Chapter 237

Zhuge Yan clearly knew that it was the emperor and the general trend that pushed Lu que to today's position, not that Lu que really wanted to sit in this position. However, he has his own strengths and weaknesses. Compared with the strategic layout and battlefield attack, Lu que is no less than the old generation of famous generals. Even compared with Ning Darong and other military generals who have been promoted by virtue of their military achievements, Lu que is even more advanced in this aspect.

But it's not just a matter of talent to be in the imperial court. Before Lu que had a poor family, a noble family and a top ten aristocratic family, there are Qian Huang Yu Yuanxu, the eldest princess Yu Chuqing and Wei Gong Lu Chun standing behind him. It can be said that there is a general trend in him. Some people with ulterior motives will naturally stop and bury their ambitions. However, no flower is as red as a hundred days, and no man is as good as a thousand days. Once Lu que loses power one day, whether the poor family who support him now will continue to support him, that is, those in his family who are beaten down by him, will jump out and bite him first.

But looking at Lu's current layout, although the people he used were all outstanding young people, and had more or less some relations with Lu, he did not cultivate his own power among these people, which was really dangerous for an important official who might assist the imperial court in the future. Zhuge Yan knew that Lu que wanted to be a pure minister, but pure minister was the most difficult one among the ministers. The past history also proved that although pure minister could be listed in the history books and passed on to later generations, there were too few people who could have a good death.

Zhuge Yan tried to admonish Lu que more than once, but he didn't know where to start. Because he knew that even if he said it, Lu que might not listen to it or even take it to heart. For a talent of Tianzong who has built a foundation of thirty-six products, the prosperity of the world of mortals is just passing away, while Lu que is more like using the world of mortals to temper his mind and nature, waiting for the day when the world of mortals is exhausted. Even if someone told Lu Qian directly, they would not care.

When Zhuge Yan looked at Lu que with worried face, Lu que glanced at him in surprise. Some people didn't understand why he suddenly showed such an expression, but he nodded and said, "the intention of Fengxiang army's expansion has arrived at waige, but it's with his father. The reason why you don't know is that we are only responsible for commanding the war situation in southern Xinjiang, and we are not in charge of these matters. "

"So it is." Zhuge Yan nodded and his eyes flashed. The Changqing army expanded to 300000, followed by Fengxiang army, which expanded to 200000. According to the current situation, Lu que may break the old rules and become the first official commander of the Changqing army who is not the Emperor himself, plus the 200000 Fengxiang army led by Yu Tianxiang in the future, With these 500000 troops in the capital of Daqian, it is enough to make all the little people dare not show up.

And Zhuge Yan also knew that after the war, Lu Que's fiancee Gu Qingcheng might be promoted to the second grade military commander by virtue of her achievements in the war. Then she is likely to replace one of the current military commanders in the 12th army and become an important figure in the military. The candidate Gu Qingcheng replaced is likely to be one of the two military commanders Huxiao and Panshi, Because these three men were the only ones in the twelve armies. They were not close to either Lu Fu or Lu que himself.

"ZHUGE, you said Yan Wensheng, the king of heavenly stars, and Qiu Qiao, the queen of heavenly stars, left Tianxing capital secretly at this time. Would they choose to come to Daqian capital?" While Zhuge Yan was thinking silently in his heart, he saw Lu que, who was looking down at the map, saying suddenly.

"Come to Qianyuan city?" Zhuge Yan repeated and shook his head. "For them, there should be no more dangerous place in the world than emperor Qianyuan. Why did they choose to come here?"

"No?" Lu que looked back at Zhuge Yan, then put his eyes on the map, and his fingers kept sliding on the map which he had read for many times and had long remembered. The reason why Lu que suddenly had this idea is that he always felt that Yan Wensheng was not the kind of Desperado who would rather be a broken jade than a broken one. With his heart, even in the crisis of national subjugation, he might not make a desperate move.

