"The front line has reported that Wang Jun's soldiers and horses have left the garrison and are heading straight for the Great Thorn City!"

In the council hall of Murong Thorn City, Murong Diao sat on the main seat, listening to the reports of the people below, his brows furrowed.

The generals below gathered together, listening to the information and intelligence reported, all with solemn faces.

"At present, Goguryeo is besieging the east of the city, Duan's Xianbei is besieging the west of the city, and the Yuwen Department is besieging the north of the city, and the south of the city is obviously going to be handed over to Wang Jun's soldiers and horses, although the main force of his people has not yet arrived, but there is already a small force of forwards to come and deploy defenses in the south of the city."

As the battle reports were constantly transmitted, the atmosphere in this conference hall became more and more solemn.

"At the moment, the situation is a little complicated," there is a general named Murong Ping, who is Murong Diao's brother, at this time he came up and hugged his fists and said: "Wang Jun's soldiers and horses, I heard that there are about forty or fifty thousand, and as soon as they come, it will be a hundred and fifty thousand army besieging the city, how can we still hold it, not to mention, brother, you still mistakenly believe the words of the Central Plains Han'er, and send people to divide the troops, the situation is not good." ”

As he spoke, he deliberately looked towards the corner of the council hall, and at the end of Murong Ping's line of sight was He Jing, who was sitting upright and silent.

Murong Diao didn't speak, his brows were furrowed, and he looked at the map on the table in front of him, as if there was something difficult to choose.

Murong Hao, who was sitting beside Murong Diao, suddenly asked He Jing, "What does Mr. think of this matter?" I remember when you said that Chen Taishou's three suggestions were upper, middle and lower, wasn't that the next strategy the theory of a strong wall and a clear field? I don't know what Chen Taishou thinks about this? ”

When He Jing heard this, as if he suddenly woke up, he sat up straight, cleared his throat, and said: "The soldiers came from afar, they should have been strong and clear, and the grain and grass that came and went, now this northeast boundary, except for my Murong family, does not pay attention to farming, such as that section of the department, Yuwen department, etc., as well as this thick fishing and hunting residue, its marching and fighting is not like the Central Plains people, will prepare all the grain and grass, is to often travel lightly, local food, if the wall is clear, then he has no food to obtain, I Murong does not have an advantage in numbers, but stick to the city, wait for the other food to run out, then the soldiers and horses retreated. ”

"That's a good idea, why not?" Murong Ping immediately questioned.

"If there are only three troops coming, it doesn't hurt to use them, but the problem is that there are still Wang Jun's men and horses," He Jing explained unhurriedly, "Wang Jun's soldiers, brave and good at fighting, known as 50,000, counting the logistics baggage, I am afraid that it will exceed 100,000, as soon as this person comes, the difficulty of supplying the coalition army will be solved, and in the end, I am afraid that the food in the city will be exhausted, it is not impossible." ”

Listening to this, Murong Ping didn't say much, after all, the two Xianbei departments of the Yuwen Department and the Duan Department, together with Goguryeo, were not good at raising troops with logistics, but Wang Jun was a person from the Central Plains, adhering to the words of the soldiers, although it was easy to control the Hu cavalry to conquer, but the soldiers brought this time were all from the headquarters, and they were dispatched according to the Han family's troops, and this method of delay would have no advantage.

Murong Ping also understood the reasoning, and then asked: "Then what you choose now, is it a bad idea?" Sending Murong Han to lead a part of his men and horses out to set up camp is not a strategy to divide the troops? Originally, compared to the coalition forces that came to attack, our forces did not have an advantage, so we had to gather all the soldiers and horses from all over the country, and finally gathered tens of thousands of people in the Great Thorn City, and we had to divide some of the troops out, in case they were broken by each one......"

"This is not the next policy," Murong Diao directly interrupted Murong Ping's words, and only his identity is qualified to interrupt Murong Ping at this time, "You also know, the other party can be said to be the four-nation alliance, it is the soldiers and horses of the four sides that are concentrated, there is no way to look at it from any aspect, my Murong Department is out of disadvantage, if there is no accident, there is no reason, I want to come to all parts of the world today, but anyone who knows the news here, they all expect that my Murong Department will be defeated, right?" ”

"That's right," He Jing nodded, "When I talked to Chen Taishou, he bluntly said that he can't form an alliance with me Murong, because after this battle, Murong is very likely to be removed, because those four families have warriors from the grassland, and they have the law of the Central Plains, and they have an advantage in military strength, and there is a lot of room for display in the choice of seasons, and the situation is very unfavorable." ”

"Hmph," Murong Ping snorted coldly and glanced at He Jing, "Since you don't want to form an alliance, what's the use of saying this?" In the final analysis, it is just a prevarication. ”

"No," He Jing shook his head, "the upper, middle and lower strategies that Chen Taishou said have their uses, among which this is the best strategy to stubbornly wait for the enemy's army to run out of food; And let people lead the troops out, divide the troops to guard, become a horn, echo inside and outside, and wait for changes, which is really the middle policy; The next strategy is to take the initiative to attack, a quick decisive battle, when the enemy has not yet stood firm, gather superior forces, quickly attack, then a leading soldiers and horses to attack, will be repulsed, in order to break the momentum of the coalition army, and then turn to sweep, the coalition forces to retreat! ”

Listening to what He Jing narrated, Chen Zhi gave the upper, middle and lower three strategies, everyone present showed a contemplative look, but soon someone shook his head, saying too dangerous words in his mouth.

