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It's just that he doesn't express his joy and anger on his face. Li Biqi is annoyed by his expression, which he obviously looks down on but pretends not to care.

He Bayue was about to be driven mad by the endless disputes among the generals. It was agreed that Li Bi would lead the troops to the expedition, but now the timing of sending troops was delayed for a few days because of the inability to determine the marching route.

Suddenly, He Bayue slammed the table and shouted loudly:

"Today we have to discuss a result! Say it one by one!"

He pointed at Wei Xiaokuan and didn't continue talking.

"My lord, Baoxie Road is indeed the nearest and fastest road. But we know this road, and the enemy also knows it. How could they be unprepared?

Once in trouble, the army is a little bit stuck, and we don't even have a place to stay. Whether we can return to Guanzhong after the defeat of the expedition is a problem.Although Chen Cangdao took a detour, he was safe.We left Guanzhong and took Chencang Road into Hanzhong. The first stop was Mianyang, which is adjacent to the Hanshui River and there is no shortage of water sources.

When the time comes, you can advance, attack, retreat, or defend, and slowly plot Nanzheng, why not do it? "

Wei Xiaokuan cupped his hands and said, these words seem to make sense.His starting point is to "reduce risk".This is the so-called "predict defeat before victory", and it is understandable to reduce the risk of going out.

Chencangdao has the precedent of Han Xinding Sanqin, and the example of Baoxiedao will be pushed forward to the Spring and Autumn Period. Who knows if it will work?

Who knew that Li Bi would be so angry when he heard Wei Xiaokuan's words!He immediately stood up and cupped his hands and said:

"My lord, Xiao Yuanzhao is not a fool, we conquered Mianyang to the west of Nanzheng, don't they know?

Was Xiao Yuanzhao unprepared?After taking Mianyang, what should we do?Don't you want to attack Nanzheng in the end?Liang Guo's court reacted, what should we do if we send troops to garrison Nanzheng?Isn't this sneak attack opportunity wasted?

You can appear in the north of Nanzheng City by taking the praise slope, and conquer Nanzheng in one battle.To solve Nanzheng is to solve the problem of Hanzhong, please think twice. "

Li Bi's statement is not unreasonable, don't talk about detours, strategies and other useless things to the opponent.Send troops directly, and fight whatever you encounter, just drop ten times with one force.

As long as Nanzheng is conquered, this line will be opened up, and the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong will continue to support Hanzhong in the future, and sooner or later all the Liang troops will be squeezed out of Hanzhong.

Wei Xiaokuan's tactic is step by step, while Li Bi's method is one step at a time.It should be said that none of their methods are nonsense, and they all have some truth.

It is worth mentioning that the core battlefield of the "Battle of Hanzhong" between Shu Han and Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period was not far to the west of Mianyang.From this perspective, it can be understood that Wei Xiaokuan's strategic vision is much stronger than Li Bi's.

He Bayue felt a little troubled.

The reform of the government military system has not yet been fully completed, and now it is just a prototype, which is far from being well-adjusted.The transfer of elite soldiers to Li Bi this time is already a big commotion.

With too little capital in his hands, He Bayue couldn't play the game of "using the right combination to win the odds" and playing multi-pronged attacks.If the whole army presses up, once the battle is defeated, the consequences will be disastrous.Now the field army in Guanzhong with Fubing as the core cannot be dispatched collectively on a large scale, and a relatively relaxed battlefield environment is also needed to train troops.

Obviously, this sneak attack on Hanzhong will cause complicated battlefield conditions, and it is by no means a good time for large-scale military training.

He Bayue doesn't have enough troops to go out at his command, but the opportunity will not wait until the reform of the military system is completed a few years later!

The window period of chaos in Hanzhong may be very short, and it is more likely to calm down before next year's spring plowing!

When an opportunity comes, whether to seize it or not is a difficult problem that everyone will encounter.

In Liu Yishou's previous life, those who wanted to climb up often encountered similar situations.

For example, if someone is a business manager, there is a big project coming up temporarily, the progress requirements are very high, and the time left is very tight. Usually, this kind of project must be as far away as possible.

But if we do it well this time, we can get a long-term and stable high-quality customer.

To accept this order or not?