Therefore, when he left Tianxing capital at this time, he might not go to Qiu Xu or Yan Tuo's navy, because this gambler's move of winning will lead to the survival of the country, and losing will lead to the destruction of the country and family, which people like Yan Wensheng would never do. He must be thinking about how to break the game, but now the way to break the game is not in Tianxing battlefield, but in Daqian capital.

"Did you think of something?" Zhuge Yan knew the character of Yilu que, and his words would not be aimless, so he must have understood the key. However, the king of heavenly stars would come to the capital of Daqian at this time. Zhuge Yan could not imagine why. Even if Yan Wensheng himself came to pay tribute, or even knelt down to surrender, the battle would continue, because the purpose of Daqian's battle was to take the eighteen counties of heavenly stars back to the original map, not to need a vassal state that was respectful but resentful.

"You said that the current battle of Tianxing will continue according to our previous arrangement. Does Tianxing have a chance to win?" Instead of answering directly, Lu asked.

"Hardly." Zhuge Yan shook his head. Now the initiative and general situation of the battlefield are in the hands of Daqian. When Heyan county is conquered, Fengxiang army can encircle and annihilate Qiu Xu's army. Zhuge Yan really can't think of any turning point for Tianxing Kingdom, which has lost most of its territory.

"Since we can't win in the battlefield, we have to look outside the battlefield. We should know that the military attack is the continuation of the general trend of the country, and we can't isolate ourselves from the national trend. That's why I think Yan Wensheng will come to Qianyuan city." Lu que put his hand on the location of Star City on the map, and said with some worry.

Zhuge Yan bowed his head and pondered for a long time. Looking at the position of Lu Que's hand on the map, he suddenly felt a move in his heart. His face was shocked. After a while, he asked tentatively, "do you mean your majesty?"

Lu did not answer, but nodded gently.

Daqian and Tianxing are just like two checkerboards. The so-called Golden Horn and silver edge grass belly is the same with the layout of Lu que. Now Daqian has occupied the edge and is close to Tianxing's hinterland. As long as Tianxing loses Heyan county again, there will be no turning point, and the balance of war will fall to Daqian.

In this chessboard, Yan Wensheng, who is in charge of the capital of Tianxing, is undoubtedly the position of Tianyuan of Tianxing, while the position of Tianyuan of Daqian is now the emperor of Daqian, Yu Yuanxu. Now the only way to solve the danger of Tianxing is to remove Daqian's position of Tianyuan before Daqian conquers the capital of Tianxing.

Because as long as Qian Emperor Yu Yuanxu is assassinated and killed, all the armies in southern Xinjiang will stop attacking. Now that the crown prince Yu Minghao is still young, Da Qian's main energy is no longer attacking the southern border. On the contrary, it will take a long time to stabilize the Korean situation until the crown prince Yu Minghao comes into power. In this way, Tianxing will win himself nearly six years. Now it's late September, and there will be an excellent opportunity in more than one month, that is, the autumn ceremony after the autumn harvest in October.

"Will Yan Wensheng really do that?" Zhuge Yan still couldn't believe it. Once what Lu que thought was true, the person Yan Wensheng wanted to assassinate must be his majesty. It was Emperor Daqian, who ruled thousands of miles of mountains and rivers and hundreds of millions of people. In the whole history of the qingmuyan people, there are emperors who have been elevated by their ministers, those who have been abandoned by their powerful ministers, and even those who have been defeated and burned themselves. But no one has ever been assassinated above the throne.

"I'm not sure." Lu que shook his head, turned to Zhuge Yan and said, "but in my opinion, Yan Wensheng's only way is to struggle for survival in the end. On the one hand, it is the disaster of national subjugation and extermination, and on the other hand, it is the only chance of survival. If you were Yan Wensheng, how would you choose? "

Hearing this, Zhuge Yan said with a smile, "if it was me, I would definitely choose to escape to a place far away from Daqian. Although my family and country are gone, I still have a beautiful wife and concubine to accompany me. It's not a pleasure to find a beautiful place to live in. I have nothing to do with planting flowers, raising grass, reading books and tasting tea.", But Lu Que's eyes were staring at him tightly. The corners of his mouth twitched twice, then he coughed and said, "if it was Yan Wensheng, I think he would choose to take a risk. After all, for him, no matter how bad the situation is, it can't be worse."

