With a face full of unwillingness and depression, Zhang Yu led the same murderous soldiers into the gate.

At this time, Liu Xuanyuan came out to greet him.

The Yan army has been attacking Longlin County for more than a month, during which the Chinese army and the northern army have united to launch dozens of battles against the Jin city.

Today's battle is extremely tragic, although the Yan army did not break through Heyang City, but it also caused a lot of casualties to the Jin army, the war is over, to prevent the Jin army from going out of the city to harass, Zhang Yu took the initiative to cushion the back, it is enough to show that everyone is related.

The "General" army entered the gate, Zhang Yu jumped off his horse, and bowed to Liu Xuanyuan with his fists.

According to the military position, Zhang Yuyi and Hou Mingfeng are generals, on the same level as Liu Xuanyuan, however, Liu Xuanyuan joined the army early, when Zhang Yu and others were still pawns, Liu Xuanyuan was already a general, and his qualifications in the army were much higher than Zhang Yu and other generals.

If Zhang Yu and other new generals opened up territory for Yan State, then Liu Xuanyuan ensured that Yan State would not be destroyed, and he also made great achievements in war and hard work, so the generals in the army respected him from the bottom of their hearts.

Liu Xuanyuan returned the salute, held up Zhang Yu's arm, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, there is no need to be polite, they are all your own family."

As a general, Liu Xuan was far from being a big man, nor did he despise the new generals in the army. The young general in front of him, I heard before, in the past two years, he has made great achievements in the southern and northern wars, his ability is not under his own, and he is the emperor's confidant and favorite general, and his military rank is the same as his own.

In recent months, working with him, the rumors are true, not to mention the ferocity of the other party's fighting, his subordinates are only brave men, and the use of tactics is also at hand, which makes him admire.

"General, you're welcome," Zhang Yu said with a smile, without any arrogance.

Liu Xuanyuan saw Zhang Yu's sincere expression, showed a knowing smile, held Zhang Yu's arm, and said, "Brother, change your clothes and enter the account."

"Good" Zhang Yu said categorically, knowing Liu Xuanyuan's thoughts.

The army has been fighting for a long time, but there are few achievements, don't say that he is in a hurry, Liu Xuanyuan must be in a hurry in his heart.

Bathing and changing clothes, replenishing food by the way, Zhang Yu wore a strong suit and came to the big tent. There are many armor soldiers on both sides of the big tent, all of them are elites under Liu Xuanyuan, all of them have solemn and majestic expressions, and the ring knives are flashing with cold light, and they are full of iron and strong morale.

Zhang Yu glanced at the guards around him, the guards were full of cold and serious, not at all for their identity, there were any fluctuations in their emotions, and they all looked like iron guards who regarded death as home.

After entering the big tent, the generals have already sat down according to the size of the rank, Liu Xuanyuan is sitting in the main seat, Zhang Yu's position is only in the lower left, and the lower right is Hou Mingfeng.

All the generals of the Chinese army gathered, Zhang Yu, Hou Mingfeng's legions, and Liu Xuanyuan, Heng Bangchang, Tuoba Yu's legions, including Liu Xuanyuan's two deputies, Li Kui and Yang Fei.

Zhang Yu sat down, everyone nodded and said hello, Liu Xuanyuan sat above and Zhang Yu nodded, after glancing at the princes and generals, he said with a melancholy expression: "In the past month, the Jin army has only defended and not attacked, and has retreated in various cities. ”

When everyone heard this, whether it was Zhang Yu, Hou Mingfeng, or Heng Bangchang, Tuoba Yu, or Li Kui, Yang Fei, everyone was silent and silent.

Except for Yang Fei's new participation in the Yan army, the rest of the people were all left behind in the grassland to kill the Donghu people, or in the west of Jin, causing a lot of problems to the Jin army.

Now, for more than a month, in the face of the Jin army, they have not advanced an inch, and they have not seized an inch of land.

The same enemy, the Yan army's offensive is not weak, but it has no combat achievements, which makes everyone anxious, especially in the past, it was easy to attack the city and seize the land, but now it is difficult to move an inch, and the morale of the whole army is a little decadent.

Everyone knows that in the long run, it will be extremely unfavorable to the Yan army.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Liu Xuanyuan continued: "At present, the battle between the two sides is deadlocked, and our hundreds of thousands of troops gather in Longlin County, consuming countless money and food every day, if it continues to drag on, it will also cause unstable morale in the army, so it is bound to come up with a solution." ”

The generals were silent for a long time, glanced at everyone, and Heng Bangchang said: "At present, the Jin army occupies five cities in Longlin County, with Yiheyang City as the center, like five nails nailed to the ground, stopping the advance of the Yan army.

Therefore, the last general suggested that the general discuss with the Marquis of Dingguo, and the hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides should divide their troops into five routes, and each of them will attack the five cities of the Jin army. ”

Heng Bangchang is good at defending the city, when Borshu sent an army to attack Youzhou City, he relied on 30,000 troops to block the 100,000 siege troops of the Donghu people, and did not break through Youzhou City for more than a month, so he had to, very capable.

In the face of the current situation, he knows very well that the truth of encircling it ten times and annihilating it five times is that the Yan army does not have much advantage in strength at all, and if it wants to break the enemy, the only way to break it is to divide the troops and annihilate them one by one.

