At this time, there were still four feudal towns between Li Jing's Qin domain and Luoyang, which was controlled by Wang Chucun.

They are Xuanwu Town controlled by Zhu Wen, Heyang Town controlled by Zhuge Shuang, Zhaoyi Town controlled by Meng Lifang, and Hezhong Town controlled by Wang Chongrong. And if you press the route of march into Luoyang, there are three. From the Cao Song region east of Luoyang, through Zhu Wen's Xuanwu Bianzheng Erzhou, through the east gate of Luoyang, the Wugao Pass into Tokyo. The second route is to attack Zhaoyi Shangdang from the north and south, take the Pohu Pass, enter Heyang through the Tianjing Pass of Taihang Road, and then cross the Yellow River into Luoyang in the south. The third route was much farther away, heading south from Taiyuan to break through the town of Hezhong, then crossing the Yellow River south, passing through Shaanxi to Luoyang to attack the west of Luoyang. Roughly these three routes are the same, and the others are almost the same, either from Weibo to Heyang, or from Xusu to Xuanwu Zhongwu to Ruzhou, south of Luoyang, and attack Luoyang in the south. However, sending troops to Heyang from Weibo is not much different from attacking Xuanwu or going to the party. And going around to the south of Luoyang, not to mention the long distance, may make the two allies of the Qin army in the south, Yang Xingmi and Qin Zongquan, who are already very jealous of Li Jing, speculate wildly, and mistakenly think that the Qin army is going to destroy Yu by false means.

Now there are two choices in front of Li Jing, one is to let him attract part of Chang'an's firepower in Luoyang regardless of the life or death of Wang Chucun's wall-head grass. The Qin army ostensibly made a gesture to go south to Luoyang, but secretly abandoned Luoyang for the time being, and went the opposite way, not to the east but to the west. Take the route that Li Yuan took to enter Qin in the year, from Taiyuan to the south to break the river, and then do not hit Tongguan, but hit the side gate of Tongguan Pugu, cross the river and cross the bridge into Guanzhong, go straight to Chang'an, capture the thief and capture the king. As long as Chang'an is broken and Yang Fugong and Emperor Li Ye are captured, then the Chang'an court will inevitably collapse, and at that time, how many towns can fight to the death with the Qin army?

However, there is also a great risk in doing so, firstly, it is so treatable to take the initiative to vote, and it is so hard to take down the godfather, and Wang Chucun and others who took the initiative to help take Luoyang City down are inevitably a little uncomfortable. This is how the king was treated today. Then tomorrow, the other generals of the feudal towns who were also watching from the sidelines. What do you think, will anyone dare to come down in the future? Especially now that the Qin Domain is so powerful, this is still very important.

Although Jing Xiang is no longer the chief officer of the General Staff Committee, he has been in charge of the strategic deployment of the Qin army all these years, so he is very clear about the whole situation. Li Jing's worries, he understands very well. Brushing his beard, he pondered for a long time, and said: "It is indeed tempting to take Chang'an directly, but the situation today is different from that of Tang Gaozu. At that time, Emperor Gaozu Jinyang raised troops, and then went south to enter the customs to succeed in one fell swoop. This is a big reason why the Son of Heaven was in Yangzhou at that time. And the main force left behind by the imperial court was also mostly concentrated in Henan and the Wagang Army. Tang Gao's ancestor wrote a letter to Li Mi, the lord of Wagang, to show weakness and claim to be a vassal, so that the two largest forces in the Central Plains at that time, the Luoyang official army and the Wagang army, did not pay much attention to Li Yuan. was able to let him take advantage of the situation. ”

He paused, "But the current situation is different, the main forces of this court supported by the Yang brothers are mainly Guanzhong forces, followed by the forces of Hedong and Henan, and now Li Keyong in Hedong has been destroyed, and Zhu Wenanti in Henan." The Chang'an Imperial Court can be said to have only the forces left in the Guanzhong area. Equivalent to the current chaos in the Henan River, the towns of Guanzhong still maintain a stable situation. If we attack Henan, maybe the towns in Guanzhong will hesitate to go out to fight, but if we attack Chang'an directly, then the towns in Guanzhong must assemble to meet the battle no matter what. Therefore, I thought that it was better to eat the rice one bite at a time, and now that Wang Chucun has taken Luoyang. After capturing Yang Fuguang, then we will go south and take Luoyang first. ”

"She Li Yuan's strategy of entering the customs back then, and the strategy of choosing Huangchao and An Lushan?" Li Jing said thoughtfully.

Li Yuan started in Taiyuan to raise troops, and then took advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains to break into Guanzhong, establish Li Tang, and stabilize the situation in Guanlong, and finally sent troops to fight Wang Shichong in the Central Plains and dominate the world. In the Huangchao Rebellion that ended not long ago, Huangchao was in the Central Plains after several years of fighting, the last move to attack Luoyang, and then along the Yellow River to the west, break through Tongguan, and then go down to Chang'an.

