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On the second day of November, Yuan Xian led the Red Dragon Army to Yanzhou. After handing over to Li Yan, he spent two more days replenishing soldiers, horses, food and grass, and went to Yuzhou with four battalions of 26,000 troops. Although it was not as large as the 32,000 people in its heyday, it was more than enough to fight against Jiangxia County with a basically full force except for cavalry.

Although they have only been separated for twenty or thirty days, Li Yan and Yuan Xian have been drinking and chatting freely, especially when it comes to returning to Jieshi a few days ago, Li Yan has talked a lot about Mo Huan. He was full of praise for slashing the city guards, burning the fleet, and later using herself as bait to escort grain and grass. But unfortunately, he searched around Jieshi for several days, but could not find any clues about her, and Shi Fei disappeared without a trace. I saw what happened, and she could only know if she met offline, or when she found it herself.

Yuan Qizhi also quite agreed with the plan to attack Jiangxia, because it was a letter sent by Xue'er, he knew the news two days earlier than Li Yan, and when Li Yan received Yuan Xian's secret letter, Yuan Qizhi's document approving the action had already been transmitted from Xuzhou. In the letter, Yuan Qizhi also explained that he was ordered to meet the Red Dragon Army in Yanzhou, and Yuan Xian could be drawn from the army to meet any needs. Later, Li Yan needed to go to Yongzhou, as a backup of the White Dragon Army, ready to face the threat of Xiliang at any time.

On the ninth day of the first month, the Red Dragon Army Haohao Tang Tang went to Xinxi County in southern Henan, and then it was the boundary of Jingzhou. It is only 200 miles away from Jiangxia County, but there are still the remnants of Dabie Mountain, and a small Xiyang City in front of you. In the evening, Yuan Xian summoned the commander of the front battalion, the partial general Yang Wei, the commander of the middle battalion, the Yamen general Ma Peng, the commander of the rear battalion, the Jianwei general Yang Yan, the hussar battalion captain Lin Yu and Gu Yu, to the Xinxi County Daying Military Mansion to discuss matters.

"It has been 17 days since I sent out my troops on the 21st, and I have not dared to slack off all the way. Previously, he agreed with Zhong Li to go to Jiangxia within 30 days, but now it is only available for a few days. At present, Jiangxia County is already in front of me, but there are still the remnants of Dabie Mountain and a city in Xiyang County blocking in front of me, I wonder if you have a good plan to help me take Jiangxia within ten days? ”

After Yuan Xianfang finished speaking, he saw Ma Peng, the commander of the middle battalion, get up and said: "General, today our battalion scouts report, there are only seven or eight hundred defenders in Xiyang County, if the general wants, I will take the troops down now, and welcome the general into the city early tomorrow morning." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Yang Wei and Yang Yu stand up, "Since Commander Ma said so, then my two brothers will take the first step and go over the mountain to take Jiangxia City directly." ”

"Then I, Lin Yu, will stop these three thousand hussars in the middle of the road, and ensure that the reinforcements that come and go will be killed by me."

This is the daily life of the Red Dragon Army's military discussions, the commanders of the four battalions are scrambling to think about meritorious service, and the four of them see that although they don't know how to fight for merit, no one wants to be left behind, but if you really want to use your brains to arrange from the overall situation, only Yuan Xian can do it himself.

"I know that the four have always been brave, but although the defenders of Jiangxia today are only five or six thousand, there are still tens of thousands of defenders in Jingzhou City in the west, and it will only take three days to go down the river. In addition, to the east is the Lujiang Jiujiang Battlefield where Takeda's Eastern Navy is located, and if our troops attack on a large scale and do not go down for a while, and the rear is harassed by the Eastern Navy, the embarrassing situation of the Western Liaoning Battlefield will be repeated. ”

Yuan Xian only explained the situation, and the four of them were instantly speechless, only staring at the map spread out among the few people.

