Liu He chose to lead the army into Jicheng at noon, for this silent national parade, he deliberately wore a silver dazzling armor, wearing a golden tiger head hood, a black cloak behind his shoulders, a three-foot Qingfeng sword hanging from his waist, and a strong horse with full body armor under his crotch.

In order to buy this style for the son, it took Xu Miao a lot of effort, and now it seems that the effect is very obvious, and the people of Jicheng obviously welcome and love the momentum of the "return of the king" of the eldest son.

Although Liu He felt that wearing heavy Mingguang armor and wearing a tiger head and a shackle on his head was simply a kind of living sin, he understood that even if he pretended to be on such an occasion, it was of great significance to improve the morale of the troops and inspire people. Therefore, he decided to pretend to be cool as long as he seized the opportunity in the future!

Clustered on both sides of the eldest prince were a hundred black-armored iron horsemen, all of them riding black horses, wearing two-gear armor painted with black paint, wearing black iron helmets covering their faces, and holding long-handled horse chopping knives, exuding a strong evil aura from people to horses, forcing the crowd of onlookers on the side of the road to retreat involuntarily.

These 100 black-armored knights came from the cavalry battalion of the Taifu Guards, and they were already a little bit of money made up by Liu He by smashing pots and selling iron. Although the number of people is a bit small and cannot be compared with Gongsun Zhan's three thousand white horse righteous servants, it also gives the soldiers and civilians of Jicheng a new hope. Just from the name, you can hear the intention of the eldest prince to form the black armor iron horse, and it is clear that he is going to the white horse!

The black-armored knights were followed by five hundred pikemen armed with stabbing pistols more than a foot long, followed by five hundred warriors armed with halberds, five hundred sword and shield soldiers behind the halberd soldiers, and five hundred axe soldiers behind the sword and shield soldiers.

The 2,000 energetic infantry were the elite of the Spear Battalion, the Euphorbia Battalion, the Sword and Shield Battalion, and the Axe Battalion of the Training Regiment.

The vanguard that entered the city with the eldest prince was 2,100 people. Although the onlookers were a little unsatisfied, they also heard that there were still 10,000 main troops only half a day's journey from Jicheng, and they would enter the city at night.

The 1,500 elites of the cavalry battalion personally trained by Zhao Yun and the 1,000 elites of the archery battalion personally trained by Murong Ping did not follow Liu He into the public's field of vision, and they would blend in with the ordinary troops entering the city at night and enter the barracks directly without a trace.

Don't underestimate these 1,500 cavalry and 1,000 crossbowmen, the 3,000 white horses who have dominated the world in history were crippled by the 800 Xiandeng dead soldiers of Koji Yi near the boundary bridge. If Liu He wants to Yin Gong Sun Zan this time, he will rely on these two thousand five hundred people.

Tai Shi Ci led the hook battalion, the car battalion and two thousand ordinary soldiers to hurry behind, they were still three days away from Jicheng, and under normal circumstances, they should not delay any fighters.

The hook is a dual-purpose weapon that can be hooked and pushed, with a shield in the middle and a hook to hook the enemy's weapon, which can be used for both defense and hook killing. The biggest use of the hook inlay camp is to defend the head of the city, and it can also be used as a meat shield for crossbowmen, although Liu He only brought back five hundred people this time, but if it is only used to defend Jicheng, it is enough.

The Che Battalion is a relatively unpopular branch of the army, and has gradually withdrawn from the war stage, but it was reorganized by Liu He. However, Liu Hequan's chariot battalion was completely different from the chariots of the pre-Qin and Western Han dynasties, and its main role was to serve as a movable city wall, providing shelter for the infantry, especially crossbowmen, in the field, preventing enemy cavalry from rushing into the camp to chop melons and vegetables.

Ever since he had seen the tremendous power of the thistle terrestris and the chariot formation, Liu He was now very much looking forward to disguising the chariot camp as a grain and grass cart to attract the enemy's sneak attack, and he really wanted to see the unlucky appearance of Gongsun Zhan's cavalry stealing chickens.

Liu He entered the state pastor's mansion all the way, and then bowed to his father in a proper manner, and after greeting him, he saluted Zhao Gai, Qi Zhou, Li Min, Gongsun Ji, Xian Yufu and others one by one, and there was a lot of red tape.

Everyone hadn't seen Liu He for a few months, and this time they suddenly saw the eldest prince in front of him in military uniform, and they all felt like two people.

Although Liu He is a "war scumbag", he took the initiative to go to the bottom to be a soldier for a month, and soaked in the barracks all day long to mingle with the soldiers, so he naturally developed some martial arts temperament, compared with the appearance of a weak scholar when he first returned to Jicheng, it has indeed changed a lot.

Li Yan, Liu Zheng, Xu Miao, Sun Li, and Murong Ping, who followed Liu He, were also full of spirit and high morale, which was in stark contrast to the old guys in the hall.

Liu Yu asked Liu He: "Why don't you see Zhao Duwei?" ”

Liu He replied: "Zilong led the main force dozens of miles behind, and he can enter the city when he holds the lamp!" ”

Liu Yu asked Liu He again: "Can you have confidence in dealing with Gongsun Zan this time?" ”

Liu He blinked a few times and replied: "I was thinking about whether to drive Gongsun Chan back to Liaoxi all the way, or leave him in Jizhou, or kill him directly. ”

When Liu He said this, he looked serious, as if Gongsun Zhan was just a wild dog, and he could catch up as much as he wanted, and if he was killed by mistake, he deserved it.

