Xijing's earnest proposal did not receive any response from Chengdu. Officials at all levels in Xijing expressed great dissatisfaction with Chengdu's attitude. The military officials of Xijing, led by Li Qingque, wrote letters to go south to punish Meng Yan's disrespect for three consecutive days, and Quan Bo issued an order to reprimand the military officials of the above statement for three consecutive days.

Meng Yan underestimated that he only asked the Beichuan General Gu Xifeng to strengthen his defense against Yangping Pass, but Gu Xifeng might have some problems with his understanding. After receiving the instructions from Chengdu, Gu Xifeng brazenly left Luxian, Kangxian and Mianxian. After occupying the three counties, he immediately divided his troops to defend, which shocked Xijing and Luo Chen for a moment. By the time they realized that the defense of the three counties had been stabilized.

"Your Majesty, Gu Xifeng now occupies three counties. He can attack and defend when he advances. We are always uncomfortable with the strategy of Hanzhong." Li Zhengqian said respectfully in the imperial study.

"Does Li Xiang also think we should go south?" Quan Bo asked meaningfully.

The heads of the military officials in Xijing were Xue Che and Li Qingque. They were very angry at Meng Yan's refusal to form an alliance, but the civil officials headed by Li Zhengqian came from Chengdu and knew about Meng Yan's methods. The civil officials did not speak out during this time of writing to the letter.

"The old minister thinks that it is the primary priority to try his best to promote an alliance with Chengdu. The matter of going south should not be easily started. This time Chengdu is actually a deterrent to the three counties in Hanzhong and Longyou. However, Chengdu has always been polite first. This time, it can be seen that their situation is not good now." Li Zhengqian said very well.

"Li Xiang said it well, but our situation is similar to Chengdu. Now that we are deadlocked, how can we break the deadlock?" Quan Bo asked with confidence, which was obviously a test.

Li Zhengqian was not in a hurry to reply. He thought for a while before slowly saying: "Since it's messy inside, why not hit it out?"

"Oh? Li Xiang has a clever plan?" Quan Bo asked with interest.

"Bei Mu Langzi is ambitious and tyrannical in the Western Regions. He was helpless in cooperating with them at the beginning. Since King Yong takes the world as his responsibility, it is better for us to take the opportunity to recover Guazhou, so that our generals can also release their energy. Does Your Majesty think it is okay?"

Quan Bo made accustomed to meditate and said, "We have limited troops. If we recover Guazhou and Yumen Pass, we will lose both the troops and the food and grass. There will always be one side in the defense line of Chengdu or Luochen that cannot be taken care of."

"This is the importance of fighting. We can transfer Chen Cang's troops to the front line of Shule River. If King Yong is a righteous gentleman, he will naturally not attack us. If King Yong has some intentions, our Fengzhou troops can also resist the army and return to the rescue. Of course, if King Yong does this, the losses of losing the people's hearts will be great. The old minister believes that King Yong will make the right choice."

"Who will send to the Western Regions? Can anyone choose Li Xiang in his heart?" Quan Bo asked with a smile. Li Zhengqian's thoughts were very similar to those in his heart. He had never acted, but he was still hesitating about the candidates to regain the Western Regions. Li Qingque or Xue Che were certainly the first choice, but they were responsible for the important tasks and could not be easily mobilized.

"The old minister has three candidates, I hope your majesty will consider it." Li Zhengqian fell to the ground and said respectfully.

"Please talk to you, our monarch and ministers are here to discuss." Quan Bo lowered his posture.

"General Chen Cang Xue Chen, General Xiazhou Li Jing, and Geng Chao, the prefect of Dingxi."

"Xue Chen is Xue Che's younger brother. He is not afraid of life and death. He is brave and resourceful. However, he cannot treat soldiers well and cannot be a general. Li Jing is a child of the Li Xiang clan. He is young and promising, but..." Quan Bo glanced at Li Zhengqian.