"That's how I planned," Yuan Xian said again when he saw that a few people were silent, "Now that our army is in Xinxi, the Jiangxia defenders should already know and are preparing for defense, so I need to set up an ambush here, and then bypass Xiyang and march west to Suixian and Anlu." In this way, our army's supply line is hundreds of miles away from the Eastern Navy, and the Jingzhou reinforcements can be intercepted by me in Anlu. What do you think? ”

"General," Yuan Xian had just finished drawing on the map, when he saw Yang Wei and Yang Ying's brothers standing up again, "Since this is the case, then our two brothers will go to Sui County as the vanguard." ”

Ma Peng's long legs of the bamboo pole are not far behind, "Then the task of taking An Lu must be handed over to me." ”

"I'm going to intercept the reinforcements from Jiang Xia. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to leave the task of being a suspicious soldier in Xinxi to the hussar battalion? ”

The four of them rushed to enclose a piece of their own land on the battlefield, and everyone was afraid of being assigned to the new rest to stay. Yuan Xian didn't want to keep many troops, just under the banner of the Red Dragon Army to occupy Xinxi. However, just as he wanted to assign the task, he saw Gu Yu smiling at the map without saying a word.

"Miss Gu Yu, why don't I see you talking today?"

Gu Yu saw that Yuan Xian's words were somewhat reprimanded, so he also learned from the other people to get up and reply: "Back to the general, I see several commanders competing to serve the general, and there is nothing I can do." If the suspicious soldier lacks a command, I can barely do it. ”

Yuan Xian smiled coldly, "Why are you humble? The strategy of attacking Jiangxia was decided by you, how could I not listen to your opinion when this matter came to an end? ”

Before Gu Yu could speak, several commanders blew up the pot when they heard it, and a few people originally thought that Gu Yu was just a personal guard recruited by Yuan Xian, or a friend who was traveling with him, and they didn't see her much along the way, let alone listen to her open her mouth, and they didn't think that the person who had made everyone march in a hurry for more than ten days was such a woman who seemed to be powerless.

Seeing this, Yuan Xian left the chair she was draped in wolf skin and walked in front of everyone. "You four don't look at other people's faces, but also look at her as a weak woman, the strategy of attacking Jiangxia and leading Xu Yang was formulated by her, and Zhong Li also listened to a lot of her suggestions on the battlefield in western Liaoning. She was going to Xuzhou to see the old man, but now she was invited by Zhong Li to our army, which can be regarded as a temporary military advisor, and after the battle of Jiangxia is over, she will go to Xuzhou. For now, a few of you, let's listen to what the military advisor has to say with me. ”

Ten eyes stared at each other, Gu Yu knew that Yuan Xian had already set up a stage for herself, and she had to rely on herself for what she sang. "I thought," she unfolded in a calm and slow tone, "General Yuan Xian has just used new breath to isolate the battlefield on both sides, and the strategy of going around to take Sui County is really good, but there is one thing that has not been solved. ”

The corners of Yuan Xian's mouth raised, "Which point?" ”

"If the defenders have sent scouts or flying pigeons to Jingzhou when our army takes Suixian, then the enemy army going down the river from Jingzhou is likely to have reached Jiangxia before our army has left Anlu. Judging from the defense situation of Jiangxia City, there are more than 10,000 defenders in the city, and it is not easy for our army to conquer it within 10 days. ”

Yuan Xian frowned after hearing this, "Will the defenders of Jingzhou come so quickly?" And what about their defense of Bashu? ”

"Here, the general is going to gamble with the defenders of Jingzhou. But the defenders of Jingzhou only pressed one place in Jingzhou, but the general pressed the entire territory of Shuoguo. If the general can't get off Jiangxia for ten days, not to mention the appointment with General Zhong, it is very likely that the Eastern Navy will bypass the Lujiang River. ”

