Unlike everyone's seriousness and depression, Wang Yuan's face looked relaxed and happy.

"Sit, sit, sit, is anyone taller than standing? This is a pastry and good tea sent by friends in the capital, and I will take it out to share some with everyone. The pastries in Chang'an are delicious, and the rose pine nuts in Bafangju are a tribute, and I have tasted it for the first time. Wang Yuan greeted with a smile.

The generals sat on the futons on both sides according to their ranks, and each of them placed a cup of tea and a plate of snacks in front of them. It's a pity that although the pastries in Bafangju in Beijing are delicious, everyone eats them in their mouths and chews wax, so how can they have the heart to taste these.

Song Jiangong hastily chewed two mouthfuls of pastries for the sake of face, then got up and arched his hand: "Vice Marshal Wang, let's hurry up and discuss how to pass the ancient mountain and forest road ahead, and how to cross the important matter of Lushui." You must have heard about the attack on the scout team this evening, and Ge Luofeng's soldiers and horses will repeat their old tricks, and we need to have a countermeasure. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "General Song seems to be really anxious. So, what do you think about the attack on the scout team in the evening, feel free to say what you want. General Li, let's talk about it first. ”

Li Mi bowed his hand and said: "Deputy Marshal, both Humble and General Song were witnesses of the Battle of Lushui a few months ago, and I have the same opinion as General Song. Ge Luofeng would not give up such a great terrain to ambush me, this is his usual trick. The attack on the scouts in the evening was a harbinger. I think that how to cross this place tomorrow really needs a detailed and rigorous countermeasure. ”

Wang Yuan nodded slightly, looked around at the generals and said, "Do you all think so?" ”

The generals nodded one after another, and many of the generals present were generals who had participated in the Battle of Lushui, and they had always had lingering palpitations, and their views were similar to those of Song Jiangong and Li Mi.

Wang Yuan saw that Liu Jun didn't seem to speak, so he smiled and said, "Liu Jun, what do you think?" ”

Seeing that his father-in-law called his name, Liu Jun hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Deputy marshal, Liu Jun is young and does not have enough knowledge, although he has some other ideas, but I don't dare to say it nonsense, which makes people laugh and be generous." ”

Wang Yuan said: "I said it, speak freely." Since this matter is discussed, it is natural to listen to different opinions, so that it can be considered comprehensively and reasonably. You are not very old, but you have a lot of worries, when did you start to cherish face. Say what you should say, and speak out boldly, otherwise you won't know if what you think is right or wrong? ”

Liu Jun hurriedly said: "What the deputy marshal taught is that I will say it directly." I think the generals are a bit suspicious. In my opinion, it is impossible for Ge Luofeng to have ambushes here. ”

As soon as Liu Jun said this, the generals were a little surprised, and a little funny, and buzzed with each other. Everyone knows Liu Jun's identity, he is not only the young master of the Lady of Qin's mansion, but also the righteous son of Wang Yuan, so they are embarrassed to make fun of him. If someone else said such a thing, I am afraid that someone would have stood up and scolded him for talking nonsense.

"How so? Why. Wang Yuan asked with an interested smile, and everyone also quieted down to listen to Liu Jun's reason.

Liu Jun thought for a while and said: "Deputy Marshal, I have learned about the defeat of Lushui a few months ago, it was a sudden attack launched by Ge Luofeng taking advantage of the fact that my army rushed to cross Lushui, and it was in response to the Art of War's 'Crossing the river is not finished, hit its upper stream, and attack it halfway!" 'Words. Because of this, it has caused a chaotic situation that is difficult to take care of. In addition, the barbarian soldiers attacked with a poisonous miasma, which made our Nanzhao army frightened, so they only knew how to retreat and did not know how to counterattack. The soldiers and horses lost that day were the 28,000 soldiers and horses who had already crossed the Lushui. That's because Ge Luofeng's goal is to annihilate those 28,000 soldiers and horses. The attack on the north bank was actually just a small number of brutes who used the poisonous miasma to deter the main army from crossing the river to support. ”

After listening to the first half of the words, everyone was fine, but after listening to the second half of the words, their faces suddenly changed greatly. Someone frowned and shouted, "General Liu, what do you mean by this?" Are you saying that the army on the north bank, which had not yet crossed the river that day, retreated without a fight? ”

"Yes, was General Song's credit for fighting the enemy after the break that day was wiped out by you? It's just gibberish. ”

"Are you saying that the soldiers and horses on the north shore fled that day?"

