Wang Hua wrote a letter to Guo Yuanzhen. The letter directly stated what might happen, and then clearly stated that you are staying in the Western Regions now, but you don’t want to send troops. At that time, the court will send troops to me under the instigation of some people. Now there are two choices. The first option is that before the Tubo envoy returns to China, I will take the initiative to send troops to you and seize Liangzhou. It will be impossible not to capture Liangzhou. At that time, Lao Guo has this western gate and will pose danger to Wang Hua at any time.

It is difficult to seize Liangzhou now, but Lao Guo has no imperial edict and it is difficult to mobilize the army. He also has a garrison in his hands, but he is definitely not as strong as Wang Hua. Moreover, his army was mostly recruited from various departments when wars occurred.

The second option is to promise Lao Guo that unless he is absolutely unwilling to himself, the court is so in chaos that the people are living in poverty, I will not rebel. But I have to let me overcome this difficulty. If tens of thousands of blood camp soldiers die tragically, I will take revenge regardless of all the revenge, including setting off all the religious people at one time, and everyone will fight to the death. If you don’t want this, then give me a promise.

As long as Lao Guo makes one promise, Lao Guo's promise is definitely better than Li Xian's golden mouth reputation.

This promise is that you will disobey the Wei family at that time. You will retain a little more vitality for the country, and we will not fight within our own country, and have the ability to fight Tubo and Turks.

After the letter was finished, it was sent to Liangzhou secretly.

Liangzhou is not very far from Lingzhou. In just a few days, Wang Hua received a reply from Guo Yuanzhen, with only one sentence written on the letter: Why did you come to Shannan?

No matter who is right or wrong with the court, if you say you don’t rebel, why don’t you go to Oceania to be your local emperor and come to Shannan?

Wang Hua also replied to a letter that Jincheng had an agreement, but the agreement was not over, so he was unwilling to leave the Tang Dynasty. He could not leave the Tang Dynasty. He also deposed the demon queen, a powerful country, and a wise monarch.

It is true that it is Jincheng. Guo Yuanzhen would also not believe it. No one can resolve the killing of Wei, Wang Hua and Wei. Although a minister deposed the queen, although it was out of control, it was not without precedent.

But in this way, Wang Hua will shape himself into the king's reign.

Lao Guo replied again, acting.

If the court really wanted to force him, he had to send troops, but he just sang opera.

However, Wang Hua had seen Guo Yuanzhen clearly, and he didn't want to move. He obviously would send troops to perform at that time. When he did not show his defeat, he would perform in order to preserve his troops. But if he was defeated, God knows whether he would perform in the opera? But in the same way, Wang Hua could not guarantee that he would serve the king in the future or have other ideas.

But with Guo Yuanzhen's promise, the pressure will be reduced a little by the time.

At the same time, Wang Hua began to give gifts to the court again. New Year's Day approached and the new year began, he sent Li Xian a few tributes. He also brought some local specialties from the Eight Prefectures to other ministers who were close friends, including Zhang Renyuan.

At this time, many ministers were still in the valley, including Lao Zhang. When he saw Wang Hua's people coming to give gifts, Lao Zhang wanted to refuse, but he was embarrassed to speak. Wang Hua's disciple was also very interesting. After meeting Zhang Renyuan, he talked about the northwest product customs and customs with Zhang Renyuan, which evoked Zhang Renyuan's memories. Then he talked about military strategies, which was a bit speculative. After talking for a long time, the disciple left the Zhang Mansion.

This led to the longest stay in Luoyang at Zhang Renyuan's home.

It took several days before Zhang Renyuan reacted. He realized that he was fooled when he heard Wang Hua's memorial.

Yinyin guessed something, although he didn't believe that Li Xian would do this. But with a wife like that, there was something that couldn't be done. But he was not angry with Wang Hua's measures, but was very happy.

If Wei doubts, just doubt it. It is worse than letting himself go to the front line to fight against Wang Hua. Even under heavy troops, Zhang Renyuan may not be sure to defeat Wang Hua. For this reason, it is better to stay in the court and watch the show.

After deprived Lao Zhang and left half of Lao Guo, Wang Hua breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, he sent his subordinates, many Tuyuhun people and Dangxiang people to quietly go back to visit relatives to see if they could take them to Bazhou. By the way, he spread rumors that Wang Hua respected Ke Zanre the most. If Ke Zanre was leading the army at that time, he would never have been defeated by Wang Hua. If he didn't see him, he resisted Wang Hua's attack with 17,000 people. Afterwards, Wang Hua saw that he had not succeeded in conquering the stone castle and had to withdraw his troops.

That sounds like that.

If Wang Hua succeeded in this move, Tubo really allowed Ke Zanre to lead the army, and Wang Hua would be even more worry-free. Although Ke Zanre is a general, he is definitely not a handsome man. If he commands tens of thousands of people or even hundreds of thousands of people to fight, his talent is far inferior to Sinuoluo, or even as good as Di Dayan.

One thing is also quietly unfolding.

