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One day, Wang Wei went to the study to discuss military affairs with Liu Yishou, and saw densely written words on the wooden boards on the wall.Liu Yishou looked at the wooden board intently, seemed to understand something, and nodded while talking to himself.

The upper left part of the board reads: urgent and important; the upper right part reads: urgent but not important; the lower left part reads: not urgent but important; the lower right part reads: neither urgent nor important.

Each section writes items one by one.

Wang Wei took a closer look. He thought that these were related to his own military affairs, but he didn't expect that it was not the case at all.If I really want to say, from the standpoint of He Bayue and his gang, which things are important and which things are not.

Urgent and important: Grain transported back to Guanzhong.Urgent but not important: attack Hedong and take advantage of the fire to rob Er Zhurong.Not urgent but important: Raid Nanyang and defeat Gao Huan's army.Neither urgent nor important: Eliminate or subdue Choi.

There are many details written on each piece, and there are a lot of them, which makes people dazzled.

"My lord, what is this?"

Wang Wei asked doubtfully, he probably understood, but he didn't understand what Liu Yishou wanted to do.

"I was thinking, what do those people in Guanzhong want? Have you noticed that this time they sent troops, instead of taking the Wuguan Road, they took the Hanzhong Waterway. Then why didn't they go directly from Chang'an to Wuguan Woolen cloth?"

Liu Yishou crossed his arms, looked at Wang Wei and asked.

"Because their soldiers and horses have already attacked Hanzhong. There are no soldiers in Guanzhong, so naturally it is impossible to send troops to Wuguan."

Wang Wei said thoughtfully.

"Look, that's right."

Liu Yishou sighed and said: "To be honest, from Luoyang to Jiankang. Although we have encountered many difficulties along the way, there is only one thing that we have not encountered, and that is starvation.

Whether we left Luoyang, went to Hebei, and finally went to Shouyang, we had food and grass in our hands, so we couldn't understand what would happen to He Bayue and his gang when they were so hungry. "

Wang Wei is silent, this is obviously the fact, there is nothing to say.

"So we always think that fighting for land is the first priority, and we can't help but think so. But in the eyes of He Bayue and his gang, getting food is the top priority. Nanyang won't run away if it's there, and it doesn't matter if it's late or early. .”

Liu Yishou sighed. He was almost fooled. Fortunately, he had in-depth exchanges with the soldiers at the bottom during the "Military Games", which broadened his horizons a lot.When he came back, he started to analyze. If the way is right, there will be no problems, and he will soon come to a clear conclusion.

"Wei Xiaokuan and the others came from Hanzhong, but they don't have to return to Hanzhong. There is a shorter road, which is Wuguan Road. There are two advantages to taking this road."

"My lord is saying..." Wang Wei was not familiar with the terrain of Nanyang, but he knew roughly what was going on. After Liu Yishou mentioned something, he instantly understood the plan of Wei Xiaokuan and his gang.

"Deng County is very close to Nanxiang, and Nanxiang is on the edge of Danshui. Danshui can go upstream to a place very close to Wuguan. Ships are unloaded there, and then transported to Wuguan by land. When the time comes He Bayue at Wuguan will send people to meet Wei Xiaokuan and the others.

I have never understood what Wei Xiaokuan meant by transporting grain from Xinye to Deng County. It is said that going to Hanzhong from Xinye is closer.It wasn't until I figured out their ways that I realized it. "

Liu Yishou took a deep breath, Wei Xiaokuan really has too many routines.A strategy of transporting food and changing troops concealed his true intentions.Not only was he plotting against Liu Yishou, but he also finished his real mission.

"Didn't my lord just say two? Is there another one?"

"Another one is that Xinye goes to Hanzhong through two counties that we can easily control, that is, the two counties in the upper reaches of the Han River in Xiangyang. If you take the Wuguan Road, you will avoid it directly. We will secretly capture those two counties. Unprepared counties can't stop them from transporting Nanyang's grain back to Guanzhong."

"This is really amazing."

Wang Wei couldn't help but sigh with emotion.It is conceivable that Wei Xiaokuan and others may not really care much about the life and death of the Cui brothers.The wooden board on the wall has been analyzed very clearly.

For the people in Guanzhong, the land in Nanyang is an "important but not urgent" matter, suitable for long-term investment.

