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It¡¯s still a bit cold in Xiliang at the end of February, and there¡¯s even snow in the high mountains. However, there is no snow in Weiwu County, and the sun is shining during the day, which is quite comfortable. It¡¯s just that the temperature difference between day and night is large, and it¡¯s colder at night.
Today¡¯s Weiwu County has so much light that people living in these places have darker skin after being exposed to the sun for a long time.
Cao Xuan was originally dark, but now he is even darker.
He is not an emperor like Zhao Qian. Zhao Qian, the little emperor, stays in the palace all day long. On weekdays, Cao Xuan, in addition to handling military and government affairs in the palace, also often went to the military camp to supervise the soldiers' drills.
Today¡¯s soldiers practice rifles on a large scale. However, sometimes the training is just to touch the gun and aim, and sometimes the bullets are used for training.
There are not many resources in the Western Region. Even if Cao Xuan can make his own guns and ammunition, he is still very economical.
When it comes to weapons, Cao Xuan doesn't want too little. He accumulates more. Once he encounters a war, he can deal with it at any time.
On this day, Cao Xuan was in the army watching the soldiers practice target. Today is a drill with live ammunition, and it is also the day of military assessment. In Cao Xuan's army, the soldiers already use weapons such as rifles, so today's training is more of a firearms shooting competition.
Cao Xuan was quite satisfied with the results of the soldiers' hundred-step shooting. If soldiers are willing to endure hardship, the army will be able to train and produce results.
While Cao Xuan was watching, Jiang Jiuge came in a hurry.
Jiang Jiuge looked serious, bowed and stood beside Cao Xuan, and reported: "Your Majesty, there is the latest news about Qi."
Cao Xuandao: "What's going on?"
Jiang Jiuge said: "After the Qi State defeated the Haixi Empire last year, it has not attacked our Wei State for the time being. But before that, it suddenly mobilized its troops and launched a large-scale publicity campaign, saying that it was preparing for war and was about to send troops to attack our Wei State. .¡±
Cao Xuan said: "Let's go back to the palace."
"yes!"
Jiang Jiuge replied.
He followed Cao Xuan and went straight to the palace.
When Cao Xuan returned to the palace, he immediately arranged for someone to notify the six ministers and the main ministers in the court to gather.
When everyone arrived, Cao Xuan did not beat around the bush. He went straight to the point: "Heilongtai just received the news that the Qi State has mobilized troops and is about to attack the Wei State. This time, the Qi State's action is to kill us all. It is to destroy us. Throw away my Wei State."
"It can be said that this is a war to destroy the country."
"Once it fails, Wei will not be able to survive, so it must win."
Cao Xuan glanced at everyone present and asked, "Do you have any suggestions for this?"
Li Hongzhong is senior. Although he is not Cao Xuan's most trusted confidant, Li Hongzhong has always been quite active in the court and has a certain say.
Li Hongzhong stroked his beard under his chin and said: "Your Majesty, no matter how strong the Qi State is, we only have one battle now. To be honest, the overall strength of the Wei State is still a bit weak, but our weapons are not bad, and our soldiers are also good. enough."
"So the old minister suggested that we go all out to fight, mobilize the entire Wei army, and go to war with Qi directly."
"If we win this battle, it will be the founding battle of Wei State. From now on, we will not be afraid of Qi State. If we lose this battle, then Wei State will be in danger, so we must go all out."
"And this battle cannot be avoided. There is no choice."
Li Hongzhong looked upright and solemn.
His attitude was that he was thinking about Cao Xuan with all his strength, and could not see any other situation at all.
Cao Xuan was very approving and said: "What Mr. Li said is true. This battle is about going all out. But even though we are going all out, how should we arrange it now?"
Cheng Lin thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, according to my suggestion. At the moment, can we show weakness to the enemy and allow Wang Qi's army to enter Longguan. Then, let him enter an area of ??Long County and lure him After the enemy penetrates deep, gather together and annihilate them, and completely capture Wang Qi's army."
"Inappropriate!"
Jia Yu shook his head and spoke.
Cao Xuan asked: "Jia Qing, what do you think about it?"
Jia Yu said: "Qi's army is not weak. It is extremely difficult for us to gather together and annihilate it. In my opinion, allowing the other party to enter Wei and allowing Qi to establish a base in Wei is inviting the wolf into the house."
"We have not defeated the hungry wolf of Qi State, but it has turned against us. I believe that we should block it step by step and not give up any place of resistance."
"We took the lead and set up defense at Longguan in the east of Longxian County. Although Qi State had weapons such as cannons for bombing, our soldiers were hiding in the city and on the mountains on both sides of Longguan. With the help of rifles, It is enough to resist Qi¡¯s attack.¡±
Jia Yu said: "As long as Qi's offensive is blocked at Longguan, Qi will not be able to advance. Now we must fight for every inch of territory and cannot give up the pass voluntarily."
Cheng Lin said: "If we abandon Longguan and lure the enemy deeper, we can close the door and beat the dogs."
"Disaster!"
Jia Yu refuted directly.
Cheng Lin asked: "What's the problem?"
Jia Yu said: "Mr. Cheng, as I said just now, we want to close the door and beat the dog. The problem is that the door cannot be locked. Once we can't stop it, we will be in trouble everywhere, which is equivalent to actively losing territory. Therefore, we still need to guard Long County and defend it. Longguan, think about defeating Wang Qi again. Don¡¯t aim too high and use defense as offense. That¡¯s the right way.¡±
Cheng Lin wanted to refute, but Cao Xuan reached out to stop him and said: "I very much agree with what Jia Qing said. Let's defend first and try to hold Longguan and block the Qi army. This is the most important thing."
Cao Xuan also has his own ideas.
He knew very well that the Qi State was very powerful, especially after it was equipped with cannons, it would not be easy for him to defeat it.
Seeing that Cheng Lin still had a stubborn look on his face, Cao Xuan laughed dumbly and explained: "Mr. Cheng, we don't have cannons now. But Qi State has weapons like cannons. We, Wei State, are indeed not afraid of delay, but we have no cannons." Time is on our side.¡±
"On the one hand, we can wait for news from Aiweier of the Hercynian Empire. He said he would bring us cannons."
"Second, wait for the Hercynian Empire's army to attack Wang Qi. You must know that this time the Hercynian Empire's army has been completely destroyed. Even if Wang Qi blocks the news, the Hercynian Empire will eventually discover this news."
"So the Hercynian Empire will attack Qi again. When the Hercynian Empire and Qi fight again, the pressure we face will be smaller."
At this moment, Cao Xuan felt as if there were many flashes of inspiration in his mind. He said: "So now that things have happened, I think we can fight Qi, but choosing defense is the best arrangement."
Cheng Lin thought about it carefully, nodded and said, "Your Majesty is wise."
Seeing that Cheng Lin was convinced, Cao Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, the Wei State must be sincerely united, and everyone must be thinking in one place and working hard in one place, and there must be no internal strife.
Cao Xuan's eyes turned, fell on Jia Yu, and said in a deep voice: "Jia Qing, I am not worried about the stability of the capital here during this expedition. You stay, take charge of government affairs, and be responsible for the stability of the rear. I will mobilize the army to go to Longguan. , Mr. Cheng will go with me."
"I obey the order!"
Everyone answered in unison.
¡° Jia Yu has always been the general manager of Cao Xuan¡¯s rear area. This time Cao Xuan went out was no exception.
After Cao Xuan arranged everything properly, he no longer wasted time and asked everyone to retreat. He went directly to the army, mobilized the army, took Cheng Lin, Jiang Jiuge and his party, and set off to leave Weiwu County and quickly headed towards Long County. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com