The focus of the Quanzhen Sect is not in Luoyang or Chang'an. The biggest focus is in Yunzhou, then to Dingzhou and Qingzhou, Raozhou and Suzhou again, Guangzhou and Jianzhou are relatively weaker. With these seven places, Qingzhou has now become the focus of the focus. In addition, Muzi and Li later strengthened the northwest states such as Lingzhou.

So Wang Hua arranged manpower to expand his sect based on Qingzhou, but focused on Linzhou. This was in line with Mo Hegan's plan to quietly control Linzhou.

Not only that, after receiving the report from Masandui, Wang Hua arranged for people to notify Oceania to send a naval army to station on Luzon Island to monitor the movements of the court. When he received the letter from Shangguan Xiaowan again, he immediately sent someone to notify Elva Hsiao again that he was not stationed on Luzon Island, but also occupied an island in Daliuqiu. This was when the court sent troops to the Eight Prefectures regardless of the consequences, the time was against the Eight Prefectures. However, due to the distance, when the water army was transferred, it would be very late.

But who can say it doesn't work?

Just like Lao Guo wrote an opera, but he did not leave the Western Regions, this threat still existed for Wang Hua.

Then a large number of scouts were sent to inquire about the movement.

After the arrangement was completed, Wang Hua began to wait.

The new year has arrived, and Wang Hua is doing the same thing. Happy New Year.

This time, Wang Hua used a lot of money again. Li Xuejun, who knew that Li Hong loved money, was joking with Wang Hua. It is possible that after Li Hong saw Wang Hua's accounts, he would come from Oceania to Lingzhou regardless of the danger and confront Wang Hua's account. Because Wang Hua used money too hard during this period.

But Li Xuejun was just kidding. Li Hong was Wang Hua's housekeeper and helped Wang Hua manage his finances. But the money he had made was still left for Wang Hua to use. There was no money at this time, when did he use money?

But with such a large amount of funds, countless materials were transported to Yashu.

With supplies, Wang Hua's New Year greetings were also very lively.

Not only him, but also all the civil officials under him, could not be considered real officials. Wang Hua forced the appointment of the governors of each state without the consent of the court. But in fact, the real power of each state was controlled by these little people for Wang Hua. They brought supplies together to wish the people of the eight states a New Year.

This New Year greeting also made many people's hearts popular. They provided food some time ago and then outlined a blueprint for their beautiful future, which made the people of the Eight Prefectures see hope.

Wherever Wang's paintings go, they are even more popular.

This time, I arrived in a village southeast of Lingzhou. The village was not big, and there were twenty or thirty families living in it. They were usually nomadic and also brought a small amount of planting.

Seeing Wang Hua arrive, the old village chief greeted him.

After Wang Hua finished distributing the gifts he brought, the old village chief was still following him. Wang Hua looked at him and asked, "Old Village chief, do you have something to say?"

The old village chief stumbled for a moment, pointed out to the outside of the village and asked, "Mr. Wang, do you think you can grow crops anywhere?"

Outside the village is a half-Gobi Desert with sparse grass growing on it, but now it is flooded with snow. Only a small number of yellow grass tips are seen trembling in the cold wind. Further away is a newly dug small river, which is not very wide. It is better to say it is a river than a ditches, which leads to the Yellow River, and then more small ditches are connected to the distance. In the white snow, the transparent ice of these ditches is very conspicuous.

But Wang Hua was still not very clear. He asked for a while, then came outside the village with the old man, dug out the snow with his hands, took some of the soil and looked at it in his hands. It was not considered sandy soil, but it was a bit hard and was saline-alkali land, but it was not alkaline.

Wang Hua nodded and said, "It can be planted."

The old village chief looked suspicious, and Wang Hua realized that although it was a saline-alkali land, it could still grow thin grass, which means it could grazing. However, planting crops in these saline-alkali lands may waste seeds and there will be no harvest. Therefore, the old village chief was full of doubts.

It seems that my subordinates have not done their job well.

Wang Hua explained: "It's not about growing wheat, it's about growing a new crop called beet. Do you know sugar? This kind of beet can also make that kind of sugar. Although it can't be used as a meal, it may be used to exchange for food."

After thinking about it, he explained: "Just like the people in the city, they don't grow crops, but because of work, they can exchange the money earned from work to feed their families."

It has to be explained that the people here are not as enshrined as the people in the Central Plains, and are used to being self-sufficient. Wang Hua now not only changes their nomadic lifestyle, but also many lifestyles need to be changed. If there was no need to worry in the past, when autumn came, or even in autumn, many seeds of flowers would be sown immediately and the branches would be planted. When the flowers grow and see the benefits, they would suddenly understand.

But the outside forces did not give him this opportunity to grow.

Just like this New Year greeting, Wang Hua transferred a large amount of supplies to win over the people's hearts.

When you see the gains, the people's hearts will naturally stand on your side. If you can't see the gains, you have to use money to spread the people's hearts.

Speaking of this, he paused and said, "Old village chief, don't worry, when the beets mature, you will see that their benefits are dozens of times higher than how many cows or sheep you raise. At least you have to believe me and will not lie to you."

