Gao Yuyao's strength lies in balance and weakening.

According to Gao Yuyao's original intention, dividing the kings is just to get rid of the burden, but when the strength continues to be enough, it will naturally be taken back.

Therefore, apart from herself, Gao Yuyao will not allow any party to sit big, and want to hide and slowly develop and watch the situation in the world? Don't even think about it!

In particular, the Zhenxi General's Mansion, which has been sitting in Xiliang for hundreds of years, and is far away from Beijing, can be said to be far away from the emperor of Tiangao, and has already built the land of Xiliang like an iron bucket. And many small countries in the Western Regions only know the Zhenxi General's Mansion but not the imperial court, which shows that compared with the Zhennan General's Mansion that has always been heartfelt, Zhenxi can be described as much more dishonest.

Naturally, then, there is no expectation of it, and there is not even a guarantee that it will not disrupt the situation.

In that case, let him move.

In fact, the strategy used is very simple, the Zhenxi General's Mansion has built its own territory in this way, if there is no ambition, Gao Yuyao does not believe it, at least, he also hopes to be a soil emperor on the other side.

Since this is the case, Gao Yuyao will satisfy him.

The general of Zhenxi became the king of Zhenxi, and the small country in the Western Regions under the attack of the Zhenxi Wangfu had the right of autonomy, as long as it was not called the emperor, but only called itself the king, the court would recognize its legal status. And trade clearance is allowed, and no taxes are charged. But the premise of everything is that troops are sent to drive the Turks back to the steppe.

It's just that what made Gao Yuyao miscalculate was that the Zhenxi General's Mansion actually had such strength. In one fell swoop, the soldiers actually sent 200,000 troops directly!

Even if there are a lot of soldiers from the countries of the Western Regions mixed in, it is enough to roughly analyze its strength.

But it doesn't matter, the Turkic cavalry is so easy to fight, no matter which side holds out to the end, it is bound to be greatly damaged. At that time, the imperial court will naturally benefit.

The Zhenxi General's Mansion confronted the Turks, Xiao Jiwen confronted the pseudo-empress Huofeng, and King You, who was known as the virtuous king, was secretly supported by Gao Yuyao and prepared to use it to confront the Jizhou rebels.

Then the next thing to do is the south.

However, in comparison, whether it is Chenghui or Tanzhou, the forces of both sides are relatively weak, and Gao Yuyao really didn't pay much attention to it, of course, for the sake of safety, what should be arranged still has to be arranged, and for the time being, let's see how the other situations are before making a decision.

Ashina Falcon originally planned to launch another southern invasion, but unexpectedly, the army of the Zhenxi General's Mansion opened up, and the target was directly aimed at Taiyuan, which made Ashina Falcon very angry. Not only because they came out to stir up the situation, but more importantly, the Zhenxi General's Mansion received a lot of benefits from him, and now that the benefits have been received, he turned around and immediately sent troops to fight, and he would be embarrassed.

No matter how angry you are, you still have to fight, unless you give up and merge with the state's good territory.

In the hinterland of the Central Plains and the south of the Yanyu River, Bingzhou is not a good place, but compared to the grassland, it is not much more comfortable.

With such fat meat, whoever is willing to spit it out doesn't need Ashina Falcon to call for it, and the leaders of most tribes spontaneously responded and wanted to fight to the death with the Zhenxi General's Mansion.

In this case, Ainur is no exception, even if he is not happy, he can only lead his troops to Taiyuan to rendezvous. Zhou Shaoyu also went, but the difference was that he didn't bring troops, he just came over to make soy sauce, indicating that we were on the side of the Khan, weakening Ashina's possible suspicions.

In just a few days, Ashina Falcon has gathered 200,000 Turkic troops, and there are still 100,000 rushing here from the grassland, this is not all the Turkic troops, but it is impossible to send them all, even if Ashina Falcon thinks, the leaders of the tribes will not agree, there are no warriors in the tribe, how to protect their tribes from being annexed? Even Ashina Falcon is not exempt from vulgarity.

Fortunately, otherwise the Turks really had an army of seven or eight hundred thousand to go south, so how could they fight.

Compared with Zhou Shaoyu's soy sauce, Fang Hong is much more helpless. He needs to send 20,000 auxiliaries under his command to follow Ashina Falcon on the expedition, and it is foreseeable that this army will inevitably be used as cannon fodder.

It's just that even if you are unwilling, you can only endure it for the time being, and the 200,000 Turkic troops inside and outside the city at this moment, making trouble at this time is not just looking for death.

"The old man preserves his strength as much as possible, waits for the opportunity, sets things right, and expells foreign enemies!" Fang Hong is not pessimistic, on the contrary, this is an opportunity, the best result is that both Turkic and Zhenxi Mansion will lose, and then their chances will naturally be greater.

