The nineteenth month of the fourteenth year of Liyang

General Guan Marshal's Mansion, main hall

Peng Kuohai, who had been anxious for several days, finally saw the good news he wanted to see, and stroked his beard and laughed.

"If peace is lost, the Ji Lin soldiers will definitely be defeated in this battle."

King Jing and King Duan, the two princes, had also learned of the peace war report at this time, and sat under the old handsome, their faces were full of joy, and King Jing, who had a strong personality, got up to ask for battle.

"Peng Shuai, the grain stock of the Zhou army has been burned, you can't fight for a long time, you must think of a way out, Le Yan is willing to lead a group of men and horses, seize Yuhu Beach, and cut off its back road."

When King Duan heard this, his face changed, and he didn't get up to fight, his eyes already showed eagerness to try, but how could Peng Kuohai let the two future crown princes get into danger lightly, smiled faintly, and broke King Jing's thoughts.

"King Jing thinks about the heart of serving the country, the old man understands it very well, but His Majesty has a decree before, the two princes are only responsible for supervising the army this time, and they cannot send troops to fight, the will is difficult to violate, King Jing still don't embarrass the old man."

Seeing that Peng Kuohai moved out of Emperor Liyang, King Jing and the two were unwilling, and they didn't dare to say anything more, so they sat down with regret on their faces.

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After leveling the two little ancestors, Peng Kuohai was a matter of concern, and with a positive color in the back, he looked at the generals in the hall.

"Where is Tang Xiang?"

"The end will be."

A black-faced man suddenly got up, it was Tang Xiang, the general of Pingdong in the Northern Jin Dynasty.

The old handsome tiger eyes widened, his momentum was full, he took out a order chip from the table, and shouted: "This marshal and your 30,000 horses, and then order the defenders of Getang County to cooperate, before the 24th, you must take the Yuhu stall for me and cut off the retreat of the Zhou army." ”

"The last general commands."

Tang Xiang stepped forward to take the order, arched his hand at the old man and the two princes, turned around and strode out of the main hall.

After Tang Xiang left, Peng Kuohai looked at another general in the hall and shouted.

"Pawn Shouyu."

A veteran with a slanted scar on his face and a gray beard got up happily, this person was the general of Zhenxi in the Northern Jin Dynasty, and he was also an old subordinate who had cooperated with Peng Kuo for many years.

Looking at this old subordinate, who was over sixty years old, Peng Kuohai's expression softened a lot.

"Zisheng, the old man would like to ask you to lead the men and horses of the headquarters, unite the defense men and horses of the Guangqing Mansion, raid Mengcheng County on the left side of the Zhou army, guard the main retreat of the Zhou army, and drag the Zhou army besieging the vicinity of Guangqing.

After the old man fights the decisive battle with Ji Linbing, he will immediately return to the division to support and join you to encircle and annihilate the Guangqing Zhou army. ”

Dian Shouyu bowed slightly, and stepped forward to take over Peng Kuohai's order: "Peng Shuai rest assured, in the end, he will help you drag down the Zhou army in the Guangqing area." ”

Peng Kuohai nodded, he still believed in the old comrade-in-arms of Dianshou Yu, and after he was ordered to leave, the old man looked at a person who looked like a civilian official on the lower right side and spoke.

"Counselor Wu."

"The lower official is here."

Wu Cheng, a member of the military department and a counselor of the Marshal's Mansion, got up when he heard the words and bowed his head to listen to the order.

"I'm sorry for you to go to Liangshui, inform Di Shuai, and ask him to closely cooperate with the actions of the general's side.

You personally help the old man to send a message to Di Shuai, the old man has two requirements for him, one is to drag the Zhou army on Quliang's side, and second, after the decisive battle between our army and the Zhou army, let Di Shuai wait for the opportunity to move westward and recover the lost territory of Nanling. ”

Wu Cheng memorized it in his heart, and replied with his hand: "Peng Shuai, don't worry, the lower official will definitely bring your words." ”

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The old man waved his hand, and when he saw Wu Cheng turn around and leave, he glanced around at the generals again, and finally put his eyes on King Jing and King Duan, and after a moment of silence, Peng Kuohai opened his mouth and shouted.

