Because Zhen Qian was soliciting opinions on behalf of Shangjing, Shang Cheng could only take out all his immature ideas.

But he didn't immediately elaborate his thoughts and opinions. After Zhenqian spoke, he fell into a long period of thought. He needed to summarize the various considerations and thoughts of the past period. His headache prevented him from spending half the day and all night thinking about complex military issues, as he had done in the past. In the past, whenever he wanted to make a major decision, he always analyzed every detail repeatedly, deduced and considered every possibility that he might encounter, and came up with many ways to deal with such emergencies, and then combined the various situations here, and then judged whether he could do it and whether he could do it well. But now, he couldn't concentrate on thinking and judging for a long time. Therefore, his new ideas are all drawn from east to west, which is very scattered and messy, and the overall idea has only one general vein......

Zhen Qian is a soldier of the military department, and he can fully understand Shang Cheng's difficulties. Yes, the battle between Yandong and Blackwater City has just passed, and the soldiers have not completely returned to their stations, and the changes in the strength of the enemy and us cannot be clearly delineated, so let Shang Cheng make this judgment now, especially Shang Cheng's health is not good, it is really too difficult for a strong man to do so. Especially when he saw Shang Cheng slowly take off his blindfold and think about putting on a new medicine sponge, he felt that there was a very complicated emotion surging in his heart. But he couldn't help it. Shangjing urgently needs Shang Cheng's judgment.

He bowed his head guiltily and sighed silently. It wasn't until the churning heat in his heart gradually subsided that he refilled Shang Cheng's teacup with hot tea soup. Until he put down the soup pot, he didn't look up at Shang Cheng, but shifted his gaze to the gray-blue square bricks under his feet, waiting quietly.

After a long time, Shang Cheng spoke: "The autumn strategy formulated by the Yanshan Admiral's Mansion at the end of June and the beginning of July has now come to an end or is about to end. From July 25, when Sun Zhongshan left the town and entered the grassland, it is about 100 days to today. In these 100 days, Yanshanwei not only defended Yandong, but also attacked Heishui City, Bohaiwei also hit the left four parts of Cishan, the two Wei towns before and after a total of more than 13,000 enemies and beheadings, captured and captured a population of more than 16,000, and their own dead soldiers were less than 6,000 people, just in terms of results, this is indeed a brilliant victory. ”

Zhen Qian didn't make a sound, just lowered his head slightly and listened silently. The Ministry of War believes that the soldiers of the Great Zhao War in this battle are close to 9,000, but that is to include the Yanshan Cavalry Brigade that fell in the grassland with Guo Biao, so Shang Cheng is not wrong when he said that 6,000 were killed.

Shang Cheng paused for a moment and continued: "The results of this battle are not small, but there are more problems exposed. Not to mention the big aspect, as far as Yan Shanwei is concerned, the war has already deviated from the autumn strategy from the beginning. Sun Zhongshan dragged mud and water in the direction of Mogan in Luhe, marching like a turtle crawling, waiting for twenty days inexplicably in Luhe, and watching cautiously for twenty days in Mogan, it was not that Mo Gan was afraid of exposing his excessively weak nature, and he did not dare to approach and persecute when he retreated, otherwise the middle route army would have no second way except for the rout? "The more he talked, the more excited he became, and the louder he spoke." The drought in the north of Yanzhong, the drought on the grassland in the town can not be light, and the traditional summer pastures of the Tuqi people along the Luhe and Heishui rivers cannot support cattle, sheep and livestock, and they will inevitably migrate to other grasslands, which is common sense that everyone knows! It's just that Sun Zhongshan and Shao Chuan, the generals of Da Zhao, actually don't know anything about this! Seeing that there were no large groups of herdsmen south of Mogan, and that there were no formed Tuqi people, he thought that the enemy's main force was acting covertly, and the purpose was to target him! Take a step to look back three times, fart for fear of alarming the enemy with a loud voice, and dreaming of where the enemy's main force will pounce out and swallow him! The more he talked, the more angry he became, and he smashed his fist on several cases, and suddenly the pot was poured and the dishes were tilted, and the dim sum was scattered all over the ground. With this bit of guts, Guo Biao, who was plagued, even recommended him to be the middle commander, and even let him mix with the Guogong! I'm blushing for him! ”