He Jing knew what they thought, so he said bluntly: "Although Chen Taishou did not say anything about forming an alliance, he still said his opinion on this siege battle, and he clearly pointed out that I Murong was at a complete disadvantage in this battle, if I want to defeat the strong with the weak and win more with less, then I have to take risks!" Wonderful! The more dangerous the move, the more it can turn the situation around, the more it can change the situation, and even let me wait for the battle to win! ”

In layman's terms, it means that your Murong Department has no accidents at the moment, it is basically over, you can't think about it, you can only create accidents, you want to endure it safely and steadily, and finally the situation is solved, it is impossible, after all, the other party is not stupid, how can you easily let go of so many people coming over?

Moreover, the other side is also very prepared for war.

Murong Ping was stunned when he heard this, and then fell into thought, and Murong Hao also heard this for the first time, and he was also surprised, just by looking at his father Murong Diao's appearance, he knew that this Xianbei Shan Yu had already known, and he might have discussed a lot with He Jing.

"Actually, when I talked to Chen Taishou, he made it clear that both sides are making war preparations, but compared to the Murong Ministry, the Four-Nation Alliance has more advantages, if it drags on, no matter how comprehensive the Murong Ministry's war preparations are, it can't compare to the Four-Party Alliance, so it should cause a war in advance and win in chaos, because this early engagement is also an accident! If my Murong Department wants to win, to reverse, and to survive this difficulty, I have to rely on one accident after another! ”

"But there are not so many coincidences in the world, if you want to have coincidences, you have to have calculations, you have to arrange them yourself," Murong Diao looked at the generals in front of him, "I won't hide it from you, before He Jing came back, I didn't have any clear plans in my mind, but the words he brought gave me inspiration, although it is the upper, middle and lower three strategies, the upper policy seems to be safe, in fact, it is the most unfavorable, in fact, it is the next policy, because as soon as the coalition army comes, the power of my Murong Department collapses, if it can't be repulsed, the longer it drags on, the more scattered the tribes of the people, The weaker the strength, the so-called safe, but it is just a lingering breath, or that sentence, there is no risk, this difficulty is difficult to pass, after all, the coalition side has also been preparing for a long time, not to come and go through the motions. ”

Murong Diao's statement, everyone can understand it after thinking about it, but it is equivalent to rejecting Murong Ping's statement to his face, which makes his face a little ugly.

"As for that strategy, take the initiative, it's past the time now, but there was still a chance before, but after I weighed it, I still didn't choose this strategy," Murong Diao didn't hide his previous thoughts, "This strategy, judging from the results, is actually the best policy, but in the same way, the risk of paying is also very large, if everything goes well, you can repel the other party, but if there is a little discrepancy, that is, we will be completely annihilated, and there is no possibility of turning over, so we can't choose." ”

"So, in the end, you chose the middle policy?" Murong Hao understood it, "It's just that the middle strategy is often modest, in case the soldiers and horses led by the elder brother are repelled and defeated, then the troops will be lost in vain, but you can also retreat to the second, and then use the remaining soldiers and horses to defend the city to delay." ”

"That's right," He Jing nodded, talking about the current situation, "After Han Gongzi went out of the city, although he was intercepted, the reason why Shan Yu chose him to lead the army was because he took a fancy to his leading talent, and sure enough, in the two days that Han Gongzi went out of the city, not only was he not surrounded and suppressed, but he was ambushed several times and gained a firm foothold, after all, those few coalition forces were for the entire Murong Department, not to fight with a small group of soldiers and horses, and it was not easy to annihilate, so he wanted to break the city as soon as possible, so far the ring of soldiers and horses out of the city was stable. ”

When everyone heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief, after all, they were just generals, they didn't know the whole situation, they knew that Murong Han led the army to send troops, but they didn't know what the result was, and now they knew that they had gained a firm foothold, so they could be relieved.

But what's next? Cooperate inside and outside to impact the enemy formation?

"But even so, the troops outside are still much more than my Murong Ministry, and my brother is leading the army outside, although he has a fulcrum, but he can't penetrate the enemy army," Murong Hao asked this question, "Maybe Chen Taishou's three strategies have indeed helped us lay a little foundation and have a little hope, but how to fight next, we still have to rely on ourselves, after all, Chen Taishou is far away in Daijun, and he can't understand the situation here, how to deal with it later......"

"This is really not ......" He Jing said with some embarrassment, "In fact, what is the follow-up, Chen Taishou also pointed out a direction, and after discussing it with Shan Yu, I think it is quite feasible." ”

Including Murong Hao, the others all showed a look of surprise, accompanied by a suspicious attitude, looked at He Jing, and then glanced at Murong Diao.

That generation of the county is too guarded, so far away, it's just a matter of giving an upper, middle and lower three strategies, how to fight in the future, he can still give advice from a distance?

The belief was doubtful, but the people decided to listen to it.

However, they didn't know that all the situations in this council room were all in the corner of the afternoon horse origami.