After thinking about it, the little emperor had to say: "General Ling, don't be impatient, this matter still needs to be considered in the long run, I think that the thieves of Kaiyuan County are more hateful, and it is especially unforgivable to be eyeing them outside my imperial capital." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"Okay, I'm tired, let's retreat."

After speaking, the little emperor actually stood up, regardless of the ministers, and walked out of the golden palace by himself.

Ling Feng and Yang Xiong were stunned on the spot at the same time, and the two generals spoke at the same time, but the emperor turned a blind eye...

After the emperor left, the ministers left one after another.

Yang Xiong laughed: "General Ling, the three northern counties are your territory, can you just sit idly by?" If I were you, I would have gone with the soldiers and horses a long time ago, so I didn't care what the little emperor meant. ”

"General Yang Xiong's words are wrong, since we are ministers, we should listen to Your Majesty's orders, Your Majesty will not let me go, how dare I trespass."

After speaking, Ling Feng flicked his sleeves and left the Golden Palace.

Yang Xiong snorted and followed slowly.

Since then, Ling Feng has always mentioned this matter every day in the court, and Yang Xiong will naturally follow, and his words will also be compounded, but the more this is the case, the more the little emperor will not agree, and Yang Xiong's approach makes him extremely uneasy.

........

Qingliang County.

On this day, it was dark and it was drizzling.

After Jiang Yiyuan's army came to the border of Qingliang County, it was stationed in three large camps, forming a mutual trend with each other. Because there are too many soldiers, after the army opens the camp tent, its forward battalion is only fifty miles away from the county seat of Qingliang County, and the momentum is so great that it can be called a wonder in the sea.

After the army set up camp, Jiang Yiyuan convened all the generals to discuss the meeting in the main camp of the Chinese army.

In the big tent, Jiang Yiyuan asked people to hang up the map, and a bonfire was lit in the middle of the big tent.

After everyone sat down, Jiang Yiyuan did not speak, but looked at a book by himself, as if he didn't notice the generals in the tent, and the generals didn't dare to disturb Jiang Yiyuan, so they were deadlocked.

It wasn't until an hour later, when Chen Fang walked in from outside the tent, that Jiang Yiyuan raised his head to look at everyone, as well as Chen Fang.

"General Chen, have you found out?"

"Yes."

Chen Fang came to his position and stood still, and said: "Yu Junshi, the last general personally went to the city of Qingliang County to see, the enemy army is very tightly defended, and the defense has already been prepared, all the equipment for defending the city has been moved to the city tower, if we attack strongly, we will definitely give us a head-on blow." ”

"Hmm."

Jiang Yiyuan said: "Liu Qing was just a nobody in the countryside before he joined the army, when Ling Feng was recruiting talents in Chu County, he set up a martial arts platform, Liu Qing went to meet the battle, although his martial arts were low, but he was opportunistic and persevered until the end, and Ling Feng made him a general. ”

"This man has only fought three battles in his life, one is in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in Chu County, and together with Zhang Wu, he defeated Wei Ning's 50,000 army; The second is to recover more than 20 county towns in Qingliang County, and the third is to defeat Wei Ning in the battle of Qingliang County. ”

"After these three battles, Liu Qing was already in a high position in Ling Feng's army, and when Ling Feng returned to the imperial capital, he became the highest-ranking general in the three counties such as Qingliang."

Jiang Yiyuan briefly introduced his opponent, then stood up and turned to look at the map hanging behind him.

After watching the meeting, Jiang Yiyuan continued: "Originally, I wanted to divide the troops into two routes, starting with Chu County and Qiang County, and implementing a big detour strategy to completely surround the three counties, but now it seems that it will not work, our army is mostly new soldiers, and the troops are insufficient, and the grain and grass are also insufficient, and it is even more difficult to succeed in the attack, so..." ”

After a pause, he continued: "So we don't divide our troops, and we won't attack Qingliang.... ”

"Ahh Don't attack cool? That.... Chen Fang was puzzled and frowned.

The rest of the generals were also puzzled, if they didn't attack Qingliang, what were they doing here, and let Chen Fang go to find out about the military situation.

Jiang Yiyuan said with a smile: "What I said is not to attack Qingliang, not to give up the Northern Expedition, but to attack Qiang County instead; There are not many soldiers and horses garrisoned in Qiang County, only 20,000 people, we want to take him, it is easy to take him, no one can stop it, and after taking Qiang County, we leave soldiers and horses to garrison, and then turn to the west to march, capture all the county seats of Qingliang County, detour back to Chu County, and occupy the water village of Chu County, you can be done; In fact, this is not much different from the previous big detour strategy, but this does not divide the troops, and the time required is longer, but the Northern Expedition is a prosperous cause, and there is no room for failure, even if it is slower, but as long as it can win with a small operation, how can it be prevented. ”

For the generals, Jiang Yiyuan's strategy is the best policy, no one will object, and there is no need to discuss, as soon as Jiang Yiyuan finished speaking, the generals only nodded.

"Do you have any objections?"

"We will obey the orders of the military advisor."

The generals arched their hands at the same time.

Jiang Yiyuan said: "That is the case, then we will march after three days of rest, and we don't have to say hello to Qingliang County, take a detour to Qiang County, I won't attack his Qingliang, see what he can do to me." ”

"The military advisor is wise."

.......

Three days later, the army marched out, and Jiang Yiyuan's army did not march to Qingliang again, but went straight to Qiang County, changing the original route of the march.

This news was transmitted back to Qingliang County, which shocked Liu Qing and put him in a dilemma.

If he sends troops, he will definitely not be Jiang Yiyuan's opponent, and if he doesn't come out, he can only watch Jiang Yiyuan attack Qiang County, and then the territory will be slowly encroached.

In fact, he had long thought that Jiang Yiyuan would march like this, which was also the only way to occupy the three northern counties, but he didn't come up with a countermeasure, so it was difficult to make a decision.

At this moment, he couldn't help but think of what Sun Jian said before, and immediately, Liu Qing sent someone to invite Sun Jian.

After tea, Sun Jian came to Liu Qing's study.

"General, what are you looking for me?"

"Lord Sun, I just received news that Jiang Yiyuan went to your Qiang County, I wonder if you are ready to defend?"

"What?"

Sun Jian was stunned for a moment, and then exclaimed: "He went to my Qiang County, he... Alas.... ”

"General Liu, Jiang Yiyuan's army has been stationed on my Qingliang border for three days, and its forward battalion is less than fifty miles away from my county seat, you really missed a good opportunity. If you listen to me, you're probably done by now. ”

Liu Qing smiled, came to the seat and sat down, and said, "Master Sun, you can't say that, can you guarantee that you will succeed, what if you fail?" If it fails, it will be difficult for the officers and men of our northern army to gain a foothold, and the three northern counties will be in danger. I have my own difficulties, you should know. ”

Liu Qing is cautious, what he is in charge of now is the life and death of the three northern counties, a loss can be enough for thousands of years, if he does not go on the expedition, there is still a glimmer of hope, hope is that Ling Feng will come to the rescue, at that time, the two armies will work together, so that they can be sure of repelling Jiang Yiyuan, but if they go on the expedition, in case they are defeated...

Liu Qing didn't even dare to think about the consequences, and it was because of this that he didn't agree to Sun Jian to send troops. (To be continued.) )