In the Tianbao Rebellion earlier in history, An Lushan, who was as strong as Li Jing, was in the north of Hebei Province, first attacked Hebei, then Hedong, then broke through the military prison, took Luoyang, and then operated Luoyang as the base camp, so as to conquer Tongguan and finally take Chang'an.

In history, there were many times when the north was divided and fought, and most of them were such routines, one side was based on Hebei, the other side was based on Guanzhong, and the two sides used Hedong and Henan as the wrestling battlefield. Most of the time, it is necessary to take Luoyang first. Living in Hebei, not only An Lushan, but also Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, also started in Hebei, and finally invaded Guanzhong to claim the emperor's founding.

There have been many such hegemonic situations, such as the Battle of Changping in the Warring States Qin and Zhao, Qin is Guanzhong, and Zhao is in Hebei, but the Battle of Changping took place in Shangdang in Hedong, and finally the Eastern Power Zhao was killed 400,000 people, and since then it has been sluggish, and Qin has been getting stronger and stronger, and finally unified the six countries.

The confrontation between the Eastern and Western Wei and the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi dynasties in the Northern and Southern Dynasties was also in Hedong.

The four major plates in the north, Guanzhong, Hedong, Henan and Hebei, Henan is the central hinterland of the Central Plains, and its position is important, but in the troubled times, the position is very embarrassing. Under normal circumstances, the forces that originated in the Central Plains can make a lot of noise, but in the end, they often can't compete with those in the corners, especially the forces in Hebei and Guanzhong. Wagang at the end of the Sui Dynasty and Huangchao at the end of the Tang Dynasty all started in Henan, and the momentum was big, but in the end, there was no scum left.

The situation in Hedong is not much better, because of its unique geographical situation of mountains and rivers, Hedong is divided into basins inside, and several traffic channels leading to the outside are mostly conducive to going out and not conducive to attacking, therefore, Hedong has a tendency to go out and forge ahead in any direction. The external attack on Shanxi is a back-up attack and is easy to be blocked, which makes Hedong an extremely advantageous advantage for internal operations.

But because he is sandwiched between the east and west, the position of Hedong has always become so embarrassing, Hedong is easy to be the king, but it is difficult to achieve the real hegemony, just like Shuzhong, this is a place where there is more than enough to guard, but not enough to enterprising. Historically, the Xiongnu Liu Han destroyed the Western Jin Dynasty, the rise and fall of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the rise and fall of the Five Dynasties, all of which are typical of this unique geographical situation in Hedong.

In the final analysis, Hedong is a wrestling field between Guanzhong and Hebei to dominate the north. Now Li Jing controls Daibei and Taiyuan. Arguably. Half of Hedong has already reached his hands, and it is the most important half, and there are still three towns in Hedong, but it is already difficult to stop Li Jing's footsteps.

"Don't be in a hurry to fight Chang'an, although Chang'an is dìdū, but Huangchao has already broken through once. Chang'an is no longer the sacred Tian'an, where in addition to poverty and hunger, there is only a group of vicious soldiers from various towns. There was nothing left but that bit of territory. As long as Luoyang is won, in fact, the momentum is the same.

Li Jing wants to fight Chang'an. It's not just about turf, it's about political momentum. Just like when Huangchao broke the two capitals. The impact has been enormous. If you can take Chang'an in one fell swoop and control Chang'an's emperor and hundreds of officials, then it can be said that the situation has been decided. But now that Jing Xiang was reminded like this, Li Jing suddenly woke up.

Luoyang is also dìdū, although it is a companion capital, but the status of other capitals is not the same, Luoyang was once the capital of several emperors of the Tang Dynasty for many years. It is the center of the world. At present, Luoyang has several benefits, one is that Luoyang is already a piece of meat put in his mouth, and Wang Chucun has already helped him take it down, they just need to rush over. Secondly, if they go to Luoyang now, then for some feudal towns in Guanzhong, for the time being, there is no urgent oppression for them, and there is no pain. Maybe they can divide the towns of Guanzhong again, and then break them one by one. Another one is that if you go to Luoyang, you can be more stable, control Luoyang, sweep the surroundings, and control the Central Plains, Guanzhong is just a piece of meat on the chopping board, and you can slaughter it with them.

"Then go south to Luoyang immediately, which direction do you think it is appropriate to send troops over?"

"If you want to go to Luoyang, you have to be fast, and the soldiers are fast. Yang Fugong will definitely not give up lightly, this will be a big battle, and taking Luoyang is very important for us to win this battle. A certain thought that he could send a naval division up the Yellow River, directly bypass Zhu Wen's Biankou and Wujiao, which was still controlled by the Luoyang army, and directly send the marines to land from Luokou, and send a Jīng Rui army to Luoyang as quickly as possible, and take over Luoyang in the shortest possible time, waiting for the follow-up troops to arrive. Gai Yu, a ghost talent military master, also immediately put forward his own opinions.

