Regarding Li Wenge's move to escort Guo Yanqin to Bianjing, Han Wei originally disagreed. In the eyes of this smart camel, the best way to deal with Guo Yanqin is to kill him with a knife, not to kill this person, and send him to Bianjing, God knows what this guy will say in order to save his life. Although Li Wenge did not have the power to kill the assassin of Yizhou, based on what Guo did, it must be possible for Bianjing to understand Li Wenge's actions.

However, Li Wenge thought for a long time and asked: "We have occupied Gyeongju and are purging officials, such a big move, even if no one says anything to the imperial court, won't the imperial court know?" ”

Han Wei was choked by this sentence, indeed, even if Guo Yanqin was killed, the fact that Li Wenge occupied Gyeongju was enough to arouse the attention and suspicion of the center.

Then Li Wenge said another sentence, and Han Wei suddenly felt unpredictable about this lord who was a little stupid from time to time.

Li Wenge said: "Back in Bianjing, the more Guo Yanqin said, the more beneficial it was for us; I'm worried that when he goes back, he will take care of the saints and make a stuffy gourd......"

On the second day of Han Wei's trip to Jingzhou, Zhe Yuqing, who had blue circles under his eyes, came to the Gyeongju Thorn History Mansion with the prepared Northern Expedition strategy.

Since entering Gyeongju, Li Wenge authorized him to draft a strategy for the Northern Expedition to Pingxia. In fact, this matter has been planned since before the Battle of Gyeongju, on the one hand, because Li Wenge patted his chest in front of Guo Wei, and on the other hand, it was to clear the rear of the Northern Expedition. Zhe Yuqing knows. At the same time that he followed Li Wenge to lead his troops to Gyeongju, Shen Chen, who was sitting in the old camp of Fenglin Mountain, was already deploying the staff officers of Yuhou Sidi to draw up a plan and strategy for the northern front.

This time, Li Wen revolutionized, and he independently drafted a plan. The intention is obvious, survival of the fittest, choose one of the two, and General Li wants to choose the best result among the two plans.

As a symbol of the alliance between the Zhejia Army and the Eighth Route Army, Zhe Yuqing's entry into the high-level of the Eighth Route Army was a tacit understanding reached between Li Wenge and Zhe Congruan. But for Yu Qing himself, this is an opportunity he has been waiting for for many years.

As a child of the Fold family, he joined the army since he was a child, followed his father and grandfather to fight on the battlefield, and the eighteen-year-old Fold Yuqing was already a veteran. However, in the Zhejia army, many years of combat experience are not enough for Zhi Yuqing to take on the heavy responsibility of being alone. There are too many generals who are older than him among the generations of the folded family. Although Zhi Congruan is very optimistic about this extremely smart grandson. But there is no plan to let it lead the army alone in a short time. Since entering Yanzhou, Zhe Yuqing has been leading Zhecong's personal guard battalion, and even the battle of Yinzhou has not caught the opportunity to go to the battlefield. When the army returned to the division, he led his troops to ambush outside the city of Suizhou, but the defenders of Suizhou actually made a turtle with a shrunken head, which made Zhi Yuqing quite feel like a punch on the cotton.

In this battle of Gyeongju, Zhe Yuqing was the first time to independently coordinate and command nearly 1,000 troops to fight, and the victory of Ten Trees made him addicted.

In Zhi Yuqing's heart, there are two people who he tries his best to surpass.

The first is the Yang family who stayed in Taiyuan with his sister as a hostage.

The second is Shen Chen.

The rivalry with Yang Chonggui began a few years ago, and the elders have been comparing him with Yang Chonggui since he was a child, and they all agree that he is not as good as Yang Chonggui. This made Zhe Yuqing very unhappy. The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, why is this brother-in-law always better than himself? However, if he is not convinced, he is not convinced, but Zhe Yuqing has never clearly expressed this dissatisfaction.

