Zhao Yun gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Big brother, he didn't care about the lives of his brothers for his own sake, he ......"

"Zilong, don't understand it like that. "In this battle between Guanzhong and Luoyang, although the general sacrificed tens of thousands www.biquge.info of innocent lives, he can avoid more wars and pacify the world as soon as possible, how many lives can be saved?" ”

"What about the future?" Zhao Yun asked, "We will withdraw from Guanzhong, and the eldest brother will withdraw from Luoyang, and this future battle will not be easy to fight." ”

"As I said, it's a hoax." Han Sui thought for a moment and said slowly, "The affairs of the court, whether it is the so-called national politics, the struggle for power, or the struggle for interests, are all frauds in the final analysis. Everyone cheats each other, and whoever wins gets everything they need. From the Son of Heaven to ordinary officials, all of them are like this. This counterinsurgency war unleashed by the Great General is also a fraud. 'Deception' is to deceive the people of the world, but what about 'deception'? ”

Zhao Yun was thoughtful.

Han Sui looked at Zhao Yun who was contemplative, and continued: "In today's battle, it is Zhang Ji, Wang Fang and Huang Fuhong who benefit the most, and it is the rest of the parties who suffer. After you and my armies withdrew from Guanzhong, the forces in Guanzhong were less, and the strength of the parties remaining in Guanzhong was close to each other, and the situation was immediately simpler, but the battle was about to become white-hot. ”

Han Sui looked at the last ray of sunset in the sky, and sighed: "The general will definitely occupy Guanzhong in the end, but the price must be very large. Only in this way can the Son of Heaven and the officials of Hebei clearly realize that the road of Zhongxing Han is very difficult, so that he can smoothly implement the reform and smoothly control the authority. ”

Looking at Zhao Yun, Han Sui said meaningfully: "The focus of this 'fraud' is not 'deception', but 'fraud'. The general is no longer the fierce general who galloped on the battlefield back then, but a powerful minister of the imperial court. ”

Zhao Yun was very grateful to be taught.

Han Sui glanced at Zhao Yun and said earnestly: "Zilong, your temper is about to change. Moreover, you must remember that you must never set foot in the court, otherwise you will ......"

"How else? Brother, is he still going to kill me? Zhao Yun said with a smile.

"Exactly." Han Sui leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Don't rush back to Hedong, remember." ”

Zhao Yun's face changed, anger surged, and just as he was about to speak, he was stopped by Han Sui shaking his hand.

I only heard Han Sui say: "The counterinsurgency is a major event, the general does not personally go to Guanzhong, but entrusts you with a heavy responsibility, can't you see the subtlety of this?" The counterinsurgency failed, the general needed someone to take the blame, and the Son of Heaven didn't want to offend the general, so naturally he had to find someone to blame, who was this person who took the blame? Could it be that you and Xu Da failed to quell the rebellion, and when you return to Hedong, you still want to be your general of Zhengxi and Zhenxi in peace? ”

Zhao Yun said: "General Han, I am loyal to my eldest brother, and my eldest brother will never treat me like this, don't be suspicious." ”

"I'm not deliberately provoking, I'm warning you not to kill yourself." Han Sui Zhengse said, "The general asked you to withdraw to Hedong, and you will withdraw to Hedong?" Do you listen to the general, or to the Son of Heaven? Does the Son of Heaven have a holy decree to let you quit Guanzhong now? ”

Zhao Yun was flustered and at a loss for a moment.

Han Sui said goodbye, and his emaciated figure slowly disappeared into the faint twilight.

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Late at night, the Northern Xinjiang Army withdrew to Changling.

Inside the simple military tent, Zhao Yun walked around restlessly in the dim candlelight.

Zhao Yun has read the joint letter between Li Yi and Yue Fei more than 100 times, and now he can recite it almost word for word.

The letter makes it very clear that there are three purposes for taking the initiative to defeat this battle.

The first is to preserve strength. Before the start of this battle, the combined forces of Yuan Shao, Kuai Yue, Han Sui, and Ma Teng had nearly 120,000 people, while their own side only had 70,000, and the enemy's strength was almost twice that of their own. In addition, in the case that Zhang Ji, Wang Fang and Huang Fuhong may defect, defeat and exit is the wisest and safest way.

At the beginning of the month, the battle of Nanshanting did not achieve the expected goal, causing the battle of Guanzhong to fall into passivity, if Guanzhong was captured at any cost, the losses of the Northern Xinjiang Army were also very amazing.

Now most of the main forces of the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry are on the battlefield in Guanzhong, once more than half of these main iron cavalry are lost, can the Northern Xinjiang Army still ensure that Guanzhong is taken? Even if Guanzhong is taken, what will happen to the garrison of the desert and border counties in the future? What will we do in the future to pacify the world, especially when we capture the Central Plains?

The second is to effectively deplete the forces of all parties that entered the battlefield in Guanzhong, especially the strength of Yuan Shao, Kuai Yue, Han Sui and Ma Teng. The reason why we know that we will lose this battle is our main purpose.

The strength of the parties is weakened, and there is little difference between them, so the competition for Guanzhong will be more intense, and the battle of Guanzhong can continue forever.

When they fight again, we can get the opportunity to capture Guanzhong again, and we can capture Guanzhong at the lowest cost. At the beginning of the year, we waited until the Guanzhong Chaos before sending troops, wasn't that the reason?