"However, now that the lord has uncovered their plan, this trick is meaningless after all."

Wang Wei said with a sigh.

These days, there are no mobile phones and no Internet, and information is asymmetric and opaque.Sometimes the success of a strategy depends only on whether you really understand the opponent's movements and ideas.

Many so-called conspiracies, if the opponent predicts you in advance, it is worthless to put it bluntly.

"Send an order to Dugu Xin to lead troops to attack Guangping County and Shiping County! Let Wei Xiaokuan and his gang see that we are very serious about recovering the Hanshui Corridor. Starting today, the Han River will be blocked, and no grain will be allowed. Transported from the Han River to Hanzhong!"

Liu Yishou said with a smile.

That's it!

Wang Wei couldn't help giving Liu Yishou a thumbs up.Sure enough, only stronger coins can deal with coins.

"In this way, Wei Xiaokuan and others must think that we intend to cut off the channel for them to transport grain back to Hanzhong. I am afraid that instead of worrying, they will breathe a sigh of relief."

Wang Wei laughed.

"That's the truth, but in war, we do our best to know the destiny, and we can just do our own thing well."

Liu Yishou nodded slightly. He didn't know if he didn't analyze it. By separating and classifying these things one by one, he could quickly grasp the true intentions of those people in Guanzhong.

"How do you think Wei Xiaokuan and others will deal with the next battle?"

Liu Yishou asked calmly.Now that we've talked, he also wants to see how Wang Wei predicts.

"After the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, collect food in Nanxiang, and divide a part of the troops to transport the food to Wuguan. The rest of the soldiers and horses will depend on how they fight with Gao Huan's people. If they can beat them, they will fight. The two sides are bright and dark, and do not affect each other. As for Cui's troops, who cares about them."

Wang Wei frowned, and sighed with emotion: "It's really useless not to get up early, it's very dangerous."

"That's right, so you said how about we give them a surprise?"

Liu Yishou stretched out his index finger, drew a circle in the air and said, "For example, when the time comes, light a fire in Nanxiang. So much food, don't you burn it?"

You are really ruthless!So much food has been burned, it will be a sad year for Nanyang!

"Didn't my lord say before that if I miss the spring plowing, Nanyang will be short of food? It seems that the battle between Gao Huan and He Bayue will break out during the spring plowing, and this year is very likely to be abandoned. If this batch of food is also burned, That……"

Wang Wei didn't say the rest, but it was obviously not a good thing.

"If there is enough food in Nanyang, whoever will listen to outsiders like us, no matter those big households or small people in Shengdou? Only when they are short of food, can they think of us. After all, Nanyang will be short of food this year, so Shouyang and Jiankang will not There is a shortage of food."

Liu Yishou spread his hands and said helplessly.Said the cruelest things in the most plain words.

"That...that's true." Wang Wei sighed, how to say that sentence: Prosperity, the people suffer; death, the people suffer.

Chapter 440 Whose Dog Brain Is Flying

On the edge of a certain river bend on the east bank of the Baihe River, countless auxiliary soldiers and civilian men were picking up soil, laying boards, digging holes and laying foundations, a busy scene.

Around the "construction site", wooden fences were erected, and the bed crossbow was fixed, aiming at the other side of the river.Team after team of soldiers patrolled the surrounding area, and the horses were released far away.No matter how you look at it, you are coping with it with all your strength.

Gao Yue rode a horse and led a team of cavalry around the small town under construction, and asked the lieutenant general, "Is there a large army coming from Wancheng?"

"Going back to the governor, I didn't see the main force of the enemy army, only sporadic scouts in charge of investigation. After some investigation, I went back."

The deputy general said calmly.

Gao Yue looked at the occasional horseshoe prints on the ground, which were so conspicuous in the snow all over the ground, and he thought to himself that it might be difficult for a decisive battle to break out this winter.

Fortification is just a bait, and all the auxiliary soldiers and civilians are used.The real main force can be reinforced here at any time.Gao Yue brought a lot of cavalry this time, and his mobility must be better than that of Guanzhong.

Now if there was a real fight, Cui Shiqian and Da Xiwu would not be able to take advantage of it, it would just be a pile of lives on both sides.

