Zhu Ru asked, "Lord, are we going to capture Xiliang?" ”

In this regard, only Sun Jian knew Luo Yi's thoughts, and the rest of the generals and officials of the six ministries were not very clear. And just now, I just said that I was forced to counterattack and attack Jincheng, and I didn't say that I wanted to seize Zhou Gandang's foundation.

Luo Yi was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "Of course!" ”

"The counties of the world belong to the people of the world, and they are definitely not in the pocket of the King of Xiliang, so what's wrong with me taking them?"

"Hehe... There's nothing wrong with it. ”

Zhu Ru retreated.

Luo Yi asked again: "If you want to defeat Zhou Gandang and capture the counties of Xiliang, what are your ideas?" ”

Sun Yu arched his hand and said: "Lord, attacking Zhou Gandang is actually very simple. ”

"Oh? How easy is it? ”

Sun Yu said: "Zhou Gandang's Xiliang, which is also Jincheng with many soldiers and horses, is the Xiliang Governing Office, a symbol of authority, as long as we lead the army to defeat Zhou Gandang, seize Jincheng, Xiliang counties, and break ourselves." ”

"No, no, no, I don't think it's appropriate." Zhao Yong stood up.

Sun Yu frowned and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Luo Yi smiled secretly and sat next to him to watch the play.

Zhao Wenyong said: "I think that Zhou Gandang, I have been tossing in Xiliang for several years, Jincheng is his nest again, and we lack troops and our strength is weaker than him, can Jincheng be captured so easily?" ”

"If the war is deadlocked, it will be extremely bad for us. I suggest that the three counties of Wuyang, Jianwei, and Xinxing be captured first, and then Leping and Longnan, as long as these five counties are controlled, Zhou Gandang will be unable to escape. ”

"Moreover, his troops are all stationed in Jincheng, and there are not many soldiers and horses in each county, so we can easily capture them."

Sun Yu frowned: "Hmph, I don't think your plan is very good, Zhou Gandang has hundreds of thousands of troops, will he sit back and wait for you to attack the three southern counties first, and then the two northern counties?" He didn't know to send troops to reinforcements? ”

"Instead of playing hide and seek with him, it is better for the tiger to stare directly and seize his Jincheng, so that the officials from all over Xiliang can see our strength!"

Hearing this, Luo Yi laughed.

The two looked at each other, and both arched their hands and retreated.

Luo Yi said: "What the two of you say, I can't see it." ”

"Sun Jian, Zhu Ru, do you have an idea?"

Sun Jian came out of the ranks: "Lord, I have an idea." ”

"Tell me about it."

"Yes."

Sun Jian said: "Zhou Gandang's strength is not only the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses stationed in various counties, nor the hundreds of thousands of people in Jincheng, but Jiangnan and Huainan, where there are hundreds of thousands of troops in Aguduo, if we attack Jincheng and Zhou Gandang is invincible, won't he ask Aguduo for help?" Once Agudo returns, we will have no chance of winning! ”

"Therefore, if we want to start a war with Zhou Gandang, we must first capture Wuyang County, which is the gate for Xiliang to enter the Yangtze River, and only by holding this gate in our hands can we prevent Aguduo from coming to make trouble."

"My suggestion is that the army should go north, first capture Wuyang County, leave a force of soldiers and horses to garrison, and then, then capture Jincheng at the right time, as for how to fight the battle of Jincheng, this... I haven't thought about it for a while. ”

Luo Yi smiled and nodded, and said, "Very good, Wuyang County is indeed going to be captured, and his importance is no worse than that of Jincheng!" ”

Looking at Sun Jian, Luo Yi was very satisfied, especially the last sentence, "As for how to fight the battle of Jincheng, this... I haven't thought about it for a while, and I can calmly admit that I can't do anything, but not everyone can do it, especially a strategist. To understand is to understand, not to understand is not to understand, this kind of character, Luo Yi appreciates it very much.

"I think it's so decided, attack Wuyang first, and then hit Jincheng!" Luo Yi stood up, looked at the map hanging on the wall behind him, and said: "Our army has limited strength, and it is nothing to attack Wuyang County, but it is overstretched to attack Jincheng." ”

"Gotta find a way to lure the enemy out..."

Luo Tong smiled: "It's not difficult. ”

"Oh? How is it not difficult? ”

Luo Daodao: "In Zhou Gandang's opinion, our strength is not as strong as his, he doesn't care about us at all, if we show weakness again, he will be even more unscrupulous, and it is not difficult to seduce him." ”

"I think it's better to send troops first, and after capturing Wuyang and reaching Jincheng, I will try to break the enemy."

Luo Yi was silent for a while, then nodded: "That's fine, looking for a breakthrough in the war is also a good way." ”

"If we can lure Zhou Gandang, it will be much easier for us to capture Jincheng, Luo Tong, you have to work this."

"Yes." Luo Tong answered.

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Now that you have decided to attack Jincheng, you have to make some preparations.

From the next day, Luo Tong, Sun Yu, and Zhao Wenyong's troops no longer received training, but rested well and improved their living standards.

Secondly, the 70,000 troops were equipped with the most sophisticated weapons and armor, all of which were white and colorful.

It's a pity that the deal with the snow region has not been reached, the grain has been sent, but the snow horses have not been sent yet, otherwise, Luo Tong's 20,000 iron horses will definitely be able to play the greatest role.

The soldiers under the command of Sun Yu and Zhao Yong were expanded later, only 30,000 at the beginning, and later expanded to 50,000, and it was Luo Yi who prevented the expansion of the army and controlled the number of the army at this number.

The 50,000 troops, none of whom had participated in the battle, could only be counted as recruits, but the equipment in the army was good, but it could be slightly compensated.

On the third day, after saying goodbye to his family, Luo Yi left Pingxing with an army of 70,000.

In this expedition, the generals who participated in the war were, Luo Tong, Sun Yu, Zhao Yong, Shan Fei, and a number of deputy generals and captains, Sun Jian was the military advisor, and Wang Youcheng was in charge of grain and grass.

The army marched through the streets, and many people lined the roads to greet them...

Longxi's policy was biased towards the poor peasants, which made the people very happy, and when they saw the army crossing the border, they were very willing and consciously came to send it off.

Seeing this, Luo Yi was very happy and let the army move forward slowly...

It was not until a long time that the army left the county seat of Pingxing, and then, it suddenly increased its speed and drove towards Surabaya Lake.

Surabaya Lake, the water army camp.

Today's Surabaya Lake is very different from two years ago. Although it is still a small lake, it is very lively, and it is operated by a solo flight, just like a downtown area.

On the shore, not far away there will be a small battalion, which can garrison dozens of people, yes, when there is any situation, or when the soldiers are patrolling, they will stop in this place.

There are also many ships docked on the lake, some large and some small, the big ones can carry thousands of people, just like buildings, and the small ones can also carry hundreds of people, or more than a dozen people, this kind of boats, generally owned by scouts and spies, in general, the number of warships in Surabaya Lake, not less than a hundred!

can develop so fast, of course, it is inseparable from Luo Yi's support, if it weren't for Luo Yi's repeated greetings to the household department, supporting the formation of a naval army by solo flying, and asking the ministry to send people to help build a warship, the strength of solo flying would never be so strong.