After listening to Xun Chen's brief statement of the seventeen-character strategy, Li Li's expression changed slightly, playing with the teacup in his hand, and his eyes narrowed slightly in contemplation.

After a while, I saw his thick sword eyebrows stretched to both sides, and the corners of his mouth showed a habitual smile, and then he smiled and said: "If you have far-reaching strategies and extraordinary knowledge, this is my Li Li's luck!" ”

"The lord has a good reputation, and he has a little trick of carving insects, and he can't stand such praise from the lord."

Seeing that the strategy he offered was adopted by Li Li, Xun Chen was overjoyed, his expression was quite excited, and his face was full of knowing smiles. However, in addition to being excited, his words and deeds became more and more humble.

This is the embodiment of Xun Chen's background in a famous family. The descendants of the Yingchuan Xun family have a family history, are quite knowledgeable, familiar with the world, know how to advance and retreat, and know what to say on what occasions, and do not need to be inflammatory, nor will they be arrogant. Only in this way can the family last for a long time, and will not fall with the change of dynasties, no matter which way the princes win the country, they have a place in the court.

Seeing Xun Chen's such a polite and courteous expression, Li Li nodded happily, picked up the teacup and invited Xun Chen to drink together. At this point, he really accepted Xun Chen and began to pay attention to it. Before that, he looked down on Xun Chen, not only because Xun Chen was a strategist under Yuan Shao's account, but also because he was born in the Xun family of the Yingchuan clan; The real reason is that there are almost no records about Xun Chen in later history, but his eldest brother Xun Yu shines and can be called a generation of masterminds.

The core of the seventeen-character strategy offered by Xun Chen this time is the third step to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, and this step strategy is the key to determining the entire plan to pacify the Central Plains. And the plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf. The earliest was Xun Yu's strategy to Cao Cao, and the person who was calculated was the tripartite forces of Lu Bu, Liu Bei and Yuan Shu, which had great results. Unexpectedly. Now the plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf was the first to come out of Xun Yu's younger brother Xun Chen, and the target was precisely the princes of the Central Plains, including Cao Cao.

I have to say that the historical trajectory of the past has completely deviated from the predetermined track and completely changed, and no one knows where it will eventually go.

Just like Xun Chen in Li Li's eyes, this Yingchuan celebrity who first followed Han Fu to become a celebrity. helped Yuan Shao to seek Jizhou, and then became Yuan Shao's adviser. After Yuan Shao perished, Xun Chen disappeared. Since then, he has disappeared and has not been heard from again. However, everything has changed now. Xun Chen actually took the initiative to defect to Li Li's command, and in order to win Li Li's appreciation. The first strategy was to go big. In just seventeen words, you can plan the Central Plains.

Not to mention whether this strategy for determining the Central Plains is feasible, just saying that Xun Chen's broad vision and open-mindedness are enough to be impressive, and no one will despise him, including Li Li. And people with this insight and mind, even if their talents cannot be compared with Guo Jia, Jia Xu and others, they are also quite talented. Far from mediocre people. If this is the case, it means that Xun Chen is available. As for whether it needs to be reused, it remains to be seen and tested with the school.

In comparison, Xun Chen's identity as a scholar gate valve is nothing, although Li Li once had a great rejection of the scholar gate valve, and even extreme disgust; But this time and that time. As the Xiliang Army expanded outward step by step, its territory continued to expand, the population became more and more numerous, and the soldiers and horses became stronger and stronger, Li Li's views on the scholars and famous families also changed a lot. After all, no matter how the dynasty changes, there have always been scholars from ancient times to the present, and even if a group is attacked or eliminated, a new gate valve will rise soon after, thus replacing the old family; And so on and so forth, for thousands of years, and never stopped.

Since it is impossible to eradicate the power of the scholars and the gate lords, Li Li will not insist on going his own way, and has begun to consider including the scholars and the gate lords for his own use, and Xun Chen is a typical figure among them, and he is also the first disciple of the gate lord to take the initiative to serve after being defeated and captured. Therefore, Li Li wants to cultivate Xun Chen as a benchmark and become a signal for him to open the door to the scholar gate, and it is a living example.

Otherwise, as the pace of the Xiliang army's eastward march is approaching, the scholars and local powerful forces will be desperate to help the princes of all walks of life to resist desperately, then the resistance encountered by the Xiliang army will become greater and greater, almost difficult, and any city and place will need to pay a huge price to storm it. In this way, no matter how strong the Xiliang army is and how majestic the soldiers and horses are, they can't withstand such endless hard fighting, and the losses are too great, so big that the Xiliang army can't bear it at all.

Therefore, instead of competing with each other like this, it is better to open the door and allow the scholars, gate valves and heroes to come to Xiliang.

Admittedly, this is a compromise, but it is a limited concession, not an unprincipled retreat. Such a compromise can only seek a relative balance in the midst of constant struggle, and thus seek a basis for cooperation; It is not a pure compromise of concessions. Because the concession itself is meaningless, not only will it not help to promote the Shi clan gate lords to accept Li Li and his Xiliang army, but it will allow them to gain an inch, the lion opens his mouth, and asks for a price.

It is based on this consideration that Li Li will treat Xun Chen very favorably, treat him separately, and treat him with courtesy. Originally, Li Li just wanted to be a showman and act on the spot, but he didn't really appreciate Xun Chen. Unexpectedly, Xun Chen's words were amazing, and he actually came up with a big plan to plan the Central Plains, and the feasibility is very high, as long as the plan is proper and the opportunity is grasped, it may not be impossible to realize this grand blueprint one by one.

