Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

In the afternoon, the princes came to the meeting hall one after another. The emperor hadn't come yet, and a dozen people quickly formed a small circle in the chat. There are only fifteen people in total, six military generals, three each in the front of the palace, and three in the guard Mabusi; nine civil servants, two in the Privy Council, three in the Zhengshitang, and four in the Cabinet.

As soon as Zan Jurun came in, Zuo You asked, "Are you done with Minister Zan's important matters?"

A trace of disappointment flashed across Zan Jurun's face, he clasped his fists and said, "It's done."

As soon as they spoke, the two began to talk. People should be group creatures, and being in a group can feel a lot more comfortable; especially on such occasions, everyone is talking about it, and if someone is isolated, they may feel very uncomfortable.

Han Tong and Shi Yanchao are the kind of people who are isolated. Han Tong waited with big eyes, as if someone owed him money, and no one talked to him for a while, because no one wanted to put a hot face on a cold ass|ass, and come up for no reason.

Shi Yanchao held his head up, sneered from time to time, and looked at people with contempt. The style of "the first fierce general of the Great Zhou Dynasty" is enough.

Han Tong and Shi Yanchao didn't speak, as if they looked down on each other.

Yang Biao's leg has almost healed. He recently returned to the front of the temple to be on duty, and he did not use crutches. The injury seemed to be recovering well.

At this moment, an eunuch came in first and said, "The emperor is here!"

The crowd dispersed immediately, divided into civil and military sides, and ranked them according to their positions. When Guo Shao walked in, everyone knelt down on the ground and shouted "Longevity without bounds".

Guo Shao had almost no ostentation on such occasions. He was wearing an old purple round-neck gown and a black veil on his head. Those who didn't know thought he was just a civil servant. He took his seat in the superior position, and after meeting with all his ministers, he said, "Give me a seat."

Guo Shao looked at Lu Duoxun, "Lu Fuzheng is the one who went to the northwest in person, I want to hear your opinion first."

Lu Duoxun hurriedly stood up to pay homage to his superior, and then bowed to the left and right ministers. His voice was a little nervous, and he said cautiously: "Northwest is a little bit, Hexi is more important. This land is fertile, rich in cattle, sheep, horses, and grain. The enemy dare not easily enter the east..."

Guo Shao asked, "How do you occupy Hexi?"

Lu Duoxun pondered for a moment, and said: "I think I can only slow down the plan, and I can first establish prestige among the ministries by means of alliances, commerce, and tribute..."

Before he finished talking, Shi Yanchao said coldly: "You are really a tuberculosis! You have been bought for road money, robbed, robbed, killed, and almost lost your life. You don't invite soldiers to retaliate, but you talk so troublesomely."

Lu Duoxun's words were punched into his stomach abruptly, his face turned blue and white, and he looked at Shi Yanchao, speechless.

Wang Pu, Wei Renpu and others looked at each other in blank dismay.

Wang Pu really couldn't stand it anymore, and asked: "So General Shi thinks, how do you use troops to retaliate?"

Shi Yanchao thought for a while, and then said: "It is only necessary for the forbidden army to attack from Longyou with tens of thousands of elite cavalry, and drive out all the Tubo and Dangxiang in Longyou; then go to Ganzhou in Xiliang, drive out the barbarians, take back the entire Hexi, and join the Guiyi army in Guasha."

After everyone heard this, Han Tong stopped staring and rolled his eyes.

Wang Pu said coldly: "General Shi said so eloquently. It is more than two thousand miles from Tokyo to Guazhou in Hexi. How much food will the imperial army spend tens of thousands of riders to march west? Do you know how much this year's Northern Expedition will cost, and how much will Cao Bin spend to build the Jiangnan Camp? Let's not talk about these, can tens of thousands of riders conquer Hexi?

Before crossing the Yellow River, he attacked Dangxiang people; Xiazhou Dangxiang couldn't sit still. General Shi had to come up with a strategy to attack Xiazhou first. "

Shi Yanchao frowned and said, "The Dangxiang tribe in the south is the same nostril as Xiazhou Dangxiang?"

Wang Pudao: "General Shi must not have read the dossier brought back by envoy Lu. The Dangxiang tribe in the west has activities as far as Lingzhou (Yinchuan Plain) in the north and Shanzhou (Xining Plain) in the south. The Li family in Xiazhou shares the same language with these tribes, and they not only communicate frequently, but also marry.

Shi Yanchao said nothing.

Guo Shao discovered that Shi Yanchao looked down on civil servants, and he seldom contradicted Wang Pu alone; moreover, Wang Pu didn't have a good tone when talking to him.

At this moment, Wei Renpu said: "If you want to go west, it will take time and cost a lot of money. The court's first priority is to deal with the Youyun Liao army, and you can't easily fall into the quagmire in the west. The minister's support for Lu Shilang's proposition should be based on appeasement."

Wei Renpu is also a combatant, and his rhetoric advocates the theory that force is often used to win, even he said so. This made Guo Shao even more convinced that the mess in the west cannot be solved easily.

Guo Shao believes that Xiazhou Dangxiang is the Xixia Kingdom that will be difficult to deal with in the future, and he regards it as a thorn in his side. But at this time, it is really not possible to move it casually... It is already very difficult to deal with Liao, and if you fall into another difficult war quagmire, wouldn't that be death?