Zhenxiang's face was also a little red. Shang Yanshan's words can scold a large number of people. At the beginning, it was not one or two people who guessed that Sun Zhongshan was going to encounter the main force of the Sudden Exhaustion, and he was also one of them; These people, including the Marquis of Poyang, obviously don't know the "common sense" that the grassland pasture should be divided into seasons, and he doesn't know exactly what this term means. Because of the lack of "common sense," the military headquarters has been greatly embarrassed in predicting the development of the war, and it is now assigning personnel to look through the documents accumulated over the years to see if they can find out the movements of the Turks and the rules and regulations, which some people also call "the law of movements." The new word "law" is explained to be the intrinsic and inevitable connection between things, which determines the inevitable trend of the development of things; Laws exist objectively and are not subject to human will...... It's another barrage of new words.

Even Zhenqian himself couldn't say that at this time, he would actually think of so many things that had nothing to do with the current matter.

When the guards who heard the voice over cleaned up the case of the wolf and replaced it with a tea cup and a new tea soup, he was about to say two words of comfort and persuade Shang Cheng not to be angry about these trivial things, Shang Cheng said it again.

"There is also Guo Biao, who is also a famous general who has long been famous, but when it comes to doing things, he doesn't even have any military common sense that ordinary colonels know! The first essence of the art of war is to be a soldier and a speed, but until now, Yanshan Weifu has not figured out what he was doing for five or six days from August 14 to August 19. Sun Zhongshan's progress on the grassland is slow, he should make a decision immediately, either enter the grassland, or stick to Yandong, but sooner or later, he has to wait until others are at the mercy of the pocket array before rushing in, is this cooperating with the king of Donglu Valley to play a big show? He also personally led the army to break the queen...... Who does he think he is? He is not Zheng Qi, nor is he a brigade commander, he is the commander of the Yandong war! is obviously a fool, and he has to make himself a tragic hero, does he want people to mourn him, or does he want to give himself extra points with this kind of clumsy performance?! ”

Zhenxiang is silent. He still didn't understand some of Shang Cheng's words, but that wasn't the point. The main point is what Shang became and suddenly mentioned Guo Biao. Yes, Guo Biao's performance in this battle is indeed unsatisfactory, which is irrefutable. But Guo Biao is also a famous general in the army, no matter how bad his ability is, it is not as unbearable as Shang Cheng said, right? What's more, Guo Biao is still Xiao Jian's favorite general, and he is the son-in-law of Poyang Hou, Shang Yanshan always has to leave some room for these two. Could it be ...... Did he mean something else? He didn't think so. No matter how much Shang Cheng scolded Guo Biao and Sun Zhongshan, and then said that they were useless, the sincere comrade-in-arms in his words could not be concealed......

Shang Cheng didn't know that Zhen Qian was pondering the "other meaning" in his words, and continued to comment on the gains and losses of this battle: "...... It is said in the books of war that when you have the opportunity to fight, you will wait if you don't have the opportunity. Guo Biao is also a person who has no hope of eating food and becoming a soldier when he reads, and he hasn't even read this truth? So many military books, all read into the dog's belly? Obviously, Sun Zhongshan is cautious all the way, suspicious all the way, even if the king of Donglu Valley is stupid, he can smell the smell of conspiracy here, and this opportunity has long been missed. But Guo Biao is not biased, he wants to fight. What's more, he himself knows that his ability is not as good as the enemy, his calculation is not as good as the enemy, and his strength is even worse than the enemy. He took a long sip of water from his teacup. Seeing that there was something to say, Zhen Qian was about to say a few words, but Shang Cheng burst out of his teeth again, "He'd better die!" If he hadn't died, I would have to teach him what it means to live rather than die! After saying that, he drank water again.

This time, the truth didn't speak immediately. After being silent for a moment, seeing that Shang Cheng didn't seem to have anything else to say, he said cautiously: "Actually, all the generals of Yan Shanwei are still good......