If you pick it up, you need to work for more than [-] hours for several days in a row, and you have to race against time to eat and sleep, which will damage your health.

In such a situation, do you work hard for the future, or do you think rest is more important and kick the project far away?

Different people have different choices, but He Bayue feels that it is important to work hard, and the opportunity cannot be missed.

"Let's go on the slope. After the autumn harvest, there are still some food and grass that can be used. But the rest will last until next year's autumn harvest. We can't send a second army."

He Bayue said in a low voice to everyone.He weighed it over and over again, worried that after adopting Wei Xiaokuan's strategy, the final war would end in a half-baked meal, he would not be willing to lose Mianyang if he retreated, and he would not be able to capture Nanzheng if he advanced.

No matter which way you go, you can't transport food and grass by water, so although the number of troops on this expedition is not large, the food and grass consumption is quite a lot.He Bayue can only fight quickly, he can't afford it.

However, as long as Hanzhong can be occupied and the food and grass in Hanzhong can be seized, the follow-up soldiers and horses can go directly to Nanzheng on the Bao ramp, because at that time it is a "risk-free march", which is like transporting troops.

The overall risk is still controllable.

If you really want to go out with a large army, you must consider the risk of failure.A large-scale attack on Hanzhong, on the one hand, the Hanzhong Basin is too small to accommodate so many soldiers and horses, and it cannot be deployed. On the other hand, if it is really defeated, Guanzhong may be destroyed.

War is often so helpless, and people are never prepared to be perfect and invulnerable.He Bayue didn't dare to gamble his life, or thought it was not worth it at this time.

He just wanted to make a fortune.

"That's it, I would like to obey my lord's order. This time, General Li will lead the army to go out."

Wei Xiaokuan folded his sleeves and saluted He Bayue, bent down and bowed deeply.Wei Xiaokuan's opinion was not accepted, so naturally he was not leading the army.

Li Bi also bowed his hands and saluted, then strode out of the study, not wanting to talk to Wei Xiaokuan at all.

After all the generals had left, Su Chuo said to He Bayue: "My lord, the purpose of attacking Hanzhong is to build confidence and review the gains and losses since the reorganization of the army, so we don't need to pay too much attention to success or failure.

Victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists. This time seeking Hanzhong is like picking chestnuts from the fire, and it is normal to miss. "

Seeing that Su Chuo was so pessimistic, He Bayue asked in surprise, "Why is Mr. Su so cautious?"

He was still very confident in this attack on Hanzhong.

It's useless if there are too many people in this place, and it's useless if you can't use it.A small group of elite soldiers can often determine the direction of the battle.

"My lord, I am quite contentious when I observe the generals today. After the reorganization of the army, the power is dispersed, some people gain and some suffer, and they have to be combined to fight together. It is not uncommon for them to dislike each other or even exclude each other.

After a slow run-in in the follow-up, the conflict can be controlled to a certain extent without affecting major events. "

Su Chuo vaguely pointed out the problem.

The disagreement between Li Bi and Wei Xiaokuan was not entirely due to his personality, but because the reformation of the government army absorbed a large number of local plays from Guanzhong. Among them, Jingzhao Weiss joined many of his own plays, all of which belonged to Wei Xiaokuan.

It's not the first day the two have known each other. Although they didn't have a good relationship before, they didn't argue to the point of blushing.

The problem is that now Wei Xiaokuan has the same status as Li Bi in the past, and has become a general with real power in his hands, instead of the so-called "strategist" who can only come up with ideas after being manipulated by He Bayue. .

On the contrary, Li Bi originally joined Hou Mo and Chen Yue, and only joined him after Hou Mo and Chen Yue's defeat. He was not of the same origin as the other people under He Bayue's command.

After the last war, Li Bi's trilogy was seriously damaged in battle. After the reorganization of the government soldiers, the trilogy that he can actually control under his command is actually "downsizing".Although at the same level as Wei Xiaokuan, there are fewer moves that can be commanded by arms (the newly joined soldiers cannot be commanded by arms), in fact, he is a head shorter than Wei Xiaokuan.

Is it strange that people who have been downsized in their trilogy are not used to it and are jealous of those who have been "expanded" in their trilogy?What's more, their parts have to be integrated into one army, monitoring and restricting each other.

