Of course, although Yang Wu made up his mind to start a decisive battle with the Liangshu coalition army, he did not make a blind decision.

After all, it would be a fool's decision to fight the enemy army just to preserve his prestige and fight the enemy regardless of the strength of the enemy.

The reason why Yang Wu chose to fight the enemy army was because he had a great chance of winning.

The first reason why he felt that he had a better chance of winning was that there was a gap in the command of the two armies.

In terms of the Wu army, its composition comes from a single source, either the Wu army forbidden army or the elite of the Yulin army.

In terms of command, Yang Wu is the supreme commander, Wang Maozhang, Qin Pei, Hou Zhan, Chai Zaiyong, Lu Shizhou and other generals are deputies, plus Guo Chongtao and Zhu Jin's assistance, it can be said that in terms of command, the Wu army is one from top to bottom, and the military orders are unimpeded.

However, the coalition formed by the Liang army and the Shu army was different.

Within the Liang and Shu armies, the original military composition had complex origins.

The Shu army was composed of troops drawn from the Dongchuan states, and the Liang army was a group of improvised troops.

Within each of them, there are some inconsistencies in their command.

Not to mention that after the armies of the two countries form a coalition army, there must be problems in the coordination between the two countries.

You must know that at the beginning, the coalition forces of the King of Jin, the King of Zhao, and the King of Beiping were all headed by Li Cunqiao, the king of Jin, with him in the middle, and the other two were in a subordinate position, so there would be no major problems in command.

But between the Liang army and the Shu army, there is no primacy between the two families.

Liang and Shu were both emperors, and Zhu Wen regarded himself as orthodox in the Central Plains; And although Wang Jian only seized Shuzhong, this person is also an arrogant person.

When Zhu Wen gave Wang Jian a letter of state, he used the etiquette of the upper kingdom to the small barbarian country of Fanbang; After Wang Jian learned about it, in his reply to Zhu Wen, he also gave the etiquette of the above country to the small country of Fanbang, and called Zhu Wen "Luozhou (Luoyang) Assassin History".

It can be seen that Wang Jian is arrogant, and it is impossible for him to be soft on Liang Guo.

As for Zhu Wen, it is even more impossible to be soft on Wang Jian.

So in the end, when the two families came and went, they tacitly put this issue aside; The courtiers of the two families consciously called each other "Your Majesty" when they arrived at each other's territory.

The emperors of the two countries have such an attitude of not giving in to each other, and the attitude of the following courtiers is naturally conceivable.

As a general of the Liang State, it was impossible for Kou Yanqing to put the Liang army under the command of the Shu army; And Wang Zongshou, the commander of the Shu army, as the king of Jia, is even more unlikely to obey Kou Yanqing's orders.

In addition, not to mention that there is also a Gao Jichang with his own little abacus.

Gao Jichang, Kou Yanqing, and Wang Zongshou are not of the same mind, everything he plans is for himself.

Perhaps due to reality, he had to be courteous in front of Kou Yanqing and Wang Zongshou, but this does not mean that he has no position and plans of his own.

In this way, the coalition forces are three commanders and three hearts, and if they can still achieve a tacit understanding in command and cooperation, it will be impossible.

In addition to the problems in command, although the coalition army has a little more troops than the Wu army, when it comes to combat strength, the coalition army is not necessarily stronger than the Wu army.

Yang Wu believed that the Wu army, which had undergone strict training, would definitely be able to use their strong strength to make up for the gap in strength.

With these two advantages, if the strategy is right, it will not be difficult for the Wu army to defeat the enemy army.

It was for these reasons that Yang Wu had enough confidence to make the decision to fight a decisive battle with the coalition forces.

He explained his plans and analysis of the situation between friend and foe to the generals.

After hearing this, the generals were silent, obviously thinking about the winning side of the decisive battle in their hearts.

After a while, Guo Chongtao first said: "The king, the minister thinks that your opinion is right, and the withdrawal of troops at this time has indeed had too much impact on the prestige of the king; At the same time, if the decisive battle is fought at this time, the probability of our army winning is indeed not small! ”

Then, after careful consideration, Wang Maozhang and other generals also admitted that it was a better choice to fight the enemy at this time.

In the end, the generals finally agreed on a decisive battle with the enemy army and vowed not to withdraw until the enemy army was defeated and Gangneung was taken.

Seeing this situation, Yang Wu's face couldn't help but show joy.

He knew that the reason why the generals agreed to the decisive battle was not only because of their resolute attitude, but more importantly, after thinking about it carefully, they agreed with Yang Wu's point of view.

