Chapter 81: The Strategist's Strategy
After receiving the oath of allegiance from the two military divisions, Liu Jin was overjoyed. However, the situation in Xindu was in crisis, and Liu Jin, who was worried about the war, took Tian Feng and Fu Yu Xingye back to the camp, except for a few people in the camp at this time, most of the soldiers did not know, in fact, the governor was not in the camp at all.
As soon as the more than 20 horsemen returned to the camp, Liu Jin summoned the two generals Xu Huang and Dian Wei, and together with Tian Feng and Fu Zhu, the five of them held a small military meeting.
"Gongming, Brother Dian, this is the military advisor of Frustration, this is the military advisor of Tian Feng, in the future, the words of the two military advisors are what I mean by Liu Jin, do you know?" As he spoke, Liu Jin gave Hetian Feng to Xu Huang and Dian Wei and introduced them one by one.
However, Liu Jin was only a guard general at the border pass, although he was temporarily sealed with the position of General Anbei, but in the Han Dynasty, all miscellaneous generals were only temporarily sealed, even if Liu Jin was like this, one of the sixteen generals of the Quartet, it was no exception, and it would be revoked after the war.
Therefore, Liu Jin did not go all out to confer the post of military advisor to Hetian Feng, but there were policies and countermeasures. In general, it is difficult for the imperial court to directly govern military affairs, so Liu Jin also dared to introduce it like this.
Despite this, in order to avoid suspicion and appease the hearts of the two, Liu Jin's position for the two is not low, and the official position of the frustration is the chief bookkeeper, and Tian Feng's position is Gongcao. Although they were both petty officials, the two did not have the slightest dissatisfaction, but accepted it happily. They believe that with the identity of Liu Jin's clan, coupled with the five thousand elites in their hands, it is normal to achieve a career. Moreover, in Liu Jin's army, such an official position is in charge of the first army's documents and the heavy responsibility of making suggestions, and the two have no reason to be dissatisfied.
"The last general has seen the Fu Junshi and Tian Junshi", Xu Huang and Dian Wei clenched their fists slightly and saluted the two.
Tian Feng and Fu Zhu also hugged their fists and returned the salute, which can be regarded as having seen it.
After seeing that the ceremony was over, Xu Huang said to Liu Jin: "My lord, General Zhang sent back the news yesterday that Zhang Jiao's army was besieging the city very strictly, and its soldiers were many and wide, so I am afraid that Xindu City will not be able to hold on for long." Moreover, Gongsun Zhan disobeyed the lord's order, and he had no intention of supporting Xindu at all, and in the long run, he was afraid that Xindu would be in danger! ”。 There was a hint of solemnity in Xu Huang's tone, which made Liu Jin feel that the development of the situation was only more critical than what he said.
But Liu Jin didn't speak, but glanced at Tian Feng and Fu Zhi with his eyes, the two immediately understood, and after glancing at each other, Tian Feng said: "General Gongming, I don't know how many people are still in our army?" ”。
As a military advisor, if you can't have a clear understanding of the strength of your own side, and blindly make suggestions, you are not incompetent, or a dog-headed military advisor.
Xu Huang also understood the meaning of the two military divisions, thought about it, and said, "If you return to the military division, our army still has more than 2,000 elite cavalry in the Yue cavalry battalion, 2,000 cavalry from the white horse righteousness, and more than 1,000 cavalry from Yanmen Iron Cavalry. After Yecheng replenished the ordnance, the whole army had a total of 200,000 arrows, 6,000 guns, and the rest of the standing ordnance had one hand."
"How's the morale of the military? Are the soldiers war-weary? Hearing this, Tian Feng asked again.
"The morale of the army is high, and the morale of the soldiers is very high," Xu Huang said.
"It seems that the lord does have good soldiers under him! It's so easy to break the thief! Tian Feng and Fu Zhu said in their hearts at the same time.
"Father and brother, do you say it or do I say it?" Tian Feng was full of confidence and asked the frustrated teacher next to him.
Frustrated with a smile and silent, he just gestured to Tian Feng with his eyes. He knew that his old friend's strong personality was strong, if he couldn't quickly make a mark in Liu Jin's heart, so that Liu Jin would rely on him, after a long time, Tian Feng's bullish temper would come up, but he was afraid that Liu Jin would not be able to tolerate Tian Feng, so he didn't speak.
Tian Feng nodded, knowing in his heart, he smiled at Frustration, and then asked Liu Jin: "I don't know if the lord knows the overlord's method of breaking the coalition army?" ”。
When Liu Jin heard this, he frowned slightly, he was a little confused about what Tian Feng wanted to say, so he said, "I don't know!" Please sir teach me".
Tian Feng only thought that Liu Jin was embarrassed to admit the defeat of his ancestors, and said to Liu Jin slightly apologetically: "In this way, Tian Feng is offended." In February of the first year of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Gaozu was dissatisfied with the killing of King Huai by Xiang Yu, the king of Chu, so he united all the princes of the world and returned to Luoyang, gathering 560,000 allied troops. Under the command of Emperor Gaozu, the coalition troops attacked simultaneously in multiple ways and conquered the Chu capital Pengcheng in one fell swoop. At that time, Xiang Yu, the king of Chu, led the Chu army to attack Tian Rong in Qidi."
Speaking of this, Tian Feng pretended to pick up the teacup on the table and drank tea, but in fact, he was secretly observing Liu Jin's performance. Seeing that Liu Jin's expression was as usual, he put down the teacup and continued: "Xiang Yu learned that Pengcheng was lost, so he led 30,000 elite soldiers to the south from Ludi Starry Night, conquered Xiao County in one fell swoop, and cut off the retreat of the coalition army. Then the coalition army attacked from west to east, and the coalition army was negligent in guarding because of the capture of Pengcheng, and was broken by the Chu army in one fell swoop. In this battle, the coalition army was squeezed by the strong Chu army in the valley and the water land, trampling on each other as many as 100,000 people."