It is quite normal to have conflicts with each other.

Of course, this was He Bayue's intention.

This time Li Bi asked for a battle and took the initiative to go to Hanzhong because he hoped to make contributions and take the opportunity to enrich his own trilogy with the plundered population in order to protect himself.

Fubing is Fubing, and its own trilogy is its own trilogy, the two cannot be equated.Li Bi didn't care how many soldiers he could command, but he was very concerned about how many pieces he had and how his training was.

"For the sake of stability, we have to do it."

He Bayue said with a sigh.

He didn't know that after the reorganization of the government soldiers, would there be more conflicts among the generals under his command?He Bayue actually knew about it. In fact, this issue was taken into consideration at the beginning of the system design.

But he was thinking of something else.

If one or two of the generals under He Bayue's command would cooperate sincerely and cooperate seamlessly with each other, they might even form sons and daughters with each other, and the relationship would be ironclad.

When such a situation happened, should He Bayue be happy or worried?

Obviously it should be the latter, because if his subordinates are all monolithic, wouldn't it seem that he is completely redundant as a master?

There are no conflicts under his command, so how can the protagonist build up his prestige by "mediating conflicts"?

All the subordinates can cooperate sincerely, so in the future, will they not like He Bayue, and then support someone they like to go up?

It has to be said that not only can this situation not be ruled out, but it is extremely risky and is very likely to happen.

The private goods in the reorganization of the government soldiers are that He Bayue deliberately made his subordinates of different origins and backgrounds "unlike things gather together", and made the contradictions between different factions even bigger, so that they could completely Impossible to join together!

So far, this strategy seems to be very successful.

"Mr. Su also thinks that we shouldn't go to war?"

He Bayue asked suspiciously, Su Chuo was very resourceful.Even Su Chuo said not to count on the results of the battle, and He Bayue is now a little unsure if this expedition is a waste of time.

"My lord, I just said that there is a possibility of defeat this time, but I didn't say that the expedition is unnecessary. The reform of the army must be carried forward no matter what, and it is imperative to find opportunities for actual combat training. If you find a problem, you must Improvement. You can’t wait until it’s a life-and-death battle to think about these issues.”

Su Chuo said very seriously.

If Hanzhong is reluctant to send troops in this wave of attack, then he really has to doubt whether He Bayue's courage can accomplish great things!Even if this battle fails, it will not shake the foundation of Guanzhong, so why not give it a try?

"Well, if you can win, that would be the best."

He Bayue sighed, feeling a bad premonition in his heart.

If it is possible, who wants to send a thousand elite soldiers out to beat dogs with meat bags?

However, compared with seeking Hanzhong, it is more important to test the results of the Fubing reform.This painful step cannot be avoided.At least, I can afford to lose this time.

If the reform of the government military system is completed, the first "big test" encountered will be a battle of life and death.That was what made He Bayue terrified.

It is very necessary to sum up experience and lessons from the war and make targeted improvements.

But these cannot be said to Li Bi.If Li Bi knew about it, he probably would have put down the pick.

There is a tacit understanding between He Bayue and Su Chuo, so don't say what you can't say.He Bayue felt that Wei Xiaokuan should have noticed something too. His behavior in the study just now seemed to deliberately provoke Li Bi.

Just have no proof.

……

Xiao Ji sent Chen Zhizu to lobby the generals under Xiao Yuanzhao's command. It cannot be said that his lobbying work was completely ineffective. At least Chen Zhizu persuaded the guards of Chenggu County to defect.However, before he had time to leave Chenggu County, Yang Zhong led five hundred elites to line up outside the city, and knocked on the city gate with an imperial edict.

Chen Zhizu was very aggrieved and "captured", and was immediately called by Yang Zhong for questioning.

After some chatting, Yang Zhong got out Xiao Ji's real thoughts from Chen Zhizu, and the matter of Wuling County King's army stationed in Jiange, so he released Chen Zhizu very generously, and asked him to go back and bring news to Xiao Ji:

The imperial court's [-] troops will arrive in Hanzhong today to prepare for the Wei army's sneak attack in Guanzhong.The king of Wuling County can put his heart in his stomach. The bandit army invaded, and his own court soldiers and horses resisted, so he can bring his soldiers and horses back to Chengdu from Jiange, without wasting food and grass in vain.

