"Strategist, you're finally here, ...... If I had followed your advice, I am afraid that we would not have fallen into such a passive situation today. ”

Looking at Wei Siwen, who suddenly appeared, Xu Jingye had mixed feelings in his heart, and said with guilt and remorse.

Like Xu Jingye, Wei Siwen also felt a lot of emotion, thinking that when they decided to start the army, there were not many people, but everyone was full of passion and moved forward bravely, so that a few of their degraded and frustrated people actually made such a huge career in a short period of time.

It's a pity that Cheng Ye Xiao He defeated Xiao He, just like many people who became rich overnight, because the money was too easy to get, they didn't know how to cherish it, and squandered it unscrupulously, and when they were really poor and white, or even in debt, they knew that they were annoyed.

Xu Jingye and others are the same, because of a moment of luck, they think that the destiny of heaven is like this, so they do not consider long-term development at all, for their own selfishness, resolutely lead the troops to the south, in just one month, more than 100,000 recruited troops were lost, so that the whole good situation was burned.

It is impossible to say that Wei Siwen is not heartbroken and regretful, but Wei Siwen is not an ordinary person after all, and he will not care about everything before.

"Okay, the governor doesn't need to be so sad, stay in the green mountains without worrying about the lack of firewood, now we haven't reached the time when the mountains are exhausted, as long as we operate well, everyone unites, it is still unknown who will kill the deer." Wei Siwen said.

"Hmm.......... Could it be that the military division still has the means to save the building from the general. Xu Jingye asked half puzzled, half surprised.

Not only Xu Jingye, but also everyone who heard Wei Siwen's words were also full of doubts and surprises, it can be said that this is the best news they have heard in this period of time.

"The Metropolitan Governor said and laughed, there is no means to save the building from the general, besides, we don't need it as a top priority, now it seems that we are extremely dangerous, we have lost the main elite, and a large number of enemy troops are about to come to the city, it can be said that it is in danger, in fact, this is just the surface, the Tang army has 300,000 troops, but the number is quite a lot, but as long as we can delay them for a while, we don't need to take action at that time, just the huge logistical burden, the imperial court may not be able to afford it." Wei Siwen said.

"How is this possible, the 300,000 army does have a lot of baggage, if it is a foreign war, the army may be forced to withdraw troops because of the logistics burden, but this time it is different, they are fighting locally, food can be transferred from all over the country at any time, they will not lack food." As soon as Wei Siwen's words landed, someone immediately retorted.

"Yes, even if the Tang Army will withdraw its troops because of the logistical burden, but now we are no longer qualified to fight with the Tang Army, how can we, who lack soldiers and major generals, delay the pace of the Tang Army, I am afraid that in less than two days, the Tang Army will be able to fight under the city of Yangzhou." Someone else retorted.

Although Wei Siwen has a very high status in the Xu army, when it comes to life and death, even his grandmother and Lao Tzu will not give face, let alone just a military advisor with some prestige.

Xu Jingye and the others, who were a little relaxed just now, heard this rebuttal, their faces were nervous again, and their eyes were fixed on Wei Siwen, for fear that Wei Siwen would be helpless about it.

Fortunately, Wei Siwen was as reassuring as ever, waved his hand to everyone, and said with a light smile, "Hey, hey, yes, yes, it seems that you haven't been frightened yet, and your mind is still clear, but it's a pity that why did you only think about the problem itself, and didn't think about how to solve it in the past?" ”

"You only thought that the Tang army would not be short of logistics and baggage when fighting on the mainland, but have you ever thought about it, where does the grain of the Tang Dynasty come from, the land south of the Yangtze River, how do they transport the grain from the land south of the Yangtze River to the north, the canal, and what is Yangzhou, the only way for the canal, without the canal, it means that the north will not get enough food at all, and even the people will not have enough to eat, where will the food come from to feed the 300,000 army."

Wei Yuanzhong said this, and someone showed a relaxed look on his face, and then Wei Yuanzhong continued.

"In addition, there is another point, although the court is now a demon woman's hall, but that is when she is in power, if we delay, the court will suffer heavy losses, and the number of people above the court who are more and more dissatisfied with her will increase, so that when this dissatisfaction accumulates to a certain extent, how can that demon woman be the opponent of the whole world, and it is only a matter of time before she abdicates."

