At this time, there were four vassal states between Li Jing's Qin vassal and Wang Chucun's control.

It is Xuanwu Town controlled by Zhu Wen, Heyang Town controlled by Zhuge Shuang, Zhaoyi Town controlled by Meng Lifang, and Hezhong Town controlled by Wang Chongrong. If you follow the route of entry into Luoyang, there are three. From the Caosong area east of Luoyang, through the Xuanwu Bian and Zhengzhou, Zhu Wen, through Zhu Wen, he opened the east gate of Luoyang, and took the Wulao Pass into Tokyo. The second route is to attack Zhaoyi Shangdang from the north and south, take the Duhu Pass, pass the Taihang Road Tianjin Pass and enter Heyang, and then cross the Yellow River to the south. The third route is much farther, from Taiyuan, break the Hezhong Town, and then cross the south.

The Yellow River, through Shaanxi Guo, goes around Luoyang and attacks the west side of Luoyang. Generally speaking, these three routes are similar. Either from Wei Bo to Heyang, or from Xu Su to Xuanwu Zhongwu to Ruzhou, the south side of Luoyang, and attacks Luoyang in the south. However, sending troops from Wei Bo to Heyang is not much different from attacking Xuanwu or Shangdang. If you go around to Luoyang, it will not be said that the journey is long, but it may make the Qin army, two of whom are now in the south, who are already very afraid of Li Jing, make random speculations, and mistakenly think that the Qin army is going to destroy Guo by falsely advancing.

There are two choices in front of Li Jing. One is to regardless of the life or death of Wang Chucun, he would attract some of the firepower from Chang'an in Luoyang. The Qin army made a sound of going south to Luoyang, but secretly abandoned Luoyang for the time being and went against the other side, not going east and west. Taking the route of Li Yuan's departure from Jin to Qin, he went south from Taiyuan to break into the river, and then did not attack Tongguan, but attacked Pugu, crossing the river and crossing the bridge into Guanzhong, and directly attacking Chang'an. Capturing the thief and capturing the king. As long as he captured Chang'an, Yang Fugong and Emperor Li Ye were captured alive. Then the Chang'an court would inevitably collapse. At that time, how many towns could fight the Qin army to the end?

However, there are also great risks in doing so. First, Wang Chucun and others who took the initiative to invest, and worked so hard to take down all their godfathers, and took the initiative to help take down Luoyang City. If Wang Chucun is treated like this today, what will the other generals of the vassal state who were also watching tomorrow think? Will anyone dare to surrender in the future? Especially when the Qin vassal is so powerful, this is still very important.

Although Jing Xiang is no longer the head of the General Staff, he has been responsible for the strategic layout of the Qin army over the years, so he is very clear about the overall situation. Li Jing's concerns are very clear. He stroked his beard and pondered for a long time. Jing Xiang said, "It is indeed tempting to go straight to Chang'an. But today's situation is different from the time of Emperor Gaozu of Tang. Emperor Gaozu raised an army in Jinyang and then went south to enter the pass. The big reason is that the emperor was in Yangzhou at that time, and the main forces left by the court were mostly concentrated in Henan and the war between the Wagang army. Emperor Gaozu of Tang wrote a letter to Li Mi, the leader of Wagang, to show his weakness and surrender, which made the two largest forces in the Central Plains at that time, Luoyang and Wagang army did not pay much attention to Li Yuan, so that he could take advantage of the situation."

He paused, "But the situation is different now. The main forces of the court supported by the Yang brothers are Guanzhong forces, followed by the forces in Hedong and Henan. Now Li Keyong in Hedong has been destroyed and Zhu Wen in Henan rebelled. The Chang'an court can be said to be that only the forces in Guanzhong are left. It is equivalent to the current chaos in Hezhong in Henan. The towns in Guanzhong are still maintaining a stable situation. If we attack Henan, perhaps the towns in Guanzhong will hesitate whether to go out of the pass to fight, but if we attack Chang'an directly, then the towns in Guanzhong must gather to fight no matter what. Therefore, I thought that it would be better to eat one bite at a time. Now that Wang Chucun has taken Luoyang and captured Yang Fuguang, we are just about to go south and take Luoyang first."

"Shall Li Yuan's plan to enter the pass, and choose Huang Chao and An Lushan's plan?" Li Jing said thoughtfully.

Li Yuan started his family and raised troops in Taiyuan, then took advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains to break into Guanzhong, establish Li Tang, and stabilize the situation in Guanlong. Finally, he sent troops to fight Wang Shichong to fight the Central Plains and unify the world. However, Huang Chao, which ended not long ago, attacked Luoyang in one fell swoop after several years of war in the Central Plains, then advanced westward along the Yellow River, broke through Tongguan, and then went to Chang'an.