Hearing the word sugar, the old village chief felt a little calmer.

Now, although Wang Hua left Luoyang, the imperial court was not able to interfere because the Taiyuan Wang family was on the surface. Because the output increased, the price began to fall. But it was still an expensive thing. Even the old village chief had only heard of it and still had no appetite.

Wang Hua said again: "Don't worry, this is our home, I will give you a bright future. But it's not possible to rely on me alone, so we all have to work together."

Speaking of this, he suddenly had an idea. He had always been only concerned about giving benefits, but ignored a key issue. Although the people were illiterate, they were also the most intelligent animals, with their own thoughts, their own opinions, and their own souls.

But I did not assign any political education.

Improving words can be used to promote speeches through people, so that they can understand the principle that the eight states are united, prosper and all disgrace are together. Once the eight states are twisted together, this powerful force should not be underestimated.

Thinking of this, he went back immediately.

"Ideological education?" Zhu Tong frowned.

"Yes, it is ideological education, so that the people know that they are the masters of these eight prefectures and counties, and no one can dominate them."

This is obviously unrealistic. No matter in any political system, the people are always a vulnerable group. Even Western democratic countries, resources are only concentrated in the hands of a few people. However, they strengthen their sense of honor and disgrace and automatically give them a sense of responsibility.

Wang Hua gave some explanations, but this concept was obviously too advanced. It was Zhu Tong's wisdom. It took him a long time to understand the role.

Wang Hua's preparation this time was almost at its best.

Soon, the news came again. First, Shangguan Xiaowan's letter, and the court finally issued another edict, sending 70,000 more troops to Weiqing and other prefectures. In this way, the imperial army from Fengzhou to Taozhou reached an astonishing more than 210,000 soldiers!

That's not all. If Guo Yuanzhen cooperated, he might have drawn 50,000 to 70,000 troops from the Western Regions and Ganliang prefectures.

Almost everyone smelled the strong smell of conspiracy when the edict was issued.

But soon after, Princess Taiping and Li Dan jointly sent a letter, which was very vague, saying that the court might have used military force against Wang Hua, so Wang Hua must be careful. At the same time, Li Dan wrote another letter saying that he had handed his daughter to Wang Hua. Li Dan did not intend to ask about how to arrange it, but because of Xiaojiu's love for Wang Hua, he was better to Xiaojiu.

Wang Hua looked at the letter and smiled bitterly. Li Dan really changed his mind this time? Isn’t he afraid of his rebellion and killing all his royal family members?

But after thinking about it, I realized that this old fox was cunning and whether he was plotting against him or not, and he might not be able to succeed. He was successful. He had a marriage with him and he had returned it in full before, and everyone was equal. For Li Chiying's sake, it was impossible to kill him.

But this letter is undoubtedly a good gift to Wang Hua again.

But I received another letter, written by Li Longji. Since Xiaojiu has arrived with you, no one will happen to the past few years. Otherwise, even if I don’t have the ability to deal with you, I will run to Gong County and dig up your ancestral tomb with your surname Wang.

He also came to Wu Zixu to dig the grave and whip the body.

But this was just the first piece of information. As Wang Hua received the news from Dafeichuan, Tubo transferred 50,000 elite soldiers from Luoshecheng. These were veterans who had been through the battlefield for a long time. However, not only these. Jishishan and Dafeichuan also had an army. Although Dayan was defeated, it was his private army. If Tubo was recruited in the name of the country, at least 100,000 soldiers could be drawn from this area, plus the original garrison. It is possible that the number of troops would not be less than 170,000, or even forced 200,000.

Wang Hua rubbed his nose and thought to himself, Grandma, the people in my hands plus soldiers, men, women, young and old, are only more than 600,000. The two teams combined together, and the number of people in my hands is almost as high as that in my hands.

But there is good news that Wang Hua's counter-espionage plan played a large part of the role. Tubo was probably worried and divided the army of Sinuoluo into two and divided it into Jishi Army, which was still under the command of Sinuoluo. The army of Dafeichuan was under the command of Ke Zanre.

This is a very good opportunity to make use of.

Of course, if Lao Guo and Lao Zhang were sincerely eliminated themselves for Wei's family, Tubo handed over the army to the commander of Sinuoluo. He would still carry a small bag and flee on the morning.

However, the matter did not end here. Another news came from the end of the first month. Mochuo was also unwilling to be lonely. Just as the show that was about to come was not his share, which made him anxious. He also sent 70,000 Turkic troops to slowly move south and approach Yinshan.

Wang Hua and Zhu Tong were counting the army by fingers. The Tang Dynasty had 210,000 troops in the east, at least 50,000 to the west, at most 70,000. The Tubo had at least 170,000, and at most 200,000. Their own army had more than 87,000 militias, including more than 130,000 militias, and 70,000 Turks.

Both of them smiled bitterly. If this battle breaks out, the force will reach at least 590,000, and the maximum will reach an astonishing nearly 670,000 soldiers.

It is even possible that after this battle, it directly determines the prosperity and weakness of a country.

Zhu Tong said, "Campire, they really look down on you."
To be continued...