Such a battle plan is very bold, and it is very risky to send an army to the enemy's rear to encircle, but it is also very effective. Just relying on Yang and Yang Shouliang, Li Jing didn't believe that they could hold it. At the same time, Li Jing's desire to quickly cross the towns to reach Luoyang is also unrealistic. Taking advantage of the abundant water in the lower reaches of the Yellow River in the summer, it was a stroke of genius to send a Jīng Rui Marine Corps into Luoyang.

Li Jing agreed to the plan.

"Also, it's better for us to send troops from multiple routes, it's going to be a battle, not just a battle. We should march to Luoyang from Henan, Hebei, and Hedong, and the three armies will attack Zhu Wen of Xuanwu, Meng Lifang of Zhaoyi, Wang Chongrong of Hezhong, and Zhuge Shuang of Hanoi at the same time. We have plenty of strength, with Jīng sharp troops on all sides, and each with a general to lead us, and we are fully capable of launching this large-scale attack. Anyway, at this time, there is no need to hide and hide anymore, those who go along will prosper and those who rebel will die, and if you don't accept it, you will be convinced. Gai Yu said domineeringly, "In addition, I suggest that the King of Qin can also send an order to Qin Zongquan Shangrang and others in Shannan, and let them send troops to attack Jinshang Town and approach Wuguan." Jinshang Town is the connecting passage of Chengdu, Chang'an and Guanzhong, and it is also the southwest gate of Chang'an. ”

"Not only that, but for the towns in Guanzhong, we can also threaten while wooing." Li Zhen couldn't help but smile and said, "King Qin might as well send people to the four towns of Zhenwu, Tiande, Baoda, and Dingnan." The coaches of the four towns in this pass are all Hu people, Zhenwu and Tiande are all Tuyuhun people, and the coaches of Baoda and Dingnan are all party members, and these people may not go all the way to the black with Yang Fugong. We can hint a little that as long as they are not our enemies, we can agree to make them unconquered towns in the future, and allow them to continue to control them. ”

This meaning is very tempting, which almost allows them to take the town as a country in Guanlong and divide it for a long time.

"It's not going to work!" Li Jing shook his head, he would never allow his future empire and a country within a country, not to mention, such a promise was obviously very fake, and the other party was not a fool.

"Don't worry, my lord, these words may work for them." In the battle of Chang'an, Zhenwu and Tiande almost never sent anyone to participate in the battle, and Baoda and Dingnan also did not contribute to the work, and every time they went out to fight, they were defeated by a blow and retreated to the rear. It is clear that he wants to protect himself, and now Li Zhen's proposal, although it has some meaning for the heavenly painting cake, but for a few Hu marshals, it may not be impossible for them to wait and see. They already have a self-respecting army, and all they need is a reason. Although this seems unimaginable to Li Jing and the others, don't they understand the truth of cold lips and teeth? But in fact, they waited and watched like this, and when the war burned to their eyebrows, they realized that there were too many people who regretted it.

"Then send a few suitable people to take a trip, and as long as they are willing to stand still, you might as well compensate them with a few favorable conditions. Of course, it is not reliable to rely on lip service alone, Yu Shuai and Zeng Shuai still have to be on standby, once they have any abnormal movements, they will be punished for toasting and drinking, and beat them until they are honest. Li Jing unconsciously, his words were also a little domineering. Taoguang has kept a low profile for all these years, and now Li Jing does have this domineering qualification, looking at the world, who can be his opponent now? He is fully qualified to be so domineering and full of domineering spirit.

Taoguang has been obscure, low-key accumulation for 12 years, and now it has finally arrived at the moment when Li Jing is proud of the world, the black flag has swept the Central Plains, and the horse has stepped on the world.

"After three years, the lone general personally led the base camp Praetorian Guard Corps to set off to the south, personally attacking Guiyi Meng Lifang, and the gentlemen and generals drank the Yellow River with a certain horse, and enjoyed the peony blossoms in Luoyang."

"I wish King Qin a victory and success!" Everyone here stood up to congratulate each other. Jing Xiang stood on the side and looked at Li Jing's majestic hair, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up. Last time, he persuaded Li Jing to take the throne in Yanjing, but unfortunately he looked away, and King Qin didn't mean that at that time, and he was not in a hurry. But now, he felt that King Qin's heart already had a bit of a sense of progress. Perhaps, he should come forward to persuade him again, perhaps, Qin Wang is waiting for others to come forward. The first merit of this persuasion cannot be missed, he smiled slightly, and was already thinking about how to plan this persuasion.