"Bu Laoshan? The affairs in the world should have nothing to do with the imperial court. My nephew is just a little playful. Otherwise, among the children of the third generation of the Kong family, Miaozhi would be the best." The Imperial Master looked at it.

Du Jie looked at Peng Xianzuo again, shook his head and said

Peng Xianzuo saw that the two of them were almost chatting, so he took over the conversation: "Master Kong, our northwest army has garrison duty. It cannot be mobilized without the order of the Holy Emperor. Master Kong, please don't make things difficult for me. If the imperial edict arrives tomorrow, I will

I will definitely order all my troops and horses for you to take away."

The Imperial Master gave a wry smile and nodded: "I know that my request is a bit too much. Marshal Wu has already gone to the imperial capital to request an order. I will bother you here for a few days and wait for the imperial order."

Naturally, Marshal Peng had no objections. After a few more pleasantries, the Imperial Adviser left the tent with the three generals.

After the four people left, it felt like a pot was boiling in the big tent.

"Commander, you must not lend troops to them."

"It's a lie that the little emperor borrowed troops, but it's true that he reduced your military power. If I borrow them, I'm afraid I won't get them back."

"I don't know if it's credible that the Tatars want to invade our border. We can't listen to their words."

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Several hot-tempered generals finally couldn't bear it anymore and loudly expressed their thoughts in front of their family members.

Peng Xian waved his hand to tell them to be quiet, and then called people: "Bring up the map!"

Bring up the map and everyone gathers around

Peng Xian pointed to the left of the Yanshan Mountains and drew a line toward the west.

"There are only two ways for the Tatars to invade the Central Plains. One is to attack from the remaining mountains of Yanshan. There are two chokepoints nearby. Shujun City and Lanyan Fort. The other places are unsafe to defend. More than half of the northern army is there.

Assemble here, this place should not be attacked in a short time." Peng Xianzuo said while pointing on the map.

"The other way is to detour through the desert in the northwest, diagonally cutting from the edge of the desert to the east of Yongzhou. This place is far away from the Central Plains. Unless they attack thousands of miles away, the imperial court will definitely have time to react."

Peng Xianzuo pointed to the other side of the map

Du Jie also looked at the map, thinking secretly about Peng Xianzuo's words. These two roads were common routes used by grassland nomads to invade the Central Plains in the past dynasties. If the army did not slack off, the grassland people would not have any opportunities to take advantage of them.

Peng Xian saw Du Jie looking at the map and frowning, and patted him with his hand.

"Du Jie, if you were the master of the grassland, which path would you choose?"

Du Jie looked carefully from left to right, and then from right to left for a long time, and finally said calmly:

"Uncle Peng, you are right. These two roads are the two most efficient roads. If we attack from the remaining mountains of Yanshan, we only need to capture Nujun City and Lanyan Fort, and then go as far south as Pingchuan, and the imperial court will have no danger to defend. If

Cutting diagonally from the edge of the desert east of Yongzhou, you can take a detour to the north of Sichuan and avoid most of the imperial troops. But..."

Peng Xianzuo smiled and said: "But what?"

"But if I were the marshal, I would lead people all the way east from Yanshan, bypassing Chang Customs, and as long as they pass through Chang Customs, go straight to the imperial capital. If the imperial capital is controlled, the imperial court will definitely be in disarray."

"Chang Guan Guan? This place is so impregnable that it can't be conquered in less than three to five years. Xiaojiezi, with your little head, you can be a pioneer, but you are far from being a marshal."

An old general with white hair and beard next to him looked at the map, shook his head and said

"Grandpa Jia, you are right. But as military strategists say, what is false is real and what is true is false. Those two roads are the lessons of several dynasties. In order to prevent grassland rebellion, our dynasty made new arrangements. If there is a surprise attack on Changchun

Customs, if it gets results, it can directly determine victory or defeat."

After Du Jie finished speaking, everyone started talking about it.

"With your strategy, the first battle is a decisive battle. It is impossible for our government to give up Changhaiguan. If the grassland captures it, it will definitely be captured within two days. If they wait for the imperial capital to react, they will have no other chance.

."

"Yes, a decisive battle is a taboo for military strategists. Unless it is absolutely necessary, the two sides will never directly fight to the death."

Basically all the generals disagreed with Du Jie's opinion. Du Jie knew that these people were more experienced than him. He originally thought that it was wrong to think this way, but when he saw Chang Customs, he didn't know why he felt that this place was really real.

Especially suitable for surprise attacks.

Peng Xianzuo said to the generals: "Okay, let's just say this today. Let's go back to the camp and pass on my orders. After an hour, we will serve the wine. I will pick up the wind and cleanse the dust for Duke Wu An."

"yes!"

After waiting for everyone to go out, Peng Xianzuo sighed and complained to Du Jie

"If I had known better, I shouldn't have listened to your grandfather and left this miserable job to me, and went to hide in the south of the Yangtze River to enjoy my happiness."

Du Jie was a little confused after hearing this and asked: "What did Uncle Peng mean? I didn't understand."

Peng Xianzuo asked Du Jie to sit down, and walked around the map while looking at it and said: "Back then, the little emperor sent people to serve as marshals in the army, and your grandfather used a trick to drive them away. The little emperor knew that it was your grandfather's intention.

There was no other way. In the end, he only asked your grandfather to stop leading the Northwest Army.