After the imperial army defeats the soldiers and horses of Wei State, they will return to Jiankang, and will not stay in the fief of the vassal for a long time, let alone find excuses to cut down the vassal.

As long as the vassal princes keep their duties and the emperor is open-minded, they will not kill each other.

With Liu Yishou's handwritten letter, Chen Zhizu was terrified and left Chenggu County full of doubts.

Yang Zhong was very polite to Chen Zhizu, because the imperial court did not break up with Xiao Ji, and the two were still fighting "within the rules".

But Yang Zhong was not polite to the defenders of Chenggu County who took refuge in Xiao Ji.Including the guards, those who are even taller and above, all beheaded as an example to others!It can be described as an iron-blooded method.

Yang Zhong didn't ask them why they took refuge in Xiao Ji, and whether they were forced. In short, the methods were very simple and rude.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Zhong ordered people to put on the flag of the Forbidden Army on the top of the city, arranged for the people in the city to put on military uniforms to defend the city, and set up a large camp outside the city, and asked Duan Shao to lead 50 people to pretend to be, and still let the people put on military uniforms Make up the numbers in the camp and pretend to be soldiers inside.

On the whole, it is to make a posture that a large army arrives in Hanzhong and will not be attracted.

Knowing that the soldiers and horses of the imperial court had arrived, Xiao Yuanzhao, who had been in panic all day long in Nanzheng City, finally settled down.

And Wang Wei, who used to go to the government office to look for Xiao Yuanzhao every day, didn't seem to bother to talk to him. He just drank and had fun in the other courtyard where he lived all day long, and went from door to door in the city to find beauties. Fen didn't like it very much, and looked like a hungry ghost who couldn't ask for it and was furious.

After Xiao Yuanzhao learned about this, he was relieved, and let him go, no longer care about this matter.Seeing the soldiers and horses from the imperial court approaching, both of them seemed to relax, playing their own games without interfering with each other.

However, on the third day after Yang Zhong's five hundred elites settled in Chenggu County, Xiao Yuanzhao's "Hanzhong Palace" had an unexpected visitor.

Chapter 647 Sheng Mien, Dou Mi Chou

Liu Yishou, who had already led his troops to Tunza in Xiangyang City, received a letter from Yang Zhong.

The five hundred elites led by Yang Zhong have settled in Chenggu County, the easternmost part of Hanzhong County, and completed part of the set goals.

In the letter, Yang Zhong expounded on how the vanguard army will fight in the next step. To put it simply, it is: lead but not send, two-pronged approach!

On the one hand, he attacked Xiao Ji with words and bluffs, saying that the main force of the court had arrived, and set up a large camp outside Chenggu County, pretending to be a large army, to deter Xiao Ji from acting rashly.

On the other hand, he let go of Nan Zheng and hid himself aside to see the aftermath!Regardless of whether the soldiers and horses of the Western Wei Dynasty came or not, they could deal with them calmly, and it would not be said that they were picked up by Xiao Ji.

This is tantamount to denying Liu Yishou's previous military orders.

One must know that before departure, Liu Yishou asked Yang Zhong to lead troops to station near Nanzheng.

However, Yang Zhong explained the reason in the letter, and emphasized that this was Duan Shao's idea, and he also thought it was feasible.

A gentleman leads but does not send, jumps like a man.

With only 500 people in Yang Zhong's hands, it is obviously much better to keep a deterrent with firmness and softness, than to rush up to Xiao Yuanzhao's sword in a foolish way.Liu Yishou has been admonishing and has accepted the suggestions put forward by Yang Zhong and others.

"Yang Zhong handles affairs properly."

Putting down the letter, Liu Yishou couldn't help but nodded slightly, weighing the pros and cons in his mind.

Yang Zhong did a good job, especially not recklessly, and did everything that should be done.

Now it's his turn to follow up as the master.A good start is half the battle, but not the whole story.After Liu Yishou brought the team of ten thousand people to Xiangyang, he thought about how many people he would bring to Hanzhong.