At this time, the military conference hall of Liaoyang City has been guarded by the elite men and horses of the four armies of Yulinwei, Jinwuwei, Gendarmerie Division, and Marshal Guard, and it has been completely isolated and guarded within a radius of 100 steps.

At this time, in the middle of the military conference hall, there was a huge sand table with a size of dozens of square meters. This sand table is only one of the 18 large sand tables of the General Staff Headquarters today, and if the 18 large sand tables owned by the General Staff Headquarters are pieced together, it is a complete map of the topography of the mountains and rivers of East Asia. In addition to these 18 large sand tables, the General Staff Headquarters also has many sand tables of different scales.

As a person from later generations, although Chen Kefu has learned the art of war and strategy from many generals in the army such as Li Benlei. But in fact, he was still very unaccustomed to looking at the maps of the ancients. And the sand table, the terrain, mountains, rivers, passes, and cities are clear at a glance, which is very suitable for deducing in advance and formulating a battle plan. In ancient times, there were people who made sand tables, there were rice and sand, and it is said that the earliest one was Qin Shi Huang, but those are only the most primitive version of the sand table.

And the one that Chen Kefu asked people to make, but it is a precision version. This is a confidential atlas compiled by the Secret Service Department after two years of dispatching countless manpower to collect all kinds of bookbox materials, and sending many people to personally compile and compile the Surveying and Mapping Society. Finally, according to different needs, the sand table with different size proportions was formulated. Since this thing was made, these generals in Liaodong have all been talking on paper and deducing in the sand table.

At this time, the huge sand table placed in the military conference hall on the topography of the mountains and rivers is neither the map of Liaodong nor the Central Plains. Instead, it's a grassland sand table.

When Qin Qiong and the other young generals left Liaodong, the sand table had not yet been made. At this time, looking at this incomparably sophisticated, everything can be seen at a glance, everyone let out a sound of amazement. They are all commanders of the army, so they naturally understand what a good map represents.

Especially on this sand table, the content is extremely detailed and precise, and there are all mountains, rivers, lakes and plains.

Cheng Yanjin looked at the sand table at this time, not only with the signs of grasslands, lakes and mountains, but also in different places, there were also small flags with different faces.

"Dashuai, this blue is the Turks, this green is the Khitan, this yellow is the Xi people, and the purple is Tiele, so the red one is us, right?"

Chen Kefu smiled, "That's right, it's very accurate." Each flag on this represents 10,000 horses of one force. And each tent represents a thousand people. The red silk thread on it is our action. The silk thread of the blue sè indicates the possible counterattack of the Turks. ”

"We're going to fight the Turks? Dashuai, the big move you said today is to fight the Turks? Qin Qiong said in surprise.

"That's right, our big move is to fight the Turks. You have just returned from the Central Plains, and some of the information may not be understood, so let our Chief of Staff General Li Benlei give us a brief description of the current situation. Chen Kefu said.

Li Benlei nodded, took a baton, and pointed on the sand table, "First of all, according to our intelligence, Yang Guang has merged the original Liao army on the north and south routes, leaving only 150,000 of the 250,000 horses, all stationed in Linyu, the pass of the Great Wall, with the general Li Jing as the main commander. The remaining 100,000 horses were taken to Zhuojun by generals such as Laihu'er, Xue Shixiong, Fan Zigai, Yujuluo, Tuwanxu, and Dong Chun. In addition, more than a month ago, Yang Guang had already taken Luoyang Wenwu and the palace concubines to the north of Hedong under the escort of 150,000 Praetorian Guards. ”

"What is Yang Guang going to do?" Qin Qiong asked.

Chen Kefu pointed to the blue banner on the grassland and said, "Yang Guang's strategy is to conquer the Turks first, and join forces with the Western Turks, Tiele, and Kumoxi to attack the Turks. After defeating the Turks, Yang Guang will gather his army and go all out to conquer Liaodong. At that time, Yang Guang, who defeated the Turks, will no longer have to be blocked by us outside the Great Wall, and he can fight from the steppe into Liaodong. At that time, Yang Guang's army may appear in any of the three prefectures of Yanzhou, Liaozhou, and even Weizhou. If Yang Guang attacks from the north, then he can completely avoid our current defense line of the Great Wall of Yanzhou, and our strongest defense line of the Liaozhou Liaohe River. From the top of the Liaohe defense line in the north, it crossed the defense line and entered the hinterland of eastern Liaodong. ”

"Yang Guang is really calculating, knowing that he won't be able to bite us for a while, so he thinks of another way. Marshal, now that Yang Guang is attacking the Turks, why do we still have to fight the Turks, once the Turks die, then we won't be able to stop Yang Guang anymore? Qin Qiong said suspiciously. …,

Li Benlei pointed to the sand table with his command baton, "At present, Yang Guang is secretly recruiting troops and horses everywhere in Hedong, preparing to attack the Turks at the same time with the three allies in one fell swoop after the preparation with the four families is completed, and smash the Turkic tent. Of course, the enemy of our enemies is our friends. Therefore, we have successfully reached an alliance with the Turkic Shibi Khan, agreeing to jointly deal with Yang Guang. Now that Shibi Khan has obtained our information, he has secretly gone south first, preparing to rob and kill Yang Guang before Yang Guang's soldiers and horses gather. The praying mantis catches the cicada, the yellow finch is behind, and we are the yellow finch behind. ”

"That's right." Chen Kefu walked to the front of the sand table and pointed to the place at the very edge of the grassland, "Now, Shibi's men and horses have arrived in Dingxiang, and Yang Guang's men and horses are gathering everywhere in the east of the river. However, for the sake of secrecy, the final general assembly has not yet been carried out, and it is still assembled in each county on a provincial basis. Therefore, this is a contest between two tigers, and one of Yang Guang and the Turks must be defeated this time. According to our arrangement and calculation, the result of Ben Shuai's prediction is that Yang Guang will suffer a big loss in the hands of Shi Bi. And there is a possibility of a big victory at the beginning. ”

"Of course, our alliance with Shibi is just a cover, and we must not allow Shibi to win in the end. Therefore, the discussion between the commander and the General Staff Headquarters and the generals was that under the southward movement of Shibi Khan, our Liaodong Army would also immediately move westward into the grassland. ”

"Westward to the grasslands?"

