"My lord, if the drought in the Central Plains continues until this summer, it will definitely be thousands of miles away, the number of displaced people will increase dramatically, and rebellions will rise one after another. www.biquge.info With the occurrence of the rebellion, the displaced people will inevitably cross the river and pour into Hebei. Sima Yi suddenly bowed down and said, "However, Jizhou can no longer accommodate the displaced people, and the way to prevent the displaced people from entering Jizhou is to fight on the north bank of the Yellow River and cut off the road for the displaced people to enter Jizhou." As for the rebels, they will also have to withdraw from Jizhou one after another because of the rebellion of the displaced people in the Central Plains and go back to quell the riots. Turning to the inside line may be a foolproof strategy. ”

Li Yi lowered his head, clenched his hands into fists, kept knocking his forehead, and his heart churned.

From his heart, he was extremely reluctant to see those ordinary people lose their lives because of the rebellion, which is why he desperately accepted the displaced people from all over the world in the past few years.

Because of Li Yi's efforts, the results are also remarkable. Although the Han Dynasty has been in war for 12 years since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Han Dynasty has not really hurt its vitality. If nothing else, there are many things that can be seen in terms of population alone.

On the eve of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the total population of the Han Dynasty was in the early 60 million, and after 12 years of war, coupled with frequent natural disasters, the Han Dynasty still retains a population of more than 50 million. Although twelve years of wars and natural disasters still caused the death of more than 10 million people, compared to another time and space, it is already many times better.

You must know that in another time and space, in the 20 years of war after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the population of the Han Dynasty dropped from more than 60 million to less than 20 million, losing more than 70% of the population.

However, it is precisely because Li Yi accepted too many displaced people before that it caused huge pressure on Hebei to survive. Although Li Yi conquered the prairie, opened up the vast area of Northeast China, expanded the living space as the habitat of the Han people, and even exchanged a lot of advanced technology through the summoning system to improve productivity, Hebei still reached the limit of the population. If refugees continue to be admitted, it is likely to cause a collapse.

Therefore, now Li Yi has to harden his heart and refuse to allow more refugees to pour into Hebei.

Preventing refugees from entering the country is one thing, and on the other hand, it is because this big war is a battle related to the survival of themselves and Hebei, and it cannot be lost in any way.

Fighting on the outside line, although the losses are large, it is safe and can protect Jizhou; And when it comes to fighting on the inside line, although the losses may be smaller, the slightest mistake will be a catastrophe.

This is the key to Li Yi's hesitation.

"Write our opinions into a recital, and send the flying pigeon to Jicheng urgently, asking the Son of Heaven and the ministers of the DPRK and China to give an answer within two days." Li Yi raised his head, looked at Sima Yi and said, "Zhongda, explain both strategies clearly, the key to this battle is not to lose, we can't afford to lose." ”

"Chase Zhang Fei, Zhang He and the generals together, as well as the Jizhou assassin Shi Bao Zheng back immediately." Li Yi pointed at Zhuge Liang and said, "Kong Ming, you go quickly." Also, urgently summoned the Taishou of all counties in Jizhou and asked them to rush to Yecheng day and night. ”

Zhuge Liang agreed in surprise and hurriedly left the account. This arrangement of the lord is obviously inclined to change the plan on the battlefield, and he wants to change the battle on the outside line to the battle on the inside line. In fact, he was more in favor of changing the combat strategy.

At this time, Xun You spoke: "Lord, Yuan Shu is ...... over there"

Before Xun You finished speaking, Li Yi had already interrupted him and said, "No matter how we fight, these three people will be detained as hostages." You go and tell Yuan Yao that we have agreed, and ask him to send someone south to get in touch with Yuan Shu. ”

Xun You smiled slightly, bowed and retreated.

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Zhang Fei and the others rushed back to the general's line again. Such a big change occurred overnight, and the generals and civilian officials were extremely shocked.

Suddenly, Zhang Fei smashed his fist on the case, and shouted excitedly: "Big brother, okay, we have won this battle." ”

Then he flew up and stood up, strode to the side of the big tent next to the picture, and said loudly: "If the army crosses the river to the south and goes directly to the Central Plains to fight, the casualties will be huge, but if it turns to an internal battle, we can rely on the rivers and cities in Jizhou to lay down a line of defense and take advantage of the terrain to inflict heavy losses on the enemy." In this way, we can reduce the casualties of the standing soldiers, preserve our strength, and even mobilize the garrison of Jizhou, so that they can experience the war, grow into elites, and accumulate strength for the future southward pacification of the world. ”

Zhang Fei had obviously studied the internal operations for a long time, and he pointed to the map and talked endlessly.

The rebels' attack strategy is nothing more than three kinds: one is to combine their troops in one place and drive straight in; the second is that the troops are divided into three routes, supplemented by two wings, and attack in the middle; Third, the troops are divided into multiple routes and advance in unison.

According to these three attack methods, Zhang Fei designed a strategy to break the enemy one by one.

"As long as the eldest brother orders, the army can stop the rebels from crossing the river on the north bank of the Yellow River until all two million people are evacuated."

