Hearing that he was about to go to the battlefield, Qin Yan was not as nervous as before. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"It turned out that there was a war, and I thought there was a mutiny......"

Hu Bing, who gave the order, seemed to look down on these few house slaves who were stuffed in later, even if they were Qin Envoy Jun's house slaves, they would not be an exception.

"Please prepare as soon as possible, and stay with the lieutenant. ”

Wuhu Huaizhong still made an exception for Qin Yan and the others, knowing that they had never fought, and he didn't want them to die in vain in battle, so it was naturally safest to arrange them by his side. As long as these people are brought back from the enemy, they will be considered to have completed the errand that Qin Envoy Jun gave him.

Although he is a general, it does not mean that Wu Hu Huaizhong does not understand the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty officials, otherwise it will be difficult to integrate into it and will always be ostracized.

Instead of setting off at dawn the next day as planned, the Tongluo Hu soldiers quietly left the barracks as soon as midnight passed. When the sun rose in the morning and the light returned to the earth, the people and horses were stunned to find that Qin Envoy Jun's guards had actually walked clean overnight.

After sending Wu Hu Huaizhong out, Qin Jin personally rushed to the county guard mansion to see Huang Fu Ke, and now there is only Huang Fu Ke who is still an old man in Jiangxian County, and he went to see this person in person, but there is an extremely important matter to discuss.

"Take the initiative?"

A shocked and horrified rhetorical question echoed in the middle hall of the county guard's mansion, although Huangfu Ke was over half a hundred years old, his voice was still like a bell, and Qin Jin's scalp was tingling.

"Exactly!"

"Please ask Qin to think twice......"

Huangfu Ke pondered for a long time, only felt that Qin Jin's move was too unbelievable, just in the battle of Jiangxian, they had already used all their tricks, only barely won a narrow victory, and recaptured Jiangzhou. And a lot of this is due to luck. If he continued to take risks, he couldn't guarantee that he would be able to continue his previous luck.

The objections were already expected by Qin Jin, so he came to see Huang Fuke in person, in order to persuade this person.

"Now that the strong enemy is on the side, the tiger is eyeing it, according to the general's intentions, how should our army deal with it?"

Huangfu Ke replied without thinking: "Naturally, we are careful and take precautions step by step. ”

Qin Jin smiled bitterly and asked: "There are several counties in a radius of hundreds of miles south of the northern capital, although there are many mountainous areas in the east of the river, there is no big river wall as the boundary, with the combined efforts of the Shenwu army and the Shuofang army, how long can it be prevented?"

"This ...... It is always advisable to be cautious, and how to prepare for it is necessary to deliberate carefully. ”

Qin Jin replied with a sneer: "Since ancient times, there is only the truth of being a thief the day before yesterday, and I have never heard that a thousand days of thief prevention is the best policy!"

In this regard, Huangfu Ke disagreed.

"As the envoy said, a thousand days to prevent thieves is not the best policy, but with the current strength of your and my armies, wouldn't it be an egg to hit a stone when you take the initiative to attack?"

"Surprise, attack unprepared, the odds of winning are halved!"

Huangfu Ke knew that Qin Jin had never spoken empty words, and since he was so conclusive, he calmed down after being excited.

"I want to hear about it. ”

In the middle hall of Huangfu Ke, like Qin Jin, there is also a huge screen map. He also set it up like Qin Jin, which greatly facilitated the planning of various marching strategies in front of the map.

Qin Jinsan came to the map in two steps, stretched out his hand and pointed to the areas of Jinzhou, Mizhou, and Fenzhou.

"These counties are the only places leading to the northern capital Taiyuan, and the Yan army only needs to send troops to cut off this place, and the same will achieve the goal of cutting off the north-south connection of Hedong Road at the lowest cost. ”

As Qin Jin's finger wandered around the map, Huang Fu Ke was silent, because what he said was right, the rebels of Cai Xide's department were indeed eyeing from the side, as long as they divided their troops to attack these counties, they would be exhausted, and if they continued to consume it for a long time, it would definitely be a nightmare existence for them.

"But Cai Xide's department is the elite of the Yan army, and the Shenwu army has suffered heavy losses by virtue of its geographical advantage, if it takes the initiative to attack, wouldn't it be ......?"

Qin Jin said: "Of course, it is the next policy, Cai Xide's troops retreated in the first battle of Jiangzhou, and left more than half of the grain and grass, can the general know about this situation?"

"This is nature, and the seized grain and grass have also solved our urgent needs!"

According to the return of the ranger and the horse, Cai Xide ostensibly retreated to Jincheng, Zezhou, but in fact, he secretly amassed troops in the Ji clan at the junction of the three brothers of Zezhou, Jinzhou, and Luzhou......

Huangfu Ke was shocked when he heard this, and he was busy looking for the prefectures and counties around the Ji clan on the map, and after looking at it for a while, his face had become extremely pale.

Jishi County belongs to Jinzhou, and is close to Luzhou and Zezhou, which can be said to be a place that extends in all directions, not to mention that it is in the north of the water, this kind of place of four battles is not suitable for defense, but if it is attacked from all sides, it is an excellent choice.

After a while, Huangfu Ke suddenly asked: "Does Qin Envoy Jun think that Cai Xide will relaunch a big war in the near future and recapture Jiangzhou?"

Huangfu Ke, as the Taishou of Jiangzhou, naturally couldn't watch the Yan army make a comeback, so there was already a little tremor in his voice. It is expected that after the Yan army has suffered a crushing defeat in Jiangzhou, it will take at least three or five months to prepare for a new counterattack. And by that time, Jiangzhou had already prepared for defense.