"ZHUGE, this matter has not been confirmed. It is very likely that there is no way to confirm it. We can only prepare secretly, but we must never let others know. You can't tell anyone except the old Prime Minister." Lu said seriously.

"I understand." Zhuge Yan nodded his head solemnly, and then asked, "since you want to take precautions, you must mobilize troops. Are you planning to mobilize the Changqing army outside the city?"

"Yes, it's still some time before Qiuwei. The Changqing military camp is just north of Danshan and Tingtao lake. I plan to let he Tao, Cheng Yuan and Feng Yang set up a new camp in the Xishan mountains in the name of training new soldiers. They were the close generals who followed me to win the battles of Danshui and hexingyuan. Now the Changqing army has just expanded 100000 new soldiers. I transferred them, It can not only ensure the safety of Xishan paddock, but also will not make Yan Wensheng suspicious. " Lu short of a moment thought of a solution, said.

"It's a good way." Zhuge Yan nodded, suddenly thought of something, and said with a smile, "but in this way, I'm afraid many people in the imperial capital will sleep uneasily. There will be 50000 new soldiers in Fengxiang barracks in the southeast of the imperial capital, and Changqing barracks in the northwest, which are training day and night. In addition, you suddenly mobilize 36000 troops to the west mountain, and the whole Qianyuan city will be surrounded by groups, I'm afraid those who are dissatisfied with you will open their eyes even in their dreams. "

"It's none of my business. I just do what I can do well. As for others, they jump out to look for trouble, and I don't care about them." Lu qiaowen shook his head indifferently, then looked at the map on the table and said, "it's time to see if sister Tianxiang and sister Qingcheng can conquer Heyan Prefecture before October. As long as the prefecture is broken, even if the rest of the county is still in Tianxing's hands, Yan Wensheng is too late no matter where he goes and what he wants to do."

"The city of Yan Yan is the second largest city after the star city of Wang Du. The status is the same as the eight big cities that we are doing. After hundreds of years of development and renovation, its urban defense system is no less than the star city. It can be said that the city is deep in the pool. Can the royal highness of the princess and sister Gu win the river in less than ten days?" Zhuge Yan glanced at some ink spots on the map that represented Heyan Prefecture, and said with some uneasiness.

"Sister Qingcheng's subordinates are all Fengxiang yunqi, and Zhai Ning's subordinates who are with him are all the Qingqi of the former army of the mad lion army. Sister Tianxiang still has the remaining 30000 Fengxiang yunqi in her hands. Ye Zhiqiu in front of him is in charge of the scouting camp and yunqi camp that have followed me for thousands of miles. According to the calculation of time, if there is no accident on their way, At this time, it should be almost to Heyan Prefecture. "

"Are you going to attack the city with cavalry? Or attack a big city? " Zhuge Yan asked. In the previous strategy of Lu Que's layout, the overall strategic layout was not detailed, because it would give more room to the commanders in southern Xinjiang, and there would be more relaxed conditions to make adjustments in case of emergencies. Zhuge Yan always believed that Lu que was left to Yu Tianxiang, Gu Qingcheng and ye Zhiqiu to fight the battle of He Yan, But he never thought that he would let the cavalry rush in and reach Heyan Prefecture in the shortest time.

"I've never thought of attacking a city. There's more than one way to win a city." Lu que shook his head and said.

"Then how are you going to take the Heyan Prefecture?" Asked Zhuge Yan.

"It's said that among the famous families of Tianxing, Qiu's is loyal, Chai's is resolute, Qiu's is staunch, Xie's is soft and hypocritical. Now the person who is stationed in Heyan county and commanding 80000 troops is the legitimate son of Xie's family. We just need to make a situation, and then see how the legitimate son of Xie chooses." Lu Que's eyes looked at the map and said.

