"I'm not dead yet, the sky can't fall......"

Guo Wei put the Chinese book's please An excerpt on the couch casually, and said such a sentence with a smile.

Wang Yi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Wei Renfu, the privy secretary, and Dou Yi, the scholar of Hanlin, looked at each other, and no one dared to answer.

Since the emperor was ill, he dismissed the three dynasties, there was a Ming edict on internal and external affairs Bai Jin Wang decided, the last month, Guo Wei simply did not even see the prime ministers, a few days ago Fan Zhen and others returned to Beijing because of Wang Yin's accident, the above table asked to restore the early Tang Dynasty's Zhongshu door under the guard system, was also rejected by the emperor, the government and the opposition are speculating about the emperor's health, such a Chinese and foreign suspicion, Guo Wei's attitude is more and more unpredictable.

Wang Yi looked at the two people standing beside him, wanting to speak but not daring to speak. It had been less than a month since he took over as the secretary of the military department, and his summons by the emperor this time was purely unexpected. Wei Renfu and Dou Yi are different, although these two people have low ranks, they are now real ministers of the Son of Heaven, and the prime ministers can't see the emperor, but they can see them every day.

Dou Yi has been an edict for the emperor since the beginning of Guangshun, and he is an old man by the emperor's side, this person is quick and cautious, although he has no great talent, but as a courtier, he is very trusted by the emperor. Wei Renfu is only forty-two years old this year, just in the prime of life, and now the Privy Council is vacant, and the royal servant is below him, and the royal servant is also the governor of Kaifeng Mansion and the Jin Wangfu Zhan Shi, assisting Chai Rong to take charge of the center, and the daily secrets of the Privy Council have this human right punishment, although there are few people in the court who know him, but just by this person can appear in front of the emperor's sickbed at this moment, it can be known that his future is by no means comparable to Dou Yi.

The king of Jin wants to use the king's servant, and the emperor also needs to have a trusted courtier in the Privy Council, is this person?

"Feng Linggong's illness is still not cured?" Guo Wei asked softly.

"It doesn't seem to be yet!" Dou Yi replied.

"I and he should always have a good man, I was fine before, and it didn't hurt if he was sick; Now that I can't get up, his illness should be cured! Guo Wei's words seemed to be slightly sarcastic, but the tone was flat and abnormal, and the three of them were stunned.

"Dou Yi, you go to the Linggong Mansion. Tell him these words! ”

Dou Yi was stunned for a while. Only then did he wake up and say, "Yes." Commandment! ”

"Daoji. Wang Yi said about it. How does the Privy Council negotiate land? Guo Wei turned his gaze to Wei Renfu.

Wei Renfu didn't look at Wang Yi. replied respectfully: "Li Wenge is a marshal. Feng Jiye is not. One of them also; Li Wenge sent troops to Pingxia. It was a request for a purpose. Feng Jiye is good at salt spirit. The court did not admit it. The second also; Li Wenge and Gyeongju. It is a salt road for the imperial court. Feng Jiye went out of Yanzhou. It is to fertilize itself with green salt. Privy Council. When the Cultural Revolution played! ”

Guo Wei nodded: "What did the royal servant say?" ”

Dou Yi and Wang Yi couldn't help but be awe-struck when they heard this. Wei Renfu did not react at all. Still playing in a proper manner: "The king's servants think." For the prestige of the imperial court. Fight Lingwu! ”

Guo Wei looked at Wang Yi. Wang Yi bowed and said, "The minister is forbidden." Counsel with the three prime ministers. Fan Xiang thought it was a good one. Li Xiang objected. Wang Xiang thought that Li Huairen should be invited! ”

Guo Wei nodded: "Have you been to the Jin Palace?" ”

"I've been there, and King Jin thinks it's not appropriate to refute the Cultural Revolution. But it's not easy to issue an edict! Wang Yi replied.

"What does the military mean?" Guo Wei asked.

