Section 19 Tsushima Grassland is in the middle and upper reaches of the Great River, and the east of the grassland is the Huwei Mountains of Fuzhou. Because Wu Ming's team was full of cavalry, the marching speed was naturally extremely fast. It didn't take a few days to leave Queensland and cross the province of Fuzhou. to the Huwei Mountains at the junction of Fuzhou and Chengzhou.

Turning over a pass, Wu Ming raised his sword and raised his eyes to look around, and couldn't help but feel relaxed. Autumn colors are thick, and under the sky in the distance, there is a continuous grassland, without hills, like a flat yellow carpet stretching into the distance.

Wu Ming couldn't help touching the "Twelve Essentials of the Yang Family Gun" on his chest, and the manuscript that Yang Xiong gave him was very detailed. There are not only gun arrays in it, but also some detailed notes on marksmanship. Even the ancient secrets handed down by this ancient family, he also copied them.

It is mentioned in this book. Legend has it that in ancient times, the Tsushima grassland was once a highland forest. Then there was a war, and the humans themselves dropped their ultimate weapon, and the mountain forest was razed to the ground. So much so that for a long time, there was no grass growing here, and it became a ghost land. As time goes on, weeds grow here, but the trees still don't survive here, which is very strange. He couldn't help but sigh secretly, vaguely, as if he understood something, but he wasn't quite sure.

Just as he was thinking, a horse flew from behind the procession, and the knight pulled the reins in front of him, and the horse froze. He said respectfully, "My lord, General Jian asked me about the camping place tonight. "The person who came was Jian Feiyang's deputy general Zhou Ji, Jian Feiyang was awarded the title of a five-rank rampage general, and he also rose to a high level, and he had to be named a six-rank partial general.

After the Huwei Mountains, you will arrive at the territory of Liao Shi in the Tsushima grassland. It can be regarded as officially entering the war zone, and the march naturally can't be as so-so as before, Wu Ming put his hand on the pergola and looked into the distance, turned his head to him and said: "Order the whole army to camp in the mountains, and send more scouts to strengthen the vigilance." As soon as they were ready to stop, everyone went to our camp to discuss a strategy to break the enemy. ”

Zhou Ji responded respectfully: "Yes." He turned and struck his horse.

The Southern Han Dynasty has been cultivating and preparing for war for so many years, in addition to the war horses, the horses that transport materials have accumulated a lot, so although the marching speed of the team is fast, the carts of the baggage battalion can still keep up. More than 10,000 people camped on the edge of the steppe. For a moment, the golden meadow was full of light gray tents, like a dense layer of mushrooms.

In Wu Ming's tent, a topographic map was hung early. This map is configured by the Ministry of Industry, although it is not as detailed as Zhu Huai's, but it is very detailed for the Tsushima grassland and the terrain around Chengzhou. Liu Ze is worthy of being a genius, and since he took charge of the Ministry of Industry, he has worked diligently and developed many gadgets, and many improvements have been made in various fields of the military.

Those who can participate in this military conference must at least have the rank of general or above. More than 10,000 people, not too much, not too little, when these generals arrived, Wu Ming looked at the dozen generals sitting in two rows. I also felt a little emotional, this should be the first time I led the troops to fight alone and held a military meeting.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Wu Mingcai knocked on the table and said, "Generals, I think that everyone already knows the purpose of this meeting, so I won't say more. The so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is the only way to survive a hundred battles. General Zhou, you are now in charge of the scouts, so let's talk about the enemy situation that has been detected. ”

Zhou Ji stood up, cleared his throat and said, "Lord Yu, according to the news from the scouts, Liao Shi had already set up camp about twenty miles ahead a day ago, just blocking the road of our army's westward advance. ”

In the five central and western provinces, except for some infantry in Nanban and Chengzhou, the rest are mostly cavalry. Most of the territory of Chengzhou, occupied by Liao Shi, is a vast Tsushima grassland, and it is naturally dominated by cavalry, and he abandoned the capital Pangui to meet the battle, in order to maximize his cavalry advantage, which was also expected by Wu Ming. Wu Ming groaned, and then asked, "How is the strength of the enemy army?" ”

"About twenty-five thousand."

This declaration of war on the five central and western provinces can be regarded as catching them off guard. But after all, Liao Shi has been entrenched in Chengzhou for so many years, and it is not easy to gather 25,000 cavalry to meet it in just ten days. Wu Ming motioned for Zhou Ji to sit down, and then swept everyone: "Everyone, we only have 15,000 people, and the enemy's strength is almost twice as large as ours, how to fight this battle, what do you think should be?" ”

Brainstorming is the only way to get the best of the word, the prime minister said when he convened a military meeting. But Wu Ming knows that a person's brain is limited after all. The so-called "three stinkers, up to one Zhuge Liang", although this is a bit inappropriate, but it also shows that as a main general, we must dare to speak and be good at accepting words. After listening to Yang Xiong's advice, he already had a draft of this battle in his heart, but he still called everyone to come and discuss it in order to check and fill in the gaps.

