Hu Zongguo and Ma Zhen left and went to the post house to rest, Luo Xiancheng took off his python robe, exposed himself naked in the arms of two beauties in thin shirts, and asked a delicate maid to wipe the sweat stains on his body with wet wipes.

Although the beauty is on the side, Luo Xiancheng's mind is not on this, thinking about other things.

After the bloody wind and rain, the sword mountain and the sea of fire, although Luo Xiancheng has been a little lascivious in the past two years, his heart is not confused.

Over the years, he has occupied Suizhou and established himself as the king, he is above 10,000 people, not under people, and there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses under his hands, how can he be willing to look at other people's faces, so that life and death are manipulated in the hands of other people's families?

Descending Jiangning or descending Yanjing, there is only one criterion in Luo Xiancheng's heart, that is, whoever can guarantee that he will get the wealth of a king who splits the earth, he will descend to whom; At the very least, he cannot disband his military power.

There is power in the swords and guns, and all the soldiers and horses are lost, not even a dog, Luo Xiancheng has been messing around for all these years, and he knows that this simple truth must not be given up.

Huaidong is good in a thousand ways, but it is generally bad, that is, the forces that have joined Huaidong, and none of them can retain independent soldiers and horses outside the Huaidong army.

In the early stage, Sun Zhuang's Suyu Army was attached, Ma Yigong and Yang Yihang's Jin Navy were attached in the middle period, and the Song Quanzhou Army and Haiyu Chen's Hanghu Army were attached in the later period, and even the Dongyang Army led by Lin Tingli and Lin Zonghai, all of whom were dismantled and digested without exception.

In this case, if Suizhou surrenders to Huaidong, Zhong Rong, Wang Xiang and other generals and officials will not worry about not finding their place in Huaidong, anyway, Huaidong also needs a large number of generals and officials who lead troops to fight and herdsmen govern the government, but what can Luo Xiancheng get?

He is a dignified Changle king, happy in Suizhou, a hundred responses, who has not obeyed, the knife and axe, how can he be willing to run to the forest and follow to be a pug, waiting for the call?

Could it be that after all these years of bloody wind and rain, he has been a rich man in the mountains and villages where the birds do not?

Expelled Wang Xiang from Suizhou City, Luo Xiancheng made a choice between Beiyan and Huaidong, but he was able to live the longest in the Zhulu Liumin Army over the years, and his biggest advantage was that he could judge the situation.

If he surrendered to Huaidong and could live, and if he didn't surrender, he would undoubtedly give up the dream of splitting the soil and becoming king, and choose the former.

Luo Xiancheng is still a little self-aware of how many catties he has.

Although it is claimed to have 200,000 soldiers, according to the land of the two provinces, how much output can there be, and how many soldiers and horses can it raise?

When Wang Xiang was in power, he did not hesitate to use bloody means to forcibly expropriate nearly one million acres of grain fields around Baiyun Lake and on both sides of rivers such as Drifting, Zhuanshui, and Hanshui, and used 60% of the 200,000 soldiers and horses to plant, so as to solve the problem of military food for the Changle Army in Suizhou in the past two years.

Thinking of Wang Xiang, Luo Xiancheng was still quite emotional.

If it weren't for the fact that Wang Xiang had a quarrel with Zhong Rong and was too afraid of offending Huaidong, Luo Xiancheng would really be reluctant to kick him from Suizhou City to Chaishan County, which is deep in Huaishan. Luo Xiancheng thought to himself: What will Wang think of the joint army plan of the extravagant family?

At this time, Wei Zhang sent Hu Zongguo and Ma Zhen to the post house and rushed back to Changle Palace, kowtowed in front of the palace to say goodbye, Luo Xiancheng said to him: "About the joint army, you write a letter to Wang Xiang and ask him what his opinion is?" ”

Wei Zhang wanted to speak and stopped, got up to go to the side hall to write a letter, Luo Xiancheng saw that he had words hidden in his stomach, and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it." If it's wrong, can I still eat you? ”

"Chen Hansan went to Qichun, and Lord Wang strongly opposed it; The extravagant family crossed the river, and Lord Wang built a fortress to repair the village and repair the armor in the southern border of Chaishan," Wei Zhang said, "The strategy of joining forces, Lord Wang is most likely also opposed." ”

"Oh, let's write to ask," Luo Xiancheng said, "Even if the king is against it, he will say one, two, three, and it doesn't hurt to hear it!" ”

"Yes." Wei Zhang responded.

