As early as half a month ago, after Xu Chang learned the news of the surrender of the Wagang Army to Su You, he was not calm at that time.

Later, he heard that Beihai, Donglai, Gaomi and other counties in the east were taken by Li Jing one by one, and Xu Chang could see at a glance that his own territory had fallen into the encirclement of the Soviet Youjun.

If you want to break out of this encirclement, perhaps the only way out is to defeat Li Zitong in the south.

But will Li Zitong be a soft persimmon that can be handled at will? He has always maintained an offensive posture against his own side,—— trying to rush out of his territory is tantamount to pulling teeth out of the tiger's mouth.

Xu Chang has never understood what his father is insisting on!

Xu Yuanlang started an incident in Dongping, which can be described as a chestnut in the fire; It was already the limit that he could occupy the land of the five counties, and he was blessed by the confrontation between Li Mi and Wang Shichong and the confrontation between Zhai Rang and Yang Shanhui that day.

After the Kewagang army defeated Wang Shichong and Li Zitong and began to go north, Xu Yuanlang's life gradually became difficult.

Just when Xu Yuanlang wanted to surrender to the Wagang army, the Wagang army was first defeated by Yu Wenhua's Jiangdu army, and then suffered an unprecedented defeat in the battle with Wang Shichong, which made him realize that the powerful Wagang army was not reliable.

Since then, Xu Yuanlang's forces and the Wagang Army have disappeared from one to the other, and he has become the largest force in Shandong.

It can be heard that after Su You went south violently, both Xu Yuanlang and Xu Chang could easily understand that their side had finally encountered a more powerful enemy than Wagang in its heyday.

According to Xu Chang's thoughts at this time, his father's best strategy should be to surrender to Su You, but his father had to fight to the death with Su Youjun.

Why is that?

After thinking about it for a while, Xu Chang was a little worried in his heart, will this battle really be lost? Otherwise, how could I have these strange thoughts?

After Xu Chang sat down, the general Zhou Wenju and others entered the conference hall one after another, and all the personnel of the tea had arrived.

Looking around at the generals in front of him, Xu Chang asked straight to the point, "Ladies and gentlemen, I just received the news that Cheng Yanjin is working hard to build a ship, do you think he is going to prepare a feint attack or a strong attack?" ”

Everyone didn't seem to feel strange about this news, and their faces were not as sad as Xu Chang's heart, they just didn't hear the main general set the tone, and they didn't know how to answer for a while.

After being silent for a while, Xu Chang was about to ask another question, but Zhou Wenju stood up and said in a deep voice, "Young General, my subordinates think that we can take the initiative to attack and resist the enemy outside Lu County......

"Oh?" Xu Chang nodded, it was naturally what he wanted to be able to annihilate the enemy a day earlier.

"The three counties of Lujun, Pengcheng and Jiyin are crisscrossed by waterways, and there are lakes such as Nanyang Lake, Zhaoyang Lake, and Weishan Lake that are separated by each other, forming a long and narrow natural defense zone, and it is extremely difficult to advance quickly. We should not abandon this favorable terrain to hold on to the city, the best way is to send troops to choke the main road, so that Cheng Biting Jin will never be easy to attack from Jinxiang, Fang and the two counties......" Zhou Wenju immediately talked eloquently, and said the strategy in his heart.

Xu Chang was bitter in his heart, Zhou Wenju had already said these words before, and he had accepted his strategy and arranged the defenders at the dangerous intersection, which forced Cheng Yanjin to return in vain, and then the soldiers did not move.

If Cheng Bitingjin's current actions are the result, then what he did before is the cause, but this is not the point.

The point is that Li Jing led the army from the east and north, and had already surrounded Lu County, but fortunately, Li Jing was a righteous man and gentleman, and he did not harvest the wheat that had just ripen in all parts of Lu County; But now, when the war is in chaos, the common people don't dare to go out to cut wheat, and the wheat is ripe......

In addition, the Wagang Army has begun to build ships, and more and more reinforcements are coming, and their actions are self-evident.

Hearing that Zhou Wenju seemed to be boasting about his merits, the generals' faces were uncertain, and all kinds of expressions of envy, jealousy and hatred were seen by Xu Chang one by one.

Xu Chang didn't know the ballad of "unity is strength", but he also knew the truth that the overall situation is important, when he waved his hand at Zhou Wenju, and said loudly, "General Zhou Bi's analysis is good, the most important thing for us now is to discuss how to break the encirclement of Li Jing's army, of course, including the Wagang army; You also know the character of your father, as long as you can work together and fight against foreign enemies, wealth and women will have nothing to do! ”

Xu Chang's subordinates were obviously "materialists", and after listening to his encouragement at this time, they all agreed to it.

Xu Chang waved his hand to calm them down, and after glancing around at them again, he asked slowly, "Now that Cheng Yanjin is still standing and actively building ships, his intentions are clearly revealed; Talk to each other and see how you can resist his onslaught. ”

The generals were awe-inspiring for a while, but Zhou Wenju said in a deep voice, "Let's take the initiative!" ”

Zhou Wenju's voice fell, and it immediately caused an uproar, with voices in favor and more against.

"Take the initiative? You're crazy! Now that there are nearly 10,000 Wagang troops in Jinxiang, and Li Jing's troops are constantly reinforcing here, if we want to take the initiative to attack, how many troops do we need? ”

Xu Chang also saw that if Zhou Wenju and others belonged to the hawks, more people belonged to the doves; Strictly speaking, Xu Chang is also dovish.

