People cannot generalize.

The fifth reunion came to Longyou in person, mainly to supervise grain on the front line, to do "Xiao He" by himself, and to do a small exercise nearby.

Gongsun Shu also went north to Hanzhong. At first, he did have the idea of ​​"the emperor fights the emperor and defeating the world", and insisted on fighting with the fifth reunion in Longyou.

However, before coming north, the ministers took turns to advise. Even Prime Minister Li Xiong also begged hard: "Since the destruction of the rage, heroes have emerged, and countless people have crossed states and counties. However, the situation in the north has been settled, and the fifth relationship has already occupied several states."

Li Xiong hopes that Gongsun Shu can be more sober and not overestimate the power of Shu: "Jing Han and others all said that the Wei army was weak and that Guanzhong could attack, and repeated the story of Han Gao in the past. However, Your Majesty sent generals to secretly cross Ziwu, but he destroyed Wei general Cen Peng, and lost thousands of troops, which shows that Wei Cheng could not compete with each other head-on."

"Although Wei Xiang has been in Longshan for several months, he is still very disappointed. It is still possible to help him get angry, but it is difficult to fight for Tianshui again. He transported grain from Shu to Liangzhou and had to cross the Shu Road continuously. Qishan was farther away than from Guanzhong. Moreover, Longshan was bitter and cold in winter, and Shu people were used to warmth and might not adapt to the water and land. They must not let the army go north. The empty country is thousands of miles away, and the success or failure will be decided in one fell swoop!"

Of course he knew that for the founder of Yizhou, he could only protect himself. If he wanted to compete for the world, he had to compete for a base to move forward.

But Li Xiong saw it very clearly that with the combat effectiveness of the Shu army, he was a little reluctant to go all the way. Otherwise, he would not have gone east to the Three Gorges for the first time and was repelled by the small forces of King Li of Chu. The Jingzhou two counties could not be defeated. How could he compete with the powerful fifth reunion in the north?

Once all the troops and grain were put into the Longyou battlefield, the family would no longer have the energy to conquer the Southern Barbarians and go out of Jingzhou in the east. In the end, the main force was annihilated, the people were exhausted, and even the three-pointer could not be divided into the world, and they would be defeated quickly!

When others advised him, Gongsun Shu sneered, but Li Xiong was the leader, which made him hesitate: "Is it just sitting there and watching Wei Xiang lose his destruction? His lips are gone and his teeth are cold. I still understand this principle."

"We want to save Wei Xiang, but we don't have to save them all."

Li Xiong had no feelings for the areas other than Bashu, and proposed a sinister plan: "It would be better to send only more than 10,000 troops north of Qishan to protect several cities in Longxi for Wei Xiang, and serve as a screening for the family."

Since you cannot take the Longyou Jingqi for the use of the family, then destroy it! Let the several cities in Longxi turn into the abscess of the Wei Kingdom! It will never be cured, and it will always rot there. As long as you can use the continuous resistance of Wei Xiang and the Long people to delay the fifth relationship and enter the Central Plains and the speed of the East!

"And Your Majesty can free up your hands and go south with all your might, and you will have Jingyi!"

...

Therefore, Gongsun Shu arrived in Hanzhong not to advance, but to urge the war-first troops to retreat.

But he did a good job in his face and issued an edict first, denying the fifth republic of bullying Ruziying the late Han Dynasty. Uncle Gongsun wanted to come and stand up for the injustice. At the same time, he also made a good gesture: "Look, I have come to save Wei Xiangji in person, so it is considered to be the end of kindness."

But in fact, Gongsun Shu ordered the army to stay in Wudu and defend Hanzhong. Half of the Shu soldiers who went north had to withdraw half of them. The troops should be less than the local food to support them, so as to avoid fighting against the Wei army in a field, so they rely on the city and dangerous pass to guard them.

This is why Jia Fu was ordered to withdraw his troops, which was actually what Gongshu meant.

Fang Wang, who had been traveling back and forth in Longshu and sought help for the lord, learned that Wei Xiang was defeated by Didao again, was immediately anxious. After asking for the meeting again and again, he was received by Gongsun Shu.

Gongsun Shu claimed to be the White Emperor and made great contributions to prophecy and divination. At the same time, he valued great ceremonial guards. He learned the Han system and imitated the emperor's law. He went in and out of the emperor's law, slaughtered the imperial flag, slaughtered the emperor's halberd, and then the carriage drove out of the room.