But now they have not even clarified the civil affairs of Jiangzhou, and the military defense has just begun, if a hasty battle is fought at this time, Huang Fuke has no certainty of victory, on the contrary, he is pessimistic that the probability of victory will become extremely low.

"The Yan army has suffered a defeat at the beginning, and there is a shortage of food and grass, is Qin Envoy Jun sure that they will fight back desperately?"

Qin Jin didn't answer and asked: "Please put yourself in Cai Xide's shoes and think about it, is there a good chance of counterattacking when our army is not firmly established, or is it a good chance of winning after all defensive measures are done?"

Once he had made such empathy, Huang Fu Ke immediately found that if he was a little adventurous, he would definitely choose the former. Because there is an element of gambling in war, no one will necessarily win a war, and no one will necessarily lose a war. In the end, it depends on whether the general's mind is meticulous, whether the decision is decisive, and whether the courage is outstanding......

To put it bluntly, everything depends on the courage or talent of the general. And Cai Xide is obviously not a cowardly person, since he is quietly stationing troops in Jishi County against common sense, he must have ulterior motives, so Qin Jin's speculation is logical.

"The emperor will only obey the king's order! Even if he is crushed, he will never let the dog get his wish......"

Finally, Huangfu Ke made up his mind to join forces with Qin Jin again.

Qin Jin smiled: "The old general doesn't have to be so tragic, this time we will never go head-to-head with Cai Xide!"

"Not hard-hitting?"

Just when Huangfu Ke was full of doubts, Qin Jin said four words categorically.

"Cut off its food!"

"This is a wonderful plan!"

After hearing this, Huangfu Ke suddenly realized, high-fived and admired, and his face also showed excitement.

Qin Jin saw that Huangfu Ke had already understood his intentions, so he also said:

"The focus of this battle is on the three counties of Jin, Fen, and Mi, but the target is here!"

At the same time, Qin Jin's finger pointed to the location of Jinzhou on the map, and then fell sharply, and he suddenly stopped at Jincheng, Zezhou.

"The grain and grass of the Yan army depend on the help of Dugi Road, and the southern boundary of Zezhou is the intersection of Wangwu Mountain and Taihang Mountain, and the terrain is intricate, which is a good place for our army to carry out guerrilla warfare in the mountains and cut off the enemy's grain route!"

At this time, Huangfu Ke changed his previous conservatism, and was even a little eager to try.

However, the situation in Zezhou was not as simple as it appeared on the surface, and there was a hidden concern that soon occupied all his thoughts.

"Sun Xiaozhe's elite men and horses are stationed between Xia County and Yuan County east of Zezhou, although many people have been transferred to the south of the Yellow River, but the number should be at least between 30,000 or 40,000, and it is necessary to guard against it. In case they flank back and forth......"

Qin Jin laughed:

"Not to mention that Wangwu Mountain lies between the two counties, it is not easy to cross the mountains and mountains, even the discord between Sun Xiaozhe and Shi Siming, he also has an eighty percent chance of watching from the wall!"

In fact, although Qin Jin's judgment is bold, it is by no means a baseless gamble.

According to the information he learned from Du Qianyun, the contradictions within the Yan army had become clear after An Lushan entered Luoyang and began to live in seclusion, and there had even been several fierce confrontations, just because the strength of the two sides was quite indistinguishable.

Therefore, Sun Xiaozhe must be happy to see Shi Siming's bad luck, and the war of grain shortage that Qin and Jin are about to launch will not have much impact on the overall situation of the Yan army, and Cai Xide's department is closely a partial division of Shi Siming, and it must be Sun Xiaozhe's expectation to sit back and watch Shi Siming's forces lose in Hedong Road.

It was precisely because of this that Qin Jin was sure that the rebels of Sun Xiaozhe's army, stationed between Xia County and Yuan County, would not cross Wangwu Mountain and go to Zezhou to interfere in the war situation.

After listening to Qin Jin's detailed analysis, Huangfu Ke nodded frequently, and then said: "Even if he really dares to cross Wangwu Mountain, the tens of thousands of people in Anyi are not for nothing, and directly let them suppress Xia County, so that the thieves will be difficult to take care of, see if he retreats?"

Qin Jin burst out laughing again and exclaimed:

"This is wonderful! A battle in Zezhou is bound to win!"

After reaching a consensus with Huangfu Ke, Qin and Jin began to lay out, in order to create a false impression for Cai Xide that the Shenwu army would go all out to defend the three counties of Jin, Fen and Mi, the rear army of the newly formed Shenwu army was divided into two divisions and began to move to Yicheng in the northeast of Jiangzhou and Taiping in the northwest of Jiangzhou respectively. Put on a posture of imminent suppression of Jinju.

In secret, Qin Jin hurriedly recruited Lu Qi, who was suppressing bandits in the Zhengping area, and secretly ordered him to lead 5,000 elites to secretly cross the Hugao Mountain in the east of Jiangzhou, and then turn south and march from west to east along Wangwu Mountain, and his ultimate goal was the passes of Taihang Mountain centered on Tianjing Pass in southern Zezhou.

As long as the attack is obstructed, these passes will inevitably not be able to live in peace, once the grain road to Jincheng is cut off, Cai Xide's grain and grass can only rely on Hebei Province, but Hebei Province is in a melee, Shi Siming himself is entangled in war, where will there be extra energy to help Cai Xide?