Horse on the World

Chapter 359 Threesome

Yuan Fang smiled slightly, but did not answer Qu Yongjie's words, but said: "Li Qing pacified the grassland, and after the battle on the grassland, he stabbed his ally Shi Weiren mercilessly in the back. Now it's not only the grassland, Even the territories of the Shiwei people fell into his hands, and a year later he established the Protectorate of the Eastern and Western Regions, formally bringing these territories under his control."

"This son has great talent and strategy, he hates black hands, and the grassland and Shiwei people will be settled in one battle. It is difficult for someone who is not a great strategist to do it. Although this son will solve the pain of Da Chu for hundreds of years, he will not let people Don't worry!" Mr. Long sighed: "The capable minister who governs the world, the hero in troubled times, Mr. Chen Xiyan, the chief assistant, is right in his words!"

Qu Yongjie was also speechless, for Li Qing, he felt a deep pain. "Mr. Long said yesterday was good. If this is the era of great rule, then with Li Qing's talent, he will naturally become the barrier of Great Chu in the Western Regions. Even if he goes on an expedition to the Western Regions, it would not be uncommon for him to expand the territory of Great Chu. But now, He has obviously turned his attention to the Central Plains and started his layout."

Yuan Fang nodded, "That's right, this person has great ambitions, just because he can let go of his hatred with the Xiao family and form an alliance with the Xiao family, take the opportunity to win the state, and sign a non-aggression treaty with the Lu family while occupying Lu state If you look at Changqi and Luofeng, and send a navy to assist Zeng, then you will know what he is playing for."

Mr. Long shook his head and said: "Li Qing is the same as King Ning, both of them have the idea of ​​long-distance friendship and short-term attack. King Ning assisted the Lu family to attack the Zeng family, and Li Qing secretly assisted the Zeng family to fight against the Lu family. The more advantageous Li Qing is, if the Lu family is dragged down by the Zeng family, then the Dingzhou iron cavalry will enter from Bingzhou without hesitation and fully occupy the Lu family's territory, and his navy is within the Zeng family's territory. At that time, water and land were advancing together, and the Zeng family really had no other way to go except to bow to him."

Qu Yongjie is a good fighter in war, but he is a bit slow to these twists and turns of strategic layout. Hearing Mr. Long's analysis, he couldn't help but gasp, "Mr. Long, if what you said is true, then when Li Qing Isn't it impossible to contain the power of his forces, presumably at that time, it is time for him to enter the Central Plains."

Mr. Long sighed: "That's it. Li Qing is an upright conspiracy. Even if you know it, so what, the situation is forced, you can only watch him walk step by step. The Lu family hopes to defeat the Zeng family quickly. Then turn around and deal with Li Qing, but Li Qing will not allow him to do what he wants, if the Zeng family really loses, I think that even if Li Qing is not ready, he will brazenly send troops to attack the Lu family and make him fall into a double battle."

"Is there no solution?" Qu Yongjie said.

Mr. Long smiled slightly, "It's not impossible. One is that the Lu family defeated the Zeng family in a very short period of time, but this is obviously unrealistic. The second is that King Ning sent troops to the Zeng family to attack the Lu family on both sides, forcing the Zeng family to defeat the Zeng family. Clan surrendered, Clan Lu then turned around to deal with Li Qing, holding Li Qing back. But there must be one condition, that is, King Ning must first win the battle of Qinzhou in an all-round way before he can spare his troops to deal with Clan Zeng."

Qu Yongjie shook his head and said: "In the battle of Qinzhou, King Ning might win easily, but now it seems that King Ning will lose the first battle."

"There is another chance." Mr. Long said.

Qu Yongjie lifted his spirits and said, "I would like to hear the details."

"Yizhou!" Mr. Long said.

"Yizhou is the seat of Li Qing's family. If any party in the Central Plains suddenly attacks Yizhou and Yizhou is in danger, the Li family will definitely order Li Qing to enter the customs early to join the war. This may also break Li Qing's strategic deployment." Long Mr. said.

Yuan Fang shook his head, "This is unlikely. The Xiao family will not conflict with Dingzhou now, and King Ning will not take the initiative to provoke a war with Li Qing at this time. If Li Qing is angered, he will completely form an alliance with the Xiao family and Dingzhou If the state iron cavalry crosses into the Central Plains, King Ning will be defeated."

"What if we attack Yizhou?" Qu Ping suddenly asked.

The three people in the room all laughed, "Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand." Qu Yongjie laughed and scolded, "King Ning and Xiao Shi both have the strength to attack Yizhou, but they dare not poke this hornet's nest, and we are He has neither the strength nor the need to poke a hornet's nest."

"Father also underestimated our Dingzhou army. As far as I know, Yizhou only has 3 horses, and there are [-] elite cavalry who went to Dingzhou. On the contrary, we have the upper hand in terms of military strength. Why do we It has no strength."

Mr. Long shook his head, "Qu Ping, go and look at the map first, there is only a narrow passage at the border between us and Yizhou, and since Li Qing's rise in Yizhou, he has made up his mind to stick to it. All the dangerous towns in the prefecture are built with forts all over the place. According to Yuan Fang, these forts are Li Qing's first bastions in Dingzhou. They are extremely difficult to attack. Back then Wanyan Bulu's [-] troops were unable to take down Fuyuan. You Thinking about our faction going to attack Yizhou, I am afraid that we will be exhausted before we go deep into the mainland of Yizhou. At that time, will Xingzhou be able to survive? The two tigers around us will rush forward and bloody us shredded."

