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Newton has become a key object of protection.

Liu Mang kept Newton by his side, and in order to facilitate communication with him, he also left Lang Shining.

Liu Mang arranged several guards to protect Newton full-time. This arrangement is not only to prevent the opponent from attacking Newton's idea, but also to fear that Newton will cause trouble. After all, Newton's image is too glaring; And Newton's arrogant personality is too easy to cause trouble.

A few more slaves were arranged to take care of Newton's life.

Newton was of aristocratic origin, and was accustomed to the life of fine clothes and fine food, and a servant retinue. And his biggest hobby is to do nothing and be quietly in a daze......

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There are two callings at the same time for New Year and Valentine's Day.

New Year's Special Reward Summon, Newton and Accompanying Talents are all activated.

And the two talents who were exclusively summoned on Valentine's Day have never heard any news.

However, Liu Mang didn't have time to think about it.

The decisive battle of Yongliang is about to start, and the last military meeting before the decisive battle will be held as scheduled.

The main generals of the Luoyang Army and Liu Mang's main staff almost all attended the meeting.

There is only one theme of the meeting - to win the decisive battle of Yongliang.

Liu Mang presided over the meeting and put forward a clear request: go all out and be sure to eliminate Yang Guang and the Xiliang Army Group within the year!

Du Ruhui explained the strategic policy of the decisive battle of Yongliang.

The decisive battle of Yongliang is divided into four stages.

In the first stage, relying on the superiority of the water surface, cut off the communication of the Xiliang army on both sides of the Weishui River, and first defeated the army of Zuo Fengyi and Li Dao.

Defeated Li Wei's army, captured Zuo Fengyi, destroyed the frontal defense system of the Western Liang Army, and pressed the Western Liang Army on the line from Chang'an to Huaili, Wugong, Yixian, Chencang to Liangzhou.

In this long and narrow area, the Xiliang Army only had strategic depth, but no room to broaden the front.

It made it more difficult for the Xiliang army to supply and support, making it difficult for the enemy to hold on to the city.

In the second stage, the eastward direction is contained, and the northward direction is raided, making it difficult for the enemy to take care of both the head and the tail.

It is not forced to eliminate the living forces of the Xiliang army, and the main purpose of this stage is to try to preserve the main cities of Yongzhou such as Chang'an and Huaili.

While it is important to eliminate the Xiliang army, it is even more important to reduce the loss of productivity in Yongzhou. Only by preserving the population and land of Yongzhou can the 800-mile Qinchuan be restored to its vitality as soon as possible and developed into a logistics base for entering Yizhou.

In the third stage, the strategic depth of the Western Liang Army was compressed, Yang Guang was forced to retreat to the Yongliang border, and Yang Guang was forced to take the initiative to seek a decisive battle.

The key to this stage is that there is still a vast Liangzhou in the west, and there is still a way to retreat, whether Yang Guang is willing to fight a decisive battle.

Liu Mang and his main staff firmly believed that Yang Guang would not flee west, but would choose a decisive battle.

In the past two years, Liu Mang and his staff have carefully studied every piece of information on Yongliang and carefully analyzed Yang Guang's character. The conclusion is that Yang Guang is capable, sexually rigid, and almost crazy.

Yang Guang is different from Dong Zhuo, even if the defeat is decided, Yang Guang will not go far away to the wilderness of Liangzhou to survive. With his character, he will not admit defeat and will seek a decisive battle.

In the fourth stage, Hanzhong was captured, and at the same time, the remnants of the Xiliang Army were completely cleared from the Yongliang area.

Before the winter, march into Hanzhong. It will take two to three years to completely remove the remnants of the Xiliang Army.

The strategic arrangement for the four stages is a strategic policy formulated by Liu Mang and his staff after repeated studies. All local strategic and tactical arrangements must be subordinated to strategic principles.

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In order to ensure the implementation of the strategic policy, the Yongliang Decisive Battle Command was established.

Liu Mang personally took command, Xu Da was the deputy commander, and Liu Bowen, Du Ruhui, Wang Meng and other staff members were members of the command.

On behalf of the General Headquarters, Xu Da issued specific military deployments.

