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Not mentioning the worries of Zhu Youzhen and others in Kaifeng City, here in Suzhou, Yang Wu immediately laughed after receiving the news that Li Cunqiao was about to send troops south.

"Hahaha, Lone knew that it was impossible for Li Cunqing, the king of Jin, to let go of this opportunity to rob while the fire was burning. However, Li Cunmiao's move just happened to provide Gu with an opportunity to defeat Liang Jun. Yang Wu laughed and said to the generals under his command.

At this time, the main generals on the Suzhou side were Zhu Jin, Hou Zhan, Li Jian, and Zhu Siqing, another confidant of Yang Wu, and others, in addition, Kang Huaizhen, who had only been promoted to the commander of the Xiaoyi Army not long ago, also appeared in the camp with his generals.

After hearing Yang Wu's laughter, the generals also looked a little excited, obviously the confrontation in the past few months had made them tired, and now that the fighter plane appeared, the generals were gearing up one by one, wanting to show their strength.

Zhu Jin smiled: "I don't know what the king is going to do?" Do you want to wait for the enemy to withdraw and launch a pursuit, or do you want to continue to hold off the enemy and force the enemy to show more flaws? ”

Many of the generals present were veterans of the battlefield, so they naturally understood that the situation was extremely favorable to their side.

Next, the Liang army had only two choices to go, the first choice was naturally to immediately raise troops and fight to the death with the Wu army.

If Liang Jun chooses this way, it will be completely self-defeating.

In the previous months, the Wu army looked very leisurely, but they also took advantage of this time to strengthen the defense of the camp, and built the entire camp to be similar to a real city.

In addition, not far from the Wu army's camp is Suzhou City, there are so many places suitable for defense, if the Liang army can quickly defeat the Wu army, then the Wu army's combat strength is worrying, and even the generals of each department are afraid that someone will come out to take charge.

Therefore, immediately sending troops to fight a decisive battle with the Wu army, hoping to defeat the Wu army first, and then quickly return to defeat the Jin army, which in itself is an extremely unreliable proposition.

At that time, if the Wu army camp cannot be breached, and then the Wu army counterattacks all the way, a big defeat is indispensable.

Fortunately, Zhu Youzhen's idea was stopped, otherwise it is difficult to say what the result would have been in the end.

In addition to the option of fighting to the death with the Wu army, another option for the Liang army was to retreat immediately and try to bring the main force of the Liang army back safely.

When the time comes, there will be this large army to defend the south, which will be enough to stabilize the situation in the south.

Yang Shihou in the north was able to go all out to resist the Jin army, and I believe that it should not be difficult to do this with Yang Shihou's ability.

Therefore, all the generals deduced that the most suitable way for the Liang army at present should be to choose to withdraw from the army.

Since ancient times, it has been extremely dangerous to retreat before the battle, and when the time comes, a situation in which the whole army will be defeated if it is not done well is prone to collapse, and this kind of example has happened many times in history, and it is a great opportunity to achieve victory.

All the generals knew the truth very well, so they looked relaxed, as if victory was just around the corner.

Seeing their expressions, Yang Wu hurriedly admonished: "Do all the generals think that our army's victory is just around the corner? Have you forgotten the truth that arrogant soldiers will be defeated? ”

He swept over the generals one by one with stern eyes, and issued a silent warning to them.

The generals' hearts sank, and they hurriedly replied: "Don't dare, the ministers obey the king's arrangement." ”

Yang Wu snorted coldly, and then said to Guo Chongtao: "Guo joins the army, do you think we should pursue while the enemy army is retreating, or force it to entangle the enemy army now, forcing the enemy army to not advance or retreat, and finally we can only force a battle with our army?" ”

"Let them go, of course, and then our army will pursue!" Guo Chongtao said without hesitation.

Yang Wu smiled and nodded: "Yes, Lone is also planning to do this." If you go up and entangle the enemy now, although you may achieve a greater victory, you may also force the enemy to resist desperately, and even if you win, you may suffer heavy losses, which is inevitably a bit more than worth the loss. ”

The generals nodded silently when they heard this, with a look of surprise on their faces.

At this time, Guo Chongtao added: "In addition to worrying about forcing the enemy army to fight back desperately, the minister is also worried about another problem, that is, we can't weaken the Liang State too hard, otherwise it may benefit the fishermen of the Jin State." ”

Jin State, this is the long-term enemy of Wu State.

Although with the current strength of the Liang State, the number of troops is still sufficient, but you must know that the main force of the Liang army is now concentrated in the three regions of Hezhong, Xuzhou and Hebei, and there are basically no troops in other regions.

Among the three regions, Hezhong has the least troops, and Hebei has the most troops.

But you must know that the Liang army in Hebei is actually in the hands of Yang Shihou, don't look at the fact that it is still loyal to the Liang State and resists the Jin State, but if Wei Bojun suddenly betrays the Liang State and turns to the Jin State one day, it is not impossible.