At this point, most of the world's rivers and mountains have been ignited with war, and the people are miserable.

The land directly under the jurisdiction of the Great Liang Imperial Court was peaceful.

Jiangnan, Gusu.

The disputes in the world cannot be seen here, the streets and alleys are bustling, the traffic is busy, and you can enjoy peace.

In a teahouse, people seemed to be arguing about something.

"Eh, Brother Tai's words are wrong, the Queen Mother hangs the curtain to listen to the government, since ancient times, this matter does not violate the etiquette law. And today's Queen Mother, far-sighted, extraordinary, and countless corrupt officials and corrupt officials. Under its governance, the court has many soldiers and generals, and its jurisdiction is peaceful. Look at the big situation again, where is not the war and the tragedy continues, it is because I believe that the current queen mother is really a rare sage, and she will definitely spread her reputation in future generations. ”

This remark can be regarded as the mainstream on the territory of Daliang, after all, there is a contrast here, for the people at the bottom, no matter how hard life is, it is better to live in peace, unlike other places, where there are constant wars and chaos, and the day and night are not guaranteed. In addition, Gao Yuyao did kill a lot of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, regardless of the purpose, in the eyes of the people, it is always a good thing.

The days are still the same, in fact, nothing has changed, but the satisfaction is much higher. Then how did I live before, and how do I live now.

Gao Yuyao has expanded the army a lot, plus the original strength, the number is really scary, so no one thinks that Daliang will be chaotic, and he is not worried about the war burning on his head one day, so he has the leisure to chat about the situation and talk about his opinion.

This is a good thing and a bad thing.

No one in the world wants to enjoy peace, but few people will do it.

No matter how chaotic it is outside, it has nothing to do with me, so I am unprepared and unprepared, and if I continue, I really should be in chaos that day, tsk.

False prosperity is just too peaceful. This is Zhou Shaoyu's view.

In the chaos of war, life must be miserable, deaths and injuries occur every day, but the cruel environment will also force people to grow strong, and then everyone will be trained to become a tiger, and the Liang side is still a flock of sheep, so what is the use of more numbers.

Gao Yuyao's strategy of balancing and weakening is clever, but she doesn't value her own strength.

The amount of combat power can never be made up for by the quantity, and now the imperial army is also a part of the rebel army in Qingzhou and Jizhou, which is considered to have some experience, but what about the others?

Of course, as a future opponent, Zhou Shaoyu naturally likes to hear about it, who likes his enemy to become stronger.

In May, Zhenxi and the Turks were facing each other, and apart from a few small-scale tentative attacks, no real major war had begun. The largest number of people was that the 20,000 puppet army led by Fang Hong was ordered to try to pull out a small camp of the other party, but he never thought that the army had just rushed up for a moment, and then he was defeated and retreated, and he counted it, okay, there were only a dozen people killed in the battle, more than 20 people were trampled to death, and there were only 100 wounded, so this was a rout?

Ashina Falcon was very annoyed, although he didn't expect it to be of any great use, but this was too exaggerated.

Hearing this news, Zhou Shaoyu almost lost his joy, it turned out that the so-called best efforts to preserve strength is such a preservation method? It's really weird enough, and I'm not afraid of really bringing the military heart to rot.

However, there are also benefits, preserving strength is only one of them, in addition, it can also make Ashina Falcon completely relax his vigilance, just such a cannon fodder army, what can he do?

Since the frontal battlefield is completely useless, it is simply used as an auxiliary force to escort grain and grass first, and now there is no problem.

So a few days later, on a dark night, Zhou Shaoyu received a large amount of grain and grass sent by Fang Hong. The next day, it was learned that Fang Hong's troops were escorting grain and grass, but they were ambushed by Zhenxi Mansion, in order to avoid the enemy, Fang Hong had to order fire and grain burning, and then the whole army retreated.

Literati are literati, and they really can't expect to lead troops, Ashina Falcon is completely disappointed, this can't do that, if it's not during the war, they all plan to disband this army, what's the use?

So 20,000 troops were transferred back to Taiyuan to defend the city, and then 10,000 Turkic warriors were transferred out to replace them.

At this point, there were only 15,000 cavalry troops trusted by Ashina Falcon left in Taiyuan City. Fang Hong's 30,000 people may be difficult to swallow directly, but what if Zhou Shaoyu is added? Even, plus Ainur?

In other words, now, as long as Fang Hong and the others are willing, they can let Taiyuan City change hands at any time, it's just a matter of waiting for a better time.

At the same time, Xiao Jiwen and the pseudo-empress Huofeng finally officially fought the first battle, and the strength of the two sides was 30,000 against 50,000. The former is more warlike, but the latter is not weak in morale and has an advantage in numbers.

