?After several months of discussion, the Governor's Office of the Five Army summarized two routes to fight against Ming and formulated a careful plan.

The attack from the two Huai Rivers was the fastest and consumed the least. The difficulty was that the Yangtze River was difficult to cross. After hitting the Yangtze River, I didn’t know whether I could cross the river, so there was too much uncertainty.

The most reliable attack from Huguang is that it is too slow. You need to attack Wuchang first, attack Jiujiang, Hukou, Anqing all the way, and finally capture Nanjing.

This route will inevitably consume a huge amount of time and take a long time. Just like the Qing army conquered the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it will definitely cause a catastrophe to the local area.

Therefore, Gao Yihuan tends to cross the river directly from the two Huaihe River to attack Nanjing, solve the Nanming as quickly as possible, complete the unification of the world, and at the same time preserve the handicraft industry in the Jiangnan region.

To this end, the plan formulated by the Governor's Office of the Five Army was to take advantage of the Nanming's mentality that the Yangtze River was insurmountable, and to attack the main force of the Ming army to the west, and then attack the Ming army from the two Huaihe Rivers and seize Nanjing in one fell swoop.

Of course, there is a condition that the army must be able to cross the river, and Gao Yihuan already has a plan in his heart.

After this plan was formulated, everything was not going well, because there were two variables outside the Wei and Ming dynasties, one was Haoge outside the pass, and the other was Sun Kewang in the southwest.

Gao Yihuan was not worried about Haoge. Now the capital of the Great Wei Dynasty is in Guanzhong and will not always be at the city, so Haoge's effect on him is limited.

He arranged for Li Dingguo to station Jinzhou and ordered Wu Sangui to attack Korqin. As long as Korqin was forced to surrender, the Wei army formed a clamp-shaped offensive against Liaodong, which was not worth worrying about.

Sun Kewang was different. According to the report of Xuanyiwei, this guy had 200,000 people, and the vassals threatened to join the army.

If he participated in the war, he would probably be able to recruit some chieftain soldiers, and according to the scouts, Sun Kewang still had several elite soldiers that were not inferior to the Wei army.

This is an army that can change the situation of the war.

Gao Yihuan was also surprised to receive the information. In recent years, his energy was mainly used to deal with the Qing Dynasty. He did not want to be careful. Xiao Sun's territory and sphere of influence, including Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, and half of the Indochina Peninsula, became a dominant person in Southeast Asia, and even when the Wei Dynasty needed to deal with it carefully.

Gao Yihuan did not want to go to war with the Southern Ming and the Western Army at the same time. He sent a manifesto to Sun Kewang and conducted a test. He originally thought that Sun Kewang would refuse, but he did not expect that he actually agreed.

This made Gao Yihuan even more uneasy. If he were Sun Kewang, he would definitely help Ming fight against Wei. Gao Yihuan really couldn't find any reason for Sun Kewang to agree.

The only reason that can be explained is that Xiao Sun has become inflated and feels that he has the strength to challenge the Great Wei, so he dares to be clearly distinguished from the Great Wei.

This made Gao Yihuan a little unsure because Xiao Sun is indeed a person who likes to expand more than him. He always cannot recognize himself and has a high opinion of himself.

"Your Majesty, how can Sun Kewang respond there?" Wang Shicong asked.

Gao Yihuan pondered and said, "There are two possibilities for this matter, one is true and the other is false. If it is true, it is natural to say. First solve the problem of Nanming and then deal with Sun Kewang. If it is false, then Sun Kewang wants to confuse me. When I fight with the Ming army, he will suddenly give me a knife."

Gao Yihuan is good at inserting a knife, so he will always be wary of others inserting a knife.

Gao Yihuan paused, "No matter which one, I will plan according to the worst case scenario. Sun Kewang dared to agree, but I couldn't let him underestimate it. The Ministry of Rites replied to him and I would follow the agreement and hunt Jiangnan with him."

"I understand. Let the Lifanyuan reply to Sun Kewang later." Wang Shicong said.

At this time, Li Yan came out with his ivory scepter in his arms, "Your Majesty, I have something to report!"

Gao Yihuan smiled and said, "Sir, please tell me."

"The caravans sent by Your Majesty to envoy the Western Regions have finally been heard back!" Li Yan said in a deep voice.

When Gao Yihuan was happy, he almost forgot that there was a caravan ordered to retrace the Silk Road, "This is a happy event! Why isn't sir happy?"