The two families of Zheyang depend on each other, and no one can do without anyone. No matter who the two families are politically oriented, the geographical proximity and the common situation of several enemies make the two families have to rely on each other and trust each other in this troubled world. The folded family is mainly Bianliang. That's because the Khitans have always been a major threat to Fuzhou, and the Northern Han Dynasty defected to the Khitan, so that the Zhe family had no hope for the Northern Han, and could only count on the court of Bianliang to send troops from Hebei to contain the Khitan; Before Zhi Congruan led his troops into the pass, the Zhi family never worried about the threat of the Pingxia Ministry, because between the Pingxia Department and Fuzhou lay a Shengzhou Yang family, although the Yang family was relatively weak, it was still very effective as a barrier with the support of the Fuzhou Zhi family. And the same is true of the Yang family. He was threatening the troops of the Pingxia tribe, and the Pingxia tribe was attached to the Northern Han court, if the two sides attacked together, Shengzhou would have no way out, so he could only temporarily annex the Northern Han. Only in a short period of time after the Zhejia took Lanzhou, he declared himself a vassal to Bianliang. In most cases, it is still hoped that the Northern Han will curb the northward advance of the Dangxiang people, and at least ensure that the Northern Han will not attack Shengzhou with the Dangxiang people and make themselves suffer from the enemy. Equally. Because there is Fuzhou in the north, the Yang family does not have to worry about the Khitans killing them. The Yang family and the Zhi family are like two lonely and weak people back to back, and if either side dodges, it will cause the two families to be swallowed up by the surrounding forces together.

Of course, it is not that there is no way to solve the problem once and for all, and it is not only because of the emperor's will that the two families of Zheyang will join forces to completely solve the Yinxia problem, which has long been a consensus among the two high-level leaders. It's just that after arriving in Yanzhou, Zhe Congruan unexpectedly discovered a potential ally Li Wenge, which made the Zhe and Yang families very happy, but at that time, the strength of this ally was still in the growth period, so Zhe Congruan and Yang Xin were thousands of miles away but coincidentally adopted a temporary and lurking strategy, waiting for Li Wenge's power to really take shape.

It was precisely because the war with the Pingxia tribe was a battle of life and death that the Zheyang family was able to wait patiently, and for every point that their advantage increased, their chances of winning also increased by one point.

And Li Wenge, a rising ally, did not disappoint, as he single-handedly led economic sanctions and trade restrictions that greatly weakened the party's vital forces in a year, and tilted the balance of war in favor of the three alliances.

Therefore, this Northern Expedition was not just a military operation of the Eighth Route Army itself, it was a war in which three coalition forces fought together, and it was a war involving four prefectures (now Gyeongju) and unilaterally mobilizing troops to the level of 10,000 people.

There should be as many as 5,000 soldiers participating in the battle in this Northern Expedition. Of these, 3,000 are in the direction of Yanzhou, and the other 2,000 are from the direction of Fuzhou; Nearly 3,000 people from the Eighth Route Army participated in the battle. The Yang family army that participated in the war was nearly 3,000 people, plus those box soldiers attached to the Eighth Route Army. The three alliances were basically able to mobilize more than 14,000 troops this time, and they already had an absolute advantage in terms of strength compared with the Tuoba family, which was in internal and external difficulties.

Just a few days ago, Fenglin Mountain sent Shen Chen's Northern Expedition plan. In that plan, Shen Chen suggested that the two battlefields in the north and south be divided into two theaters of war, and each of them would be under unified command. Among them, the operation on the southern front will be personally commanded and commanded by Li Wenge.

Zhi Yuqing was a little unconvinced by Shen Chen, in his opinion, this big-headed soldier who was born as a junior officer could not be compared with himself in terms of military tactics or combat experience, although since the rise of Li Wenge, this person has always been the number one general in the army. There were good performances in the offensive and defensive battles of Luziguan and the battle of Yinzhou, but after all, it was not a serious battle, and the taste of tricks and dangers was too strong. In the opinion of Zhe Yuqing, who was born in a Taoist family, Shen Chen is quite competent as a team leader or commander, but to be the commander of the Yan'an Regiment and the commander of the Eighth Route Army, the Marquis of Yu, this soldier is really a small material.

Under Li Wenge, there are indeed few land-sharing talents.

Therefore, it took five days of work, food and lodging were in the temporary residence of Yu Hou Cao, and with the help and cooperation of his subordinates and famous officers, a new battle plan was finally made.

He has been polished in the army since he was a child. I don't know how many battles I have seen with the Khitan Iron Cavalry, Zhi Yuqing is confident that his own strategy is not the same as the one that Shen Chen hastily drawn, even if his father personally planned it, it was just that.

A strategy of more than 12,000 words, although it is not a gorgeous and magnificent good article, but only on how to deal with and avoid the enemy's cavalry reconnaissance and harassment has listed in detail 18 countermeasures, and the rest of the marching routes of the various armies, Zhengqi and matching strategies, the location of the camp, the grain road guard, the marshalling of heavy siege equipment, the liaison and echo between the various troops, and so on are all detailed. Fold Yuqing is confident. After Li Wenge looked at his strategy, Shen Chen's less than 1,800 words of planning could basically be thrown away as straw paper.

However, he stood there for half an hour, but Li Wenge never said a word, looking at his strategy and frowning.

