Chapter 178: The Jade Seal of the Kingdom (please guaranteed monthly ticket for October ^_^)

Luguan.

Cao Yuanzhong had just left and was going to meet Li Congke's envoy, while Zhang Mai was receiving Han Deshu. But before the talk was over, he suddenly heard the news that Zhang Xichong was in a critical condition.

Zhang Mai was surprised. Zhang Xichong was always half-hearted about Zhang Mai, and Zhang Mai did not have a very obvious favoritism for Zhang Xichong. However, Zhang Mai still relied on this famous Shuofang general who could have his own persistence. Suddenly, he heard that he was in an acute illness, and Zhang Mai was also a little panicked when he was surprised.

He hurried to the house where Zhang Xichong lived. In the dark lights, several medical monks were treating Zhang Xichong. The medical level of the Tiance Army has been mainly reflected in the overall organization in recent years. Zhang Mai established some good systems to allow the medical skills of various civilization systems, such as the medical skills of Tianfang Cult, the medical skills of Tubo and the medical skills of the Central Plains to learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses. In addition, it is to establish some good sanitation systems, such as plague isolation, water source sanitation, and medical school to train a large number of military doctors, monk doctors, township doctors, etc. who can treat ordinary injuries and diseases in batches.

However, the development of medicine is extremely profound and unpredictable, but it cannot be developed in just a few years. If the most famous doctors in the world are still in the Central Plains and Jiangnan, as for the medical level of the whole world, it is even more impossible to make leap forward in just a few years. The medical monks of the Tiance Army are still helpless in many diseases.

At this time, the house was busy, and some of Zhang Xichong's old subordinates were crying outside the door. When they saw Zhang Mai coming, they quickly shouted in a low voice: "Marson."

Zhang Mai nodded, asked about Zhang Xichong's illness, and felt depressed, and said, "Now the military affairs in Qin are in urgent need. I am about to rely on Zhang Linggong, I hope Zhang Linggong is lucky and the heavenly world."

Lu Jialing said next to him: "The defense location of Zhang Linggong is the Prefecture, Linzhou, and the northern section of the Yellow River. Now he suddenly fell ill. Should someone find someone to take charge of the layout of these two sections?"

Some of Zhang Xichong's old subordinates suddenly changed color when they heard it.

Zhang Mai said calmly: "Zhang Linggong will be healthy! Even if he is temporarily ill, he will come to the meeting and have already made arrangements on the front line. I believe Zhang Linggong's arrangements."

Zhang Xichong's old subordinates then became anxious. Zhang Mai said, "The Luguan meeting was a grand event, but I didn't expect that Zhang Linggong was so tired that he had an old disease. This is mine."

A happy Luguan meeting suddenly appeared in Zhang Xichong's acute illness.

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Outside Luguan, Cao Yuanzhong was walking out to meet Shi Jingtang's envoy when he suddenly received an information from Shu Kingdom. He frowned after a glance.

In recent years, with the growth of the power of the Tiance regime, major factions within Tiance have also established their own intelligence networks to a greater or lesser extent. In addition to the official intelligence network, Lu Jialing, Cao Yuanzhong and others also have their own private intelligence sources. Some of these intelligences are shared by Cao Yuanzhong and Lu Jialing, but some of them are also used as private resources.

Unlike Lu Jialing's intelligence network, which mainly covers the Central Plains, Ding Hanshan's intelligence penetrates into the northern part of the Mo, Cao Yuanzhong's intelligence mainly comes from Bashu and Jingchu where he once went on a mission. Of course, Longxi is also an important area - in this place where the border between Shaanxi and Gansu in later generations is now being cut off by three major forces. The Central Plains regime has controlled part of it, the Tiance regime has controlled part of it, and the Shu Kingdom has controlled part of it. From here, Tiance can enter Guanzhong. Similarly, Shu Kingdom can also advance troops from here, or enter the Guanzhong Plain, or enter Tiance - Zhuge Liang did this in the Northern Expedition!

The current situation is of course different from the Three Kingdoms period, but as a part of international disputes, the trends of Shu Kingdom still have to be considered - the reason why the Sweat-Blooded Cavalry Regiment did not dare to withdraw from the north during the autumn and winter of last year was also one of the factors that considered. If it weren't for that, Zhang Mai would not have to spend so much effort to act.

"It seems that the situation is not as good as it seems." Cao Yuanzhong said with sincerity: "Although our army is invincible in the Western Regions, the situation in the Central Plains is different after all. The Khitan in the north will move south at any time, and the Shu Kingdom in the south will be restrained. Under the attack of the north and south, the victory and defeat between us and Shi Jingtang is still hard to say."

He always sings praises in front of Zhang Mai, but he actually has a calm plan in his heart.

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Outside Luguan, an envoy sent by Shi Jingtang was waiting.

Zhang Mai was in Luguan, but he did not allow Shi Jingtang's envoy to enter the city but asked him to wait outside the city. This was already a very rude behavior. Behind the rudeness meant that Zhang Mai had no intention of making peace with Shi Jingtang.