The ratio of hawks to doves is about one to four.

Although Xu Chang prefers to stand still and change from the same to change, the previous dispatch of soldiers to guard the key roads is the first step in the long march of 10,000 miles out of the offensive strategy of the hawkish Zhou Wenju.

But nowadays, it's better to have an idea than no idea, right? Instead of listening to the generals talking about it but not agreeing, it is better to listen to Zhou Wenju's initiative to attack.

Thinking like this, Xu Chang nodded to Zhou Wenju and motioned for him to continue.

And Zhou Wenju did not hesitate at all, and did not give in, "The art of war is cloudy, 'it is not easy, and it is unprepared'." If we hold on for more than half a month, they may think that we dare not send troops and will slack off. If we do the opposite, won't we be unable to prevent it? It seems that we are not able to fight against Li Jing's elite, but it is not difficult to burn the ships prepared by Cheng Yanjin with light horses from a shortcut, and defeat the Wagang army in one fell swoop while his morale is low......

The generals looked at each other, with great suspicion, and always felt that Zhou Wenju seemed to be Zhao Kuo during the Warring States Period.

Xu Chang heard Zhou Wenju's inner thoughts from his words,——Perhaps, now all the generals also know that Li Jing's army is invincible, right?"

However, if he can defeat Cheng Yanjin in one fell swoop, it will not be a good move to move westward.

At least, the situation of the Xu Jiajun now trapped in the middle of the belly can have one more way out, if Wang Shichong in the Eastern Capital can be contacted, it is not possible to say that it is not possible to eat the Wagang Army from both sides......

But this is just a stopgap measure, now that the mid-belly region has experienced many years of war, it is no longer like the previous two years to expand its military strength; - Even if he and Wang Shichong defeat the Wagang Army together, won't Li Jing chase after him? Can't he join forces with Wang Shichong to flank back and forth? Even if Li Jing didn't chase after him, Xu Chang didn't have much courage when facing Wang Shichong's Eastern Capital Army.

Xu Chang was about to make up his mind for Zhou Wenju, but he heard a rush of footsteps outside the door, and when he looked up, he saw a messenger leading by two of his personal guards to open the curtain and enter.

"There is an urgent letter...... "It seems that he did not expect the generals to gather in the hall, and the messenger's words came to an abrupt end in the middle of his speech.

It stands to reason that the urgent letter should be handed over to the main general as soon as possible, and the information should be released according to the actual situation after the main general determines the level of confidentiality; But now Xu Chang can only share the latest information with the main general of the hall in order to buy people's hearts and show that he has no intention of deceiving.

Xu Chang nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Demolish, read." ”

"Liu Fuli, Li Jingjun has a tendency to move westward, but I am afraid that their encirclement of Lu County is just a suspicious strategy, and the real goal may be to attack Dongping, please decide on the major general!"

"This ......"

From the analysis of the current situation, Li Jing's army besieging Lu County has 50,000 people, not counting the Wagang army that is constantly increasing its troops.

If Li Jing used most of the troops besieging Lu County to divide Dongping, does it mean that this is the best opportunity for him to attack?

When Xu Chang was about to say his thoughts, Zhou Wenju frowned and said, "Young General, this is mostly Li Jing's suspicious plan. Tempt me to divide the troops to help, and then attack while the strength of Lu County is empty, this can't be unguarded! ”

The letter said that this was a suspicious tactic, Xu Chang thought so, and Zhou Wenju also said that it was indeed a suspicious tactic, but there were obviously two possibilities for the direction of Li Jing's main attack.

Xu Chang hesitated for a moment, then made up his mind, "Let's go and find out, and wait for the news to be confirmed!" ”

There are two mountains in Dongping County that stand majestically and upright, the remaining veins are continuous, Lishan and Liangshan are divided into west and east, overlooking the common people; There are two major cities in Dongping County, divided into Leize and Yuncheng, which are separated by more than 100 miles, according to the topography, look at the mountains in the distance.

Lu County has a lake as a natural shield, but Yuncheng is leaning on Juyeze, like a water monster crawling out of the lake, looking at Liangshan in front of him viciously.

The territory of Dongping is also guarded, and the gates of Leize and Yuncheng are closed. All the troops had retreated to the city, because they also smelled danger, and Li Jing's army was not far from them.

Li Jingren was on the mountain, overlooking the Leize City in front of him, his brows were tightly locked.

Li Jing did use a suspicious strategy, although he had focused his troops on the periphery of Lu County earlier, and the Wagang Army he arranged also attacked the direction of Lu County, but his strategy was,—— go to Dongping first, and then go down to Lu County!"

The implementation of the plan was accompanied by some suspicious tactics, which was also Li Jing's usual method.

Li Jing is undoubtedly a gentleman in ordinary times, but when he uses soldiers, he pays attention to fiction and reality, so from this point of view, he is undoubtedly an extremely complex person.

"If a gentleman lives on the left, he will be on the right, and if he uses soldiers, he will be on the right." It is impossible for Li Jing to behave like a gentleman when he is fighting, because doing so is extremely irresponsible to his own soldiers.

The combat strategy has been repeatedly deduced on the sand table, and after finalizing the final details, what Li Jing needs to improve is the details of each step.

And now in front of him is Razor City!