Zhu Nao

Liang Guo was in full swing, gathering soldiers from all walks of life, and the news quickly reached the ears of Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji who were still in the river.

Zhu Nao immediately sent someone to conduct a more detailed investigation of Liang Guo's army that was about to enter the war, and also calculated their own current strength and the amount of food and grass.After checking all the information, Jun Nao called the main officials together for discussion.

At the beginning of the meeting, every official attending the meeting was given a thick stack of paper, on which was written the establishment of the enemy army, the division of troops of both sides, etc.After everyone has grasped the situation, they began to discuss the strategy against the enemy.

"Your Majesty," an official spoke first, "Liang Guo has gathered hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Henan, but our troops in Henan are only [-]. I'm afraid we need to mobilize more troops from Guanzhong to support."

Back then Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji led an army of 1 to attack Hezhong. After the battle was over and the busy farming season came, they sent most of the troops back to the fields.They left 2 people in the river and [-] people in Henan.However, [-] of the [-] troops in Henan belonged to Shangguan Xianyu's troops who had surrendered before.Although it can be used, the degree of loyalty is hard to say.In terms of military strength, they are far inferior to Liang Guo's army.

Everyone knows that they need to mobilize more troops to help them defend Henan more confidently, but how many people to mobilize is not an easy matter.

In the past few years, the various warlords in the Central Plains had been fighting constantly, but Zhu Nao rarely used troops and focused on self-cultivation. In addition, he vigorously supported farming and commerce, which saved a fortune for the Kingdom of Shu.However, in the past two years, the Kingdom of Shu has participated in many wars more frequently. First, it defended Jingzhou and counterattacked Changsha, and then captured Hezhong, and then marched all the way to take Henan. Not much left.

Now Liang Guo has found the granary of Chen Guo, and is attacking in a big way. If Zhu Nao continues to fight with them, it will be very unfavorable to the situation of Shu.

The officials suggested at least 2 troops to be mobilized, and as many as [-] soldiers and horses, and there was a stalemate for a while.

Another suggested: "Your Majesty, Liang Guo dared to attack aggressively this time because of Chen Guo's support. We might as well order General Zhengxi to march eastward from Changsha along the river, surprise Jiangzhou and Chizhou, and give Chen Guo a warning so that they Don’t dare to continue helping Liang.”

There are also people who hold the opposite opinion: "The reason why Chen Guo helps Liang is that they are worried that once Liang Guo falls, they will also be in danger. Instead of sending troops to attack them and confirm their worries, it is better to send envoys to Chen Guo to appease and bribe them. Let them believe that no matter whether we win or lose with Liang Guo, we will not be against them, and they will naturally no longer support Liang Guo. We have always had a good relationship with Chen Guo. It is better for the emissary of the debate to go with rich gifts than to go with heavy troops."

The two sides argued. "We used to have a good relationship with Chen Guo. That's because we have long-distance friendship and close attack. We will not pose a threat to Chen Guo. Now that we are on the west of the Gan River and north of the Huai River, Chen Guo is naturally afraid of us. How can these people be good at speaking? Can the emissary persuade?"

"The court of the Chen Kingdom is controlled by the children of the aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River. They are afraid of war. As long as we promise enough benefits, how can we not persuade them?"

The officials were arguing below, but Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji just listened carefully, whispering a few words from time to time.Nowadays, the scale of the war is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more aspects are involved, so it needs to be discussed by the officials of the various ministries first, so that they can better understand the situation of the enemy and us.

The officials analyzed the situation in Chen Guo, Xie Wuji shook his head slightly at Zhu Nao after listening.

He did not support sending envoys to fool the court of Chen State.Although Chen Guo was controlled by a group of nobles from aristocratic families, and these nobles from aristocratic families also had their own short-sightedness, but it didn't mean that they were all fools, and they were not short of money.It is difficult to send messengers to persuade them to change their minds.

As for whether to send troops to Chen Guo as a deterrent, Xie Wuji has reservations.

The officials were at loggerheads, so they put aside the measures against Chen Guo for the time being, and brought the topic back to how to fight against Liang Guo's army.

Since they had already found out the origin of the 12 Liang Guojun that had been mobilized, they also found that Tao Bei did not actually send any real elites to attack Henan, but instead sent motley troops.This is the good news among the bad news for the Shu Kingdom - the enemies they are about to face are not very difficult to deal with.

Then an official said: "Your Majesty, the army sent by Tao Bei is all miscellaneous troops left over from years of war in the Central Plains. These miscellaneous armies have no loyalty to Liang Guo. I heard that Tao Bei dispatched them to assist Shangguan before. Xian, but they failed to mobilize them. Now they are willing to send troops because Chen Guo gave them food and grass. Why don't we secretly send people to instigate and surrender those troops so that they can be used by us."

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately aroused a lot of opposition.

"Inappropriate! Those miscellaneous troops are all mobs, and even many bandits from the green forest have no military discipline and no combat power. The reason why Tao Bei sent those troops to attack Henan is because he didn't take pity on these mobs and killed them." I don’t feel bad either. If we bring people over, how will we deal with these mobs?!”

"That's right! Those miscellaneous troops are not only useless, but also very arrogant. I heard that Tao Bei has tried many times to dismiss them but failed. If we annex them, they will definitely not want to be reorganized and dismissed. It is really natural to do so." Make trouble."

