When Tao Yuanming's figure disappeared outside the hall, the door opened and closed, and after closing it hard, Yao Shao resentfully "poofed" in the direction he left, and said through gritted teeth: "Brother, such a fanatic,
What's the use of keeping him? It's most appropriate to kill him and show his attitude to Liu Yu."
Yao Xing sighed: "Ah Shao, doing this will only play into Liu Yu's hands. Tao Yuanming is not his direct descendant, and my intelligence source said that Liu Yu had doubts about this person, sent him as an envoy, and then fired like this
The terms of the peace talks, with the intention of killing someone with a borrowed knife. If I really kill him, it will give Liu Yu an excuse to send troops, and by the way help him get rid of Tao Yuanming."
Yao Shao said bitterly: "Then drive him back and refuse his unreasonable demands. I am not talented. I am willing to beg 30,000 elite soldiers to leave the town of Nanyang. I don't believe Liu Yu can snatch him away!"
Yao Xing smiled and patted Yao Shao on the shoulder: "Ah Shao, if I didn't want to give up the Nanyang Basin, I wouldn't have transferred you back."
Yao Shao's expression changed: "What's wrong, brother, you don't really want to give Nanyang to Liu Yu, do you?"
Yao Xing sighed: "In the past few years, we have gained almost nothing in Nanyang, especially in the past six months. After Huan Xuan was killed, Jingzhou was basically pacified. Although Huan Zhen has been fighting hard, the overall situation has been decided.
Everyone knows that Jingzhou no longer has the surname Huan, and many refugees who fled during the previous war have returned one after another, and even brought back many of the original households in Nanyang."
Yao Shao gritted his teeth: "It's just that the emperor is too benevolent to these Han people. He can come and leave whenever he wants, and he doesn't collect taxes from them. As a result, they take it as a matter of course. As long as you give the order, they are not allowed.
If you continue to be so free and loose, if you are strictly restrained according to the system in Guanzhong, you won't be able to escape."
Yao Xing shook his head: "In Lingbei, I implement the five-household continuous living system, and in Guanzhong, I also have a fixed household registration. But in Nanyang, or even in the Central Plains, I can't do this, because these Han farmers are not of my race. If high pressure is applied,
, they will run faster, and to suppress them forcefully, they will need to garrison heavy troops. But in this case, the defenses in Guanzhong and Lingbei will be empty. The only ones we can really rely on at critical times are our own Qiang tribesmen. On this point, you
It should also be clear.”
Yao Shao said bitterly: "But Liu Yu's offer was too little. Nanliang took hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep to replace it with Guzang City. Besides, we also moved all the people in Guzang.
Come here and enrich the population of Guanzhong. Liu Yu wants to exchange the whole of Nanyang for 500,000 stones of grain and grass, so he cannot agree to it. This amount of grain and grass is not enough compared with what we paid to capture Nanyang."
Yao Xing sighed: "If it weren't for this piece of shit like Hu Xia, of course I wouldn't give up on Nanyang. But now the situation in Lingbei is very dangerous. Xinping has fallen. It's secret. It's very precarious to stabilize these important towns. The reason why I gave up on Guzang
, also to transfer the army back to the west. I am transferring you back this time in order to join forces with the two generals Qi Nan and Yang Fosong to jointly attack Hu Xia. This requires the preparation of an army of more than 100,000, and a three-pronged attack is indispensable.
Otherwise, with Helianbobo's cavalry running wildly, it will be difficult for our army, which is mainly chariots and infantry, to catch up. In this case, not to mention Nanyang, even Luoyang, we must consider giving up."
Yao Shao opened his eyes wide: "Abandon Luoyang? Brother, are you kidding me?"
Yao Xing shook his head: "Luoyang has long been dilapidated. The household registration is less than 5,000. It is no longer the prosperous old capital of the Western Jin Dynasty. In the Central Plains, there are only 100,000 households. We can neither recruit troops nor collect taxes in large quantities. For us, it is
To support 30,000 troops for long-term garrison, the gains outweigh the losses. You have to guard Luoyang all year round, and you need to consume millions of stones of military rations shipped from Guanzhong every year. In the past, when there was no Helianbobo, there was no big problem, but now the entire Lingbei has collapsed. Not only
Instead of providing Da Qin with soldiers, war horses, and food and grass as before, they had to use the entire force of Guanzhong to rescue them. The city was breached again and again, and the population was plundered. Then they had to immigrate and mobilize troops from Guanzhong. After a few years, even in Guanzhong,
We are almost reaching our limit, giving up Liangzhou and Nanyang are the last resort."
Yao Shao gritted his teeth: "I have withdrawn this time anyway, so let's make a quick decision and kill Helianbobo as soon as possible. Only in this way can we achieve peace. However, there is no need to surrender to others in Nanyang and let Huan Zhen and the others take over.
Wouldn't it be better to come here and garrison Nanyang?"
Yao Xing shook his head: "That would completely offend Liu Yu and give him an excuse to attack us with all his strength. Today Tao Yuanming is here to say that Luoyang cannot be guaranteed, but I know Liu Yu. If we really see us fighting against Hu Xia, then capture Luoyang
After that, it is more likely to directly break through the Wuguan and enter the pass. Huan Zhen is our mortal enemy. Even if we help him survive, he will not be grateful to us and will bite us in the future. Rather than doing this, it is better to give this favor to
Give it to Liu Yu."
Yao Shao sighed: "Then if that's the case, why didn't you agree to Tao Yuanming just now?"
Yao Xing frowned: "Because in this way, Liu Yu's reputation will be greatly shaken if he takes back the twelve counties of Nanyang in vain. In this way, the credit that Liu Yi and the others got through the conquest will be overtaken by Liu Yu. This is my
What we don’t want to see is that only by letting Liu Yi and Liu Yu fight and causing chaos in the Jin Dynasty can we really have a chance to breathe. Ah Shao, a general’s decisive victory is a major military and state event, not just on the battlefield. Let the enemy’s country have internal chaos.
It is more effective than defeating them on the battlefield."
Yao Shao curled his lips: "Then can we give Nanyang directly to Liu Yi instead of Liu Yu, so as to increase his capital to fight against Liu Yu and provoke a civil war?"
Yao Xing shook his head: "It's not that I haven't considered this, but Liu Yu is really cunning. He left Lu Zongzhi in Xiangyang to isolate Liu Yi from us. Besides, after Liu Yi destroys Huan, he will never
If you are willing to stay in Jingzhou for a long time, you will definitely go back to fight for power with Liu Yu, so we do not have this opportunity."
Yao Shao sighed: "Then we have no other choice, such as detaining Tao Yuanming, ignoring Liu Yu's request for the time being, and not refusing, and wait until we concentrate our forces to defeat Hu Xia, and then we can make a fuss?"
Yao Xing sighed: "Liu Yu will soon send troops to quell the rebellion. This matter will not be delayed for long. Tao Yuanming is not his person. After being detained by us, he can also falsely claim that he was killed by us and use this as an excuse to send troops. This matter
It can’t be delayed. That’s all, I haven’t made up my mind here. Ah Shao, you go down first and discuss the Lingbei joint attack with General Qi and General Yang. I’m going to pay homage to the Buddha. Maybe the Buddha will give me some instructions.”
Yao Shao laughed: "Buddha won't give you any instructions, but that living Buddha and wise man should be able to do it. Brother, you know."
Yao Xing smiled slightly: "This is why I will reply in three days. Grand Master Kumarajiva, I haven't seen you for a long time."