Guangling, Beifu military camp.

Outside the camp of the tiger troops, on a small hill, the north wind howled, blowing Liu Yu and Liu Muzhi's clothes, blowing the strands of hair on their foreheads, Liu Yu's face was calm, and he smiled: "Show weakness to lure the enemy, and break it in a battle?" Fatty, are you planning to do the Battle of Juncheon again? ”

Liu Muzhi bit a long piece of grass in his mouth, and on his fat face, the fat flesh jumped: "The same trick will definitely not work twice, so this time, you can't retreat thousands of miles like last time, you have to resist step by step." ”

Liu Yu hooked the corners of his mouth: "Resist? You just analyzed it for a long time, and said that if you don't resist and retreat directly across the river, those big clans with the surname Wu may secretly communicate with the Qin army, which I reluctantly agree. But the Qin army is strong, how can we resist step by step? It's better to finish the battle. ”

Liu Muzhi smiled: "Do you really think like this, come up and fight a decisive battle?" ”

Liu Yu smiled and waved his hand: "This is Liu Yi's idea when we discussed in the tent last night, he said that we have just won a big victory, morale is sharp, Fu Jian's army has just been requisitioned, the forward is just the troops of all ethnic groups in the Central Plains and Qilu, not the main force, led by Fu Rong, and Fu Jian's own Guanzhong army is still on the way, we take advantage of the fact that the enemy army has not yet completely merged, and concentrate the main force to fight him, which is the best policy." ”

Liu Muzhi breathed a sigh of relief: "I'll just say it, this style of play sounds like it was mentioned by Liu Yi, and it is unlikely that you mentioned it." Okay, Jinu, since you are going to come to deduce with me today, then let's express our opinions and finally see if it is consistent. ”

Liu Yu smiled slightly: "You can say it first." ”

Liu Muzhi nodded: "Well, just now I talked about resistance, the Qin army is indeed fierce, although the Beifu army has just won, but it is more fatigued in continuous combat, and the consumption of grain and grass is very large last time, after all, it is the dispatch of 80,000 troops, and there is not enough grain and grass for more than a year in advance, so it takes more than three months to prepare for the war." This time, Fu Jian is very powerful, and he can make a comeback so quickly after the defeat, which shows the national strength that Wang Meng has accumulated for him over the years. ”

Liu Yu Zhengse said: "So, you mean that we need three months to mobilize grain and grass and rest the army, so what should we do with these three months?" ”

Liu Muzhi frowned slightly, pushed up a simple sand table on the land in front of him, took a few stones and soil as a city, pointed to the northernmost piece, and said: "This is Xuzhou, this is Xuyi, it is the place we recovered last time, these places are now empty cities, the people who moved south last time have not returned, and there is no need to go back, these places cannot be defended, and there is no military significance, continue to retreat south." ”

The corners of Liu Yu's mouth hooked: "Where to retreat?" Guangling? This is where the families of the Beifu army are, hundreds of thousands of households, as well as the people who retreated south last time, if they fight a decisive battle here, in case of defeat, the families of the army will become prisoners of the enemy, I'm afraid it's not appropriate. ”

Liu Muzhi nodded: "Yes, we can't withdraw directly to Guangling, if the Qin army kills here directly, it will only take about ten days, and they won't even give us the opportunity to mobilize reinforcements and grain and grass to let the Beifu army rest and recuperate." So, we have to come forward to resist, and this place of resistance is here! ”

He said, stretching out his hand and pointing directly at a large piece of earth in the northwest of Guangling City.

Liu Yu smiled slightly and nodded: "Sure enough, it's the same as I thought, Shouchun." But a new problem comes, if we give up Huaibei, the Qin army can go south directly to Guangling without fighting Shouchun, just like Peng Chao was in trouble last time, what can you do to lead the Qin army to Shouchun? ”

Liu Muzhi shook his head confidently: "Jinnu, believe me, this time the Qin army can't go deep alone in order to grab merit like Ju Yan, they will definitely fight Shouchun first." ”

Liu Yu's eyes flashed coldly: "Let's talk about details." ”

Liu Muzhi said with a smile: "Because this time is different from the last time, the number of Qin troops is several times more than last time, relying on the grain storage in Yanzhou alone is not enough to support such a big battle, their grain will definitely be transported from the north through Hangou, so the focus of the competition is not in Guangling, but in Shouchun, the key point where the waterway converges." ”

"In addition, if Fu Jian attacks Lianghuai this time, he will definitely transfer the most elite troops to come, and now the most elite troops of the Qin State, in addition to the children of the Di nobles newly requisitioned in Guanzhong, are the 50,000 elite infantry cavalry of the general Liang Cheng in Xiangyang."

Liu Yu said with a smile: "These 50,000 elites are the elite troops of the Qin army stationed in Luoyang for a long time, guarding the Central Plains, and guarding against the northward movement of Jingzhou military horses, and they are also the main force of the Di people. The last time the Qin army besieged Xiangyang, it was overwhelmed for a long time, and even after Murong Chui's Xianbei people captured the outer city, they could not take the inner city. In the end, Liang Cheng came out and brought these 50,000 elites to break the city in one drum, this combat effectiveness is very strong, do you mean, Fu Jian will let these 50,000 troops join the Shouchun battlefield? ”

Liu Muzhi nodded: "Yes, not only the elite of these 50,000 troops, but also they have already fought in Xiangyang, and they have their own experience in fighting in areas where the water network is crisscrossed. ”

Liu Yu shook his head: "Then why don't they go south to attack Jiangling, but go to Shouqin?" Wouldn't it be better if there was a breakthrough in Gangneung? ”

Liu Muzhi said with a smile: "The Huan family is not a dry meal, after the fall of Xiangyang last time, Liang Cheng and Murong Chui couldn't go further, and this time it's the same." Besides, Jiangling is the nest of the Huan family in Jingzhou, it is impossible to give up, to attack Jiangling, the difficulty is much greater than fighting Shouchun, I expect Fu Jian will inevitably confront each other in the Jingzhou area, and put the direction of the breakthrough in Shouchun, once Shouchun is taken, then the two battlefields of Jianghuai and Jingzhou can be completely opened, and the two sides can conveniently support each other through waterways. ”

Liu Yu said with a smile: "In this way, Shouchun is the top priority, to hold Shouchun, in order to drag down the fatigue and drag down the Qin army, to let Shouchun hold for more than three months, this has to face the attack of Liang Cheng and Fu Rong's two armies, is this the case?" ”

Liu Muzhi said solemnly: "Yes, the defense of Shouchun must be strengthened, but it cannot be defended by the Beifu army, but the guards and horses of the capital, and even the Xifu soldiers of Yuzhou, will defend Shouchun and win three months for the Beifu soldiers." ”

Liu Yu hooked the corners of his mouth: "Three months later, do you need us to dispatch to Shouchun to fight a decisive battle with the Qin army?" But what if Shouchun falls early? ”

Liu Muzhi smiled slightly: "Perhaps, you are the most suitable person to go to Shouchun to defend the city, send slaves, do you believe that Xuan Shuai will let you go?" ”