In the vast and chaotic times, each has its own plan.

The northern Jiangsu barrier was lost, and the people who couldn't sit still were not only the national dynasty.

Lin Huayao, who is in southern Guangdong, has never had a good night's sleep since the fall of northern Jiangsu.

Especially after the banner barbarian attack on the Xijiang River was unfavorable, he became more and more like a pins and needles.

The situation is on the table, and the banner barbarians cannot take Xijiang, and it is impossible to stop there.

The next goal is either to go west or to the south.

Compared with the poor jingle bell, the southwest, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the rich and close Nanyue, which is obviously more in line with the next step strategy of Qiman.

If the two Guangdong can be taken, the coastline from the Pearl to the two Guangdong will be completely connected, and the strategic depth of Qiman in Daxia will be greatly improved.

Therefore, Lin Huayao has been unable to sleep and eat recently, and his eyes are always on the movement of the flag, and he does not dare to relax for a moment.

In the past few days, the soldiers and horses in Nanyue have been frequently mobilized, and the atmosphere among the people is also tense and abnormal, and they are ready to deal with the attack of the flag barbarians at any time.

It's just that Nanyue can stop the flag barbarians?

At this moment, Lin Huayao, who was once again gathered in front of the map with the generals, looked solemn, and his brows furrowed.

"According to the information just sent back from Mingzhu, Qiman is increasing troops from the mainland on a large scale recently, and the specific number has not yet been clarified.

"Before the increase in troops, the total number of soldiers and horses of the banner barbarians in Daxia has exceeded 300,000 people, after the fall of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the strength of the banner barbarians is roughly distributed, the pearl garrison force is about 30,000, 150,000 in northern Jiangsu, and more than 100,000 in southern Jiangsu."

"At present, for us, the key is to use the new troops of Qiman, where will they be used? Used in southern Jiangsu, it means southwest. Used in northern Jiangsu, it is intended in Xijiang and southern Guangdong. ”

"It is very likely to come to northern Jiangsu, after the first battle of Xijiang and Fang Youqun, they are still stationed thirty miles outside Changping City, and they refuse to retreat, they should be waiting for the new 100,000 reinforcements."

Listening to the generals and staff officers, Lin Huayao stared at the direction of Changping City on the map, and asked for a long time: "According to you, after the Qiman will meet the army, will the target be Xijiang or Nanyue?" ”

When the generals heard this, no one said anything for a while.

It took a while for someone to say: "The next target of Qiman must be our Nanyue." ”

Lin Huayao's eyes raised and looked at the person who spoke.

I saw that this person looked very young, and he was in his early thirties.

Although he is still young, he is wearing a general's uniform at this time, standing among the generals, but he is not inferior at all.

As soon as he opened his mouth at this moment, everyone did not look down on him, but listened attentively.

This person is not stage frightened, his eyes are sharp, after looking up at everyone, he looked at Lin Huayao again, hugged his fists and said: "Father, my opinion is that Qiman never thought of fighting Xijiang first from the beginning, and after they take northern Jiangsu, the target will only be our southern Guangdong." ”

Lin Huayao's face was dark: "How can you see it?" ”

"Qiman took northern Jiangsu, the dynasty is no longer acceptable, at this time, if the Xijiang River is lost again, what face does the new emperor have to sit on the throne? Qiman wants to take Xijiang at this moment, and the dynasty will definitely block it with all its might. ”

At this point, Lin Dingkun looked directly at Lin Huayao: "Let me ask, if the current strength of the banner is concerned, if the country and the DPRK are forced to fight back, is it not in line with their strategy?" After taking Jiangsu and Zhejiang, their first priority was to digest Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so it was more beneficial for them to temporarily stabilize the situation and avoid a large-scale battle with the country. ”

"General Lin, if you follow what you say, why would the banner barbarians fight with Fang Youqun in Changping?" A general frowned and asked.

Lin Dingkun obviously thought of this question again, shook his head and said: "In the battle under Changping City, the purpose of the banner is not Xijiang, or even Changping. ”

"Not Changping?"

As soon as Lin Dingkun's words came out, the generals were in an uproar.

"Qiman and Fang Youqun fought for a day and a night, losing more than 5,000 people, isn't it for Changping? Is it just a spur of the moment? Some generals questioned.

"Of course it's not impulsive, the real purpose of Qiman's fight against Changping is to have a group of people." Lin Dingkun is categorical.

Speaking of this, regardless of the generals' doubts, Lin Dingkun looked at Lin Huayao, who did not speak: "Father, since the barbarian invasion, he was invincible at the beginning, and no one could stop his sharpness, and at that time he even said wildly that he could take Daxia in three months." ”

"It's just a dream!" Hearing this, including Lin Huayao, when they remembered the wild words of the banner at the beginning, they all sneered.

Lin Dingkun said: "Winning Great Xia in three months is naturally a dream of the banner barbarians, but at the beginning, they were indeed strong, and in the first battle of Mingzhu, the soldiers and horses of Great Xia were almost invincible." The flag is a pearl, and it is really effortless to take it seriously. According to the situation at that time, all the provinces of Great Xia were included in the pearl......"

"How is this possible, Wu Kezhan is already mediocre, and he relied on the fact that he had saved the life of the first emperor to be able to occupy a high position, let this person lead the army, how can Mingzhu not be defeated?" Some generals were very disdainful of Wu Kezhan.

