Yang Zuo advised seriously: "The prince's safety is very important, and the ministers and others are not good at face. The prince is here, so I dare not act rashly."

Gongsun Xiu glanced at Yang Zuo and said nothing more. He knew that Yang Zuo did not dare to fight, not because he was the crown prince here, but because Yang Zuo did not have the confidence to win. Yes, Wei Ba only had seven or eight thousand people,

The cavalry is probably less than a thousand, but Wei Ba is famous. After Bailang Mountain, his reputation has been almost miracles. It is said that the White Wolf God believed in by the Wuhuan people appeared and kowtowed to Wei Ba. Who would dare to make peace with ordinary people?

He can't get through.

Wei Ba is a god general, a general sent by God. He is invincible. All those who face him will become his defeated generals. His previous record has proved this.

In this case, Yang Zuo, who had no absolute advantage, did not dare to fight. It is conceivable to use the excuse of protecting the prince's safety.

Gongsun Xiu wanted to go to war, but he didn't dare.

I wanted to go to war because I wanted to prove my strength and prove that the prince was qualified. This was probably one of the purposes of the father sending him to Liaoshu. But he also knew that winning would be a good thing, but losing

It would be embarrassing, it would be better not to fight.

Liaosui is the western gate of Xiangping, a real strategic location, with nearly 10,000 elite troops and 3,000 Hu cavalry. It is said that there is enough advantage, but that is just in general. Facing Wei Ba, they dare not follow the average.

To judge the situation.

After thinking about it, all they could do was stay in the city. Not only did they dare not fight, but they also had to guard the city gates of Liaosui to prevent Wei Ba from siegeing the city.

It's really cowardly to fight this war.

Gongsun Xiu was very depressed and almost suffered internal injuries. He wanted to order Yang Zuo to go out of the city to fight several times. But when he saw the brand new horse armor, all his ambitions would turn into a flood of snow and ice, which was so cold.

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For him who is familiar with cavalry warfare, he knew more about what horse armor meant.

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Ten miles west of Liaosui City, there is a high slope surrounded by water on three sides, where Wei Ba's camp is built.

The autumn wind gradually rises, and the wind in Liaodong looks particularly cool. It is particularly strong, making the flag rush. The long tails fly in the wind, agile like a dragon.

Wei Ba stood under the banner, holding a copper tube, looking at Liaosui City in the distance, and didn't speak for a long time.

Feng Jin said with some regret: "General, Yang Zuo dares not fight. We are going to have a waste of time."

"How can we say it for nothing?" Wei Ba put down the copper tube and shook his head: "Compared with a big battle, it is a greater victory to prevent Yang Zuo from leaving the city."

"The general is right, which means that we have completely overwhelmed our opponents in terms of momentum." Zhuge Zhi agreed: "This is a soldier who defeats others without fighting, which is a good thing."

"That's right. But if you don't fight, you always feel unsatisfied." Feng Jin rubbed his wrists and looked at Liaosui City in the distance. "In Bailang Mountain, you can defeat Wuqiu Jian, you can fight

Happy. We ran so far, but there was no arrow."

"Wenju. Being war is not advisable." Wei Ba said half-jokingly: "We should stop the war and make the war. The purpose of strengthening the war is to make peace, not to fight for war. The battle in Bailang Mountain is not intended to be war.

Instead, in order to show off the power of the army, let the Wuhuan people see our methods. When you see our merchants in the future, be as polite as possible and do not treat them as fat sheep slaughtered at will. Do you think we really have the strength to sweep now

Grassland? If I really have this ability, I am still here now and I will destroy such a big Zhou Zhang? I will directly attack Xiangping and capture Gongsun Yuan."

Feng Jin smacked his lips, feeling a little regretful: "So, our navy is just a baggage battalion after all, and we can only look around during the battle."

"That's because the opponent does not have a strong naval commander, so you are useless." Wei Ba comforted: "The navy cannot go ashore and the cavalry cannot go into the sea. This is all impossible. However, if you really want to talk about it, the water will be

The battlefield of the division is still larger than that of the cavalry. Only with warships can one cross the ocean. No matter how fast the war horses are, they cannot jump to the strait."

Feng Jin laughed: "Then I'm waiting for the time to sail all over the world. At that time, you can't say that the world is pacified. You can cast a sword into a plow and put it on Mount Ma Nan."

"I won't even want you." Wei Ba curled his lips: "Although the country is big, war will lead to death. It's true, but I value another sentence more: Even if the world is safe, forgetting the war will lead to danger. The family business will be more prosperous.

Big, the more you need to guard against robbers, the more powerful the army is needed.”

"I agree with this." Feng Jin and Zhuge Zhi said in unison.

"That's because we are all militants." Wei Ba sighed, sat down, pointed the horse whip in his hand at the East: "Actually, I really want to go to Japan to see what those monkeys have evolved to

It's so good, is it worth a fight?"

