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When the warlords from all walks of life were busy asking the Chang'an court to buy good money, Youzhou maintained its usual low profile and silence, as if it was completely out of the way, quietly watching everyone sing and I appeared on the stage.

Before the expansion of the army, Liu He and Guo Jia and others analyzed the reactions of various warlords after Youzhou had a move, except that he did not expect that the imperial court would take advantage of the opportunity of Yanzhou to hand over the New Year's Endowment to wantonly seal officials and accumulate money and grain, the rest did not surprise him.

Youzhou had no intention of becoming a lead for warlords from all walks of life to expand their armaments, but in fact it provoked this beginning, which made Liu He feel both helpless and worried.

Liu He is helpless that although he is now in power, he can only affect Youzhou and half of Jizhou, and he is still powerless against the rest of the states; Liu He was worried that under the expansion of the army by various warlords, the resistance to his unification of the Han Dynasty in the future would be greater, and the people of the states would suffer more from the disaster of war, and the damage to the vitality of the Han would be even heavier.

In view of the chain changes in the situation in various places, Liu He recalled some important civilian officials and military generals under him to Jicheng and secretly convened a very important military meeting.

The main participants in this meeting are: Liu Hui, Wei Dun, Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Tai Shici, Xian Yufu, Guo Jia, Tian Chou, Li Ru, Xu Miao, Murong Ping, and Xu Huang. If Liu He himself is added, then there are 13 people attending this closed-door meeting.

Liu Hui, as the actual person in charge of the Wuhuan Captain's Mansion, finally handed over all the miscellaneous matters in his hands to his deputies Han Heng and Liu Fang and others this time, and came to Jicheng, the governing place of Youzhou, for the first time after entering Youzhou for more than three years.

Weidun came to Jicheng to participate in the meeting this time, not only representing the identity of Yuyang Taishou, but also representing Xu Rong, the chief general of the Zhenbei Army. The affairs of Di Ping's military tun had just been rolled out, and the Wuhuan people in the north often haunted, so Xu Rong had to sit in person and could not come back.

The western front of Youzhou guarded by Zhao Yun now has Xiahoulan, Wei You, Cheng Xu, Han Heng, Liu Fang and Ma Tai and others to maintain the situation. A short period of time away doesn't affect the big picture.

When Zhang He left Zhuo County, he temporarily handed over the Tiger Fu to Zhang Zhan, the Taishou of Zhuo County, for safekeeping, and Wuruan Pass was guarded by the deputy general. Zhang Zhan himself is a general with troops, and he can temporarily stabilize the situation on behalf of Zhang He. The 20,000 Youyan Army has not received a combat mission for the time being, and it is still in the training stage, so there will be no chaos.

Tai Shici and Xian Yufu returned to Youzhou at the same time this time, which was somewhat unexpected by everyone, and it can be seen that this meeting is definitely not simple.

Tai Shi Ci's 20,000 soldiers and horses have been stationed in Gaoyi, and after he left, Lu Zhi and Fu Zhi were in charge of the two strongmen, and they didn't have to worry about what tricks Yuan Shao in the south could play. Liu He is not afraid that after Tai Shici leaves, Lu Zhi will take the opportunity to turn these 20,000 soldiers and horses into his own army, and it is worth using 20,000 soldiers and horses to test Lu Zhi's position and attitude. Liu He can afford to lose.

Xian Yufu and Liu Zheng have set up a team since they took Bohai, and one of them is in charge of the government and the other is in charge of the army, and they cooperate quite tacitly. Liu Yu originally wanted to transfer Liu Zheng to Youbeiping County to serve as the Taishou, but in view of the importance of Bohai County, he temporarily adjusted the deployment, allowing Liu Zheng to stay in Bohai as the Taishou, and sent Wang Song, the former Taishou of Zhuo County, to Youbeiping to take office. Before Xian Yu went north to Jicheng, he handed over the military power to Liu Zheng, the Taishou. Liu Zheng had full authority to handle the affairs of the Bohai Navy.

Li Ru, as the military advisor of the Duliao Army and concurrently the director of the Supervision Bureau, has never gone to Lingzhi to take up his post, and this time he attended the meeting on behalf of the Duliao general Xian Yuyin. Xu Huang, who was stationed at Juyong Pass, was replaced by Sun Li. This time, I was also fortunate to return to Jicheng to attend the meeting, and after the meeting, I immediately went to Lingzhi to assist Xian Yuyin in building the Liao army.

The remaining three people, Guo Jia, Tian Chou and Xu Miao, are the directors of the Commander's Praise and Painting Division, the Military Intelligence Department and the Cultural Propaganda Department, and they are also eligible to attend the meeting, and the last person, Murong Ping, is the commander of the Dragon Tiger Guard Guard. Responsible for the security and order of the entire venue.

The secret meeting took place in a place that no one could have imagined, and the meeting lasted seven full days, and all the contents were strictly kept secret. It wasn't known until many years later.

As the initiator and host of the meeting, Liu He left Jicheng in July when the weather was the hottest, when he took his wife Cai Yan and Guo Jia and others to Jundu Mountain, saying that he was going to the mountains to recuperate from the summer. The Jundu Mountain is covered with green trees and a gentle mountain breeze, which is a good place to escape the heat.

