After capturing the capital, Lu Chen was ambitious and planned to recover Hedong in one go.

But several strategists persuaded him, Xue Huairen said: "Lord, our country is in the civil war, the people everywhere are displaced, and our army has been raising troops so far, the grain and grass hoarded have almost been exhausted, and our country can't support this big war at all. ”

As soon as Xue Huairen's words were finished, Liu Yuan continued: "Lord Yu, I also agree with Lord Xue's opinion, first, our country's civil war is very costly, and the national strength is no longer enough to support a big war. Second, the current position of the lord is still the general of Zhenbei, so the recovery of Hedong at this time, it is of little significance, in the next thought, the lord should be on the throne, and then recover Hedong, in this way, it can also better demonstrate the royal prestige of the lord, and can also make the lord of the new king, in the people of the wind country, the prestige of the people of the country be further enhanced. ”

The opinions of the two of them were more pertinent, and Lu Chen was indeed persuaded by the two of them, but during the time when Li Miaocai went to Kyoto, there was one thing, but Lu Chen really calculated it correctly.

That was Ding Rui's escape route.

On the surface, Ding Rui was fleeing in the direction of Lingnan County, but in fact, it was only the forbidden army under him, and he, together with Ding Ze, with more than 100 henchmen, was lurking in the direction of Longshan.

At the same time, Ding Rui also began to ask Zhang Guo for help, asking Zhang Guo to quickly break through the Longshan defense line, so that he could escape from Fengdi and enter Zhang Guo's territory in order to make a comeback.

Ding Rui, the puppet king of Jin, is still very important to Zhang Guo! Because Ding Rui is there, it means that the Yuan Feng Congress has always obeyed Zhang Guo's command. The current Zhang Guo, in fact, does not need Ding Rui to ask for help, and has already begun to draw troops from China to support the Longshan battlefield, in an attempt to break Longshan in one fell swoop.

In the eyes of Zhang Guo, Longshan County has been ceded to himself by Ding Rui, and now that Zhao Yuan is defeated and Longshan is lost, how can Zhang Guo give up, on the one hand, he wants to recapture Longshan, on the other hand, he also rescues Ding Rui, and intends to temporarily integrate it into the territory of Zhang Guo, and then try to support it.

After learning that Zhang Guo began to mobilize a large number of troops to march towards Longshan, Lu Chen did not hesitate for a moment, and immediately left 100,000 soldiers in the capital, and the other more than 200,000 wind troops were transferred to the Longshan defense line by him as soon as possible.

Now Ding Rui is still in the territory of the Wind Country, as long as Longshan can resist Zhang's army, then even if Ding Rui has wings, he doesn't want to fly out! Therefore, even if the Wind Country can't afford to fight a big battle now, and even if Lu Chen doesn't want to fight anymore, the most important thing to do now is to defend Longshan.

There was no way, six days later, Lu Chen personally led an army of 260,000 to arrive at the Longshan defense line.

At this point, the strength of the Feng army in Longshan has reached 450,000 people, and in the big tent of the Chinese army, Lu Chen sits in the commander's seat.

He first glanced at everyone, and then said straight to the point: "It is reported that Zhang Guo transferred 300,000 troops from China to support the Longshan battlefield, and now in terms of time, within two days, Zhang's army should arrive at the front line, what are your best plans for this battle?" ”

Since Zuo Shuang led 110,000 horses to support Su Muzhi, the Zhang army in Hedong has not carried out any decent attacks. At this time, seeing Lu Chen asking, Su Muzhi took the lead and said:

"My lord, my country is located in the northwest, the land is barren, now the most fertile Hedong, and occupied by the Zhang army, before that, our army has been confronted with the Zhang army for more than two months, now the army in the grain and grass, has almost exhausted, and our country after the usurpation of Ding Rui's old thief, the treasury is also squandered by it, now, although our army has 450,000 people, but in terms of national strength, the last general thinks that it is not possible to confront the Zhang army for a long time, when the main force of the Zhang army has not yet arrived, our army takes the initiative to attack and quickly decides this battle!"

When Lu Chen heard this, he didn't answer immediately, but looked at Zuo Shuang and asked, "General Zuo Shuang, what do you think of General Su's strategy?" ”

Hearing this, Zuo Shuang bowed his hand and said: "Back to the lord, the Zhang army this time from the country to transfer 300,000 troops, its intention, is to break through the Longshan defense line as quickly as possible, therefore, the last general thinks, the more eager the enemy is to fight quickly, the more stable our side should be, only in this way, in order not to make mistakes, in order to thwart the Zhang army, if you take the initiative to attack, it is undoubtedly equivalent to giving up the advantage of the defending side, and the plain war, our Feng army has always been evenly matched with the Zhang army, now, our civil strife has just been pacified, after the war, the youth and strength have decreased sharply, and the population is not as good as the heydayTherefore, the last general thinks that defense should be the most important thing and maintain the strength that we should have. ”

Su Muzhi suggested taking the initiative, and now Zuo Shuang suggested that it was best for his side to keep defending, and when the former heard this, he couldn't help but say:

"General Zuo Shuang, now that our treasury is empty, and now it is not the season of grain production, there is no surplus grain and grass to supply in the country, if we cannot defeat the Zhang army within ten days, then our 450,000 troops will be trapped by grain and grass, and this is the only point, we should not still stick to defense."

"Dare to ask General Su, if you take the initiative to attack, the general can have a detailed strategy for using troops." Zuo Shuang asked. Although he had just surrendered to Lu Chen not long ago, the task that Lu Chen gave him at that time was to assist Su Muzhi and guard the Longshan defense line, so in the eyes of people like Zuo Shuang, he would only think about how to complete the task assigned by Lu Chen, and would not think about whether to refute the coach Su Muzhi.

Now that Lu Chen has arrived here, the position of the commander of the three armies will naturally fall to Lu Chen's head. After Su Muzhi heard this, he said directly to Lu Chen: "Lord, although the last general does not have a more proper strategy for entering the army now, it is still the same sentence, our side should not only focus on defense, but look for opportunities to defeat this batch of more than 100,000 Zhang troops in Hedong first, and even if possible, take the opportunity to recover Hedong County before the main force of the Zhang army arrives!" ”

"No!" As soon as Su Muzhi's words were finished, Zuo Shuang immediately said: "If our army turns defense into attack and attacks Hedong County, then when attacking the city, it will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and Zhang Guo is now in Hedong, there are more than 100,000 troops, although our army has 450,000 people, but if you want to capture a city garrisoned by more than 100,000 people, within two days, it is absolutely impossible to succeed, and once our army does not capture Hedong in two days, the whole army will be exhausted, and two days later, the main army of Zhang Guo will arrive at the Longshan battlefield, if you lead the army to kill at this time, our side is in danger." ”

Hearing this, Su Muzhi said a little unhappily: "General Zuoshuang, how do you know that our army will definitely not be able to capture Hedong within two days!" ”

"General Su, are you absolutely sure that you can break through the city defense of Hedong within two days?" Zuo Shuang asked rhetorically.

His character is like this, in the military, if he feels that someone else's strategy is wrong, then he will definitely not take into account the identity of the other party, and if he has any ideas, he will also say it directly.

(End of chapter)