At this moment, a desolate trumpet sounded from the other side of the river. Gao Yue frowned slightly, sighed and said to himself, "I really don't want to change my mind."

Many times, when people are not hit hard, they will have a kind of self-confidence that "I can do it if I do it".

"Pass down the order, beat the drum, let She Digan attack!"

Gao Yue calmly ordered, there is nothing to say, since the Nabo people in Daxiwu want to do it, then do it, isn't war just like licking blood from the edge of a knife, how can there be any reason to hide and not fight?

Soon, he saw a group of people appearing on the other side of the frozen river, forming formation.The opponent is very cautious, it doesn't seem to be a "sneak attack" idea, but more like testing his own strength.

"Beat the drum again!"

Gao Yue said to the lieutenant general.

dong dong dong dong dong!

As the second round of drums sounded, Gao Yue saw a team of mixed infantry and cavalry coming from the east at the fastest speed.His tense heart couldn't help but calm down a little.

It would be best if She Di didn't lose the chain.In this battle, Gao Yue was worried that She Digan, Dou Tai and others would not obey orders.However, judging from the current situation, the implementation of the military order is going smoothly.Gao Cheng, a dude, really played a positive role.

Gao Yue couldn't help but have a slightly higher opinion of Gao Cheng.

There was a thick layer of ice on the Baihe River. After a while, soldiers suspected of being Daxi's troops (the military uniforms of Cui Shiqian's troops were basically the same as those of Gao Yue's) and She Digan's troops were fighting fiercely on the thick ice layer of the river. In an instant, flesh and blood flew!The battle situation has fallen into a white-hot situation from the very beginning!

Gao Yue observed the battle situation calmly from the high platform on the bank, and did not issue other military orders.

Soon, the sound of gongs on the west bank of the Baihe River sounded, less than half an hour into the battle, and the troops began to withdraw from the other side. Gao Yue didn't feel it at all, so he directly ordered She Digan to withdraw his troops to repair quickly, and the poor should not pursue them.

The icy surface of the river course was full of dead soldiers from both sides, and in some places they were even stacked one on top of the other.

At night, Da Xiwu organized elite soldiers to attack the team building the city again, but was beaten by She Digan, who had been in ambush for a long time.It was dark and it was difficult to distinguish between the enemy and ourselves. After a chaotic battle, Da Xiwu led his men to retreat again.

The two sides fought evenly, Gao Yue had more soldiers and horses, and Daxi Wu's soldiers were more elite. In the two fights, both sides found out the details of their opponents.

Afterwards, Gao Yue ordered people to continue building the city, while Daxi Wu's troops withdrew to Deng County, leaving only Cui Shiqian's younger brother Cui Cong to lead troops to the west bank of the Baihe River and continue to monitor the movements of Gao Yue's army.

……

In the study room in the backyard of the Deng County Yamen, Da Xiwu, who had just led his troops back, couldn't help throwing his helmet on the ground angrily. Not to mention that this wave of temptation was unsuccessful, a harmless knife wound was left on his arm, which was very unlucky.

"Hey, I should have listened to you back then, and not teased Gao Yue's people. Gao Huan has put his family's money on the line this time."

Da Xiwu regretfully said to Wei Xiaokuan who was reading military books in the study.

"Gao Huan's direct descendants are fighting Er Zhurong in Jinzhou. The group of people across from Baihe is probably the elite soldiers of Gao Huan's various ministries. Now that Yecheng is empty, it would be great if someone could rush to attack Yecheng."

Wei Xiaokuan also couldn't help sighing, at the beginning he asked Da Xiwu not to think that Gao Huan's men would be repelled with a wave, but the other party didn't listen, and now he came back frustrated.

"Why do you know that we can't win this time?"

Da Xiwu asked suspiciously, it seemed that Wei Xiaokuan knew the ending long ago.

"If Gao Yue wants to fight fast this time, then now is the time for a decisive battle. Cui Shiqian is forced to fight back against Gao Yue desperately, and there may be a chance to win by then.

However, now that Gao Yue sent people to build a city by the river, it was obvious that he did not intend to swallow Nanyang in one go.

Not to mention playing for a year, it is normal to play for three to five years, and their troops can be rotated calmly.Where can we win quickly?

They are building the city, and everything revolves around this. All our strategies are useless, and now it is cold winter, with a tired army, waiting for the enemy to work, how can we win? "

Wei Xiaokuan pointedly pointed out what Da Xiwu did wrong.