After receiving the snake-killing sword sent by Fang Wang by Wei Xiang, he couldn't let go of it and often asked his servants to hold it. The imperial seal was carried by himself and held it with everyone he saw.

Fang Wang was so tired after going through layers of red tape that he saw the Bashu emperor in the magnificent Baidi Palace. He also felt that Emperor Gongsun, who decorated the border, did not look like a great man, but in order to make a promise to Wei Xiang, he could only bow and beg hard.

But Gongsun Shu was tired of hearing the pros and cons of Fang Wang's statement, so he just perfunctorily treated Fang Wang, and had already given up fighting for Longyou in his heart, allowing Wei Xiang to stay in Longxi for the last few cities, just not dead.

Fang Wang was so smart that he also noticed the change in Gongsun Shu's attitude. He was shocked and laughed.

According to the routine, Gongsun Shu had to ask in confusion "Why do you laugh?" Fang Wang could take the opportunity to perform the lip and tongue technique.

Unexpectedly, Gongsun Shu didn't want to talk to him today, so he just gave the attendants a color. They immediately said angrily: "How dare you laugh in front of the emperor and bang out!"

Fang Wang was stunned when he heard this, but he reacted quickly. Before the guard carried him out, he simply paralyzed on the ground and started crying loudly, beating his chest and stamping his feet.

This great joy and sorrow was really ugly, but Gongsun Shu couldn't drive him away, so he sighed and said, "Why should you do this, sir?"

Fang Wang then got the opportunity to speak and said, "I smiled bitterly because the fifth relationship has no obstacles, and will unify the north, and cry for the future destined demise of Shu!"

He said: "From the view of me, does Your Majesty want to withdraw the army and leave only a few foreign aids, only helping King Wei maintain several cities in Longxi and confront the Wei army for a long time?"

The little thought was revealed, Gongsun Shu's face was lost. He felt that this person knew too much, and even had a little murderous intention. Fang Wang continued, "The person who offered advice to Your Majesty may not understand the situation in Longshang."

"Longshan is like lips, the sky water is like teeth, Longxi is like tongue, without Longshan, there is no sky water, and without Tianshui, Longxi will also be lost. Now that Di Dao's tongue has been lost, the Wei army can rush to the root of the tongue in one breath. With only a few counties such as Shangqiu, can it stop the fifth reunion from cutting off the tongue at the root?"

Fang Wang strongly advised: "Once the northern barrier is lost, the Wei army can go from Guanzhong to Longxi. This long line of thousands of miles threatens to become a family. At that time, they will attack and defend the strange situation! Ziwu Road, Tangluo Road, Baoxi Road, the former road, Qishan Road, and the fifth national strength are strong. Each route sends a general and leads tens of thousands of troops to advance. The family generals are in a difficult position. At that time, they will attack and defend the strange situation!"

The difficulty lies in this. Gongsun Shu had no confidence in fighting with the northerners in winter in Longdi, but was afraid that Fang Wangshu would happen. If Wei Xiang was completely defeated, once the fifth reunion went south, he would have to resist with all his strength and could not free up manpower and material resources to "cross you with Jingyi".

Fang Wang took the opportunity to say: "I have a plan that does not require the labor, food and fodder of Bashu, but it can prevent the fifth reunion from gaining a foothold in Liangzhou, and can save King Wei and protect Longxi."

What Gongsun Shu needs is such a free-for-service strategy, but he also doubts, is there such a good thing?

"Of course, you only need to pay a little bit of false title to get married, and you only need to follow the trend for the rest." Fang Wang was forced to give this poisonous plan that could make him cursed for a hundred years.

"Do your Majesty know that Qiang is the first to be elixir?"

Gongsun Shu knew that the Qiang people were a major force that Longyou could not avoid, especially Jincheng, which was the most important. The Qiang tribes were like tough weeds, and they would continue to grow wildly no matter how they were cut, even more so before.

Among the many Qiang tribes, Qiang is the most powerful, and is also the main force in previous Han and Qiang wars.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, Xianling Qiang joined forces with the Qiang, resolved revenge and formed an alliance, colluded with the Xiongnu, and jointly attacked Han Lingju, Didao and Angu, and almost captured Longxi. It was pacified the following year, and Xianling was expelled to the plateau.