The people who could attend the meeting in the camp tent, except for Zuo Ying and Zhu Yuhu, the others were either the old subordinates of the Black Armor Army, or the generals promoted by Jian Feiyang's two thousand elite soldiers. It can be said that they are all old foundations of the Guards Battalion. Before Wu Ming's words fell, Zuo Wei had already stood up and said: "My lord, I have also asked General Zhou Ji carefully, although the enemy has 25,000 people, but the equipment is not as good as ours, plus our army is a hundred battles. Even if the two sides face off against Chen Bing, we have a good chance of winning. ”

Zuo Wei has always been decent in leading the troops, and even he has this idea. I am afraid that this idea is the mainstream thinking in the military. Wu Ming's heart sank, the so-called arrogant soldiers will be defeated, this is not necessarily a good thing, he groaned, and was about to speak. Zuo Ying, who was sitting on the lower left of him, sneered, and said: "There is a great chance of winning, which means that there is still a possibility of losing, even if you win, is it a miserable victory?" ”

The ridicule of his words was extremely heavy, and Zuo Wei suddenly blushed, but he still replied honestly: "Yes." Zuo Ying didn't seem to see his embarrassed face at all, flicked his nails, and said lazily: "According to General Zuo's proposal, it seems that even if you win, it will be a miserable victory." In this case, as soon as the enemy's reinforcements come, why should we hold the enemy back? General Zuo knew that there was more than one Liao Shi in the five central and western provinces, and the task of Commander Wu was to try his best to hold back the enemy's main force and relieve pressure on the other two routes. ”

Although he said it harshly, in the middle of the sentence, Wu Ming wanted to remind Zuo Ying and ask him to pay attention to his tone. But thinking of this, it was conducive to dispelling the arrogance of the generals, and the words were swallowed back when they came to their mouths.

As soon as Zuo Ying's words fell, Zuo Wei had already snorted coldly: "Oh, so, Zuo Changshi has a good strategy to break the enemy, why don't you say it for details, and let me see it." There was a sudden echo around him, most of these ** were promoted by the former generals of the Black Armor Army, and they must have been very dissatisfied when they saw the main general being suffocated.

But this can't be blamed on Zuo Wei. The left shadow said in such a tone that even a mud bodhisattva would be on fire. Wu Ming knocked on the table and interjected at the right time: "Both of them are brothers who survived the Southern Expeditionary Army, everyone has the same goal, but they have the same goal, but they have the same goal, and they can't be angry because of disagreements." Besides, you can't write two 'left' characters with a single stroke, can you? ”

There is a section in "Twenty-four Questions on the Marching Strategy" that says: "The way to control the lower is to be modest, what is the mean?" Impartial, tepid, differentiated and reconciled. "It's good to let them argue appropriately, if they are really red-faced and thick-necked, then it will be too much, but it will affect the morale of the army and go against the golden mean. Although Wu Ming's heart was spinning with thoughts, his face did not move. Turning his head to Zuo Ying and said, "Zuo Changshi has a long-term strategy in his chest, why don't you say it and let's refer to it together?" ”

The Prime Minister's Mansion is now in full swing, and the left shadow is the Prime Minister's right-hand man. But the prime minister sent this long history to the middle, which is a bit intriguing.

Hearing Wu Ming say this, Zuo Ying was still lazy. swept the circle in the tent and said: "Generals, do you want to delay Liao Shi's troops, or do you want to defeat the opponent's main force head-on and take Pangui in one fell swoop?" ”

Everyone was silent, and someone behind Zuo Wei said angrily: "Isn't this nonsense? "This man is also a reckless man, and he is still fighting for the Lord. So he muttered to vent his dissatisfaction.

Although his voice was small, now all the generals were sitting upright, and the needles in the tent could be heard, and the words came to everyone's ears clearly. The left shadow looked cold, and glanced sideways. Although he is young, he has a long history of prime ministers, and he can be said to have real power, and he is invisibly quite powerful. Wu Ming's heart sank slightly, but the corners of his mouth showed a smile and said: "Zuo Changshi, what should I do if I drag Liao Shi's troops?" What if you want to defeat the main force head-on? ”

"Delay Liao Shi? Set up camp here in the mountains, send scouts widely, and keep abreast of Liao Shi's movements. Liao Shi definitely didn't dare to act rashly. Everyone, hello and me. ”

"Fart!"

This time, not only the generals of the original Black Armor Army shouted, but even several subordinates sitting around Jian Feiyang also jumped up. Although these two cavalry are now united, they are holding back their strength in private, thinking that Lao Tzu is the best cavalry in the world. At this time, Zuo Ying held back for a long time, but he came up with such a bad idea, and he could bear it. There are a few irritable points, and they are already rolling up their sleeves and pants, with a red face and a thick neck. If it weren't for the fact that Zuo Ying was a prime minister with a long history, it is estimated that he would have jumped over a long time ago, and first lifted it up and slapped two big ear scrapers to make him sober and sober.