"As for how to delay the Tang Army, the art of war is cloudy, the time is not as good as the location, the location is not as good as the people, although we are inferior to the Tang Army in terms of troops, but we are on the defensive side, we occupy the most important geographical advantage, the so-called one man is not open, as long as we hold a few dangerous places, even if the Tang Army has more people, how can we be capable."

After talking about a few topics, whether it was someone who was extremely unoptimistic about Xu Jun's future before, or someone who had a different heart in his heart, his heart was full of a little pride at this moment.

In the end, at Wei Siwen's suggestion, Xu Jingye decided to fight to the death with the Tang Army, of course, whether to fight to the death or not is the last battle, if they win, it's okay to say, if they fail, I'm afraid everyone will fall to the ground.

Xu Jingye led an army of 50,000 to Xia'axi, not far from Gaoyou, to defend, on the other hand, Xu Jingye asked Wei Chao and Wei Chizhao, two veterans who had fought with the Tang army in Huaiyin City, to go to Xuyi to defend Liangshan, so that these two places plus Yangzhou City formed a very perfect defensive triangle, as long as this triangle was not broken, the Tang army wanted to occupy Yangzhou, it was simply impossible.

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"High, high, really high, I didn't expect that there was such a talent in the Xu army, and he was able to make this arrangement after Xu Jingye's defeat, it seems that we want to easily take Yangzhou City, but it's impossible."

The movements of Yangzhou City and Xu Jingye could not be concealed from the spies of Li Xiaoyi's army, and after Li Xiaoyi got the news, he invited Wei Yuanzhong over as soon as possible to discuss countermeasures.

Looking at Wei Yuanzhong while looking at the map, while constantly praising the other party, Li Xiaoyi glanced at his mouth, and then said with a little dissatisfaction, "Wei Jian Jun, isn't this just a traitor dog jumping off the wall, they went to Xijin Gudu first and lost the main men, and now their numbers are tending to be inferior, at this time, the final solution is to shrink all the forces and defend in Yangzhou City, in this case, they may be able to survive for a while, but now they dare to divide their troops, This is simply a dog jumping off the wall, you see, these two places, as long as a certain army arrives, they can be turned into juice powder in an instant. ”

"Wrong, the chief manager is wrong." Hearing Li Xiaoyi's words, Wei Yuanzhong shook his head and said.

"Something is wrong, where is wrong, where is the mistake, Wei Jianjun, please elaborate." Li Xiaoyi asked suspiciously.

Seeing that Li Xiaoyi really didn't understand, Wei Yuanzhong put the map in front of him, pointed to it and said to him.

"Boss, please see, Xu Jingye didn't do it casually this time, but did it on purpose, you look at these two places, don't talk about Xia'axi, although it seems to be just a small stream, you can pass it by raising your legs, but around him is a silt land, there is no way for the army to pass, where do you want to pass, without the leadership of boats and acquaintances, it is simply a dead end, so, in this place, it is not a lot of people to pass at all.

As for Duliang Mountain, it is even more important, relying on Gaoyou Lake on the one hand, and the steep mountain peaks on the other, it can be said that it is a place where a man can not open a thousand people, and if you want to take here, it will also take time and opportunity, otherwise you can only waste your strength.

If these two places are just precipitous, forget it, as long as we take Yangzhou City, we can slowly attack these two places, but these two places have formed a clever alliance with Yangzhou, they are one left and one right to surround Gaoyou Lake in the middle, and we want to attack Yangzhou City, only to take these two places, so, subordinates are sure, this is definitely a good way for the witty people in Yangzhou City to come up with, the purpose is obvious, on the one hand, it is to protect Yangzhou City, on the other hand, it is to block our progress. ”

"Hmm........... Well, there's no way to fix that. ”

Hearing Wei Yuanzhong say so solemnly and severely, Li Xiaoyi also felt that it might not be so easy to quickly take Yangzhou City this time.

"This ........."

Although Wei Yuanzhong was quite witty and knew very well about the affairs of the military formation, when this situation suddenly appeared, he was a little helpless for a while, and could only shake his head helplessly in Li Xiaoyi's expectant eyes.

