Huai County in Northern Xinjiang. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Pang Yi came to Jiang's mansion today, that is, the government of Jiang Yiyuan and Jiang Yiqu.

In fact, since Ling Feng left the three northern counties, Pang Yi has come to Jiang Yiyuan's mansion from time to time, and the purpose is naturally to think about the three northern counties and hope that Jiang Yiyuan will give countermeasures. However, Jiang Yiyuan somehow did not respond, as if he did not agree to attack, but it was not at all.

Entering the mansion, Jiang Yiyuan still greeted him as usual, and then the two entered the lobby together.

After sitting down, Pang Yi asked, "Military Division, I don't know when we can advance north?" ”

"Lord, it's not impossible to advance to the north, but we are now in dire need of troops, I have ordered the counties of Surabaya to speed up the conscription, and when the troops are sufficient, we will launch a general attack on the three northern counties."

Pang Yi was puzzled: "Not enough troops? I don't think so. ”

"I have 50,000 garrisons in Surabaya Pass, and 100,000 in all parts of Surabaya; 300,000 in Huai County, 150,000 in Huai County; Our army has a total strength of 600,000 troops, is this still called not enough? The current three northern counties have less than 200,000 troops, it shouldn't be difficult for us to eat him, I think we can start attacking! ”

Jiang Yiyuan smiled bitterly: "Lord, we can't move the 150,000 troops in Surabaya County, and the 150,000 troops in Huai County must also stand by, what we can use now is only 300,000 horses in the county, but the 300,000 people still have to leave 50,000 people to garrison, and the actual attack on Qingliang should be around 250,000 troops." ”

Pang Yi said: "Even if it's two hundred and fifty thousand, it's enough, right?" ”

"Not enough, not enough." Jiang Yiyuan said with a smile: "It's not that simple to take the three northern counties. ”

Pang Yi: "...? ”

Jiang Yiyuan said: "My lord, please think about it, when we fought the three northern counties last year, even though we had captured the two counties of Qiang and Chu one after another, we could not occupy all the three counties in the end, why is this?" Because we don't have enough troops! If we can attack from the Qiang and Chu armies and encircle Qingliang County, then within two months, more than half of the territory of Qingliang County will fall into our hands, and the most important thing is that the enemy's main force is in the county, if we succeed in the north and south, then Qingliang County will be a lonely city, and by then... Let's fight slowly, and it is okay to surround him for half a year, let him run out of food, and win without a fight. ”

"But before that, we have to put two points, the first is to prevent Lu Wen and others from desperately attacking our Huai County, so Huai County must have a large army to garrison; Second, to prevent Ling Feng's army from coming up the river from the imperial capital to the rescue, so after capturing Qiang County and Chu County, it is necessary to deploy heavy troops on the Yangtze River! ”

"The lord may wish to imagine that in order to do this, he must also capture nearly a hundred cities in the three northern counties, and leave troops to garrison; Is it possible to do it with fewer troops? ”

Jiang Yiyuan's move can be described as a deep art of war, and he also took into account the thoughts of Liu Qing and others, he knew that if the battle started, Liu Qing, Lu Wen, Lu Chang and others would definitely defend the three counties and would never dare to attack! And when it comes to defending to the death, the place with the most troops in the three counties is Qingliang County, Jiang Yiyuan's trick is here, he didn't touch Qingliang County at all, but first devoured other counties, attacked from Qiang County and Chu County, and slowly formed a huge encirclement, and when all the territory was occupied, the Qingliang County City would become a turtle in the urn.

Pang Yi smiled: "It turns out that the military advisor has a plan, I said why aren't you in a hurry." ”

Jiang Yiyuan took a deep breath, got up and said, "I named this strategy the Depth Siege; However, what worries me is that even if we send 400,000 soldiers and horses to march in two ways, but after we capture the two counties of Qiang and Chu, the forces will be extremely scattered, and then we will attack Qingliang, if we encounter stubborn resistance from the enemy, or Lu Chang and others in the county will be dispatched, then our scattered troops will be very dangerous. ”

Pang Yi completely understood, in a word, he wanted a lot of troops, even if these troops couldn't fight, but they would always bluff people, and they would scare Lu Wen and others, and they didn't dare to come out to fight!

Pang Yi asked, "Then I don't know how many soldiers and horses the military division has raised?" ”

"I don't know yet, but I've discussed it with my brother, Surabaya County has a large population, and it shouldn't be a problem to recruit 200,000 people in three months. Rest assured, after the new soldiers are sent in and they have undergone simple training, I will immediately launch an offensive against the three northern counties and annihilate Ling Feng's troops in one fell swoop, and then the lord will be able to dominate the northern frontier and become the largest force in the world comparable to the imperial dynasty! ”

With Jiang Yiyuan's assurance, Pang Yi completely relaxed his heart and said with a smile: "Okay, then I'll wait for your good news." ”

In fact, a few days ago, Pang Yi almost couldn't help it, Jiang Yiyuan looked like he had nothing to do with himself, he had already made up his mind, if Jiang Yiyuan still had this attitude today, then he would directly order and order an attack on the three northern counties on all fronts.

It's okay, I finally got a reply today.

Jiang Yiyuan stood up and watched Pang Yi leave.

After Pang Yi left, Chen Fang walked in from outside the hall and asked, "Military advisor, what did the lord say?" ”

Jiang Yiyuan said: "It's not because of the attack on the three northern counties, alas, the lord is too anxious, and he always wants to occupy the entire territory of the northern Xinjiang as soon as possible, but why don't I want to, is this something that can be anxious." ”

Chen Fang said: "Military advisor, I just went to ask Lord Jiang Yiqu, we are now facing a problem, if we recruit 200,000 troops in March, there will be a shortage of our grain and grass, and the granaries of Huai County and Surabaya County have already consumed more than half. ”

"As I expected, can we fight like this every day, it's good that we blackmailed Ling Feng before, otherwise we wouldn't be able to hold out now!" Jiang Yiyuan took a deep breath and felt very helpless, in fact, he and Jiang Yiqu both knew very well in their hearts that the sum of money and grain in Huai County and Surabaya County could only support an army of 500,000 at most, but now it is already 600,000, which has exceeded the budget, and now it is necessary to collect 200,000 more, so that there are 800,000, which is 300,000 more, and the money and grain needed will be an astronomical amount, where to get it?

"You stand down first, and I'll think of a way; Recruitment can't stop, this is the best chance to capture the three northern counties! ”

Jiang Yiyuan said.

Chen Fang nodded: "No." ”

...........

Kaiyuan County.

On this day, several black-clothed swordsmen came to Han Ziyu's mansion, wearing hats and black sand masks, and on the surface, they couldn't see the identity of the person at all.

At this time, it was night, and he couldn't see his five fingers, Han Ziyu welcomed these black-clothed people into the house, and he seemed to know these people.

After arriving in a hidden room, the man in black in the lead finally took off his mask.

Ordinary in appearance, a little lean, he is the little Anzi next to Ling Feng! (To be continued.) )