"10,000+ troops, how much can we take down? The treasury has gradually become empty due to the wars in the past few years, and tens of thousands more soldiers will definitely cause a greater burden on the people!"

Hearing the plan of many people opposing countermeasures and surrendering, Junao couldn't help nodding in satisfaction.The officials who have been with him for a long time in these years are rarely full of empty talk, and most of them know that they must do practical things in a down-to-earth manner.What is down to earth?Just do what you can.

Over the years, Zhu Nao has indeed subdued a lot of influence, but he definitely does not accept everyone.Before accepting someone, you must take out your abacus to calculate whether the account is worthwhile and whether it can be used by him.I think when dealing with Xuantian Sect, Xuantian Sect also gathered 10,000+ mobs, but these people were suppressed and dismissed by Zhu Nao without even looking at them. Instead, Wei Bian, who had already fled, went to the official seal of Youzhou Mu. Talisman.

And the chronic illness that Liang Guo is facing now is largely caused by the former overlords of the Central Plains who randomly recruited people for the sake of temporary peace.If Zhu Nao takes these people next, wouldn't he take over the burden that Tao Bei threw away?

Seeing that Zhu Nao did not support surrender, someone suggested, "Your Majesty, we can dispatch tens of thousands of elite soldiers from Hanzhong and Shuzhong as soon as possible. When the enemy has just crossed the Yellow River, we will immediately take the initiative to attack and fight quickly to repel those mobs. !"

Some people supported this proposal: "That's right. The Liang Guojun is composed of many troops, and there must be no tacit understanding among them. Let's attack as soon as possible, and if they are caught off guard, the war can be resolved as soon as possible."

People who supported this plan gradually accounted for more than half.After all, if you don't surrender, you can only fight, right?

After listening to everyone's opinions, Zhu Nao turned his head to Xie Wuji and asked, "If you don't send reinforcements, with our current strength, are you sure you can hold Henan?"

Xie Wuji was a little surprised.Don't send reinforcements?The reason for not sending reinforcements was presumably because the raising of military rations was too damaging to the country's strength, but Zhu Nao clearly denied fighting a war of attrition at the beginning.After all, just blindly defending and delaying time, both sides will still consume a lot of manpower and financial resources, which may not be less than dispatching elite soldiers to take the initiative to attack.

However, since Zhu Nao asked, Xie Wuji thought for a while, and replied seriously: "Liang Guojun should march from the east and south. If we focus on defense, we will simply give up Kaifeng, defend Hulao Pass in the east, and occupy Ru in the south." Yang, at the same time use offense as defense..."

He pursed his lips and said conservatively: "I have never fought against those Liang Guojuns. If they are really just a mob, maybe they can hold on."

Kaifeng has one map and flat river, extending in all directions, and it has always been a prosperous metropolis of business and trade in its heyday.But in troubled times, it becomes a vegetable basket without a lid, and anyone can reach in and grab a handful.After the Zhengzhou defenders surrendered to the Shu army, half of the Kaifeng Liang officials fled, and the remaining half went directly to the city to meet the enemy, and there was no resistance.Now Xie Wuji also directly gave up on Kaifeng.

Zhu Nao said: "Then guard first and delay the time. Sending those people from Tao Bei is a strategy that kills three birds with one stone. At the same time, we will consume us, the disobedient army of Liang State, and Chen State. Fell for him."

Tao Bei's move was indeed very beautiful. No matter whether Shu Kingdom was fighting, wasting, or retreating, he would benefit both sides.If the Kingdom of Shu chooses to stick to the hard consumption, it will consume the national power of both the Kingdom of Shu and the Kingdom of Chen at the same time. Now, the Kingdom of Chen is saying that it will only provide [-] stones of food and grass, but if the war continues, can the Kingdom of Chen still do nothing? ?When they chose Lianliang, they had already turned against Shu, and it was not so easy to quit halfway.

If Tao Bei's treacherous plan succeeds, in the end Shu and Chen will be seriously injured at the same time, maybe they can really return to the three-legged situation!

Hearing what he said, Xie Wuji suddenly became energetic: "Do you have a plan?"

Zhu Nao said with a smile: "He has a good plan, he doesn't want to do business at a loss, but I want to let him lose money. For the present plan, the best way is to secretly separate people and make Liang's army kill each other."

Xie Wuji was slightly taken aback.Divorce is not the same as instigating rebellion. If it is instigating rebellion, the people of Shu will definitely give benefits and promises to Liang Guo’s army to bribe them to do things for them.But if there is a divorce, at least all of this has nothing to do with the Shu people on the surface, it is the Liang army's own business.

The 12 army of the Liang Kingdom is composed of seven or eight armies, and it is indeed a good idea to provoke them to fight among themselves.It's just that those miscellaneous soldiers are all greedy for life and afraid of death. Is it really so easy to provoke them?If the enemy army cannot be disintegrated as soon as possible, and the time delays for a long time, they will still be "taken by Tao Bei".

A flash of worry flashed in Xie Wuji's heart, but he raised his eyes and saw the calm and composed Zhu Nao beside him, after a moment's absence, he couldn't help laughing.

"I'm leaving tonight, go to Hulao Pass first, then go to Ruyang, and confirm the deployment." Xie Wuji paused, "Don't worry, with me here, I will never let them pass Hulao Pass and Ruyang !"