Wang Yidao: "Feng Jiye's move is like a rebellion, it cannot be tolerated, if you don't crusade, the vassals will follow suit, and the prestige of the court will be gone!" ”

A wry smile appeared at the corner of Guo Wei's mouth: "Daoji, what do you think?" ”

"No!" Wei Renfu said without hesitation, "Li Xiangfu is reasonable, the imperial court has no extra money and food. The forbidden army is now being reorganized, and no matter how many troops are dispatched, it will be a big burden for the three divisions. Moreover, at the time of high autumn and horse fat, the Khitan was the great enemy that the imperial court had to deal with. ”

"What about the green salt?" Guo Wei asked softly.

"The matter of green salt has been decided at the beginning of the year!" Wei Renfu replied, "Li Wenge's protection of the salt road is a matter that has already been clearly intended, and it is not appropriate to make any further changes!" ”

"Taiwei Li already has the land of the four states!" Wang Yi said softly.

"This is especially true of this, and it is not advisable to change it!" Wei Renfu didn't wait for Guo Wei to open his mouth this time, and directly retorted: "Wubu." If the imperial court sends troops directly. In fact, they directly told Li Wenge and Yanqing Town that the imperial court no longer trusted them! ”

Guo Wei smiled.

Wei Renfu asked very seriously, "Martial Arts." How many troops would be needed to quell the Shuofang army? ”

Wang Yidao: "No less than 10,000 ......"

Wei Renfu said: "The privy councillor and the front secretary of the palace think that it is at least 20,000!" ”

Wang Yi was speechless, and Wei Renfu said: "In fact, 20,000 is far from enough, and the crusade against Lingwu is bound to take advantage of Yanqing, will Li Wenge allow it?" The allusion of the false Tao is known to the world, how can Li Wenge not know it? ”

Wei Renfu asked solemnly: "How many troops does the military department think is needed to deal with the two armies of Li Wenge and Feng Jiye?" ”

Wang Yi sighed, and he smiled bitterly: "Lord Wei is right, the minister is not thoughtful!" ”

Guo Wei chuckled, after discussing for so long today, he was already a little sleepy, and the Great Zhou Tianzi said slowly: "Go to the army to fight and plot, since I entrusted the side affairs to Li Huairen at the beginning of the year, there is absolutely no reason to regret it at this moment, this means, you tell Fan Zhen and them!" ”

"Yes......" the three of them replied in unison.

In Yanzhou, the smell of war has penetrated from the eastern mountains to the towns and villages around Yanchi Lake, and the Lingzhou army on the mountain roads and the Yanzhou soldiers who appear from time to time in this generation have made the indigenous residents of Yanzhou and the Pingxia herdsmen understand such a thing---- the situation in Yanzhou is becoming more and more tense.

Affected by the Pingxia War, the authorities of the Dingyan Army and the Eighth Route Army did not spare any effort to take care of Yanzhou in the early stage, which was the fundamental reason why the commander of the Shuofang Army drove straight into almost the entire Yanzhou territory in the early stage of the Yanzhou War.

At the beginning of the Pingxia War in June of the third year of Guangshun, the situation in Yanzhou was that Quy Nhon, Huaide and other counties in the north were controlled by the Dingyan army, the central Dibaichi was controlled by the three divisions of the imperial court, and the Wuyuan Dingbian in the south was in the hands of Ye Jijia of the Gyeongju Department of the Eighth Route Army.

The Shuofang army took advantage of the fact that the war in Xiazhou was in full swing to advance eastward, and suddenly appeared in the west of Baichi County, and the Salt Administration Bureau had no time to make any response, so it could only surrender the city, and the three battalions of the Shuofang army took advantage of the situation to go south along the Yanqing Road and seize the five plains of Ye Ji's family.