While thinking about things, Li Li took a sip of tea from the teacup, and said with a smile: "Youruo's strategy is quite far-sighted, and it is indeed extraordinary. However, there is a saying that you must have heard, called 'easy to know but difficult to do', to put it bluntly, it is easier said than done. Therefore, you will have to put more effort into this in the future in order to successfully realize this grand plan. ”

After seeing Xun Chen nodding happily, Li Li continued: "At present, although our army has won the decisive battle of Loudiyuan, the actual situation is indeed as You Ruo said, and the shape is not optimistic. In this decisive battle, our army successively dispatched 180,000 cavalry, and Zhang Yan's 70,000 Montenegrin troops were assisted, with a total strength of 250,000 troops. However, after a big battle, the Montenegrin army was almost completely lost, and my 180,000 infantry cavalry also lost nearly 70,000 soldiers, and only 110,000 infantry cavalry remained after the war, with more than half of the casualties and heavy casualties!

At present, although the strength of our army is still 400,000 in numbers, most of these soldiers and horses are the surrendered soldiers and soldiers of the county government captured this time. The number of newly added soldiers and horses is indeed quite a lot, all of which add up to more than 100,000 troops, but the soldiers are uneven, and their combat effectiveness is not as good as before, and they must go through about two years of extensive training to truly become an elite division.

It's a pity that now we don't have time to train new soldiers, and the top priority is to send troops to Hanzhong as much as possible, recover the lost territory, and then exterminate Zhang Lu in Hanzhong in one fell swoop. Otherwise, if Zhang Lu is left to harass in the rear of our army, then our Xiliang Army will not think about doing anything, and we must always guard against Zhang Lu's sneak attack from behind when we go out on the expedition. Therefore, the land of Hanzhong must be taken over, and Zhang Lu must be exterminated as much as possible, and the entire territory of Hanzhong must be recovered, so as to get rid of a piece of henchmen, and in the future, there will be no such back-to-back enemy in the future, and the front and back will be constrained. ”

Xun Chen nodded thoughtfully, and said happily: "What the lord said is extremely true. Hanzhong is located in the hinterland of Liangzhou, which can be invaded into Liangzhou, threatening the western capital Chang'an, and retreating into Bashu, and is safe and sound by virtue of the natural danger of Shu Road. Therefore, since the lord decided to attack Hanzhong, he could not but consider the reaction of Liu Zhang of Yizhou, because Hanzhong and Yizhou were originally dependent on each other.

If Hanzhong is lost, it is equivalent to opening the door to Yizhou, threatening Yizhou at all times, once the fighter is found, he can wave his army to attack Shu Road and smash Chengdu. The stakes in this must be that Yizhou Liu Zhang will not understand. Therefore, Weichen dared to assert that the key to the final victory or defeat of Zhang Lu in this crusade against Hanzhong was whether Liu Zhang of Yizhou sent troops to help Zhang Lu defend Hanzhong. In view of this, the battle of Hanzhong was definitely not as easy as it seemed on the surface, there were huge variables hidden in it, and it was a fierce battle that dragged on for a long time, and it was difficult for our army to capture the entire territory of Hanzhong in one go.

These are the speculative words of Wei Chen, if there is anything inappropriate, please also ask the lord Haihan. ”

Li Li looked at Xun Chen with a surprised expression, stunned for a while, and then happily bowed his head and said: "If you are indeed extraordinary, what you said this time is reasonable, and there is nothing wrong with it, which really impresses me!" At the moment, there is something to entrust, I wonder if my friends are willing to help me? ”

Xun Chen's expression changed suddenly when he heard this, a touch of surprise appeared between his eyebrows, and he immediately bowed his head and said: "Although the lord commands, Weichen will do his best to live up to the lord's trust!" ”

"Well, that's very good." Li Li bowed slightly, the smile on his face disappeared instantly, and he turned to a solemn expression: "After the division of the army, Si Li will remain the same for the time being, no military orders, and no unauthorized transfer of a soldier or a pawn." I have entrusted Jia Xu with full responsibility for this matter, and I ask that Jia Xu be appointed as the captain of the Si Li, and preside over the battle within the Si Li and the three auxiliaries. Now, I intend to appoint you Xun Chen as the Hongnong Taishou, assist Jia Xu in handling the military affairs of Si Li, and wait for the opportunity to launch the 'First World War to Determine the Central Plains' plan, and inform Wen He as much as necessary, and he will fully support you." With such an arrangement, I wonder if you are willing to take on this great responsibility? ”

"No, Weichen obeys!" Xun Chen did not hesitate at all, and gladly accepted the order.

Li Li smiled and bowed: "That's fine." At present, the first task of Hongnong County is to properly settle the people who have migrated from Hedong County, and now that Hedong County has been recovered, those who are willing to return to their homeland must not be hindered; Those who are willing to stay still need to be properly resettled. In addition, if you have another important task, that is, to guard the Hangu Pass for me, I will arrange another general to guard the pass, and the two of you will need to cooperate with each other to jointly guard the east gate of my Xiliang. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Li stood up unhurriedly, waved his hand to signal Xun Chen to follow, and then walked out of the inner hall and walked straight to the Chinese army commander in front.

Until their figures gradually drifted away, the inner hall was still filled with Li Li's hearty laughter when he went out: "Tonight is the day when the three armies of the Hangu Pass Garrison, the Xingyang Battalion and the Bingzhou Army gather, presumably the feast has begun at this moment, how can you and I miss it?" Huhhehe???????

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