In the earlier Tianbao Rebellion in history, An Lushan, who was as powerful as Li Jing, occupied Hebei in the north, first attacked Hebei, then attacked Hedong, then broke through Wulao, took Luoyang, and then managed Luoyang as the base camp, thereby conquering Tongguan and finally taking Chang'an.

There were many times in history when the northern part of the world was divided and melee, most of which were like this. One side occupied Hebei and the other side occupied Guanzhong. Both sides used Hedong and Henan as the battlefield of struggle. Most of the time, they had to take Luoyang first. Not only did An Lushan, but also Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, also started his business in Hebei and finally entered Guanzhong to become an emperor and founded the country.

There have been many such hegemony situations, such as the Battle of Changping in Qin and Zhao in the Warring States Period. Qin was Guanzhong and Zhao was in Hebei. However, the Battle of Changping occurred in Shangdang, Hedong. In the end, the Eastern Power Zhao State was killed by 400,000 people. From then on, Qin State became stronger and stronger, and finally unified the six countries.

The eastern and western Wei and northern dynasties confronted each other in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the largest struggle field was also in Hedong.

The four major northern sectors, Guanzhong, Hedong, Henan and Hebei, Henan are the central hinterlands of the Central Plains and have an important position, but in the chaotic times, the position is very awkward. The gold-edged silver-horned grass belly, and the world in the chaotic times always starts from all sides, and finally competes in the Central Plains. Generally speaking, the forces that originate from the Central Plains can be very disturbed, but in the end they often cannot compete for the ones in the chaotic times, especially the forces in Hebei and Guanzhong. Wagang at the end of the Sui Dynasty and Huang Chao at the end of the Tang Dynasty all started in Henan, making great news, but in the end they were all ruined.

The situation in Hedong is not much better. Due to its unique mountain and river geographical situation, Hedong has cut its inner parts into basins, and the several traffic channels leading to the outside are mostly conducive to going out and not conducive to attacking. Therefore, Hedong has a high-level momentum to go out of seclusion in any direction. However, when attacking Shanxi outside is a back attack and is easily blocked, which makes Hedong an advantage that is extremely beneficial to inside combat.

But because he was sandwiched between the east and west sides, the status of Hedong has always become so embarrassing, and Hedong is easy to be king. However, it is difficult to achieve true hegemony, just like Shuzhong. This is a place where there is more than just defense but less progress. In history, the destruction of the Western Jin Dynasty by the Xiongnu Liu Han, the rise and fall of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the rise and fall of the Five Dynasties were all typical of the unique geographical situation of Hedong.

After all, Hedong is a striking field for Guanzhong and Hebei to compete for the north. Now that Li Jing has controlled Daibei and Taiyuan, it can be said that half of Hedong has already been in his hands. And it is the most important half. There are three towns left in Hedong, but it is difficult to stop Li Jing's footsteps.

"Don't rush to fight Chang'an. Although Chang'an is the imperial capital, Huang Chao has already conquered it once. Chang'an is no longer the sacred Tianan. Apart from poverty and hunger, there is only a group of vicious soldiers from various towns left. There is nothing but that little territory. As long as Luoyang is taken down, the momentum is actually the same.

Li Jing wanted to fight Chang'an not only for territory, but the most important thing was the political momentum. Just like Huang Chao broke the two capitals back then, the impact was extremely huge. If Chang'an could be taken down in one fell swoop and control the emperor and officials of Chang'an, it can be said that the situation has been settled. However, when Jing Xiang reminded him, Li Jing suddenly woke up.

Luoyang is also the imperial capital. Although it is the capital of the other capitals, it has different status from other capitals. Luoyang was once the capital where several emperors of the Tang Dynasty were located for many years. It is also the center of the world. At present, Luoyang has several benefits. First, Luoyang is already a piece of meat that is put to his mouth, and Wang Chucun has helped him take it down, and they just need to rush over. Secondly, if they go to Luoyang now, then for some vassal states in Guanzhong, there is no urgent oppression on them for the time being, and there is no pain in the skin. Maybe they can divide the towns in Guanzhong again and then break them one by one. Another is that going to Luoyang can be more stable, controlling Luoyang, sweeping the surroundings, and controlling the Central Plains, Guanzhong is just a piece of meat on the chopping board and slaughtered by them.

"Then go south to Luoyang immediately. Which direction do you think is appropriate to send troops there?"

