Gao Yihuan frowned slightly when he heard this, "The matter of North Korea has indeed been prepared for a long time, but the matter of the Western Regions is also urgent. ”

Chen Mingxia said: "Your Majesty, since the Tang Dynasty, the northwest has withered, and the threat of the Central Plains has mostly come from the northeast. It is much easier for the northern tyrants to advance from the northeast to the Central Plains and Jiangnan than from the northwest. The minister thinks that compared to the Rakshasas, Haoge is the threat of Dawei, and His Majesty should destroy Haoge first! ”

Before the Tang Dynasty, Guanzhong was rich and nomadic invaded the south, and it was possible to attack while getting supplies, but after that, the situation changed, and the threat of the Central Plains began to change, gradually shifting from the north to the northeast.

Jin destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, all from the northeast line to the Central Plains, although the Meng Yuan rose in the grassland, but he also first captured the northeast region of the Jin State, and then entered the customs to destroy the Jin.

From this point of view, the Huyi that arose in the northeast is indeed a threat to the Central Plains, and we should be vigilant.

Gao Yihuan fell into deep thought, and Chen Mingxia continued: "Your Majesty, besides, the north has a small population, and the land of the military households is not cultivated by tenants, which hurts morale. Therefore, the minister thought that Korea should be captured first. ”

Although Gao Yihuan encouraged childbearing, and the population of Wei also increased, the newly increased population could not become a labor force at present.

In the past two years, Gao Yihuan launched the Unification War, and in the war, a large number of soldiers obtained military merits and received military land, but there was a lack of personnel to cultivate, which did affect the morale of the army and made the nobles a little dissatisfied.

Gao Yihuan glanced at several ministers and asked, "What do the gentlemen think?" ”

Li Yan, Liang Yizhang and others discussed a few words, and Liang Yizhang saluted: "Your Majesty, Chen Gebu is reasonable, in the long run, Haoge is indeed a threat to our dynasty, but as far as the current situation is concerned, Haoge is in a defensive posture, and the threat to our Great Wei is actually not big, and the Rakshasa people gathered Jungar, raised more than 100,000 troops, and directly attacked the territory of Great Wei, and the threat to our Great Wei is obviously greater." Now that Korea is slowing down, and the Western Regions are urgent, the minister thinks that he should send troops to the Western Regions first. ”

"Your Majesty, last year's war, Hauge was defeated, now is the best time for us to sweep away Hauge, if it drags on, Hauge recovers and prepares, it will not be easy to take North Korea!" Chen Mingxia continued to insist: "Besides, the materials and soldiers and horses of the imperial court have been transferred to Liaodong, and now changing course will undoubtedly waste huge resources. ”

Gao Yihuan was silent for a moment and looked at Li Yan, "Mr. Li is the first assistant, what do you think?" ”

Li Yan stood up and did not answer directly, but told a story, "Your Majesty, when the minister was reading history books, he saw such a story. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty re-established the Western Regions Protectorate, and during the Yongping period of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, a person named Geng Gong was appointed as the captain of Wuji. In the following year, the Northern Xiongnu Shan Yu sent 20,000 elite soldiers to attack Cheshi, killed the Cheshi king, and instead attacked Geng Gong's garrison, which had stationed hundreds of people, and besieged it into the city. At this time, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty died and had no time to send troops, and the rescue troops did not come, and Che Shiguo betrayed the Han Dynasty and joined forces with the Xiongnu to attack Geng Gong. The Han soldiers ran out of food and fell into trouble. They boiled their crossbows and ate their tendons, refused the surrender of the Xiongnu, and held on to the city. ”

Gao Yihuan is also a student, he heard this, he knew that Li Yan was talking about the allusion of the thirteen strong men returning to the Jade Gate, and he also understood what Li Yan meant, but he did not interrupt, but asked Li Yan to continue.

Li Yan unhurriedly recounted: "After Emperor Zhang of Han ascended the throne, he learned the news of Geng Gong's request for help, and at this time, several months had passed since the attack of the Northern Xiongnu. Most of the ministers of the DPRK and China said that sending nearly 10,000 reinforcements to rescue hundreds of defenders who did not know life and death was a huge expense, and the gains outweighed the losses, only Situ Baoyu stood up and tried his best to ask for reinforcements. ”

Gao Yihuan cooperated: "Which sentence is it, Mr. Li said it to me and gentlemen!" ”

Li Yan coughed lightly, raised his arms and said loudly: "Today, people are in a place of danger, and they are abandoned in a hurry, and the outside is barbarian violence, and the inside is to injure and kill the victims." If you don't save it at this time, if the Huns re-offend and become a coward, how will Your Majesty make a general? ”

"Emperor Zhang felt his words, sent troops to rescue, defeated the Huns, and finally more than 10,000 reinforcements successfully rescued Geng Gong, Gong and other thirteen people returned to Yumen with the Han army, leaving an allusion." Li Yan gave Gao Yihuan a salute, "Your Majesty, people say that the former Han Dynasty was prosperous and the Later Han was weak, but the weak Later Han Dynasty made the northern tyrants dare not peep and always maintained the territory of the Western Regions, because the Han people never connived at the atrocities of the barbarians, nor did they hurt the hearts of loyal ministers and good generals." Today, my 3,000 soldiers of the Great Wei Dynasty were besieged in the Broken Leaf City, and the Great Wei sent more than 100,000 troops, spending countless amounts of food, grass and money to rescue, and it was indeed not as cost-effective as fighting North Korea on the books, but the minister thought that the account could not be calculated like this. The Great Wei ordered the soldiers to be stationed at the border passes, but they were left alone when there was danger, who would serve the Great Wei in the future? Therefore, the minister thought that he must save the heroes of Great Wei! ”

Gao Yihuan stood up, and his blood boiled by Li Yan's words, "Okay, what Mr. Li said is good." Spread my will, send troops to the Western Regions, and rescue Broken Leaves! ”

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Shattered Leaf City.

The blackened ruins of the wall are still standing in the cold wind, and the half-burned Weizi flag at the head of the city is still hunting in the cold wind, making people worry that the remnant flag will be suddenly torn apart by the wind.

Outside the ruined Broken Leaf City, it was surrounded by a company camp of Rakshasas and Mongols.

Looking down from the sky, around the city, there is a tomb-like military tent, which is difficult to count.

In November, a cold wind blew from Siberia, and the camp was densely packed with soldiers, unaffected by the weather.

For the Rakshasas and Mongolians, such weather can only be regarded as ordinary.

At this time, in a large tent in the camp, a stove was set up in the middle of the tent, and Marshal Morozov of Tsarist Russia sat around the fire with the monks and others to discuss military affairs, and several Tatars in charge of translation sat aside.

The monk stirred the flint with a wooden strip and said in his mouth: "Marshal Morozov, this Broken Leaf City has not yet been captured by your army, once the Wei army comes to help, what should we do?" ”

After listening to the translator's words, Morozov smiled contemptuously: "The Wei people are all cowards, and it is impossible for them to send an army to travel thousands of miles for a small city. Your Excellency is worried! ”

Seng Ge continued to pull the fire with a stick, worried: "The marshal should not underestimate the Wei army, besides, with Gao Yihuan's character, he will definitely not sit idly by, and we will take the Western Regions." ”

Morozov frowned, "Even if it is as Your Excellency said, so what? It's okay if the Wei people don't come, but if they dare to come, I just set up an ambush and hit them by mistake. Just like when I defeated that general surnamed Jiang before! ”