"But the military advisor, there is no such terrain outside the city of Xindu now, and the thieves are so powerful that they have no worries, how can they break the thieves in this way?" , Xu Huang seemed to understand something, and there was something he didn't understand, so he immediately asked out loud.
When Tian Feng heard this, he smiled slightly, and said confidently: "What's so difficult about this, the enemy army outside Xindu City is besieging the city, although there are more than 400,000 soldiers and horses, but it is just a rabble, don't worry!" Moreover, there are more than 10,000 elite soldiers led by General Dong in Xindu City, so it is only necessary to do so. And then do this, and that! I will be able to defeat the thief army in one fell swoop."
As soon as the word came out, the audience was shocked! In addition to the frustration who was still smiling, including Liu Jin, they were all surprised.
After a while, I heard Liu Jin frown and said: "Is it good for the military advisor to have this plan, but there are still a few deficiencies, I don't know if the military advisor has considered it?" ”。
Tian Feng did not answer Liu Jin's words directly, but said pointedly: "I Guandian General is burly and has thick legs, if Feng expects it to be good, General Dian should be a rare fierce general in the world!" There is a general here, just do what I say, and it is not difficult to enter the city! As soon as General Dian arrives in the city, communicates with the defenders, and fires three rockets, we will know that the city is ready."
Tian Feng is a full scribe, although among the six arts of Confucianism, there is a course in swordsmanship, but looking at Tian Feng's figure, presumably swordsmanship will not be very strong. However, he could see at a glance that Dian Wei was extraordinary, which made everyone very surprised, and they all believed his words.
"In that case, then I will immediately repair a book and let General Dian bring it into the city!" As he spoke, Liu Jin took the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and was about to write hard.
But he didn't take it off guard, and was frustrated and grabbed Liu Jin's right hand. I shook my head and said, "The lord is slow." Dong Zhuo, I have talked to Brother Yuan Hao. This person is Xiliang Wufu, judging by his bloodthirsty and indiscriminate killing, he is a cruel and murderous person, and it may be difficult for ordinary letters to deter him, let alone make him obediently bow down."
Hearing this, Liu Jin understood the meaning of frustration. I secretly said in my heart: "It seems that this letter is not easy to write!" ”。
As soon as he thought of this, Liu Jin asked: "Then, two military advisors, how should this letter be written, so that Dong Zhuo can bow his head?" ”。
Tian Feng laughed loudly when he heard this, and then said: "If you change someone else, this plan will probably not work, but the lord is different." The lord is the governor of Jizhou, who is the emperor of the Son of Heaven, and he is in a high position. At the same time, the lord sent troops from Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo did not know how many military horses he brought. Moreover, General Dian is brave, and with General Dian by his side, it is expected that Dong Zhuo will not dare to disagree. The lord only needs to write like this, and he will definitely be able to make Dong Zhuo bow his head."
Liu Jin burst into laughter when he heard this: "Okay, good, the two military advisors are really calculating, even the general has calculated it." Although the words were a little harsh, there was not the slightest irritation in them.
As he spoke, Liu Jin began to write on his desk, and after a while, a letter was completed. After handing it over to Tian Feng and Fu Zhi for review, the two nodded, and Liu Jin stamped his big seal of General Anbei, sealed it with fire paint, and handed it to Dian Wei.
"Brother Dian, this trip is full of dangers, a little careless, the defeat is small, and the safety of my brother is at stake, so I hope Brother Dian is careful and must not be negligent", Liu Jin handed the letter to Dian Wei and said to Dian Wei very solemnly.
Dian Wei also knew that this action was related to the safety of the whole army, and whether the siege of Xindu could be solved or not was all tied to himself, so he nodded solemnly at the moment and was about to leave.
"General Dian is slow, if Dong Zhuo has doubts after seeing the letter, General Dian just needs to "In the end, the voice of frustration became smaller and smaller, almost like the sound of mosquitoes flying.
Hearing this, Dian Wei nodded with a little doubt. I heard Liu Jin say again: "Brother Dian, you can bring the people and horses of the headquarters with you, and if there is an accident, you can make it secretly disturb the enemy's camp."
Seeing that Liu Jin insisted on doing so, Dian Wei nodded with a complicated expression, turned around and walked out of the handsome tent, and went to prepare.
After Dian Wei left, Tian Feng said to Xu Huang again: "General Xu, everything must be done within two days, is there any difficulty?" ”。
Xu Huang shook his body and said firmly: "Don't worry, the military advisor will definitely be ready, and he will go."
After the second general left, Liu Jin asked: "Mr. Yuan Hao, Mr. Gonghe, there is a precedent for this plan, that Zhang Jiao is a heroic party, in charge of hundreds of thousands of troops, will he see through it?" ”。
Tian Feng and Fu Zhu glanced at each other, looked at Liu Jin's worried expression, and at the same time burst into hearty laughter, which did not stop for a long time. made Liu Jin a little second monk, confused.
But Liu Jin knew that these literati were all proud, and now they were not angry, but laughing, presumably things should not go wrong.
"Then I will immediately send an order to Wen Yuan and Gongsun Zhan, order the second general to lead the troops back, replenish the army, recuperate, just wait for the reply from the city, and immediately raise troops."
Tian Feng and Fu Zhi accepted the laughter, and listened to Tian Feng solemnly say: "Although there is a precedent for this plan, the Yellow Turban thieves are a rabble, and the morale of the army is not in order, even if they are aware of it, it is difficult to guard against it."
In the end, what is the outcome of this battle, is it really as Tian Feng expected? (To be continued)