Ye Zhong sat on a big chair, in front of him, there was a huge sand table, this is the topographic map of the mountains and rivers around Linzi that has just been made, to have such a detailed map, thanks to Bai Yucheng's Qilu Legion, which is now called the Red Turban Army by the Qi State Court, it is precisely because of them that the Supervision Institute can send a large number of spies, disguised as people from the Red Turban Army, to go deep into the Linzi area, survey the specific terrain and landforms there, and make this sand table.

In the past August, there was a classic battle between the two armies in Yiyuan County, Linzi, one side was Cheng Siwei, a general under the command of Tian Ergongzi, and the other side was Zou Zhang, a veteran of Qi State.

Cheng Siwei wanted to fight under the city of Linzi, and even more so to take Linzi to solve the current crisis, while Zou Zhang got a large number of troops because of the rise of the Red Turban Army and the great reduction of the pressure of the imperial court, and also wanted to expel Cheng Siwei from Yiyuan, and then drive out of Linzi, and press the other party into Jimo, the last territory of Tian Ergongzi. Both sides wanted a decisive battle, and the battle broke out in mid-August.

Yiyuan County is mostly mountainous, if Cheng Siwei breaks Yiyuan, then the next Gaoqing County, Hengtai County will be more dangerous to defend, Cheng Siwei directly under the city of Linzi is not impossible.

This cognition made Zou Zhang and Cheng Siwei, a pair of former masters and apprentices, did their best, the two sides fought for half a month, and finally the young and strong Cheng Siwei prevailed, in this battle, he entered and exited Yiyuan three times, with soldiers Qi is complementary, frontal decisive battle, flank encirclement, small-scale troop harassment, can be described as doing everything, the veteran Zou Zhang is not energetic, and finally defeated, the 50,000 Qi army in the decisive battle of Yiyuan finally only more than 30,000 people withdrew from Yiyuan.

Zou Zhang was defeated, Cheng Siwei did not get his wish, Gao Tang's Red Turban Army launched an offensive against Jimo, making Wang Pei and Tian Fucheng unable to provide more support to him, and Tian Jingwen took the opportunity to kill Yiyuan, although he defeated Zou Zhang, but also used all his strength and exhausted Cheng Siwei, had to regretfully give up the results obtained, withdraw from Yiyuan, and then retreated to Jimo, if he does not go, the biggest possibility is to let Tian Jingwen and Zou Zhang before and after the Yiyuan Mountains are surrounded, without reinforcements, he will inevitably collapse here.

As soon as he retreated, all of Tian Fucheng's dreams before the army were in vain, and now the vast territory controlled by Zhan was only left in Jimo, and it was attacked from both sides by the Red Turban Army and the troops under the command of Tian Jingwen, and the situation was becoming increasingly difficult.

Ye Chong is now studying the battle between Cheng Siwei and Zou Zhang, of course, he is just guiding, in front of him, there are more than a dozen people around the sand table, chattering and discussing the combat ideas of both sides, one side pretends to be Cheng Siwei, and the other side plays Zou Zhang, both sides have their own tricks, and they both want to gain the upper hand.

More than a dozen people are the cadets of the Staff Department of Jishicheng Military University, who graduated at the same time as Zhao Yi'an, Zhao Yi'an was sent to the Baiyu Cheng Department to participate in actual combat as the best student, and these more than a dozen people who were transferred to the Staff Department of the Military Department are also the best among them, although they are slightly inferior to Zhao Yi'an, but they are also battlefield veterans with actual combat experience.

In the past two days, these students have been discussing this battle, Cheng Siwei's use of troops has been almost impeccable, and after the staff officers found that they couldn't find better tactics no matter how hard they tried, they turned to Zou Zhang's side to see if they could crack Cheng Siwei's tactics and playing methods from their own point of view, even if they couldn't win, they had to maintain a balance of power.

Ye Chong looked at these staff officers who were meditating with a smile, he knew very well in his heart that the battle of these Qi troops led by Zou Zhang was too big compared to the veterans of a hundred battles led by Cheng Siwei, and the only possibility for Zou Zhang to win was that Cheng Siwei made his own mistakes, but it was obvious that in this battle, Cheng Siwei did not make even the slightest mistake, and under the situation that the strength of the two sides was not much different, but the combat effectiveness was that Cheng Siwei had the upper hand, Zou Zhang had no possibility of winning at all.

Zou Zhang underestimated his student and overestimated the combat effectiveness of his command, and he had no chance of winning this battle.

Of course, Ye Zhong won't say it explicitly, he prefers that these staff officers will use their brains and come up with their own solutions, if in the end they come to the right conclusion, that is what makes him the happiest.

With a bang, the door was pushed open, Ye Chonghuo turned his head, the staff section is the important place of the military department, waiting for idlers, etc., it is impossible to get close at all, let alone be so reckless, I was about to scold, but when the words came to my mouth, I swallowed it back, and it was the guards in the palace who were standing at the door.

"Ye Shangshu, the king urgently summoned you to the palace to discuss matters." The guard showed Ye Zhong the nameplate and said loudly.

