12. Steady planning

On Luogu Road, the stagecoaches of the imperial court and Xingyuan Mansion galloped like lightning.

The emperor responded very quickly, on the surface he suffered this dumb loss, and secretly quickly accepted Gao Yue's recommendation:

With Liu Changqing inspecting the school's engineering department, he entered Banan as an observer and set off immediately.

Before leaving, the emperor summoned Liu Changqing alone, and encouraged him to work hard in Banan, the land in Banan is actually rich, but the indigenous slash-and-burn farming, not the king, your primary duty is to connect Yuzhou and Kuifu to the south, and to the north to connect with the Micang Mountain Pass adjacent to Xingyuan Mansion, and other education, cultivation and other affairs Gao Yue and Du Huangshang will help you, you were also a talent selected by Liu Yan before, and you are well versed in financial planning, I believe you will make some achievements.

Liu Changqing was flattered when he left!

He originally because he would do the Ministry of Rites Langzhong until he retired, and then the emperor and Cui Zao suddenly asked him to fight with Han Rong for the right to luck, he listened to Liu Yan and Gao Yue's words and pretended to be crazy, although he angered the emperor, and was once released as Xingzhou Sima, but he always did not leave Beijing because of "illness", but now he is not extremely Tailai, the emperor suddenly promoted him to be the observer of Banan, and after returning to the court, I am afraid that he will worship as a certain servant, a very human minister.

When Liu Changqing was counting his outfit and preparing to go to his post, Gao Yue entrusted the affairs of Fengxiang Mansion and Northwest Yingtian to Xue Baijing and Wang Shao respectively, and he took the initiative to take Liu Demur, Wei Ping, Wei Zhiyi and other henchmen, almost a hundred mule soldiers to guard, out of Xingyuan Mansion, along the road into Shu, to Lizhou Sanquan Courtyard, where he wanted to personally meet with Wei Gao, the envoy of Xichuan Jiedu, and Du Huangshang, the envoy of Dongchuan Jiedu.

Of course, Gao Yue attached great importance to Han Yu, who was studying in Yangzhou, and also took this young scholar with him, so that he could meet the bigwigs directly and increase his life experience.

Previously, the Xingyuan Mansion gave Han Yu's widowed sister-in-law Zheng's 300 pieces of color silk, which was robbed by Huaixi thieves, Han Yue hated it so much that his teeth itched, so under the guidance of Gao Yue, he painstakingly studied the politics and geography of Kanto, especially Jianghuai and the Central Plains, and also took time to visit Cai Lake in Xingyuan Ping twice, and wrote several poems that angrily denounced and wished Wu Shaocheng a good death.

After receiving Gao Yue's invitation, the two Jiedu envoys learned that this was also the emperor's will, so they also left their respective houses, crossed the Lutoushu, and then went north to the Sanquan Military Courtyard to meet Gao Yue.

The Sanquan Military Academy is in the south of the county seat, and Gao Yue and the two Jiedu envoys decided to enjoy the scenery and talk about military affairs, so they went to the Sanquan Mountain north of the county seat.

The mountain cliff is pale green, the ancient trees are loose and coiled on it, several mountain streams come out from the stream, and then surround the county seat, inject into the Jialing water, there is a flat high platform on the opposite side of the cliff, and the mountain cliff has an arc-shaped small stone bridge to connect, there is a pavilion on the platform, just can be used for rest.

There are three springs on the side of the pavilion, surrounded by each other, and all of them are bubbling with clear water, which is also the origin of the name of the county.

"The spring has three eyes, and Yuan Rong also has three, just enough to stay in one place, protect the emperor and defend the country, isn't it the mandate of heaven to protect my emperor Tang Zai!" Han Yu looked at the spring water and the small white jade-like crab crawling inside, and couldn't help but say in admiration.

Wei Gao laughed and said that Han Langjun is really literate, and in the imperial examination three years later, I am also the one who has passed the list.

Han Yue, who was moved, hurriedly stepped forward to thank him.

Then the three festival envoys sat under the Sanquan Pavilion, drinking tea while measuring major events. And even Wei Zhiyi, who was about to be elected to Beijing as a member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, could only sit respectfully, and Han Yu, who had no background, stood outside the pavilion.

"It is necessary to immediately unite Fan Ze, the envoy of Shannan Dongdao, and Cao Wanggao, the envoy of Jingnan Jiedu." Gao Yue took a sip of tea and got straight to the point.

