The person who spoke was naturally Luo Jian, a martial arts scholar who came to assist Xiao Tang in Hedong, and then Luo Jian said eloquently: "If you can, I also want to put down the thieves who made trouble in Hedong as soon as possible, and return the people of the Great Song Dynasty to a peaceful world." But now the bandit trouble in Hedong is far more serious than we expected. If the thief army takes the method of avoiding the real and attacking the false, and ignores the way of the prosperity, but our army is in a hurry, it will only be led by the thief's nose.

The situation is impermanent and timely, and we can only adapt to all changes. It is only necessary to first guard the official roads on all sides of Tongluo County, and strengthen the fence, if the thief army is coming, it should be fiercely attacked, but do not easily divide the troops to attack, otherwise the strength of the enemy and us will not be said to be long, and several units of our army are also afraid of being dragged down. ”

Luo Jian, a martial arts scholar who taught students military books and martial arts, did have a certain professional ability, and he had just listened to Xiao Jiasui analyze the situation in Hedong, and not only realized the actions that the thieves might take, but also immediately thought of a way to deal with it. It's just that he proposed to avoid taking the initiative to attack, and only hold a little bit of Tongyu County first, which is also to prepare for a protracted battle with the strongmen of all roads led by Tian Hu. Moreover, the other towns and villages on Hedong Road that suffered from bandits could only form groups to protect themselves, and with Xiao Tang's existing strength, they could not be stationed everywhere to resist the invasion of the thief army.

However, the way of stationing in a corner also made the military officials present feel a little embarrassed, among which Guan Sheng said angrily: "I heard that the thieves in Hedong seem to be much more cruel than ordinary green forest bandits. When the gang of thieves broke through the village, the town, they plundered and murdered, and they were so vicious that they couldn't bear to speak. My generation of great Song Xingwu Jian'er will never see the murderers persecuting innocent people, but they turn a blind eye! ”

Luo Jian only came up with such a method when he saw the move, after all, the war was tragic, and he could only make trade-offs. And Luo Jian, who was cold-faced, was just about to speak again, but Xiao Tang suddenly spoke: "The strategy recommended by Luo Xueyu is indeed meritorious, but in my opinion, I can add two more points......

As soon as Xiao Tang said this, Xiao Jiasui, Luo Jian, Hu Yanzhuo, Guan Sheng and others immediately quieted down, and looked at Xiao Tang in unison. And Xiao Tang brushed his head and said: "The thief army is numerous, although our army should be guarded by Tongyu County as the center, and it is more convenient to rush to rescue each other." However, the Jiangshan community is people-oriented, and the thieves in Hedong also rely on burning, killing and looting to maintain their food and military resources. While guarding the county seat and relocating the displaced people, our army sent a light cavalry to other county towns in the east, west, south, and north directions every once in a while, and issued orders to persuade the local people to temporarily move to Tonglu County with their furniture.

Although the thieves are running around and committing murder, and it is difficult to stop the officers and soldiers stationed in various places, if our army divides its troops to fight and fight, it will inevitably fall into passivity. However, if the troops are concentrated in one direction and led along the way, they can generally protect the people. I want to make this arrangement in order to ensure the safety of some people, and even if the thief army breaks through the surrounding towns and villages, they can only seize empty houses and empty houses, what is the use? Once the thieves are entangled and chase into the boundary of Tonglu County, we can also concentrate superior forces to annihilate them. ”

Listening to Xiao Tang's eloquent words, Luo Jian, Xiao Jiasui and others also felt that this was a more appropriate compromise countermeasure in the current situation. Although the battle has become bigger, and the people in various places, especially some large households, may not be willing to move with the official army, and the light cavalry sent every once in a while also needs to bear greater dangers, but for Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo, Xuanzan and other officials and generals, soldiers are originally fighting for their lives. With such measures, at least in the territory of the Wasion Army, more villages can be protected from being bloodied by thieves.

Only a moment later, Xiao Tang said again: "This official went to Hedong on business, not only to recruit the thieves in Hedong, but also to carry the responsibility of selecting and training a new army for the country. And now the bandits in Hedong are rampant, and they are far beyond our expectations. Since the thieves have been cultivated, and the non-heavy troops cannot be wiped out, I also plan to send another document, while our army and the thieves are confronting, I will ask the imperial court to send another horse infantry army to conquer and suppress. ”

Xiao Tang's idea, the other military officials will not have thought of it, but it is just a newcomer, and it is inconvenient for them to propose it to Xiao Tang. After all, Xiao Tang also took a lot of time to say that he would move the official family to give him the power to go to Hedong to select and train a new army, but now not long after arriving in Hedong, Xiao Tang asked the imperial court to send soldiers and horses to help him suppress the thieves on the grounds that the thieves were powerful.

But according to Xiao Tang, instead of slapping his swollen face and becoming fat, it is better to use his current authority to appease the thieves under the command of Tian Hu as soon as possible. He knew that most of the forbidden troops stationed in Hedong were cowardly and fearful of the enemy, but he didn't expect that the officers and soldiers defending in various states and counties were far more nesty than he guessed, and he now had about 10,000 men and horses, but the strength of the thief army led by Tian Hu was several times that of his own, and the number of people could be further expanded, even if he now controlled the center of Hedong Road and stopped the expansion of Tian Hu's army, but if it continued to wear out with the thief army for a long time, although Xiao Tang's troops could afford it, but the people of Li in Hedong did not know how long they would have to suffer.

Although he still controls tens of thousands of strong soldiers and horses in the green forest, it is impossible for Xiao Tang to mobilize several righteous troops from Liaodong and Jingdong Road to attack the Hedong thieves led by Tian Hu.

After the military meeting was finalized, Xiao Tang divided the duties of all the officials and generals present: Xiao Jiasui, as a staff strategist, dispatched several departments to lead the people of other counties and towns in batches; Luo Jian led the officials of Tongqi County to pacify and control the affected people who had migrated to the local area; Wang Jin, as the head of the new army, trained the selected Xiang Yong to teach martial arts and formations; Hua Rong and Niu Gao, as Xiao Tang's personal entourage, patrolled around the county and paid attention to the movements of the thieves in Hedong; Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo, Xuanzan, Hao Siwen, Han Tao, and Peng Xi will guard the official roads on all sides of the county according to the deployment, and at any time, they are ready to lead the horse army to run to other counties and towns to escort the people to Tonglu County.

And just as Xiao Tang's henchmen and officials will receive their own orders according to their dispatches, and at the same time as they are in full swing to deploy defenses inside and outside Tongluo County and attract the victims, the strongman leaders from all over Hedong also went to other state capitals on Hedong Road in batches to invade the county and seize the town and gather the outlaws, as for Tian Hu himself, Tian Bao, Tian Biao and others led a group of thieves along the intersection of the Weisheng Army and Fenzhou, and went straight to Mianshang, Pingyao and other county seats, and went to sweep the villages, and even more unscrupulously looted the gold silk grain and grass...... 8)