Shang Cheng admired Zhen Xiang's words. "That's true," he said. Except for Guo Biao and Sun Zhongshan, the performance of other people is remarkable. In the fortified wall of North Zhengyi County, Simon Kezhi adopted the method of resisting one by one, exchanging space for time, on the one hand, to disintegrate the enemy's morale and will to fight, and on the other hand, to consume the vitality of the Tuqi people. Zhang Shao rushed to Duanzhou to take command at the moment of crisis, which also greatly encouraged the morale of soldiers from all over Yandong. And Shao Chuan. Shao Chuan led two hundred light cavalry to raid Blackwater City, which is the height of the wit, courage, courage and courage of my Great Zhao soldiers! And Tu Xian. One by one, especially this Tu Xian, when the brigade commander was seriously injured and the deputy marshal was martyred, he dared to take responsibility and dare to shoulder the heavy burden at the critical moment, led the lone army of four battalions to defend Beizheng City, and fought bloodily with several times the enemy for a month, showing the superb tactical literacy, strict battlefield discipline and high-spirited and stoic fighting will of our Dazhao soldiers, and is a model and example for my Yanshan Guard! ”

Listening to Shang Cheng's sonorous words, Zhen Qian thought it was true. Shang Cheng is telling the truth, and no one can deny it. In the past two or three years, with a series of large and small wars, everyone knows that the Yanshan Guards can fight. But how the Yanshan Guards can fight and how much they can fight, because of the lack of horizontal comparison, there are various theories. Some people say that the Yanshan Guards may be the crown of all armies, and some people think that they should be inferior to the Liyuan Forbidden Army, and some people even think that it may not be that the Yanshan Guards can fight, but because the combat effectiveness of the Tujici people has declined after the Mogan War, so the Yanshan Guards are set off. This time, Bohaiwei also sent troops, and the two armies secretly attacked the left four divisions of Cishan, and although the results were extraordinary, the casualties were not small. 30,000 horses, still a sneak attack, as a result of 1,000 killed and 5,000 wounded. Yanshanwei fought on two fronts, and fought with the enemy for two and a half months, and the casualties were only more than 4,000 people. And Sun Zhongshan used only two cavalry brigades in Mogan to annihilate 3,000 large tent soldiers with similar strength, and the combat ability of the Yanshan Guards can be seen from this. Especially now, with the two great victories of Blackwater City and Yandong, the spirit of the Yanshan Guards must be greatly inspired, and they are definitely the army of tigers and wolves with sharp teeth and claws! What's more, when he came to Yanshan in the summer, he saw the daily drills of the Yanzhou garrison, and he had a very high evaluation of that team. And that garrison is not Yan Shanwei's field battalion brigade, let alone the main force......

Shang Cheng took a few sips of water and was silent for a moment before continuing: "The results of the entire autumn battle are not small, but there is still a big gap from the expected goal. Although the city of Heishui was laid, the four left divisions of the Tuqi Mountains were severely damaged, and the foundation of the Tuchuci rule in this grassland was shaken, it did not defeat the king of Donglu Valley, nor did it cause heavy losses to the enemy's main force, which is an indisputable fact. The people of the Turquoise will never be willing to accept this defeat, and it is impossible for the king of Donglu Valley not to retaliate, so we must prepare for the next battle from now on. ”

That's the crux of the matter. There is no doubt that the Turks could not have suffered a loss and not retaliate. However, on the question of when and where the Turks would retaliate, the court could not form a unanimous opinion, so Zhenqian was sent to Fangzhou to consult Shang Cheng's opinions and opinions in person.

"It's hard to say where the North Four Guards could be the object of the enemy's retaliation. However, I don't think there will be any large-scale wars in a year or two. Shang Cheng said, "The king of Donglu Valley has been newly defeated, and Heishui City has been burned to the ground by Sun Zhongshan, and the prestige and prestige of the Tuqi people in the entire left-wing grassland and the ruling base have been dealt a major blow, and in this case, the Tuqi people will not and cannot retaliate immediately." The first thing they had to do was to re-judge the strength of the four guards in the north of Great Zhao. If they were using the combat effectiveness of the Yanshan Guards as a reference, then they would immediately have to increase their forces on the left and right flanks. At that, he laughed. Zhen Qian also laughed and said: "Yan Shanwei dares to use three thousand soldiers against three thousand big tent soldiers, and he can also completely annihilate the enemy, if the people of Tuqi really use this battle as an example to judge, I am afraid that they will not be able to deal with all the big tent soldiers." ”

Shang Cheng was amused by Zhen Qian's words, and said, "If the people of Tuqi were really so stupid, things would be much easier. ”

