Chapter Ninety-Three: Misfortune Comes from the Mouth
A bloody storm caused by He Shikai's death finally calmed down, and Gao Wei, who was still at a disadvantage, was able to turn things around and crush Gao Yan's coup d'Γ©tat in one fell swoop, and Gao Wei also happily played a pipa in front of the minister.
"Your Majesty, now He Shikai's case has also come to an end, but state affairs cannot be neglected, now Chen Guo is already mobilizing troops and horses, trying to covet the vast land of Huainan in our Great Qi, for this, we should take precautions in advance and start to prepare!" once said that state affairs are family affairs, and the handsome guy Gao Changgong, who is in the position of a captain, said.
"What does the Captain recommend?" Gao Wei was still intoxicated by his lute, and he didn't raise his head, and asked absentmindedly.
"The minister suggested that 100,000 elite troops should be sent south immediately to strengthen the country's prestige, not only can Chen Guo not dare to act rashly, but he can even cross the river and go south to attack Jinling in one fell swoop!" Gao Changgong said confidently.
"An army of 100,000? Isn't that an exaggeration? Shizhong Zu Yan said in a strange voice: "At the beginning of this year, Taifu Hu Luguang only led 30,000 foot cavalry, and defeated the Zhou army in the Dinglong area!" Now, Taiwei actually asked for 100,000 troops to be requisitioned south to attack Chen? The Tai Lieutenant thinks that Chen Jun is too powerful, and thinks that our warriors of Daqi are no match for those mud legs in Jiangnan who don't even have horses! Zu Yan asked sharply.
"I mean that as long as there are 100,000 troops, we can capture Jinling in one fell swoop and eliminate the Chen State, and from then on, there will be no worries in the Jiangnan area, and we can also concentrate on dealing with the Zhou State!" Gao Changgong is a military general, and when looking at the military situation, the most important thing is success or failure, so he thinks that since the war starts, he must defeat the other party, or even destroy the other party!
"Yo, if the Taiwei wants to destroy the Chen State in one fell swoop, I don't think 100,000 troops may be enough! You must know that most of the soldiers of our Qi State are mainly cavalry, but there are many mountains and few places in the south of the Yangtze River, the rivers are vertical and horizontal, and the naval warships of the Chen army are very powerful, where does the Taiwei have the confidence, only 100,000 troops can destroy the Chen State, I am afraid that even the Yangtze River will not be able to cross at that time! Zu Yan said disdainfully.
"You are growing up with the will of others to destroy your own prestige! Chen Guo recruited 100,000 troops to invade Huainan this time, it must be their national strength, Chen Guo is only a naval army, only infantry on the shore, and cavalry and horses are even more pitiful! The main force of our Great Qi army is all elite cavalry, what is there to fear against these rabble! We only need to wait for him to cross the river and get off the boat, and then destroy him in one fell swoop, and then Chen Guo will have no troops to resist, and we can easily cross the river and attack Jinling! Gao Changgong said his strategy.
"Chen Guo's 100,000 army is the strength of the whole country, isn't our 100,000 army? If you want to mobilize this 100,000 army, you must transfer the defenders of the Gyeonggi stronghold, as well as the defenders in other places, then what if this army goes south and the hinterland is taken advantage of by the Zhou State? Zu Yan asked again.
"This, the Battle of Bishan, we have already hit the Zhou State hard, so that their vitality is greatly damaged, and now they can only confront us and dare not take a step beyond the Lei Chi, plus with the Taifu in charge, the Zhou State will definitely not be able to take a step east! And I will definitely defeat Chen Jun in a short time and unify Jiangnan! Gao Changgong blurted out.
"Captain means that the 100,000 army is under your command!" Zu Yan suddenly raised his voice and said, making the ministers of the entire court look at Gao Changgong, and even Gao Wei stopped playing the pipa and looked at Gao Changgong coldly!
