Guo Huaide didn't speak immediately, his elbows were crossed on the desk, his eyes were completely different from before, his eyes slowly looked around from left to right, and said casually: "Today's meeting is a little different from the past, I used to basically say that everyone was listening, but today, I just exchanged views with Deputy Commander-in-Chief Qi, I will talk about the current situation first, and then I want to hear everyone's thoughts." ”

As if to leave a time for everyone to think, and it seemed that he had not yet sorted out what to say next, Guo Huaide's eyes stayed at a certain point on the opposite side of the instrument door for a long time, and then he said slowly in a low voice: "I think, everyone has also seen the current situation between the enemy and us, and for us, the situation we are facing is not optimistic!" ”

"At the beginning of August, 200,000 horses from the Marshal of the Khitan West Road entered the country from Yumen, stopped in Shazhou, and then sent two troops to the direction of Ganzhou and Xining Prefecture respectively."

"The direction of Ganzhou is led by Nuer Gedan, deputy marshal of the Marshal Mansion of the West Road, and his 60,000 horses and horses have arrived at the camp thirty miles west of Ganzhou yesterday, and although there were losses in yesterday's sneak attack, it is estimated that its total number is still more than 55,000."

"Nu and Gedan is a famous general of the Khitan country, known for his bravery and arrogance, in the past many battles with my Daqi, almost invincible, rarely defeated, according to yesterday's scout report, the Khitan Army West Road Marshal's Mansion finally chose to set the main direction of attack in Ganzhou, its main force of 100,000 horses also set off from Shazhou four days ago, and it is expected to arrive at the Ganzhou front line on the 18th."

"The arrogant character of Enu and Gedan will not wait for the arrival of his main force before attacking, and it is expected that after a little preparation, he will immediately launch an attack on our army, so as to take advantage of the arrival of his main force in the previous battle, so the command expects that our army will bear the enemy's furious attack in the next two days."

"In addition, 40,000 horses on the Khitan South Road have been used as a diversion force to approach our Great Qi Xining Prefecture through Tubo."

After saying this, Guo Huaide paused slightly, then picked up the fine porcelain teacup and took a sip of tea soup, and then continued, "Looking back on the situation of our army, on the right side of our army, there are three brigades of the Jincheng Army at the northern foot of Qilian Mountain in the south, three brigades of the Ganzhou Army on the front line of Heli Mountain in the north, eight brigades of the Shenwu Army inside and outside the city of Ganzhou, three brigades of the Shenwei Army, plus two brigades of the Ganzhou Army, a total of more than 75,000 troops of 19 brigades, and in addition, our Right Route Army has deployed four brigades of the Shenwei Army near Yongchang County as a defense in depth. A total of more than 90,000 troops will have to withstand the all-out onslaught of the enemy's nearly 150,000 troops in four days, and this battle can be called dangerous. ”

"On the left route army, there are seven brigades of the Shenxiang Army, plus six brigades in Xining Prefecture and Huangzhou, and the total number is roughly 50,000 more than the number of men."

"In terms of the Liangzhou battalion, there are still eight brigades of the Shenhu Army, six brigades of the Shence Army, and five brigades of the Jishi Army as mobile troops, ready to support both sides at any time."

"Although our army is not inferior to the other side in terms of total numbers, the main thing is to defend from multiple points, and the enemy only needs to concentrate the main forces on one side and fight in one battle. In view of the fact that the main Khitan force had left Shazhou and was approaching us, when I reported the battle situation to Xingying Feige last night, I had already explained to Xingying that the Khitan army's eastward invasion of the Khitan army had finally chosen the direction of Ganzhou, and I requested that Xingying immediately give reinforcements. As for the information on the camp, the general manager has ordered the 16 brigades of the camp to be led by General Sima Li Shouyi of the Shence Army to set off tomorrow to aid Ganzhou, and it is expected to arrive in Ganzhou on the 20th, and the other four brigades in Yongchang County will set off early tomorrow morning and are expected to arrive in Ganzhou on the 17th. ”

With the deep voice of General Guo Huaide, a map of the distribution of enemy forces in the northwest region clearly appeared in Liu Fan's mind, Liu Fan in the previous life was in the great moment when the Chinese nation was about to rejuvenate, the country was peaceful and prosperous, when Liu Fan was born, the chaotic era of loss of power and humiliation of the country was long gone, but Liu Fan is a fanatical military enthusiast, since he was in middle school, he likes to read novels on various military history topics, and he has turned over the battles of ancient and modern China and foreign countries in college. Some famous battles, such as the Normandy landings and the Battle of Midway Island abroad, the Battle of Sidu Chishui and Taierzhuang in China, and the Battle of Huangshui and Panyang Lake in ancient times, are as simple as a few treasures in front of colleagues.

