"Since General Li refuses my offer of the post of Taiwei!"
"Then what do you think General Lee should do?"
Xu Xian solicited other people's opinions.
"Since General Li fought so bravely, of course we cannot treat him lightly!"
"So Tanfu, I think General Li should be appointed as the King of Ruyang, the commander-in-chief of the Central Army, and lead the army to protect our territory of the Ming Dynasty!"
Xin Qiji proposed again.
"good!"
"It would be great to have General Lee in this position!"
"I agree!"
"I agree!"
"We all agree!"
Yue Lin and Yang Polu also expressed their support.
"General Li, what do you think?"
Xu Xian asked Li Mingzhong.
"Your Majesty and you all value me so much, Li Mingzhong, so of course I can't live up to your Majesty and everyone's expectations and fulfill my responsibility as the general control of the Central Route Army!"
"I, Li Xianzhong, am willing to go through fire and water for His Majesty, no matter what!"
Of course Li Mingzhong was very excited.
After all, the General Controller of the Central Army is not an ordinary position, but an important position that manages all the troops in the Central Army.
"good!"
"Now that the matters between Li Jiezhi and Magistrate Ma have been dealt with, we should prepare the next plan!"
"I wonder what you think we should do next?"
Xu Xian started asking everyone for their opinions again.
"Now that the Song army has been defeated like a mountain in the middle, we should take advantage of the opportunity to continue to move south along Tang and Deng, attack Xiangyang, and completely eliminate the harm to us in the future from the Song army in the middle!"
Yue Lin suggested first.
"Although we achieved a great victory in the middle, the situation in the east is already very unfavorable for us!"
"I heard that the King of Liang almost dug up the Yellow River in order to stop the attack of the Song Dynasty's Eastern Route Army!"
"So now we should immediately send our troops eastward to support King Liang and deal with the Eastern Route Army of Song Dynasty!"
Ma Yu also suggested later.
"I think we should go to support Guanzhong and eliminate Song Ting's West Route Army first!"
"As for the East Road, Your Majesty, didn't you already arrange for the King of Liang to retreat to Hulao Pass if he cannot defend Bianjing and other places?"
"So Hulao Pass is strong enough to stop Song Ting's East Route Army!"
"We just take this opportunity to destroy Song Ting's West Route Army, and then gather all our forces to come back to deal with Song Ting's East Route Army. Wouldn't this be more appropriate?"
Yang Polu also followed the suggestion.
"Military Commander Xin!"
"Li Temperance!"
"What do you two think?"
Xu Xian saw that the two of them had not spoken for a long time and seemed to be thinking about something, so he couldn't help but ask.
"I think the three suggestions are all good strategies, but after all, our Ming Dynasty has just been established, and the foundation is not stable enough. Now the first priority is to repel all the invading Song troops, so we should focus on defensive counterattacks!"
"In order to implement defense, we should have enough understanding of the crises on the east and west roads!"
"Although the west route is dangerous, after all, the road to Shu is more difficult than going to the sky. I think King Qin is capable enough to deal with Song Ting's west route army!"
"On the contrary, there are 200,000 Song troops on the east road, and King Liang's army is probably less than 100,000 after several battles!"
"Your Majesty, Bianjing and other places were conquered by your hard work. How could you give up so easily?"
"So we should use the main force of the army to quietly support the East Route Army, and then send part of the army to support the West Route Army in the name of bluff, so as to give Song Ting's East Route Army a chance to deliver a fatal blow!"
Xin Qiji suggested.
"I don't think it's necessary!"
"Since we are not strong enough to go south and destroy the Song Dynasty, we should take the opportunity to occupy an advantageous position first!"
"So I think we should take advantage of the victory and continue to capture Xiangyang first to contain the Song Ting army so that the Song army cannot attack with all its strength on the east and west roads!"
"Then threaten to continue southward along the Jingxiang Ancient Road to block the Song Army's east-west communication. Then, taking advantage of the Song Army's distraction, they immediately return to the Central Plains and attack Song Ting and Huaixi to the southeast to threaten Jiankang!"
"Only in this way can we help the Liang King's army to protect Guide and Bianliang, so that the Song army is forced to retreat and eventually be on the defensive!"
Li Mingzhong also put forward his own opinions.
"Li Jianzhi suggests to stop!"
"However, although the Song army suffered a disastrous defeat this time, Xiangyang was so easy to capture!"
"Does Li Jiezhi already have a way to attack Xiangyang?"
Xu Xian asked.
"Yes!"
"Your Majesty only needs to give me 80,000 troops, and I can take Xiangyang!"
Li Mingzhong seemed very confident.
"good!"
"Of course it's no problem!"
Xu Xian naturally believed in Li Mingzhong.
After Xu Xian decided on the plan, he began to send people to deploy.
This time Yang Polu served as Li Mingzhong's deputy general and followed Li Mingzhong to attack Xiangyang.
In order to bluff, Xu Xian came to Tongguan for the first time in the name of personally conquering the Western Route Army.
"During the Warring States Period, the Hangu Pass was the first pass in the world. After the Han Dynasty, Tongguan Pass became the first pass in the world!"
“I didn’t expect that Tongguan would already be full of diseases!”
Xu Xian looked at the ruins of Tongguan in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.
"yes!"
"There are millions of troops in Tongguan, but those who have left are scattered and there are no survivors!"
"Du Fu's poem said that the danger of Tongguan has been eliminated, but it is no longer the past!"
Lu You, a colleague on the side, also sighed with emotion.
"yes!"
"In the past, Tongguan was important because during the Han and Tang Dynasties, the entire economy was in Guanzhong and Heluo!"
"Nowadays, Heluo in Guanzhong is no longer what it used to be. Only Jiangnan is the most important place in the world. It is destined that Tongguan will become like this!"
Of course Xu Xian is aware of the current situation.
"yes!"
"If Luoyang and Chang'an were still as prosperous as before, the Zhou and Song dynasties would not have made Bianjing their capital!"
"Your Majesty, if you had owned these territories during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, you can imagine how powerful our Ming Dynasty would be!"
Lu You continued to sigh.
"is not that right?"
"This is also the reason why I have never planned to make Luoyang my permanent capital. This is the first time I have set foot on the land of Guanzhong!"
Xu Xian echoed.
"correct!"
"Your Majesty, are you also planning to make Jiangnan your capital in the future?"
Lu You took the opportunity to ask.
"Making the capital Jiangnan?"
"Of course it's inappropriate!"
"If I make my capital in Jiangnan in the future, what will be the difference between me and Zhao Gou who only wants to enjoy himself?"
Xu Xian responded.
"Your Majesty, it's not too early now!"
"Let's continue on our way!"
"I heard that King Qin has already been at Jingzhao Mansion, waiting to welcome you?"
At this time, Yue Zhen came over to remind him.
"good!"
"Let's hit the road!"
Xu Xian led everyone into the land of Guanzhong.
Guide Mansion.
"King Liang!"
"Are you planning to evacuate Guide Mansion?"
Zhu Xi saw Pu San Zhongyi ordering people to pack things, so he came over to ask.
"Of course we are not evacuating Guide Mansion!"
"But we have to prepare to counterattack the Song army!"
Pu San responded loyally.
"Counterattack the Song Army?"
"Could it be that King Liang already has a strategy to win?"