Since Shen Chen led his troops to the west, he adopted a strategy of gradual encroachment and piecemeal, first taking Changze in Xiazhou as an outpost, passing through the mountainous area of Yandong, and gaining a firm foothold in the eastern part of Yanzhou. They began to strike at the outposts infiltrated into the mountainous areas one by one, and the Shuofang military and ground troops were scattered in several strategic directions, which were already overstretched, and finally retreated to the west of Yanqing Road after losing hundreds of men in a row, completely ceding the eastern mountainous area to the Eighth Route Army.

On the eighth day of the eighth month of August, Shen Chen led eight infantry to cross the Yanqing Road and enter the western mountains. In the west of Baichi County, he ambushed the grain transportation team of the Shuofang army, defeated more than 600 people in two battalions of the Shuofang army, and beheaded 155. At this point, the Shuofang army had lost more than 1,000 troops in the Battle of Yanzhou, and the remaining troops were no longer enough to maintain a full-scale front. Feng Jundi's commander, Lingwu Ya General Guo Chunyu, was forced to shrink his forces, abandon Wuyuan, and gather the remaining forces in the direction of Baichi. Ye Ji's family took advantage of the situation to recover Wuyuan at the end of August.

Shen Chen did not retreat immediately after the victory in Baichi, and stayed in the mountains south of Baichi for nearly twenty days, until the reinforcements from the Lingwu side, the third battalion of infantry and two battalions of cavalry, arrived at Baichi before retreating eastward.

The situation in Yanzhou today was that the Shuofang Army occupied the western and central positions, while the Eighth Route Army posed a military threat to it in the southeast.

In terms of the comparison of troops, the Baichi Shuo Fang army still has an advantage for the time being. It has nearly ten infantry battalions and three cavalry battalions with nearly 3,000 troops, among which the strongest combat power is the five battalions of Fengjiadi.

In September, Shen Chen carried out a troop reorganization in Wuyuan, and reorganized the troops under the original Xiazhou Regiment Lian Jinghai into the Fenglin Independent Regiment. This was the number given to him by Li Wenge, and at the same time, Wei Xun transferred 18 officers from the Yanzhou headquarters to serve as the supervisors of this new regiment. After a month of training in September, the Fenglin Independent Regiment was officially formed, with nearly 1,000 infantry under its jurisdiction.

At this moment, the total strength of the Eighth Route Army assembled in Yanzhou has reached two infantry regiments and one cavalry battalion with a total of 2,500 people, if you add the Ye Ji family's soldiers and horses, it has already exceeded 3,000 people, and if you add the regimental training recruited by Jing Hai in the western part of Xiazhou, the total strength will exceed 3,500 people.

Li Wenge paid more and more attention to the war on the Western Front, and on the fifth day of October, Kang Shi led 20 cavalry to the Wuyuan front. Although he only brought twenty people, these twenty people made Shen Chen extremely happy, because these were twenty party harriers.

After Li Wenge disarmed Pingxia, most of them were sent to Beijing to be taken prisoner, but he intercepted all the harrier scouts, and he organized these people into a cadet battalion and stuffed them into the Liutao Pavilion for training, and Kang Shi concurrently served as the commander of this cadet battalion.

The three-month training did not add any new skills to these harriers, who were already familiar with various skills of survival and combat in the wild, but more education and training in terms of discipline and loyalty. Of course, simple drawing and communication training is indispensable.

Li Wenge did not expect that through this kind of short-term training, he would be able to train these party elites into his own fighters, for these harriers. He was ready to slowly transform and absorb, and the twenty scouts sent this time were basically slaves or soldiers from eight families with other surnames, these people had little contact with the upper echelons of the Tuoba family, and at the same time, they were also subject to some suspicion and rejection to varying degrees in the Pingxia army.

"The attack on jade came at the right time, the decisive battle has been completed, I am worried about the lack of scout strength, my lord sent you, it is really a charcoal in the snow!" Shen Chenxi was overjoyed. He took Kang Shishi's hand and walked to the inner hall.

"Attacking jade" is a new word given by Li Wenge to Kang Shishi. Take the meaning of "the stone of other mountains can attack jade".

