The fifteenth section of the Empress Dowager's assassination caused a stir last night, and now it can be said that the whole city knows about it. Hearing Zhu Huai mention this, the generals sparsely responded, "Yes." He stared at the map again thoughtfully, some of whom might not have understood it very well, and exchanged words with others.

Seeing their peaceful appearance, Wu Ming understood. Most of these generals are Zhu Huai's henchmen, and they are indifferent to the assassination of the Queen Mother, which is also reasonable. Taking a step back, military generals are no more concerned than Wenchen, they are not concerned about morality, but more about the feasibility of this war and the probability of victory or defeat. Tao Yu issued an order to conquer the five central and western provinces, but the prime minister still took out the matter to discuss, mainly to reassure these people. After all, the conquest of the five central and western provinces was an unprecedented large-scale effort by the imperial court, and the scale of dispatch was the second largest in the history of the Southern Han Dynasty. Once it is carried out, it depends on this room full of people. Only when they feel that victory can be expected from the bottom of their hearts will they not be confused and timid.

When the discussion subsided, Zhu Huai cleared his throat and said, "Rank general." To sum up, in this westward expedition, the time, place, and people of the three important elements of the war are already two of the three. Now the tasks of the various armies are assigned to make use of the geographical advantage. ”

He said this with great ease, and everyone smiled knowingly, as if the victory was as easy as finding something. Wu Ming's attention fell on Zhu Huai's last sentence. He even said that he still wanted to make use of the location? But the geographical advantage is usually on the defending side, how can this be used? Zhu Huai's cultural and martial arts, Wu Ming now has a deep understanding, and he will never talk nonsense without a purpose. Just wondering, Zhu Huai said loudly: "Dai Bingbu listens to the order." ”

Dai Yu hurriedly stood up and said respectfully: "The subordinates are here." ”

He is now a book, and it is said that he does not need to be so polite in front of Zhu Huai. But he was pulled up by Zhu Huai, and he has always been respectful to Zhu Huai, and he has never exceeded half a point. There is a secret saying in the officialdom of the Eastern Han Dynasty, jokingly saying that the prime minister has "three hands". Internally, it is the left shadow and left long history, and externally it is Dai Yu Dai Bing. There is also a hand hidden on his body, which is Steward Hu and the black-clothed guard he controls.

Zhu Huai said: "Dai Bingbu, once the westward expedition." The organ city located in the middle and upper reaches of the great river is really a big trouble for our army. I now order you to order 50,000 naval troops and cooperate with 50,000 army forces. Advance by land and water, coercing the city. If they can attack, they will attack, and if they can't, they will be dragged in the city, so that they will have no time to look west. ”

Dai Yu looked straight and said loudly: "Your subordinates have orders." ”

Wu Ming's mind was clear. The city is close to the Northern Han Dynasty, and its geographical location is very important. The whole city is stuck in the middle and upper reaches of the river, which can be attacked and retreated. Once the army marches westward, it is indeed possible to send troops to cut off the rear road of the three armies. If left unchecked, even if they don't send troops, it will be annoying to send troops to harass the imperial court's grain routes. Zhu Huai sent Dai Yu to attack, obviously also attaching great importance to this. It's just that in this way, the strength of the Jiangnan Navy has dropped greatly, isn't Zhu Huai afraid that the Northern Han will take the opportunity to rob?

As soon as the thought came to mind, Zhu Huai knocked on the table, and then said: "Xie Kun, Zhuge Fei listens to the order." ”

Xie Kun and Zhuge Fei stood up at the same time and said in unison: "The end will be." ”

"Lord Dai led the team to the west, and the defense on the Nanning River was bothered by the two of them. General Zhuge was inconvenient to come from afar, so he temporarily obeyed General Xie's dispatch. ”

The two said in unison again: "Yes." ”

Seeing the two sit down, Wu Ming's heart flipped over. Three years ago, Zhuge Fei was still the main general, Xie Kun and himself still had to obey his assignment, but now they have fallen. It seems that Zhuge Fei was captured last time, and although he was redeemed with the opportunity of the Southern Barbarian Peace Quest, the prime minister still has a pimple in his heart.

But in that naval battle, Zhuge Fei's handling was decent, and there was nothing to blame. Thinking of this, Wu Ming couldn't help but sigh secretly. Sometimes it's really hard to say. It is estimated that Zhuge Fei is also very aggrieved in his heart, but in the public, even if he has a belly dissatisfied, he can only hold it in his heart.

