When Zhang Zhongwu was guarding against Zhang Yunshen.

Zhang Yunshen, who is in his sixties, is not a fool, he has been mixed in the official road for so many years, he has fought on the battlefield for so many years, he has never seen any way in the world, he has not gone through any conspiracy, as long as you open your mouth, I know what you want to say; As soon as you take a breath, I know what kind of wine you are drinking.

So when Zhang Zhifang personally led 5,000 elite soldiers to Liaodong, Zhang Yunshen took the initiative to hand over the military power.

You bring troops to reinforce you, and by the way, this command will be handed over to you.

My soldiers are yours, and your soldiers are yours, so you can do it.

At a critical time, we must know how to hide the front, which is the most important way of doing things in the ancient Chinese officialdom.

Sure enough, when Zhang Zhifang heard Zhang Yunshen's words, his mood suddenly brightened, and he said to Zhang Yunshen with wine: "Old general, fighting a war is a very hard thing, not to mention the current weather is cold and snowy, in case the old general suffers from typhoid fever, we can't afford it." When the time comes, I will lead my troops to fight the enemy in front, and the old general will sit in Liaodong to respond to our army, wouldn't it be beautiful. ”

It's actually nothing to say that it's sitting in the rear, that is, when we are fighting, what should you do if you continue to stay in Liaodong City, in case the grain and grass are not enough, you can quickly send someone to bring me food.

Since the deputy envoy of Jiedu has said it, what else can Zhang Yunshen say, so he had to reply: "The last general will take the order." ”

It seems to be eating, but in fact, the two of them arranged the things that should be arranged by the way during the meal, and from today on, the dominant power in Liaodong has changed from Zhang Yunshen to Zhang Zhifang.

In other words, the next step is to exterminate Shanxi, and the heavy task will be taken by Zhang Zhifang.

The people's affairs have been arranged in this way, and it is time to discuss how to fight, Zhang Zhifang drank wine and chatted and said to Zhang Yunshen: "Old general, when we came here this time, we met the herdsmen of Shanxi in the area of Xiaoling River, and we took advantage of the situation to exterminate these people, and at the same time brought a few living mouths. ”

After listening to Zhang Zhifang's words, Zhang Yunshen said: "Since the deputy envoy has captured the people of Shanxi, can you know where they are hiding?" At the end of the past few years, the general launched many attacks on the mountain thieves, but each time because of the deep mountains and ravines, it was impossible to find the trace of the enemy, and finally returned in vain. ”

Zhang Wei knew that the reason why Zhang Yunshen was so concerned about the hiding place of the Shanxi people must have suffered in this regard.

There is no love for no reason, and there is no hate for no reason, Zhang Yunshen naturally has his reason for caring about this issue.

After walking the road to Liaodong, Zhang Wei knew how many mountains and how many rivers he had crossed along the way. I also know that the Shanxi people are ethnic minorities, and they deal with the mountains all the year round, come in the mountains, go in the mountains, come and go without a trace, and when they lead the soldiers to chase them, they have long disappeared.

Besides, even if you finally chased after the enemy, by the time you arrived with all your hard work, the enemy had already run to the mountains.

It sounds simple to go up and down the mountain, but it is difficult to catch up, and finally, out of breath, I went up the mountain, and as a result, the enemy ran to the other side of the mountain again.

The mountain is a monkey in the mountains, and the big ** is a rookie who has just entered the mountain, can it be compared?

You can't see it, you can't touch it, you can't hear it, you can't catch up, this is the deepest feeling of fighting with the Shanxi people.

The reason why Zhang Yunshen is so concerned about the location of the enemy's lair is actually the same as Zhang Zhifang, Zhang Wei and others, that is, he plans to launch a surprise attack without the enemy paying attention, and sneak attack the mountain thieves to destroy the enemy in one fell swoop.

The idea is beautiful, the road is far away, thinking about beauty is thinking about beauty, and not being able to do is really beautiful.

