Murong Lan was speechless for a long time, and then sighed: "It turns out that this is your plan, besieging Yecheng for two years, but giving up the siege from time to time, that is, to let the city fall into a food shortage for a long time, but not to really starve to death and run out of food, only in this way can Fu Pi always feel that as long as there is food and foreign aid, he can hold Yecheng, only in this way can he let go of his previous hatred of Qin and Jin, and ask the Xie family and the Jin army for help in a low voice." ”

Murong Chui nodded: "Yes, the Jin army has not set foot on the territory of Hebei for nearly a hundred years, it is completely a foreign invader here, the people are not attached, the water and soil are not adapted, and they have to face the powerful force of our Dayan, the so-called strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, as a wise commander, Xie Xuan will definitely find as many friends here as possible, and will not go to war with Qin Yan and the two countries at the same time, so if Fu Pi takes the initiative to show goodwill, then he will definitely respond." For him, taking Yecheng is a victory, and if he can try not to shed blood, if Fu Pi is willing to give in and give up the city, then just concentrate on dealing with our Dayan. ”

Murong Lan gritted her teeth: "So as long as we act like we are afraid of the Qin and Jin coalition forces and retreat in panic, they will be fooled?" ”

Murong Chui smiled slightly: "It's not that we make it, we can't deceive Xie Xuan and Liu Jiaozhi just by pretending, we really want others to think that we are finished, and we have fled all the way, and we really want those small tribes and servants who are attached to us to scatter." If you want to defeat the Jin army, you can only rely on the local strength of our Murong family, rely on armor and cavalry, the rabble is useless, it will only be bad, and the battle of Weishui is the best proof of this. ”

Murong Lan sighed: "Your trick may have deceived Liu Gaozhi, or even Xie Xuan, but Liu Yu is very difficult to be fooled, and now that he has brought the jade seal back, if he participates in this Northern Expedition, I don't think your plan will succeed so easily." ”

Murong said with a smile: "Yes, if your sweetheart has the right to command, then I will lure the enemy like this, it will be difficult to work, this young man has a calm beyond his age and an innate handsomeness, I have been paying attention to him for a long time, every battle he has participated in and commanded, I have read the report you sent in detail, you are right, if the opponent is him, then he will definitely pay attention to my back moves, it is better to fight with him directly by the Yellow River." ”

"But what God helps me is that the current Liu Yu can't take charge of the army, not to mention that Liu Gaozhi is jealous of him and excludes him in many ways, even if it is the Xie family, do you think you will really trust a so-called future son-in-law who has not joined so unconditionally? Not to mention that Wang Miaoyin's surname is Wang, not Xie, and the Xie family doesn't use their own daughter to marry him, have you thought about the reason? ”

Murong Lan stood up in shock: "You mean, Liu Yu was only used by the Xie family?" ”

Murong Chui sneered: "Of course. The Xie family is essentially the same person as Huan Wen, in the past, the status of the Xie family was not as good as the Taiyuan Wang family, the Langyu Wang family, and even inferior to the Yu family, the Xi family, their family was born more than 20 years ago, taking advantage of the destruction of Ran Wei before the deception of the jade seal, made great contributions, plus the two Wang families have no successor for the time being, the Huan family rose in Jingzhou, and Xie An, the world's wizard, mastered the central government, they opposed the Huan family not because of how loyal they were, but because the Huan family was strong and had many talents, so that Huan Wen sat in the world, it would inevitably use the people of the family to control the government, The Xie family was not so much loyal to the emperor of the Sima clan as to the interests of their family. ”

"But when Xie An was in charge of the country for 20 years, the Xie family was as powerful as the sky, not only controlling the government, but also by forming the Beifu Army, with their own strong force, through the Xie family's operation in Wu for many years, with a strong economic capacity, food and salary can be self-sufficient, and the Central Plains and Lianghuai, the land of Qilu obtained by the Northern Expedition, although now because of the new conquest to be exempt from tax, but that is just an excuse, an excuse not to let other families interfere, once their Northern Expedition to Hebei is successful, these places are no longer borders, buffer zones, In addition to retaining the interests of some of these local powerful factions who took the initiative to surrender, who do you think will get the greatest benefit? ”

Murong Lan blurted out: "Naturally, they are the soldiers of the Beifu Army who have made meritorious contributions in the Northern Expedition. ”

Murong Chui laughed: "My little sister has grown, I can see this." Yes, if these places are directly given to the Xie family, naturally others will be resentful, but if they are given to meritorious soldiers, then there is nothing to say. So this time, the Xie family is using Liu Gaozhi, the most loyal and reliable person, to take the lead, and they will not even leave the opportunity to give other families a piece of the pie, and these families are still grinding and refusing to contribute money and food, Xie An wants this, since everyone does not cooperate, then I will independently go on the Northern Expedition. ”

Murong Lan's brows furrowed: "But in this way, Liu Gaozhi's tiger troops, plus the more than 10,000 old brothers of the Beifu army who are now stationed in the Guangling area, add up to 20,000 troops, and with these alone, can Hebei be defeated?" ”

Murong hooked the corners of his mouth: "Why not?" When Zu Ti crossed the river and the northern expedition, it was only 3,000 parts, and a few years later it occupied the entire Central Plains, 100,000 heroes, and I only had 5,000 troops when I raised troops in the Central Plains, and when I crossed the Yellow River into Hebei, plus Ding Ling and the rabble of various departments, it was only 30,000 people, but when it came to the city of Yecheng, there were 200,000 people, and the war was like this, most of the people in the troubled times were grass on the wall, and they would only rely on the victor they identified. ”

Murong Lan nodded: "I believe this, but you said that Liu Gaozhi is more loyal and reliable than Liu Yu, I don't believe it." Liu Gaozhi is an ambitious and greedy person, how can Liu Yu be so noble? If other families bid highly, he may not always follow the Xie family. ”

Murong Chui shook his head: "Little sister, your opinion of Liu Yu and Liu Gaozhi is completely wrong. It is precisely because Liu Yu is too noble that he is unreliable. The Xie family's ambition to be self-reliant will be exposed sooner or later, do you think Liu Yu will follow? Rather than raising tigers for trouble, when the tail will not fall off, it is better to restrict it now. In the battle of Weishui, Liu Yu has already moved the world, and this time to get back the jade seal, it is a great merit of sealing the general's worship, not to mention anything else, he is in charge of an army, as the vanguard of the army, at least as a deputy general to assist Liu Gaozhi, which is more than enough. ”

But the Xie family will never give Liu Yu this opportunity this time. Asking him to go to Guanzhong and get some jade seals is just an excuse to support Liu Yu and prevent him from continuing to make contributions. Others only said that other families couldn't get used to Liu Yu and wanted to find reasons and excuses for dealing with the Xie family in him, but who would have thought that the most important thing to suppress Liu Yu was precisely the Xie family who ordinary people thought was his benefactor. ”