The topic of liquor among the people of Qingzhou continues to ferment.

Although there have been unfavorable war reports in Hebei, after all, it is only a chaotic army, and it has not affected Qingzhou, so the common people sigh after learning about the unfavorable war reports......

Then after a little distraction, the topic is pulled elsewhere.

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The common people were not interested in the war, but there were many people who were closely concerned about the war to quell the chaos, such as the emperor and ministers of the court, local officials, literati and scholars who had the world in mind, and merchants who often traded in Hebei...... And when they learned that the imperial forbidden army lost the first battle, they were naturally very unhappy.

The same is true after Wu Zhi first learned that the forbidden army in Hebei was defeated in the first battle with the rebel army.

In fact, victory and defeat on the battlefield are a common thing for soldiers, not to mention that the forbidden army only lost a battle, and the losses were not large. Originally, Wu Zhi didn't have much confidence in that Ye Liangchen.

But after having these psychological expectations, after Wu Zhi learned of this first defeat, he still secretly scolded "idiot" in his heart!

It's just because this defeat is too bad.

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After Ye Liangchen and the others left Qingzhou that day, it took two more days to rush to the large army of the Daimyo's Mansion.

After Ye Liangchen returned to the army, he did not slack off, and immediately summoned the generals of all departments to the commander's camp for a meeting to formulate a battle plan.

Ye Liangchen ate Wu Zhi's soft rice for two days, and when the boss had a meeting, he also sent someone to call Wu Song.

Originally, the thousands of Qingzhou soldiers brought by Wu Song were only part of the logistics army drawn from many state capitals, and they were unified under the management of the transfer envoy of Jingdong Road, and although Wu Song was the head of the Qingzhou battalion, he was only a general subordinate officer in the account of the commander of the forbidden army, and it was already Ye Liangchen who gave Wu Zhi face to participate in the military meeting.

These high-ranking officers in the handsome account are either Ye Liangchen's cronies in the forbidden army, or the chief of the military horses of the Hebei Zhulu, all of them have a set of military opinions, and each of them can say some military theories that make everyone nod and praise during the meeting.

Such as "going to the army to fight", "soldiers are not tired of deceit", "fighters, with the right fit, with odd victory"...... and other famous sentences of "The Art of War".

The military meeting was very successful, Ye Liangchen, as the commander-in-chief, was not arrogant, but listened carefully to the suggestions of the generals in the commander's account, and pointed out the mountains and rivers in front of the topographic map with everyone, and soon negotiated a set of combat plans that could definitely surprise the enemy.

The plan was called "Hungry Tiger Fights Rabbit".

To put it simply, now that the rebel army has seized Zhending Mansion, and the Liao cavalry is not good at defending the city, when the time comes, after the forbidden army presses the city, the rebel army will definitely go out of the city to meet the battle. The forbidden army can march in three ways in advance, the main force of 30,000 forbidden troops in the middle is crusading in the open, and the cavalry of the forbidden army on the left and right is marching in secret.

The cavalry formed into a chaotic army is only 20,000, and once the forbidden army crushes the city, there will be a maximum of 20,000 cavalry to face the battle, and the remaining 10,000 stragglers will definitely not be brought out. This means that the 20,000 cavalry of the chaotic army are facing the 30,000 forbidden army in the middle of the Great Song Dynasty, which itself has the advantage of the forbidden army, plus the outflanking soldiers on both wings, this battle will definitely be a great victory!

The hungry tiger pounces on the rabbit, and he still uses all his strength, and the whole army of the forbidden army is dispatched this time, just to calm the chaos in a war!

This is the battle plan that Ye Liangchen and the generals discussed together, and everyone is very satisfied, and every step in the plan is consistent with their cognition and the principles in the military book.

What a perfect plan......

Ye Liangchen was also secretly proud, he often listened to the commentary in Bianjing, and most of the reasons why those generals in ancient times lost battles were because they insisted on going their own way and did not listen to everyone's advice or strategy, but he was young, and as the commander-in-chief, he was able to learn from everyone's strengths, and calmly discuss the battle plan that everyone was satisfied with, which was really much wiser than the ancient famous generals!

Even if Wei Qinghuo gets sick, it's just that......

The plan has been decided, and the next thing is the time for the generals to take orders to implement them, but when Ye Liangchen was about to issue a military order, a tall general stood up at the end of the military account.

"General Ye, the area around Zhending Mansion in Hebei is the Yellow Flood Area, although the terrain is flat but hidden in the mud, plus the forbidden army is new to the terrain and is not familiar with the terrain, I am afraid it is not conducive to the three-way march. The last general suggested that the whole army should go out to fight, wait until the battle, and then fight in separate ways, which is the best policy. ”

Zhending Mansion is the junction with the Liao State, in the early Song Dynasty, because the Central Plains gateway Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures were in the hands of the Liao State, so the Song Dynasty people opened the Yellow River, artificially created a yellow flood area at the border, in order to block the Liao cavalry south. Later, after the two countries of the Lanyuan Alliance were settled, this yellow flood area was still flooded.

