The king behind the empress

Chapter 409 Prelude to the Great War
"Nothing goes wrong..."

When Mo Yuanji heard Jia Yu say it was safe, he couldn't help but shook his head. Whether it was safe or not depends on how his nephew would react.

My nephew is like a lunatic, who knows what kind of reaction he will make.

However, although he was a little worried, he did not object to Jia Yu's opinion. After all, Dingzhou was too important to him. If he didn't take this opportunity to win Dingzhou, he would have to pay a price if he wanted to send troops later.

So he nodded, and said: "It's okay to send troops, but Situ Yao wants us to help him share the pressure, and we can't just do what he wants so easily."

"When his students come tomorrow, we might as well make the conditions higher. Anyway, there are so many family alliances, and there is no shortage of money. If we don't take this opportunity to kill them, it will seem that we look down on them."

"My lord is right."

Jia Yu echoed with a smile, then pondered for a moment, and said again: "There is one more thing to be aware of. Although Situ Yao failed to seize power at the beginning, there must still be nails planted by him in the Tianmen Army. If we meet him in the future If you do it, maybe it will cause serious trouble.”

"So taking advantage of this opportunity, it shouldn't be a problem for him to hand over the list of some people."

"I'm afraid that's enough."

Mo Yuanji couldn't help shaking his head when he heard the words, "Situ Yao must have guessed that we have plans to send troops, so he should be able to accept that their alliance should pay some price, but if it harms his interests, I'm afraid he won't agree. "

"No, he will agree. It's not even good that his disciples now have these lists."

Jia Yu had a different view on this, and he explained: "After all, his biggest enemy is not us, but the imperial court."

"So in order to unite us, I think he will make some concessions, not to mention..."

Having said this, Jia Yu's expression turned serious, "This person has been planning the imperial court for decades, and I don't believe he doesn't have any other trump cards in his hand."

"Before he was able to send [-] elite physiques to overthrow the imperial court, but now that the family has formed an alliance, he only sends out [-] ordinary elites. This is simply unreasonable."

"So I speculate that he must have an ace army in his hand, which is not inferior to our frontier army. Otherwise, he would never take the initiative to come out of the mountain, let alone be so confident."

"I believe you said that he has hidden strength, but you want to say that his hidden strength can be compared to the frontier army..."

Mo Yuanji shook his head and said, "That's basically impossible."

"After all, the strength of soldiers is obtained by fighting, not by raising. A small number of troops may be able to be cultivated by small fights like suppressing bandits, but it is impossible for a large number of troops."

"Unless he can cultivate the strength of the soldiers under his command to the strength above the refinement level, otherwise he will not be able to compare with the frontier army."

"However, if tens of thousands or even 10,000+ soldiers want to train all of them to be refined-level physical practitioners, he can't do it even if he sells his Situ family."

"My lord, this matter has to be guarded against."

Hearing Situ Yao's contemptuous tone, Jia Yu couldn't help but frowned, "After all, with Situ Yao's methods, even if it's just a recruit, being commanded by him to fight two games is enough to gain a foothold on the battlefield."

"What's more, now that the world is in chaos, there will definitely be wars in the future. At that time, even if he has recruits in his hands, he may be able to lead these recruits into an iron-blooded elite within two months."

"That's true."

Mo Yuanji's greatest strength is that he can listen to and persuade him. After hearing Jia Yu's words, he nodded, but after pondering for a moment, he shook his head again, and said helplessly, "But we didn't do that either." Method."

Speaking of this, Mo Yuanji felt very helpless, because occupying the northern border was his greatest advantage and at the same time his greatest disadvantage.

Coming to the northern border gave him the opportunity to take charge of the Tianmen army, but it also restricted his development. Because the northern border is sparsely populated, food and grass are not very sufficient. In the past, it relied on the supply of the imperial court, so the northern border has never been worried. The problem of excessive food and grass.

But since Tang Weiyi came to power, most of the grain supply in the northern border was directly cut off. Not only that, Tang Weiyi also made Dingzhou block the grain channels in the northern border. Even if he wanted to buy grain by himself, it would not work.

If those aristocratic families hadn't been smuggling food to the north in the past few years, I'm afraid he wouldn't even have enough food and grass to maintain the frontier army, let alone [-] new soldiers from expansion.

