"The enemy's strength is far inferior to our army, not to mention that with the elite of the Longxiang Army and the Shenjie Army, it is not difficult to defeat the enemy army, why bother so much?" Han Qing said with some dissatisfaction.

"It's not a problem, it's steady! General Han, it is no longer the same as the sky is over, and the strength of the Jin army is not below our army at all, and even their cavalry can come and go freely. ”

"General Han is still so arrogant, he can't see the changes in the situation between the enemy and us at all, no wonder His Majesty won't let you be the commander!" Although Wang Yanzhang repeatedly tolerated for the sake of the overall situation and didn't want to clash with Han Qing, he was not a completely temperless person, so he couldn't help but stab Han Qing at this time.

Han Qing's face turned red with anger when he heard this.

Originally, he was extremely old, but because of his relatively mediocre ability, he has not been able to be reused by Zhu Wen.

Even a few years ago, there was a time when he was in charge alone, but the so-called being in charge was actually the commander of 20,000 Liang troops who went south to rescue Du Hong, the envoy of Wuchang Jiedu who was being attacked by the Huainan army at that time.

As a result, Li Shenfu was defeated in a battle with 100,000 sailors, and the news reached the Liang army camp, and Han Qing was so frightened that he withdrew without fighting the Huainan army.

This experience of "being in charge alone" has always been regarded as a great shame by Han Qing, but unfortunately since then, he has no chance to lead the troops alone, and can only serve as the deputy general of other generals.

So when Wang Yanzhang mentioned his past experience, Han Qing suddenly broke out: "Wang Yanzhang, I will salute you for the sake of you being appointed by His Majesty, don't get too carried away!" ”

"Hey, you still know that Ben is a solicitor? Ben thought you were using yourself as a bargainer! Wang Yanzhang sneered.

Seeing that the two showed signs of falling out, Li Si'an hurriedly persuaded him to make peace.

Although he is called a "often defeated general" by some people, he still has his ability, otherwise Zhu Wen would not use him more often than a general.

This time he led the army to recruit Wang Rong, the king of Zhao, although he was dissatisfied with his subservience to Wang Yanzhang, he still did not want to completely fall out with Wang Yanzhang, after all, it might cause defeat.

Under Li Si'an's persuasion, Wang Yanzhang and the two finally did not quarrel anymore, and sat down again to discuss the military.

However, after the two completely turned their faces, the atmosphere was not as intense as just now.

After all, Wang Yanzhang had the support of Long Xiangjun, and Li Si'an didn't want to have too stiff relations with him, so he chose to support him at this time.

In addition, Wang Yanzhang is the coach after all, so after falling out with Han Qing, Wang Yanzhang began to control the situation instead, even Han Qing just watched coldly and did not say anything more to ridicule.

"The Jin army is strong and not under our army, so the generals must be cautious and not have any underestimation of the enemy!"

"The general has decided that before the pontoon bridge is built, all units must stay in the camp and must not go out at will, let alone fight with the enemy!" Wang Yanzhang finally made up his mind.

At this time, Li Si'an frowned and asked, "Then how can we ensure the logistics of our army?" If the cavalry of the Jin army is allowed to attack like this, it will not be long before I am afraid that there will be problems with our army's food and grass! ”

"Rest assured, General Wang Qianyu was ordered to command 5,000 troops and be responsible for the transportation of baggage." Wang Yanzhang looked at one of the generals below very calmly, and that person was his former henchman.

This kind of transportation logistics thing may seem like a thankless task, but in fact it is an extremely important thing that must be completely controlled by someone you can trust.

From Baixiang to the nearest city to Baixiang, the distance is only more than 30 miles.

This distance can usually be completed in one day, and with 5,000 troops in charge of protection, as long as they remain vigilant, the cavalry of the Jin army will not be able to help them.

If the Jin cavalry dared to attack them, then even if the Jin army could win, they would suffer a lot of losses.

Even if the Jin army has more cavalry, it is only relative, not really so much that it can be wasted at will.

Therefore, there are 5,000 people in charge of logistics, and for a period of time, food and grass can basically be guaranteed.

Seeing that Wang Yanzhang had already made up his mind, the generals no longer persuaded and each took orders to go back.

At Wang Yanzhang's insistence, in the end, the Liang army was not provoked by the Jin army's attack as it has in history, and easily stayed away from the camp to engage the Jin army, which in turn led to a major defeat.

However, it is unclear whether Wang's choice now will end up winning or suffering another defeat.

A few days later, the Liang army pontoon bridge was built, and Wang Yanzhang ordered the crossing of the wild river.

Then, in order to ensure the safety of the pontoon bridge and not to be cut off from the back road under the unfavorable situation of the war, Wang Yanzhang once again chose to build a camp on the north bank of the pontoon bridge to be responsible for guarding, and divided 5,000 troops to garrison it.