"Is that what the art of war says about using force without exertion? Are you going to force him to surrender Zhuge Yan asked in surprise.

"I'm pressing people with the force, but whether he will choose to surrender is beyond my control." Lu que thought about it and shook his head.

"What if he sticks to the city, or takes advantage of Princess Tianxiang and sister Gu's unstable foothold to fight out of the city?" Zhuge Yan frowned and asked.

"That's not what we need to think about. Sister Tianxiang, sister Qingcheng, and ye Zhiqiu are enough to win Heyan County, and they also have nearly 80000 people under their command. Among these 80000 people, they are all elite. Even zhaining's 10000 Qingqi is made by the power of Tianxing. Even if Heyan county did not choose to surrender, seven of its defenders were new soldiers. "

"But they have the advantage of the city," ZHUGE Yan interrupted.

"Even so, it's only half the battle. If we take into account the morale of the two armies and Chai Yuanjian, who escaped from the camp of Shuizhai, it should be four or six, we six, Heyan Shoujun four. It's very rare for us to have such a victory rate when we suddenly speed up the war process. Since we need time, we can have a war with such a victory rate. " Lu que clenched his fist and hit the location of Heyan County on the map.

"Do you mean that Chai's son and Xie's son will fight against each other?" Zhuge Yan's eyes lit up and asked Lu que.

"I didn't say that." Lu que shook his head. "I just heard that the relationship between them is not very good, and they are both generals. Although Chai Yuanjian has lost the Shuizhai camp, he still has a number of battalions in his hands. Yan Wensheng, the star king, and Qiu Xu, the commander-in-chief of the southern border army have a deep trust in each other. I'm afraid it's not clear who is in charge and who is next, I think there may be some discord between them, and that's the time to take advantage of it. "

Lu que didn't say to Zhuge Yan that since Xie Daoqin was the man of dark Huang, the Xie family might have made plans at this time. If you want to have a foothold in Daqian in the future, how can the Xie family be worthy of their name of Tianxing.

"In that case, let's wait here for the news of the war in southern Xinjiang." Although Zhuge Yan felt that Lu Que's remarks were perfunctory, it was normal for him to know some information that was inconvenient to tell others, so he did not ask too much.

At the same time, in Heyan County, three big cavalry troops are rushing forward.

In the south, ye Zhiqiu, who is closest to Ye Zhiqiu, is now leading two battalions of scouts and Fengqi, less than 100 li away from Heyan county. Half a day's journey behind him, Nie Pingjing is leading 20000 Fengxiang yunqi to gallop along the route Ye Zhiqiu took. Behind Nie Pingjing are the infantry LED by Yu Tianxiang and the remaining 10000 Fengxiang yunqi.

In the west, the nine thousand fengxiangyunqi led by Gu Qingcheng and the ten thousand Qingqi led by Zhai Ning bypassed the counties near the junction of Heyan county and Xihe County, and directly approached Heyan county. Zhuge Ya was in charge of Xihe county. They didn't have to worry about the counties adjacent to Xihe county. As long as Zhuge Ya was there, these counties would not be a threat to them.

At this time, the two battalions of cavalry led by Ye Zhiqiu are resting by a river less than one foot wide. Tonight, they are going to enter the mountain forest in the south of Heyan Prefecture, where they are waiting for the arrival of the army behind.

"Master ye, do you think we can surprise Heyan Prefecture just by our two battalion brothers?" Meng Cang, who has just finished grooming his favorite beast, goes to Ye Zhiqiu, who is sitting by the river in a daze, and asks.

"Heyan county has 80000 garrison. At this time, at least 60000 people gathered in the county city, and the strength is ten times that of us." Ye Zhiqiu looks at Meng Cang's eager expression and turns his eyes. Meng Cang is a natural fierce general. He is not fake, but he is too warlike. He attacks the city with 6000 cavalry. In his opinion, he is dead.