In other words, the army that can really be controlled by the Liang court is actually concentrated in Xuzhou and Hezhong.

If this big war hits the Liang army on the Xuzhou side, and there is any problem on Yang Shihou's side, the Liang State will really collapse.

In fact, Yang Shihou is also old now, and in history, he died of illness at the beginning of next year, and Wei Bojun finally surrendered to the Jin State after Yang Shihou's death.

The Liang State cannot be weakened too hard, lest it cheapen the Jin State; At the same time, it is necessary to teach Liang Guo a big enough lesson, so that they will not dare to go south again, and can only obediently fight with the Jin State in the north, this is Yang Wu's plan.

After all, the Liang army has 90,000 people, Niu Cunjie, Liu Jun, He Gui, Xie Yanzhang and other generals, each of whom is a famous general who has experienced a hundred battles, and it is difficult to defeat the enemy army in this case, and it is even more difficult to control the strength.

At this time, Kang Huaizhen suddenly stood up and said: "Great King, the minister has worked with Niu Cunjie and several other Liang generals at the beginning, and he knows their abilities very well. In the opinion of the ministers, even if the Liang army wants to withdraw, they will inevitably deal with it, and if our army rushes to pursue, I am afraid that it will fall into the ambush of the enemy. ”

"Even ......" Kang Huaizhen hesitated for a moment before saying, "It is even possible that the enemy army may take advantage of this opportunity to defeat our army in one fell swoop!" ”

Although Kang Huaizhen has taken refuge in Wu for many years, he has been staying in the rear for the rest of the time, except for some strength when he initially attacked Suzhou.

Now that his family has finally returned to Wu, he also wants to serve Yang Wu well.

However, although the words just now were a reminder to Yang Wu to be careful, it was also likely to be misunderstood as fear of the enemy and cowardice.

So when he said these words, his expression was a little nervous, and he was relieved when he saw that Yang Wu's expression was calm and did not change at all.

"Well, you mean, our army is waiting for the enemy to retreat, but it is equally possible that the enemy army is waiting for the opportunity to defeat our army?" Yang Wu frowned.

Although this possibility is also possible, does Niu Cunjie really have such great ambition and courage?

You must know that the current situation in Liang is extremely unoptimistic, and the Jin army is massing in a big way, and will attack south once it is ready.

Under these circumstances, Yang Wu felt that Niu Cunjie's best plan should be to try to bring the army back safely, rather than risk a decisive battle with the Wu army.

On the side, Zhu Jin pondered for a moment and said: "Niu Cunjie, this person has a lot of strategies, and he knows the art of war, and the king must not be guarded. ”

When he served as the envoy of Taining Jiedu, he fought with the Liang army all the year round, and he had a lot of dealings with Niu Cunjie, and he had a deep understanding of this person's ability to command troops.

Seeing that both of them were reminding, Yang Wu naturally attached great importance to it and began to consider Liang Jun's possible response.

Indeed, generally speaking, at this time, it is the best choice for the Liang army to retreat and go back, or the safest choice.

However, compared to withdrawing troops, if you can defeat the Wu army in one fell swoop, this will naturally be a better result.

"What would I think if I were Niu Cunjie?" Yang Wu plans to empathize.

If he is Niu Cunjie, then he must also be considering Wu Jun's movements before making his own choice.

So in Niu Cunjie's view, what is the most likely thing for Wu Jun to do?

Take advantage of the retreat of the Liang army to attack!

So will Niu Cunjie use this to ambush the Wu army in turn in order to achieve the goal of defeating the Wu army in one fell swoop?

"Well, if it is an ordinary general, I am afraid that he may not have this courage and courage, but Niu Cunjie, judging from the words of Kang Huaizhen and Zhu Jin, this person may not have that idea!"

Thinking of this, Yang Wu couldn't help but have a headache.

Pursue enemy troops, and there is a possibility of ambushes; If they do not pursue, the enemy will retreat directly, and then the months of stalemate will be in vain.

Thinking of this, Yang Wu couldn't help but smile a little bitterly.

He recalled the battle when Li Shenfu defeated Gu Quanwu and captured him alive.

In that battle, Li Shenfu also held on to the two Zhejiang armies for a long time, and saw that there was no chance to break through Hangzhou, so he began to withdraw his troops on the one hand, and set up ambushes on the other.

Maybe at that time, Gu Quanwu was also having a headache whether to chase the Huainan Army, and whether Li Shenfu had set up an ambush.

In the end of that battle, Gu Quanwu still led his troops to pursue, and the final result was that he was captured by the Huainan army.

Of course, the situation that Yang Wu is facing now is much better than the situation that Gu Quanwu faced at the beginning, and Yang Wu now has so many subordinates working together to give advice to him, which is much more reliable than Gu Quanwu's decision-making alone.

At this time, the guards outside came to report that Zhou Ben from Xuzhou had arrived.

Yang Wu was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered Zhou Ben to come in to discuss together.