Shen Chen's Chinese army was set up in a stockade outside the city of Wuyuan. Although the conditions in the city were slightly better, it was not convenient to train the army.

"Your Excellency and Yu Housi have been waiting for the strategy of the capital division, and before the next official came, the lord had taught him face-to-face!" Kang Shishi was not polite, in the face of Shen Chen, the actual number two person in the Eighth Route Army, he did not say too much greetings, and after a few words, he went straight to the topic. Shen Chen nodded: "I know, I don't know what instructions the adults have?" ”

"My lord thinks that after the completion of the training of the Fenglin Regiment, the strength of our army on the front line actually has the ability to counterattack, but the purpose of the counterattack should not be to recapture Baichi as the core, but to cut off the enemy's circuit and completely annihilate the enemy's main force. The lord said that he didn't care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, as long as he could annihilate the entire enemy army in Yanzhou, it didn't matter if Wuyuan City was gained or lost. Kang Shi said simply and clearly.

Shen Chen smiled and waved his hand to order the pro-soldiers and Officer Yu Hou in the room to go out.

When there were only two people left in the room, he and Kang Shishi, Shen Chen reached out and pulled out a map from his arms.

He spread out the map as he spoke. On the one hand, he said: "Destroying the army is the top, attacking the city is the bottom, and the strategy of the adults is naturally on the ground." The county seat of Baichi County is actually not tall, and there is not much difference between attacking and defending the city. But even then, I'm not going to play whitepool. ”

Kang Shishi looked at Shen Chen's unfolded map, and his expression became solemn.

This is a very detailed map. The whole map is divided into palm-sized squares by vertical and horizontal lines, and the map is marked with contour lines on the highlands, hills, mountains and valleys, and at the same time, the enemy's garrison and troop numbers are marked with fine charcoal. The more Kang Shi looked, the more he admired, from this map, the situation of the enemy army in Yanzhou was almost clear at a glance, there was such a map, Shen Chen could actually arrange it calmly, although the enemy army was numerous, but from the general trend, he had lost the opportunity.

Finish watching. He shook his head: "It seems that the adults are too worried, and it is useless for the lower officials to come!" ”。

Shen Chen smiled: "Don't be modest when attacking jade, I'm in trouble." There is no way to solve it without attacking jade. ”

Seeing that Kang Shi was puzzled, he didn't explain, and asked directly: "If it were you, how would this battle be fought?" ”

Kang Shishi was also not polite, pointing to the map and said: "With a regiment of troops, go north along the northern foot of the border wall, surprise attack the Liuzhong Pass, control the two pass walls, and cut off the retreat of the enemy army in Yanzhou." Then leave a battalion of troops to garrison the pass, and concentrate the forces of three infantry battalions and one cavalry battalion to maneuver in the field. Waiting for the opportunity to move, if the enemy returns to the army, it will be ambushed, if the enemy does not return to the army, then the town of Baichi Sizhou will be blocked, and the wall will be cleared, so that for two months, Guo Chunyu will starve to death! ”

Shen Chen nodded silently: "I thought so at the beginning!" ”

Kang Shi was surprised: "At the beginning? Do you have another plan? ”

Shen Chen smiled: "I can't talk about a clever plan, I have a thought, it's just that it's difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and I have to attack jade to help me!" ”

Kang Shi immediately clenched his fists: "Dusi, please speak!" ”

Shen Chen's hand waved towards the west of the map and said, "Attack the jade, look this way!" ”

Kang stone looks. Shen Chen pointed to the map of Lingzhou, counties and counties west of the wall, and the situation of the mountains and rivers was the same as that of the east, but the charcoal marks were obviously much less.