Da Xiwu fell silent for an instant.The worst thing in the world is often the truth and the truth, especially when these words are said after the fact, they are commonly called "after the fact".

Although Da Xiwu is not a stingy person, Wei Xiaokuan has only been in the army for a few years.

When I followed He Bayue, this guy didn't know where he was lying.It's annoying to be so rude.

What's more, I am the main general. I was just being a little more polite to Wei Xiaokuan before, but this guy seems to have a tendency to kick his nose and face!

I don't know the upper and lower ranks!

"What does General Wei think, how do you want to break the situation?"

Da Xiwu asked angrily, the current situation in Nanyang is not optimistic, he doesn't want to have a dispute with Wei Xiaokuan.

"Wait, let the soldiers recharge their batteries. In the spring, we will quietly transfer the grain and grass to Nanxiang through the waterway, and then transport it to Wuguan through the Danshui, and then we can complete the task assigned by the governor Heba.

As for Nanyang, every day the spring plowing was delayed, Cui Shiqian became more and more sad.We are not in a hurry, he will be too.At that time, the Cui family will definitely fight Gao Huan with all their strength.In this way, our chances of winning have increased by a few points. "

Wei Xiaokuan said confidently, as if he had expected the current predicament a long time ago.

Da Xiwu frowned, the other party's words didn't sound right to him, why did he feel that Wei Xiaokuan seemed to want to give up on the Cui family, and only transported the grain and grass back to Guanzhong.

"Then Nanyang, we don't want it? Didn't Governor Heba say that he wanted to..."

Da Xiwu was a little confused about the situation.

Wei Xiaokuan smiled slightly and said: "Occupying Nanyang is naturally good, but how can everything be fulfilled in the world. In case things fail, the most important thing is to preserve strength and bring food and grass back to Guanzhong. If we don't care about other things...then Just let it go."

This sounded good, but in fact it was tantamount to watching Cui's fall into the fire pit and not helping, and his intentions could not be said to be vicious.

Seeing that Da Xiwu seemed to have doubts, Wei Xiaokuan continued: "The general might as well go directly to Nanxiang to be responsible for the transportation of grain and grass. The last general in Baihe can just keep an eye on it."

Upon hearing this, Da Xiwu understood that Wei Xiaokuan's wave was just trying to show off. This person is very ambitious, and he is not a fuel-efficient lamp.But having said that, who is the fuel-efficient lamp among the prominent figures in various parties nowadays?

Not to mention Gao Huan, He Bayue and others, is that Liu Yishou a simple person?

"Forget it, we'll talk about the Nanxiang matter later. If I'm not in Deng County, I'm afraid Cui Shi will have other thoughts. Then the situation will collapse and the food and grass will not be able to be transferred. Such a big incident is not something you and I can take responsibility for. "

Da Xiwu sighed, Deng County itself was a place for grain storage in Nanyang, and Cui Shiqian transferred all the grain and grass in Deng County to Wancheng to encourage them to fight.Coupled with the batch of grain and grass collected in Xinye, if all the grain and grass in Deng County can be safely sent back to Guanzhong, it will be enough to tide over this year's grain shortage.

As for the future, who knows what is so far away?Now that the world is chaotic and precarious, who dares to say that he can have the last laugh?

Seeing that Da Xiwu seemed to have no intention of leaving Deng County, Wei Xiaokuan secretly sighed.

Before, Liu Yishou sent a letter, which asked Da Xiwu, saying that we were all old friends and had a good relationship.If you guys encounter difficulties in Nanyang, you can ask me to send troops, I will definitely not refuse anyone.

This letter was put on the shelf by Da Xiwu with a chuckle and ignored, but Wei Xiaokuan read an unusual meaning from it.

Judging from the information disclosed in this letter, Liu Yishou is now squatting in Xiangyang and did not send troops to Nanyang, not because he forgot or couldn't think about it, but because he deliberately suppressed not to send troops.Writing this letter, Xiang Zhuang's sword dance was intended for Pei Gong, vaguely implying that he would definitely have a foot in Nanyang in the future!

but!Will Liu Yishou really take advantage of the fire?

I don't know, I'm not sure, it's hard to say!