"That's right, in order to keep our whereabouts secret, we won't have too many soldiers and horses this time. Outside the Yanzhou Great Wall Pass, we are defended by the westward marching battalion, nominally the marshal is the marching marshal, but in fact, Li Jing will be the main commander, Lu Shishen, Mao Yi will be the deputy marshal, leading 70,000 soldiers and 30,000 auxiliary soldiers to strictly defend the Great Wall pass, and never let the imperial court soldiers and horses take advantage of it. "With 100,000 against 150,000, although the number is a little smaller, 70,000 of them are the essence of the Liaodong army, so Chen Kefu believes that they can hold it.

"In addition to the westward marching battalion, we will secretly form a joint cavalry force, which will consist of 10,000 Khitan cavalry, 10,000 Dahe cavalry, 10,000 Yan cavalry, 10,000 Silla cavalry, and 30,000 Liaodong Army cavalry, a total of 70,000 people. At present, all of our 70,000 horses have been secretly assembled in Buyeo City. In order to ensure fast maneuvering, all cavalry had two horses and were equipped with crossbow machines. In order to prevent being discovered by Yang Guang and Shibi Khan's spies, the generals who will lead the army this time will be mainly you, who have just returned. ”

"At that time, Ben will be the commander-in-chief, General Wang Rengong, General Luo Zhong, General Yu Qinming, Khitan Prince Abaoguo, Dahe Clan Young Patriarch Mo Yun, Silla Princess Jin Shengman, and Prince Azig of the Intarsity Seven people are deputy marshals, Gao Shilian is the marching Sima, and Wei Zheng is the marching chief. Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong were the vanguards, and Cheng Yanjin, Luo Shixin, Wei Chiren, Zhang Jin, Li Chengyi, Luo Lin, Liu Tiezhu, and Zhang Heba were the marching chiefs. Tomorrow we will rush to Fuyu City, then march stealthily, through the Khitan, and when Yang Guang and Shibi Khan fight, we will raid the Turks' nest from behind. ”

Chen Kefu thought about this plan for a long time, he couldn't sit back and wait for Yang Guang to pacify the Turks and then Liaodong step by step. If that is the case, the final result is that Liaodong and Yang Guang are both defeated, and in the end, they are taken advantage of by the Central Plains peasant army or the rebellion of the noble gate lords. And the worst result is not to mention, Liaodong may not be able to stop Yang Guang's attack at all, and finally be flattened. Either way, it wasn't what he wanted.

That's why he took the initiative to find Shi Bi, first let Shi Bi hit Yang Guang hard, and finally killed Yang Guang. Then he Chen Kefu attacked Shibi Khan from behind, as long as this plan succeeded, then Yang Guang and Shibi Khan would be hit hard and their strength would be greatly damaged. In this way, the forces of the three parties will be balanced again and a temporary balance will be reached.

And if the result is better, Yang Guang and Shi Bi fought too hard, and the elite of both sides was lost, and their strength dropped greatly. Then it is possible, in a short period of time, it is Liaodong that is the strongest, maybe then he only needs to seize the opportunity and do it in one go, but he can kill one or two, and even in the military pass, it is also possible to go west to the Central Plains. However, the probability of that is small is small, and Chen Kefu does not make this prediction.

But for him at this stage, destroying Yang Guang's plan is the most important thing. And if it can weaken the strength of the imperial court and the Turks at one time, it will inevitably make Liaodong more capable of ensuring its own strength in the next step, and then Xu Tu Central Plains.

Combining the weak and separating the strong, dividing and attacking together, this is the frontier strategy of the Sui Dynasty for many years. And now, it is also suitable for Chen Kefu.

This battle is a strategic operation, not for the gain or loss of one city or one pool, but for the guidance of the general trend of the world in the future. As for the Khitan and other departments that rely on Chen Kefu, they are already tied to Chen Kefu and can't get off the thief ship. This time, Chen Kefu plotted to attack the Turks, and most of the soldiers and horses used were the soldiers and horses of the three tribes, and the captured goods were all returned to the various tribes, and Chen Kefu will also take out a large amount of grain to alleviate the snow disaster encountered by the various ethnic groups last year. Chen Kefu is for the world, they are just for wealth, money and food, and to survive in the cracks.

Qin Qiong and the other thirty generals who had just come back did not hesitate for a moment, they could become the commanders of the army, and the personal conquest of the grassland was something they could not ask for. This time there were 70,000 cavalry, but there were eight marshals, and the marching commander was only eight. No matter how they divide it, even if they only command Liaodong's own headquarters of soldiers and horses, that person also has 5,000 soldiers and horses, which is a rare opportunity.

"The last generals and others will obey the orders of the generalissimo, and the commander's troops will be where our iron hooves are tread!" The generals roared again and again, and the sound was like shaking the sky!

It's okay to say that it's a good chapter, but I didn't expect it to be so late. Excuse me!