Li Yi arrived at the gate of the mansion and carefully put Zhen Mi down. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Xun Cai and the others who followed closely behind hurriedly gathered around her to sort out her clothes.

"Xichenglou is safe and sound, but what about the people?" Li Yi glared at Gao Pet angrily and whispered, "You frightened the people, do you know? If someone is hurt by this, I will only ask you. ”

Gao Zhong and Li Cunxiao looked at each other and smiled, unimpressed by Li Yi's words.

The Tang Mansion was full of people, the sound of silk and bamboo was endless, and the grand wedding banquet began.

In the new room in the inner hall, Li Yi and Zhen Mi eat together in prison (the new room is located in the groom's bedroom. The waiters alternately water and wash their hands for the bride and groom, and the celebrants arrange the first meal for the bride and groom. The food customs of the ancients are somewhat similar to today's meal system, with one portion of each food, so in front of the bride and groom's feast, the staple food of millet and millet and millet and sauce, as well as sauce, syrup, and soup for seasoning are all each one. However, the situation of the wedding is somewhat special, and there is only a single portion of the fish figurine, the porpoise figurine, and the wax figurine, which is placed between the meals of the two people for the groom and the bride to eat together, and this arrangement is called "eating together in prison". ), and drink (the so-called gourd is a scoop made of gourd in half, and the husband and wife each hold a piece and drink. This arrangement is called "drinking together". ), completed the wedding ceremony.

Xun Cai, who presided over the ceremony, withdrew.

Li Yi and Zhen Mi sat in each other's arms, enjoying this quiet and warm moment.

Zhen Mi felt a little like she was in a dream, and muttered, "Is this a dream?" ”

Li Yi said pityingly: "No." ”

"If it's a dream, I'll live in it forever." Zhen Mi closed her eyes and lay comfortably in Li Yi's arms, with a sweet smile on the corner of her mouth, and fell asleep.

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Luoyang, the Central Theater Command Commander Battalion.

Today is the wedding day of the lord and Zhen Mi, and in order to make up for the regret of not being able to go to Jinyang to congratulate in person, Li Jing invited the generals to celebrate at the big camp.

When the generals were drunk, they enthusiastically discussed the strategy of attack and asked for battle.

Li Jing was impassioned and shouted: "On the first day of the first month of March, the grain, grass and ordnance are ready, all the armies are deployed in place, and the army will attack Luyang first, and it must be decided in a battle." ”

The generals responded with a bang, and the momentum was like a rainbow.

Late at night, Zhuge Jin of the General's Mansion explained in detail the strategy of attacking Luyang, and instructed Tai Shici, Xie Xuan, Gao Changgong, Yuwen Chengdu and Lu Wenlong and other army commanders to obey military orders, strive to conquer Luyang in the shortest possible time, quickly break the stalemate on the battlefield of Nanyang, and lay the foundation for the army to successfully conquer Wancheng and recover Nanyang.

The generals left overnight. Li Jing personally sent it to Yuanmen, and after returning to the big tent, he was still immersed in extreme excitement, without the slightest sleep, pulling Zhuge Jin and Feng Dao to talk non-stop.

The three of them were happy for a while, and Li Jing pointed to the two of them and said: "The two of you have been in Luoyang for more than a year, if you want to go home, just tell me, after Nanyang, I can let you go home and have a look." ”

"Senior Brother Yao's kindness, I will appreciate it." Feng Dao said with a smile, "It's just the battle of Nanyang, I'm afraid it's not as smooth as Senior Brother Yao imagined, judging from the current situation, it is very difficult for the army to conquer Wancheng before the summer." ”

Li Jing glanced at him in surprise, and asked puzzledly: "At the military meeting just now, didn't you say that it was easy to fight Nanyang?" ”

Zhuge Jin and Feng Dao laughed and said nothing.

Li Jing was a little anxious, pulled over the map on the desk, and pointed on the map and said: "After the battle starts, the rebels in Xiangyang may go north to rescue, contain our forces, open up the connection with Wancheng, and have a long-lasting confrontation with us." As long as they held out on the battlefield of Nanyang until April, Cao Cao of Xuzhou and Sun Quan of Jiangdong would definitely send troops north to threaten the Central Plains, and Liu Bei of Yizhou would also send troops to Longnan to threaten Guanzhong. As a result, the battlefield increased and the battle situation was fierce. The financial endowment of the imperial court is bound to be unsustainable, and it is very likely that we will withdraw from Nanyang and return in vain. ”

"The two have always believed that whether Qingyan and Longnan can defeat the rebels in the shortest time at the lowest cost will become the key to victory in the Nanyang battlefield, so the two flying pigeons sent a letter to Yue Fei and Zhao Yun of Chang'an, asking them to let Huaxiong and Wang Chang of Longnan prepare for defense in advance, and let Yanzhou Gaoshun and Yuzhou Wei Yan strengthen the city defense while sending envoys to Xuzhou and Jiangdong to implement the strategy of appeasement, and try to provoke the contradiction between Cao Cao and Sun Quan, destroy their alliance, and weaken the threat of Cao Cao and Sun Quan to the Central Plains as much as possible."

"Judging from the deployment of these attacks, we have enough strength to conquer Wancheng. There are currently 150,000 infantry cavalry troops on the battlefield of Nanyang, and heavy siege equipment is being transported one after another, if the army conquers Yuyang and Nieyang successively this month, then we will have enough time and strength to capture Wancheng in April. ”

Li Jing looked up at Zhuge Jin and Feng Dao, and asked suspiciously: "In a blink of an eye, the two of them have different views on the Nanyang battle situation, why?" ”

The smile on Feng Dao's face gradually dissipated, his expression gradually became solemn, and after pondering for a long time, he said slowly: "Because the main direction of attack determined by the Lord is not in the Central Theater. ”

"The main direction of attack is not in the Central Theater?" Li Jing asked suspiciously, "What do you mean?" ”

Zhuge Jin immediately explained to Li Jing the details of the flying pigeon biography he received from Li Yi.

