Humane Yongchang

Chapter 398
"Han Xin's department started from Jixian County, passed through Guangchang and Lingqiu, and entered Yanmen County. Now it has reached Pingcheng, and after Jiuyuan, it is a horse in Pingchuan..."

In the Yanqing Palace, Chen Feng, dressed in a black military uniform, stood on the map of the twelve states, holding a long bamboo stick, on the map of Youzhou and Bingzhou, and gestured towards Chen Sheng and Li Si around him. , Fan Zeng, Meng Tian, ​​Li Xin, and others, explained the route map of Bingzhou that Han Xin attacked.

Li Si and Fan Zengjin followed the trajectory of the bamboo stick in Chen Feng's hand intently, deducing Han Xin's next attack target.

However, Chen Sheng's eyes were fixed on the big "Ying" character on the map of Yongzhou located in the west of Bingzhou, thoughtfully.

Soon, Chen Feng finished reporting the information held by the Special Warfare Bureau, pinched his palms and said, "The report of the last commander is completed, please instruct the king!"

When Chen Sheng came back to his senses, he saw Li Si, Fan Zeng and the others all looking at him, and immediately said with a chuckle, "All of you are my ministers, so feel free to speak up if you have any opinions."

Everyone bowed their heads in thought, but did not rush to speak.

After a short while, Meng Tian took the lead and said with a hand: "Your Majesty, although Han Xin is not well-known, but looking at his use of troops, he is a perfect match, and there is evidence for advancing and retreating.

Fan Zeng followed him out of the queue, waving his hand and saying, "Your Majesty, Bingzhou's folk customs are fierce and fierce, and it is one of the few places in Kyushu that has not been devastated by military disasters. There are abundant soldiers, money and food, and it is also rich in good horses. If my big Han does not interfere, Sit back and watch Bingzhou fall into the hands of Taipingdao, and fear raising tigers!"

Li Si glanced at the map, then looked at Meng Tian and Fan Zeng, and then stepped out to greet him, "The old minister and General Meng and Fan Sima have different opinions. The tiger and wolf generation, who killed Ji Zhou's envoys last year, took over Yongzhou to stand on their own. He had hundreds of thousands of Yongzhou troops, and Bingzhou was the gateway to Yongzhou. How could he sit by and watch Han Xin's son enter Bingzhou? According to the old ministers, the situation in Bingzhou has become a furnace. Fire, my big man must not be involved in it, it is the best policy to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight!”

When Li Xin heard the words, he strode out of the queue, clasped his hands, and said loudly, "The Minister of the Left will not agree with you, but every square inch of the territory of the Han army comes from the spear and spear of my Han army officer, sitting on a mountain to watch tigers fight. Is it possible to see the country by sitting on a mountain and watching tiger fights? Is it possible that after Ying Zheng and Han Xin decide between male and female, they can hand over Bingzhou to my big man? Entering Bingzhou as soon as possible, occupying favorable terrain, breaking the camera, and occupying the entire territory of Bingzhou in one fell swoop, completely defeated the idea of ​​Taiping Road westward... Your Majesty, the last general is willing to lead [-] troops and horses to the northern expedition to Bingzhou!"

"reckless!"

Li Si stared at his old eyes and said with a serious expression: "Do you know how long it takes to go to Bingzhou? How much manpower and material resources does Wang Ting need to spend to maintain your [-]-strong army on the expedition? Are you waiting for the bravery of a man?"

"coward!"

Li Xin was not at all cowardly, and with a stretch of his neck, he shouted angrily, "We have to wait until Han Xin's son has captured the entire territory of Bingzhou, recruited generals, gathered grain and built defenses, waited for work, and then raised troops to the northern expedition? Could it be that I am Han? Jun Erlang's life, in the eyes of Er et al., is not as good as a little money?"

Li Si was furious, and when he rolled up his sleeves, he was about to spray: "Shuzi..."

"All right!"

Chen Shengfeng waved his sleeves lightly, and said with a smile: "If you say something, just say something, why did you attack him personally?"

His voice was not loud, but Li Si and Li Xin both restrained their anger, clasped their hands and said in unison, "I'm rude, Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

Chen Sheng nodded slightly, stretched out his hand with a gentle infuriating qi, and lifted the two up: "The views of the two of you are very insightful, but they are not comprehensive. Now listen to me and tell me my views!"

The five people in the hall held their hands together and lowered their hands to listen.

Chen Sheng said calmly: "Mr. Li's views are somewhat similar to mine."

"Bingzhou is not only the gateway to Yongzhou, but also the only way out for Yongzhou soldiers to open up the situation to the east. Ying Zheng will never sit back and watch Han Xin capture Bingzhou."

"For Han Xin, the bitter and cold land of Youzhou is under the eye of the Youzhou army, so it is by no means a place to live for a long time, and Jizhou and Qingzhou around him are also his Taiping Road site, and his only way out is Bingzhou. , so this time, even if he has all his family, he will definitely eat Bingzhou!"

"Neither of the two have a choice, they must fight to the death in Bingzhou!"

