Jing Jie pointed to the map on the sand table and said, "Boss, if Ma Shiying and Huang Degong are convinced of this plan to lure the snake out of the hole. We set fire to the Wolf's Den Mountain in the south of the city, and the defenders in the city should go out of the city to attack the camp in the south of the city. ”

Fang Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, we must attack the camp in the south of the city in order to cooperate with Sun Chuanting's reinforcements." ”

Jing Jie said, "According to common sense, we should set up ambushes to encircle and annihilate the defenders out of the city, and we should also transfer troops to set up an ambush on the line from the camp in the south of the city to the Wolf's Nest Mountain." ”

"Yes! Moreover, in order to encircle and annihilate and inflict heavy damage on the defenders who left the city, it was also necessary to mobilize heavy troops to set up an ambush on this line. ”

Fang Yuan said in a deep groan, and Jing Jie continued, "If Ma Shiying and Huang Degong see through our plan to lure the snake out of the hole, what will they do?" Will we hold out, or will we take the opportunity to attack the camps in the north, west, and east of the city, where we have no heavy defenses? ”

Fang Yuan suddenly realized, he already knew Jing Jie's plan. After all, defending the city is a passive defense, and the drain on morale is huge. If you can't hold on alone, within half a month, the morale of the defenders will inevitably fall to the bottom.

Generally, the troops defending the city will take advantage of the night from time to time to send small teams of sergeants to rob the camp.

The purpose of this kind of camp robbery is, first, to test whether the besieging army's defense is lax and whether there is an opportunity to take advantage of it, and second, to expand the results of the battle, and second, to boost the morale of the defending army.

If the Xuanjia army mobilized heavy troops to set up an ambush in the south of the city, if Ma Shiying and Huang Degong's temperament saw through the plan to lure the snake out of the hole, the ** of the ten would not miss this golden opportunity, and would lead the defenders out of the city to attack the camps in the north, west and east of the city where there were no heavy troops. It would be best if a decisive victory could be achieved, and even if it could not be a decisive victory, a big victory would boost the morale of the defenders.

Fang Yuan said, "So, we will plan it, it is fake to set up an ambush in the camp in the south of the city, and the real ambush soldiers are in the north, west, and east of the city, waiting for the Fengyang defenders to throw themselves into the net!" ”

Jing Jie said excitedly, "Yes, as long as the defenders in the city are in the middle of the plan, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and they will not pose any threat to our army!" ”

Fang Yuan was silent when he heard this, Jing Jie saw that he was silent, and thought that he was thinking about whether to implement this plan, but he didn't know that Fang Yuan was thinking more long-term.

The most basic quality of a famous general is that any strategy in reality cannot pin success on the basis of the enemy's stupidity, and that the most basic quality of a famous general is to comprehensively weigh the benefit-risk ratio of success and failure, and then make a decision.

Jing Jie's plan is comprehensive, although it may not be successful, but if it fails, it is a big deal to lose a few camps in the south of the city, and there will be no huge losses. If it succeeds, it will inevitably inflict heavy damage on the defenders and succeed in the first battle. This gamble is actually a big win and small loss gamble, and it can be gambled at all.

Compared with Fang Yuan's previous wishful thinking of luring the snake out of the hole and ambushing it, it is much more mature and stable.

Fang Yuan had already approved of this plan in his heart, but what he was thinking about was this big battle with Sun Chuanting, whether he would personally command it, or let Jing Jie command it, and the chances of winning would be greater.

It is undeniable that Jing Jie is already one of the best commanders in the world, enough to fight Sun Chuanting.

On the contrary, it was Fang Yuan himself, although he continued to learn from historical examples, but the march and battle were always too casual and could not be exhaustive.

Although Fang Yuan also nominally commanded many victories, there was a lot of water in it.

The two battles with the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Shandong and Liaodong were not positional warfare in the strict sense of the word, but guerrilla warfare, and it was the fierce general Chigutai who really charged into battle. Moreover, the situation of the battle of Liaodong was also extremely dangerous, and it was simply a military adventure. If it weren't for Huang Taiji's desire to purge Dolgon's forces, and Dolgon's desire to preserve his strength and compete for the throne, neither of them would be willing to fight Fang Yuan. Coupled with the covert assistance of North Korea, it is estimated that it will be difficult to evacuate safely from Liaodong.