Kang Shi frowned and looked at it for a long time, but he still didn't quite understand: "Dusi, please speak!" ”

Shen Chen said: "Look at this wall, what do you think?" ”

Kang Shi looked at it, the wall that Shen Chen said was the Great Wall of Ancient Qin, and the two walls overlapped at the six-fold pass, and the road from Lingzhou to Yanzhou passed here. This wall extends southeast to the southeast of Xiazhou, with Qinglingmen as the starting point of the eastern section. It extends northwest to the east bank of the Yellow River. Crossing the Yellow River is the quiet town in the north of Lingzhou.

He opened his mouth wide and raised his head: "Dusi wants to attack Lingzhou?" ”

Shen Chen didn't nod, but said, "In the art of war, it is said that if you attack it, you will be saved." We occupy the six-fold pass, although it can cause the trend of closing the door and beating the dog, but Guo Chunyu is also a general of the Feng family, and he may not be able to send troops in the battle for a long time. And Liuzhongguan is an important town in the north of Guanbei, Lingyan swallows the salt, and Feng Jiye has to save the land, so in essence, Liuzhongguan is likely to become the place where our army and the enemy will fight a decisive battle. Although it is said that the initiative in such a decisive battle is still in my absence, first, our army's strength does not have an absolute advantage in this battle, and secondly, even if it wins, it will be a miserable victory, and our army is powerless to follow, and I am afraid that the matter of taking Lingzhou will be delayed until next year or even the year after......"

Kang Shi nodded, Shen Chen's analysis of the enemy army was quite objective, although he was smart, but after all, he was still young and his vision was not wide, so he focused on how to win the battle in front of him, and the strategic goal that Shen Chen put forward was to take Lingzhou, which was where the gap between the two people was.

Shen Chen said: "The purpose of our army in this battle is to have a decisive battle with the Shuofang army, and the purpose of the decisive battle is to capture Lingzhou, so although Guo Chunyu's department is the main force of the Feng family, it is not the main goal of our army in this battle!" ”

Kang Shishi's eyes shone brightly: "Du Sidi means to encircle Wei and save Zhao?" ”

Shen Chen nodded: "That's what I think, I am ready to use the two regiments of Yanchuan and Fenglin and the left battalion of the security cavalry to go north along the southern foot of the border wall, enter the Yellow River Valley Plain within a month, wait for the opportunity to cross the river, and maneuver on the west bank, only according to the village, not attacking the county seat, mobilizing the main force of the enemy army out of the city, and at the same time mobilizing Guo Chunyu's troops to return to the division, waiting for work, and striving to fight two or three battles in Lingzhou, as long as we can gain a foothold in Lingzhou this winter and persist until the spring of next year, Lingzhou will be the sixth state under the command of adults!" ”

Kang Shi's mouth opened wide, not knowing what to say.

Shen Chen sighed: "It's a pity that the preparation is not enough now!" ”

Kang Shi asked, "What preparations are needed?" ”

"Mainly winter coats!" Shen Chen said, "The Yanchuan Regiment has improved its equipment after the reorganization of Xiazhou, and the Fenglin Regiment has not even unified its military uniforms at present, but the armor battle is sufficient. However, seeing that the autumn is about to pass, the weather is gradually getting cooler, our army has to cross the river on an expedition, and we can't count on the support of the van soldiers, so before the departure of 2,500 pieces of winter clothes is not missing, otherwise the whole army will stay on the west bank for a winter, and it will freeze to death, and the other is to set up villages and towns on the west bank to govern the government, otherwise there will be no room for maneuver in the army without the support of the official office, and it is necessary to deal with the whole army in Lingzhou with 2,500 people, and the strength will definitely be insufficient, and it is necessary to recruit and supplement at any time, so a state office and regimental training establishment are indispensable. I wrote a letter to the adults the day before yesterday, explaining all these difficulties, and there is one more, I wrote it, but since the jade attack is here, things will be easy to do! ”

Kang Shi was completely convinced, and arched his hand: "Du Si just commands!" ”

"Give you twenty days, take your people, and find out to me the deployment of the enemy troops on the east coast......" Shen Chen pointed to the map and said!