However, Zhao Jiu thought about it, and then he looked at the two big hills in front of him and shook his head repeatedly: "Thinking about these is too far-fetched. Even if the mausoleum is built into a mountain, it can't stop the descendants from losing their family business a hundred years later. What happens after death depends on one's life, two's descendants, and three's luck. We can only manage one's life. As for the virtues, merits, and words in life, I don't expect to establish virtues and words. It's more cost-effective to make some eternal achievements... Lingyan Pavilion collapsed, who can forget Emperor Taizong and the twenty-four heroes? The Later Han Dynasty fell, what about Emperor Guangwu of Han and the twenty-eight constellations? The same is true for the Former Han Dynasty. Xiao He's tomb is still there, and there are still cenotaphs in other places; Zhang Liang's tomb is missing, and various places are competing to build tombs; Han Xin's three clans were exterminated, but it didn't prevent his tomb and burial mound from popping up elsewhere... So, if I can restore the merits of Emperor Gao Tang of the Han Dynasty, I will be burned to ashes and thrown into the sea after my death. Do you dare to leave my name out of the history books?"
Hu Yin still had that serious look on his face, but Han Shizhong and other military officials nodded in agreement, and the whole scene looked very harmonious.
Unexpectedly, Emperor Zhao suddenly turned around to look at the people behind him, startling the group of generals behind him: "Don't nod your heads... I'm talking about myself. As a ruler, if you have a little concept of the people of the world in your heart, you will be criticized by the world and destined to be unable to establish virtues and words, so you can only seek achievements. But being a minister is different... Isn't it good to learn from Zhuge Wuhou to establish virtues and conduct? Is the reputation of Hanzu and Tangzong better and greater than Zhuge Wuhou?"
"Your Majesty, Zhuge Wuhou is the Prime Minister." Han Shizhong was frightened by Zhao Jiu's gaze and quickly stepped forward to tease him. "Of course, that's where you gentlemen are going. How can I learn from you? It's better for me to follow your Majesty and be a Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun..."
Due to the order, the other military officials could not say much...they could only agree.
There is no way, who made Han Shizhong a prince?
Who can blame him for being unrivaled in the world?
Mrs. Liang gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, which was unparalleled in the world, because they were the only relatives of the royal family! Yue Pengju was just one of them.
Therefore, Qu Duan, who had been whipped by Han, was honest; Wang De, who was convinced that his future as the commander-in-chief was ruined by Han's words, was also honest; Yue Fei, who had long passed the stage of admiring Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in his youth, was even more honest... There was no way, everyone knew why Han came back this time, which was to prevent Yue Pengju from snatching the lead as the commander-in-chief. He was the target of the Prince of Yan'an this time.
Zhao Jiu, who was dressed in plain casual clothes, glanced at Han Shizhong's face again, but finally laughed. Then he turned around again, walked forward with his hands behind his back, and the civil and military officials behind him hurriedly rushed up and chased forward under the protection of more imperial guards.
Zhao Jiu kept moving forward along the center line of the two large hills, stopping and starting, and it was obvious that he was looking for something... In fact, many followers also realized Zhao Jiu's goal. He seemed to want to find the central connecting point of the tombs of Emperor Gaozu of Han and Empress Lu.
But unfortunately, although the two mounds seem to be the same, there is actually a small difference. The mound of Empress Lu is smaller after all. At the same time, the mound of Empress Lu's tomb has probably been damaged, and its shape is somewhat incomplete. Emperor Zhao walked around but still couldn't find a perfect symmetrical point.
The civil and military officials behind him seemed to have sensed something, and there was no extra sound. Only Han Shizhong walked forward and backward with ease.
In the end, seeing that the sun was setting and it was already afternoon, Zhao Jiu finally gave up and randomly found a building in the cemetery, which was the sacrificial house in front of the tombs of Zhou Bo and Zhou Yafu, father and son, and sat down there.
"Hu Yin."
Zhao Jiu came to the front of the house, found a stone bench and sat down, then he called over Han Shizhong and said to someone with a serious look, "You have been in Guanxi for many years now, and I think you are familiar with military affairs. I want to ask you, if we follow the strategy we discussed in Chang'an before to attack Xia, do you have any key points to give me?"
Many generals and ministers including Han Shizhong were all stunned, but none of them dared to interrupt.
"Yes." Hu Yin still had a serious expression on his face, and he immediately bowed in front of the sacrificial house.
"Tell me."
"The key to defeating Xia is not the troops, not before and not this time, but the logistics."
"Well said!" Zhao Jiu was pleasantly surprised.
"To ensure proper logistics, we must have a proper route of advance. Looking at past progress, there are three proper routes: one slow, one medium, and one fast. The slow route is in Hexi, where we can take Hehuang and Hexi and cut off the arm of Western Xia. The medium route is in Hengshan, where we can attack cities and plunder villages and advance leisurely. Once we successfully attack Hongzhou and Xiazhou, Western Xia will be wide open and its vital points will be exposed. The fast route is to leave Pingxia City, follow the Hulu River, and go straight to the heart of Xingling to win in one fell swoop..."
"In short, we can't leave the vast sea no matter what, right?"
"right!"
When Han Shizhong heard this, he wanted to praise his old friend Hu Caosi for his pertinent words, and he was no longer the naive boy from Nanyang he used to be.
Unexpectedly, Emperor Zhao just continued to urge Han Shizhong, not giving him a chance to speak: "Anything else?"
"And we need cavalry!" Hu Yin continued to answer seriously. "And we must have a large number of cavalry! And cavalry has two uses. One is that the hinterland of Western Xia is blocked by mountains, deserts, and rivers. After entering the hinterland of Western Xia, the terrain is completely unfamiliar, and we need to have enough cavalry to spread out around and act as scouts to investigate the terrain. The other is that it is well known that Western Xia has a lot of cavalry, not only the six thousand Iron Harriers, but also many tribal cavalry. Since we have entered the hinterland, we must be careful that the Western Xia cavalry who came to support us will be cut off from food and grass when we station troops under the city. To deal with this situation, we must have enough cavalry to stop the Western Xia cavalry, or simply use cavalry to force the Western Xia people to fight with us in the field."
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