Feng Jin and Zhuge Zhi looked at each other. They followed Wei Ba for a long time and often heard Wei Ba mention Japan, but what they didn't understand was why Wei Ba was obsessed with a barbarian country that he had never heard of.

Wei Xing walked over quickly. "Young master, the Goguryeo envoy is here."

"Let him come."

"Here." Wei Xing turned around. Not long after, a barbarian with white skin came over. He was dressed in white and stood tall, and looked a bit elegant, which was different from the common barbarians.

Wei Ba stood up and stood up seriously.

The barbarian looked at Wei Ba in surprise, bowed and said, and spoke in a pure Chinese language: "The envoy of the Goguryeo Palace, Yu Ju, pays homage to the great man's chariot and cavalry general."

Wei Ba raised his eyebrows and returned the ceremony: "Thank you for your hard work, messenger."

"General Xie."

"Come here, look at the seat." Wei Ba ordered. A martial servant took the chair and Youju took it. He asked someone to carry a box over. When he opened it, he saw a box full of old ginseng. Youju was kind enough.

He said: "The country is weak and does not have much product, only a little ginseng, and can barely take advantage of it. Please don't laugh at the general."

Wei Ba glanced at the ginseng and didn't care much. Ginseng is a specialty of Liaodong, so he almost felt numb when he collected ginseng.

"Have you lived in the Central Plains by the messenger?"

"No, I studied with the Han people who traveled to the despise country." Youju smiled. He was elegant. If he hadn't had his eye sockets a little stuck, he looked like a standard Central Plains man and a scholar.

"Are there many Han people in your country...?"

"It's true. But I've been a lot younger in these few years. More than 30 years ago, when foreign ministers were just in their teens, the most people moved to the despised country. At the age of foreign ministers, they can read books by Han people.

Knowing the teachings of saints and ceremonies of superiority and inferiority are all thanks to them.”

Wei Ba sighed secretly. More than thirty years ago, wasn’t it after the Dong Zhuo Rebellion? In fact, before the Central Plains Rebellion, when the Yellow Turban Rebellion, a large number of Han people fled north. According to time, it was exactly what

When people of the age of Youju get education.

He couldn't help but think of that island country. Among the people who respected as great sages, many of them were originally Han people, but they lived abroad only because of the war in the Central Plains. Many monkeys regarded their knowledge as treasures, which may have been passed down for thousands of years.

But unchanged, the Han people in the Central Plains fell into war again and again. They yearned for peace and were greedy for peace, but could not get real peace.

Because true peace cannot be longed for, and only war can stop war. However, blindly fighting will also push the nation into the abyss of death.

This is a seemingly contradictory but unmistakable paradox.

Seeing Wei Ba being in a daze, Youju didn't say a word and waited quietly. He exuded a unique temperament, which made Feng Jin and Zhuge Zhi on the side both bear the heads of him.

"Oh, sorry, I thought about it just now, I was rude and rude."

"It's okay." Yuju smiled faintly.

"Since the messenger has read poetry and books, I don't know if he is familiar with geography?"

"A little bit of it."

"Does your country produce iron?"

"Iron?" Youju pondered for a moment and shook his head: "I haven't heard of this before, I think there is no such thing. If there is iron in the country, I don't need to travel thousands of miles to the border to the city of iron."

Wei Ba laughed silently. The place he is now in Liaoning, among the three northeastern provinces in later generations. Iron and coal are one of the most minerals in Liaoning. There is even a big city named Tieling, which shows the iron ore.

Rich. Youju is an educated scholar and can serve as an envoy, so he should have some knowledge in China. Such people don’t know where to produce iron. It can be seen that Goguryeo’s technical level is very average, and those who teach them to read

Most of the Han people were pure scholars and knew very little about the skills of treating iron.

This is a good thing. The nations on the grassland are fierce and are born with external and internal causes of being robbers. If they have a powerful weapon, what should they do?

In a moment, Wei Ba had an idea. Whether it was horse armor or armor, they all needed a lot of iron. Wancheng produced iron, but the cost was too high when transported from thousands of miles away. His most important cruise was

The purpose is to find a production base. Liaodong is his most concerned place. He will attack Wuqiu Jian and scare the Wuhuan people. In the final analysis, it is to establish authority and to prevent them from robbing easily, so that he can be inadequate in strength.

Fight for time to develop when crushing your opponent.

"The king of your country sent you here and gave you such a generous gift, I am grateful. It is not polite to come but not to be polite. I should also repay you. I want to send an envoy to go back with you, pay tribute to the king of your country, and express my wish to him.

How do you think of the thanks for taking in my Han people?"

Youju was very happy. They came to pay a visit, but on the one hand they were afraid of Wei Ba, and on the other hand they wanted to ask for some gifts. The Han people have always been generous, and their rewards are more generous than tributes, and their profits contributed much higher than business. For them, the previous one

All the preparations for the sake of generous rewards. As for whether Wei Ba sent envoys to meet their king, it was actually not important. Of course, Wei Ba was willing to give face, and they were happy to see it.

The two of them did what they wanted and hit it off.

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Chapter completed!