Hsu Fengnian took a sip of tea. It was refreshing. His fingers swirled the rim of the cup and he said with a smile, "The situation is still equal. Cao Changqing's navy will definitely swallow up Prince Guangling Zhao Yi's navy. After they merge, the Guangling River with the Guangling Navy will block the advance of the Southern Border army to a great extent. Xie Xi has West Chu's one hundred and seventy thousand. Against the inferior Lu Shengxiang, they have a great chance of victory. After that, it would depend on whether or not the Qing Province Navy could help the southern border's army cross that natural moat. Otherwise, Cao Zhangqing would fight his way all the way to Grand Peace City, and Gu Jiantang's two Vast Border Armies would also take advantage of the situation and head south … This was also the reason why the Imperial Decree of Peace allowed Northern Mang's two easternmost generals to hold their bowls, and why they had to feign weakness in front of Ji Bei's Yuan Tingshan. In this kind of rapid development, other than Gu Jiantang, the other factions are distant water that cannot quench the immediate thirst in the eyes of the court. "
Xie Guanying seemed to have a card up his sleeve. He shook his head and said, "The Qingzhou Navy may not be unable to fight. Lu Shengxiang is not ordinary."
Xu Fengnian looked at the middle-aged man with white hair on his temples. For a moment, his mind wandered. He was indeed the father of White Fox Face. He was already so old, but he was still able to move the hearts of women. In terms of aura, it seemed that only Big Officer Cao Changqing could compete with him. It was not a lie to say that one had a scholarly aura. On the other hand, those true jianghu people, the old man with the sheepskin fur coat, Đồng Thái, and Huyan Daguan, were worlds apart. Of course, when Old Man Li was young, he was invincible in both sword and person.
Xie Guo laughed involuntarily at this young vassal king who was distracted. He glanced at the calm white-robed man next to him and thought, no wonder Zhao Changling had chosen him, who was surnamed Chen, and not His Royal Highness, who was surnamed Xu.
Hsu Fengnian smiled apologetically and then asked curiously, "It is not strange that Mr. Xie has long made plans in the Qingzhou Navy. However, if I remember correctly, when Lu Shengxiang left the Guangling Spring Snow Building, it was Yuan Benxi who instructed him to do so. When the time comes, will he agree to give up the merit of entering and leaving the city? That means whether or not Lu Sheng Xiang can be promoted from Great General Li Yang to Minister of War. After all, in the future dynasty, Great General is just a nicer name. Ministers with real power are the most popular. "
Xie Guanying smiled and asked, "Even if Lu Sheng Xiang wants to be the King of Beiliang who established the Central Plains, can he do it just because he wants to? What's more, today is different from the past. Even if he successfully besieges the city, he still needs to be busy fighting with that young heir of the southern border. "
Xie Xie is keenly aware of the man she admires, and he frowns quietly.
She could forget herself when making tea, but she could not forget him.
Most women in the world were like this. No matter how otherworldly they were, there would always be a man who would bring them back to the world, and they would be willing to cook for him.
Hsu Fengnian laughed softly and said, "In that case, the previous emperor Zhao Dun died early. Otherwise, Mr. Xie would not be so distressed."
Xie Guanying nodded and said, "If the previous emperor was still alive, I would not be in Lingzhou right now, but in the Qingzhou Navy."
Everyone knew that Zhao Dun was very fond of Chen Zhibao. Naturally, if Zhao Dun was still alive, he would not be like the current emperor, Zhao Zhuan, who tactfully rejected Chen Zhibao's offer of 'only' ten thousand men to go out of Shu to quell the rebellion.
There were two emperors in the Zhao Dynasty, and some things were passed down from generation to generation. For example, Zhao Zhuan treated Beiliang the same way as the previous emperor, which was to exhaust Beiliang's military power as much as possible without affecting the stability of the Central Plains. Otherwise, as long as the Xu family of Beiliang was still around, removing the vassals would be a big joke. But some things had quietly changed, such as his attitude towards Chen Zhibao, the Prince of Shu. Zhao Dun trusted and admired Chen Zhibao almost to the point of being paranoid. As a self-proclaimed enlightened emperor, he was incomparably intoxicated by the feeling of "the country has no equal capable generals who are willing to serve me". On the other hand, Zhao Zhuan's attitude turned into fear and suspicion.