In fact, both of them knew that the people of Tulu were not stupid or stupid, and the king of Donglu Valley was a clever opponent who was scheming, and it was impossible for him to make such a mistake. The one who will really be compared by the enemy is the 30,000 Bohai Guards. But neither of them made it clear. Shang Cheng skipped this section while sorting out his thoughts in his mind and said, "So there will be no change in the right wing of the Turbats, but the left wing will be strengthened. I estimate that after tomorrow spring, about 15,000 Great Horde soldiers will be transferred to the left flank. This judgment is justified: five thousand men are to supplement the losses of the Great Horde in the autumn battle, and the rest is reinforcements; Considering the logistical supply pressure that the enemy will inevitably face, the reinforcement force should not be too high, which is between 8,000 or 10,000. He stopped as he spoke. Where the reinforcements of the King of Donglu Valley came from was a question he had always been very concerned about and puzzled about. It is impossible for the king of Donglu Valley to get reinforcements from the right flank of the Turgitz, so he can only rely on the royal court of the Turgitz. But where is the royal court of the Turpents, and where is the real main force of the Turpents? And what is the army of hundreds of thousands doing? Will it be to fight the Rus' in the north, or to fight for territory with the Great Eclipse or Persia in the west? Otherwise, it is really a large-scale production in a place with abundant water and grass in the depths of the desert...... He shook his head, pushed the ridiculous thought away, and said to Zhenxiang, who had been listening quietly, "I'm sorry, I'm a little distracted. Where did you just go? One by one, I judged that even if the power of the King of Donglu Valley was replenished and strengthened, he would not immediately make a move against Yanshan or Bohai. In the autumn campaign, more than a dozen tribes on the left flank of the Turks suffered mixed losses. The various tribes of Heishui followed the king of Donglu Valley to send troops to Yandong, and their hometowns were all taken away by Sun Zhongshan, and they suffered the greatest losses; The four divisions on the left side of the mountain were the main force attacking Yandong, and they were beaten by Bohaiwei, and their losses were not small, only a little lower than those of the Heishui divisions; The three divisions of Alegu only sent some troops to help defend Blackwater City, and when Sun Zhongshan made a desperate bet to the north, they ran the fastest and suffered almost nothing; The westernmost Da Tengliang and Wannuer divisions basically did not send troops, and there were no losses at all. Although it is said that the Turks of the world are one family, there must still be contradictions between their various tribes. Now some people's pots and pots have been smashed and the pots have been robbed one by one, such as Heishui and Shanzuo, but some people have watched their brothers' homes being robbed but do not help, some people not only do not help, but there are still rice and white noodles hidden in the bed at home I don't know where to get it. ”

Zhen Xiang was amused by Shang Cheng's metaphor. The Ministry of War also has this view. Before the "housework" is torn up clearly, it is impossible for the king of Donglu Valley to send troops. Moreover, the imperial court also knew that Shang Cheng exchanged grain for war horses and livestock in Fangzhou. In August and September, the Imperial History and the Yanshan Patrol Department stationed in Yanshan successively sent secret reports to Shangjing, and some people reported that Shang Cheng's stay in Fangzhou on the pretext of recuperating from illness was actually making secret transactions with the Da Tengliang Department and the Wannuer Department of Tuchuci, exchanging official grain for livestock, and making profits from it in order to enrich his own pockets. Yu Shi Xiantai and the Criminal Department of the Ministry of Officials joined forces and secretly sent a few capable officials to Fangzhou to collect evidence. He also heard that at that time, Tang Xiangguo called several imperial doctors and monks to their homes and scolded them for blood, and then the matter was over.

Shang Cheng didn't know that his "little trick" almost caused a big disaster, and he said to himself: "...... Therefore, the king of Donglu Valley must first sort out the internal affairs smoothly, and then he can talk about revenge against us. But the Da Teng Liang Department and the Wan Nuer Department are not muddy, and it is impossible to be at his mercy. These two tribes are a large number of tribes, and at the same time harassing Yanshan and threatening Dingjin, if the king of Donglu Valley wants to teach these two disobedient guys a lesson, not only needs a very good reason, but also can't fight too hard, if the two tribes are completely separated; You can't beat it too lightly, one by one, too lightly, and others won't agree. I estimate that the king of Donglu Valley will be busy with these two things next year. The first thing, of course, is to clean up the Da Tengliang Department and the Wannuer Department properly, and dare not have half-heartedness; The second thing is how to make the new reinforcements familiar with each other as soon as possible with the original Great Horde army and tribal soldiers, so as to form a joint force for retaliation in the following year. ”