These people are all assertive people, and they will not unconditionally support Yang Wu's opinions just because he is the king, they also have their own judgments, and they will not disregard the safety of the whole army in order to curry favor with Yang Wu.

It is precisely because of this that when they finally made the decision to support Yang Wu, Yang Wu knew that they already had the confidence to win, which in turn strengthened Yang Wu's determination.

Once you've made a decision, it's time to discuss the specific deployment.

Although Wu Jun still has many advantages, whether or not they can give full play to these advantages is the key to victory.

What is Wu Jun's greatest strength?

Not the superiority in strength, but the smoothness of command.

As the coach, Yang Wu can give orders unimpeded, like an arm, and all departments can execute his orders.

On the enemy side, there are three commanders in command, each of whom can only command his own troops, and the command of the other departments can only be carried out through coordination.

If there is enough time in peacetime, this defect is not obvious enough, but when it comes to the decisive battle, the two sides are in an emergency, and it is impossible to have time to coordinate, and then there may be fatal problems in the coordination between the three parts of the enemy's army.

This is the key to the victory of the Wu army in this battle.

"If it is a decisive battle between the enemy and us, the enemy army will inevitably make a deployment before the decisive battle, and this deployment must be aimed at the strategy we are most likely to take; So what do you think of the enemy's possible strategy for using our troops? Yang Wu asked everyone.

After Guo Chongtao pondered for a moment, he stood up and replied: "I think that the enemy army will definitely feel that our army will take the Liang army as the primary attack target, because if the Liang army can be weakened as much as possible in this battle, then when our army attacks Xiangzhou next, the resistance encountered will be greatly reduced." ”

"Not bad!" Yang Wu smiled happily: "It's not just about planning to attack Xiangzhou in the future; At the same time, we concentrated our forces to try to eliminate the Liang army, but although the result fell short, it also greatly weakened the strength of the Liang army. The enemy will definitely feel that our army will also take the Liang army as the main target this time. So, Lone intends to do the opposite! ”

"The opposite? With the Shu army as the main offensive target? The generals were surprised at first, but then everyone applauded.

"The king's plan is wonderful, even if we don't think of it, the enemy army will be even more difficult to think of." Wang Maozhang said happily.

"Yes, as long as the enemy thinks that our army will take the Liang army as the primary target, then they will definitely make a deployment on this premise; When the time comes to war, even if they find out that our intentions are different from what they expected, they won't have time to change at that time! Zhu Jin said with some excitement.

Other generals were equally excited about Yang Wu's decision.

They were all thinking about what kind of expressions Kou Yanqing, Wang Zongshou and the others would have when the enemy army found that their subordinates were completely different from the actual enemy situation.

At that time, if the enemy army continued to use troops according to the previous subordinates, it would obviously fall into the hands of the Wu army; However, if the enemy army temporarily changes its strategy, then they will not have enough time to discuss, and then the three commanders Kou Yanqing, Wang Zongshou, and Gao Jichang will respond separately, and it is strange that there will be no problems.

At that time, the enemy army was only afraid that it would be more chaotic and easier to be taken advantage of by the Wu army.

At this time, Guo Chongtao stood up and said: "The king's plan is indeed wonderful, but to ensure that nothing goes wrong, it is also necessary to make the enemy completely believe that our army will target the Liang army, I wonder what way the king can make the enemy convinced of this?" ”

Yang Wu's heart moved, and he asked rhetorically: "What good way did Guo join the army?" ”

Guo Chongtao said with a smile: "There is no good way, but the minister thinks that the king may be able to send an envoy to the enemy camp to persuade the Shu army to withdraw!" ”

Yang Wu lowered his head and thought about it, and smiled happily: "Okay, just send someone to the envoy!" ”

At this time, he sent an envoy to the Shu army camp to show that he had no intention of being an enemy of the Shu army, and persuaded the Shu army to retreat.

In this way, Wang Zongshou must have thought that his main target was still Liang Jun.

Of course, this may also have the opposite effect, arousing the suspicion of the Shu army, making the Shu army feel that it is doing it on purpose, but secretly hiding the purpose of eliminating the Shu army.

However, judging from all aspects of the news, Wang Zongshou is arrogant, and he is good at poetry and writing, but he is not good at military affairs.

If it were a different person, he might still doubt the purpose of Wu Guo; But Wang Zongshou's words, if this person met the envoy of Wu State, he would definitely not have any doubts.

As long as Wang Zongshou can feel that he is still taking the Liang army as the main offensive target, then the Wu army has already won half of the victory in the next battle.

All that remains is to put this victory into practice on the battlefield. 10