With the advent of the war, Bazhou, which had not been stable for a long time, became nervous again, and the army of Liu Liu and Liu Qi had also been drawn, and the army left Bazhou City and went to Yongqing City.

The army of the imperial court also finally arrived in Gu'an after a few days of marching, Gu'an is only a few dozen miles away from Yongqing, but there are tens of thousands of defenders in Gu'an City, plus the 20,000 remnants of the last defeat of the general, so Gu'an City held on.

In fact, Lu Wan was originally a little dissatisfied with Zhang Zhijie's only 50,000 troops, and scoffed at Zhang Zhijie's argument that there were not many soldiers, but after all, Zhang Zhijie was the main general and the emperor's cronies, and in the end, his arms could not be twisted past his thighs!

But now there are still 20,000 defeated soldiers in Gu'an City, which makes Lu Wan very happy, and the 50,000 army plus 20,000 is 70,000 troops. Although the rebels advocated 100,000 cavalry, Lu Wan didn't believe it at all, and it would be good to have 70,000 or 80,000 combat strength!

Now the strength of the imperial army has reached 70,000, which is basically the same as the rebel army! This made Lu Wan breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.

"What?! Don't accept these 20,000 remnants?! Admiral Zhang is joking, right? Lu Wan said angrily, "Although they lost the battle, they are also the pawns of the imperial court, and as long as they are appeased, they can follow them to the battlefield!"

"The thief army is large, our troops are already insufficient, and now with these 20,000 soldiers, it is only slightly equal to the thief army! Let's fight with 50,000 soldiers and fight with 70,000 soldiers, even fools know that with 70,000 soldiers has a good chance of winning! ”

Lu Wan was already a little incoherent with anger, and even said the words of a fool. Zhang Zhijie frowned slightly when he heard this, but Wang Shouren's dark face did not change in the slightest, and he still looked pensive.

The words of not accepting the remnants of the soldiers were proposed by Wang Shouren to Zhang Zhijie, and after listening to Lu Wan's words at this time, there was no angry look on his face, and he said very calmly: "Admiral Lu, the number of troops is not the only factor that determines victory or defeat. Whether the army is strong or not is not just a simple addition of numbers! ”

"The reason why I put forward the suggestion not to accept the defeated soldiers is because the lower officers feel that the overall strength of our army will decline if they accept the defeated soldiers!"

Lu Wan couldn't help but sneer when he heard it: "What a big joke, there are more people, and the strength has declined!" This is the first time I have heard of it! ”

"Some of the 20,000 defeated soldiers have only experienced one defeat, some have experienced two defeats, and they are already terrified! The subordinate went to observe them and found that there was a panicked scene in their barracks! If you accept it, it will inevitably infect the 50,000 troops we brought! The morale of the two armies is the first thing to fight! ”

"The 50,000 troops we brought are the time when the morale is the highest and the combat effectiveness is the strongest, if it is disturbed by this panicked 20,000 defeated soldiers, it is bound to have no morale! Therefore, the overall combat power does not increase but decreases! ”

"Not only that, the 20,000 defeated soldiers themselves have no combat power, really on the battlefield, our army has a smooth victory, if the war is stalemate or a little weak, these 20,000 defeated soldiers will be the first to rout, and then it will affect the whole army, out of control!"

The more Zhang Zhijie heard the end, the more dignified he became, although he didn't understand the art of war, but after careful analysis, he felt that what Wang Shouren said was very reasonable!

Zhang Zhizhi looked at Lu Wan and said: "Admiral Lu, this governor feels that what Wang Shouren said is not unreasonable, it is better for these 20,000 defeated soldiers to stay in the rear to defend the city!" ”

It's just a small head of the military department, or the head of the arsenal department in charge of swords, guns, armor and equipment, and after reading a few military books, you really think you know the art of war?

There is also Zhang Zhijie, the admiral, who was poured into the ecstasy soup by Wang Shouren's black melon! Just rub your credit, don't meddle if you don't understand!

Lu Wan retorted: "Wang Shouren, you have only been in the military department for a few days, so you think you really know the art of war?" ”

"The morale of the 20,000 defeated soldiers is not irretrievable for a while, the front is Yongqing City, Yongqing City is only 20,000 thief army, can't our 70,000 army take Yongqing City?"

"As long as we win this battle, not only will the morale of the 50,000 troops we bring more strong, but even the 20,000 defeated troops will also muster up their morale and regain their combat effectiveness!"

"By the time we reach the city of Bazhou, we will have already completed the integration, and we will already have a morale-strong army of 70,000!" Lu finished making a generous statement, and then looked at Wang Shouren contemptuously.

Wang Shouren frowned and said: "Admiral Lu, the main force of the rebel army will not shrink in Bazhou, after two big victories, their confidence has increased dramatically, and they will definitely enter Yongqing with the whole army, and directly fight with our main force, and they will go out of the city to fight!" ”

"So the method proposed by Admiral Lu doesn't work in the first place! 20,000 defeated troops will never be accepted, and they must be isolated! Wang Shouren's old-fashioned words were very unkind, which shows his twisted temperament.

Lu Wan listened to Wang Shouren's words, and said with a smile angrily: "What a big joke, the rebels did not borrow the strong city of Bazhou, but ran to the Yongqing field to fight, you should be fools to them!" Wang Shouren, don't think that the emperor ordered you to counsel military affairs, and you can point fingers! ”

"Since the emperor ordered the subordinate to counsellor the military affairs, the subordinate official naturally did his best. Admiral Zhang ordered Jinyiwei to spread the news of Liu Jin's ambush and tax reduction, Liu Liu Liu and Liu Qi need a big victory to save the situation, and the field victory is more influential! In order to avoid the adverse effects of the imperial army, they will inevitably choose to defend us in the north of Yongqing! Wang Shouren still explained in an old-fashioned manner.

But Lu Wan didn't listen to it at all, Wang Shouren was just a small head of the Ministry of War before, but he was a squire in the art of war, and his status was very different, although he had also heard the title of Wang Shouren's stubborn donkey, but now he personally understood it, and he was very angry!

Lu Wan glanced at Wang Shouren angrily, and then looked at Zhang Zhijie, who had been silent, and said, "I don't know what Admiral Zhang thinks?" ”

Lu Wan thought that Zhang Zhijie would be completely biased towards Wang Shouren, after all, Wang Shouren's errand for counselor military affairs was Zhang Zhijie who asked the emperor for him!

But I didn't expect Zhang Zhijie to mutter for a moment before he said: "First isolate the 20,000 defeated soldiers, and have already sent spies out to investigate, if the main force of the thief army really comes to Yongqing, then leave the 20,000 defeated troops to defend the city!" ”

Zhang Zhijie's decision was completely unexpected by Lu Wan and Wang Shouren, Zhang Zhijie did not completely support Wang Shouren, but combined the opinions of the two to form his own judgment and made a compromise strategy.

While the three of them were still pondering, footsteps sounded outside, and a brocade-clothed guard hurriedly came in and knelt down on one knee and said, "Lord Qiqi, according to the report of the spies, Liu Liu and Liu Qi have already led an army of 50,000 to move north and enter Yongqing!" ”

As soon as Jinyi Wei Baihu's words fell, Lu Wan's face suddenly turned purple, this was really an instant slap in the face! And he was slapped in the face by a small head of the military department!

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