But this envoy was still calm. After Cao Yuanzhong stepped forward to meet him on an uninhabited river beach, he realized that it was Sang Weihan.

"Brother Sang, it's you!" Cao Yuanzhong was a little surprised: "After Shi Jingtang entered Luoyang, he heard that Brother Sang was already rich and powerful, but he didn't expect that he would come to the remote land of Luzhou in person."

Sang Weihan smiled and said, "Marantor Zhang swept across the Western Regions and was so powerful that he could not come to the place where he came? The so-called wealth and honor are all floating clouds. Whether our Lord sits in Luoyang is safe depends on Marshal Zhang's intention."

After hearing this, Cao Yuanzhong was secretly happy: "I didn't expect that Sang Weihan was so weak. It seems that Shi Jingtang was really strong on the outside and was a fight!" Haha, he said: "We marshals are invincible and are now regarded as the Khan of the Heavenly Knights by Hu! Although Shi Mausoleum is also a famous general in the area, it is still far from our marshals."

San Weihan smiled slightly and said, "Brother Cao misunderstood what I mean."

"Misunderstand?"

Sang Weihan said: "What I mean is not that the Central Plains cannot defeat Xiliang, but that if Marshal Zhang insists on his own and refuses to reconcile with our Lord, the Central Plains will inevitably become a sea of ​​fire, and it is difficult for the world to survive! Although Marshal Zhang is heroic, he can travel around the Western Regions, but he may not be able to go with the will of the Central Plains."

Cao Yuanzhong snorted: "If we say something like this, our army has heard it many times. Satuk said this, Arslan said this, Kucha Uighurs said this, Ganzhou Uighurs said this, Xizhou Uighurs said this - but what is the result? Under our Tiankhan's iron hooves, it all became a joke!"

Sang Weihan laughed and said, "Marantor Zhang's transformation of conquering the Western Regions is indeed wonderfully compiled, but it's a pity..."

"What a pity?"

Sang Weihan said: "It's a pity that the Western Regions have always been just a border vassal place, a place that can be pacified by thirty-six cavalry. Even if it is thousands of miles wide, what is it for the Central Plains, which have many talents? To dominate the Western Regions, it is just a powerful force, so it is a joke to call himself Tian Khan."

Cao Yuanzhong said angryly: "What did you say!" Zhang Mai was supported by the Hu Rong tribes as Tian Khan. This was the most talked about within the Tiance regime. Suddenly, he was demoted by Sang Weihan to be worthless. Whether Cao Yuanzhong was really angry or fake, he was always angry.

Sang Weihan said lightly: "The Hu and Han families each have their own land of emperors. The emperors in the Central Plains are Chang'an and Luoyang. Those who do not have two capitals are only border vassals. As for the emperors of the Hu people, it is a barely vassal of the north of the Mobei. As for the Tiankang Khan, those who conquered the Hu people by the Han people, such as Emperor Taizong of Tang, can only obtain this title. Marshal Zhang has not obtained the second capital of the Han territory and the Dragon Court of the Mobei, and he occupied the Longyou Road, so he claimed that he had risen. Such behavior is more harsh than Yelang of the Han Dynasty, but he is put into history books, so he must make jokes when his later historians write."

While Cao Yuanzhong was furious, he also knew that what Sang Weihan said was not completely unreasonable. The strength of the national strength of the countries in the world was not calculated by the amount of land, but also by the strength of various areas within a country. Although Zhang Mai covered the Longyou Road, during the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the entire Hexi and the entire Anxi were probably only equal to the Hedong Road. Although Shi Jingtang's ruling area was smaller than Zhang Mai, it was all the essence of China's business for thousands of years. Both the products and talents were beyond the Northwest. Zhang Mai was able to beat Shi Jingtang now. In addition to the factor of Shi Jingtang's first acquisition of the world, it was also related to Zhang Mai's personal ability and the new system of the Tiance regime, but in terms of the essence, it was still not as good as the Central Plains.

As for the Hu people, it is just as Sang Weihan said that the Dragon Court in Mobei is the symbol of the Hu people's domination. If they can dominate Mobei, they will definitely be the overlord of the nomadic people. If they cannot dominate Mobei, they will only be a "big" pattern in the nomadic people's system.

At this time, the land occupied by Zhang Mai was neither the core of the nomadic people nor the core of China. Although Zhang Mai had the leadership of the Hu and Han families at the same time, it was just a superposition of two overlords. As for the decisive victory in the river, it was related to China. The advance and retreat of the Tianfang forces was a civilization dispute in a larger situation, but this was not within the vision of most Central Plains scholars.

Cao Yuanzhong's vision and mind cannot be compared with Zhang Mai and Guo Luo. He smiled coldly and said, "Although Chang'an is not in the hands of our army for the time being, our army has already obtained Qinbei and has a high-level view. Just rushing with iron hooves, Chang'an is at your fingertips!"