Li Yan said seriously: "Your Majesty Sun Fangyuan has arrived at the Anxi Protectorate Mansion, but he is the only one who escapes back in the entire caravan. The entourage, goods and documents all fell into the hands of the Rakshasa people."

"Where is the Rakshasa man detaining the caravan?" Gao Yihuan frowned.

"Yes, they were detained for two years." Li Yan said in a deep voice.

No wonder there was no news for such a long time. It turned out that it was Rakshasa people who were making trouble, but Gao Yihuan has no energy to deal with Rakshasa now. He was unhappy, but after pondering for a while, he just said, "Let him go back to the capital first."

To put it this way, I won’t deal with this matter first, and I’ll talk about it later.

Li Yan didn't say much, after all, the battle in the south has started now. Although the Rakshasa people have lost the face of the Great Wei, the most important thing is to unify the world now.

At this time, Wang Shicong suddenly remembered something and stood up again, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Gao Yihuan said in a deep voice: "Sir, please speak."

"The Yuzi envoy who came to pay tribute also mentioned the Rakshasa people, saying that they occupied the Yuzi people's pastures, captured the Yuzi people as slaves, and forced their taxes. All three Yuzi families hoped that the Great Wei would make the decision for it." Wang Shicong said.

The great empire has a large territory, so there are many things. Either there are problems in the east or the west.

Gao Yihuan planned to establish several satellite vassal states in the early days and enfeoffed them outside China. In this way, the vassal states would handle some small matters outside. Otherwise, when they were transmitted to Chang'an and then sent back to the border, the daylily would be cold and it would be inconvenient to mobilize troops.

In Gao Yihuan's vision, these small countries deal with small matters and encounter big things but cannot solve them, the sect leader will deal with them.

Now that his dog-raising plan has begun, the problem arises, and it happens in the Western Regions where he is beyond his reach.

Gao Yihuan said in a deep voice: "Why haven't you heard of this before?"

Wang Shicong was in charge of the Ministry of Rites and did not know much about the matters in the Western Regions and could not answer them.

After thinking for a while, Chen Mingxia stood up and said, "Your Majesty, it should be related to Junggar's decline, and Junggar may even have colluded with Rakshasa."

Gao Yihuan can see through it at a glance. Previously, there was a powerful Junggar tribe in the Western Regions. The expansion of the Rakshasa people was blocked by Junggar, so they naturally restrained a little and were forced to bypass Junggar and develop towards Siberia.

Now Junggar was crippled by the Wei army and his strength has declined seriously. After defeating Junggar, the Wei army did not completely take over Junggar's entire sphere of influence, and the focus was still on the Central Plains.

Under such circumstances, there is no force in Central Asia that can compete with the Rakshasa people. With the nature of the Rakshasa people, they will definitely see the opportunity to swallow Central Asia.

Gao Yihuan tapped the dragon throne with his fingers. After pondering for a while, he decided to compromise temporarily. "I am mainly about destroying the Ming Dynasty. Although the Rakshasa people pressed each step, I cannot disrupt the rhythm of unifying the world because of this."

Gao Yihuan's words mean that things in the Western Regions are not as important as Jiangnan. No matter how the Rakshasa people treat Yuzi or expand, they must first unify the world and then solve the problems in the Western Regions.

Now that the war with Rakshasa is not in his interests, nor is it profitable. Jiangnan is much more fertile than the Western Regions.

Li Yan frowned and said, "I agree with Your Majesty's resolution. I guess the vassals in the Western Regions will take advantage of the opportunity to pay tribute to Your Majesty. If Your Majesty does not comfort you well, it may cause your Majesty to be disinterested and even turn to Rakshasa."

In Gao Yihuan's opinion, the best state is to let these vassals support Rakshasa, and then when they were almost unable to withstand it, the Great Wei divine weapons descended from the sky to defeat the Rakshasa people.

This not only solves the threat from the Western Regions, but also makes the vassals grateful. After all, the kindness of saving a person who was slightly injured is completely different from saving a person who was struggling dying.

I have just become emperor this year. If I don’t say it at that time, I will be a little disappointed. Moreover, the vassals of the Western Regions will definitely be disappointed with the Great Wei. Without the confidence given to them, they will definitely be defeated quickly. When the Great Wei turns back to deal with the Rakshasa, there will be no helpers and they will not respond enthusiastically.

The key to the problem now is how to make these vassals free their hands to the Great Wei. Gao Yihuan said in a deep voice for a while, "Then let's carry out a large military parade!"
Chapter completed!