Zhang Fei arched his hand and said, "Please give an order immediately!" ”

Li Yi shook his hand and said, "I'm already in a hurry to play the imperial court, wait a little longer." ”

"Rush to play the court?" Li Yi frowned, and said very dissatisfiedly, "Big brother, you are the Great Sima General, ranking above the Third Duke, and you have all the decision-making power in military affairs, you can do this kind of thing with a word, why do you waste time in a hurry to play the imperial court?" ”

"Yide, it is precisely because I am the Great Sima General that I have to rush to the imperial court." Li Yi said calmly, "Now that the Son of Heaven and the imperial court are in Jicheng, although the military and political affairs of Hebei are still in charge of me, Hebei is the Hebei of the Han Dynasty, and Hebei has to listen to the Son of Heaven and the imperial court." ”

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In early April, Jicheng.

The Son of Heaven received an urgent performance from Li Yi in the middle of the night, and he immediately sent an edict to the ministers and entered the palace overnight to discuss matters.

Taifu Cai Yong, Da Situ Yang Biao, Da Sikong Zhen Ju and other 16 ministers and six Cao Shangshu gathered in Shangshutai.

Shangshu Sima Lang recited Li Yi's urgent recital aloud and gave a more detailed explanation.

"The general asked us to reply within two days, but the situation in Jizhou is critical, and I ask you to agree on this tonight." The Son of Heaven coughed softly a few times, pointed at Guanglu Xun Kou Zhun and Wei Wei Tian Feng and said, "The two Aiqing have been on the battlefield with the general for a long time and are very familiar with military affairs, so you can talk about it first." ”

"Changing plans in battle is a taboo for soldiers." Kou Zhun stood up and played, "Fighting on the inside line, our army has to bear several times the risk of fighting on the outside line, which is very dangerous. From the courtier's point of view, we cannot pin our victory on a rebellious word and an unforeseen natural disaster, and we must be cautious in this matter. ”

The Son of Heaven looked at Tian Feng.

Tian Feng smiled bitterly: "From the minister's heart, I agree with the general's proposal, which can save a lot of money for the imperial court, but at this moment, it seems that it is a little late in time, and it is difficult for us to complete the preparations for the internal battle in such a short time." The evacuation of two million people, the general is just a short sentence, but up to the imperial court, down to the counties of Hebei, they have to make great efforts for this sentence, which is too difficult. ”

"The reason for switching from external operations to internal operations is not that this strategy does not work, but that the time we use to prepare is too short." "If the general can keep the rebels on the south bank of the Yellow River until June, then this strategy is feasible, but the general can't guarantee it. Once we are unprepared and the rebels enter Jizhou ahead of schedule, it will be difficult to say whether this battle will be won or lost. ”

Li Xuan, the former Jizhou assassin who succeeded the deceased Huangfu Song as a servant, and Zhuge Xuan, the always cautious Guangyang County Taishou and Sili Lieutenant, supported Li Yi's proposal, both of them believed that with the strong combat power of the Northern Xinjiang Army, the rebels could be completely blocked on the north bank of the Yellow River. Don't say that you will stick to it until the beginning of June, but you will have no problem until the end of the year.

The opinions of the former officials of Northern Xinjiang were all different, and the opinions of other ministers were of course even more unified.

The Son of Heaven was anxious and anxious. He saw that Taifu Cai Yong was abnormal, sitting there quietly without saying a word, and asked very strangely, "Why didn't Taifu speak?" Are you not in good health? ”

Cai Yong stood up and said loudly: "From the minister's point of view, we don't need to agree on this performance at all. ”

The Son of Heaven was very surprised and asked, "What does Taifu mean by this?" ”

Shang Shutai suddenly fell silent.

Cai Yong first bowed to the Son of Heaven, and then said to the ministers: "Since Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, who has invited such a major event to the Son of Heaven and the imperial court?" Dong Zhuo naturally won't, not even the former Situ Wang Yun. If he had invited the Son of Heaven at the beginning, the Son of Heaven would definitely issue an order to appease Dong Zhuo's old department, or he would have discussed more with the ministers of the court, and the ministers of the court would have agreed to appease. ”

"But Wang Yun didn't, he made his own decisions, he took the place of the Son of Heaven, and as a result, the disasters of Chang'an followed, and the last chance for the Han to quickly revive was buried."

Cai Yong turned around and pointed to the piece placed in front of the Son of Heaven, and said excitedly: "Today, look at the general, he is still thinking about the Son of Heaven and the imperial court thousands of miles away, such a person is not worthy of trust, who else can we trust?" Who else can we count on to go to Zhongxing Dahan? The general does not want our opinions, he wants our trust, our loyalty to the Han. ”

Cai Yong pointed his finger at the ministers and asked in a loud voice: "Touch your conscience, are you loyal to the Han Dynasty?" Are you willing to die for the Great Han? The Great Han needs the Great General to charge into battle, but can the Great General save the Great Han alone? The Great Han needs your loyalty, and the Great General needs your trust and help. As long as the monarch and the minister work together, the great difficulties can be overcome. ”

"The general is fighting hard, trying to buy time, what about us? What should we do? Cai Yong raised his arms and said loudly, "We should follow the general to fight to the death!" ”

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In the early morning of the next day, the Son of Heaven issued an order, agreed to the general's recital, and urgently ordered the imperial court and the Hebei prefectures to quickly evacuate the two million people from the combat zone and make all preparations for the internal battle. (To be continued.) )