Lu Duoxun glanced at Shi Yanchao, clasped his fists and said, "Xiazhou and other five prefectures have pastures and large tracts of arable land, and salt, iron, and copper are produced in the north, and there are sufficient grain and fodder products. Moreover, all the people in the party are soldiers, and the soldiers are strong. If you want to go to war, I'm afraid it will not be easy."

At this time, Wei Renpu said: "I have some thoughts these two days..."

Guo Shaodao: "Deputy Envoy Wei said it's okay."

Wei Renpu stood up, looked around and said: "According to your majesty and the imperial court's wishes, the imperial court currently intends to stabilize the west and expand the war horse from the northwest. It has no plans to attack the northwest. Therefore, the war cannot be opened lightly.

The official view of Xiazhou Dangxiang was at the time of war in the Central Plains, and he had bowed his head to the Central Plains for decades; it can be seen that the Li family of Xiazhou still has awe of the great powers of the Central Plains. Last year when the Great Zhou attacked the Eastern Han (Northern Han), the Li family sent troops to the Yellow River to support the Great Zhou army; no matter what their intentions were, they had the intention of making friends.

Therefore, if the imperial court does not persecute Mrs. Li, Xiazhou will not easily take the risk of becoming an enemy of our court.

However, the tribes of Tubo and the Uighurs in Hexi are in a state of disunity at this time, and they are doing their own things; they have no strength to threaten Guanzhong, and they are far apart. The way to make long-distance and short-term attacks is that the imperial court should first make alliances. "

Wei Renpu paid homage to his superior: "Your Majesty can choose one of the ministers and lead a team to patrol the west.

One of the itineraries is to call Hexi Dangxiang people for peace talks, to discuss the mutual looting between the Dazhou feudal town and the Dangxiang ministries, and to ease the relationship. You can also invite the Li family from Xiazhou to participate in the peace talks... There have been constant border conflicts in recent years. If they are ignored, there will inevitably be hidden dangers of intensification and chaos.

The second itinerary is to call the alliance of various tribes in the Northwest to open a mutual market and exchange horses with trade. "

Everyone was not very happy after hearing this, but no one objected.

Back then, the Han Dynasty made peace with the Xiongnu, and the Tang Dynasty made peace with Tubo, all for the purpose of easing relations, either because the enemy was too powerful to destroy or could not handle it. Compromise, at least temporary compromise, is a necessary strategy, otherwise the national power of the Central Plains will not be strong enough to fight on all sides.

Guo Shao felt uncomfortable, but thinking that his current primary target was You Yun, he remained silent.

The feeling of the cage became stronger, and Guo Shao finally couldn't help but said: "I want to go personally for the matter of the west tour."

As expected, all the ministers dissuaded him one after another. Guo Shao didn't say anything decisive, but only said: "Vice Envoy Wei made a proposal, and we will be in charge of contacting various ministries and arranging all matters..." He turned his head to look at Lu Duoxun again, "Senior Lu is the only person here who has been to Hexi, so you will be the deputy."

The two lead the order.

When the group broke up, Guo Shao called Wang Pu and Wei Renpu to Yangde Hall for a secret talk.

Guo Shao pays attention to the Northwest, in addition to guarding against the chaos among the barbarians, he is also concerned about the Northwest feudal town... especially the Jingnan Army Zhejia, because he has a personal grievance with Guo Shao.

When Guo Shao ascended the throne, in order to reduce resistance, he did not dare to move those powerful feudal towns, and everything remained as it was. By now, we should gradually start to sort out these feudal towns.

...Northwest Slightly took shape very quickly. It only needs to check for leaks and make up for vacancies, and weigh it for a while before it can be implemented.

Guo Shao stood in front of the big map by the wall, and the topographic map of the west had been filled; there were still several large separatist territories in the south. But Guo Shao finally turned to Youzhou, Hebei.

Regardless of the strategy of the North and the South, it is all for the Northern Expedition again!

What they did was nothing more than accumulating strength and reducing threats elsewhere in order to concentrate their spearheads.

At this time, the threat from the northwest was not urgent, and the remaining countries in the south had never had the strength to move northward to threaten the Central Plains... Even the Liao Kingdom showed no signs of large-scale southward plunder due to internal chaos.

Da Zhou is in an offensive period.

Although no one is coming to attack you now, you cannot stop attacking; if you don't take the initiative to fight now, you will have to be passive in the future. Do you want to hold on to what you have in your hands to survive, or to go to a higher place? Opportunities are always available!

Guo Shao used to be the best at sensing opportunities, but they were all opportunities for small things. This time, he is secretly feeling the opportunity of history...

Youyun is the most important place. At this time, Liao’s civil strife is at a time of weakness; while the Central Plains has just stabilized a little from the war, and the strength of the territory is expanding and rising. Usually, the dynasty is most effective at this time. When one ebbs and another ebbs and flows, if we don’t occupy the key places at this time and take the opportunity to establish a position, when will we wait?

Guo Shaoxin said: My judgment should be right.

He turned his head and looked out of the window of Yangde Hall, the majestic palaces of the imperial city, the towers with double eaves, and the wide brick and stone avenues were quietly in sight, solemn and grand. In the static landscape, time also seems to be frozen.

The people here can't notice it, as if the time is passing and changing naturally; but Guo Shao knows that everything is gradually getting out of shape, and is moving in an unknown direction.

Where is it headed? Guo Shao didn't know either, he just felt that everything was still in a place that was out of track.

It was Guo Shao who took the vast situation out of the direction. Time is rushing like a river, and maybe there is a new river waiting ahead. Guo Shao was trying to bring it there. \u003c