Liu Fan couldn't help but fall into contemplation, he knew that it was difficult to innovate in war, as long as he analyzed it carefully, most of them were repetitions of history, and he believed that he could definitely find a chapter similar to the current situation from the ancient and modern Chinese and foreign war themes.

General Guo Lao continued, "In the third year of the emperor's reign, Daqi ushered in the largest invasion of the Khitan since the founding of the country, and the Holy Lord appointed the auxiliary general Meng Zheng as the marshal, fully responsible for the battle with the Khitan, General Meng Zheng is a rare military genius of the Great Qi, and the Great Qi has only been established for more than 30 years, and the quality of the whole army is acceptable, so Meng Zheng led the army to defeat the main Khitan force, beheaded the Khitan army of more than 70,000 levels, captured the Marshal of the Khitan West Road and more than 10,000 soldiers under his command, and the Marshal of the Khitan West Road was basically wiped out. After the war, Daqi ushered in a rare ten years of peace. ”

"Until the thirteenth year of Zhizheng, the Khitan State that has recovered its vitality began to provoke wars on the border again, at this time General Meng Zheng has passed away, and then until now, the Khitan almost every year, and Daqi has few victories in the confrontation between the two sides, especially in the fifteenth year of the Khitan East Road Marshal's Mansion gathered 200,000 troops to attack Hedong, nearly 100 counties in 37 states below Taiyuan, the former army reached the gateway to the capital, and half of the Central Plains fell under the iron hooves of the Khitan army."

"The first emperor saw that he could not do anything, and once wanted to tour Jiangning in the south, but fortunately he could not make the trip thanks to the advice of the ministers, and then the Prime Minister's Mansion suggested that he should use the veteran general Gai Yanshou through the east of the river, and the troops and horses of the association were battalions step by step, and the Khitan army was not good at defending the city, and the enemy army was not driven out of Hedong until May of the following year."

"In June, the imperial court set up the Hedong camp, appointed the veteran Gai Yanshou as the head of the Hedong camp, and set up the Yanshan camp in the eighteenth year."

"Since the beginning of the first year of Shengshang and He, the Khitan State gradually shifted the focus of the war to the northwest, rebuilt the Marshal of the West Road, appointed the half-brother of the Khitan king, Yelu Dezong, as the Marshal of the West Road, and in the second and fourth years of the Khitan army went out of Yumen to break through Ganzhou, and even once attacked most of the states and counties in the northwest in the summer and autumn of the second year, and the troops reached Qinzhou Mansion."

"In May of the third year, the imperial court set up the northwest camp and appointed General Li as the head of the northwest camp.

General Guo Huaide casually said another article, several old generals sat solemnly in their chairs, and their eyes and expressions did not change much, obviously familiar with this period of history, but most of the young generals were stunned and ignorant when they heard it, and their faces were tense and concentrated, for fear of missing a word or a half, and at the same time secretly pondered in their hearts the extended meaning of these words.

For Liu Fan, this is a very good historical and military class to understand the world, so he didn't think to ponder the meaning behind it.

Guo Huaide didn't pay attention to what was going on in the hearts of everyone sitting here, and still said unhurriedly, "I want to remind everyone not to despise our northern neighbors, we have paid a painful price in the wars over the years, and the reality tells us that while recognizing the responsibility of defending the territory, we must have the spirit of innovation to lead us out of the cycle of successive defeats." ”

"Maybe we old guys have seriously fallen into the old thinking, especially the battle with Nuergedan, which is very important to the success or failure of this campaign, if it is fought well, maybe this year's Khitan army's attack will end without a problem, if it is not fought well, not only Ganzhou will fall, but most of the northwest may also suffer from the ravages of the Khitan iron hoof, so convene such a military meeting, please talk freely in the following speeches on how to deal with this war, so that the command can formulate an operational strategy based on the opinions of all aspects."