Such a reaction had already been expected by Zuo Ying, but this time he was not annoyed, but a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He cleared his throat and said, "Of course, I also know that the brothers in the outer camp are all good men who are top ten, and of course the first one will not work, so the only way to do it is to take the second way." ”

Everyone has a deep understanding of his vitriol, although everyone itches Su Su like a cat scratch, but they all keep their faces calm and silent, for fear of being ridiculed by this guy again. Yang Yi, who was sitting at the bottom right of Wu Ming, asked, "What about the second way?" Lord Changshi might as well say it, and the kid listens. Seeing that it was a little cold, Yang Yi hurriedly took over the conversation.

Yang Yi, the youngest person in the room, can be said to be a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, and naturally he is not afraid of Zuo Ying cutting his face. Zuo Ying glanced at him, but he didn't say anything sarcastic: "Yes, we not only want to defeat the enemy head-on, but also win the beauty, it is best to let Liao Shi ask for help from Liao Sheng who is far away in the Qingting." In this way, we really delayed the main force of the Liao clan. ”

Emotional Zuoying not only wants to defeat Liao Shi, but also wants Liao Shi to ask Liao Sheng for help.

Although Yang Yi is the youngest, he is one of the few people who are the most difficult to fool, and he frowned when he heard this: "Lord Zuo, it remains to be said whether he can defeat Liao Sheng head-on, but whether Liao Shi will come out to fight with us is still a matter of two things, you must know that although Liao Shi is reckless, the two governors who support him are not reckless." ”

Wu Ming couldn't help but look at Yang Yi approvingly, Yang Yi said this, obviously he had put a lot of effort into this western expedition. Liao Shi is reckless and lustful. But there were two governors who supported him, one was Wei Lin and the other was Kong Fang. Kong Fang didn't say it for the time being, but this Wei Lin was Liao Shi's father-in-law, and Liao Shi didn't say anything to him, but it was not far off. Wei Lin is known for his treacherous prudence, Liao Shi is a big old man, but he can stir up trouble in the five central and western provinces and threaten the position of his brother Liao Sheng, he can be said to have contributed a lot. With the current situation, Wei Lin would definitely advise Liao Shi to be cautious, and even wait until reinforcements arrived before acting in unison, just in case.

Zuo Ying smiled and said, "Captain Xiao Yang is worried that Liao Shi will be a shrinking turtle, right?" So now we can only find a way to beat him up and let him suffer a loss first, and then we will cut off the idea of supporting other ways, and even ask Liao Sheng who is far away in Tingya for help. ”

Everyone was stunned, and Jian Feiyang, who had been silent, took over the conversation and said with a smile: "Oh, bring Liao Sheng here?" Lord Changshi's appetite is not small, aren't you afraid that there will be too much porridge and break your belly? ”

Zuo Ying snapped his fingers and stood up: "General Jian, I want to kill the enemy and serve the country, but I am afraid of breaking my belly." Is there such a good thing in the world? Why, General Jian was scared. ”

Jian Feiyang was still smiling: "I, Jian, am naturally afraid of death, and this is not a shameful thing, so Zuo Changshi's radical method will not work for me Jian." Zuo Ying's face changed slightly, and he was about to say more. Jian Feiyang continued to smile and said: "But I like stimulation, Zuo Changshi rarely talks about things with empty heads. Explain to all the brothers how cats go up trees and dogs how to burrow. As long as your subordinates understand, why not if we listen to your orders? ”

All the generals in the camp laughed, and Zuo Ying's face changed slightly, but after thinking about it, he laughed instead: "Since General Jian said so, I'm really welcome, I'm afraid this plan really needs to work for you." ”

Jian Feiyang also saw that Zuo Ying was pretending to be a ghost, and he was not angry, so he jumped out to help his subordinates vent their anger. At this time, when he heard Zuo Ying say this, he was stunned, and asked casually: "Oh, what does Zuo Changshi want me to do?" ”

Zuo Ying glanced at everyone, then turned his head to Wu Ming and said, "Lord Wu, for the sake of secrecy, it is better not to pass on this method to the second ear." ”

Seeing everyone fighting in the camp tent, Wu Ming was very emotional. Zuo Ying is now scheming, not showing joy and anger, it is simply a small Zhu Huai. I don't know if the way he is now, whether it's a good thing or a bad thing. He waved his hand and said, "That's all for today's meeting for the time being, General Jian and Zuo Changshi stay, and the others disband." ”

Liao Sheng, you wait for me. He propped his hands on the table, but his five fingers were almost embedded in the tabletop. Four years ago, the remnants of the Southern Expeditionary Army were almost wiped out in Tingya, if He Yi hadn't sacrificed his life to save him, I am afraid that there would be no later Southern Han. Wu Ming has cultivated himself in the past few years, and he thought that he could control his feelings very well, but when he really stepped into China and the West again, the flame in his heart became more and more intense.

Xiaoyi, rest in peace. I must use Liao Sheng's head to honor your spirit in the sky.