"Ying Zheng is better than a solid foundation. Guanzhong's children are brave and good at fighting, and they are rich in money and food."

"Han Xin, it's better to be backed by the mountain of Taiping Road. There is no shortage of reinforcements, money and food!"

"In my opinion, the tug-of-war between these two will never be known for a year or two!"

"If my big man gets involved too early, I will fall into this long and meaningless tug-of-war, draining the country's strength in vain."

"And with the power of my big Han today, as soon as my Han army soldiers step into the territory of Bingzhou, it is very likely that they will be jointly targeted by the two."

"If you push forward under the pressure of the two families, you will have to keep increasing your troops. Not to mention 25 soldiers, even a [-] army may not be able to win Bingzhou!"

"If you retire, it will be a waste of national strength, not to mention, it will also weaken the illustrious reputation of my Han army soldiers who fought in the South and the North!"

"This is one of them!"

Having said that, Chen Sheng once again glanced at the three states of Yong, Bing and You in the north of the map of twelve states.

In fact, he was also very interested in the outcome of Qin Shihuang's match against Bingxian.

Although this Qin Shihuang is not a complete body, the current soldier immortal is not a complete body either.

What's even better is that the confrontation between the two is very much like the dispute between Li Si and Li Xin.

Ying Zheng is better at internal affairs and strategy.

And Han Xin is good at training and tactics.

These two must be very interesting!
"Secondly, Han Xin is the commander of Youzhou Qu in Taiping Road. To be precise, he should be the commander of the Zhang family who is most valued by the Zhang family at this stage."

"Do you think that the Zhang family will sit back and watch as my big man dispatches a large army to expedition Han Xin?"

"It just so happens that his Jizhou Yellow Turban Army is in the north of our Han army, and they can easily cut off our Han army's food supply without any effort."

"As soon as the food supply is cut off, then I will have to devote all my energy to the Taiping Road headquarters in Jizhou for the last battle."

"The Zhang family and his son have been running Jizhou for more than ten years, and they have more than 20 elite Yellow Turbans. Even if Song Yi of Qingzhou is watching from the sidelines, it will take 30 troops to defeat the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou!"

"If 30 troops are sent to the north to attack Taiping Road, do you think that King Jian of Hanoi's 20-odd imperial concubine army will still be able to sit still?"

"Will Ji Zhou Wangting, who is huddled in Yizhou, can't sit still?"

"Are you ready to start the battle for the unification of Kyushu?"

Said it was his own opinion.

But in fact, Chen Sheng did not reveal any bias of his own, just stated his views on the situation and raised the questions he saw one by one.

But just like this, the five people in the hall said their heads lowered, and the mosquitoes and flies did not dare to make louder voices.

They did see the problem.

Too bad I don't see much...

Even Li Si, who has seen it most comprehensively, has failed to see the most crucial point of the battle for the reunification of Kyushu, which is the most important point that Wang Ting's blending in the Battle of Merizhou is very likely to make the local war evolve into a successful battle of Kyushu.

And Li Xin, the only head of the main battle in the hall, is already sweaty at this moment...

'Thanks to the king for his vision and wisdom, if he were like me, wouldn't he be completely blind? '

The crowd muttered to themselves.

"Are there any comments?"

However, Chen Sheng didn't seem to see their nervousness, and he still said calmly: "Then I'll take care of this matter, let's sit and watch the tiger fight first, and when they are almost done fighting, then send troops, and the battle will be settled! "

'Qiankun? '

The five people in the hall were shocked and secretly glanced at Chen Sheng from the corner of their eyes.

The meaning of this sentence does not sound like it is only to clean up Bingzhou, but it seems to take this opportunity to pacify the three states of Yongzhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou in one battle!

……

When Chen Feng left and returned, he saw Chen Sheng standing alone on the map of the twelve states, pondering something.

He bowed his hands and said, "Long live, long live, long live my king, Chen Feng, the last general."

Chen Sheng turned his head and glanced at him, and said with a chuckle, "What's the matter? Is there anything else?"

Chen Feng nodded: "The last general just forgot to report to the king. A few days ago, General Lian Po of the Bolang Army sent an envoy to Anyi, asking me, the big man, to temporarily lend them a batch of grain for the Bolang Army."

"Borrow food?"

Chen Sheng frowned and asked, "Where's Ji Zhou? Didn't you give the Bolang Army food?"

Chen Feng whispered: "As far as the last general knows, since the battle of Chenliu last year, Ji Zhou has not allocated a truckload of grain to the Langbo Army."

After Chen Sheng pondered for a few breaths, he raised his eyes and said, "Come on!"

The audience on duty outside the store entered the hall in response, and said, "Your Majesty."

Chen Sheng: "Go and invite Fan Sima to come again."

Audience: "Only!"

Chen Feng glanced at him secretly, and whispered: "Your Majesty, how can we, the big man, have surplus grain to lend to the Bolang Army?"

Chen Sheng sighed lightly, "Squeeze and squeeze, there will always be something, old General Lian Po is not easy, I don't know what's going on with the Youzhou army, Jingzhou still produces food, but Youzhou doesn't. What kind of food, and a Han Xin... Chen Feng!"