"That's right," Luo Xiancheng said again, "Huaidong has increased troops in Luzhou, and the salt and iron transported by private merchants through Huaidong will be restricted. ”

Suizhou has been blockaded by the surrounding military towns for a long time, and there is a huge shortage of salt and iron and other materials.

Even among the 80,000 soldiers retained in Suizhou, a considerable number of soldiers still use bamboo and wood as spears, let alone armor.

However, after the luxury family crossed to the north, the luxury family took out a batch of armor in order to raise food for hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, so that the equipment of the Suizhou army looked a little better.

With the governor of the army, there is a shortage of soldiers; In comparison, although the luxury family has been defeated repeatedly in battles with Huaidong over the years, it is invincible to fight on the Western Front.

Especially during the Jiangning War, the luxury family captured tens of thousands of armor from the imperial army, and the salt and iron and other materials looted from Jiangning City were relatively sufficient, which could be provided to Suizhou.

However, more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians of the luxury family hurriedly crossed the river and fled north, and only secretly prepared 200,000 or 300,000 stone of food in Huanglongling in advance, which was only enough to support two or three months. In the early days, Chen Hansan occupied these places, and most of the grain and grass were secretly supplied by Suizhou.

The amount of food that can be collected from the local government is extremely limited, and after the remnants of the luxury family cross the river, the food problem is a matter of life and death.

Therefore, the most important thing after the luxury family crossed the river was to take advantage of the naval army to control the Han River and plunder grain on the south bank of the Han River and in the area controlled by Jinghu, and the other was to exchange the armor with the state for food.

Of course, Suizhou's grain reserves are also limited, and taking out two or three hundred thousand stone of grain is already the limit.

This amount of food is only enough for the luxury family to support three or four more months. At present, the luxury family is being attacked by Jinghu and Chizhou armies in the south, and there is no ample space for planting, and the grain production in Suizhou is definitely not enough to support the food of the Suizhou army and the remnants of the luxury family for a long time at the same time.

Thinking of food, Luo Xiancheng had another headache, thinking that Wang Xiang was really good in Suizhou, and he didn't need to have a headache about these things.

Wei Zhang drafted a letter to Wang Xiang, took it and read it to Luo Xiancheng, and if Luo Xiancheng had no objections, he would send it to Chaishan with a private seal and a fast horse.

Wei Zhang, who was born in Xiucai, likes to drop his book bag, and even explained while reading the letter, and it took a long time for Luo Xiancheng to understand that what was written in the letter was basically the same as what he commanded, and said: "You sour Xiucai just like to show off - by the way, you add a few more sentences to the letter, and ask Wang Xiangsuzhou what to do if there is a shortage of food?" Is it possible to add a pump? ”

Suizhou is governed by Wang Xiang, and the military food is still relaxed, and Wei Zhangzhi Luo Xiancheng said that Suizhou is tight in grain, and the luxury family is also counted.

Between Huaishan and Hanshui, there will be 300,000 people in the remnants of the luxury family and Suizhou soldiers and horses, and there will be less than 700,000 people here.

Once Yanhu could not successfully capture Nanyang, and Jinghu gradually strengthened the defense on the south bank of the Han River, the Chizhou army was forced by Huaidong to slowly advance northward, compressing the living space between Huaishan and Hanshui, relying only on the grain production of Suizhou, Xiangfan and the southern eastern Hubei region, which could not maintain the long-term consumption of 300,000 soldiers and horses.

Once the south and west are tightly blockaded by the Chizhou Army and the Jinghu Army, for the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, will the luxury family turn around and annex Suizhou, is it really not good?

Wei Zhang didn't say much, and immediately revised the letter in front of Luo Xiancheng in front of the palace.