Xiao Jiwen seized the opportunity, and originally wanted to directly take down the Chinese army and capture the fire phoenix in one go, but she didn't want to fight deeper, and the resistance she encountered was a bit terrifying.

Just kidding, what did Huofeng start on? Isn't it the Fire Phoenix Sect, and as a soldier of the Chinese army, it is naturally a trustworthy existence of the Fire Phoenix, these people all believe that they are invulnerable, if they are really cut, it means that they are not loyal enough, and even if they die in battle, it doesn't matter, their loyalty will be recognized, and they will eventually be resurrected.

Yes, that's right, it's resurrection, Phoenix Phoenix, what is most famous? Nature is Nirvana rebirth! All the cultists believe that as long as they die because they are loyal to the fire phoenix, they will be recognized, and finally they will be reborn and return again.

In this way, which one is still afraid of death?

Don't look at the disorganized fighting, all the brains rush up, but that lifeless posture, if you dare to slash me, I will dare to bite off your ear, it is indeed embarrassing.

If you give Xiao Auntie enough time, the problem is not too big, at most, there are more casualties, but Huofeng is not just a Chinese army. There is a little time, and the flanks will naturally wrap up.

There is no need to engage in this kind of indifferent fighting, Xiao Jiwen can only retreat, but the first battle is lost.

This has a great impact on the tide of the war.

Xiao Jiwen is still Xiao Xiao, and her loyal subordinates have not had a small failure that has caused any major impact, and their morale has not fallen much.

But it's different for the fire phoenix.

From ancient times to the present, most rebellious armies basically have one characteristic. That is, he is especially good at fighting with the wind, and if he can win the first game, he will be willing to work harder in the next game. If it is the other way around, it will be a real defeat.

is a victory, which directly raises the prestige of the fire phoenix to another level, especially after the military merit award, one by one, I can't wait to fight a few more battles.

Xiao Yaowen is not stupid, she naturally knows how to avoid the edge for the time being, hang up the free battle card, only can't defend it, and doesn't retreat, so she confronts each other like this.

It's just that what Xiao Jiwen didn't expect was that Huofeng's courage was far greater than she thought.

Jincheng, after learning the news of the visit of the envoy from Luoyang City, Zhou Shaoyu was very surprised. Because of his analysis, there was no longer any need to send an envoy to contact him and Huo Feng. So the envoys or something, of course, are looking for Ainul.

So the question is, at this moment, Ainur is following Ashina Falcon and the army of Zhenxi Mansion in the west of Bingzhou, which is not a secret, in this case, why did he send an envoy group?

"Lord Zhoumu, such bandits, the students thought they were gone!" A young scholar said angrily.

Zhou Shaoyu suddenly rolled his eyes, bandits? I'm sorry, but so am I. Stretching out his hand, he said, "Zisheng, you say." ”

Zhao He got up and arched his hand, and said calmly: "The lower official thinks that he should see it." ”

Because Zhou Shaoyu is currently given an official position in agriculture, what is the deputy minister of agriculture? Anyway, everyone thinks it's weird, but it's not white in the end, so the self-proclaimed person has also changed from a student to a lower official.

"The Turkic princess is not here, the puppet emperor still sends envoys, the goal is self-evident, and after careful thinking, it is not difficult to find that we cannot provide any funding, they are not short of armaments, and the same is true of food, then, the purpose can only be one, that is, I hope to win over, and can send troops to help her attack the eldest princess of Shu."

As soon as the words fell, someone immediately objected: "Since this is the case, as a subject of Daliang, I should not see it!" ”

This is not wrong, on the surface, Zhou Shaoyu is the state pastor of Da Liangfeng, and Xiao Yao's wife is a princess, which is considered a gang, if Zhou Shaoyu really agrees to the rebellious army to send troops to fight Xiao Yao's wife, then the reputation will be gone.

"Xia Guan thinks that it is precisely because of this that he should see it even more, you can see how much the puppet emperor can pay for this, and judge from this that the strength of the puppet emperor is, after all, Jincheng and Luoyang are not far away, so they have to be guarded against." Zhao He continued.

Zhou Shaoyu is secretly a white eye, brother has been to Luoyang City, and has even inspected the army and materials more than once, how much strength do they have, can it be unclear? You can't go to such trouble to guess the test.

But it's also a reason to meet, anyway, Zhou Shaoyu is also curious about what they want to do here.

In order to prevent the envoys from having people who knew him, Zhou Shaoyu also specially hung a layer of gauze curtains, the reason, well, it was not so convenient to meet guests because of the occasional wind and cold.

Believe it or not, I believe it anyway.

And then...... Then Zhou Shaoyu saw an acquaintance.

(End of chapter)