Pei Ji shook his head and smiled: "If you divide for a long time, you must be together, and if you are divided for a long time, this is the law of Qiankun." Even if Mahazang finally defeated Concubine Gusa and unified Xiliang, but after this civil strife, Xiliang was already seriously injured, and if he wanted to recover his vitality, it was almost impossible to recover it for ten or eight years. ”

Chu Huan said: "Mahazang is very ambitious, he has always been eyeing my Central Plains, the previous Xiliang people took advantage of the weakness to enter, it is because Mahazang and Xiao Tianwen tried their best to persuade the Xiliang monarchs and ministers, if he himself became the king of Xiliang, he would inevitably covet the Central Plains!" ”

"Second brother, if Mahazang is from the Central Plains and has a place in the Central Plains, he may be your most terrifying opponent, but he is far away in Xiliang, at least for now, he can't pose a threat to you at all." Pei Jihan said with a smile: "The Xiliang people went east to the Central Plains before, and they were invincible in the northwest. ”

Chu Huan nodded and said, "Yes, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is indeed brave and should not be underestimated." ”

"The Xiliang people were able to enter the previous time, but it was really the great decline of the Qin State, and the wind and cold laughed to death, and there was a battle within the Northwest Army, and the Northwest Army at that time had no leader, which can be said to be the weakest time. Moreover, the Qin people have always regarded themselves as the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, although there are small groups of people in the Western Liang to harass the border area, but in their hearts, I am afraid that few people in the entire Central Plains from top to bottom will think that the Western Liang people dare to use troops against the Central Plains. Pei Ji said solemnly: "The Central Plains is wary of the Goryeo, and even the barbarians, but they just think that with the Jingulan Desert as a moat, the Xiliang people will never be able to wage war against the Central Plains." ”

Chu Huan said: "What the eldest brother said is extremely true. ”

"On the other hand, the people of the Western Liang, they have been established for nearly a hundred years, and since the founding of the country, they have blocked the trade routes between the Central Plains and the Western Regions. Pei Ji sighed and said: "People only think that Xiliang wants to monopolize the trade routes, greedy for money and profit, but they don't know that they are a group of ambitious people, even if they are for gold and silver at the beginning, but when their wings gradually harden, seeing the dazzling array of goods in the Central Plains, how can they not be covetous?" They have been accumulating strength, and the previous eastward advance was also the time when their national strength was at its peak. ”

Chu Huan bowed his head and said: "The last time they fought, they almost poured the whole country into it, and it can be said that they played all the hole cards accumulated in a hundred years. ”

"Exactly." Pei Ji said: "They have been preparing for decades before taking advantage of the situation to send troops, but this time the Western Liang is in civil strife, even if Mahazang is in power, the Western Liang in his hands is far from being comparable to the national strength that attacked the Central Plains at the beginning." ”

Chu Huan stared at Pei Ji and said: "Big brother, if the world is unified and the Central Plains recuperates, as long as there is no big mess, even if Mahazang works hard for more than ten or twenty years, he may not be able to defeat the Central Plains." But now that the Central Plains is in turmoil, the entire Central Plains is shattered, and no one knows when this situation will end. When the Hua Dynasty fell, the princes of the Eighteen Roads fought for hegemony and fought for nearly twenty years, if this time it was still as protracted as that, even if Mahazang's strength was not good, he would definitely fight hard. Leaning forward slightly, his eyes were cold: "Mahazang is a smart man, he knows very well in his heart that with Xiliang's national strength, if he wants to defeat the Central Plains, it can only be when the Central Plains is chaotic and weak, otherwise Xiliang has no chance at all." He is bent on conquering the Central Plains, and in his lifetime, he may only have such a chance! ”

