Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 389 Predicting Trends
Of course, Zhao Shao was happy to see Tianming in the Huan family. After all, the Tianshui Zhao family had surrendered to Huan Xi and followed his lead.

Once Huan Wen and Huan Xi's father and son died and the country was destroyed, the Zhao family might still be able to maintain their glory and wealth, but they were destined to lose their position in the Huan family's regime.

Destiny is illusory, but it cannot be said that it does not exist. Otherwise, how could Huan Xi appear in this era.

From beginning to end, Huan Xi believed that he had a destiny, which was the confidence that a time traveler should have.

However, having this confidence does not mean that you can look down on your contemporary competitors.

As the spring plowing in the north comes to an end, Huan Xi has been paying attention to the war preparations of Yan and Yu. Every day, postmen rush on the two post roads connecting Chang'an, Luoyang, and Puban, returning the latest information to Huan Xi. Enemy intelligence.

"Murong Jun has issued an imperial edict for the Western Expedition. In this battle, he will lead the expedition himself."

Huan Xi looked at Wang Meng and said in a deep voice.

Wang Meng frowned when he heard this. He and Huan Xi were not worried about Murong Jun's ability to command operations, but they were worried about the morale boost that the emperor's personal expedition would bring to the soldiers of the Yan Kingdom, as well as the possible changes it would bring.

Huan Xi would never underestimate the determination of the Yan army soldiers to perform under Murong Jun's eyes.

But the problem is that recruiting Hu people to go eastward will undoubtedly cause a huge financial burden, not to mention the consumption from Hetao and Hexi to Hedong, and the rewards after the war are also a huge expense.

Huan Xi's previous plan of 100,000 soldiers included 50,000 Hu cavalry from Hexi and Hetao. However, judging from the current war preparations being made by Yan and Yu, even if Huan Xi is the defender, 100,000 cavalry will be needed. It is indeed impossible to cope with this battle.

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"With these words from my husband, I can rest easy."

This is also the reason why Huan Xi had only planned to recruit 50,000 Hu cavalry.

Wang Meng said seriously:
"This is not something that Mr. Liang should worry about. The logistics are handled by his own subordinates. All Mr. Liang has to do is to break the front line and return victorious."

He immediately organized a counterattack and reversed the situation of the war in one fell swoop. All this fell into the eyes of Chai Rong, the emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and Zhao Kuangyin became the most dazzling general in the military world of the Later Zhou Dynasty.

But with the additional expenses of 80,000 people, Huanxi was in a dilemma this year when he needed to borrow food from Huan Wen.

"If we recruit another 50,000 Huqi, I'm afraid our finances will be unsustainable."

In a big battle last year, Huan Xi recruited 80,000 Hu cavalry to go to Hedong. It cannot be said that they were not put to use. If it weren't for their reinforcements, Li Wei and others would not have been in chaos.

Huan Xi stared at Wang Meng. Wang Meng did not flinch. He met Huan Xi's gaze with determination on his face.

Huan Xi pondered for a long time and said:

The reason why Zhao Kuangyin was able to rise to prominence in the Later Zhou Dynasty was because of the battle at Gaoping. But when the army of the Later Zhou Dynasty was in danger, he raised his arms and shouted: "Your Majesty is in danger, I will fight to the death." '

Wang Meng's face was heavy and he added:
"Mr. Liang, since even Murong Jun is unwilling to be left alone and is going to the battlefield in person, I believe that our army should also use all its strength.

"Although one hundred thousand soldiers is not too small, for the sake of safety, I would like to ask Duke Liang to continue recruiting a group of Hu cavalry for battle."

Huan Xi took a long breath and calmed down for the first time:

He always believed in Wang Meng and had absolute confidence in Wang Meng.

Wang Meng no longer had a tense face and said to Huan Xi:

"Mr. Liang, we need to be careful of Yan's division of troops in this battle." Huan Xi nodded slightly. He agreed with Wang Meng's judgment.