Hearing this, everyone in the account squinted sideways at the tall general, with disdain in their eyes.

Ye Liangchen wrung his thin eyebrows, and asked with a commanding attitude: "Who are you?" ”

"The last general, Wu Song, the head of Qingzhou soldiers and horses." Wu Song said in a deep voice.

Hearing that it was Wu Song, Ye Liangchen's expression softened, he knew that Wu Song was Wu Zhi's younger brother, but he had never seen it.

"Oh, it turned out to be General Wu. So if you follow your method, can you guarantee victory? Ye Liangchen said.

"No, but it's better to divide the soldiers into three ways." Wu Song was neither humble nor arrogant.

"Humph! A small state military commander also dares to slander the military? ”

After listening to Wu Song's words, some people in the big account were suddenly dissatisfied, and the people who could hold the meeting here were basically senior officers at the level of commanders and horses, and they had jurisdiction over several states all the way, and Wu Song was not ranked here at all, and he dared to directly say that the battle plan formulated by his superiors was not as safe as his, which was really arrogant.

Sun Bi, the commander of Ma Bujun on Jingdong East Road, was also in the account, he was Wu Song's top boss, and he also scolded him when he heard the words: "Wu Song, Hugh has to talk wildly, don't retreat quickly!" ”

Sun Bi is an old officer, he admired Wu Song before, and now he scolds him to retreat to relieve him.

"Hehe, okay, don't embarrass General Wu Song."

Ye Liangchen on the main seat waved his hand with a smile, and then he took his hands, got up and slowly paced to Wu Song's side.

"I understand you, it's a good thing for young people to have blood, in fact, like you, I don't want to engage in these tricks, just wave my army and rush forward, and fight to the death with the chaotic army in one go, so happy!"

Ye Liangchen looked like the "kindness" of the superior to the subordinate, stretched out his arm and patted Wu Song's broad shoulder, and continued to say earnestly: "But war is not child's play, let alone a brawl, you are surprised, if you wait until you get in front of others and then start to divide and outflank them as you said, then everyone knows about it, wouldn't it be inferior?" ”

Quietly waiting for Ye Liangchen to finish speaking, Wu Song raised his head, looked directly at him and said: "That chaotic army was originally the elite cavalry of the Liao State, with strong combat effectiveness, once the troops are divided, even if there is no difference, our Middle Song Route Army will ......."

"That's it! You don't have to say much. Ye Liangchen's face turned contemptuous and interrupted Wu Song, "Aren't you in charge of logistics?" I now order you to lead the soldiers of your headquarters to ensure the food and grass of the Chinese army, and you must not slack off! Step aside! ”

In the final analysis, Wu Song is just a small general in charge of logistics, and Ye Liangchen doesn't have so much patience to talk nonsense with him.

"Yes..."

The military order was like a mountain, and Wu Song could only take the order to retreat immediately.

"Humph! I don't know what to do, but it's just an official and a half-position that my brother bought with money, and I actually ......"

After Wu Song left, someone in the account arranged the way, but as soon as he was halfway through the words, he suddenly thought that Ye Liangchen, the coach in the account, was also a relation, so he swallowed the words back.

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After Wu Song left the big account, he was naturally full of unhappiness.

It's not like he's not looking for trouble, it's true that there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the battle plan they made, and it's very easy to implement.

However, thanks to Ye Liangchen's foodie, Wu Song has been in the Daimyo Mansion for several days, and he has sent people to carefully survey the terrain of Hebei Prefecture, and he naturally knows the complexity of the terrain in the Yellow Flood Area. However, what made him even more uneasy was the 40,000 forbidden troops who came over this time.

After these days of observation, Wu Song has a comprehensive understanding of the forbidden army, the forbidden army is really "worthy of its name", equipped with the best ordnance and armor of the Great Song Dynasty, but it is also the most scattered army in the Great Song Dynasty.

And the officers of the various departments of the forbidden army not only did not care, but also took the lead in going out of the camp all day long......

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Wu Song wouldn't have believed that these people were soldiers, or the nominally best soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty.

Therefore, once the troops are divided into three routes, it may be difficult for these three route armies to maintain unity, and the combat effectiveness of the forbidden army is already poor.

Those who had discussed the battle plan in the commander's account before talked about the art of war one by one, and did not consider the actual situation of the enemy or the enemy at all. That plan would have been a good plan when the two sides were evenly matched, but it seemed to be a dangerous plan riddled with holes at the moment.

Helpless, Wu Song was only in charge of logistics, and he couldn't affect the overall situation, so he could only secretly arrange Lu Junyi and Lin Chong and Lu Zhishen to lead those Qingzhou soldiers who pretended to be militiamen to prepare in advance, and in case of any chaos, they would also support in time to avoid things from developing to the worst.