Guo Wei walked to the map, pointed to Yanmen Pass and said, "My lord, if the Khitan leads the army to the south, it will definitely enter the pass from Yanmen Pass, pass through Daizhou, Xinzhou, and approach Taiyuan." ”

He pointed to Youzhou, Yunzhou, Yanzhou, Tongzhou and other places, and continued

"Now that the sixteen states of Yanyun have all returned to the Khitan, the gateway to the Central Plains has been opened, and the natural barrier against the Khitan has been lost."

"Although Yanmen Pass is a natural danger, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if the Khitan bypasses Yanmen Pass and enters Shanxi from other places, then Yanmen Natural Risk will be useless."

"However, no matter where the Khitan enters the customs, Xinzhou is a necessary place to go south. Therefore, we should focus our defense on Xinzhou. ”

Shi Hongzhao said, "What General Guo said is extremely true, but it is not ruled out that Yelu Deguang will attack from other places, and it is not impossible for Xinzhou, Daizhou, Lanzhou, and Shizhou." Therefore, we must be fully prepared and not neglect one at the expense of the other. ”

Yu Qing listened to the analysis of the two generals, got up and said, "The soldier has a cloud to know that he knows that he will not be defeated in a hundred battles, and he knows that he does not know the other.

Now although we have learned the news of the Khitan's plot to Hedong, there is no specific information, such as how many troops are they ready to send? Who is the leading general? We don't know the route of the march.

Even if we are fully prepared, we will not be able to cover everything, and it is inevitable that we will lose sight of one or the other, so we must further understand the enemy's movements. ”

Liu Zhiyuan frowned and asked, "What other good strategies do the generals have?" ”

Wang Jun got up and said, "Since everyone thinks that the Khitan invasion is a sure thing, then the last general has an idea, I don't know if I should talk about it or not?" ”

"Everyone expressed their opinions and spoke freely, but General Wang said that it was okay." Liu Zhiyuan said.

Wang Jun said: "Although the total number of infantry and cavalry of our regular army in Hedong is 50,000, if we disperse and deploy defenses, it will be difficult to concentrate superior forces. I think we can use the Suspicious Tactics. ”

"Oh? Please tell me about it. ”

Wang Jun continued: "On the one hand, we must continue to send spies to spy on the Khitan intelligence and find out their movements. On the other hand, we can confuse the Khitan spies and release some false information to them, so that they do not know the real focus of our defense. ”

"Please tell us what you think in detail," Liu Zhiyuan spread his right hand and said.

"From the point of view of facilitating the march and saving time and shortening the marching distance, the Khitan wants to attack Hedong, and it is most likely to go south from Yanmen Pass. However, Yanmen Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and I believe that Yelu Deguang will also take this into account, and it is very likely that he will make a detour to avoid Yanmen Pass.

Judging from the topography of Xinzhou, Daizhou, Lanzhou, and Shizhou, Xinzhou is the throat of the place, the north-south passage, no matter where they enter the customs from, the most likely direction to attack Taiyuan is Xinzhou, so we should focus on Xinzhou.

In Dai, Lan, and Shizhou, we can set up suspicious troops, erect more flags at the head of the city, and release more wolf smoke, so that the Khitan spies cannot know how many troops we have deployed.

And Xinzhou we have to lay an ambush, not let the Khitans perceive that this is the focus of our defense, let them misjudge our city air defense, if they attack from Xinzhou, we can concentrate superior forces to fight a beautiful blocking battle. ”

Wang Jun explained his strategy in detail.

Everyone agreed.

But Yu Qing stood up and said, "Lord Wang's strategy looks really good, but if Yelu Deguang is not fooled and does not attack from Xinzhou, but attacks from other places where the deployment of other troops is weak, then it will be difficult for us to mobilize troops to reinforce for a while, and the Khitan will be like entering a no-man's land, driving straight in, and Taiyuan will be dangerous at that time." ”

Wang Jun's analysis of the Qing Dynasty was also reasonable, and he asked, "What should I do if I see my brothers?" ”

Yu Qing replied, "The art of war is to attack and must take, and if you attack it, you will not defend it; Those who defend and must be solid, defend what they do not attack. Therefore, those who are good at attacking, the enemy does not know what they are defending; Those who defend well, the enemy does not know what they are attacking. If I am invisible and formless, then I am exclusive and enemy. I am designed for one, the enemy is divided into ten, is to attack one of the ten, then I am outnumbered by the enemy, and the enemy is outnumbered by the many, and if there is no fight, the battle will be won! Knowing the place of war, knowing the day of war, you can fight for thousands of miles. If you don't know the battlefield, you don't know the day of the war, then the left can't save the right, the right can't save the left, the front can't save the back, the back can't save the front, and the far ones are tens of miles, and the near ones are several miles?

Therefore, what we have to do now is not to focus on where to deploy defenses, but to figure out from where the Khitan will attack. If we figure out the direction of their attack, we can concentrate our superior forces on this offensive line, and then we can defeat the outnumbered with the outnumbered, and strike one with ten, and wait for the work. ”

Liu Zhiyuan couldn't help but clap his hands and said, "It's good, it's good, it's my heart." But how do we determine the direction of the Khitans' attack? ”

The generals present were all silent, and the entire council hall was terrifyingly quiet, and even if an embroidery needle dropped on the ground, it would be heard clearly.

"Report!"

Just when everyone was at a loss, a small school came in to report.

Liu Zhiyuan said, "Accurate! ”

The little school reported that "Lord Yu, a nun who calls herself Huiqing asks to see her. ”

Liu Zhiyuan and the generals were wondering, Yu Qing got up and said, "Brother Liu, I know this Huiqing, it is a messenger sent by Wolf Mountain, let her in!" ”

Liu Zhiyuan said: "Xuan! ”

The little colonel shouted loudly, "Master Xuan Huiqing, come and see!" ”

People looked out of the door, only to see a slender, dignified, veiled nun walked in with brisk steps, and saluted Liu Zhiyuan, "Poor nun Huiqing, meet Lord Liu!" ”

Liu Zhiyuan said, "Little Master, please take a seat!" ”

A young general lifted a chair and beckoned Huiqing to sit down.

Liu Zhiyuan asked, "I heard from Brother Yu, the little master is the messenger of the master of Sun Zhai, I don't know what news the master of Sun Zhai has to give to Liu?" ”

Huiqing got up and folded his hands and returned, "Amitabha, senior brother sent the poor nun to Hedong, there is indeed a letter to repair, but the poor nun has been handed over to Yu Shaoxia and asked him to transfer it to Lord Liu on his behalf, what's the matter?" Didn't Yu Shaoxia hand over the letter to Lord Liu? ”

Yu Qing had always been worried about the Khitan invasion, so he forgot the letter, and hurriedly said, "Brother Liu, you see that I am so busy, I forgot all about the letter." ”

As he spoke, Yu Qing took out the letter in his arms and handed it to Liu Zhiyuan.

Liu Zhiyuan opened the letter and read it, frowned and said, "Put aside Wolf Mountain's in advance, and discuss it when the current major matter is resolved." ”

He said to Huiqing again, "Master Huiqing, since the letter from Master Sun Zhai has been delivered, I don't know if you have anything else to do?" If there is nothing else to do, we still have something to discuss, how about the little master go to the guest room to have some tea first? ”

Huiqing said, "Back to Lord Liu, there is no official business, but on the way back to Wolf Mountain, the poor nun accidentally caught a Khitan messenger, and found a letter written by Yelu Deguang to his senior brother, I think Lord Liu may be able to use it." ”

After Huiqing finished speaking, he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Liu Zhiyuan.