So at this time, even if he believed that Situ Yao had a hole card that could compete with the frontier army, he couldn't solve it. After all, with the food, grass and population of the northern border, raising [-] recruits would have ruined his fortune. If he wanted to expand, he would There is no such capital anymore.

"It's not difficult at this time."

Jia Yu glanced at Mo Yuanji, and then said in a calm tone: "What troubles us now is the food and grass of the population. As long as we win Dingzhou, these will not be a problem."

"It's useless, there's not enough time."

Mo Yuanji shook his head without hesitation, and said: "After we win Dingzhou, it may not take long for the southern battlefield to decide the winner. After those aristocratic families win, no matter what cards Situ Yao has. It was directly revealed, and there was no time for us to expand."

"If they can't tell the difference."

When Jia Yu said this, his expression looked a bit cold. Even Mo Yuanji couldn't help shivering when he saw his expression at this time. He suppressed the discomfort in his heart and asked, "What is it that you can't tell?" Win or lose?"

"All the old soldiers in the frontier army now add up to almost 12, and of the 12, only [-] are completely under our control. hand."

Jia Yu said calmly, "My lord thinks, if we send this group of people to Mo Zizai, will he lose so quickly?"

"It just so happens that we are going to send troops to Dingzhou, and we will use these soldiers to exchange for Dingzhou. I think this deal, no matter how crazy Mo Zizai is, he will not refuse."

"Give it away?"

Hearing this, Mo Yuanji couldn't help being a little surprised. He sent 1 people to Mo Zizai before, but Mo Zizai led these people to an easy victory. Now that the two sides are about to fight, Jia Yu wants to fight again. Sending someone away, is it addictive?

If Mo Yuanji didn't know Jia Yu well, he would really have wondered if Jia Yu was Mo Zizai's undercover agent here.

"This time is different from last time."

Jia Yu looked at Mo Yuanji's eyes and shook his head helplessly, "Last time I didn't expect that Mo Zizai would have such a strong Red Flame Dragonrider in his hands, so I gave him 1 people for nothing. "

"But it's different this time. The coalition forces of the aristocratic family add up to nearly a million troops. Unless Mo Zizai can conjure up several more red flame dragonriders, he will lose this battle."

"So my plan is to give Mo Zizai some more bargaining chips, so that the strengths of both sides are relatively equal, so that Mo Zizai will not have no power to fight back, and will not lose so quickly."

Although Mo Yuanji felt that what Jia Yu said was not wrong, he couldn't help but feel a little weird when thinking about what happened last time.

But after he figured out Jia Yu's words, he couldn't help being startled for a moment, adding troops to Mo Zizai, preventing Mo Zizai from being defeated so quickly, and giving himself time to develop. This is easy to say, but in fact it is very cruel.

Because if Mo Zizai and those who were allied with the aristocratic families couldn't decide the winner quickly, then Yuanling County and several counties around Yuanling County would definitely be sifted into a duel with so many troops.

And if the two sides are deadlocked in the frontal battlefield, they will definitely continue to force the people to go to the battlefield. If this is the case, the two sides will lose not only manpower, but also countless material resources. If things really go as smoothly as Jia Yu envisioned , Maybe the whole Dazhou will fall into this quagmire.

Imagine that in order to win, the two sides will desperately conscript the people under their own rule to join the army, and raise taxes to support the army. In addition, the income of the people has not been very good in the past few years. If it really develops to this point, I am afraid In just a few months, Da Zhou will become miserable.

Even, by that time, people might rise up everywhere in Dazhou.

"So, isn't that too much?"

Mo Yuanji was silent for a moment, and then said: "After all, we still have foreign enemies on our side. With such internal friction, I am afraid that even if we win the world, the national strength will be too depleted."

Both Mo Zizai and Situ Yao felt that the losses in this battle were within an acceptable range. After all, both of them felt that there was a huge difference in strength, so after the fight, they would definitely be able to win the battle quickly. It's just abolishing one or two counties.

As long as you take a good rest after playing, you can recover in a year or two at most.

But if Jia Yu's plan is followed and the two sides engage in a protracted war, then the entire Great Zhou might be wiped out if consumed.

You know, there is not only one big week in this world, if we really want to toss and waste the national power, even if we win the world by then, I'm afraid it won't be able to keep it.

"If you want to win the world, you must make a choice."