Liu Yu was so angry by his son's bold words that he smiled bitterly, and he said to Liu He: "I don't want to ask about how to fight. From this moment on, 6,000 soldiers and horses in Jicheng, 8,000 soldiers and horses in Juyong, and 6,000 soldiers and horses in Wuruanguan will be handed over to you to command, and all officials in Youzhou will be controlled by you, and you have the right to be arbitrary, so you don't have to ask me for instructions. ”

Liu He was not polite to his father, and said: "Father, just rest assured, I promise to let Gongsun Chan 'benefit for life' this time, and 'endless aftertaste'!" ”

"The march has been very hard for days, so don't discuss the military situation today. You should first go to the east courtyard to greet the two ladies, and by the way, see your younger brother, and then go back to the camp to rest. ”

"Child, beware!"

Liu He showed his face in front of everyone, received the "Shang Fang Sword" given by his father, and happily went to the backyard to greet the two "stepmothers", leaving a group of people with different thoughts in the council hall.

That night, Zhao Yun led the army into Jicheng on time, and tens of thousands of troops flocked to it, filling all the military camps in Jicheng for a while.

As soon as Zhao Yun arrived, Liu He raised his account overnight, no longer looking confident and relaxed during the day, and the atmosphere in the entire conference hall was solemn.

"The following is an introduction to the military situation by Master Li!" Liu He, who presided over the military meeting, spoke.

Li Yan got up and came to a huge topographic map hung up, holding a cinnabar pen in his hand, and very quickly drew the three city circles of Luxian, Yongnu and Anci on the map, and then marked next to the red circle in Luxian: Shan Jing Department, 20,000 people; On the red circle of Yongnu, it is marked: Gongsun Zhanbu, 20,000 people; Marked next to the red circle in Anci: Zou Danbu, 10,000 people.

After plotting the distribution of the enemy's troops, Li Yan put on a green paint pen to draw landmarks such as Yangxiang, Guangyang, and Fangcheng, and then plotted the rivers around Jixian County, including Bashui, Gushui, and Baoqiushui.

After doing this carefully, Li Yan said: "Everyone, according to the information we have obtained so far, Gongsun Zhan's soldiers have formed a three-way attack on Jicheng in three ways, although it seems that they are advancing in unison, he will definitely not put all his forces into the battle of besieging Jicheng. The reason is very simple, Jicheng is the largest city in Youzhou, not only the city wall is tall and strong, but also the city has abundant grain and grass reserves, even in the case of complete isolation from the outside world, it can last for at least half a year. ”

"Gongsun Zhan's elite troops are mainly fast-moving cavalry, and the cavalry has no advantage when attacking the city, so he will definitely find a way to force our army out of the city to fight him in a decisive battle in the field! So, how did Gongsun Chan force our army to go out of the city to fight? I speculate that he will first order the Zou Dan troops stationed in Anci to enter Zhuo County and capture the entire territory of Zhuo County, if we do not send troops to rescue Zhuo County at this stage, and wait until Gongsun Chan completely occupies Zhuo County, then we will let Zou Dan troops advance further north and enter Guangyang. ”

Once Zou Dan occupied Guangyang, Gongsun Zhan would give an order to Shan Jing, who was stationed in Lu County, and ordered him to lead his army west across Baoqiu and Gushui to attack Changping north of Jicheng. At this stage, if we send troops to rescue Changping, the headquarters of Gongsun Zhan, who has been staying in Yongnu, and the Zou Dan department, which has been stationed in Guangyang, will work together to attack Jicheng. ”

"If we continue to retreat, then after Changping is occupied, Gongsun Chan will order Shan Jing to continue to attack the military capital to the west, until all the cities in the east, west, south, north and south directions of Jicheng will be occupied by troops. At this point, we completely lost contact with the outside world, and finally were trapped alive in Jicheng. ”

"Gongsun Zhan's strategy is very simple, that is, relying on one and a half times more troops than us, so he adopts the method of steadily pushing forward and gradually encroaching to force us to retreat to the northwest. He had a strong and swift cavalry army, which could be rushed from one city to another at any time to support, and he could also launch an attack on Jicheng from several cities at the same time. ”

"Just now, I have analyzed the strategy that Gongsun Chan may adopt against us, and now I will analyze our strategy to solve it. The key to this battle is to curb Gongsun Zhan's encroachment plan from the beginning, and the best way to curb Gongsun Chan is to quickly and completely solve the Zou Dan Department with only 10,000 troops! ”

"Gongsun Chan deceived us into not having as many troops as him, but if we ambush a strange army on the road of Anci's attack on Yangxiang, and at the same time send a force between Anci and Yongnu to intercept the reinforcements of Gongsun Zhan's headquarters, it is not impossible to severely damage or completely solve Zou Dan's 10,000 soldiers and horses at that time!"

Li Yan's analysis was meticulous, and with the help of the intuitive representation of the topographic map, this made everyone who participated in the military situation discussion clear at a glance, and had a deeper thinking and understanding of how to meet Gongsun Chan in their minds.

Liu He added: "In this battle, Gongsun Zhan's biggest advantage is that he has more troops, but our advantage is that he has many means!" He thought that there were many cavalry under his command, and there was such an elite as Bai Ma Yicong, so we had to hide in fear, and did not dare to send the main force to seek an opportunity to destroy the enemy. However, we dared to leave only about 3,000 troops to defend the city, and then put 15,000 people into the battle to encircle and annihilate Zou Danbu, forming a local superiority in troops! ”

"The key to this battle is to defend Jicheng with 3,000 elite infantry, even in the face of the joint siege of 40,000 troops united by Shan Jing and Gongsun Zhan, the safety of Jicheng must be absolutely guaranteed!"

Liu He finally set the tone for how to meet Gongsun Zhan, that is, to take the initiative to go out of the city to find and destroy Zou Danbu, so that Gongsun Zhan could realize his firm determination to defend Jicheng!

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