Xie Guanying, who had been speaking warmly like an old friend, shook his head and refused to continue pouring tea. His aura changed abruptly, and his tone turned cold. "Previously, the King of Shu and I had deduced the situation of Beiliang. If we evaluated you as an ordinary official, you would only be below average. If you had built a big city south of North Zhongzhong in Liangzhou, you wouldn't even be below average. "
Hsu Fengnian smiled and did not say anything.
Xie Guanying continued, "Beiliang's best plan is to rely on more than 100,000 of the world's most elite field cavalry to succeed in one battle!"
Hsu Fengnian asked calmly, "Mr. Xie, do you mean to let Beimang's million troops station north of Hutou City in Liangzhou and reenact the Battle of West Rampart?"
Xie Guanying smiled and did not say anything.
Xie Guanying, who acted as the icing on the cake, was a little surprised. This repulsive young vassal king was not stupid. Mr. Xie was not trying to be an alarmist. He and Xie Guanying had once stayed up all night to make a sand table deduction. However, at that time, the deduction was based on the fact that Xie Guanying was in charge of Beiliang, not this young man with the surname Xu. Under this premise, Beimang did not dare to divide its troops to attack the border from three fronts. It only dared to do it in one battle and make a big bet with Beiliang. To be precise, it was with him and Chen Zhibao, who was standing next to Xie Guanying. Mr. Xie acted as Dong Zhuo, and Chen Zhibao acted as the defender of Beiliang. Both sides mobilized their troops, and it was very similar to the Battle of West Rampart. Both sides kept losing troops and increasing troops, competing to see who would be the first to be defeated. In the end, Mr. Xie tried his best, but still lost to Beiliang, who only had 30,000 cavalry and infantry left. In that shocking armchair war, Liuzhou, Youzhou, and Lingzhou were all reduced to watching a show. All the tragic, treacherous, and exciting battles only happened in the north of Liangzhou. However, this was only the first move of that deduction, and it had not even reached the middle game. Next, it would be Beiliang forcing the heavily wounded Beimang to turn its spearhead to the two Liao. Beiliang would go from being Liyang's vanguard to an "idler" who had several years to recuperate. After consolidating the refugees of Liuzhou, they would join forces and break through the Western Regions in one go, and take over Western Shu and Nanzhao. In the same tripartite balance, Liyang and Beimang were constantly depleted, and Beiliang would quickly recover to a strength of 150,000 pure cavalry after regrouping. Then, Nanzhao and Western Shu would raise 150,000 infantry, and once again have a total of 300,000 troops to participate in the struggle for the world. At that time, he chose to go up north from Liangzhou and Jizhou, and chose to flatten Beimang and Nanzhao before coveting the Central Plains. Finally, after becoming the master of the six major territories, Beiliang, Nanzhao, Western Regions, Western Shu, and Nanzhao, he would occupy the high ground and directly bypass the already heavily wounded Gu Jiantang's two Liao defense lines. He would fight a decisive battle with Liyang's army in Huainan Dao territory, and then go down south to Guangling Dao. He would not need to pay any attention to Taian City, and then fight the Nanjiang army. At that time, whether Gu Jiantang's two Liao border armies fought or not, it would no longer affect the overall situation.
Thank You smiled happily. Hsu Fengnian could probably only think of the first move of that deduction. How could he guess the soul-stirring feelings of the middle game and the ending game?
Then she was stunned. She only heard that guy ask with a smile, "According to Mr. Xie's deduction rules, won't Gu Jiantang be the Minister of War of the new dynasty for another twenty years?"
Tantai Ping calmly glanced at Thank You. This Great Grandmaster Qi Cultivator also smiled.
The King of Shu, who had been completely aloof, finally looked at Hsu Fengnian seriously. This could be regarded as the King of Beiliang, whom Chen Zhibao had watched coldly for many years, growing up little by little.
Xie Guanying raised his hand. Thank You immediately poured tea. He smiled and drank a mouthful of tea.
This tea seemed to have the taste.
Only in this way could the two sides be considered to be on equal footing.
Before this, Xie Guanying did not regard Hsu Fengnian as a real opponent at all.
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