"Where is the joy, where is the joy."

King Jing and King Duan didn't expect Peng Kuohai to suddenly mention themselves, so they were stunned for a moment and hurriedly got up.

"Ben...... Le Zhi (乐凃) in. ”

The old handsome glanced at the two princes with excited faces, and a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes.

To be honest, he didn't want to use these two princes at all, and he couldn't wait for them to stay honestly until the end of the war, but after all, Duanwang and the two were the crown princes, and their status was there.

Especially in this decisive battle, it is very likely to decide the victory or defeat of this national war in one fell swoop, Duanwang and the two came to the front line for several months for military honors and martial arts, and they have been suffering for so long, if it really doesn't make people not mix at all, it is really unreasonable.

After all, one of these two will become a great treasure in the future, become the emperor of the Northern Jin Dynasty, and offend them, Peng Kuohai is not afraid of the future emperor giving him small shoes at this age, but he still has family generals, for the sake of these people, he can't completely ignore the two princes.

No matter what you say, these two are the ones who are rightly participating in this battle, and everyone will look good in the future.

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Thinking of this, the old marshal made up his mind and said: "Order the two of you to draw up the information and rumors that the Zhou army's grain and grass have been burned, and send scouts to spread it in all parts of the Zhou army, disturbing the heart of the Zhou army, frustrating its morale, and breaking its morale. ”

Regarding the use of the two princes such as King Duan, Peng Kuohai obviously put a lot of thought into it, and he must not send two people to the front-line battlefield, otherwise if something happens, he won't be able to win this battle enough to atonement for his crimes.

Without going to the battlefield, the credit for deploying grain and grass in the rear is there, but he does not show his face, which obviously does not meet the needs of the two princes.

This matter is not dangerous, there is a face to be exposed, and the most important thing is that the credit is all decided by him alone, after all, no one can say how much Zhou Junjun's heart has been affected.

This kind of plausible and ambiguous merit can be freely played by Peng Kuohai according to Emperor Liyang's wishes, or directly handed over to Emperor Liyang to decide.

The old commander has been in charge for decades, not only has the ability to fight wars, but also has the ability to engage in politics.

Of course, although the main purpose is to arrange the two princes to be gilded, the old marshal still advocates the war first, so in order to ensure that in case, Peng Kuohai sent a deputy to Duanwang and them.

King Duan and King Jing are not stupid, they naturally understand what Lao Shuai means, and honestly listen to his arrangement, for them, as long as they can show their faces and share some credit, everything else is a trivial matter......

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And after the two princes are properly settled, Peng Kuohai will no longer send people to order, all he has to do now is wait.

When the last food of the Zhou army is slowly consumed, until the food and grass of the Zhou army is in crisis and the flaws are exposed, he will kill with a sword.

Of course, before that, he had to block the desperate and desperate crazy counterattack of the Zhou army, because after the Zhou army learned that his granary was burned, according to the temperament of King Ji Linbing, I am afraid that he would not withdraw his troops easily, and nine times out of ten he would desperately attack the city, in order to take the general pass and save the defeat of the Zhou army.

Lao Shuai had already expected this, and the previous orders to Dian Shouyu, Tang Xiang, and Di Yi were to prepare for this.

Now, the Jin army has 180,000 troops in the General Pass, and the Zhou army has 300,000 soldiers and horses outside the pass.

Peng Kuohai was confident that he would lead the 180,000 defenders of General Guan to withstand the crazy counterattack of Ji Lin's soldiers and 300,000 Zhou troops.

The granary of the Zhou army in Ping'an Town was burned, and it would take two months to mobilize grain from the rear, and according to the consumption of 600,000 troops, at most half a month, the Zhou army would be in a hurry with food and grass.