Zhang Zhifang shook his head after hearing this, "These mountain thieves are very stubborn, although they have killed a lot, but the enemy still refuses to tell where their lair is. But it doesn't matter, since we've already brought our troops, even if they don't say it, we can still destroy them. ”

Zhang Yunshen didn't speak, since you insist on leading troops to exterminate, what else can I say?

Zhang Zhifang continued, "Old general, our army has been assembled, you are familiar with the situation here, tell me your opinion, how should we march, is it along the Daling River all the way to the west?" Or do you want to go west along the Liaoxi Corridor first, enter the Xiaoling River and then drive north? ”

Zhang Wei understood that this was actually a matter of the marching route, he had just come to Liaodong, and he did not know much about the terrain and landforms here, so it was better to say less without on-the-spot inspection and mastery.

Since he was a child, his mother has taught him that he should say less, say too much, and lose it, and the disease will come from the mouth, and the disaster will come out of the mouth.

After listening to Zhang Zhifang's words, Zhang Yunshen spoke, "Lord Deputy Envoy, at present, the Shanxi thieves have crossed the Nurur Tiger Mountain and the Yiwulu Mountain to the Liaodong Plain, if we lead the troops to march north from the Xiaoling River, it is easy to be attacked by the east and west sides of the Shanxi, and after we enter the mountain, it is easy to be attacked by the enemy without knowing it, so our casualties are very large." ”

Zhang Yunshen didn't say that it was not good to march from Da Ling He, but people clearly told you the danger of Xiao Ling He's march.

"So the old general advocated advancing westward from the Daling River?" Zhang Zhifang heard the meaning of the old general's words, so he said.

"It's probably the safest way to march like this." Zhang Yunshen said, "However, the last general suggested that before our army attacks the Daling River, we should first seize Yiwu Lu Mountain to sweep away the worries of the future, and no matter how deep our army is, we don't have to worry about the safety of the rear in the future, what does the deputy envoy think?" ”

Yiwu Lu Mountain is located to the east of the Daling River, if ** is going to go west along the Daling River, it should first occupy Yiwu Lu Mountain to prevent the road of grain and grass supply from being blocked.

"Well, it's spring, and the mountain thieves shouldn't have returned north, so our army should strike quickly and destroy them before they return north. What does the old general mean? "After talking about the route of the march, it is time to talk about the time of the march.

Zhang Yunshen didn't have any opinion on the time of this march, and nodded: "The last general also thinks that the enemy should be destroyed before he returns to the north. As the deputy envoy intended, it was best for our army to destroy the enemy before they return north, and sweep away the troubles in one fell swoop. ”

The time for sending troops was thus decided, and the rest was a question of the source of troops.

Although he has not been in Datang for a long time, with Zhang Wei's outstanding wisdom and advanced imagination, Zhang Wei has understood that there are only a few factors in fighting in ancient times, one is the number of troops, the second is the route of troops, and the time to send troops, of course, the most important thing is the generals who lead the troops.

Before the discussion, Zhang Zhifang had already said that he would personally serve as the chief general with the troops this time, and since the deputy envoy of Jiedu was willing to take the initiative to take on the heavy responsibility, it was equivalent to determining the general who led the troops.

"Old general, in addition to the five thousand elite soldiers I brought, how many soldiers and horses can be used in Liaodong at the moment?"

The battle is about to start, Zhang Yunshen, as a general of Liaodong, you should always tell me how many soldiers and horses you can use in your hands, right?

Zhang Yunshen said without thinking about it, "There are more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in Liaodong, stationed on the east bank of the Daling River, the mouth of the Liaohe River, and the east bank of the Hunhe River, as well as Liaodong City. In addition to the garrisons in these four places, there should be less than 5,000 soldiers and horses that can really be used for war. ”

Yes?

Less than five thousand.

There are less than 5,000 of the more than 20,000 defenders in Liaodong who can be used to fight in the end, who are you coaxing?

Of course, Zhang Zhifang didn't believe that there were only such a few people in Liaodong's mobile soldiers.