Some people even sneered: "In fact, if you want to say that he saved the first emperor, it is purely a coincidence, when the first emperor was still the prince, he went out to quell the chaos and was in danger, at that time, this Wu Kezhan should have gone to the expedition, but this person was timid, so he said that he was sick and stayed in the camp." ”

"Unexpectedly, I just happened to bump into the first emperor in distress, this person can't fight, but the escape is first-class, immediately changed his clothes, became a coachman, and pulled the first emperor and the queen who met the basin to escape, just like this, this guy is greedy for life and afraid of death, not only has he not been convicted, but he has become a great meritorious, and since then, after the first emperor ascended the throne, he actually achieved the position of general all the way."

"And this?"

"General Liu, how do you know so well?"

Obviously, not even many of the people present knew about this.

And Lin Huayao heard others say that the first emperor was mediocre, his mood improved a lot, and at this moment, a smile appeared on his face, and his eyes swept over the generals: "This is an old thing, there are really not many people who know it, at that time, Wu Kezhan put on his own makeup and ran away, and the person who knows the inside story best about this matter is naturally the person who experienced this incident at the beginning......"

Everyone immediately understood and looked at General Liu.

I saw him nod slowly: "Liu Mou was the one who witnessed the events of that year, when Wu Kezhan fled, it was our department that left behind to block the enemy." But afterwards, Wu Kezhan made steady progress, and we and other people who sacrificed their lives and forgot to die and fought hard were under him, and we naturally refused to accept it, and we couldn't help but go to Shangguan to make trouble, but in the end we failed to avenge our grievances, but offended Wu Kezhan......"

Speaking of this, General Liu raised his eyes and glanced at Lin Huayao: "Because I was the leader, I was hated by Wu Kezhan, and I was imprisoned for the first time. ”

Lin Huayao waved his hand, signaling that there was no need to mention it again.

Speaking of which, he didn't think about rebellion at that time, and the reason why he saved this General Liu was only because this General Liu had a relative who was on an errand in the Lin Mansion, and he was forced to ask for his head in desperation.

At that time, Lin Huayao was still young, and he also had a bit of righteousness in his heart, and after hearing about this, he took a hand.

Who would have expected that it was because of the stretch out of his hand at that time that General Liu became his right-hand man after that.

"The past follows the wind, let's get down to business!" Lin Huayao looked at Lin Dingkun again.

The generals also followed and looked at Lin Dingkun.

Lin Dingkun nodded and continued: "Wu Kezhan is not mediocre, but the prosperity of the banner barbarian soldier peak is not false, Mingzhu's defeat in Wu Kezhan is by no means all because of him, the gap between the two armies is too big, and it is also the main reason. At that time, Wu Kezhan's subordinates were not without people who dared to fight, nor were they without brave and resourceful people, but the final result was just a little longer. ”

The generals did not deny these words, when the war started, there were cowards like Wu Kezhan, as well as heroes, and the achievements of the banner were really chilling in the hearts of all the people in the army at that time.

Lin Dingkun continued: "After that, the banner was non-stop, going straight to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and it was also invincible at the beginning, until the national dynasty urgently transferred a group to northern Jiangsu, and the situation changed. Under the overall decline, Fang Youqun, who went into battle on the verge of danger, not only delayed the offensive of the bannerman, but even turned defeat into victory, thwarting the attack of the bannerman one after another, and firmly dragging the footsteps of the bannerman in northern Jiangsu for nearly a year. ”

After Lin Dingyu paused slightly, he turned his eyes to look at the generals: "We are all generals, the importance of morale in the army don't need me to say much, after Fang Youqun entered northern Jiangsu, he broke the strategy of Qiman to win Daxia in three months, and dragged down the offensive pace of Qiman, the most troublesome thing for Qiman is that Fang Youqun played the morale of the soldiers of Great Xia, and he affected not only northern Jiangsu, but even southern Jiangsu, and has always persevered." As soon as Fang Youqun retreated, Sunan collapsed instantly. ”

"The Nine Marshals of Great Xia, if you can fight, Fang Shuai is indeed the most capable of fighting." Some generals nodded in acknowledgement.

A general nodded: "I have been under Wu Shuai, and Wu Shuai has also said that he is not as good as Fang Shuai in terms of fighting alone." Throughout Fang Shuai's life, almost all the battles he has experienced are the most difficult to fight, but he can always win in the end. ”

Lin Huayao didn't say anything, if it was about fighting, he would definitely not be able to compare with Fang Youqun.

The profession is different, and this is nothing to be disconvinced.

Lin Dingkun continued: "So, it can be seen from this. If they can take the upper group, the merit is probably heavier than taking the northern part of Jiangsu, if not, their three thousand elites will not be greedy for merit and rush to chase after it, and eventually lead to the destruction of the whole army. In the battle of the day and night under the city of Changping, of course, the banner barbarians were not just for revenge, they wanted Fang Youqun to die. ”

"If you can take Changping City, then even if you can't capture and kill Fang Youqun, lose Northern Jiangsu, and lose Changping, and lose the generals of the defeated army who have lost their armor all the way, the dynasty itself will dispose of Fang Youqun. As long as Fang Youqun is forced to die, the backbone of the Great Xia army will be discounted. This is the reason why they stormed Changping, not for the city, but for Fang Youqun. ”

After Lin Dingkun's words were finished, everyone was silent.

There was no sound in the staff room, and the generals looked at each other, but said nothing.

On the contrary, invisibly, a slightly embarrassing atmosphere is spreading.

Obviously, Lin Dingkun's words embarrassed Lin Huayao.

You must know that it was Lin Huayao who was the first to strike and force Fang Youqun to death.