"General Heng's plan is not impossible, it's just that the cavalry is not as good at attacking the city as the infantry after all, if there are more than 100,000 infantry under the command of General Zhao today, General Heng's method is also a good strategy, but unfortunately, the Chinese army and the northern army are all cavalry, the Jin army is cowering in the city, forcibly attacking the city, the casualties are very large, the Yan army does not have much advantage in strength, if it goes on like this, and defeats Longlin County, I am afraid it will also kill 800 enemies and lose 1,000, and the gains outweigh the losses." Tuoba Feather Road.

Treating the advantages and disadvantages of cavalry, Tuoba Yu knows very well that attacking a city is by no means the advantage of cavalry.

Silence, silence again.

Hou Mingfeng also had to speak, in recent days, the ironclad cavalry suffered a lot of casualties in the siege, he likes to annihilate the enemy, but he doesn't want to spend too much price, if there is a thing of killing 800 enemies and losing 1,000, he will never continue to send troops.

"The emperor once told me outside the Saiwai that if you go to the army, you will fight again, and then you will fight the army. Sending troops to attack the city, the method of attacking the city is not your own. In war, the most difficult and difficult, the war is nothing more than the siege of the city, only several times the enemy, it can be said to be the siege of the city.

At present, forcibly attacking the city is by no means a good method, and it is better not to forcibly attack the city unless it is absolutely necessary. What's more, unlike the Song army, the Yan army had powerful siege equipment, and before attacking the city, the attacking party first used catapults and heavy crossbows to suppress the enemy on the city wall remotely, so that the other party did not dare to show his face. Then the heavy shield soldiers opened the way to cover the rear siege troops close to the city wall, the archers suppressed the enemy on the city wall under the city wall, the large ladder cart took the city wall, the archers on the car continued to suppress the city wall, the infantry began to attack the city wall from the ladder, and the wooden ladder began to build the city wall at this time, mainly distracting the enemy's attention and causing pressure on the enemy to go up the city everywhere.

The Yan army did not have the comprehensive siege equipment of the Song army, and its own advantage was in the mobility of the cavalry, and forcibly attacking the city was tantamount to chasing after the end, which was very inappropriate, so I suggested that the design lure the Jin army out of the city and annihilate them one by one. ”

As the main general of the Yan army, Hou Mingfeng knows the difference between death and surprise soldiers, at present, he does not have a good way in his heart, but he also hopes to send out cavalry to solve the current battlefield war.

"Yes, Lao Hou is right, the cavalry is good at field warfare, and the Jin army relies on the city and ignores the advantage of cavalry, but the Yan army cannot. Otherwise, if you fight to the death for a long time and attack the city, the problem will be big. Zhang Yu added, but his face was still unhappy, and said: "However, if you want to lure the Jin army out of the city, it is not simple, Wang Lunjian and Mu Xiaotian led an army of 500,000 people, scattered in five cities, becoming horns for each other, and having enough food and grass, they are fully qualified to hold on for a long time."

The most important thing is that the two of them are not idle people, too clumsy tactics, it is easy for the other party to see through them, and it is possible to plan and annihilate the Yan army on the contrary. ”

Zhang Yu's tone was indignant, he came to the sand table, his eyes scanned on it, and his thoughts quickly shifted, this sand table, the terrain of the five cities, he almost all imprinted it in his mind, but the five cities stood on the plain in a daze, forming a line of defense that was uneven, but dotted.

For the rest of the month, the periphery of the five cities, the county seats, and the villages were almost all occupied by the Yan army, and the five cities became five lonely cities, but the generals of the Jin army seemed to be ready to defend the city for a long time, and let the Yan army attack on the periphery, but they completely ignored it and retreated in the city.

If the cavalry wants to pass through the defense of the five cities, the opponent will send a large number of cavalry to obstruct it, set traps, and prepare to wait for the rabbit.

This kind of situation is not fighting, and it is not a situation if it is not fighting, which makes Zhang Yu crazy, and only hopes for the opportunity to have a hearty and fierce battle with Wang Lunkey and others, cavalry against cavalry.

Seeing that the generals were silent, Liu Xuanyuan finally spoke, and said: "What you said is indeed in line with the situation of Yan and Jin, but it is not enough to solve the current dilemma. ”

"General, please speak" Zhang Yu raised his head and said, Hou Mingfeng and the others also looked at Liu Xuanyuan to see what his plan was.

Liu Xuanyuan said: "Since the Jin State can't defend the city, let's just ignore them, and choose to besiege and not attack, but, General Zhang, General Hou can lead the troops under his command, detour to the south, and follow the footsteps of General Zhao, break into Yanghe County, attack Molin County, Baiyan County, completely cut off the army in Longlin County, and contact Jinyang City, at the same time, General Zhang, General Hou, and General Zhao can lead more than 200,000 cavalry, taking advantage of the Jin army's shrinkage of Longlin County, sweeping the land below Jinyang City.

When the Yan army occupies the west of Jinyang City and a large area of land east of Longlin County, to the west, it can continue to besiege Wang Lun Key, Mu Xiaotian, and to the east, that is, to capture Jinyang City and prepare to swallow the Jin Kingdom. ”

"This plan is also feasible, but if the Jin army perceives the intention of the Yan army and goes out of the city to attack, can the more than 300,000 cavalry under the command of the general and Hou Ye stop the Jin army." Hou Mingfeng asked, eager to try.

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