Luoyang.

In the side hall of Taiji Hall.

The anger on the emperor's face could not be concealed. He looked at Wangsheng, the Marquis of Guangyuan in the palace, and threw the silk in his hand to the ground.

The chief minister walked up tremblingly and picked up the secret silk letter again.

"Give him to Marquis Guangyuan for a good look."

Wang Sheng stood in front of His Highness and took the silk from the hands of the chief minister.

"This is a secret letter between Zhang Guang and me. The King of Huainan is still entangled in such a big issue of right and wrong."

Two full months have passed since the war against Yizhou. However, there is no news about the war ahead.

I originally thought that the autumn wind would sweep away the fallen leaves and easily recapture Yizhou, but now, I haven't even penetrated Yizhou.

Fighting in the front is expensive. Even though Wang Sheng has been working in the fields for a year and has saved a lot of food and grass, it is still far from enough now.

Even the emperor is somewhat stretched now.

plus...

The military disadvantages ahead were not because the enemy was too powerful, but because the people he sent to fight were not united.

King of Huainan?

How dare he!

Wang Sheng looked at the secret letter in his hand with a look of surprise on his face, but his heart was calm and he even had the leisure to tease the emperor.

Speaking of which, humiliating King Huainan in the main hall and asking him to serve as the supervisor of a miscellaneous general, isn't this the work of an emperor like you?

Now you see that the King of Huainan is working hard on the front line and is not doing his best, are you anxious?

Logically speaking, the emperor should have anticipated this.

but...

After Wang Sheng carefully read Zhang Guang's secret letter to the emperor, Wang Sheng felt a sudden realization.

It turns out that King Huainan just did not work hard and deliberately delayed the time, but he did not directly disobey the military order, and...

King Huainan's influence in Jingzhou and Yangzhou was deeply entangled. At this time, if he summoned King Huainan to Luoyang to question his crimes, it would be equivalent to forcing King Huainan to rebel.

This was the reason why King Huainan was so confident and the reason why the emperor was so furious.

"Your Majesty...have the contents in the secret letter been verified?"

Emperor Sima Yu's face turned pale and he nodded heavily.

"This is the secret message between Zhang Guang and me. It is absolutely true."

Wang Sheng nodded slightly.

"Then how will your Majesty deal with King Huainan?"

Emperor Sima Yu sighed and said: "The power of King Huainan is very large in Jingzhou and Yangzhou. Originally, I wanted to use his influence, but now it has restricted me. If I want to call King Huainan into Luo now,

Yang, I'm afraid he will be forced to rebel, but if this matter is not dealt with, the war on the Eastern Front will be out of the question. The rebels in Shu are still rampant now. If Yizhou cannot be captured in a short time, it will be delayed for three to five years.

In the next year, I’m afraid something will happen in the world.”

If nothing else, the King of Hejian in the land of Qin and Yong must be the first to make any changes.

"I called you in today because I want to hear your opinion."

Wang Sheng pondered for a moment and said: "As for the battle situation ahead, I don't know much information, so I won't speculate too much about the war. The crux of the matter is to attack Shu. If the northern army can successfully attack Shu, there will be no enemy on the eastern front."

It doesn’t matter to King Zhang Guang of Huainan.”

"Even the war on the northern front is not optimistic. There are many casualties among the soldiers at the front, and food and grass supplies are about to run out." Emperor Sima Yu had a bitter look on his face.

"In that case, let King Huainan be the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front and Zhang Guang be the deputy general. The reason why King Huainan is so negligent is because he feels that His Majesty has humiliated him. Now that Your Majesty has given him enough face, I think he is willing to cooperate.

"

Let King Huainan be the coach?

Logically speaking, it is not impossible.

However...

He is the emperor, and if he wants to do something, shouldn't you, the ministers, do what I say?

Are you still angry?

If the King of Huainan is made the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front, then Sima Yu's ideas will not be understood.

Wang Sheng looked at the emperor's expression as if he had eaten a fly, and he already knew the emperor's choice. Gu

"The so-called general is outside, and the emperor's life is not at stake. Now, the most important thing is to solve the problem in Shu. If the King of Huainan is forced to join the rebels in Shu, I am afraid that the difficulty of the crusade will be doubled.

Your Majesty must still put the overall situation first."

What is the overall situation?

Sima Yu snorted coldly.

"I have an idea. Since the King of Huainan is dissatisfied with Zhang Guang, what if I let Aiqing be the head coach of the Eastern Front?"

Let me go?

Wang Sheng quickly shook his head.

"The war has only passed two months, and there has been no defeat on the Eastern Front. In addition, I have lived in Luoyang for a long time and do not understand the war on the Eastern Front. In fact, there is not much difference between me and Zhang Guang. When I arrived at Wancheng, I was also ignored by the King of Huainan.

Nothing can be done."

The current situation is not urgent enough for him to come out.

and...

If Shu is too easy to recover, given the emperor's temperament, will he, the Marquis of Guangyuan, still be alive?

"Your Majesty, maybe we should let the army rest for a while and camp in the same place. Firstly, on the eastern front, the King of Huainan will not be able to work hard, so the two-front battle tactics set by Your Majesty will not be able to work. Secondly, the transportation from Luoyang

When the food arrived in Liangzhou, too much food and grass was consumed along the way. If the army can be self-sufficient in the fields in Liangzhou, His Majesty will not have to worry about food and grass in the coming spring. In these three cases, only when the Yangtze River rises in the next spring, the eastern front

Only then will it be easier to break in and the two sides can fight together. Finally, His Majesty will have time to arrange things for King Huainan."

Wang Sheng expressed his opinion.

Emperor Sima Yu was obviously lost in thought.

To a certain extent, what Wang Sheng said does make sense.

Now that we can't attack the north, any further attack will just waste lives and food.

only...

Sima Yu felt unwilling.

In his opinion, if Li Xiong from Shu could be defeated within one year, why would he have to wait until next year?

"Ai Qing, do you have any other plans?"

Wang Sheng shook his head.

"The strategy proposed by your Majesty is the safest. If the war continues, Your Majesty will impose additional taxes. However, various places have suffered natural and man-made disasters. If we impose additional taxes at this time, I am afraid it will cause civil unrest."

The implication...

It's best to wait until next spring.

Emperor Sima Yu's face was gloomy and his eyes were flickering, but he did not make up his mind at this time.

"Please step back."

"promise."

Wang Sheng backed away slowly.

As for the emperor's thoughts, Wang Sheng could also guess a thing or two.

If he was asked to stop attacking Shu immediately, he would lose face. But if he continued to attack, as Wang Sheng said, he would not be able to bear it.

so...

Now we need an opportunity.

In other words, it was an opportunity for Emperor Sima Yu to get off the donkey along the slope.

For example, a ‘victorious battle’ was fought on the front line?

Wang Sheng had a clear understanding of this emperor and his character.

He didn't have the skills of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but he learned the essence of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's faults.

For example...

Good face?

This is even worse.

...
Chapter completed!