What Gu Yu said was indeed what Yuan Xian feared the most, although she had never fought with Takeda Anna, but she also knew that she was rumored to be a unique Oriental swordsman. "Indeed, as you say, I can't afford to gamble on this battle. However, when using troops, it is also a risk, if you blindly seek stability, will you also make the regret of 'meridian conspiracy'? Or has Gu Yu already thought of a better strategy than me? ”

"It may not be where to win, but through the general's thinking, I can say that I will listen to you." Although Yuan Xian didn't have many expressions, Gu Yu had already heard that when this military discussion involved strategic arrangements, she wanted to target herself everywhere, even if she pretended to respect her as a red dragon general, but if she didn't make a mistake in front of her, or if she could really establish trust or prestige, she wouldn't accept herself easily.

"General Fang Cai's idea is really good, the suspicious soldiers of Xinxi must do it, otherwise our army is in danger of being cut off at any time. However, I need to mention that although the enemy army knows that I am resting in Xinxi, they do not know where our troops will go next, and if it is possible, Takeda will probably think that our army is going to attack Lujiang to intercept her rear, not to capture Jiangxia. In this way, the Xiyang north of Dabie Mountain is taken, and it is suspicious not to take it. Subsequently, our army was required to go east to irrigate, and then set up camp according to irrigation. ”

"Dongdu irrigation, isn't it Anfeng County, Lujiang County?"

"That's right, it just wants to make Takeda feel that we want to fight Anfeng and then run to Lu'an. Right now, as I thought, she should now confront a large battalion of the Canglong Army in the north of Jiujiang County. If our army attacked her flank, she should have immediately drawn up reserves to bring in reinforcements, rather than seeking a decisive battle with us, so that within three or five days she must have probed all sides for information and looked for an opportunity. ”

"Then what will happen to our army in the past three or five days?"

"The irrigation camp is a disguise, as long as there are thousands of flags and thousands of soldiers, and one person and one stove at every meal, it will give people the illusion that this is the front camp of our army. If you don't send troops to attack, you can't find out the truth and the truth. In this way, our army can cross the remaining veins of Dabie Mountain, a battalion to attack Anlu, a battalion to block Jiangxia reinforcements, a battalion to take Jiangxia, and then go south to take Exian. ”

Yuan Xian watched Gu Yu compare back and forth on the map, and he could still understand this hand. "This plan is indeed interesting, but it is so far from the truth, how many days will it take to conquer Jiangxia?"

"Take Xiyang for one day, ferry irrigation for one day, build camp for one day, return to irrigation and then turn over Dabie Mountain for three to four days, take Anlu and Jiangxia for one or two days, and Exian for one day. In this way, ten days is enough. ”

"Ten days?" Yuan Xian smiled when he heard Gu Yu's calculations, "If you can really take Jiang Xia within ten days, then your strategy is really a good strategy." ”

"Is the general willing to do what I want?"

Yuan Qian pretended to think about it, sat down on the chair and said: "What you said is indeed good, but you have not been on the battlefield a few times, how do you know if you have done it well in the past ten days." If you can make a promise, I'd give it a try. ”

Gu Yu thought to herself that Yuan Xian was forcing herself to make a military order, although she didn't have to fight with the eldest lady in this game, the entire Shao Dong family of Shuoguo, but the words had already been spoken, and it was not good to take it back. "If my will can be fully conveyed, the order is forbidden, and I will be regarded as the general, and I will be able to stand on the guarantee of ten days."

"Really?" Yuan Xian's eyebrows raised, and with a wave of his hand, he ordered the clerk to take pen and ink. "There is no need to set any punishment, just write down the girl's guarantee today. Don't compare me with people like Zhou Gongjin in the romance, what I want is just peace of mind. ”

"Don't be careful, general, I'm also here to solve things as soon as possible." Gu Yu replied while writing a guarantee, and secretly thought to himself: "Although you don't necessarily have to kill people like Zhou Gongjin, do you think I don't know about the jealousy of girls?" ”