Chapter 306: Pretending to be too much like a pig is not a good thing
When Wei Yi walked to the door of the study, he happened to meet Zhou Xuan, his father's office, coming out.
Zhou Xuan closed the door softly, put his fingers to his lips and shushed.
Wei Yi nodded knowingly, turned around and walked to the corridor outside with Zhou Xuan.
"Asleep?" Wei Yi asked.
"I haven't slept a wink all day and night!" Zhou Xuan shook his head and said: "In half an hour, news came from Luoyang. Zhang Quanyi has recovered the west city and most of the east city. He Zudao only has the south gate left. The troops of the powerful general Feng Congwen were completely defeated, and Zhang Lixin's troops suffered more than half of their losses. Zhang Quanyi said in the letter that he was confident of driving He Zudao out of Luoyang in half a month."
"This. is good What happened!" Wei Yi was overjoyed: "No wonder my father has relaxed and can take a good rest."
Zhou Xuan sighed: "But Master, in this half hour, Hei Bingtai. Several more urgent official letters were sent over there. "
"What happened again?" Wei Yi's face darkened. Ever since Kou Zhong's death, Black Bingtai seemed to have turned into a black crow. Sending you good news.
"The Chen family of Qijun, the Zhu family of Hanchuan, and the Qin family of Donghai have already sent troops!" Zhou Xuan whispered.
"Where's Linghuye?"
Zhou Xuan smiled bitterly and said, "Does that need to be said? Naturally, they can't wait. They all want to swallow this big piece of fat in Luoyang. "
"Donghai Qin's goal will be Luoyang?" Wei Yi frowned.
"They thought they heard that Kou Dayin was gone, so they wanted to plot against the Pengcheng Kou family. Their two families were originally feuding. Over the years, the Kou family had suppressed the Qin family miserably, and now they naturally wanted to Returning for revenge. The news from Heibingtai in Pengcheng is to ask Wei Xiang to support them."
"How to support them now, we are like mud Buddhas crossing the river, and we can't protect ourselves!" Yi shook his head and sighed: "I can only clean up the snow on my own."
"The chief assistant also said the same thing. It's not that I don't want to save, but I really can't!" Zhou Xuan said: "In recent years, the Pengcheng Kou family has gone too far, which has aroused public anger. No one dared to touch them before, but Now that Kou Dayin is dead, the Qin family has responded to everything."
"Let them wish for themselves!" Wei Yidao. "Zhou Ji's Office, apart from these, is there anything else my father asked me to come back for today?"
"Yes!" Zhou Xuan looked at Wei Yi and said, "The first assistant said that we should think about our future. It's happened."
Wei Yi was slightly shocked: "Did my father intend to abandon Chang'an? I object. If we leave Chang'an, we will no longer have a place in the world."
"Once Luoyang is lost, food from the south can no longer be transported in. If Guanlong and other places are subject to war again, how will the millions of people in Chang'an be fed?" Zhou Xuan sighed: "Sir, without food, these people will no longer be our basic support." It’s gone, but it’s our life-destroying talisman.”
"There are dozens of changping granaries around Chang'an." Wei Yi said sternly: "As long as we control this food, we can control Chang'an. If it is useful, there will be food. If it is useless, there will be no food. Everyone will die. I don't think there is much difference between being killed and starving to death. Even if not a grain of food comes in, we can survive for at least a year and a half."
Zhou Xuan looked at Wei Yida and said: " Young Master, if this is the strategy, then there will be a killing spree, and the chief minister will not be willing to bear this infamy."
"Isn't there still your Majesty?" Wei Yi said coldly. "At that time, these decrees will naturally be issued by His Majesty himself. What does it have to do with my Wei family?"
"That's what I say." Zhou Xuandao: "But what about a year and a half later? The cunning rabbit has three holes, always It’s still going to be built.”
“Father already has an idea?”
"It should be there!" Zhou Xuan said with a smile: "But I haven't told me yet, so I have no way of knowing."
While the two were talking, a long yawn came from the room followed by Wei Zhengdao's voice: "Is Yi Eryin here? Come in!"
The two of them stepped into the study one after another.
"I finally fell asleep. Why don't daddy sleep a little longer?" Wei Yi personally went to the basin in the corner to get a towel, wrung it out and handed it to Wei Zhengdao.
Wei Zhengdao smiled and took it, wiped his face, and said, "I'm old, so squinting for a while is enough. Besides, how can I sleep when there are so many things to do?"
Pointing to the mountain of memorials piled on the desk, Wei Zhengdao shook his head.
Wei Yi stepped forward, stretched out his hand, and swept most of the folding papers on the table to the ground, saying: "Father, what else is there to see in these places? You only need to look at Chang'an now." That's enough."
Wei Zhengdao laughed, pointed to the opposite side, and said to the two of them: "Sit down and talk! Zhou Xuan has already given you a general introduction, right?"
Wei Yi nodded: "It seems that the Kou family in Pengcheng is hopeless, the Chen family in Qijun, and the Zhu family in Hanchuan should be targeting Luoyang. They should not have the guts to attack Chang'an yet!"
" Does Linghuye not have the courage?" Wei Zhengdao asked. Wei Yi closed his mouth.
