Before Yang Guang's words fell, Li Hun had already turned over again and fell at his feet, shouting hoarsely: "If the prince wants to increase his troops on the North Road, it is better to promise the last general to personally lead thirty or fifty people who dare to die, sneak into Dingzhou, kill Chief Hu Cave Hezhen, and avenge my third brother." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Yang Guang frowned, turned his gaze to Zhou Shao, the head of the march, who had been silent, and asked for his opinion: "Manager Zhou, I have always heard the sixth uncle praise you for your steady use of troops, not thinking about victory, thinking about defeat first, quite a general's style. But judging from the current situation, I don't know what your opinion is? ”

"Marshal, what Chief Du said is indeed true. Compared with the combat power of the Turkic East and West Routes, it seems that the Yongyu Lu Division of the Western Route Army is superior, and the threat to the Bingzhou City is far greater than that of the East Route Army's Hezhen and Dyeing Gan Divisions, but the last general wants to remind the prince to pay attention to the fact that even if most of our Eastern Route Army reinforces the North Road, and the north and south of Yanrong's Department that have occupied Yanmen Pass, can we quickly resolve the battle and annihilate the nearly 100,000 troops of Yongyu Lu Division between Yanmen Pass and Bingzhou? Zhou Shao did not answer Yang Guang directly, but asked rhetorically first.

"Even if you can't completely annihilate the enemy army, at least you can relieve the siege of the annexed states." Du Yan preemptively argued.

"Ten days ago, the marshal made a decision to command our army to defeat the vanguard of the Turkic East Road, forcing it to retreat to Dingzhou. Zhou Yao smiled slightly and reminded Du Yandao.

"Then, according to Brother Zhou's opinion, is he trying to persuade the marshal to launch a counterattack from the east road? But don't forget, this time the Turkic troops attacked in two ways, with the West Route Army led by Yongyu Lu as the main frontal attack force, and the East Route Army led by Gu Hezhen was just cooperating from the side. Du Yan said, and he was angry.

"Brother Du, don't be annoyed, and listen to me carefully." Zhou Shao hugged his fists at Yang Guang and explained to Du Yan, "Although the chief manager of Yanrong has recaptured Yanmen Pass from the Turks, it seems that our army has surrounded Yongyu Lu's headquarters between Yanmen Pass and Bingzhou, but it is not easy to annihilate it with all the strength of our army, but it will be delayed for a long timeand let it out of customs. At the same time, we concentrated the main force of our army, launched a counteroffensive from the east road to Dingzhou, and expelled the Turkic army on the east road led by Kuhezhen from the Guanwai, so as to prevent it from turning to attack the states on the east line of our northern province. In this way, we can reap the effect of attacking twice with half the effort, repel the invading enemy on all fronts, and ensure that the states in the Guannai are safe. As early as 10 days ago, the marshal had set down this general strategy for the operation, and at this time, it must be carried out consistently and unswervingly, and there is no need to shake the established policy because of a small victory on the northern route. ”

Yang Guang heard Zhou Shao's suggestion to let Yongyu Lu go all the way out of the pass, concentrate all his forces, and launch a counteroffensive against Dingzhou. ”

"It's not that hard. However, it is necessary to follow the previous practice of the prince to build a canal to divert water out of the pass, and create a false impression for Yongyu Lu that our army will increase the north road, and want to annihilate all the men and horses in the pass, and then secretly order the general manager of Yanrong to give a way out of the pass to the Turkic army and let it out of the pass. At that time, Yongyu Lu was afraid that his way back would be cut off by our army, and he was afraid that he would not even be able to take care of Yanmen Pass, so he would withdraw from the pass non-stop. Zhou Yao replied quite firmly.

"Want to get caught? On the contrary, Mr. Zhou's words are very good. However, what if such a plan was discovered by Yongyu Lu? At that time, our army had already marched eastward, and there were not many soldiers and horses left in the city of Bingzhou, if Yongyu Lu did not retreat but advanced, and attacked the state, how should we deal with it? The smile on Yang Guang's face flashed, and he stared at Zhou Yao and asked.

"This time the army is swinging east to conquer Dingzhou, focusing on the east and west roads, rather than relying on the number of troops alone, therefore, the original team led by Qi Angong and the two Xingtai servants do not need to be transferred to the east road, and they still stay on the north road to deter the enemy, and the state can be merged." Zhou Shao replied calmly.

"Good, good, good." Yang Guang said three times in a row, and said, "Although this king can anticipate the enemy's opportunity, he is not as good as General Manager Zhou, and he is thoughtful. Li Hun listened to the order. ”

Li Hun perked up, stood up and hugged his fists and responded: "The end will be." ”

"I order you to lead 3,000 cavalry troops, bypass the frontal enemy camp, and rush to Dingzhou first to get in touch with our men and horses from all walks of life on the eastern front, so as to prepare for our army to launch a counteroffensive against Dingzhou, there must be no mistake."

"The last general will obey the general's orders."

Du Yan obeyed the order. I ordered you to lead the men and horses of your headquarters to drag the main Turkic force led by Dyegan to the same place, and prevent it from returning to Dingzhou, and there must be no mistake. ”

"The last will obey."

After passing down two general orders in succession, Yang Guang then turned his gaze to Zhou Shao and asked: "General Manager Zhou, I intend that you will lead the men and horses of your headquarters to serve as the main general of this counterattack on Dingzhou, but I don't know if with only 20,000 soldiers and horses, can you defeat the Turkic army on the Eastern Road and drive it out of the north of the Great Wall?" ”

Zhou Shao looked at Du Yan and replied with his fists clenched: "As long as the army led by General Du can drag the main Turkic force led by Dyegansu in place for three days, the last general will be able to recapture Dingzhou from the Turks." ”

"Dye Gan went and returned this time, there are nearly 70,000 soldiers and horses brought by Gu Hezhen under his command, if you want to annihilate it with the strength of our army alone, the last general will not be able to do this, but to drag his whole army in place for three days, not to make it return to Dingzhou, it can still be done." Du Yan replied angrily.

"That's good. Duan Da, pass my order, the North Road is led by Li Che, Zhang and Wang's two servants shot back to the city to defend, with great fanfare, forcing the Turkic army on the West Road to take the initiative to withdraw outside the pass, and ordered Yanrong to pass Yanmen Pass, but when the Turkic army attacked the city, it was only allowed to lose, not win, and let it out of the pass. ”

Yang Guang issued a military order to Duan Da on how to force Yongyu Lu to withdraw his troops on the North Road, and then he turned around and said to Zhou Shao: "I will go with you this time, counterattack Dingzhou, and expel the Turks from the Guanwai. ”

As soon as he heard this, everyone in the tent was shocked, and Zhou shook his fists and persuaded: "Please also ask the marshal to return to Bingzhou, and wait for the good news of the last general, this counterattack on Dingzhou, if you can't drive the Turks out of the pass, the last general is willing to come to see you." ”

He is an ordinary person and has always been cautious in his conversation, but at this time, he was forced by Yang Guang's sudden proposal to go with him to go on the expedition, so he said such things.