"Lord, Yuan Shu's main force has begun to move to Hefei County!" Jia Xu reported all the information he heard, "The general headed by Yuan Shu is Ji Ling, the number one general under Yuan Shu, Yang Hong is the military advisor, and at the same time, Li Feng, Liang Gang and Le Jie are also under Ji Ling. It is worth noting that the generals Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui secretly went to Liyang! ”

"There are 20,000 elite troops under Chen Wen's command in Liyang, of which 5,000 are from Danyang County. After Yuan Shu captured Jiujiang County, he incorporated the troops under Chen Wen's command. Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui went to Liyang this time, I am afraid that they are to command this army, and the purpose is also very easy to guess, obviously planning to take advantage of the battle in front of them to sneak attack the empty Danyang County. When Xi Zhicai heard this, he immediately saw Yuan Shu's intentions.

Li Ming nodded, most of the area from Lujiang to Jiujiang is a plain terrain, which is very suitable for large-scale battles. Under Yuan Shu, there were not only another 20,000 Chen Wen's old troops, but also 50,000 troops himself who followed him into Jiujiang County, with a total of 70,000 soldiers stationed in Hefei, and it was still very advantageous to deal with them with 30,000 people.

What I didn't expect was that with Yuan Shu's attitude of being the only one on the ground that day, he actually came to a trick to repair the plank road and darkly Chen Cang, and the focus was actually on Liyang, which made Li Ming a little surprised. However, if he wants to cross the river and go south, Yuan Shu is too affordable, and the soldiers under his command are too high!

"Order the Governor of Danyang County to prepare to go north!" Li Ming smiled and commanded, "Of course, there is also Zhou Taibu, I want to see what kind of navy he has trained during this time!" ”

Guo Jia, as a military advisor, heard the words and gave up his orders, and immediately went down to order the secretary in the army, write the military order documents, and order someone to send them.

The General Staff Department has already begun to enter the stage of formal formation, with each unit having a chief of staff, two deputy staff officers, and five staff officers to analyze and sort out the terrain, weather, enemy troops, and enemy generals' information, and then formulate the most rational policy.

Three stinky generals, top one Zhuge Liang, Li Ming is still very clear. Jia Xu is good at using human nature, and he tends to use unscrupulous means; Xi Zhicai is good at using the terrain environment to guide the enemy into a trap; Guo Jiajing and calculation, good at overall planning, anticipating the enemy's opportunities. Cooperate with several other ordinary strategists to sort out the battlefield situation and various data, and the three of them can also better play their respective strengths.

Two days later, the army arrived in Lu'an County and was stationed, and Yuan Shu's department had already arrived in Hefei County. It's November, the weather is getting colder and colder, and winter is not suitable for fighting, so everyone knows that this battle can only be resolved quickly. Even, even if you defeat the other party, you can't quickly push out.

For Yuan Shu, his biggest goal was probably just to retreat from the enemy, and he didn't think about attacking Lujiang County at this time. However, as long as he can win against Li Ming, then he is also qualified to show off his strength to the whole world.

His thoughts have been analyzed by Jia Xu, and on this basis, Xi Zhicai arranged them according to the battlefield situation, and finally summarized them on Guo Jia's side, and he determined the optimal strategy.

"Lord, if you go on like this, Jia will become lazy!" This is also the first time that the staff department has been fully activated, Guo Jia looked at the information and suggestions submitted by Xi Zhicai, and looked at Li Ming with a somewhat indecent tone.

"If you don't want to be lazy, control the battle damage within 10%, and punish you for a year of alcohol prohibition if you exceed 30%!" Li Ming looked at Guo Jia angrily, the latter was obviously cheap.

"Lord, you can't do this! The winter expedition would have been a non-war attrition, how to control it within 30%? Guo Jia was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward to beg for mercy.

In winter, the weather is cold and freezing, and the soldiers can't hold their weapons tightly, and even in the process of encountering, the tiger's mouth is easily injured, so if it is a battle at this time, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers will drop by at least three percent. If the warm clothes can't keep up, I'm afraid that it will drop by 20%, and at the same time, because of the cold weather, I can't say that I can't wake up, and there will be a large-scale non-combat attrition.

"Coal has been delivered, and the army must strictly regulate the use of coal, and at the same time, field doctors must also be prepared to treat soldiers infected with wind and cold at any time. Non-combat attrition is almost non-existent in our army, and as for war attrition, it depends on the command of you military divisions and your generals! Li Ming looked at everyone.

Of course, there is no problem with the generals, and the other party is also declining when the army is down, judging from the information in hand, most of the soldiers on Yuan Shu's side lack warm clothing, fortunately, the firewood is enough, and it is okay in the barracks, and the combat strength of leaving the fire has to drop by fifty percent.

The physique of the soldiers on both sides is also completely different, it is true that the soldiers from the Central Plains will be higher, but due to the problem of nutrition, most of the soldiers on the other side are weak, while the soldiers on Li Ming's side are full of oil, and their strength is naturally much greater than that of the other party.

At the beginning, Liu Miao originally thought that Li Ming would send troops in early spring, but he didn't expect Li Ming to dare to send troops in winter. The reason why Li Ming was able to have this courage was because of these factors. Now don't talk about night battles, even if it is a winter battle, Li Mingyuan can drag the other party down!

Just as Li Ming said, in this case, if there is still a large-scale combat attrition, it is the problem of military generals.

"Yuan Shu is also stupid, he obviously doesn't know that Yuzhang County has fallen into my hands. Chaohu Lake has not yet frozen, so let's give him a big gift! Li Ming looked at the map and pointed at Chaohu Lake next to Hefei.

Chaohu Lake leads directly to the Yangtze River, on the contrary, it can go north to Chaohu Lake through the Yangtze River, but Yuan Shu did not expect that in the case of the diplomatic war between the two sides in Hefei, suddenly an army disembarked at Chaohu Lake, and then launched an attack on them from the rear.

"Has Tai Shici been notified from there?" Li Ming asked.

"I have told the other party to wait for the notice in Zongyang, and the other party has given a reply the day before yesterday, and will take Gan Ning's fleet north on the same day. The only problem is that Gan Ning hopes to participate in this war as well......" Xi Zhicai came forward and said, Gan Ning was the general subdued by Xin Bi, but he didn't expect Xin Bi to be under Li Ming, so he naturally wanted to meet this top boss.

"Gan Ning has been arrogant and unruly before, and his banditry is stronger than Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, so it is not surprising that there will be such a move, I am afraid that he will be more playful, and he does not have any bad thoughts." Guo Jia commented.

"Since he's coming, let him come!" Li Ming smiled, the child was disobedient, and when he came, he would find a chance to let him know that he knew that he was powerful. He had vaguely heard of Gan Ning's name, it seemed to be General Wu, but he didn't know how it was, but the one who could be famous should be a powerful guy, which required knowledge.

"My subordinates will send a letter to Tai Shici!" Xi Zhicai nodded.

"Immediately arrange for the non-commissioned officers to undergo adaptation training, and strive to exert greater combat effectiveness when the time of formal combat is full-fledged. The logistics side also needs to consider and appropriately purchase some gloves for winter use to ensure that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is not lost. Li Ming looked at Xi Zhicai, who took care of logistics, and the latter immediately took the order.

"In terms of gloves, you only need to cover the palm part of your hand, and you don't need your fingers, otherwise it will be easy to slip after getting blood." Li Ming took the opportunity to remind.

"My subordinates understand!" Xi Zhicai was also worried about this just now, and he was relieved when he heard the words.