Ye Zhong stood up and said to the staff officers: "The king is summoned, you discuss first, if you can't reach a conclusion today, then you will continue to come tomorrow, if you reach a conclusion, you will write a formal report, and the king is still waiting to see your results."

"Yes!" More than a dozen staff officers said in unison.

Turning around and walking out of the gate of the staff department, the smile on Ye Chong's face disappeared, "What's so flustered, you ran all the way here, didn't it make people who don't know what happened think something was wrong?" Remember, you are a guard in the palace, a person next to the king, you must be calm in everything you do and speak, even if you are in front of a landslide, you must not change your face and heartbeat."

Shang Shu said yes, but the last general looked at the king with a little shock, not only ordered Shang Shu to be summoned to the palace, but also sent someone to the comprehensive university to summon Jiang Yizheng to rush back, thinking that something big must have happened, and he couldn't help but be a little out of shape. Please forgive Shangshu!" The guard bowed.

"Also summoned Jiang Yizheng?"

"Not only that, but there are also Yan Yizheng, Commander Xu Yuan, Commander Shangguan Hong, and Commander He Lanxiong who is on vacation in Jicheng." The guards said.

Ye Chong's heart sank, and he summoned many high-ranking officials into the palace at once, but he was afraid that something really happened to him, you must know that Helanxiong came back to get married this time, and he was preparing to take the bride to the prairie, and Jiang Yizheng today is the day to go to Jicheng Comprehensive University every ten days to give lectures, that is a thunderous thing, Jicheng Comprehensive University is presided over by Xun Xiu, and it cultivates all kinds of talents who serve the Han Kingdom, and now it is the primary task of cultivating qualified officials, Xun Xiu is impeccable in academics, But it does not contradict Jiang Jiaquan's academics, although Xun Xiu has tried his best to get closer to the policy of the Han Kingdom in the academic direction in recent years, but Jiang Jiaquan is not willing to rest assured of him, naturally he goes to the comprehensive university every once in a while to talk about his philosophy of governance, so as not to let these people be led crooked by Xun Xiu.

Gao Yuan even wanted to recall Jiang Jiaquan, who was fifty miles away, so naturally something big happened. No longer talking nonsense, Ye Zhong immediately went out of the gate of the military department with the guards, stepped on the war horse, and ran in the direction of the palace.

Just when Ye Zhong set off, He Lanxiong had already appeared in front of Gao Yuan.

"I've seen the king!" He Lanxiong was dressed in the formal court dress of the commander, and saluted Gao Yuan according to the rules, over the years, He Lanxiong's Chinese dialect has been correct and round, every word and deed, every move, basically completely detached from the previous appearance of the Huns, without looking at his appearance, it is difficult to judge that he is a Huns.

"Lao He, why did you come from such a courtesy?" Gao Yuan laughed and waved his hand, "You are my eldest brother, don't pay a big salute at every turn. Quick, sit."

He Lanxiong smiled bitterly, Gao Yuan used to call him Lao He, he had to correct it, but now he can't.

"Thank you, the king!" He still bowed again, and then sat on the brocade bench, looking at Gao Yuan and frowning, since he ascended the throne, what this eldest brother has done is more respectful than the previous old brothers, like Xu Yuan, this guy sometimes gets carried away, but He Lanxiong seems to never have such a situation in front of him

"How's that, Miss Xinlian is very cute, isn't it? You have to treat him well, a delicate lady, for you, but he learned to ride a horse and gallop, hold a bow and shoot arrows, so that Wu Kai and his wife were in tears of pain, and secondly, they watched him become a fierce female knight, I want to hear that Wu Kai scolded you behind his back?"

"Xinlian's heart to the minister, the minister can only use his life to repay, I have sworn to Xinlian, this life will not accept concubines, do not accept maids." Helan Xiong said with a straight face: "My father-in-law is an elder, and I should scold him."

Gao Yuanha laughed, and said in his heart, it seems that Wu Xinlian's little girl has made a lot of money." Yesterday, I heard Yanzi say that you are going to take Miss Xinlian to swim in the prairie and find the road you used to walk in Helan back then?"

"Yes, yes, the bags have been tied, now there is a gallop, Xinlian's equestrianism is also good, we gallop the horse, we can enter the grassland in half a month, I have two months of vacation, time is enough." Helanxiong said with a smile: "I want to follow the route of our Helan exile back then, my father and mother died on that road, if I am lucky enough, I can still find the place where they were buried, Xinlian should always go and kowtow."

Gao Yuan pondered for a moment, "What you said should also be due, but depending on the situation, your plan may have to be postponed." Gao Yuan handed a file in his hand to He Lanxiong.

He Lanxiong was urgently summoned into the palace, and he knew in his heart that there would definitely be nothing good, hearing Gao Yuan say this, his heart was even more cold, he took the file, only read a few lines, his face was already shocked, and after reading it, he raised his head and stared at Gao Yuan, "This, how is this possible?"

"When I got this information, I had the same idea as you, but that's the truth, Zhao Jun has entered Hangu Pass." Gao Yuan smiled bitterly and spread his hands, "What we all thought was impossible has happened alive in front of our eyes, Zeng Xian sent this report urgently in the first eight hundred miles, and now he has begun to mobilize the whole army in Yuyang." (To be continued)