The acquaintance time is not short, Zhe Yuqing knows that although this general is a slave, he is still literate and hyphenated, and he is not so incomprehensible that he can't understand this strategy, but he doesn't know what his dissatisfaction is.

Another half of the day passed. Li Wenge finally put down his strategy, raised his eyes and looked at Zhi Yuqing expressionlessly, and asked softly: "You, like Shen Chen, take the direction of Wei Pingguan as the main direction of attack, what is the reason?" ”

"Suizhou is surrounded by mountains on one side and water on the other. There are benefits of water transportation. The main grain route was cut off by the enemy's sneak attack, and there were mountains to block it. It is convenient for our army to set up scout posts to monitor the mountain roads, the enemy's main cavalry is in the west of the mountains, and the mobilization of reinforcements can only be through a few mountain paths, and most of our army is an infantry army, which is convenient for setting up ambushes and interceptions. The city of Suizhou is low, the city defense is dilapidated, the number of troops in the city is only hundreds, our army uses siege equipment, if you want to break the city, you can go down in the day, if you want to send reinforcements, you can stop the army to besiege the city, wait for work, choose a place to break the enemy. ”

Zhi Yuqing spoke extremely fluently, this was something he had repeatedly considered for a long time, and he also elaborated on the pros and cons in the strategy, and he believed that the persuasion was enough.

"Send troops to Suizhou and besiege the city to send reinforcements, you and Shen Chen think exactly the same thing at this point. This seems indisputable! Li Wenge said lightly.

Zhi Yuqing was stunned for a moment, he hadn't seen Shen Chen's strategy, but listening to Li Wenge's tone, he didn't seem to feel that his strategy was more clever than Shen Chen's. He gritted his teeth and said: "General, the southern line will attack Suizhou, and the northern line will join forces with Yang Huoshan to attack Yinzhou, and the north and south will be launched at the same time, and the distance between them will not be more than 200 miles. ”

Li Wenge nodded: "I understand, surround Suizhou in the south, attack Yinzhou on the northern front, and the eastern half of the Pingxia Department will be owned by me!" Besides, we are a guest army, if we can wait for work under the city of Suizhou, it is naturally a clever plan to oppose the guest! He paused and said, "But your strategy is sprinkled with tens of thousands of words, and the analysis is clear and thorough, but I don't know where to set the end of this battle?" ”

Fold Yuqing was stunned.

"Dare to ask the general. What is the end of war? ”

Li Wenge smiled: "When will this war end, and where will it end?" ”

Zhi Yuqing was stunned for a long time. blurted out: "General, the military is changing rapidly, and the decisive battle must be chosen at the right time, but this matter cannot be predetermined. However, this battle is not to seize land, completely defeat the eight departments of the party, and cut off the soldiers who can fight, so that they will no longer have the power to plunder the northern and southern states and counties in two or three years, which should be the top priority of this battle! ”

"Don't demarcate the city and annihilate its living force, this idea is right!" Li Wenge nodded in affirmation.

Forthwith. He sighed: "If I had gotten this strategy from you a few days ago, I might have used it right away!" ”

He stood up, picked up a white slip from the case, handed it to Zhi Yuqing, and said, "See for yourself!" ”

Zhi Yuqing took the white slip in confusion, lowered his head and looked at it for a long time, raised his head and said in disbelief: "The Feng family is not so stupid, right?" ”

Li Wenge smiled bitterly: "If Feng Hui is still alive, it will naturally not be, but now that the speaker in Lingzhou is Feng Jiye, it is difficult to say everything." As long as the Tuoba family promised 3,000 horses, why should Feng Jiye take risks? The emperor still presses him to refrain from granting it. It's me, and I have to be resentful when I change places! Zhi Yuqing's mind thought quickly: "If the Feng family's army comes east when our army goes north out of Weiping, although there may be nothing wrong with Yanzhou, it is inevitable that the situation in Gyeongju will be erosive!" ”

"That's not all!" Li Wenge shook his head lightly, "Sitting outside the bureau and watching me and the Tuoba family fight and lose both, it is a sure deal for the Shuo Fangjun to make money and not lose money, although the news of the private trade with the party family cannot be concealed, but it is not without explanations." After all, Tuoba Yiyin is still the commander of the imperial court. The imperial court was still verbally encircling the Pingxia Ministry, and Feng Jiye used this as an excuse, and the emperor and the Zhongshu privy councillor naturally couldn't beat their mouths. What's more, we won't be able to catch any evidence of his private rivalry for a while. But for the Tuoba family to send troops to fight us, this is another thing - I am the general of the imperial court, and he echoes with the Pingxia Department to harass my rule, even if I can bear it, the court will not tolerate it, this is to cause a catastrophe. Even if Feng Jiye can't understand it, there are always masters in his scene who can think clearly. Therefore, it is possible to seek benefits by using our trade embargo through private trade, but it is more than worth the loss to turn around and use troops with us! After all, the Guanzhong Di Domain Town fought alone against the Yong'an Army, the Eighth Route Army, and the Volcano Army with the strength of one army, and what an arrogant person Ren was. Also weigh the weight carefully. ”