Sang Weihan smiled and said, "The Chang'an city is in Guanzhong. There is a flat land of 800 miles. It was originally not dangerous to defend. However, the Han and Tang dynasties established their capital here. How could the Huns and Turks attack the city? Chang'an has its own reason. Although the Tiance Army has threatened Guanzhong, it is not as dangerous as it is to obtain it, and the boss is missing in the middle!"

Cao Yuanzhong sneered: "The reason why the Huns and Turks could not obtain Guanzhong was that they had not obtained Longyou. Now our army has obtained Longyou and the northwest gate has been opened. Under the attack of the two, I ask who can resist the enemy in Guanzhong?"

Sang Weihan smiled and said, "If the Sweat Blood Cavalry Corps can really move eastward, why didn't they go north directly to fight Yelu Shuogu last year, but they wanted to let Marshal Zhang lead the tired soldiers who had been in power for thousands of miles to fight against Hetao? Brother Cao, there are only two of us here, so let's make it clear--in-Longyou, I'm afraid that the Tiance Army will also catch a fire in the backyard, right?"

Cao Yuanzhong snorted and said, "I don't understand why Brother Sang is referring to!"

Seeing that he continued to pretend to be confused, Sang Weihan did not continue to expose it, but said, "Although Marshal Zhang has won consecutive victories, it is precisely because of his consecutive victories that all the countries in the world are afraid! Although the Khitans are determined to come to compete with Tiance, Meng will not sit and watch Marshal Zhang easily take Guanzhong. Even Jiangnan and Jingchu, they do not want to see the Xiliang cavalry as the only one! Therefore, although our lord is newly established, the rear is stable - Yan Yun is not afraid of Hu Ma Nan's offense, Jianghuai is not afraid of Wu Chu's offense. If he confronts Marshal Zhang, then there will be Khitan cavalry on the right and the Shu horses on the left secretly support him. Brother Cao, ask yourself, no matter how powerful Tiance is, can you still obtain Guanzhong under such circumstances?"

Cao Yuanzhong actually agreed with this statement, but said lightly: "Since the uprising of our army, we have been facing all kinds of impossibility, but in the end they have become facts! Whether our army can capture Chang'an will naturally be determined in three to five months! Why do we need to show off our verbal arguments here?"

"I had no intention of coming to have a verbal debate with Brother Cao," Sang Weihan said: "In fact, if the battle in Guanzhong is really going to fight, Tiance will not feel good. Will our lord have any benefits? At that time, it will only allow the Khitan to gain power and Wushu to gain benefits, but our two families will suffer both losses - our lord's throne may be unstable from now on. On Tiance, hehe, once the myth of winning the battle is shattered, Marshal Zhang's relatively peaceful pattern will never turn over."

What Zhang Mai now occupied is the land of Xiliang, and the final decisive battle with the land of Xiliang, which has never been established since ancient times - that place has always been a peaceful place. The reason why the Tiance Army has shown its might to sweep the world is mainly due to Zhang Mai, and the myth of the invincible battle of the Tiance Army. However, once this myth is shattered, the blow to the psychological level of the Tiance Army will be difficult to estimate! It is very likely that the Tiance regime will become a peaceful regime from now on.

Cao Yuanzhong's face darkened again and said, "Isn't that exactly what you dream of?"

Sang Weihan said: "If you can defeat Tian Ce by your finger, you will naturally dream of it, but if you defeat the country and win miserably, it will not be of any benefit to us. Brother Cao, let's open your mind and have a good talk."

"There is no need to talk about it!" Cao Yuanzhong said: "The Marshal doesn't even want to see you, let alone make peace."

"Wouldn't that be better?" Sang Weihan smiled and said, "I went on a mission to Khitan and won the help of Khitan. Although it was difficult at that time, I was very serious about it after the matter was completed! For example, in Ce's army today, I just want to fight, but if Brother Cao can turn the tide, wouldn't the power of the Tiance Army to be responsible for the entire situation in the Central Plains in the future fall into Brother Cao's hands? In short, as long as I can find a way to make this happen, both our army and you and me will have great benefits!"

When Cao Yuanzhong heard this, he pondered for the first time. Sang Weihan said, "Brother Cao, this is a matter that benefits the country and self-interest. What else can I consider?"

Cao Yuanzhong said: "Actually, I have to start a war, but the marshal's determination cannot be shaken by words."

San Weihan said: "I know this too, so Sang will naturally not be empty-handed when he comes this time."

Cao Yuanzhong shook his head and said, "I can't think of anything in the world that can impress the marshal to give up the attack on Chang'an."

Sang Weihan said: "If Chang'an is really within reach, it's a different matter. However, whether Chang'an has obtained it is still between two things, there is a treasure that may change the marshal's wishes."

"Auto treasure? What is the most important treasure?"

Sang Weihan said leisurely: "What do you think about the imperial seal?"

Cao Yuanzhong's face changed drastically and he shouted, "Didn't that thing be destroyed by the fire with Li Congke?"

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