Everyone echoed and questioned Liu Jun sharply. Liu Jun frowned and bowed his head silently, Wang Yuan didn't speak, only smiled and watched everyone arguing.

"Shut up." Song Jiangong waved his hand and shouted: "General Liu's words are reasonable. After that battle, I have been wondering one thing, I led 12,000 soldiers and horses to break off that day, but the number of barbarians entangled with me is indeed not much, I am afraid that there are only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. At that time, in order to protect the 35,000 soldiers and horses of Xian Yu Dashuai, I quickly withdrew from the valley, and I didn't think much about it. In hindsight, it was indeed the barbarians who put most of the soldiers and horses on the soldiers and horses that attacked the south bank to cross the river. Otherwise, if the 50,000 troops ambushed by Nanzhao on the same day and attacked the army on the north bank, how could we evacuate the valley so easily? ”

The generals looked at Song Jiangong speechlessly, but saw that Song Jiangong continued in a deep voice: "So General Liu Xiao's words are roughly correct, Ge Luofeng did use nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses to attack the troops who had crossed the river that day, and the more than 10,000 barbarian soldiers on the north bank were to harass and deter our army from meeting the south bank. Well, it was chaos, and I was dazed, all I thought about getting the army out of the dangerous terrain. But afterwards, I actually regretted it very much in my heart, if I had understood earlier, please Xian Yu Dashuai to fight back, maybe it would not have been like this. At the very least, it can annihilate more than 10,000 brutes on the north shore. It's a shame to think about. ”

Li Mi said in a deep voice: "General Song doesn't have to blame himself, even if you understood it at the time, Xian Yu Dashuai would not agree to turn back and attack, I know the situation that day, and you Song Jian has nothing to do." ”

Wang Yuan opened his mouth and said: "General Song, you have already made your best choice in the first battle that day, you don't have to worry about this matter." Liu Jun actually didn't mean to tell you. I can hear that Liu Jun means that the soldiers and horses of Nanzhao are actually very cautious, and even if they are ambushed, they will never use their inferior forces to our superior soldiers and horses. Therefore, the best place for them to ambush is still to attack while our army is crossing the river. Liu Jun, do you mean that? ”

Liu Jun nodded hurriedly and said, "Deputy Marshal, that's exactly what I meant." The situation was similar to what it is now. Our army is more than 50,000, and Ge Luofeng has 30,000 troops on hand, just as he used 50,000 to nearly 80,000 against my Jiannan army at that time. He was still at a disadvantage in his forces, and was more likely to ambush him as he crossed the river than to fight the valley in front of us. This is the judgment of the last general. ”

"What does the little general think about the attack on the scouts in the evening? If there are no ambushes, why would the scout team be ambushed by brutes? Someone asked coldly.

Liu Jun said: "If the barbarians are ambushed in the mountains and forests on both sides, they should disappear and will never let us find out." The blatant attack on our scout team just shows that they did not lay an ambush, but deliberately sent a small group of soldiers and horses to wake up, deter and interfere along the way. It's called Wanting to Cover Up. The more people kept coming out to attack, the more his main force did not ambush on the north bank of Lushui. ”

Everyone pondered silently, and had to say that what Liu Jun said was reasonable, how could he expose his whereabouts when he ambushed the enemy? Although Liu Jun's thinking is simple, it is common sense, which everyone ignores.