Chen Feng hurriedly said, "The last will be here!"

Chen Sheng lowered his head and looked at the route from Yanzhou to Youzhou on the map of the twelve states: "Prepare a generous gift, send someone to Jizhou to meet Zhang Liang, and borrow the road from him on Taiping Road for me, and borrow the road from Yanzhou to Youzhou!"

Chen Feng was shocked and lost his voice: "Brother, we can't handle the mess of the Youzhou Army!"

Chen Sheng shook his head gently: "As much as you can help, you can't let the soldiers of the Youzhou Army go to fight with the bastards on an empty stomach... By the way, does Qingzhou Song Yi have a reply?"

Chen Feng looked at his back, opened his mouth, and swallowed the words of persuasion when he reached his lips, so he had to answer: "There is a reply, but it is still the same as before, talking about it, talking to the left, and neither agreeing. , do not refuse."

Chen Sheng let out a soft "huh" and said lightly: "Go and write a letter, just say that I asked him to borrow food, 50 shi!"

As soon as the voice fell, before Chen Feng responded, he shouted again: "Come on!"

Another attendant on duty stepped in quickly: "Your Majesty."

Chen Sheng: "Go and invite General Meng to come again."

Audience: "Only."

Chen Feng instantly understood what Chen Sheng wanted to do, and stammered in a low voice: "Your Majesty, is this possible?"

Chen Sheng pondered for a few breaths, then answered truthfully: "I'm not sure, but since appeasement is not very useful, let's try to scare him, maybe let him do something for our big man, he will have feelings for our big man? "

Chen Feng: "Ah this..."

At the right time, Fan Zeng went to the call and returned, waving his hands and saying, "Old minister Fan Zeng, pay homage to the king, long live my king, long live, long live."

Chen Sheng turned around and looked at him: "Fan Gong, please get up!"

Fan Zeng bowed his hands again respectfully: "Thank you, King."

Chen Sheng said straight to the point: "Bo Lang Jun asked me to borrow grain from a big man, but how much grain is currently stored in Yuzhou and Yangzhou?"

Fan Zeng was also surprised when he heard the words, and instinctively wanted to persuade him, but before he could say anything, he realized that Chen Sheng was not asking for his opinion, but directly asked him how much grain was left in Yuzhou, obviously he had already decided I had no choice but to raise my hands and said: "Go back to your lord, according to the report from the town guards of the prefectures a month ago, there are still 12 shi of grain in the counties of Yuzhou, and 18 shi in the counties of Yangzhou..."

Speaking of this, he still couldn't hold back his mournful voice: "Think again, Your Majesty, these grains are all pulled out from the teeth by the folks from Yuzhou. There are still three months before the autumn harvest. These rations can't be moved!"

Fan Zeng is not ignorant of justice.

It's just that he is a relatively absolute person, and the matter of eating the king's salary, loyalty to the king, and everything else, are not considered by him.

No one knows better than him, how much effort Chen Sheng has put in in order to make the people of Hanting have food to eat...

Facing Fan Zeng's plea, Chen Sheng was silent for a long time before he sighed heavily and said softly, "It's midsummer now, and we have no food, we can eat grass roots and bark, as long as we survive these three months, Everyone can eat new rice, but we can cook it, but the soldiers of the wave-fighting army can’t cook it. They can’t eat grass roots and bark to fight with the Baiyue people... Pass my Wang Ling, Yangzhou and Yuzhou will mobilize them. One hundred thousand stone grains will be transported to Jingzhou as soon as possible!"

"As soon as possible, sort out the grain reserves in Yan and Xu prefectures, and distribute them equally among Yang and Henan prefectures. Let's help each other and survive the next three months!"

Fan Zeng was helpless, so he could only take orders: "Wei!"

At this moment, Meng Tian, ​​who returned from the call, also quickly entered the Yanqing Palace, squeezed his palms and said, "Long live, long live, my king, Meng Tian!"

Chen Sheng: "Meng Tian obeyed the order and immediately returned to Xuzhou, leading the [-] troops from Xuzhou headquarters to Langya County, waiting for Wang Ling!"

Meng Tian's heart froze when he heard the words, and without hesitation he answered loudly: "Wei!"

Chen Sheng waved his hand: "Go back home and say goodbye to your father, and get on the road as soon as possible."

Meng Tian held hands again: "I will retire at the end."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and hurriedly left the Yanqing Palace, and went straight to his home.

Fan Zeng, who had not left, was also very puzzled when he heard that, and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, do you want to use troops against Qingzhou?"

He is a big Sima, and the army also needs him to cooperate in mobilizing food supplies, so there is this question.

Chen Sheng smiled and shook his head slightly: "No, I just need General Meng to lead the army to make a gesture to scare the loach in Qingzhou... Hurry up and sort out the food storage situation in each state. I am in the Yanqing Palace today. If you have any difficulties, feel free to ask! "

Fan Zeng: "Old minister retire."

(End of this chapter)