, your grandfather naturally knows, but he knows even better, the ending of the bird disappears and the bow hides. Your grandfather finally recommended a few people, and everyone else strongly recommended it, but I just said a few simple words, so that

The little emperor mistakenly thought that I was just a Confucian scholar. In the end, he made me the marshal of the northwest."

Peng Xian looked at the direction of the Yanshan Mountains on his left, and continued: "Our Northwest Army and the little emperor are at odds with each other, and sooner or later there will be trouble. Du Jie, do you know what kind of person this national advisor is?"

"Are you talking about the Imperial Master?" Du Jie went through the information in his mind.

"This man is the son of Military Advisor Wenlong. According to our sixth son, this man is a unique think tank among the second generation of the Kong family. He just went to the imperial capital to serve the little emperor a few days ago. Why, is there anything wrong with this man?

?”

Peng Xianzuo shook his head: "I can't see through this man. He is different from us. This man has too many thoughts. On the surface, he behaves well, but I can see from his eyes that this man does not follow the rules at all.

.If this person is a friend, it’s okay, but if he is an enemy, it will definitely cause a headache. However, he will most likely become an enemy, after all, he is the little emperor’s man.”

Du Jie didn't understand why Peng Xianzuo thought so, and Peng Xianzuo didn't want to explain. He took his eyes back from the map and focused on Du Jie again.

"By the way, Jie'er, you've been here for so long and I haven't asked you yet, what's wrong with you coming all the way to the northwest?"

Du Jie chuckled: "Uncle Peng, I haven't seen you in a while and I miss you. I just happened to come over and take a look at you when I came to the northwest."

Seeing that he was not telling the truth, Peng Xianzuo laughed and scolded: "Little slippery man, I know all the intestines in your belly. Stop talking nonsense and tell me quickly. If you don't ask, I won't tell you a word after this."

"No, no, no, no...Uncle Peng, you still have the same knowledge as me." Du Jie couldn't hide it, so he hurriedly told the truth about the news he got at Tianjimen and the purpose of the little emperor sending him to the northwest. Du Jie finally told the truth.

Ask Peng Xianzuo

At the end, Du Jie asked: "Uncle Peng, have the troops been to Mount Bulao some time ago?"

Peng Xianzuo shook his head and replied affirmatively, "Bu Lao Mountain? I have never been there. That place is quite far away from here, and it is close to the Central Plains. Without orders, the army will not run around easily."

When Du Jie saw Peng Xianzuo say this, he suddenly couldn't understand, "That's strange. Could it be that senior brother got it wrong?"

But Peng Xianzuo seemed to have figured it out: "But what you just said made me want to understand one thing."

"What's the matter?" Du Jie asked curiously.

"I think I seem to know the purpose of the imperial master's coming here." Peng Xian said with his left eye glaring at the map.

In another tent not far from the big tent, the national advisor and three generals sat down inside.

Seeing that the three of them were silent, the Imperial Master smiled and said to the three of them:

"Three generals, Mr. Wu An has a childish temper, the general can run a horse on his forehead, and a few adults have a lot, so forget it."

The three of them were secretly holding back their anger, knowing that there was nothing they could do about it.

Niu Yuanzheng said to the Imperial Preceptor: "Of course our brothers won't care, but this guy is also a little disrespectful to the Imperial Preceptor, which makes people angry."

"Haha." Seeing what he said, the Imperial Master laughed loudly: "General, this is a big mistake."

"What does this mean, Imperial Master?"

"Guys, why are we here in this bitter cold place in the northwest?"

"Aren't you here to mobilize troops?" Niu Yuanzheng said with some confusion.

"That's right, that's wrong. The Soldier Saint in the northwest cannot be mobilized easily. The purpose of our coming here is not to mobilize troops."

"Not to mobilize troops? Then let's..."

The Imperial Master smiled mysteriously and said, "This is to leave little Du Gong with no troops to mobilize."

Niu Yuanzheng was a little confused, and the Imperial Master did not explain, but he put away the smile on his face and murmured to himself

"There is only a little left now. Why did Mr. Wu An come to the military camp so early?"

Niu Yuanzheng and the others looked at each other and said to the Imperial Adviser: "National Adviser, he came to the military camp just to mobilize troops. Is it possible that he came to reminisce about old times?"

The Imperial Advisor shook his head: "He is not here to borrow troops. He has just arrived in the northwest. The matter is not yet clear. There is no need to mobilize troops at all. Is there something that requires the cooperation of the army?"

"No, he's not here to mobilize troops. What is he here for? He's not here to mobilize troops, but to collect intelligence? Or something else? If he's collecting intelligence, what kind of information will there be in the military camp?" the national advisor thought to himself.

said in a language

"Intelligence! Information! That's right, that's all right..." The three generals were about to ask what they were talking about, but the Imperial Master came back to his senses and said to the three of them:

"I have something to ask of you three. I need to see the troop deployment of the Northwest Camp in the past month. Please find a way to check it out."

"This is not a difficult matter. Just ask the military officer and he will find out. The Imperial Advisor is waiting for me here."

The three of them knew that their brains were not as good as those of the Imperial Master, so they did not ask any further questions. When they heard the Imperial Master's instructions, they immediately agreed and hurried out.

After the Imperial Master waited for the three of them to leave, he sat down again and tapped his fingers on the table.
Chapter completed!