In the battle of annihilating Zheng Zhilong in Fujian, the real hard bone was the Zheng family's huge sailor, and it was Shi Lang who annihilated the Zheng family's powerful sailor. The land war was because the Zheng family's army was too vegetable, and the difference in combat strength between the two armies was too great, and there were first-class fierce generals such as Gan Hui, Chigutai, and Zhao Quanzhong to stand on his platform.

But when Hangzhou Mansion played against Zheng Sen, he almost lost Gan Hui's hand in Xianxia Pass, and was almost beheaded by a group of barbarians.

In the battles of attacking Guangdong and Taiwan, the real contribution was made by the fierce general Zhang Ying. And when he was in the chicken coop in Taiwan, he was attacked by Zheng Jun, if Zhang Ying hadn't stepped forward, the consequences would have been unpredictable.

Fang Yuan pulled his fingers and calculated, in fact, so far, he had never personally led the army to gnaw a hard bone.

And the current Sun Chuanting is obviously the hardest bone in the Ming Dynasty.

Sun Chuanting is known for being good at training troops, but his strategy is short. In just a few years, Sun Chuanting trained 200,000 elite Ming troops in Shandong, and 80,000 were new-style Ming troops built by imitating the Xuanjia Army.

Moreover, in order to restrain the cavalry, he also built more than 5,000 trains and formed a train battalion, which was commanded by the general Bai Guangen. This huge train battalion was completely annihilated by Li Zicheng in history, because it rained heavily for seven consecutive days, so it was defeated by Li Zicheng's cavalry, which was a death in heaven rather than manpower.

This time to start a war with Sun Chuanting again, if it doesn't rain, how to break Sun Chuanting's train camp, Fang Yuan didn't think of a better way for a while.

Fang Yuan was silent for a long time, just staring straight at the sand table, Jing Jie didn't know what he was thinking, so he could only accompany him in a daze.

After a while, Fang Yuan smiled and patted Jing Jie's shoulder, sat down in front of the sand table, and said with a sigh, "Third brother, when it comes to marching and fighting, I'm not as good as you, this time it's a layman who commands an insider!" ”

He suddenly exclaimed such a sentence, Jing Jie was shocked when he heard it, knelt on the ground at him, gave a military salute, and said loudly, "No, the boss is the talent of the emperor, and I am just the talent of the general, how can I talk about the same day?!" Han Xin is the god of war on the battlefield, and he is still subject to Emperor Gaozu. Xiang Yu's battlefield is invincible, or the end of his own Wujiang. ”

Jing Jie hurriedly cleared up the involvement, just because he was worried that the edge would be too exposed, causing Fang Yuan's taboo. Although the two are close brothers, it is about the authority of the country, and both father and son will kill each other, let alone outsiders?

The relationship between Fang Yuan and Jing Jie was later usurped by the dynasty, and Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin are vivid examples.

Fang Yuan laughed, grabbed his arm and said, "Third brother, you are too sensitive, our brothers shouldn't have seen each other like this." This time the battle of siege and reinforcement will be handed over to you to the third child to take full command, and I will be the captain of the transport brigade for you in the rear, haha! ”

Jing Jie raised his head and stared at Fang Yuan, and said hesitantly, "As long as the boss is personally marching, the morale of our generals will be greatly boosted, and the court will be broken!" ”

Fang Yuan smiled, the so-called imperial expedition in history was either to pinch soft persimmons and gain prestige and military merits, such as Yang Guang's expedition to Goryeo, Ming Chengzu's northern expedition to Mongolia or was forcibly clamped by his subordinates, such as Song Zhenzong's Tanyuan Alliance was either fooled, such as explaining the change of Yingzong's civil fort.

It is really rare for the royal driver to fight a tough battle and gnaw hard bones. Because the emperor is the national prestige of a country, how can he drive the royal expedition at every turn? If you win, you will not be martial, and if you lose, you will be unimaginable.

Jing Jie proposed to ask Fang Yuan to fight in person, but in fact, he was insincere, just to show his heart, not from the perspective of war.

Fang Yuan laughed and sat side by side with him on the ground, "Third brother, the 140,000 Xuanjia Army in Fengyang Mansion is under your full command. The 50,000 Xuanjia troops from the south to the north, commanded by me, were stationed on the front line of Huai'an Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion to guard against Sun Chuanting's plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao. ”

Jing Jie hurriedly gave up his hand, "Yes!" ”