Chapter 119: Profit Maximization
"I didn't expect the enemy army to be so unbearable!" Chen Heng looked at the corpses all over the ground, these were the corpses of the defenders of Liyang County, relatively speaking, the soldiers under Pang De and Chen Heng had almost no losses.
"The elite have been taken away by Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui, and the rest are just some old, weak, sick and disabled, the moment we attacked the city, they did not flee directly, and they were dutiful!" Pound said with emotion.
Then he turned around and announced to Chen Heng and the other captains: "Rest on the spot, go straight to Fu County tomorrow, strive to defeat Fu County and Quanjiao County within three days, and then go all out to Jun Xuan County!" ”
"Whoa!" The soldiers responded. Li Ming has a heavy resume, but he also advocates military exploits. Valuing the resume was a last resort for Li Ming to control the occupied areas to the greatest extent, and advocating military exploits is the right way.
Now it is equivalent to a three-way joint attack on Jiujiang County, such as the Imperial Department of King Li Ming in front, Tai Shici and Gan Ning, who have arrived in Chaohu and can launch an attack at any time, and finally their department. There are so many credits, naturally whoever gets more will have less, and after deducting the headquarters, if the two of them want to be promoted and make a fortune, it depends on how far they can fight.
Even Pang De and Chen Heng don't want others to say that they can rise to their current status because of their relationship with Li Ming, not their own talents.
The soldiers were very fast, and Pang De immediately sent news to the friendly troops on the other side of Chaohu Lake that day, and at the same time brought all the prisoners back to Danyang and handed them over to the soldiers who stayed in Danyang to guard. Until the end of the war, they will not be paid attention to.
A day later, the Chaohu Naval Army, which received the report from Pang Dejun, immediately sent someone to report the war to Li Ming, and at the same time, Tai Shici also asked Li Ming for war by the way, hoping to take the opportunity to attack Hefei County.
In the early morning of the next day, the war report arrived in Li Ming's army, and by this time Pang De had already captured Fuxian. saw the military report sent back by Pound, although the result was expected, I didn't expect it to be so smooth. Under the attack of the Wu County Water Army, Zhang Xun didn't even have room to fight back, and the 20,000 elites were reimbursed in this way.
"Tell Tai Shici, wait for the order, there will be a chance for him to dispatch!" Li Ming naturally saw that Tai Shi Ci was full of fighting spirit, but this move could only be activated at a critical moment.
"According to Pang De's speed, he will attack Fuxian County next, according to the time, he has probably started, and even has already laid down Fuxian, we must take into account his next situation, about two days or so to attack Quanjiao County, and attack in the direction of Junyu County, it will take five days before and after, do you want to reserve one more day?" Guo Jia looked at Li Ming.
"No need, if he hasn't captured Junyu County in five days, he won't be Pang De!" Li Ming said with a smile, Pang De is notoriously desperate, and he is brave and good at fighting, and there are no organized enemy troops in these counties, so it is not difficult to fight.
"In that case, then we can launch a full-scale attack in six days, and at the same time order the Taishi Ci Department to take the opportunity to take Hefei County. At this time, Pang De can go to this place where the enemy army returns to the north, form a joint encirclement with our two parts, and completely eat Yuan Shu's 50,000 army! The point is, this does not maximize the benefits! Guo Jia said the conclusion of the General Staff, but he personally had some other opinions in the end.
"What do you mean?" Li Ming couldn't understand why the total annihilation of the enemy army could not maximize the benefits.
"Yuan Shu has sent all his core forces to the front line, and Yuzhou and Nanyang County are relatively empty. At the same time, in order to avoid the army of the imperial court, Yuan Shu arranged an army of 50,000 to guard the ...... with Chen Lan and Lei Bo," Guo Jia said slowly.
Li Ming looked at the map, although it was certain that it was impossible for the imperial court to send troops to attack Nanyang County in winter, but it was difficult to say whether Cao Cao would fight, even if he had only about 20,000 troops under his command that could be mobilized.
If Yuan Shu loses his core combat power, then Cao Cao may not take the opportunity to attack Nanyang County, and even Liu Biao or Tao Qian, or even Taishan thieves will attack Yuzhou.
Of course, Li Ming can also go north to attack Yuzhou, but the question is, what to do if he defeats it? Blind expansion will inevitably be unlucky, when the defense line is too long, the latest turf has not been well managed, and it is easy to have problems!
Guo Jia's meaning is like this, at present, this piece of fat is too big, if you eat it directly, you will choke, and even choke on it, but if you share it with others, you are a little reluctant. If you put the fat back first, so that when you want to eat it, you can eat it again, and if you think about it further, you can use Yuzhou and even Nanyang County as a strategic buffer zone, so that if you really want to go to war, you can also start a war on the territory of Yuzhou.
"Indeed, what if it is from the perspective of profit maximization...... Li Ming nodded, the problem of lack of talent is becoming more and more abrupt, Lujiang can still be handed over to Lu Kang to govern, but how to govern Jiujiang County has become a problem.
"What about Jiujiang County?" Li Ming looked at Guo Jia, "This place is close to Xuzhou and Yuzhou, and even Yanzhou is not difficult to go south, it is simply attacked from all sides." ”
"Why don't you go to the court and ask him to send someone to serve as the county guard of Jiujiang?" Guo Jia smiled, "You just need to let Liu Miao go to the book!" ”
"Do you want to move the administrative office of Yangzhou to Zhuji County by the way?" Li Ming continued to ask.
"The expansion time of Zhuji is too short, and it can only be regarded as a large county seat, which is congenitally insufficient as a place of governance. The subordinates thought that it would be better to use Wanling, the seat of Danyang County, as the new office. Xi Zhicai immediately stepped forward to admonish.
The key is that Zhuji County is close to Fuchun Mountain and Huiji Mountain, and at the same time there is Xianxialing in the south, and Wuyi Mountain in the west. As for Li Ming's so-called plan for the cultivation of spirit beasts, Xi Zhi is against it, beasts are beasts in the end, as long as they are a little lax, they will get out of control.
"In other words, our goal this time is to switch from annihilation to expulsion, right?" Li Ming asked.
"Yes, but Yuan Shu's 10,000 cavalry can be eaten. I heard that there are 20,000 war horses in the Yuan Shu military camp, all of which are good horses that have been improved by Runan Horse Farm for many years, and their quality is no less than that of Xiliang or Youzhou war horses. Guo Jia proposed.
"In addition, a buffer zone must be left, Hefei, Chengde, Junxuan, Quanjiao, Fuxian and Liyang must be taken, and this part of the county can be handed over to Lu Taishou for trusteeship!" Xi Zhicai added.
"Do you guys have any other opinions?" Li Ming looked at the officers, and they were listening carefully from beginning to end.
"If you can, your subordinates would prefer to be able to wipe them out, but from the overall situation, the plan of the staff is very good, we just need to implement it carefully!" Wang Yu, as a representative, came forward and said.
"In that case, arrange it immediately! Six days later, let's give Yuan Shu a toothless and unforgettable lesson! Li Ming nodded, then stood up suddenly, waved his big hand, and solemnly announced.
"Whoa!" After receiving the accurate military order, the generals surrendered one after another, and immediately arranged it.