Xu Weixiong shook his head and said in a low voice, "The Zhao family is good at fishing in troubled waters in the middle of the game and making the final decision at the end of the game. Losing the first move, the Zhao family, compared to the remote Li Yang in the past, has a bigger family and a bigger business, so they can afford to lose more. The only difference is that in the past, the imperial court had our Xu family as their vanguard. Moreover, no matter how anxious the previous emperor was, on the surface, he still trusted our father and the Xu family's armored cavalry. If not for the current emperor's insistence on nailing the Xu family to the northwest border, would Cao Changqing and the remaining elders of West Chu dare to start a rebellion and seek their own death? If the Beiliang Frontier Army could send out fifty thousand men to quell the rebellion, how could Yang Shenxing and Yan Zhenchun lose their integrity in their later years? "
Chu Lushan said darkly, "There's nothing we can do about it. The Zhao family's emperor is determined to be the enemy of the world. The feudal princes who split the territory, the new civil officials who gradually gathered together, and the military generals who set up independent territories, in his eyes, none of them are good people. He wants to help his son solve this problem before he dies. The chessboard is too small to accommodate so many big chess pieces. If he really did succeed, the crown prince Zhao Zhuan could really be a carefree emperor who doesn't attach importance to martial arts and focuses on civil affairs. Gu Jiantang has Chen Zhibao holding him back. Without Zhang Julu, the civil officials have no leader. When the time comes, they would be too busy trying to figure out the emperor's heart, how could they care about governing the country and pacifying the world? Besides, at that time, the world would be at peace, the military generals would have retired to their fields, so it would be even less of a chance for the civil officials to fish for merit. Other than currying favor with the emperor, the civil officials after Yong Hui really have nothing to do. Don't say, that old man Yuan Benxi's calculations are very smooth. "
Hsu Fengnian waved his hand and said, "There's no point in talking about this. Right now, Dong Zhuo's specific deployment of troops and generals, other than the direction of Liuzhou, there are no detailed intelligence reports. Lu Qiuer, how long do you think Liuzhou can hold off Liu Gui's army? After that, how many Beimang border troops can be implicated and thrown into the pocket of Liuzhou? "
With a smile on his face, Chu Lushan said, "With Little Prince's 30,000 Long Xiang Army helping to defend Liu Province, they would not be able to defeat Liu Gui's hundreds of thousands of disorganized troops even if they were to fight for a hundred years. In the eyes of future generations, no matter how we fought in the early stages of this unprecedented war with Beimang, there was no better or worse strategy. It all depended on who could accumulate advantages in the divided battlefields. From the current situation, Dong Zhuo clearly did not put too much thought into Liuzhou. He invited the most prestigious and also the youngest of the thirteen great generals, Border Commander Liu Gui, to that side because he did not wish for Liu Gui to take advantage of the situation to rise up in the Central Plains. At the very least, he did not want Liu Gui to rise up too quickly and too fiercely. What I am most worried about is that Dong Zhuo will attack Youzhou in a spurt of energy, attacking the Youzhou defense line to the death without regard for losses. In the meantime, he will place his most elite troops, the Tuoba and Hong Jingyan, on the northern front of Liangzhou to tie down the main force of our cavalry. "
Xu Weixiong nodded and said, "If we attack Youzhou, in the short term, it will be the most muddle-headed method Beimang can use. However, in the long term, it will be the best method to preserve Beimang's national strength. After all, Beiliang is not the Central Plains, which has a great depth. Even if Youzhou has a few cities that can be defended, and there are many fortresses and military cities south of the mouth of the gourd, the saying that the mouth of the gourd alone can swallow up 160,000 soldiers is not an exaggeration. However, as long as Beimang has the courage to do so, they will only have to send out 100,000 soldiers to cripple Youzhou. Next, they will have to rely on Liangzhou's main force to reinforce Youzhou. Once this situation develops, whether or not Liuzhou is defended will no longer affect the overall situation. This is also the reason why Yan Wenluan insisted that Yu Luandao lead 30,000 light cavalry to Jizhou. He was determined to use Youzhou to win more time and space for all of Beiliang. However, this is an action that has no choice. In the end, they will lose more than they lose. The Liyang imperial court is happy to see this, but Beiliang cannot afford it."
Xu Weixiong folded his hands on the paper on his knees and looked into the distance. "Bodyguard Chu insisted on having Liuzhou enter a stalemate, attracting the attention of both the north and south imperial courts of Beimang. He hoped that Beimang's border army would send troops to Liuzhou, but he was also worried that Dong Zhuo would focus on attacking Youzhou. Over the past decade or so, father has poured a lot of effort into Youzhou and spent a lot of money on the soldiers. Seven years ago, during the raid led by the Dragon Waist Province, he purposely stopped the border army of Liangzhou from reinforcing Youzhou. He watched as the 30,000 soldiers of Youzhou lost their cities and fortresses one after another and sacrificed their lives for the northern barbarians. He wanted to make Beimang fear Youzhou's border army, and hoped that one day, Youzhou would not become their fatal weakness. "
Chu Lushan said in a low voice, "Merciful people don't command troops."
Chu Lushan suddenly exhaled a mouthful of turbid air. "That old woman has been purging Beimang's Jianghu forces for many years. Now, she can finally be put to use. On the border, those experts are keeping a close eye on the big and small passes. As long as they see someone quietly crossing the border, they will kill him on the spot regardless of his identity. Many of our men of sacrifice spies who have been lurking for many years can hardly pass on important military intelligence. This time, the Chess and Sword Music School and the Princess' Grave have all been mobilized to seal off the news from the border and cooperate with Dong Zhuo's border army. This move is really ruthless. Fu Shui Room has suffered heavy losses after being traced back to Beimang. Many provinces have been uprooted after many years of operations. "
Chu Lushan, who was squatting on the ground, rubbed his cheeks. "That's not all. Not long ago, Beimang deliberately let a spy return. He had 16 heads of his colleagues from Fu Shui Room in his luggage. When the spy saw me, he cried and said that if it wasn't for the fact that he hoped Fu Shui Room could take back these heads, he would rather die than return to Beiliang. After the spy put down his luggage, he borrowed a cold knife and committed suicide that night. He didn't say his last words, he didn't write his will, he didn't leave anything behind. "
Chu Lushan said in a muffled voice, "Our new cold knife hasn't even started killing the northern barbarians, but it was used as a suicide by one of our own. If I continue to hold in this resentment, my lungs will explode from anger. "
Hsu Fengnian didn't say anything. His hands were clasped in the large sleeves of his purple-gold embroidered robe.
After winter, the continuous battle in Guangling Road had come to an end. It was Beiliang's turn to be engulfed in smoke.
There was no snow this winter.
No one knew when it would snow.
However, the cold knives at the waists of the three hundred thousand border soldiers could be unsheathed at any time.
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