"If you want to go to Luoyang, you have to be fast, and the soldiers are very fast. Yang Fugong will definitely not give up easily. This will be a big battle, and taking Luoyang is very important for us to win this battle. I thought that we could send a navy along the Yellow River, directly bypass Zhu Wen's Biankou and Wulao, which was also controlled by the Luoyang army, and directly send the Marine Corps to land from Luokou, and send an elite force to Luoyang as fast as possible, and take over Luoyang in the shortest time to wait for the subsequent troops to arrive." Gai Yu, the genius military advisor, also immediately put forward his own opinions.

Such a combat plan is very bold. It is very risky to send an army to the enemy's rear to siege, but it also has great effect. Li Jing did not believe that they could defend it by Yang Chucun and Yang Shouliang alone. At the same time, it was not realistic for Li Jing to quickly cross the towns to reach Luoyang. Taking advantage of the sufficient water volume in the lower reaches of the Yellow River in summer, the navy sent an elite Marine to Luoyang. This is a stroke of great success.

Li Jing agreed to this plan.

"Also, we'd better send troops from multiple routes. This will be a battle, not just a war. We should advance from Henan, Hebei and Hedong to Luoyang. The three armies will also launch an attack on Zhu Wen of Xuanwu, Meng Lifang of Zhaoyi, Wang Chongrong of Hezhong, and Zhuge Shuang of Henoi. We have sufficient strength, have elite troops in all aspects, and each has a general commander, so we can launch this large-scale attack. Anyway, we can't do it.

At this time, there is no need to hide it anymore. Those who follow will prosper and rebellious will perish. If you don’t accept it, you will be defeated." Gai Yu said with a domineering attitude, "In addition, I suggest that the King of Qin can also order Qin Zongquan Shangrang and others from Shannan to send troops to attack Jinshang Town and approach Wuguan. Jinshang Town is a linkage between Chengdu, Chang'an and Guanzhong, and it is also the southwest gate of Chang'an. When attacking Wuguan, Yang Fugong will definitely score troops to guard it and dare not come to the east with all his strength."

"I don't think so. We can also win over the towns in Guanzhong while threatening them." Li Zhen couldn't help but smile and said, "The King of Qin might as well send people to Zhenwu, Tiande, Baoda and Dingnan. The coaches of the four towns in Guanzhong are all Hu, Zhenwu and Tiande are both Tuyuhun, and the coaches of Baoda and Dingnan are all Dangxiang people. These people may not necessarily go the same way as Yang Fugong. We can give a hint that as long as they do not become enemies with us, we can agree to establish them as undefeated towns in the future and allow them to continue to control the towns."

This is very tempting, which almost allows them to take the town as their country in Guanlong and have a long-term separatist.

"This is not possible!" Li Jing shook his head. He would never allow his future empire and country to be among the country. What's more, such a promise is obviously fake, and the other party is not a fool.

"Don't be anxious, these words may work for them." During the Battle of Chang'an, Zhenwu and Tiande had almost never sent anyone to the battle, and they did not work hard to protect themselves every time they fought. Every time they went to fight, they were defeated by one blow, and fled to the rear. It was clear that they wanted to protect themselves. Although Li Zhen's proposal was somewhat meaningful to Tianhuacai, it may not be impossible for several Hu people to hold their troops and wait and see. They had already held their troops and respected themselves, and what they needed was only a reason. Although this seemed difficult for Li Jing and others to imagine, did they understand the truth that their lips were dead and their teeth were cold? But in fact, they held their troops and watched like this until the war burned to their eyebrows. They realized that there were too many people who regretted it.

"Then send a few suitable people to go there. As long as they are willing to keep their troops still, you might as well give them some affordable conditions to compensate them. Of course, it is not reliable to just talk. Yu Shuai and Zeng Shuai still have to be on standby. Once they have any abnormal movements, if they don't want to eat, they will give them a punishment and beat them until they are honest." Li Jing unconsciously also had a bit of domineering in his words. He kept his low profile and kept a low profile for many years. Now Li Jing has indeed had this domineering qualification. Looking at the world, who can now stand his opponent? He has this qualification, and can be so domineering and full of domineering spirit.

Keep your time and keep your low profile for twelve years. Now it’s finally time for Li Jing to laugh and be proud of the world, the black flag swept across the Central Plains and the horse straddles the world.

"Three days later, the lonely general led the base camp's imperial guards to set off south and attacked Meng Lifang in Guiyi. The gentlemen and generals were with me to drink horses and the Yellow River with me, and enjoy the blooming of Luoyang peonies."
Chapter completed!