"Your Majesty, Li Jing has always followed General Li Qingque to fight in all directions. He has never had the experience of leading a single army. The old minister just recommended it. Whether it can be used together needs to be considered from multiple aspects." Li Zhengqian's face was calm.

"Li Xiang is broad-minded, I admire him, but I remember Geng Chao as a civil servant?" Quan Bo's original candidate was Xue Chen as the main and Li Jing as the auxiliary. Now there are more Geng Chao's alternatives, which really didn't expect.

"Your Majesty, Geng Chao was originally a major clan in the pass, but he offended the powerful ministers during the reign of Emperor Ling. The entire clan was exiled to Guazhou. After His Majesty ascended the throne, he recommended him from the position of Sunan County Magistrate. He was very familiar with Guazhou. Ban's teaching in Guazhou for many years is of great use for the recovery of Guazhou."

Quan Bo stood up, walked to the front of the Western Regions topography map and looked for a while and said, "Secretary Li, I will pass on my will to regain Guazhou in three directions, recruit general Li Jing of Xiazhou as the vanguard of the left army, lead 30,000 troops out of Daxue Mountain, recruit the Western Prefect Geng Chao as the vanguard of the right army, lead 30,000 troops out of the ancient city, recruit Bai Tai, the Right Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War, lead 40,000 troops as the vanguard of the central army, and enter Yumen, and the three armies advance together to regain Guazhou!"

"Your Majesty, three armies, one hundred thousand army, if no one is in the middle to support it, it will be a little inappropriate." Although Li Zhengqian was very happy that Li Jing could lead the army alone, the three armies did not have a large tent of the central army and did not match the military strategy, and there would be military delays.

"Don't worry, wait a moment." Quan Bo said mysteriously.

Li Zhengqian was stunned for a moment. The Emperor Majesty in front of him was really weird. He did have the idea of ​​taking power when assisting him that day. However, he was still scared when he thought about the experience of Li and Xue clans. His Majesty's thundering methods were really powerful.

After a while, a heavy armored man stepped in with great strides. Li Zhengqian looked back and almost closed his mouth. He was too familiar with this person, but logically speaking, the grave should have grown grass on this person, so why did he suddenly appear here?

"Secret Li, long time no see!" General Chongjia didn't care about Li Zhengqian's surprise and greeted him openly.

"General Yang? Are you?"

"Don't be surprised at the Li Xiang. The general has long been ours, otherwise Guanzhong would not be so smooth. Oh, the general is now renamed Mu Yi." Quan Bo easily freehand.

"Your Majesty, I am ready and I can set off in the next few days." Mu Yi said respectfully.

"General Mu doesn't have to worry. The three pioneers I have been looking for for you are not ready yet. You will accompany me to inspect Longyou in the next few days."

"I will obey the order!"

This conversation made Li Zhengqian speechless.

On the second day, Quan Bo informed the world to recover Guazhou and rescue the people of the Western Regions. He recruited soldiers and generals with great fanfare, and broke up the alliance with Beimu without warning.

However, in a few days, the news that Xijing was about to recover Guazhou spread throughout the world, received unanimous praise from the scholars of the Central Plains, and even the limelight overshadowed Xifu.

"Prince, Xijing's move is quite powerful, which makes us put on fire." Zhuo Bailing has been relaxed and has spoken much more freely since he took down the work of Shangshutai.

"Taifu, Quan Bo is forcing us to express his opinion. In order to prove our attitude towards entering the three counties, we must also join forces with him." Meng Yan said helplessly. He did not expect that his former classmate would have such skills now.

"Prince, Xijing will recover Guazhou, no matter what, it is a good thing. Quan Bo's intention is just to win over our Xifu and have a guarantee." Zhuo Bailing said with a smile.

"Forget it, let him go. This time I admit defeat. But the Grand Tutor, Quan Bo is waiting for me to inspect Longyou. Do you think I want to go there and give him some face?"