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little wrong, Gao Changgong also reacted: The 100,000 army is also the strength of the whole country of Qi, and whoever leads will have the ability to support the army and respect himself! And now it's just a discussion, and I'm already thinking about being the commander of these 10 armies, what does this make the emperor think, and he is still a suspicious emperor!
"The emperor forgives the sin! This is just Weichen's wishful thinking, because the march to fight must consider the combat plan, unconsciously, Weichen put himself into this role to formulate a strategy, and the commander of the three armies, of course, is to be decided by the emperor himself, Weichen has no intention of offending the emperor! Gao Changgong immediately explained.
Gao Wei still looked at Gao Changgong coldly, seeing that he was a little hairy, no one in the entire court dared to speak, and fine sweat broke out nervously on Gao Changgong's forehead!
At this time, Zu Yan spoke up, after all, although he and Gao Changgong did not agree with the government, he was also a minister of the same dynasty, and he didn't want Gao Changgong to be so panicked, so he relieved him and said: "The combat strategy proposed by the Taiwei himself is, of course, formulated with himself as the center!" Moreover, Taiwei is also a fierce general of our Great Qi, and he is called the pillar of our Great Qi together with Taifu, and the empire is double! What's more, Taiwei was born in the royal family and was loyal to Daqi, if he really wanted to find a general who could command an army of 100,000, it would be Taiwei. β
Hearing his henchman explain to Gao Changgong like this, Gao Wei's face improved, and he continued to bow his head and play his pipa after snorting coldly.
"However, Taizu's legacy is to attack Zhou and defend Chen, our Daqi and Zhou are constantly at war, but there is little friction with Chen, even if Chen recruits 100,000 troops to attack this time, their target should only be Huainan! They will never and have no ability to covet the Huaibei region! Zuyan continued.
"What do you mean?" Gao Changgong confessed and didn't dare to argue anymore.
"The Huainan area is full of waterways and swamps, and they are all remnants of the Southern Dynasty, who have always disobeyed our Great Qi rule, and now there are still a few so-called rebel armies there that often harass our defenders, even if they are temporarily taken away now, what is the pity? Even if, as Taiwei said, we capture Jinling and destroy Chen Guo, what then? With so many remnants of the Southern Dynasties, it is not necessary to continue to send a large number of troops to various places to quell the resistance, which will only cause our troops to be scattered and waste our energy! β
"So what I mean is that for the invasion of Chen Guobei in the matter, there is no need to send 100,000 troops to be so exaggerated, just send tens of thousands of cavalry to support, the Chen army is only a deterrent defense, do not take the initiative to provoke and attack, even if the Chen army crosses the river, we can fight if we can fight, and if we can't fight, we will give Huainan to them, we just need to hold Huaibei! We must now concentrate our forces to deal with the Zhou State, and the Taifu Hu Luguang will lead 50,000 troops into Yiyang to destroy the Zhou army entrenched over there, and wait for us to destroy the Zhou State, and then slowly clean them up on the Chen side! Zuyan spoke out his strategy.
"The ancestor is thoughtful, and what he said is extremely true! I didn't think about it just now, please forgive the emperor! Gao Changgong immediately agreed with Zu Yao's words!
"What Taiwei said just now is also because he regards Chen Guo as a local chicken and a dog, and he is determined to win, since Taiwei has such ambitions, Weichen suggested, Taiwei will lead 30,000 foot cavalry, cooperate with the general Changsun Hongluo to go south, stick to the north of the river, increase the strength of the water village and the defense of warships in various important towns along the Yangtze River, and beware of Chen Guo's sneak attack!" Zu Yan suggested.
"Weichen is willing to lead his troops south to defend Chen State! Even if he is martyred, he will never let Chen Jun cross the Yangtze River! Gao Changgong immediately agreed, just now the disaster came out of his mouth, and now he can only show his loyalty!
"Since the Taiwei also agreed, let's do what the ancestral family says!" Gao Wei is slow to speak, and he is not an assertive emperor, since the ministers have decided, then do as they say, and he still focuses on eating, drinking, and having fun.