He may not care about the forces in other places, but he has personally seen the strong army outside the pass.
That kind of power, that kind of murderous aura, was cultivated by decades of fighting with Bei Yuan, and cannot be compared to the soldiers in Guan Nei.
The troops and horses that I and Zhang Quanyi finally trained were indeed a strong force in the pass, but compared with Linghuye's army, they were indeed inferior.
Fortunately, Li Dachui and Xiao Changche outside the pass used clever tactics to forcefully instigate half of Linghuye’s army to rebel. This made Linghuye have to stop at Hedong and Hexi after entering the pass. He could heal his wounds and regain his strength, otherwise Linghuye might have attacked him long ago.
The half a year gained was really precious to the imperial court.
It was during this period that the court's combat-effective army increased from 20,000 to 100,000.
"Father, are we really not allowed to let Li Dachui and the others enter the pass to attack Linghuye? As long as they cross Yangguan, Linghuye will never dare to move!" Wei Yidao.
Wei Zhengdao sneered: "Why did you let Xiao Changche and Li Dachui enter the customs? Is it because of the high official's salary or the righteousness of the court? If it was useful, I would have done this long ago. The memorial they sent made it clear Understand that their main task now is to take advantage of the chaos in the Northern Yuan Dynasty to plot against the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Otherwise, when the Northern Yuan Civil War is over and a consensus is reached to reunify, the outside world will suffer again. "
< br>"There is always a priority when doing things. When the Beiyuan is destroyed, the Qin Dynasty will also be destroyed!" Wei Yidao.
Wei Zhengdao looked at his son but remained silent.
As soon as Wei Yi's words came out, he also reacted and couldn't help but smile and shake his head.
"Through the Black Ice Platform, Li Dachui also gave us another reason, a reasonable reason!" Wei Zhengdao looked at his son: "The relationship between his subordinate Chang Jian and Ling Huye is extraordinary. The Chang family With the Linghu family, there is me among you, and you among me. Another general, Chen Liang, was also greatly favored by Linghuye. Outside the pass, he could also use Beiyuan to persuade these two people. Once they entered the pass, , Who can guarantee that these two people will not rebel? "
"It is indeed a good reason!" Wei Yi said: "So they are definitely going to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and then want to reap the benefits. "
"They have the capital to do this now!" Zhou Xuan said on the side: "So, young master, it is better to ask for help than to ask for help from others. We can only find a way ourselves. It is impossible to rely on others. We have the strength to intervene. , but they all have their own plans.”
"Where is the way out that my father said? The Wei family has been in Chang'an for generations. Without Chang'an, we are like water without a source and a tree without roots."
"So we must build it first, as long as we With strong soldiers in hand, what's not the foundation?" Wei Zhengdao sneered. "After the court today, I had a deep talk with a person for an hour. I really underestimated him before, but I don't think this person is really a person with a deep heart."
"Who?" Wei Yi asked.
"Zhang Songlin, Minister of the Ministry of War!"
Wei Yi suddenly realized: "Father, do you want to take over Shuzhong? Although Zhang Songlin is from Shu, he does not come from a humble family. He is rich in Shuzhong. Being powerless, we cannot be relied upon at all! If we cooperate with this person to plot Shu, I am afraid that not only will it not succeed in the end, but it will also offend Prince Ji Li Shen and the Tang family, and make them join the ranks against us, father, who originally only wanted to watch the fire from the other side. This year Shuzhong Ke exported all the tax payable in full.”
"You underestimate Zhang Songlin!" Wei Zhengdao shook his head and said: "Zhang Songlin has been the Minister of the Ministry of War for ten years. Do you really think he did it for nothing?"
"If he didn't do it for nothing, Yes, will you let him stay for ten years?" Wei Yidao.
"This is exactly his brilliance!" Wei Zhengdao shook his head: "You really underestimated the heroes of the world! I should use this to reflect on myself, but unfortunately he pretended to be too much like him, so that he is now , no one has ever been willing to join forces with him and get him on board. It’s his own fault. He pretended to be a pig for too long, so that others really regarded him as a pig.”
“ What did he say? "
"He only asked me, if he can take Jiange Road, would I be willing to take Shu County with him?" Wei Zhengdao said with a smile.
Wei Yi stood up suddenly and lost his voice: "Jiange Road? Can he take Jiange Road? An important place like Jianmen Pass has always been a forbidden area for Li Shen and the Tang Clan. How can he actually insert people into it?"
Jiange Road is the natural danger guarding Shu County. If the Jiange is not lost, Shu County will be safe. This is the saying that if you burn down the sword pavilion for 700 miles, there will be a cave in the middle of Shu.
“He can take it!” Wei Zhengdao nodded: “It’s just that he doesn’t have the strength to take down Shu County alone, so he wants to join forces with us.”
Wei Yi’s face was filled with excitement. He blushed a little: "Father, if we can completely capture Shu County, it will not only be a retreat. With the support of Shuzhong, a country of abundance, as long as we firmly hold the Qinling Passage, even Chang'an will not be undefeatable." "
"I thought so too, so I agreed to it on the spot!"
"What to do next?" Wei Yi asked excitedly.
(End of this chapter)