It's not hard to understand. Before Li Wenge finished speaking, Zhi Yuqing had already figured it out. He was an extremely smart person, and immediately said: "In this way, the Northern Expedition must beat Pingxia to death with a stick, and it can't give it the slightest respite!" ”

"Exactly!" Li Wenge nodded, "After this battle, there will be no more Pingxia Eight Difficult Troops in Guanzhong!" ”

Zhi Yuqing smiled bitterly: "In this way, if you don't capture Tongwan City, you can't collect troops!" ”

His smile was very helpless, Tongwan City is one of the few fortified cities in the world, even if there are tens of thousands of troops, the siege of several months may not be able to conquer it, with the strength of the three families, it is more than enough to fight a field battle, to conquer Tongwan City, but it is very uncertain.

Li Wenge turned around, stared at the map of mountains and rivers on the wall, but said: "You have two choices in this battle, lead 5,000 cavalry to fight with the enemy's main force in the field; Or lead a thousand miscellaneous troops to attack the fortified city, if it were you, which one would you choose? ”

Zhi Yuqing was stunned, this is a fool who knows how to choose, but through this sentence, he vaguely guessed what Li Wenge thought in his heart, but he couldn't believe it, or he thought that he couldn't do it at all.

After pondering for a long time, Li Wenge smiled bitterly: "Actually, you don't have a choice, we are an ally of the two armies, and you are the only best candidate to coordinate the main forces of the two armies to cooperate with each other......" sketched on the map of mountains and rivers, holding a ruler marked with tick marks in his left hand.

Standing beside him and talking was the Eighth Route Army, Yu Housi, Si Cao Jian Cao, and Qin Haoran was engaged in it. Yu Hou Division has three Cao, one is called the plan, the second is the scout, the third is the flag order, most of the three Cao chiefs are still in place, and only the Cao Cao appointed an inspector to do it. The inspectors in the Eighth Route Army are different from other inspectors in this era, most of those titles such as inspectors have become honorary titles, but the inspectors in the Eighth Route Army still follow the original meaning of the word inspectors, indicating the meaning of "temporary agency".

It is precisely this young chief of operations who is speaking at this moment.

“…… The direction of Luziguan has always been the key point of contention between the northern and southern armies, and no matter how the direction of Wei Pingguan besieges the city and sends reinforcements, the Pingxia Department will not relax its vigilance in the direction of Luziguan. What's more, there is a Qingling Gate in front of Luzi Pass, as long as there are hundreds of troops stationed, our army wants to rush over, it is impossible to have several times the enemy's strength and a number of siege equipment, even if the two are complete, Qingling Gate is by no means the kind of pass city that can go down in a few days, choose to break through here, not to mention whether the troops are enough, it is not good for me in time. As long as the enemy forces guarding Qingling Gate can withstand our five-day attack, there will be no fighters at all. ”

Shen Chen threw down the charcoal, gently rubbed his temples, and sighed, "It's impossible!" But it's more practical than the whimsical approach I had in mind! ”

Qin Haoran paused, as if organizing the language: "...... He and a few strategic advisors carefully discussed Zhaowu's strategy, and felt that although he was risky, he was unprepared to attack him by surprise, and if he could keep a ten-day lead and the enemy could not find out, he should have a fifty percent chance of winning! ”

According to the new military system after the reorganization, the benchmark military rank of the head of the Eighth Route Army was promoted from the original Captain Zhiguo to Captain Zhaowu, and Shen Chen, the actual commander of the Yan'an Regiment, was also promoted to the captain of Zhaowu of the sixth grade, which was only one step away from the general of the fifth grade, so Qin Haoran called him "Zhaowu".

Shen Chen listened to Qin Haoran's words, his tightly knit brows moved slightly, and then he sighed and said: "The risk of this plan is much greater than when he fought Yinzhou, and the adults have always been cautious in using troops, and it is definitely difficult to use ......"

At this moment, Yang Li, who was dressed in armor, strode in, and when he saw Shen Chen, he couldn't even salute the military salute and scolded and said: "Damn, those people have all been found, and the Qi family is actually hiding behind it, it is actually his mother's ......."

"Finely sealed soldiers......" Shen Chen's expression calmly interrupted Yang Li's report.