But decades later, Xianling gradually returned to Hehuang and rebelled again during the reign of Emperor Xuan of Han. The rebellion lasted for several years and was finally pacified by the veteran general Zhao Chongguo. Some Xianling was moved inward and the remaining troops retreated.

Now that four generations have passed, when Xinmang was in decline, Xianling Qiang regrouped again, not only helped other species to regain the Xihai, which was established by Wang Mang, but also occupied the richest Yugu in Qiang. The species has more than 100,000. Almost all Qiang men can fight, and their power cannot be underestimated. Now they are not satisfied and have begun to covet the Hehuang Valley in Jincheng County.

Wei Xiang's main friendship was Xianling Qiang, who sent a lot of silk, gold and silver. However, when the Wei army headed south, Wei Xiang sent someone to ask for help. Xianling did not accept it rashly, and the excuse that crossing the Yellow River would invade other tribal territories and refused to send troops.

But Fang Wang believes that the reason why Xianling refused was because Longyou could promise them was too little. A regime that was about to be defeated, who would have said something?

But when he got married, Gongsun Shu was an emperor at least, and he was quite powerful. His gift would be even more important.

"I conferred Xianling Qiang Chief as King Xihai and commanded the Qiang tribes?"

"I promised to let Xianlingqiang cross the river and Huangshui River and graze at Jincheng County without acres of land?"

Gongsun Shu was a little surprised. After the title of the first Qiang was first granted, he could justify the orders of the Qiang. He would not mention Xihai County, which had long been gone, so he would not mention it. This would be equivalent to giving the entire Jincheng County to the Qiang people!

"As early as the previous dynasty, Xianling hoped to take all the Hehuang. Anyway, Longyou was already a land of Wei, so it would be better to be a favor. This would allow Xianling to surrender to Cheng’s family and pay tribute to Your Majesty. Cheng’s family is equivalent to getting tens of thousands of Qiang soldiers to help him, and he can bite a big wound on the side of the fifth reunion!"

Fang Wang was sure that the Qiang Rebellion that the Han Dynasty had worked hard to quell the Qiang Rebellion, which was impossible for the fifth reunion to deal with.

It just happened to fulfill Gongsun Shu's wishes, and he was generous to others. He gave Xianling Qiang at most some gold to the family. Anyway, he also named Nanfang Juchengjun "King of the King of the King of the West", and he was not short of a "King of the West Sea".

"Why don't you teach me early?"

Gongsun Shu then agreed to this policy and asked Fang Wang to be the envoy to enter the Qiang land to divide the feudal.

Fang Wangyingnuo, and when he stepped out of the Baidi Palace, he only breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he could protect Wei Xiang, he would do whatever he could!

After three years, Fang Wang's mentality had undergone subtle changes: initially, he was grateful to Wei Xiang for his favor and wanted to help Wei Xiang fight for hegemony; after the battle of Zhou Yuan, he wanted to protect Longyou and run between Liangyi.

Now that hope is shattered little by little, Fang Wang is unwilling to admit that Wei Xiang’s failure also means his failure. Fang Wang began to be angry, and his goal has become the fifth relationship!

"Fifth Reunion, you first attacked Longyou. After taking Liangzhou, you will have no worries in the west, so you can focus on going east and unify the world!"

"But as long as Ling Qiang joins first, the war in Longyou will continue to be fought."

“It will never end!”

...

Fang Wang was extremely incompetent and furious, wondering how to keep the war in Longyou and stop the great desire of the fifth reunion.

After seeing his strength clearly, Gongsun Shu felt that he was not far from Longyou, so he wanted to turn this place into abscess from Wei.

But people are different. At this moment, the Fifth Reunification is thinking about how to quickly end the war, heal the land, and introduce a governance plan suitable for the characteristics of Longdi as soon as possible.

In contrast to Gongsun Shu's exaggerated and extravagant style, Chengji County was quite simple, so he used the old house of Wei and was not allowed to be decorated.

Lian Ren Guang, the captain who came to entertain the grain, ate very ordinary things, just four dishes and one soup.

"Boqing is really my Xiao He, which solves my urgent needs."