"Bang bang." Wang Yuan smiled and applauded, and said approvingly: "Liu Jun, what you said is the Tao, it is reasonable, it seems that you are indeed very attentive." Whether your judgment is right or wrong, I would like to applaud you for this attitude. For the generals, they must not be reckless and brutal, but must be thoughtful, brave and strategic. Not only should you think from your own standpoint, but also think from the other party's standpoint, and if you think it through, things will be much easier. ”

Li Mi also smiled: "General Liu Xiao is really extraordinary, this remark made the old man embarrassed, the old man didn't expect so much, he was extremely ashamed." ”

Liu Jun became uneasy when he was praised by others, and at this time it could be seen that he was actually still a child.

"Deputy Marshal, I don't know what you plan in your heart, why don't you say it so that everyone can hear it. The last general believes that the deputy marshal has already had an idea in his heart. Song Jiangong asked.

Everyone fell silent, their eyes fixed on Wang Yuan. After the Battle of Wangzhou, Wang Yuan was not only respected because of his identity as the deputy marshal, but also because the courage and strategy he showed in the Battle of Wangzhou were too many people, so his ideas were obviously the most important.

"What do I think?" Wang Yuan smiled: "Okay, then I'll say a little bit of my own thoughts." ”

Wang Yuan stood up and walked to the middle of the crowd to stand still, and said with a smile: "You have a lot of worries today, I see them all. But what I want to say is that you still have lingering fears about the soldiers and horses of Nanzhao, or you are not confident enough. Think about it, after the battle of Netzhou, our Nanzhao army broke through the enemy of 40,000 with less than 20,000 soldiers, and it was already a heavy blow to Ge Luofeng. On the day the news reached Quzhou, Ge Luofeng immediately withdrew his troops from Quzhou, what does this mean? ”

"It means he's scared." Song Jiangong said.

Wang Yuan nodded and said: "Of course he is afraid, his powerful helper Chongdao has been annihilated by us, and now he only has 30,000 soldiers and horses at hand, if you are Ge Luofeng, do you dare to go head-to-head with my Jiannan Army?" “

Li Mi said: "What does the deputy marshal mean that Ge Luofeng will not ambush me on the way to fight?" ”

Wang Yuan shook his head and said, "I mean, whether there is an ambush or not, we don't have to be afraid. Tomorrow the army will march as usual, and if it is ambushed, it will be engaged. Now that our army has an all-round superiority in morale, equipment, and strength, we are worried that he will come out to fight me? Isn't it a joke? ”

Everyone was stunned, it turned out that the deputy marshal didn't take it seriously at all, this idea was very dangerous. Li Mi frowned and said: "Deputy Marshal, during the Battle of Lushui that day, our Jiannan Army was also in the lead in terms of equipment and strength. An ambush is no joke. ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "It was Xian Yu Dashuai who led the army that day, and it is not he who is leading the army now." His first thought when he encountered an ambush that day was to retreat, do you think I would give the order to retreat? Or rather, which of you would run away from an ambush? On that day, the Nanzhao barbarians used the drug miasma to deter our army, and now the drug miasma is still useful to us? Did you have the power to annihilate 40,000 enemies in the Battle of Netzhou that day? ”

The generals did not dare to speak out, the deputy marshal's remarks and related to Xian Yu Zhongtong, although Xian Yu Zhongtong was indeed lackluster in leading the army, but no one dared to say such things publicly, Vice Marshal Wang was really domineering.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is something you should remember. Strategically it is necessary to despise the opponent, and tactically it is necessary to attach importance to the opponent. I spent half a month preparing for this march in Wangzhou, which was my respect for the attack methods of the Nanzhao barbarians, but this did not mean that we would be afraid of them. If you are afraid of the enemy, you have already lost half of it. Be prepared to do what you need to do, and that's what we're going to do. Therefore, tomorrow's army will start normally, maintain a good formation, and make all preparations for it, and then Luo Feng will come out to ambush when Lushui crosses the river, then he will have a chance, otherwise he will have no chance. ”