"Gather the generals and discuss this matter." Seeing that Wei Yuanzhong had no choice, Li Xiaoyi had no choice but to convene the generals and discuss.

"You are all veterans who have fought on the battlefield for many years, and you all tell me what we should do in this situation to repel the traitors as quickly as possible."

After explaining the information he received, Li Xiaoyi asked everyone.

As soon as Li Xiaoyi's voice fell, someone stood up and replied, "Why should the chief be bothered by this little thing, although this time the rebels are holding on to two places, these two places are still extremely dangerous, but don't forget, we have our advantage, we have much more soldiers and horses than them, we can do this, divide the army into two, and attack these two places at the same time, so that these two places are too busy to take care of themselves, it is impossible to unite, if we can, we can even divide our troops and go directly to Yangzhou City, when the time comes, When Yangzhou City is taken by us, they will be two grasshoppers after the autumn, and they will not be able to jump up at all. ”

This general's words were agreed by Li Xiaoyi, in fact, Li Xiaoyi also thought so, but he didn't know whether this method was good or bad, and now that the general said it, it was just a matter of verifying.

"Hmph, no brains is no brains, you also know that we have an advantage in numbers, if we divide our troops, how can we still have an advantage, if we don't even have an advantage, how can we attack the enemy." One of the generals retorted.

As long as there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and 300,000 troops are from different guards in the sixteen guards of the imperial court, and it is inevitable that some of these people will have grievances for various reasons, although they usually dare not fight blatantly because of military regulations, but sometimes some arguments are inevitable, and the two generals who spoke just now are one of them.

"You ......"

Listening to the sarcasm of the other party, the previous general was angry and was about to open his mouth to refute, but fortunately, at the critical time, Wei Yuanzhong, the prison guard, spoke.

"Smack"

slapped his palm on the case hard, and then Wei Yuanzhong opened his mouth and scolded angrily, "Okay, what is the noise, the enemy is current, I don't think about how to break the enemy, and I still care about my own grudges, if you dare to do this, be careful of military law." ”

As a supervising army, this is also under the jurisdiction of Wei Yuanzhong, so after listening to Wei Yuanzhong's reprimand, all the generals turned pale and did not dare to speak more.

Seeing that the generals were much more honest, Wei Yuanzhong slowly continued, and then continued, "The strategy of dividing the troops is not very appropriate, although the strength of the Xu army has been greatly damaged, it is not a rabble, on the contrary, no matter what Xu Jingye is, Wei Siwen, even Wei Chao and others, they are all veterans who have made many achievements, and their combat experience is much richer than ours, as long as we are not careful, they will seize the loopholes and give us a huge blow, the painful lesson of the first battle of Huaiyin City, we must definitely remember, we must never do it again." ”

Hearing Wei Yuanzhong's words, the generals no longer mentioned the strategy of dividing the troops, and then everyone discussed whether to defeat Axi or Duliangshan first.

At this time, everyone's differences were more serious, some people said that they would attack Duliang Mountain first, the reason was that Xu Jingye was stationed in Xia Axi, and Xu Jingye's prestige was known to these people, so they would rather deal with Wei Chao and Wei Chizhao, who did not have many troops, if they took Duliang Mountain first, Xu Jingye would fight alone, and sooner or later they would be exterminated.

But some people don't think so, they think that since they want to fight, then fight a big one, Xu Jingye's representative is stationed in Xia Axi, they should attack Xia Axi first, as long as they take Xia Axi, when Xu Jingye is killed or escapes, it will be a fatal blow to the Xu army, maybe Du Liangshan can be self-defeating, in addition, there is another point that Xia Axi is the closest to Yangzhou City, as long as they break through Xia Axi, the soldiers are in Yangzhou City, whether Duliangshan exists is not the main reason.

For a while, these two views became the key to repeated discussions, because these two views have their own benefits, and they have been supported by many people.

In the end, under Li Xiaoyi's decision, Wei Yuanzhong made a decision, first taking the weakest Wei Chao, and then the army attacked Xu Jingye with all its might, striving to completely exterminate all the rebels.

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