The Luoyang Army, which participated in the decisive battle of Yongliang, was divided into three corps and two directly subordinate troops.

The three legions include the Xu Shiji Corps of Hedong Zuo Fengyi, the Yongzhou Hongnong Deng Qiang Guo Kan Corps, and the Nanyang Wuguan Changyuchun Zhang Xiu Corps.

The two directly subordinate troops are Yu Dayou, Wang Jun's Yellow River Water Division, and Deng Ai and Qin Qiong's mobile troops.

Yu Dayou and Wang Jun's Yellow River Water Division, along the Weishui River, upstream, undertook the important task of interspersing and dividing the Western Liang Army.

Deng Ai and Qin Qiong's mobile troops, in the early stage, moved with Chang Yuchun Zhang Xiu's army, and when the time was ripe, they would march into Hanzhong at any time.

In order to ensure the victory of the Yongliang decisive battle, a large number of fierce generals, soldiers and horses, and military funds were transferred from other military regions to enrich the front-line corps.

The total strength of the three major army corps and the two directly subordinate troops was more than half of the Luoyang Army. Nearly 200,000 people!

In order to ensure logistics supply, the population of Hedong and Hongnong was mobilized, nearly 800,000!

The total number of troops invested by both sides is more than 500,000!

There is no doubt that this is the largest battle after Gaozu Kaiji and Guangwu Zhongxing! It will also be a battle that will go down in history!

Faced with such a large-scale war, the generals who were about to participate in the war were excited. The generals stationed in other theaters who did not participate in this battle all regretted it......

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"Alas......"

Li Dao, the general of the Xiliang Army, who was far away from Zuo Feng Yi, sighed.

The room was huge, very empty. Two cases, Li Dao and Jia Xu, sat opposite each other for a long time.

"Jia respects Li Gong."

Although the war has not yet started, Li Dao knows that the general trend is coming. Food and wine, tasteless.

Li Dao put down the wine bottle, shook his head helplessly, sighed again, and asked tentatively, "Wenhe, is it still too late?" ”

Yang Guang is not Dong Zhuo, Li Dao does not want to be martyred for the crazy Yang Guang, and devoting himself to Luoyang is the only way out he can think of.

Jia Xu said bluntly: "Life can be guaranteed, but military power cannot be guaranteed." ”

"Won't leave me any military power?"

Jia Xu nodded affirmatively.

As a warlord, the power of the soldier is more important than his life. If you don't have the right to fight, how can you protect your life?!

Li Wei was anxious. "If you don't have the slightest military power, why should I vote for him?! I, I follow Zhang Xiu's example, is it still not possible? ”

"Times have changed. When Zhang Xiu was attached, Tongguan was still there, and Liu Jiangtian could only allow Zhang Xiu for the sake of Yongliang. Now, Tongguan has been broken, the Yongliang portal has been opened, and today's Liu Taiwei is no longer yesterday's Liu Jiangtian. Its momentum has been achieved, its domineering spirit is demonstrated, and it will no longer tolerate others and hold heavy troops alone. ”

Li Dao wanted to cry without tears. "Alas...... What is my way out? ”

"There is only one way out, go west, the farther the better."

"Wenhe, you used to plan for me, at least three strategies to choose from, but now, don't you even have the upper, middle and lower three strategies?"

"If Li Gongqiang asks three strategies, it is nothing more than the best policy to leave early, the middle policy to leave late, and the next policy not to go."

"Alas......" Li Wei shook his head in despair.

Walking, which means that tens of thousands of soldiers and horses will fall apart.

Not leaving, means death. Pinning hopes on Yang Guang to win, the hope is really slim.

"Let's go...... Let's go......" Li Dao still had a hard time choosing. "Will Wen He go with me?"

Jia Xu shook his head slightly. "It's hard to leave the homeland, and Jia can't leave."

"If you don't leave, aren't you afraid that Liu Jiangtian will kill you?"

"Those who hold the power of the army are Liu Jiangtian's enemies. Jia Moujie's staff, he won't kill me. ”

"Wenhe is a smart person......"

"Xu is not smart, but Xu is a lucky person. Li Gong is kind and lucky. Jia Xu respects Li Gong again. ”

The guest and the host are deeply affectionate, but the scene is bleak......