The soldiers of the Jiangning battalion arrived in Anyi.

A choice must be made as to where the army will move next.

Su Tiancheng, Sun Chuanting, Bi Maokang, Xiong Zijian and thousands of households from various battalions gathered in the Chinese military tent.

As Su Tiancheng's entourage, Wang Dazhi and Liu Jingting are also in the Chinese military tent.

Shanxi Pingyang Mansion, is Su Tiancheng's hometown, here, everyone has a different mind, if you can fight a big victory in Pingyang Mansion, this is the best, Su Tiancheng can show his face in his hometown, this is more glorious than returning home.

Su Tiancheng didn't think about it so much, on the march along the way, the Jiangning battalion did not trouble the local government, let alone mention the supply of grain and grass, and the grain and grass brought by him were very sufficient. The reason for speeding up the march is also due to the requirements of time.

Most of the 50,000 rogues led by Zhang Xianzhong are new soldiers, and the speed of the march is naturally slower, which is Su Tiancheng's advantage, and it must be seized.

Everyone was pondering, all three lines had been proposed, and it was time to make a decision.

The scouts had already sent out, but the distance was too far for them to obtain information in a short period of time, and it would be too late to rely entirely on the information of the scouts.

In the Chinese military tent, the sand table has long been done, and the locations of the prefectures and counties in Pingyang Prefecture have been marked, the white powder represents the official road, and the white flag represents the direction of the Liukou from Shaanxi to Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi.

The white flag was planted in the position of Jizhou.

Starting from Jizhou, there are also three routes to choose from, through Taiping, Quwo to Yicheng direction, into Zezhou, through Hongdong into Yueyang, left and right to wait and see, through Puxian, Fenxi. Enter Qinzhou.

There is no ready-made intelligence, and the Jiangning battalion must make a decision and choose the route to advance.

Xiong Zijian stood next to the sand table and first introduced the situation.

He followed Su Tiancheng and was nominally in charge of logistics and transportation, but in fact he was also the chief of staff of the Jiangning battalion.

In the process of briefing. Xiong Zijian also said his predictions and ideas, after several years of tempering, especially during the period of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, Xiong Zijian's progress was still very fast.

Everyone listened to Xiong Zijian's briefing in detail.

Xiong Zijian believes that the greatest possibility for Zhang Xianzhong is to enter Yueyang through Hongdong, and this route can reach Zezhou, Qinzhou and Lu'anfu, if the situation is not good. You can also go back and go back to Shaanxi.

His reason is that the rogues are accustomed to mobile warfare, and they will definitely choose tactics that are advantageous to them, and in addition, the rogue army is huge and needs food and grass, in this case, most of them will not take risks.

Xiong Zijian's opinion. is very reasonable, over the years. The Liukou are all operating under the premise of ensuring their own interests, and there were two unexpected situations, one was to attack the capital of Fengyang and suffered a heavy defeat, and the other was to encircle Wei to save Zhao and annihilate nearly 20,000 soldiers in the imperial court. Went to victory. These two times are insignificant compared to the nine years of the rebellion.

After Xiong Zijian finished speaking, Sun Chuanting first expressed his opinion.

"Master Su, Master Bi. Brothers, I think what Lord Xiong said is reasonable, the next march route of the Liukou is particularly important for the next combat readiness of the Jiangning battalion, I agree with Lord Xiong's prediction, the Jiangning battalion should go to Yueyang to assemble, even if the Liukou does not choose this route, the Jiangning battalion can also make a decision in the center. ”

The crowd began to speak, almost all of them in favor of this opinion.

Bi Maokang did not speak, he was not very familiar with the tactical situation.

Su Tiancheng was still frowning, he always felt that there was something he hadn't thought of.

After everyone finished speaking, Su Tiancheng looked at Liu Jingting beside him and suddenly spoke.

"Jingting, tell me your opinion, don't have any worries, just say it boldly."

Liu Jingting was very surprised, this is the adults of Jiangningying discussing major matters, speaking by themselves, what can they say.

"My lord, my subordinates are not familiar with the march and battle, so I really didn't think of anything."

"Don't think about it so much, just say that your first feeling, intuition is the most important, it is precisely because you are not very familiar with marching and fighting, so you have to say that your thinking cannot be fixed."

Everyone stopped talking, and the meaning of Su Tiancheng's words was actually to deny Xiong Zijian's opinion.

Everyone deduces the next activity route of the Liukou according to the conventional form, that is to say, such a choice, in line with the requirements of the military book, if the generals in the imperial court are in command, most of them are such choices.

But everyone ignored one thing, whether Zhang Xianzhong would play cards according to the convention.

Everyone looked at Liu Jingting.

Liu Jingting's face slowly turned red.

"My lord, my subordinates said with their own ideas, if my subordinates choose, no matter how many routes there are, which one is the most beneficial to them and the least resistance they encounter, they will choose whichever route they choose."

Su Tiancheng's body trembled slightly.

Liu Jingting woke him up, and in the past two days, he had been thinking about a node and finally found the crux of the problem.