No matter how fierce the tiger is, it can't fight the siege of the wolves. Although now we can try to be happy for a while and forcibly seize Guanzhong at all costs, but we are beaten to the point of dying, so even if we seize Guanzhong, the gains outweigh the losses.

Third, only after defeat can we have a reason to abandon the counterinsurgency action and withdraw our troops from Hedong.

We can completely skip this battle, and we can use other methods to avoid defeat, but we went to Guanzhong to suppress the rebellion by the edict of the Son of Heaven, and we must obey the will of the Son of Heaven. Therefore, we must not only fight, not only take the initiative to fall into the predicament of being attacked by the enemy in front and rear, but also fight fiercely, and fight so that people believe that our Northern Xinjiang Army is not sending troops to quell the rebellion, but is really unable to put down the rebellion. Otherwise, if we give up counterinsurgency and withdraw our troops to Hedong, we will definitely be condemned by the people of the world and hated by the Son of Heaven and the officials of Hebei.

After reading the letter, Zhao Yun was a little confused.

Now this battle has been fought, and it has been defeated according to the requirements of the eldest brother Li Yi, and the fight has made everyone in the world believe that the Northern Xinjiang Army is powerless to quell the rebellion. But is the Northern Frontier Army really powerless to quell the rebellion?

No, under the instruction of the eldest brother, he and Xu Da successfully persuaded Han Sui and got Han Sui's help, thus saving the main force of the iron cavalry and withdrawing from the battlefield very smoothly. At present, the Northern Xinjiang Army still has the strength to continue fighting, continue to confront various forces in Guanzhong, and look for opportunities to seize Guanzhong.

Do I really want to obey the big brother's military orders and quit Guanzhong?

The words that Han Sui said on the edge of the Weiqiao had too great an impact on Zhao Yun.

In Zhao Yun's mind, if Han Sui's analysis is correct, and the eldest brother Li Yi has no intention of quelling the rebellion at all, he is deceiving the people of the world, and he is deceiving the Son of Heaven and Hebei up and down, then it is very likely that as Han Sui said, he and Xu Da will become the scapegoats for this defeat.

Will Big Brother kill me? Has the eldest brother really become a ruthless and cunning minister?

Zhao Yun closed his eyes and sighed.

Big brother won't change, after so many years, how can big brother ever kill a subordinate? How could he have sacrificed his men to achieve his personal ends? He wants to kill me, and if he is not happy with me, why does he keep giving me a heavy responsibility?

Han Sui's words may have his truth, maybe he has his understanding and views on the situation in the world, or maybe he has other purposes. He is not familiar with the eldest brother, and he doesn't know what the eldest brother has done in the past few years. He just guessed the eldest brother's thoughts with his own psychology, he couldn't understand the eldest brother's personality and wishes, he might be wrong.

But if things are as Han Sui said, what should I do? Han Sui is a celebrity, the leader of the Xiliang army, he has been struggling in Xiliang for ten years, his views on many things must be more thorough than mine, and his wisdom and vision are far beyond mine, even if he is wrong, it is estimated that it will not be too far from the truth.

Thinking of all this possibility, Zhao Yun was in a state of confusion and didn't know what to do.

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Xu Da strode into the military tent and asked suspiciously: "Brother Zilong, looking for me late at night, what's the urgency?" ”

Zhao Yun pointed to the book on the case and said, "Tiande, after we rode into Guanzhong with 74,000 steps, we went through several battles and suffered nearly 10,000 casualties. The generals came to me after taking the lead, shouting for revenge, and they were all very emotional. In this case, tell them to withdraw from Guanzhong immediately, I'm afraid it will ......"

Xu Da understood what Zhao Yun meant, and Zhao Yun planned to delay the withdrawal of the army.

In this battle of Guanzhong, the commander of the army is Zhao Yun, and the deputy commander is himself, although there are two military divisions Jia Xu and Guo Jia accompanying him, but this kind of major event, it is the two of them who make the decision, so the two must agree on this matter.

Xu Da thought for a while and said, "Brother Zilong, Han Sui has already returned to Xiliang, and we continue to stay in Guanzhong, neither in terms of strength nor in terms of strength, and it is difficult to find an opportunity to capture Guanzhong." On the contrary, because of our existence, Yuan Shao, Kuai Yue, Ma Teng, Zhang Ji and other generals in Guanzhong will stick close to each other in order to confront us, which will not benefit the situation in Guanzhong in any way. ”

Xu Da slowly rolled up the bamboo slip in his hand, and said with a smile: "Brother Zilong, if you want to find an opportunity to seize Guanzhong, if you want to capture Guanzhong at the lowest cost, you have to let them fight each other." If we want them to fight each other, we can't give them the opportunity to join forces, we can't let them feel that we are a strong threat. ”

Xu Da touched the book slip in his hand and continued: "This is a book slip, even if we use two hands, it is difficult to tear it easily, but if it is just a piece of paper, we can tear it off with two fingers. The lord's suggestion is correct, and I think it's better to withdraw from Guanzhong quickly. ”

Zhao Yun pondered for a long time, wanted to speak and stopped, looking very hesitant.

"Brother Zilong, Zhang Ji, Wang Fang and Huang Fuhong defected, not to give Guanzhong to Yuan Shao, but to firmly control Guanzhong in their hands as in the past. So, I think the lord is right. Let them fight each other, and when the damned people are dead, it will not be too late for us to send troops. Xu Da patted Zhao Yun's shoulder and said with a smile.

Zhao Yun was worried and silent. (To be continued.) )