Yu Yue suddenly shouted: "What, you are not crazy, are you? At this time, you want to go to the north again? Liu Yu's army is still there..."
Liu Yi coldly interrupted Yu Yue's words: "There is no need for Master Qinglong to remind you. It is precisely because Liu Yu is still fighting Guanggu that this is our opportunity for the Northern Expedition. It can even be said that it is the only opportunity.
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At this point, he looked at Meng Chang and smiled slightly: "Does Mr. Xuanwu agree with this?"
Meng Chang sighed: "I know you are worried that Liu Yu will conquer Nanyan this time and his prestige will be at its peak. He may take advantage of the situation to attack the Central Plains, which will cut off your chance of the Northern Expedition in the future. But there are no absolutes in this world. I think Liu Yu
After gaining power, they will pay more attention to internal unity and not get carried away and cause internal divisions. Moreover, after the war, the army will have to rest for a year or two to restore the people's power and consolidate the post-war order. How can it be possible to go out again so soon?
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Liu Yi shook his head: "It's different this time. Later Qin directly and openly became our enemy of the Jin Dynasty. He sent Huan Qian to conquer the Hu people from the Ganliang tribe, returned to Jingzhou to cause rebellion, took in the rebel clan Sima Guofan, and attracted Huaibei and Hebei.
The rebels in Yuzhou, Qiaoshu in the west are also conscripting troops and stockpiling food, and are ready to move to plot against Baidi City. These three groups will attack together, and there may be a large number of troops to rescue Nanyan later. If we don't attack head-on, it will only lead to the defeat of Nanyan.
He is getting more and more arrogant. I want to go to the Northern Expedition not entirely to compete with Liu Yu for power and meritorious deeds, but more to protect my world in the Jin Dynasty, do you understand?"
Meng Chang frowned: "But the Jin Dynasty does not have the national strength to support two wars, especially two wars at the same time. This time Liu Yu's Northern Expedition has consumed a large amount of food reserves, and most of his elite soldiers have been taken away by him. You
It would be okay if we went on the Northern Expedition to defeat Sima Guofan and drive him out of the Jin Dynasty, but if we want to recover the Central Plains as you said, this is impossible."
Liu Yi shook his head: "Punch one punch to avoid hundreds of punches, keep the enemy outside the country's gates, and even take the initiative to attack the enemy's territory. Only in this way can we minimize our losses. Do you understand? If we just hit Sima Kingdom
Fan, then it is very likely that he fled back to Hou Qin before the soldiers arrived. At this time, the question arises, should we pursue him or not?"
Yu Yue gritted his teeth: "I support the resolute elimination of rebels like Sima Guofan. If he joins the Later Qin Dynasty, and if the Later Qin Dynasty protects him, he will fight with the Later Qin Dynasty. However, don't lead to following the Later Qin Dynasty.
An all-out war and conflict between Qin and Qin is not worth it."
Liu Yi sneered: "Then if he runs to Luoyang, will Luoyang still fight? If Later Qin sends tens of thousands of troops to meet him, will we still have to fight with these Later Qin reinforcements?"
Yu Yue rolled his eyelids and was speechless.
Meng Chang sighed: "I don't expect that the Later Qin will raise a large army to protect Sima Guofan. As long as his tribe is defeated and dispersed, we can take advantage of the situation and station the army on the border and send envoys to the Later Qin to ask for Sima Guofan."
Fan, if Hou Qin sees that this person is useless at this time, he will definitely let him back, which is the best."
Liu Yi shook his head: "We can imagine such a result, and Yao Xing can imagine it from the beginning. He dared to attack us on three fronts, and he just thought of a countermeasure. If we attack Sima Guofan, he will take the opportunity to give way to Huan
Qian He Qiaozong launched an attack on Jingzhou and Baidi City. In this way, we can only focus on one thing and lose the other, and always let him lead the way. Instead of doing this, it is better to directly take the initiative to attack the Central Plains, so as to hurt Hou Qin and let him make a series of actions.
Disappear into nothingness.”
Meng Chang curled up his lips: "But now our national strength is not enough to support the army's Northern Expedition. I'm afraid..."
Liu Yi smiled and said: "Didn't Liu Yu suspend military supplies on the front line? He only requisitioned the local people and grain in Qingzhou. Originally, Pengcheng prepared to support Liu Yu with one million stones of grain and grass, as well as 10,000 civilians to transport grain. I
It can be used for the Northern Expedition to Luoyang. As for the army, anyway, I can use the Yuzhou Army to return to the defense. Together with the local soldiers and horses and the mobile troops left behind in Yanzhou, there can be about 30,000 people. If it is urgently recruited, it can still be used within a month.
They mobilized 20,000 people and 50,000 troops and horses, which was enough to capture the Central Plains of the Later Qin Dynasty. They only have more than 30,000 people left in the Central Plains now, and they have to divide their troops to defend many places. The Luoyang defenders only have more than 10,000 troops.
If we are fast enough and move fiercely enough, we have a complete chance of success."
Speaking of this, Liu Yi paused: "Moreover, I can unite with one of the Lu Zongmen in Yongzhou to send troops. First, he will attack and attract the main force of the Qin army to deploy defenses in the Funiu Mountain area. Then I will make a sudden attack, blitz Sima Guofan, and pursue
Enter Liangjun, Qiaojun, Yingchuan and other places, conquer these eastern prefectures and counties before the Later Qin Dynasty can react, and direct the troops towards the Hulao Pass area."
"At this time, the Later Qin Dynasty can only mobilize the troops and horses from Guanzhong or Huan Qian that were used to attack Jingzhou to rush to the Central Plains. At this time, we can even ask Liu Daogui of Jingzhou to send troops, or go north to attack the Central Plains and merge with Lu Zong
Try to break through Funiu, Yijue and other passes, or enter Guanzhong from Wuguan to directly threaten Chang'an. In this way, you can defeat Qin in one fell swoop. At worst, you can also seize the Central Plains area outside Luoyang and completely eliminate Sima Guofan.
, Huan Qian and other rebels threatened us and brought the war to the territory of Later Qin, why not do it?"
Xu Xianzhi laughed: "Good guy, you are going to turn northwest Henan and even the Central Plains into a mess. You will turn a small crusade against Sima Guofan, involving thousands of people, into a full-scale war to decide who belongs to the Central Plains.
It's just that in this way, I'm afraid it won't be possible to complete it just by relying on the existing food, grass and troops. If you can fight the Qin army in the Central Plains as you wish, 50,000 troops will not be enough, and the Great Jin Dynasty will be needed.
It will take all the strength of the country, and even Liu Yu’s army to conquer Southern Yan will have to come and cooperate.”
Liu Yi laughed: "Isn't this bad? He said every day that he wanted to expedition to the Central Plains and drive out the Huru. I helped him do it. What's wrong with him coming to help? In this way, I helped him block the reinforcements of the Later Qin Dynasty. That's also true.
Help him capture Guanggu City as soon as possible. Once Nanyan is destroyed, his army will come over and work with me to recover Luoyang, and even take Guanzhong directly. Isn't this his always ideal? However, this time I sent the troops first.
When he comes, he can only obey my command. In this way, the power in the world and the prestige in the army will be in our hands again."
Having said this, he looked at Yu Yue: "Master Qinglong, don't you want to go to the battlefield again to make contributions to the country and win a title for yourself? Look, this time I will help you regain Yingshang, the ancestral home of your Yu family.
, this is a matter of honoring our ancestors and regaining our homeland, shouldn’t you go with the army?”
This chapter has been completed!