Pei Ji twisted his beard and said: "What the second brother said is good, if this chaotic situation in the Central Plains is really protracted, Maha hides in Xiliang and prepares for five or six years, it may not be possible to take a risk, but the situation now is different from that year." The Hua Dynasty lasted for more than 200 years, and the princes of the Eighteen Roads each dominated one side, and their descendants continued, all of which had deep roots, deep-rooted operations in various places, and extremely strong strength, and it was difficult to get rid of them. And the Qin State has only been established for 20 years, except for the Red Refining Electric Feng Yuanpo and other cadres who have a lot of roots in the local area, looking at the world, there is no force that really has the same deep roots as the princes of the Eighteen Roads back then, most of them are just the strength of Qingtian King, Xu Chang and even the second brother, so the war will not last long. ”

"I hope so." Chu Huan sighed, "I only hope that Concubine Gusa can hold on for a little more time, the later the civil strife in Xiliang ends, the farther away Mahazang's goal will be from him." Then he said to Pei Ji: "Big brother, today I am going to personally take Wei Tianqing to the military camp!" ”

Pei Ji immediately said: "I came here to discuss this matter with you." ”

"Oh?"

"The second brother wants to take Wei Tianqing to the barracks, I know your intentions very well." Pei Ji said: "It's just that in my opinion, the second brother can go to the barracks whenever he wants, but it is precisely this time that Wei Tianqing goes to the barracks, and the second brother can't go together." ”

"What do you mean, big brother?"

"Second brother, you are worried that Wei Tianqing is not qualified enough in the Northwest Army, and it is difficult to convince the public as a pioneer." Pei Ji said solemnly: "But if you accompany him today, no matter how Wei Tianqing behaves, the soldiers will be preconceived, and they will feel that you are nepotistic, and it is because of your old friendship with Wei Tianqing that you will let him serve as a pioneer." ”

Chu Huan was stunned, patted his head, and said, "I almost made a mistake, but fortunately, big brother, you reminded me, yes, it's inconvenient for me to go today." ”

Pei Ji said with a smile: "Even if you don't invite me over today, I will come over to discuss this matter with you, Wei Tianqing will go to the barracks with me, and I have my own way to convince everyone." ”

Chu Huan was grateful in his heart, knowing that Pei Ji had already thought of these things for himself in advance, he nodded and smiled: "It's better, big brother, Wei Tianqing will be handed over to you first." ”

"In fact, Wei Tianqing is also a suitable person as a pioneer." Pei Ji said with a smile: "Feng Poyu killed Qiao Mingtang, now he is naturally in control of this Yunshan, Yunshan still has thousands of Wei Tianqing's old troops, I think Feng Poyu is now tight, and he will never disband these thousands of soldiers and horses lightly." ”

Chu Huan said: "Yes, Feng Poyu will naturally do some work in Yunshan and bring the soldiers and horses of Yunshan under his command, after all, these people have guarded Yunshan for many years, and they are also the most elite soldiers and horses in the entire Xishan Dao, after Feng Poyu is absorbed, his strength will naturally increase." ”

"But that's the hidden danger." Pei Ji said with a smile: "The soldiers and horses of Yunshan are all under the command of Wei Tianqing, Wei Tianqing has a very high prestige in Yunshan, and those people may not really be willing to serve Feng Poyu." ”

"Big brother is saying that once you go into battle, those soldiers and horses may defect?" Chu Huan's eyebrows stretched.

Pei Ji twisted his beard and said: "Even if Feng Poyu recruits those people, he will never really trust them, and once there is a battle, it is impossible to leave them in Yunshan to guard." ”

Chu Huan said with a smile: "That's natural, Feng Poyu has nearly 10,000 cavalry under his command, and the barbarians have never been good at defending the city, but I thought about it, if it really fights, Feng Poyu should not guard all the soldiers and horses in the city, he has cavalry in his hand, so he is naturally inclined to fight with us in the field." ”