Su Tiancheng had a smile on his face and slowly spoke.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what Jingting said is very good, the most favorable route is the route chosen by the Liukou Society, in my opinion, Zhang Xianzhong will choose to pass through Puxian, Fenxi, enter Qinzhou, and then enter Liaozhou."

After Su Tiancheng said this, everyone was surprised, in the previous discussion, this route was considered by everyone to be the most unlikely route, mainly because the road was far away, and Liukou might not be able to withstand such a long journey.

Su Tiancheng slowly walked in front of the sand table.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the main purpose of making this sand table is to familiarize everyone with the position and be able to observe the battlefield situation at a glance, but the sand table is dead, people are alive, we can't be swayed by the sand table, the consideration of Lord Sun and Lord Xiong is indeed reasonable, no matter from which aspect, it should be correct, but we have ignored two things, one is the character of Zhang Xianzhong, and the other is the achievements of the rebels over the years."

"Zhang Xianzhong is short-tempered, brave in battle, at first glance, it seems that there is not much strategy, but the actual situation is not like this, he used to be a border army, he has an understanding of the combat ideas of the imperial army, and has confronted the imperial army for so many years, if there is no certain resourcefulness, it is impossible to develop and grow."

"In my opinion, Zhang Xianzhong is unruly and will not play cards according to the convention, he must predict that the Jiangning camp will go straight to Yueyang and observe in the center."

"For the remaining two routes, the reason why I chose the route in Qinzhou is to take into account the previous achievements of Liukou."

"You should still remember that in December of the fifth year of Chongzhen, Zijin Liang and Zhang Xianzhong attacked Qinzhou and Liaozhou, captured the city of Liaozhou, and Li Chengzhang of Zhizhou was killed in battle."

"In the past two days, I have been thinking, Zhang Xianzhong will choose which route of the march, just Jingting said the most favorable idea, I suddenly woke up, Zhang Xianzhong once captured Liaozhou, in his eyes, Liaozhou is the best place to live, in Liaozhou, Zhang Xianzhong has achieved brilliant results, once again entered Shanxi, Zhang Xianzhong will follow his most familiar route to activities, I think, he must be dreaming, once again capture Liaozhou."

"Okay, this is my opinion, but my opinion, is only a small part of the opinion, the prediction of Zhang Xianzhong's marching route is very critical, involving the results of the Jiangning battalion's campaign, if we can accurately predict, we can avoid casualties to the greatest extent, and we can also achieve the best results."

Bi Maokang, who has never spoken, spoke at this moment.

"Lord Su, the lower official is not very familiar with the marching battle, I just heard that Lord Sun and Lord Xiong predicted the situation, and the lower official also felt that it was too decent, this seems to be the idea of the imperial army fighting, Liukou may not choose like this, I just heard what Lord Su said, Xiaguan feels that it is very reasonable, if I command the battle, I will definitely choose a familiar line, besides, Zhang Xianzhong once captured Liaozhou, Liukou has 50,000 people, if Liaozhou is captured, you can get the greatest supply and strengthen your own strength, It will also deal a heavy blow to the imperial court's arrangements to exterminate the rogues. ”

Half an hour later, everyone was united.

In fact, this is mainly Su Tiancheng's opinion, Su Tiancheng, as the commander of the Jiangning battalion, has the final decision, and bears direct responsibility for the achievements of the Jiangning battalion.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the next march route of the Jiangning battalion will be changed slightly, after passing through Pingyang Fucheng, it will go straight from Huozhou to Wuxiang of Qinzhou, and we will fight in Wuxiang in this battle."

"Don't think that the Liukou don't know anything, they will also observe and see what the Jiangning camp is moving, so from now on, the marching route of the Jiangning camp must be kept secret, and no one else can know all the arrangements of the Jiangning camp, including the local government, the grain and grass must be prepared, and the local government must not be troubled, if there is a shortage, hurry up to Pingyang Mansion to buy it."

"After arriving at Pingyang Prefecture, I will contact the government and ask them to make a publicity, and the Jiangning battalion will be stationed in Yueyang, in the center to observe the dispatch, so that these news can reach the ranks of the Liukou."

"The choice of the Jiangning camp this time is quite a bit of a taste of death and afterlife, if we are wrong, the rogues will be ravaging the city of Pingyang Mansion, and the Jiangning camp will be tired and rushed."

"From today onwards, the front army and the rear army of the Jiangning battalion will merge and advance."

"We don't have much time, after arriving at Hongdong, the army changed to march at night, try to hide their whereabouts, within ten days, we must rush to Wuxiang County, Qinzhou, can not be delayed."

After the arrangement was completed, Sun Chuanting, Bi Maokang, Xiong Zijian and others stayed.

"Back to Pingyang Mansion, I still have to go home to see, today I set off with a hundred personal soldiers, rushed to Pingyang Mansion City, Xiong Zijian followed me to Pingyang Mansion City, marching matters, please Sun Daren is responsible, logistics support is very important, Xiong Zijian arrived in Pingyang Mansion City, what is missing and what to buy, I will contact the government in advance and ask them to make publicity, after leaving Pingyang Mansion City, we will not contact the local government." (To be continued......)