals behind Liu Fan suddenly changed, especially Dian Wei and Xu Chu were just about to go crazy, and they were organized by Liu Fan. Liu Fan nodded, signaling that the other party could continue. Long Xuyan smiled slightly: "Why does Master Hou ask what the reason is?"

"I'm going to ask, it's not a day or two for the Eight Great Emperor Merchants to get rid of me, I think at this time they sent you here to save my life, because they want me to turn my troops and attack north. "Liu Fan had actually guessed the identity of Long Xuyan a long time ago, after all, the people in this empire who could get so much top-secret information must not be a simple shili, and this shili can be counted on his fingers. Through a series of events these days, Liu Fan can be sure that Long Xuyan is the person of the Eight Great Emperor Merchants.

"Master Hou is really smart, it seems that the master guessed correctly, in that case, we will talk openly and honestly. Long Xuyan smiled and Liu Fan said: "Our request is very simple, that is, we hope that Hou Ye can concentrate all his forces to go north to solve Dong Zhuo and Fang Jiao, and after the world is stable, we will give Hou Ye the corresponding status and reward, and hope that Hou Ye can withdraw from the ranks of the hegemony." ”

“haha。 Liu Fan looked at Long Xuyan with a smile and said, "In that case, there really is nothing to say between us. However, your words made me hear a message from it, that is, you are afraid of me, you can go back and tell your lord, how many armies have been taken over by my Liu Fan's Shenwu Corps, this world is still Ximen's after all, if he is smart, he can still be his businessman. (To be continued......)