That is to say, if Ji Linbing is in half a month, it will not ...... Leave enough time to retreat, the Zhou army only has ten days.

Within ten days, if Ji Linbing could not take the General Pass, so as to obtain the Jin army's food and grass supplies, then the 600,000 Zhou army would have to face the dilemma of retreating, otherwise they would have to fight with the Jin army with hunger.

And the consequences of this will obviously be very miserable.

Peng Kuohai's goal at this time is to force the Zhou army into this miserable situation, and at this time, then the old marshal will do his best to fight with all the horses and horses of the General Pass, and defeat the main force of the Zhou army outside the General Pass all the way.

Then they attacked it separately, and cooperated with Dian Shouyu and Di Yi to eat the rest of the Zhou army one by one, and finally, they marched westward to recover the lost territory.

Even when the situation could, they entered the Western Zhou Dynasty, turned defense into offense, and expanded their territory.

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The old marshal's battle plan is not profound, and he is taking an upright plan, according to several deployments of his talents, at this time, all the generals in the hall, except for a few reckless men who don't use their brains, have roughly figured out Peng Kuohai's intentions.

It is impossible to be all in favor, but there are really few who oppose it, after all, the old man has fought all his life, and when it comes to the commander's use of troops, everyone here is a younger brother, and no one has the courage to pick his old man's thorn.

Of course, I don't dare to pick thorns, and there are still two doubts, such as whether Ji Linbing will really refuse to withdraw his troops as the old commander expected, but smash the general's pass.

In case Ji Linbing endured the pain and cut off his tail, threw the general Guan away, led the 600,000 troops to fully retreat to Nanling and Beiling, and then wantonly plundered the people's rations, then the Zhou army did not dare to say, and it would not be a problem to hold on for another month.

At that time, the first batch of grain in the Western Zhou Dynasty should have arrived, and with the new grain replenishment, the Zhou army would soon be able to recover its original spirit, and there may not be no chance of turning the tables.

As soon as this question was pointed out, the hall was silent, and even Peng Kuohai's hand brushing his beard was slow for two moments, and finally Duanwang stood up and delivered an inspiring speech.

"This king Guan Na Ji is the capital of a proud general, and I am afraid that he will not do such a cruel act as taking the people's rations.

In other words, even if the Zhou army did such atrocities, this move is intolerable to heaven and unbearable, and it will inevitably provoke the fierce resistance of the people of Nanling and Beiling. ”

"Okay."

Peng Kuohai stroked his palms and laughed: "King Duan's words are extremely true, if the Zhou army really robs the grain, then the Zhou army will lose the hearts of the people in Nanling and Beiling, and the people will resist, and they will not be able to stay in peace for a long time."

These two mansions are the border barrier between the two countries of Jin and Zhou, the location is extremely dangerous, if the Zhou army loses the hearts of the two provinces, although it is safe for a while, but it is the loss of national luck.

Ji Lin Binggui is the general of the Western Zhou Dynasty, known as ambitious, and will never be so short-sighted to the point of taking the people's food, on the contrary, if this bureaucrat really robs the people's rations, we are really relieved, the Western Zhou Dynasty has this person to assist the country, it is the blessing of my Great Jin. ”

Duan Wang and Peng Kuohai sang and harmonized like this, which pointed out the key point of this matter, so that all the generals had a feeling in their hearts that Ji Linbing was dying no matter how he chose, and the silent main hall instantly came alive again.

Looking at the generals who had returned to normal, the old handsome man looked at Duanwang vaguely, and said secretly in his heart.

It is said that the three princes are benevolent and elegant, and they are tepid, and today it seems that His Royal Highness Duan Wang is not lacking in vigor and decisiveness under his generosity, and has the posture of a dragon and a phoenix.

The old man secretly pondered in his heart here, but King Jing at the bottom glanced at his own imperial brother who had just shown a small face in front of the lieutenant general several times, and his fingers under the gorgeous sleeves were white, and a conspiracy began to circulate in his mind............