The Yan army had two routes to attack Hedong County. One of them was to take Zhiguanxing, which Murong Ke had passed through before, and join forces with Fu Jian to go south together.

The other one goes west from Hanoi County to Dongyuan County.

Huan Xi stood up, looked at the Hedong map that had been set up, looked at the mountains and rivers on the map, and suddenly turned his head and said:

"If I were Murong Jun, I would lead the main force to attack Dongyuan in this battle, and use partial divisions to join Fu Jian, making it difficult for our army to take care of the head and tail."

Since Dongyuan County was already controlled by Huan Xi, he did not think that the main force of the Yan Army would go to Zhiguanxing. Otherwise, once the Liang Army defeated the partial division of the Yan Army, they would take advantage of the situation to move out of Dongyuan County from the east and then attack Hanoi County. The Yan Army would definitely be unable to timely attack Return support.

As long as the east exits of Zhiguanxing, Taihangxing and Baixing are blocked, the Yan army can only go through the remaining five passes. The southernmost Fukouxing retreats to Yecheng, and waits for the Yan army to make a big circle and return to Hebei. Huan Xi had already settled down in Hanoi.

Therefore, Huan Xi determined that the main force of the Yan army would not join the Yu army, but would attack Dongyuan.

Huan Xi said with a smile:
"This is both a challenge and an opportunity. The Yu army attacks Wenxi and the Yan army attacks Dongyuan. Although it will make me worry about one thing and miss the other, it may also give me the opportunity to defeat them one by one."

Wang Meng thought deeply and thought:
"I don't know who will lead the Yan army's partial division."

Although Huan Xi did not receive any information in this regard, he still had his own guess:
"Think about it, the commander-in-chief of the partial master must be Murong Chui."

Wang Meng did not refute, but said doubtfully:

"I have heard that brothers Murong Jun and Murong Chui are not getting along"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Huan Xi:
"Although the two brothers are at odds with each other, with Murong Ke here, he will definitely be able to convince Murong Jun to entrust his partial division to Murong Chui."

The relationship between Murong Jun and Murong Chui was not good, but they both had a close relationship with Murong Ke, and Murong Ke knew Murong Chui's talents well. This battle was so critical, and he would definitely recommend Murong Chui to lead the partial army for safety. .

As for Murong Ke himself, he will stay by Murong Jun's side and assist him in commanding the main force.

These are all Huan Xi's guesses, but the monarchs and ministers of the Yan Kingdom arranged it exactly this way, but there is currently no information to verify Huan Xi's judgment.

Wang Meng asked curiously:
"May I ask Mr. Liang, what is Murong Chui like?"

Wang Meng once fought against Murong Chui, during the battle for Luoyang. Murong Chui followed Murong Ke to rescue Luoyang, while Wang Meng went east to rescue Huan Wen.

But neither of them were the protagonists of that battle, Huan Wen and Murong Ke were.

Murong Chui has always been overshadowed by Murong Ke's light, so Wang Meng lacks understanding of him.

As for the original time and space, Wang Meng was afraid of Murong Chui and persuaded Fu Jian to execute him. It was after the two got along that Wang Meng saw through Murong Chui.

Of course, as a time traveler, Huan Xi could not understand Murong Chui, who was praised by later generations as the number one god of war in the Sixteen Kingdoms. Huan Xi did not dare to underestimate him:
"This man is as talented as Murong Ke."

Wang Meng took a breath. The reason why he asked Huan Xi what he thought of Murong Chui was because he wanted to suggest Huan Xi to find a way to defeat the partial divisions of the Yu army and the Yan army, and then deal with the Yan army led by Murong Jun and Murong Ke. Main force.

After all, in Wang Meng's view, compared to Murong Jun and Murong Ke, Fu Jian is obviously a soft persimmon. It is easy first and then difficult. Of course, you have to pick the soft persimmon. Maybe Fu Jian and the partial division of the Yan army can be defeated. There is no need to fight anymore. Yan The main force of the army will naturally hate the enemy.

(End of this chapter)