The Book of Heaven

Chapter 426 Imperial Strategy
"Winning Banquet? Is it possible that Li Yuan wants to prepare fine wine for you?"

Li Yuan and his son resigned very cleanly, and there were not even a single soldier standing guard around the handsome tent. The few Ma family children who followed Ma Zheng acted as Ma Zheng's personal soldiers and began to guard. The simple but luxurious handsome tent made Ma Zheng a little bit Surprised, the Northwest Frontier Army did not have this kind of treatment, and the generals of the Han Empire would actually enjoy it.

However, Zhao Shuying's ridicule made Ma Zheng shake his head secretly. No matter how high Li Yuan's status in the army was, he could not openly violate the court's laws. Drinking alcohol in the army is a taboo. Even in the past, it is still not guaranteed, let alone this special time.

"Take a rest, I'm tired these days." Ma Zheng pointed to the big bed in the tent. Although there will be a banquet to come, Zhao Shuying's temperament will definitely not attend, and neither will Ma Zheng. Force her to attend.Zhao Shuying didn't refuse and went straight to the bed and lay down. She closed her eyes and didn't know if she was really sleeping or just resting.

Ma Zheng also took this opportunity to adjust his physical condition. Li Yuan and his son were very sincere just now, but no one can guarantee that all this is the truth. There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses outside the handsome account. With a single order, those soldiers and horses rushed in, even if they didn't use weapons, just putting on 20 pairs of casters was enough to turn Ma Zheng and his group into meat sauce.

Thinking of this, Ma Zheng complained about Ma Daogong in his heart. It was completely thankless to give Lao Shizi the job of supervising the army. It would be better to go to the front line and become a leading general. Although the risk is higher, but with Ma Zheng's current level of martial arts , as long as you don't go deep alone to save your life, it shouldn't be a problem, and it's easier to make contributions.

It is useless to say more about things now, we can only take one step at a time.

It took about half a day for Ma Zheng to hear Li Yuan's footsteps, and a moment later his soldiers came in to report that Li Yuan was waiting outside the tent for Ma Zheng to attend the welcome banquet.

"Don't worry about me, I'll save you if you get stuck."

"Li Yuan doesn't dare." Ma Zheng smiled and agreed to Zhao Shuying, and walked out of the tent.

"The armor of the Overseer."

"I'm used to it. Everything in the battlefield is kept simple. Don't mind General Li."

"No, the last general is just afraid that it will be inconvenient for the supervisor."

As a general in charge of the army, Li Yuan has seen all kinds of armor in the empire. In his impression, there is no armor that does not affect people's actions after wearing it. The stronger the armor, the more restrictive it is on physical activities. is big.This suit of armor on Ma Zheng seemed to be very light, but Li Yuan had a good eye, and he had already seen that this suit of armor was very special, at least he had never seen that kind of armor.

But when he thought about the relationship between Ma Zheng and Zhuge's family, Li Yuan felt relieved.As the most important son-in-law of this generation of the Zhuge family, it is normal for Ma Zheng to have some good things about him.

There are not many people who are eligible to participate in the reception banquet. Ma Zheng is the chairman, Li Yuan is the company, and the others are the background. Li Yuanji and Li Shimin are not even qualified to sit, they can only sit outside the camp Guard as a guard.

Sure enough, Li Yuan was not crazy enough to serve wine in the army. The seemingly sumptuous dishes actually did not exceed the regulations of the empire. After toasting each other with water instead of wine, they began to eat stuffily. When the food was almost finished, Ma Zheng spoke. Only then did he open up the chatterbox and start talking about the current situation.

Every general who is qualified to sit down and eat is a veteran of the [-] army, and they are all real leading generals. At least [-] soldiers and horses are under him, and all of them are veterans on the battlefield. This battle is well-organized.Ma Zheng also heard clues from the discussions of these people.

Originally, this battle against the Dayue Clan was a rare opportunity for every general to make meritorious contributions. The strategic arrangements of the upper, middle and lower armies should not fail. Now Li Yuan's army is because of the Li family The other two armies have accepted most of the results with a smile, so that Li Yuan's army, from the soldiers to the generals, has some resentment in their hearts.

"So it doesn't make any difference whether we go to the battlefield or not?" After listening to Ma Zheng for a long time, this sentence suddenly appeared, and the lively camp suddenly fell into silence.This is really hard to answer, no matter why Ma Zheng became the supervisor, at least from the outside, Ma Zheng looks very young.

It's hard to grasp the young people's disposition. God knows whether Ma Zheng likes to fight or is greedy for life and fear of death. If there is no difference, the young supervising army will immediately order the troops to withdraw. Also buried himself?

"Master Supervisor, in fact, we still need to send troops. Judging from the intelligence collected by the court in the past few years, the real important enemy in the northwest of the empire is not the Da Yue Clan." Li Yuan explained with a wry smile.

"Well, that's what I've always thought. A mere Yue clan is worth our 30 troops? This is a sledgehammer. General Li, you said there are bigger enemies in our empire in the northwest, isn't that? "

"Of course it's the Great Food Kingdom in the northwest." Li Yuan's face was also a bit ugly when he said that. As an important general in the court, the threat of the Great Food to the empire has existed for many years, and it is also a serious problem for the court.It's just that Dashi doesn't seem to be expanding to the east for the time being, but the court doesn't dare to take it lightly. God knows if those Dashi cavalry who fight like lunatics will suddenly come one day and give the Dahan Empire northwest. The border has suffered heavy losses.

Bingfa Da Yueshi means Da Shiguo, and Ma Zheng could only know the true intentions of the court when he sat in this barracks.

Judging from the map, the Da Yuezhi is located in the southwest of the empire, while the Dashi Kingdom is entrenched in the more northwest region of the empire. If the two forces join forces, it will be equivalent to the entire west of the empire being caught in the flames of war. At that time, even if the empire It is also difficult to mobilize the power of the whole country to hold such a long line of defense. It is easy to lose sight of one another, and even lose in local battles, which leads to the deterioration of the entire defense situation.

But if the Da Yuezhi can be captured, it will be equivalent to covering all the southwest of the empire. After the integration after the war, the empire will in turn encircle the Da Yuezhi in the northwest, forming an east and south encirclement, whether it is from the south or from the south. The East's attack on Dashi can make Dashi take care of one thing and lose another.

Of course, it is impossible to easily disclose this kind of strategic stuff to the outside world, and only the generals in this room can know a little bit, and it is even more impossible for Ma Zheng to know about it when he is in the rivers and lakes.

Before that, Ma Zheng always thought that the imperial court attacked the Da Yueshi because the Da Yueshi was not pleasing to the eye, but now he finally understood, and said with a smile: "After talking for a long time, the Da Yueshi is actually wronged, and the fault is that their territory is too big for the empire. Is it important?"

"Master Superintendent is really smart. Although the area where the Da Yue Clan is located is barren, but if the empire wants to develop the southwestern region in a stable way, it must take the Da Yue Clan." Li Yuan said with a smile in line with Ma Zheng.

"Okay, look, General Li, when is the best time for us to send troops?" Putting down his chopsticks, Ma Zheng suddenly asked.

"This..." Li Yuan didn't expect that Ma Zheng would ask this question directly. Of course, he wished that the sooner the better, but the problem is that if the troops are sent out now, who will be in command?

(End of this chapter)