The fifth reunion said to Ren Guang: "If you hadn't brought 60,000 stones of food to help me, and ordered the Chang'an Weaver Girl to make 50,000 pieces of winter clothes and send them here one after another, our army would probably have retreated early due to hunger and cold."

After receiving the fifth reunion, he praised him as "Xiao He". Ren Guang was happy, but he was still used to the merits.

"It is because Your Majesty is well coordinated. After seizing Longguan, he asked someone to repair the road immediately. Only such a large cart can cross mountains and ridges. My ministers and the Song Shaofu are all doing their own things according to the order."

But the fifth reunion was probably happy and praised Ren Guang: "You are also aware of people. Wu Ziyi, whom I recommended before, is really a powerful general. Whenever he goes out to the army, he will be on the battlefield and go on a war in the evening. He never delays his life. He is brave and good at making decisions. Now, he has won Didao again! He chased Wei Xiang like a dog that was a broken family! He even lost his seal."

Ren Guang recommended Wu Han, which was a thing that happened a long time ago, and he was not found by accident. However, the fifth reunion still calculated this kind of scholarship to Ren Guang. At the same time, he knew that the two of them had been superiors and subordinates, and now they had a good relationship. The praise of Wu Han was conveyed to him through Ren Guang's mouth, and the effect was better than directly praising him.

But after praising the Wu Han Dynasty, the fifth reunion changed his subject: "But the land of Long is poor, and even the powerful is not rich. It is not appropriate to always use war to support the war. The generals are helpless, but I have to think about it for a long time."

This implies that Wu Han was too ruthless in the war, and the food was basically robbed. There was no way to avoid robbing. He was basically alone and had a lack of supplies, but robbing was also a matter of particularity. Look at Wan Xiu and Xiao Geng, they all "borrowed" with the powerful and promising future rewards.

But Wu Han is not. He really robs him, just robs him! Although his soldiers were replaced, they were also tainted with wolves. They attacked the powerful and wealthy families very ruthlessly, and the people were also affected. Every time Wu Han went to the army, his fifth relationship would be sued by the military supervisor and local scholars.

Then he anonymously and sent it to Wu Han, meaning that the situation is special this time, so I won’t blame you, but I still have to restrain myself.

Ren Guang knew that there was something in the fifth reunion's words. Sure enough, after he accused Wu Han, the fifth reunion continued: "This battle in Longyou has lasted for almost half a year. Although it is limited to the terrain and it is quite slow, but the ministers are behind, the generals are in front, and the soldiers are in the lives of the soldiers. God also helps me, so I don't have to worry about not being able to win."

"But I'm worried about how to deal with it after winning!"

"At present, the surnames and people of Longyou all regard the Wei soldiers as guest soldiers, rather than as kings who save the world. The reason why Wei Xiang resisted stubbornly was because the people of Longyou were still hesitating."

There is also a fifth countermeasure, you have to solve the problem of eating first.

"The continuous fierce battles were destroyed, Longyou was destroyed, the soldiers and civilians were hungry, and the flowing people were facing each other. The food stored in Tianshui and other places was exhausted, and only by relying on the food sent by the court can we maintain stability."

"So, Boqing's burden is very heavy at the moment. Not only should he prepare military rations, so that the front line does not need to use war to support the war, but he also needs to raise food for relief. Before the snowfall, he will transport another 100,000 stones of grain to avoid a big famine."

Longshan is really hard to turn over, which means that Guanzhong will put in more manpower and food. But when it comes to this, Ren Guang had to bite the bullet and accept the promise, willing to mobilize a large number of livestock and transport it to Longyou continuously. At most one month, Longshan will be unable to pass by. One hundred thousand stones of grain, and there is not much time left for him!

"I decided to transfer the counties to provide relief to them."

In fact, the situation in Longyou is not that bad. As far as Ren Guang knows, several Longyou tyrants who surrendered to the fifth republic, such as the Li family, Xin family, Liang family, etc., had a lot of food garrisons in the fort...

He felt strange that according to the previous behavior of the fifth reunion, he would definitely kill a group of big families. For example, in Guanzhong, he did not hesitate to create unjust cases and gave dozens of powerful men from Weibei and Weinan to Liu Bosheng to bury them. Even if they were thin, they had a lot of flesh to survive the cold winter, why were they so restrained this time?

Could it be that he has forgotten his original intention?
To be continued...