At this time, Wang Yanzhang still did not choose to directly attack the camp of the Jin army, but set up a camp again ten miles away, and arranged various measures to defend against cavalry.

It can be said that in order to prevent the assault of the cavalry of the Jin army, Wang Yanzhang was completely in the camp step by step, focusing on safety.

……

Gaoyi, Jin army camp.

Seeing that Wang Yanzhang was so cautious and cautious, Han Qing naturally expressed deep disdain, but Li Cunqiao, Zhou Dewei and others were extremely surprised after learning the news.

"I heard before that this Wang Yanzhang is called Wang Tiegun, but he is an extremely irritable person, and he acts very quickly, but I didn't expect him to be so calm this time!" Zhou Dewei exclaimed.

The Liang army was not fooled at all, and did not take the initiative to stay away from the camp to engage them as Zhou Dewei expected, but chose to take the camp step by step.

In field warfare, cavalry is of course extremely powerful, but when the infantry has a certain defense to rely on, even if this support is just a low wall or a trench, it will make a huge difference.

The Liang army had fewer cavalry, so it naturally attached great importance to the bow and crossbow, and if the Jin cavalry was isolated by a low wall or trench, and then shot with a strong bow and crossbow, then it must be the cavalry who suffered.

You must know that Liu Yu's Northern Expedition once defeated 30,000 Northern Wei cavalry with 2,000 infantry and a moon formation, and he relied on withdrawing troops to form a defensive line, and then inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy cavalry with powerful bows and crossbows.

Therefore, Wang Yanzhang's step-by-step strategy is indeed a feasible way to restrain the cavalry of the Liang army.

However, the price of this is that after the division of troops, the main force of the Liang army was weakened again, and if the Jin army chose to fight the Liang army head-on at this time, I am afraid that the Liang army may not be able to win.

At this time, all the generals of the Jin army looked at the silent veteran Zhou Dewei, wanting to know what way he could deal with it, but Li Cunqiao also cast an inquiring glance at him.

"King, this is not the time for a decisive battle! Although the enemy army has divided its forces, its main force is still very strong, and its morale is not low. If we rashly fight a decisive battle with the Liang army at this time, I am afraid that even if our army wins, it will inevitably suffer great losses! Zhou Dewei said solemnly after pondering for a long time.

Li Cunmiao couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he heard this, in his opinion, now that the enemy army is bullying the door, if he avoids it again, wouldn't it seem that the Jin army is afraid of the Liang army?

However, he also has great trust in Zhou Dewei's judgment, since the veteran has said so, then the risk of the decisive battle now must be very great.

"If it is evaded, the Liang army can calmly attack Gaoyi, if the enemy army breaks through Gaoyi, and then send troops from Gaoyi, continue to use the tactics of step-by-step, and then they can directly approach Zhaozhou City!" General Li Cunzhang reminded.

"Then let them come to Zhaozhou! We have cavalry here, which can threaten their logistics at all times, and the deeper the Liang army advances, the more difficult it is to transport its logistical baggage. This makes them have to constantly divide their forces! ”

"When they attack the city of Zhaozhou, the strength of our army plus the defenders in Zhaozhou City will surpass the Liang army, and then it will be time for a decisive battle!" Zhou Dewei said solemnly.

Wang Rong of Zhao was able to gain a foothold in the land of Hebei and survive between the three great powers of Yan, Jin, and Liang, in addition to taking advantage of the contradictions between the three, his own strength should naturally not be underestimated.

In addition to the nearly 20,000 troops sent to the coalition forces, there were 10,000 defenders in Zhaozhou.

The reason why these defenders did not move with the coalition forces was mainly to guard against Shen and Jierzhou, which had been captured by the Liang army.

In addition, Liu Shouguang, the king of Yan, had an unclear attitude and also needed to be guarded, so Wang Rong also left enough troops in the rear.

If the Liang army approached the city of Zhaozhou, the defenders in the city would naturally join the coalition side.

After listening to Zhou Dewei's plan, Li Cunqiao was still hesitant in his heart.

As a young man, Li Cunmiao's character is very energetic, and what he can't stand the most is this kind of constant concession, showing the enemy weakness and other means, and prefers to have a quick battle with the enemy army and a happy battle.

He looked at Li Siyuan, Li Cunzhang and other generals, wanting to see their opinions.

"The last general thinks that General Zhou's opinion is feasible, and it is not appropriate for our army to fight a decisive battle with the Liang army at this time!"

"The last general seconded it!"

……

Li Cunzhang and others all agreed with Zhou Dewei's serious opinions.

Li Cunmiao had no choice but to leave 5,000 men to guard Gaoyi, and the rest of the main force continued to move the camp north to avoid the edge of the Liang army.