Gao Zhuyuan, he should be the oldest person in the Dongyi court now. Many people with less qualifications than him have been tortured to death by him, let alone those of his generation.
And he is a fourth-generation veteran of Dongyi, assisting four generations of Dongyi emperors, and has been prime minister for more than fifty years. Among the four barbarians, Beidi and Xirong, although strong, are in a state of division, while Dongyi, although weak, are completely unified at this time.
As for Dongyi being able to achieve what it is today, Gao Zhuyuan owes much to it.
Dongyi is adjacent to Beidi, and although Beidi has been in constant friction with Dawu and Da Cang, they can only seize the opportunity to plunder, but cannot completely occupy other people's land. Many times, they will even be attacked by a wave of counterattacks. .
Compared to Da Wu and Da Cang, it would be much more convenient to target Dong Yi. Therefore, it is not true that Beidi has been focusing on taking action against Dawu or Da Cang, and has never taken advantage of Dongyi.
However, first of all, although Dongyi is one of the four barbarians, in terms of culture, it is the one that has the most complete integration with the Central Plains. Even in some aspects, they are no different from the serious Central Plains people.
Secondly, the Central Plains dynasties, especially the Dawu and Da Cang dynasties close to Beidi, are also maintaining a balance in all aspects and will not easily let this balance be broken.
Therefore, if Beidi wanted to annex Dongyi, the Central Plains Dynasty would not just watch. Not to mention, Xirong will not sit back and watch Beidi become stronger. It is impossible for the seven great dynasties of the Central Plains to coexist harmoniously, and it is even more impossible for the four barbarians to coexist harmoniously.
Therefore, Beidi once tried to split Dongyi in order to complete their plan to annex Dongyi, but in the end it was still stopped by Gao Zhuyuan.
Afterwards, Gao Zhuyuan even visited Beidi and cleverly exploited the conflicts between various departments in Beidi to buy time for Dongyi to clean up the domestic chaos. Only then did Dongyi achieve stability and peace in the past few decades.
This is just one of them. After being Prime Minister for decades, Gao Zhuyuan has made countless great and small achievements for Dongyi.
Moreover, Gao Zhuyuan was also aware that a few years ago, as his body could no longer withstand the previous fatigue, he just freely and freely abandoned the rights of a powerful minister, went home in peace and contentment, and took care of himself. All power was returned to Yeludesi.
To treat such a hard-working and meritorious pillar of the country, even Yeludesi had to pay a visit every time he passed by on a trip. If you encounter any difficult problems, you might have to ask the old prime minister for advice.
It can be said that as soon as this old guy appeared, even Yeludesi, as the emperor, had to provide for others. Of course, Gao Zhuyuan does have this qualification.
"Your Majesty, at this time, it is inevitable to mobilize troops from the front line to return reinforcements! Two hundred thousand troops can be mobilized to destroy the bandits with thunder. After that, our country may not be able to treat others in their own way. !" Old Prime Minister Gao Zhuyuan said leisurely.
"Although the Yunhai Navy has been destroyed, as far as I know, there are still tens of thousands of Navy soldiers who have escaped. The Nanping Dao official can summon them back, reward them with gold and silver, or allow them to commit crimes and perform meritorious service to revive their morale. Our country can gain an army."
"In addition, the Jinghai Navy has 40,000 soldiers and the Zhendong Navy has 30,000 soldiers. If they are defeated, the navy can attack Yanbei and attack Cangdi in parallel." The old prime minister continued.
These few words made many people in the court begin to whisper. Gao Zhuyuan did a good job with this move. It was originally a bad thing, but his simple plan turned into a good thing.
After Li Jianyuan's defeat, given the current situation, it would be impossible for Dongyi not to send troops from the front to return for reinforcements. Gao Zhuyuan was also happy. He had also seen Li Jianyuan's junior and knew that he was not incompetent.
The enemy was able to defeat Li Jianyuan's 80,000 troops with 20,000 troops, so we must take it with the highest vigilance. Therefore, Gao Zhuyuan did not take action. Once he did, he would bring 200,000 soldiers and horses, ten times the strength of the opponent. He vowed to completely annihilate the opponent with the force of thunder.
Moreover, annihilating this enemy force is only the beginning of Gao Zhuyuan's plan. Dongyi spent huge resources to build two major naval forces. Although one of them was indeed destroyed, after all, the strength of the other one was still intact.
In his plan, Jinghai's 40,000 navy, plus gathering back the 10,000 remnants of Yunhai's defeated army, became 50,000 navy. If he could defeat the Zhendong Army's 30,000 navy, then The sea route will be completely controlled by Dongyi.
In this battle, all the officers and soldiers of the Jinghai Division must go all out, must go all out, and can only go all out.
Because after the Yunhai Navy was destroyed in the First World War, many people in the court had doubts about the huge resources and energy invested in the navy. If the Jinghai Navy cannot make a turnaround, then they may not be able to make a comeback in the future. There will never be any good days like before! In the future, maybe military expenditures on the navy will really be reduced!
In this way, once the navy and the 200,000 soldiers and horses transferred back from the front line use the sea route to open the second battlefield, they can not only use their own methods to treat others, but also attack the weak points of Yanbei Road.
Moreover, there are many soldiers in Dongyi, but few in Zhendong. For the Zhendong Army, it is beneficial to them to concentrate their forces in one direction for defense.
In other words, Dongyi has the capital to divide its troops due to its superior strength, but the Zhendong Army does not have this capital due to its weak military strength. If the defense line is stretched too long, the strength in various places will be weak, and there is a possibility of being broken through.
"Okay! The old prime ministers are all old enough to uphold the country's words, so we will do what the old prime minister said!" Yelv Desi directly made the final decision.
It has to be said that Gao Zhuyuan is worthy of being a pillar-level figure among Dongyi. If it is really under normal circumstances, after his operation, maybe Dongyi can really break through the Yanbei Road and open up the Great Cang. The east gate became the beginning of Dongyi's revival.
However, who could have imagined that after Wang Yu defeated Li Jianyuan, he did not just wreak havoc on Nanping Road to force Dongyi troops to return for reinforcements, but directly made plans to make the capital of Dongyi Kingdom.
This is definitely a crazy move, but if 17,000 troops want to attack the capital of a country, it is really a bit overwhelming. However, it was precisely because this approach was so crazy that it was beyond everyone's expectations.
It was precisely because Wang Yu's actions were so crazy that Gao Zhuyuan's plan was destined to fail to proceed normally. As for who is better between Wang Yu and Dong Yi in the end, it can only depend on their respective last resorts.