After the three thousand dragon and tiger guards who escorted Liu He into the mountain arrived at the foot of the Jundu Mountain, they completely blocked the road leading to Juyong Pass, and Sun Li, the general of Juyong, personally came out to greet him and welcomed Liu He into the pass.

The rest of the participants arrived in secret and never showed up along the way, so there was no way for the outside world to know their whereabouts.

There are many barracks in Juyong Pass that can be used by soldiers to live, but there are not many places for Liu He and the bigwigs to stay, Sun Li, who received the secret report in advance, rushed to mobilize the soldiers in the pass to build a large wooden compound in the beautiful scenery in the mountains before Liu He arrived, for everyone to gather and stay.

According to Liu He's special instructions, the venue no longer adopts the furnishings of kneeling on the couch for discussion, but instead several boxy wooden tables with long legs and high legs are put together into a huge flat "back" shape, and behind the table are wooden chairs with high legs and backrests according to the seating order, and the participants in the meeting will sit directly after entering, without taking off their shoes.

Once everyone is together, the meeting begins.

Liu He said to everyone: "In recent months, the situation in various places has changed greatly, although there is no short-term worry in Youzhou, but we must focus on the long-term, evaluate and predict the next situation, and make corresponding arrangements and arrangements at the same time. All of you here are people I trust and rely on, and this time I have made a great determination to gather you from all directions to Juyong Pass, which is to let everyone speak freely, work together, and seek a prosperous future and future for Youzhou! ”

"Our meeting is divided into three parts, the first two days are mainly to conduct a systematic and comprehensive combing and analysis of the past large and small wars in Youzhou, find out the weaknesses and deficiencies in our ranks, summarize the experience and practices with guiding significance, and finally form a comprehensive summary report. The middle two days were mainly to analyze and evaluate the comprehensive strength of various warlords, discover and learn from their strengths, and find ways to break through their weaknesses. In this plan, it is necessary not only to consider the factors of the army's combat strength, but also to fully consider and predict other aspects such as wealth, money and food, domestic policy strategy, external public opinion propaganda, various natural disasters, and major sudden changes. ”

After listening to Liu He's opening remarks, everyone nodded one after another, their eyes full of expectation and confidence.

After Liu He finished speaking, Tian Chou got up and said: "Next, we will start the first part of the meeting, first of all, I will review the large and small battles in which Youzhou troops have participated in the past five years. ”

"The first battle took place at the end of July of the second year of Chuping, located in the Danshui Mountain area of Nanyang, and the battlefield commander was the eldest prince. The specific situation at that time was...... "Tian Chou deliberately listed the battle encountered by Liu He on the way back to Youzhou via Nanyang as the first battle, not only to enhance Liu He's prestige, but also to use that small-scale battle as a watershed, so that everyone can realize how the war in Youzhou has gradually changed with the appearance of Liu He."

After Tian Chou reported the first battle, Guo Jia said: "Although this battle is not fierce, and the number of participants is only a few hundred, one of them is still a homeless person with weak combat effectiveness, but there are also things worth summarizing and inducting. First, in this battle, Childe put the role of scouts in the first place, and after entering an unknown area, he did not rush forward, but first sent soldiers with excellent reconnaissance skills to the necessary places to investigate the terrain and situation, so he could calmly deal with the changes in front of him. Second, in the case of our obvious advantage, the handling of the enemy soldiers was relatively safe, and instead of simply slaughtering or dispersing, we used the technique of attacking the heart to surrender them, laying the foundation for dealing with a more complex situation in the future. ”

Liu He was really embarrassed to hear Guo Jia praise himself so much, but now that he has been in the top position for a long time, he has been invulnerable to a cheeky practice, so he calmly sat on the main seat and listened to Guo Jia's analysis, and from time to time he bowed his head to express his agreement.

At that time, when Liu He made these deployments, he just acted according to his intuition, which was not as complicated as Guo Jia's analysis, but this did not affect Guo Jia to extract the content with reference significance for everyone to think about and understand.

As a battlefield commander, it goes without saying that the importance of accurately grasping intelligence is not to be overstated, and how to properly handle the enemy's troops is also a very crucial link, if anyone ignores it, it is very likely to cause unnecessary losses, and even lead to a defeat and chaos.

After Guo Jia finished speaking, everyone expressed their opinions one after another, and gradually had a unified understanding of how to use reconnaissance power in complex terrain and how to deal with prisoners of war and surrendered troops.

In a room next to the conference room, Cai Yan, a talented woman, was holding a slender charcoal pen and writing hard, quickly recording the words of the people outside the curtain and preserving them as the original record of the meeting.

"Now, let's analyze the second battle. In the middle of August of the second year of the first peace, the location was Fengjiayu, and the number of troops participating in the battle was ......"

"Now, let's analyze the third battle. At the end of October of the second year of the first peace, Xiaozhong Xianbei Kebineng led 20,000 Hu cavalry to invade Youzhou, and first sent troops to attack Macheng, at that time the commander-in-chief of the battlefield was Lord Taifu, and our troops were mainly stationed along the line from Macheng to Gaoliu, and 15,000 men and horses of Yan Rou occupied Ningcheng and Guangning and other cities......" (to be continued......