Chapter 443: Fiasco (4)

Li Xun had just come back, and there were too many things to ask and recuperate, so the first meeting after coming back was very long, nearly four hours, until midnight, and it didn't end until midnight.

"Everyone is tired, there is something to do, we are talking about it tomorrow, I have asked people to prepare a meal, you can go back and rest after eating."

It's almost over, and there are some missing issues, all of which are trivial, and we'll talk about it tomorrow.

Li Xun announced the adjournment of the meeting, and everyone left one by one.

Li Xun stood up and was about to leave, but when his eyes swept away, he saw Fan Zhongyun sitting there and had no intention of leaving, Li Xun squinted, and then sat down again.

After everyone left, only Li Xun and Fan Zhongyun were left in the lobby.

"Old Fan, what else do you want to say?"

Fan Zhongyun looked at Li Xun and said softly: "Li Xun, isn't it too negative for the 30,000 army to enter Xiaogu County?" ”

Just now, Fan Zhongyun put forward two suggestions.

First, order Zhao Wei not to stay in Xiaogu County, but to take it by surprise, go straight to Shanzhou, and directly attack the Tubo army, there are less than 10,000 Tubo troops outside Shanzhou City, Zhao Wei's leading army suddenly killed, plus in Shanzhou City, Zhao Wei's 7,000 defenders, internal and external attacks, the Tubo army outside the city, will inevitably be defeated.

This suggestion was endorsed by Sima Tu and Shan Qiu, but was rejected by Sima Zhen and most others.

Three days ago, when Li Xun left the state, Liu Zhigu had already told him that the follow-up 100,000 troops of Tubo had approached Broken Dragon Fort, and now three days have passed, and the 100,000 troops of Tubo may have arrived at Broken Dragon Fort, Lang, Liang, Shan, and the surrounding places, Broken Dragon Fort is the closest to Shanzhou, from a strategic point of view, Tubo is likely to concentrate absolute troops, first attack the weaker Shanzhou City, once Shanzhou falls, the entire Longyou West Road is completely isolated, which is a good strategic advantage for Tubo.

Sima Zhen's guess, after Li Xun thought deeply, felt that it was very possible, if Tubo really had this thought, outside Shanzhou at this time, there would never be only less than 10,000 Tubo troops, but there would be the main army of Tubo, Zhao Weizhen wanted to lead the army to rush over at this time, I am afraid that there will be more than auspicious.

After pondering again and again, Li Xun's decision-making finally leaned towards Sima Zhen and others, and rejected Fan Zhongyun's suggestion.

Second, the army should not be stationed in Xiaogu County, which is too passive, but the troops will go out of Minzhou and station the army in Anqin County, Anqin County is the westernmost county seat in Shanzhou, only more than 200 miles away from Shiyuan City, Shanzhou's administrative office, and the army can be arranged here, you can form a corner with Zhao Feidu Department of Shiyuan City, and rely on each other. Taking the initiative in his own hands, Li Xun here has the possibility of taking the initiative to seek a decisive battle.

Fan Zhongyun's suggestion, Li Xun was extremely moved after hearing it, but it was opposed by everyone.

Sima Tu was the first to stand up and oppose it, what he opposed was not that Fan Zhongyun's strategy was too aggressive, but that it was too conservative, the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly, 30,000 troops were stationed in Anqin County, the goal was too big, and Tubo could change its war strategy at any time.

Sima Tu suggested loudly that it was better to take it by surprise, make dangerous moves, gather all the soldiers and horses, pounce directly on Shanzhou, exterminate the Tubo army outside Shanzhou City, and then continue to attack and kill Langzhou, after all, there are less than 10,000 Tubo troops outside Shanzhou City, and there are only 20,000 in Langzhou, and Li Xun's side has 30,000 troops.

Once the Tubo army in Shanzhou and Langzhou was defeated, Li Xun's army and the defenders of the state joined forces, which was nearly 60,000 troops.

As long as a stalemate is formed, when the elite army of Anbei led by Ma Wu arrives, the situation of the entire battle will be completely inclined to the Great Jin.

Sima Tu's military plan was approved by Zheng Chun, Li Cunxiao and other generals, and taking the initiative to attack and change the situation on the entire battlefield in a war is something that all hot-blooded soldiers like to do, and in their opinion, if they really do this, the possibility of success is really great.

But this time, Li Xun hesitated, these 30,000 troops are their foundation, for them, a lot of money and material resources and even mental strength were spent, if Li Xun didn't want to make a difference, he could do nothing, only Ruan Donglang gave him 500,000 taels of silver, as well as all kinds of dividends, totaling more than one million taels, as well as various incomes in the capital, three years, it took nearly two million taels, which completed the arming and training of tens of thousands of troops, these expenses were all Li Xun's own money, which can be said to be exhausted, Once there is a loss, it is really a bamboo basket for nothing, and several years of painstaking management have turned into nothingness, and this heavy psychological pressure cannot help Li Xun to have a more conservative consciousness in his thoughts.

So after pondering again and again, Li Xun finally chose Sima Zhen's suggestion and made the final military decision, the army was stationed in Xiaogu County, and the Tubo army was contained from the side, and the battle situation in Longyou North Road, if Liu Zhigu was in crisis, there was nothing to say, since he led the army to attack and have a decisive battle with Tubo, if he didn't do this, Zhao Zhi would not spare Li Xun first, if Liu Zhigu's situation was okay, the army would be stationed in Xiaogu County, and the troops would not move, just contain the Tubo army on Shanzhou's side, and attract more Tubo troops to come, It is the safest military arrangement to reduce the pressure on the main battlefield on the state side, wait for the arrival of the elite army of Anbei led by Ma Wu, and then join forces and then fight a decisive battle.

Li Xun waved his hand: "Lao Fan, I know you have some opinions on my final decision, but in this big battle, the enemy is strong and I am weak, we can't be cautious, the army will be stationed in Xiaogu County first, and then let's see the situation, I have already ordered Hou Quan, select ten elite scouts, set off immediately at dawn, and rushed to Shanzhou to investigate the situation, and when we figure out the specific situation in Shanzhou, we are making a decision." ”

Fan Zhongyun nodded and said softly: "You are the commander of the First Army, the opinions we put forward, which one do you think is better, you can choose for yourself, what I want to say is not this." ”

Li Xun didn't choose his own suggestion, Fan Zhongyun didn't feel angry, he made this suggestion, he just felt that doing so would be more beneficial to the entire battle situation, but there was also a certain danger, Li Xun chose Sima Zhen's suggestion, although it was a little conservative, but for the whole battle situation, it also had great benefits, but he felt that the suggestion he didn't make was more beneficial, but it was also more secure and safe, Li Xun chose this way, Fan Zhongyun had nothing to say.

Li Xun was puzzled: "Then what do you want to say?" ”

Fan Zhongyun looked at Li Xun and said in a deep voice: "Don't you think that this military operation in Tibet is a little strange? ”

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