Jia Yu was unmoved by Mo Yuanji's words. He looked at Mo Yuanji and said firmly, "These aristocratic families have deep foundations and are united in the same spirit. If their vitality is hurt, even if we win the world, We can't get rid of them, and we will still be subject to the aristocratic family as before."

"So, why don't you take advantage of this opportunity and complete your work in one battle."

"The mountains and rivers are broken and can be repaired again, but there is only one chance to destroy the family!"

The foundations of the aristocratic families are deep, even if Mo Yuanji can defeat them and win the world, he can only defeat them, not drive them all to extinction.

And as long as those aristocratic families are still alive, relying on their talent reserves, I am afraid that it will not be long before they can regain the right to speak in the court.

At that time, it will not be so easy to get rid of those aristocratic families.

After all, not everyone is as unscrupulous as Mo Zizai, what's more, in Jia Yu's view, Mo Zizai's unscrupulous behavior is more like self-destruction.

Seeing that Mo Yuanji was still a little hesitant, Jia Yu tried to persuade him again: "My lord, Wei, Lu, and Zheng are nothing to worry about."

"Let's not say that there is Zhenyuan Hou Zhangyuan guarding the eastern border, so what if the eastern border is lost? The hearts of the Three Kingdoms are not in harmony, and they are so dirty with each other. They will never let any party swallow my big week, my big week It only needs to pay some price, it is enough to win one or two allies from the three countries and keep my Da Zhou."

"And within my Great Zhou, if there is no aristocratic family, at most 50 years, my Great Zhou's national strength will return to its peak, even better than any time in my Great Zhou."

"Although the method of this matter is cruel, but it is a meritorious service, I hope the prince will think twice!"

"This matter is too risky. If I fail, I, Da Zhou, will end up subjugated and exterminated."

Even if Mo Yuanji could listen and persuade, he hesitated at this moment. After a moment of silence, he shook his head and said, "Forget it, let me think about it now, and talk about it later."

"My lord..."

Jia Yu wanted to say something more, but Mo Yuanji raised his hand to stop him, "I know what you're thinking, but this matter is really important, so don't rush me."

Seeing Mo Yuanji's reaction, Jia Yu felt a little disappointed, but Mo Yuanji obviously didn't want to talk anymore, and he couldn't continue talking, so he cupped his hands and said, "Then I hope the prince can think more about it, and Yu will give it a try." Take your leave first."

After Jia Yu left, Mo Yuanji looked at Jia Yu's leaving figure with a slightly complicated mood.

He knew before that Jia Yu was ruthless and vicious in his actions, but he never took it to heart. In his opinion, as long as the goal can be achieved, it doesn't matter if the means are ruthless.

But after hearing Jia Yu's words today, he still couldn't help feeling a little jealous of Jia Yu.

In order to achieve his own goals, he did not hesitate to use the entire Great Zhou as a price. If he did what he said, after the battle, it would be great if the Great Zhou still had one-tenth of its current population.

With such a tragic price, even Mo Yuanji did not dare to make a decision lightly.

"Once and for all, once and for all..."

Mo Yuanji repeated this word several times with his eyes closed, and finally he sighed deeply, "Can it really be done once and for all?"

……

After getting the permission of Bei'an Palace, Bai Changqiu brought Lao Qiao together to visit early the next morning.

Under the condition that the intentions of both parties were consistent, they talked for a whole day before finalizing the matter of dispatching troops.

As a condition for sending troops, the Aristocratic Family Alliance supplied a large number of food, grass and armaments to the northern border. Secondly, the two parties made an agreement that the north of the capital would belong to Mo Yuanji, and the south of the capital would belong to the Aristocratic Family Alliance. The two sides would not invade each other.

In addition, as Jia Yu expected, under Mo Yuanji's insistence, Bai Changqiu took out a list that recorded Situ Yao's hidden sons in the north, and brought these people back to the south according to the list. .

Mo Yuanji was also a straightforward person. After finalizing the dispatch of troops, he immediately began to assemble the army, and Chen Bing settled the state, looking as if he was ready to go to war at any time.

After Situ Yao received the news from Bai Changqiu, he no longer hesitated, and mobilized the already assembled troops, divided into three groups, and went straight to Yuanling County.

The war officially kicked off.

(End of this chapter)