The Xiahou family received the news from Li Ang, which was enough for them to launch a fatal political offensive against Jijing's division. The Beiting Protectorate concealed the border war report and someone needed to bear the responsibility. The best candidate was the Great Governor of Beiting, the head of the Xiahou's division of the family. For the royal family and the aristocratic alliance, this kind of concealment behavior is a taboo. For the royal family, it can be considered that the Xiahou's division of the family is unjust, and for the aristocratic alliance, the Xiahou's division of the family is to destroy the stability of the country. When the Qin Dynasty was founded, the words of Emperor Taizu's words to govern the world with the aristocratic families were not empty talk. The royal family and aristocratic alliance represented by the emperor were an indivisible whole of interests. Although conflicts arise due to various distributions of interests in normal times, when anyone wants to destroy all this, they will unite without hesitation.

Thirty years ago, Emperor Wen's father thought that the then Duke of Zhenguo Xiahou Ben's family was too powerful, so he took away the Duke of Zhenguo from Xiahou Ben's family by taking advantage of the assassination of Emperor Wen, who was still the crown prince at that time, and transferred him to the Xiahou family's division in Jijing. More than thirty years have passed, and in the eyes of some big families in Chang'an, such a prominent title as Duke of Zhenguo has been in the north for a long enough time, and it is time to return to Chang'an. So when Xiahou Mao took the part given to him by Li Ang, he had already stayed in the north for a long time.

When the military newspaper visited the great families that had always had a good relationship with them, everyone expressed their support. The nobles of the aristocratic families should gather in Chang'an, so that the Qin Dynasty would be worry-free for all generations. Emperor Taizu, who had experienced the destruction of the old Han Dynasty, has never been ruthless to local tyrants, and the same was true for the emperors of the Qin Dynasty and the aristocratic families in charge of the power. They could allow wealthy families in the local area to compete with the country. However, they would definitely resist the powerful people with a large amount of land and manpower.

After telling the news to Xiahou Ben's family, Li Ang returned to his manor and lived a leisurely pastoral life. Although he helped Xiahou Ben's family, he did not intend to be involved in this matter. Of course, he greeted Cao Anmin in this matter. He did not want to be suspicious of the emperor. As long as the emperor stood on his side, he could rest assured.

In the afternoon, when Li Ang was teasing his children, someone came from the palace. Cao Anmin wanted to summon him, and things seemed very urgent. After handing over his children to Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang beside him, Li Ang took Li Cunxiao out of the courtyard and headed straight for Chang'an City. Although the officers of the Black Cavalry Camp who came to Xuanshou did not reveal what was going on, Li Ang probably guessed something, probably something happened in the river.

In the back hall of Weiyang Palace, the chief minister and the Grand Sima had already arrived. Looking at the two old masters, Li Ang's heart suddenly became tight. Cao Anmin actually summoned the three of them, which showed that something big happened. He spoke a few greetings, and just when Li Ang wanted to dig out some news from the chief minister and the Grand Sima, Cao Anmin came. "You all go down." Seeing the three people who arrived, Cao Anmin waved his guards and asked them to close the door of the palace.

"This is a confidential battle report in the river." Cao Anmin threw a document to Li Ang. "The Huns used a large army, which was far beyond our imagination." Cao Anmin's tone was heavy. Last year, he adopted Li Ang's suggestion and asked the Anxi Protectorate to take the initiative. The 50,000 light cavalry led by the horse army entered the territory of the Huns before autumn, beheaded 60,000, and destroyed a logistics land used by the Huns to hoard military rations and replenish logistics, successfully forcing the Huns to be unable to do so.

The autumn offensive against Hezhong was launched, and it bought a winter for the Qin Dynasty to train the recruits. Before the spring began, Cao Anmin and the Military Hall sent all the nearly 70,000 soldiers who had completed the training in advance to the front line between Hezhong and the Huns. However, unexpectedly, the Huns actually invested a lot of money to attack Hezhong. As soon as the spring began, 400,000 troops were overwhelmed by Hezhong. If the logistics personnel were included, the force reached a terrifying 600,000.

After the passage, Li Ang and the two old men beside him frowned. The military information was sent back by Hezhong. From the above, it can be seen that the reinforcements set out in Chang'an are still quite far away from them. At least in the month after this military information was sent out, the 50,000 Qin soldiers guarding the border had to face 400,000 Hun soldiers. "The Huns took action, and the news sent back from the upper and lower Persia last winter showed that the upper and lower Persia seemed to have reached some kind of alliance relationship, so I am worried that some changes will occur on the western front of Hezhong." Cao Anmin said a little worriedly. Although he was full of confidence in the national strength of the Qin Dynasty, he needed time to build a huge army of money and grain in the Ku Mansion. It is difficult to completely defend Hezhong with the existing number of troops of the Qin Dynasty.