Luo Xiancheng touched his fat chin and asked Wei Zhang: "You can also talk about it, is it the pros or cons of joining forces with the luxury family?" ”

Wei Zhangdu almost cried, he was by Luo Xiancheng's side all day long, serving pen and ink, doing internal history, such an important thing, Luo Xiancheng didn't remember to ask him until today, which made him really embarrassed.

Although there was resentment in his heart, Wei Zhang did not show it, and said calmly: "Whether or not to join forces with the luxury family is not bad for King Luo." ”

"Why isn't it bad?" Luo Xiancheng asked.

"Chen Zhihu defeated the army in the river in Ruyang," Wei Zhang said, "It seems to be beneficial to Beiyan, but in fact, it is not, Wei Zhang thinks that the king of Duli Luo is also." ”

"Oh?" Luo Xiancheng looked at Wei Zhang suspiciously.

"If Liang Chengyi is asked to lead the soldiers and horses in the river to retreat to Nanyang, and the defenders of Nanyang are as high as 70,000, Beiyan will definitely not dare to attack it suddenly, and it is difficult for the luxury family and King Luo to make great achievements in the south. Now that Liang Chengyi has been defeated in Ruyang, there are less than 40,000 defenders in Nanyang, and he wants the impact of Ruyang's defeat, so he is panicked and unsettling, and his morale is difficult to boost. At this time, King Luo helped Beiyan, and Nanyang was easy to fall, and King Luo helped Huaidong, and Nanyang was easy to solidify, and luxury was easy to suppress. If Huaidong and Beiyan want to win the confrontation between the north and the south, don't they all ask for you, King Luo? ”

Luo Xiancheng thought that he had become important at this time, laughed, pointed at Wei Zhang, and said: "The analysis is reasonable, the analysis is reasonable, I didn't expect you to be around this king, and there is such a talent, why didn't you see it before?" ”

Wei Zhang was very nervous, afraid that Luo Xiancheng would be suspicious, so he pretended to be calm and said: "In the past, King Luo asked Wei Zhang to write a letter, and Wei Zhang drafted a letter and a letter, and he didn't dare to go beyond the ......" He was strange in his heart, why did Hu Zongguo ask him to say this in front of Luo Xiancheng, wasn't he afraid that Luo Xiancheng would fall to Huaidong?

The situation is also as Wei Zhang said just now, if Luo Xiancheng is determined to surrender to Huaidong, the soldiers and horses of Nanyang do not have to worry about their backs, the military heart is easy to defend, and there are reinforcements in Luzhou, and there will be no big problem in holding Nanyang in the short term; In addition, with the cooperation of Suizhou, it will be easy for Huaidong to exterminate the remnants of the luxury family.

Hu Zongguo, on behalf of Hao Wenzhuang, came to Suizhou this time to propose a joint force plan, the key lies in three points: first, Chen Hansan and Yang Xiong led the Shuibu Army to guard the Qichun and Hanjin lines, and used the dangers of the city and mountains and rivers to delay the northward advance of the Chizhou Army and the Jinghu Army; Second, the Changle army gave up Xiangfan and asked the main force of the luxury family to station, which could be based on Xiangfan and the Yanhu army coming from the north to attack Nanyang; Third, the Changle army went out of Suizhou, attacked Xinyang in the north from the valley road between Tongbai Mountain and Huai Mountain, cut off Huaidong's passage from Luzhou to Nanyang, and led Huaixi's soldiers and horses in Xinyang to the east of Tongbai Mountain.

Although Huaidong's response is also very fast, so that the Chizhou army crosses the river to the north and contains the remnants of the luxury family from the south, 30,000 elites of the Huaidong Army have entered Luzhou, ready to go to the northern foot of Huaishan Mountain at any time to receive reinforcements from Nanyang - however, as long as the Northern Yan army can advance to the north of Nanyang at the fastest speed, and the Huaidong Army still has an elite to contain in the hinterland of Jiangxi and cannot be transferred, according to the plan proposed by Hu Zongguo, the odds of victory are very large.