"If the cavalry is not used for field battles but for defending cities, is it not to use their strengths and avoid their weaknesses? Even if Hexi ordered this, I think Feng Poyu would not be able to hold back the mind of the field battle. Pei Ji said leisurely: "So no matter what, cavalry field battles should be inevitable, once this happens, Feng Poyu naturally can't let the Yunshan soldiers defend the city, he still has thousands of descendants of the Hexi army under his command, if the prediction is good, it should be his Hexi soldiers who stay to defend the city." ”

Chu Huan held his chin, thoughtfully, and said slowly: "If the Yunshan soldiers go out with the army, Feng Poyu will not let them be behind, but will only use them as cannon fodder to rush to the front. ”

He himself also had such an experience, after taking Xigu Pass, he captured a lot of soldiers and horses guarding the pass, and later the soldiers came to the city of Tongzhou, and these people all walked in front.

"So if these Yunshan soldiers meet our vanguard army, and it is Wei Tianqing who appears in front of them, things will change." Pei Ji said: "If you change to someone else as the vanguard, the Yunshan soldiers will inevitably have to fight to the death with us, but Wei Tianqing is the vanguard, but it is possible to make those Yunshan soldiers defect." ”

Chu Huan suddenly realized, "Big brother said that Wei Tianqing is suitable to be a pioneer, is this the reason?" ”

"That's the main reason." Pei Ji said: "This possibility is extremely high, if Wei Tianqing's vanguard really has such an effect, Feng Poyu's military spirit will inevitably be chaotic, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone." Then he said solemnly: "So this time I took Wei Tianqing to the barracks, but I had other arrangements!" ”

Chu Huan is a smart person after all, his eyes rolled, he understood, and said softly: "Big brother is preparing to be maze, and he wants to stage a scene today?" ”

Pei Ji said with a smile: "Yes, entering the barracks today, it is just not to let the soldiers know that it is Wei Tianqing who is the vanguard, I am ready, today I will announce in public that Gu Liangchen is the vanguard of the attack on Yunshan!" ”

Chu Huan bowed slightly, fully understanding what Pei Ji meant, "Big brother is worried that Feng Poyu knows that we are going to send Wei Tianqing as a pioneer, and he has a precaution, so he deliberately did this?" ”

"Feng Poyu is a veteran of the battlefield, and his experience in fighting on the battlefield is not under the second brother!"

Chu Huan waved his hand and smiled: "Big brother, don't save face for me, I know very well that Feng Poyu followed Feng Yuanpo to be invincible in the Mobei grassland, and the opponent was a fierce barbarian, and his battlefield experience was only above me." ”

"So he will definitely send someone to Tongzhou secretly to inquire about the news." Pei Ji said: "We announced that Gu Liangchen would be the vanguard, pretending to cover up, but we still had to deliberately reveal a hint of wind, and let Feng Poyu be sure that Wei Tianqing would not be the vanguard, so that Feng Poyu would let the Yunshan soldiers take the lead." ”

"Okay." Chu Huan nodded and said, "When do you think we should send troops?" ”

"All the grain and grass in Jinling have crossed the river, and we will immediately send troops." Pei Ji Zhengse said: "Liaodong has rushed to Hexi, even if we want to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger, we must first take Yunshan Mansion." If Yunshan Mansion is not taken for a long time, and the Liaodong Army attacks Shun Lì, once it is really attacked by the Liaodong people into Hexi, it will be extremely unfavorable to us at that time. ”

Chu Huan's expression was grim, "Yes, for the people of the world, whoever attacks Hexi first will be the hero of the Qin Dynasty, and it will inevitably increase its prestige at that time, and if the Liaodong people take Hexi, it will be much more difficult for us to fight with the Liaodong people." After taking Yunshan Mansion and controlling the entire Hexi, we can advance and retreat freely. "Stand up," according to the speed of Ximen Yi's side, within twenty days at most, all the grain and grass can be transported and stored in the warehouse, I will send someone to send an order over now, let them hurry up, they must be put into the warehouse within half a month, and after half a month, the troops will be sent immediately." ”