"The goal of the Central Theater is to contain Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao, so that they are unable to assist Cao Cao, and the main direction of attack is the Eastern Theater. Therefore, we can't start a large-scale war with Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao in Nanyang, and the battle of Nanyang can't be fought at all. Feng Dao continued, "The letter from the lord is to tell us that we must readjust the attack deployment, come up with countermeasures as soon as possible, and try to start a large-scale war without starting a large-scale war on the premise of containing Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao. ”

"Won't fight?" Li Jing was stupid.

Zhuge Jin shook his head and said: "It's not that you don't fight, but how to fight to ensure victory." ”

Feng Dao pointed to the map on the desk and said to Li Jing: "After we defeat Yuyang and Nieyang, we will surround Wancheng. The intention of the rebels is to delay, and the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable the situation will be for us. We also have to delay, so we have to maintain the stalemate on the Nanyang battlefield until we conquer Xuzhou. ”

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Xiangyang.

After noticing the signs of a large-scale southward movement of the Northern Xinjiang Army, Cao Cao could not sit still, and contacted various princes everywhere to discuss ways to face the crisis in Xiangyang.

In late February, Jian Yong and Pang Tong from Yizhou, Zhou Yu and Zhang Hong from Jiangdong, Cao Pi and Cheng Yu from Xuzhou, and Zhang Xiu from Nanyang rushed to Xiangyang to discuss the plan.

Judging from the situation in the north and south as a whole, the southern princes have reached a desperate situation where there is no way to retreat, which is also an important reason why envoys from all over the country are sent to Xiangyang.

After the success of the western expedition and the pacification of the Qiang people, Li Yi let Zhang Fei sit in the western Xinjiang, let Yue Fei and Zhao Yun sit in Guanzhong, Li Jing and Tai Shici in Luoyang, and Guan Yu in Yanzhou. With Tian Feng, Kou Zhun and others firmly controlling the Jicheng court. At the same time, he was also preparing to send a large army south to conquer after the beginning of the year, trying to divert the attention of the gate lord clan and cover up the true face of his usurpation of Sheji.

However, the eyes of the clan lords in the north are bright, and they will never fall for Li Yi's tricks, so that his plot to usurp Sheji succeeds, and the signs of chaos in the north have appeared.

At this moment, as long as we can find ways to get a tacit understanding with the gate lord clan in northern Xinjiang, and then defeat the northern Xinjiang army on the battlefield of Nanyang, inflict heavy damage on Li Yi, and make him lose the support of the people, not only will the current crisis be solved, but it will not be impossible for the army to move north and recover Sheji.

Liu Biao believes that Li Yi's pace of usurping Sheji is getting faster and faster, he not only controls the imperial power, but also impatiently improves the status of the warriors, intending to buy the hearts of the warriors and prepare for his usurpation.

Li Yi's actions were the same as Wang Mang's back then, and the new policies he implemented were not much different from Wang Mang's reform.

Liu Biao said: "Now the contradictions in the northern court are becoming more and more intense, and the contradictions between the government and the opposition in the north are also on the verge of breaking out, as long as we take advantage of the situation to launch an attack on the north and give the north a strong threat, all kinds of contradictions in the north will inevitably intensify, and the north will be in chaos, and we will be able to successfully recover the Central Plains, conquer Luoyang and Guanzhong, kill Hebei, and drive Li Yi to the desert." ”

In order to achieve this goal, Liu Biao, Cai Mao and others in Xiangyang came up with a detailed attack plan.

On the battlefield of Nanyang, relying on Zhang Xiu's 30,000 Xiliang army, Kuailiang's 30,000 Jingzhou army, and sufficient grain and grass to hold Wancheng, dragged the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army in Nanyang, let them fall into a protracted battle, and consumed their money and food to the greatest extent.

In the past few years, Li Yi's continuous crusade to the east and west has hollowed out the wealth of the Jicheng court, and within this year, Li Yi has no ability to send troops south on a large scale.

This is also the fundamental reason why Li Yi couldn't wait to implement the restructuring under the situation of instability in the north, because they needed a lot of money and grain to support the army to conquer for many months.

The North is now like a scarred, exhausted, hungry tiger, still vicious, but in fact vulnerable.

Li Yi's full control of the Jicheng Imperial Court is a countermeasure that he has to take because he is worried that the situation will get out of control and the chaos in the north, for example, in the past few years, Li Yi has always taken a retreating posture to envelop the clan gatekeeper, but now that the clan gate valve has seen through his true face, he has to change his course.

At this moment, he ordered the Northern Xinjiang Army to go south to fight Nanyang, but he just wanted to deter the clan lords in the Northern Xinjiang with a victory and temporarily stabilize the situation.

Li Yi ignored the contradictions between the government and the opposition, and made a comeback again, which was already dizzy and crazy. His purpose is very simple, if he wins the war, he can stabilize the situation, he can temporarily stop the expedition, and he can turn all his energy to the court and to stabilize the overall situation in the north.

We can't give him this opportunity, we have to drag him all the time to fight, turn the Nanyang battlefield into a stalemate, completely smash his wishful thinking, let the north fall into a greater crisis, and let the crisis come to the brink of breaking out faster.