"So, is there no way for Li Qing to contain it?" Qu Ping said unconvinced.

"That's why Mr. Long just said that what Li Qing did was a conspiracy. He set up the situation openly. How to break the situation is not only something we think about. How can Xiao Shi, King Ning, Lu Shi and others not see it? But it is up to people to plan, and it is up to God to make things happen. Even if Li Qing lays out the situation one by one, how can the world go his way? If it is so simple to compete in the Central Plains, then why should Xiao Haoran and King Ning bother to plan? Ten years?" Qu Yongjie laughed.

"What your father said is right. Now we can only take one step at a time and adapt to the situation. But the most urgent thing is that our own strength in Xingzhou needs to be improved rapidly. Brother Qu, I will be responsible for the information. Your planning, strategic layout, and diplomatic communication are all handled by Mr. Long for you, and there is only one thing you have to do."

"Army!" Qu Yongjie stood up, "Don't worry, Mr. Long and Brother Yuan. In one year, I can train the current [-] Xingzhou soldiers into elites. In two years, I can train [-] soldiers. If I have three years, As long as Zhongyin guarantees that the logistics will be safe, I can train a hundred thousand soldiers."

Mr. Long said with a smile: "Don't train an elite like the imperial forest army back then, who was defeated by Li Qing's Dingzhou soldiers."

Being mercilessly exposed by Long Xian, Qu Ping showed anger on his face, but now he only dares to be angry with Mr. Long after a long period of time, and he dare not speak out to Mr. Long. The ridicule was not angry, and he said seriously: "Mr. Long's words are very reasonable. The battle with the Dingzhou soldiers was like a blow to me. It woke me up completely. Li Qing was right. I didn't go up Soldiers who have been on the battlefield can never be called elites, the Imperial Forest Army back then could only be regarded as a good-looking army, and the Dingzhou soldiers are an army capable of fighting, but now the Central Plains are fighting in chaos, presumably our Xingzhou soldiers will not be short of battles."

Yuan Fang laughed and said, "Do you also want to follow in Li Qing's footsteps and use the spirit of a mad dog?"

"As long as I can win, let alone a mad dog, I will recognize a mad cow." Qu Yongjie laughed. "Although I don't like Li Qing, he is really good at training soldiers."

Qu Ping said strangely: "Father, just now you said that we are not strong enough to provoke Yizhou, but you just said that we have no shortage of battles in Xingzhou, so if we can fight anyone, Yizhou can't fight, so it's convenient Only King Ning and Xiao Shi, they are stronger!"

Mr. Long smiled and said: "We don't attack Yizhou because we don't want Xiao Shi or King Ning to take advantage of it, but Xiao Shi or King Ning, it's not like we don't have the opportunity to beat them."

"How do you say this?" Qu Ping was puzzled.

"It depends on the timing. For us in Xingzhou, as long as we seize the right timing, we can seek the greatest benefits." Mr. Long said: "Xingzhou's strategy is to let the Xiao family and King Ning To maintain a balance of power, to put it simply, we see who is going to lose, and we will help whoever loses. In short, let them fight as hard as possible. At this time, even if we take advantage of some people , He didn’t dare to lose his temper, and he had to come to us to be careful, hoping to pull us over again.”

"This, isn't this double-faced?" Qu Ping said in shock.

"Son, this is politics!" Yuan Fang said meaningfully: "The military has always been just an auxiliary means of politics, and it is only used to achieve political goals."

Qu Ping nodded as if he didn't understand.

"Li Qing was able to manage such a huge power within a few years from a mere school lieutenant. Master, your foundation is much stronger now than he was back then. Can you achieve his career?" Mr. Long took a sip of tea, road.

Qu Yongjie stood up, high-spirited, "With Mr. Long's strategy and Brother Yuan's help, Qu certainly has the confidence to restore the prestige of the Great Chu, and kill all these rebellious officials and thieves under his horse."

"And I!" Qu Ping waved his fist, "My son has nothing else. He leads troops to fight, and he is the first to charge but never to be left behind."

Everyone in the room laughed.

In the dead of night, Mr. Long stood alone under the moon, looked up at the waning moon, and muttered to himself, "Li Qing, Li Qing, do you also want to leap into the Central Plains? Do you want to reshape the soul of Great Chu, or I want to start a new stove, and set up a new door!"

The waning moon was silent, quietly hidden behind the clouds, leaving him only darkness and boundless silence.

In Linxi Town, a great battle is going on fiercely. Ten thousand southern troops led by Zhang Wei are attacking a battalion of Yulin Army led by Xiao Tianci. The two sides started a fierce battle outside Linxi Town. Godsend to dig the embankment to release water, Zhang Wei only invests one or two battalions of troops each time, Zhang Wei's attention is a war of attrition, if you want to release water, that's fine, it can only flood my forward, as long as the water is released, we will When the rear army pounces on you, there is nothing you can do.The two armies were sticking together, fighting outside Linxi Town.

"General Xiao, what should we do, the troops are suffering heavy casualties now, should we withdraw the brothers from outside into the town, and order to release the water!"

An imperial guard officer anxiously called Xiao Tianci number one.

Xiao Tianci chuckled, "Don't panic, stick to these dogs, slowly introduce them into the town, and we will slowly retreat to the mountain temple. I will give Zhang Wei a chance to surround me."

"General, there are still thousands of people in the town!" The Imperial Forest officer's expression changed drastically.

Xiao Tianci gave him a cold look, "I know."

(End of this chapter)