Wei Gao and Du Huangshang agreed, saying that Shannan Dongdao and Jingnan are both known as wealthy, so it would be good for Fan Ze and Cao Wanggao to join forces with us to protect the emperor and overcome the difficulties together.

"Jiangling in Jingnan has no less than 100,000 household registrations, rice and grain are abundant, and Xiangyang and Suixian in Shannan East Province have also recovered very quickly in recent years, my plan is - if the Huaixi robbing river thieves continue to be so rampant, we will communicate with each other, help the Holy Lord, run the northwest Shannan Jiannan well, and then set foot on the small Huaixi, saving the Wu brothers, the pair of thieves, looking at the eyesore, disgusting to the touch.

"It is not difficult to pacify the western part of the Huai, but we must first determine the direction of the western part of the country and the party." Du Huangshang said.

Wei Gao said: "The direction remains the same, first retreat to Xifan, then destroy the party, and then raze Huaixi, Zhongxing will be equivalent to success." ”

"Hmm, so Yue's idea is." Saying that, Gao Yue first opened his five fingers, and then closed his thumb, index finger and middle finger, "The soldiers of Xichuan, Dongchuan, and Xingyuan are in one place, and they will first win a small battle in Lizhou and Shanzhou, how about it?" ”

As soon as he heard about the battle, Wei Gao's eyes lit up.

Of course, there is no problem, Xifan has occupied these two states for a long time, forced the local barbarians to be servants, and repeatedly raised troops to invade, and we have uprooted the strongholds of Xibo here, which is the best.

"Yue has said before that Xifan colluded with Yunnan (Nanzhao), and successively raised troops to invade the border, plotting against Shudu, and the military route was nothing more than three roads, all the way from Wei and Song, and directly attacked Shudu from the west; all the way to self-support and literature, invaded the Sword Pavilion, and cut off the connection between Shu and Hanzhong; There is also a road that connects Yunnan, with Shanzhou as a springboard, from Li and Ya two states, and the north of Shudu. This time, we joined forces, and on the last road, we pulled out the 'teeth' arranged by Xifan one by one, with three purposes.

First, he forced the barbarians of Lizhou and Shanzhou to fall to our Tang Dynasty, and put pressure on Yunnan to make Zheng Wenming's subsequent envoy more smooth;

Moreover, the pain of Xifan made him decline after that, and he could no longer launch an attack from the three lines of Jiannan, Longtuo and Lingyan, forcing him to sue for peace in order to recapture Qinzhou Zhangben;

The three are to increase the prestige of the imperial court in my northwest and southern Jiannan, no, it will be much easier to clean up the party items next. ”

When Gao Yue instantly and clearly stated the three goals, Han Yu was stunned.

He only knew how to read the scriptures before, where did he see Fang Yue's appearance of coordinating military aircraft?

At this time, he peeked at Wei Zhiyi on the side, only to see that flames were about to burst out of his head, and he clenched his fists excitedly, looking at Gao Yue and Wei Gao with admiration.

"For the convenience of the army, our three towns have to be re-established and renovate two roads, one from Fengxiang into Chencang Road and Jinniu, and then smoothly into Dongxichuan, of which Dongchuan needs to be renovated Langzhong Road; The second from Xingyuan Mansion to the south, through the Micang Mountain, through Bazhou, straight to Luzhou, Yuzhou, of which Lushui, Jialing Water, Tuoshui are all connected to the Great River (Yangtze River), and Kuifu, Jiangling Mansion is connected, can transport rice grain in large quantities, currency merchants, after this road arrives at Xingyuan Mansion, I will prepare the water and land of the Bao Slope Road, can go straight to the Yi County of Fengxiang. ”

"In this way, the Han River can be connected to Xiangyang, Dongchuan Luzhou can be connected to Jiangling, the two are in Ezhou, and Huaixi is connected through Qihuang, as long as these two roads are built, the counties and towns of Jiannan in Shannan can be connected, carrying goods and rice and grain, and they can hit Xifan to the west, and they can level Huaixi to the east." Du Huangshang was full of praise.

In the end, the three marshals reached an agreement: first secretly played the imperial court, prepared the road, and then took the initiative to attack in the autumn and winter, fought a limited war with Xifan, knocked on the envoy road to Yunnan, and the following year, officially pacified the party.

Then, Huaixi has to accept the arrangement of fate.