It took nearly ten days for Jiang Wei to command the Hanqiang residents, and finally carefully strengthened the fortifications of Luoyang City; The waterway from Luoyang to Yangpingguan was roughly dredged, and from now on, Han and Wudu County could be directly transported back and forth by waterway, which greatly reduced the loss of transshipment.

On this day, Jiang Wei sat in the office and studied a simple geographical map of the mountains and rivers of Wudu County with Ma Dai, Pang Hong, Yadan, and Yueji, and this information will be used as the basis for the next decision.

He was interested in cultivating the overall situation of Wei Rong, Zhao Tong, and Liu Yin, and invited them to attend the meeting.

At this time, more than ten circles of various sizes were drawn on the map, and each circle represented a powerful Ginseng Wolf Qiang Division. Yadan is introducing the strength and relationship of each ministry to the generals.

He pointed to one of the largest circles and said, "Arden has set himself up as king, and he has nearly 10,000 men in the city, 3,000 capable of fighting, and 800 elite horsemen. Speaking of which, this guy's luck is really good, the two sons of the old Qiang king killed each other, and as a result, both were defeated, and he cheapened him with so many cattle and horses. ”

He clearly had a prejudice against Arden, and his tone was full of resentment. Complaining casually, his fingers tapped at the two places near the lower debate, Hechi and Shanglu, and introduced:

"The two tribes in these two places are friendly with Arden and are in alliance with each other. Although their power is small, they are very wealthy, and they have a combined strength of nearly 1,000 troops, and they are all cavalry, which should not be underestimated. ”

He swallowed his saliva, pointed his fingers around the three places of Xiabian, Hechi, and Shanglu, drew a large circle along the outer circle, and said: "The rest of the Ancient Dao, Fushui, Pingle Dao, Jialing Dao, and Xuncheng Dao, including our department and the Yueji department, are independent of each other, and they are not governed by each other. Among these tribes, the Yueji tribe is the strongest, with 1,500 warriors, and the rest of the tribes are almost the same, and they can barely pull out 5 or 700 warriors, but no matter how many they are, they can't do it. ”

The "Dao" in Yadan's mouth is a special administrative title in the Han Dynasty, which means that the place is still an uncivilized land.

Usually, there are many "county" units under the counties in the hinterland, which are used to govern the residents who are mainly Han Chinese; In addition to the "county", the outer counties on the edge usually have many "dao" level units to govern the border people.

Yadan talked eloquently, almost covering the entire geography of Wudu County, and indeed worthy of the name of "think tank" in Qiang.

All the generals followed his finger to look at the middle of the map, and after his detailed introduction, they had a more intuitive understanding of the distribution and details of the Wudu Zhuqiang.

Jiang Wei roughly had a framework in his heart.

More than 10,000 troops, 3,000 foot soldiers, 1,800 cavalry - this is probably Arden's basic plate.

He and his minions were entrenched in the heart of Wudu in the three places of Xiabian, Hechi, and Shanglu, which were only fifty miles apart, and could be reached by light cavalry for half a day, and could be used as horns for each other in wartime.

Jiang Wei thought to himself, with only 1,000 Han troops and 800 newly recruited Qiang soldiers from the Yue Ji Department, it would be difficult to attack the above three places; Even if it is barely successful, I am afraid that it will be a heavy casualty.

The trip to Pingqiang is to enhance the strength of one's own side, and it must not be for the sake of fighting for one city and one place, and the lives of people must not be wasted.

While gently tapping on the case, he pondered intently, and after a while, he gradually had a draft in his heart.

He also had the heart to guide his friends to participate in the discussion, so after a week of glancing, he asked:

"It's July now, and we must defeat Arden within a month and dominate the Wudu, so that we can mobilize a large army to pacify the White Horse people in Yinping before winter. However, the disparity in strength between the enemy and the enemy has not been able to fall suddenly, so if you have any suggestions, please speak freely. ”

When the generals heard this, they began to discuss with each other.

Because Ma Dai, Wei Rong, Zhao Tong, and Yue Ji were all generals, most of their suggestions were from a tactical point of view, such as how to break the city, who to send as the vanguard, what siege equipment to build, etc., although they had a powerful and cool spirit, but they were rarely mentioned for reducing losses, and they were of no benefit.

But Jiang Wei still fully affirmed every suggestion.

Because he very much hopes that his partners' vision and overall situation can make great progress, and eventually become the pillars of the army, instead of becoming a reckless fighter who only knows how to charge into battle and fight fiercely.

Martial arts must be practiced from time to time in order to improve, and the same is true for vision and insight. The stones of other mountains can be used to attack jade, and that's what it says.

Therefore, the more the better, in a discussion like today's.

After everyone finished speaking, Liu Yin, who was at the bottom of the ranking, offered a plan: "Our army can feign to attack Shanglu or Hechi, and lead the way to the rescue." In this way, our army can fight the enemy on flat ground, and there is less loss of siege and uprooting. ”

This is the strategy of encirclement and reinforcement.

This strategy is ingenious, and it is not confined to attacking the city, Jiang Wei can't help but look forward to Liu Yin's future achievements.

At this time, Pang Hong suddenly said in a loud voice: "Hugh's plan is of course exquisite, but if I have any way to lead Arden to take the initiative to attack Yang, I can minimize the loss." ”

Jiang Wei's eyes suddenly lit up, Pang Hong's thinking was very close to his plan. He smiled and encouraged, "The giant master is right! So think about it again, so that you can take the initiative to lure Arden to attack? ”

Pang Hong was encouraged, frowned and pondered for a moment, then raised his eyes and replied: "There must be something in Luoyang City that can affect the stability of his position, so that he has to send troops to attack ...... Well, do you have to ask Yarazao to raise the flag here and openly stand up to him? ”

Jiang Wei nodded heavily and praised: "Yes, that's the truth!" ”

Pang Hong shook his head again and said: "Yalasuo's power is shallow, even if he merges with the Yue Ji Department, he will only have 30% of Yaden's strength, and he may not take it to heart." ”

Jiang Wei pointed to the large and small circles on the map, and said step by step: "The union of the two departments is particularly insufficient, so what about the union of the three departments?" If three is not enough, what about four or five? ”

It was not until this time that Pang Hong finally understood, he patted the case, got up and shouted:

"I see! What you mean is that we took the initiative to seek the support of the weak tribes, and at the same time gave Arden the impression that our power was getting bigger and bigger, forcing him to sleep and take the initiative to send troops to attack Luoyang! Our army is waiting for work, and there are all the Qiang tribes as the drive, occupying all the favorable places and people, and they have won three points before the battle! When Arden is defeated, the entire county of Wudu will be at your fingertips! ”

After a pause, he added: "And Luoyang is only a hundred miles away from Yangping Pass, once the battle starts, General Zuo's reinforcements will arrive soon, and it will be able to collect the effect of surprise soldiers!" ”

That's right! The art of war: the first army to plan, the second to fight, the second to attack the army, and the next to attack the city. As long as we dig the foot of Arden's wall, he can't jump over the wall and get into my wall! ”

Jiang Wei laughed heartily, and at the same time said in his heart:

Pang Hong can judge the strategic concept in his heart from a few words, it seems that the tempering of these days has not been in vain, he has found his sense, and slowly entered the role of a strategist who sees the overall situation.