"The Persians should not send troops, but our army's troops on the western front were definitely restrained, and we had to increase troops to the western front at the same time." Seeing that the Grand Sima and the General Secretary did not express their opinions, Li Ang had no choice but to do so.

At this time, Cao Anmin had already let his close confidant move out of the sand table in the river to Li Ang.

"Since Emperor Taizu defeated the Anxi Empire, Persia has split into two countries, and has been fighting each other for more than a hundred years. Although they have established an alliance at this time, in my eyes, this so-called alliance is just a piece of paper that can be abandoned at any time." Although the Huns are attacking now, Li Ang first talked about the Persians whom they were facing on the Western Front. In his eyes, the Huns on the Northern Front have launched an attack, so there is no other way but to fight, and the Western Front can never be mixed up. Otherwise, facing the dilemma of attacking between the two lines, with the current military strength of the Qin Dynasty in the river, it will definitely be difficult to defend, and even face the possibility of destruction.

"The Persian alliance is to restrain our army. I think the Huns are likely to have some connection with the Persians." Li Ang looked at the sand table, the two countries of Persia, which were not too far from the Huns, and said in a deep voice. Although all this was based on his own speculation, Li Ang believed that his speculation was correct, otherwise it would be difficult to explain why those damn Persians reached an alliance last winter, which was obviously aimed at the situation that Daqin was facing now.

Regarding Li Ang's analysis, the Grand Sima and the General nodded. The unsheathed knife was the most terrifying. When the Huns made a move, there was no one to be afraid of. Instead, the Persians had to be wary of when they stabbed the dark knife.

"Is there any countermeasure to deal with the Persians?" Cao Anmin looked at Li Ang, "At least, let them be more at peace before we deal with the Huns."

"It's not impossible to make the Persians settle down, but our army still suffers a little." The general told himself, and the Grand Sima and Li Ang beside him also showed some helpless expressions. The Qin Dynasty has always used one country to fight against the upper and lower Persia countries. It is usually to help the weak one country fight a strong one country, so that the two countries can always maintain balance of power. At present, envoys can also send envoys to the weaker Persia to explain the benefits and interests, so that they dare not act rashly. As long as the upper Persia does not move, the lower Persia will never dare to move. However, despite this, it is still difficult to avoid the increase in troops on the Western Front. After all, deterrence of force is the foundation of diplomacy. If there is no military force that can make the upper and lower Persia afraid of it, it is difficult to guarantee that the two countries will not join hands to attack Hezhong.

Cao Anmin quickly understood and immediately made a decision, "As long as the Persians can stay honestly, they will be restrained."

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"Your Majesty, I actually think there is another way to solve the Persians." Li Ang hesitated for a moment, and finally planned to express his own considerations. He has always liked to take the initiative to attack, and it is not in line with his style of work.

"Let me tell me!" The Grand Sima and the Chief General cared more about Li Ang's methods than Cao Anmin. After all, for the two old men who had experienced the peak of the hegemony of the Great Qin Dynasty, they hated the passive situation.

"If we do not defend the Western Front, but take the initiative to attack one country in Persia, I wonder what your Majesty and the two adults think the other country will react?" Li Ang did not say it, but asked a question.

"What do you mean is to take the initiative and unite the weak to attack a strong country?" Grand Sima didn't quite understand, but he still understood Li Ang's meaning according to the practices of Daqin in the past.

"No." At this time, Cao Anmin suddenly spoke. He had a deep friendship with Li Ang too well understood this famous general and friend he valued the most. He never stuck to his predecessors. "I think this time the Li Qing family wants to unite the strong country to attack the weak country."

"It's indeed a trick! I believe that the Lower Persia, which is now strong among the two countries, will never give up this opportunity to unify Persia." The General Secretary saw through the key points at a glance. For Lower Persia, instead of attacking the river with heavy troops, it is better to take the opportunity to unify Persia and recreate the former rest empire. However, even though that is the case, the General Secretary actually did not agree with this method. Once Persia is unified, the Qin Dynasty's Silk Road hegemony will be challenged, and the Qin Dynasty will no longer have the diplomatic advantages of being in the upper and lower Persia in the past.

Cao Anmin also frowned. It was obvious that he also thought of the disadvantages. A unified Persia and a re-emerge of Anxu Empire. When Emperor Taizu fought against the Anxu Empire during his expedition, Cao Anmin hesitated. At that time, the two generations of Emperor Taizu and Taizong, Taizong, and countless counselors and generals, split the once powerful Anxu Empire into two countries. If Persia is unified now...

"Whether Persia can be unified ultimately determined by our will, Your Majesty!" Seeing that Cao Anmin and Grand Sima were both hesitant, Li Ang knew their concerns, so he spoke in a deep voice, knowing that only by persuading these three people could the Military Hall implement the strategic plan he built.
Chapter completed!