"Your Highness, it is not a good thing for old friends to gather together. At present, six of the seven heroes have been elected as emperors, leaving us alone with the Western Palace. In fact, there is no longer any so-called orthodox. Your Highness should make plans for the future of our Western Palace." Zhuo Bailing was testing Meng Yan's thoughts in his words.

"Taifu, some things cannot be done, but they cannot be done. Once they do it, there will be many things that cannot be controlled. At this time, the Western Palace is just a force, and there have been various disputes in the court. Once that thing is done, what situation do you think will happen? Does this fit our original intention?" Meng Yan was not angry, but just said calmly.

"Your Highness, your heart is right, your affairs are straightforward. The prince is in the world and respects all people. But you should always consider the mood of all people. People from the People's Information Academy have hoped to face your Highness many times, so please think twice!" Zhuo Bailing insisted.

Seeing that Zhuo Bailing wanted to kneel down and advise, Meng Yan immediately raised his hand to stop him and said earnestly: "Tao Fu, let's stop today. Since you can't understand my thoughts, then you can choose some people to accompany me in the Longyou Alliance this time, and you can go too. Li Zhengqian has admired you for a long time."

Zhuo Bailing was blocked by Meng Yan and felt a little uncomfortable, but Meng Yan invited him to join the Quanbao League with him. There was always a lot of things to say along the way.

"Your Highness, according to the customs of the Western Prefecture, the king always chooses a general to accompany him to guard him when he goes on a trip. Do you think?"

Meng Yan frowned and said in confusion: "When did our Western Prefecture start to have this routine? Why don't I know?"

When Zhuo Bailing mentioned this, he was angry and said unhappy: "Since the prince got rid of his guard and went to Jingshan, all his colleagues have made this routine and have informed the Empress, and the Empress has also agreed."

Meng Yan was a little embarrassed. He was not used to accompanying too many people, but since he had made a decision, he could not change it at will. He said in a pleasing manner: "Since you go to Longyou, let Meng Huan or Gu Xifeng accompany you."

"No, General Meng Huan stationed in Shangyong to guard against Hanzhong. General Gu Xifeng had just taken Guanlong counties, so he should not move lightly. The ministers suggested that the two lakes general Tong Yan or Yuezhou general Dong Que could be temporarily recruited."

"Tong Yan? Dong Que?" Meng Yan fell into deep thought. Both of them were not considered talented. Tong Yan joined the Western Prefecture earlier, and he was incomparable to those who have risen in terms of qualifications. Dong Que was a new general with the Western Prefecture, and he couldn't say that he had any prestige in the army. Yunmeng had Chen Zhiqing in charge, so he chose one of them well.

"Trial tutor, please send a letter to Tong Yan to wait for us in Jiange. As for Dong Que, you can't let him be idle. Transfer him to Xichuan to assist Shuai Jin to destroy the remaining forces of Zhuge as soon as possible. I don't want to waste any more time on them." Meng Yan deliberately emphasized his tone on the word "assistance".

Zhuo Bailing's heart trembled. He still knew Dong Que. He was not even as good as a commander in terms of military formation. However, his advantage was that he was obedient and particularly obedient. He used to listen to Lu Chongzong, but now he only listened to Meng Yan's. It seems that Meng Yan is still worried about Jin Qian.

"I am obeying Your Highness's orders." After that, I was about to leave.

Before the person turned around, he was stopped by Meng Yan and said, "Taifu, Yan Feng has been in charge of the Shangshu Dean for a long time. Recently, I have asked me to take down this job many times and concentrate on the two hospitals. What do you think?"

Sooner or later, this day is coming, and Zhuo Bailing knows Gu Yanfeng's ability and interest. This Shangshutai is a burden to him. Suddenly, he thought of someone and said, "Your Highness, Shangshutai is in charge of the government affairs of the Western Government, and it is difficult to hand over others' hands. How about letting Gong Yu take over?"

Meng Yan smiled and said, "Mr. Zhuo, Master Zhuo, you still don't understand me after so many years. Forget this matter, let's discuss it later. Let's prepare for the alliance."


Chapter completed!