As soon as the two of them sat down, Zhu Huai continued: "As soon as the hidden dangers of the organ city are eliminated, we really have no worries, and we can give it a go to the five central and western provinces." Speaking of this, he took the wooden ruler again, pointed to the map behind him and said: "Everyone, please see, the five provinces in the central and western regions, and the real border with us, are actually the southern version and Chengdu. The topography of these two provinces is completely different, the southern version is next to the Jiyu Forest, and the province is mostly mountainous and forested. ”

Everyone was thoughtful, since considering the special terrain, it was necessary to send corresponding troops according to local conditions. Zhu Huai glanced at Sun Yunlong, who was sitting next to Dai Yu, and said slowly: "This way is the main direction of attack, so it is the most important." Sun Yunlong, the governor of Nanyang, listened to the order. ”

Sun Yunlong obviously expected it, and when he heard this, he stood up and said, "Sun Yunlong is here." ”

Zhu Huai said loudly: "Let you lead 100,000 elite foot soldiers, converge with the spirit beast soldiers in Fuzhou, and directly take the southern version of Shuanghui." Fight for a drum. ”

Sun Yunlong bowed and said, "Your subordinates have orders." ”

Three years ago, Jian Feiyang selected the remaining more than 30,000 soldiers, all of whom were incorporated by Sun Yunlong. Based on these soldiers of a hundred battles, Sun Yunlong has been ordered to recruit many new recruits in recent years. The Guangyang meridian has been slightly reduced to an iron bucket. Zhu Huai nodded, and said softly: "Lord Sun, please rest assured, Guangyang has a loyal and brave marquis, and there will be no problems." ”

When he said Zhongyonghou, he naturally meant Zhu Yulong. Hearing this, Wu Ming was a little stunned, no wonder he didn't see Zhu Yulong today, he didn't expect to be sent to Nanyang earlier. However, Zhu Yulong is loyal and benevolent, and it is a little insufficient to attack, but it is more than enough to defend Guangyang. The prime minister is really careful and thoughtful.

Zhu Huai nodded, and said earnestly: "Brother Sun, I have notified Chu Haonian, the governor of Fuzhou, and asked him to send another 30,000 elite soldiers to cooperate with you." This expedition to the west, my brother please. ”

It is said that when discussing military aircraft, you can't mix any feelings, but Zhu Huai is the prime minister, so naturally no one dares to jump out and hold him accountable. Sun Yunlong's eyes also seemed to have a different color flashing, and he nodded heavily and said, "Yes, I will do my best." With that, he bowed again, and sat down.

Then, Zhu Huai began to assign tasks again, all of which were to assist in defense, lead troops to assist, and so on. Wu Ming's heart gradually became anxious, could it be that the prime minister had forgotten about himself? Or is it simply ready to dry the entire Guards Battalion in Nanning. Just worried about himself, Zhu Huai put his hands behind his back in front of the map and paced two steps: "All those who fight, with the right fit, with the odd victory." Odd is complementary to each other, in order to win by surprise. The last way will be our surprise attack on the five central and western provinces. ”

Everyone thought that he had finished assigning, but such a sentence suddenly came out. The slightly brained one had already glanced at Wu Ming. Wu Ming also knew that the prime minister would definitely send himself into battle next, but when he heard him say this, he suddenly became interested. Zhu Huai turned around again and pointed to the junction of Chengdu and Fuzhou provinces with a wooden ruler and said: "As we all know, Fuzhou and Chengdu are adjacent to each other. The border is long, and between the two provinces, almost all of them are plains and grasslands, and there is no danger to defend. This kind of terrain is an excellent place for cavalry to gallop. ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Wu Ming, and there was a clear light in his eyes: "Lord Wu, because of the terrain, the imperial court does not have a big horse farm. So now there are only 15,000 cavalry of the Guards Battalion. If you are sent to deal with Liao Shi in Chengzhou, can you be sure? ”

Just now, he was the commander of the upper and lower roads, and he gave orders directly. But when he came to Wu Ming, he was in an inquiring tone. But everyone in the room was not surprised, and everyone looked at it with solemn faces.

Although the topography of the five central and western provinces is mixed, almost all of them are members of the tribal alliance of the original Qingting grassland. After these tribes subjugated the Eastern Han Dynasty, they still had a great deal of autonomy, and their subordinates were all herdsmen, born in cavalry and archery, and cavalry was the leader of China and the West. Therefore, Zhu Huai used his troops to adopt the policy of avoiding reality and avoiding fiction, using spirit beast soldiers to cooperate with elite infantry to attack from the southern version of the province with many forests and mountains.

The cavalry of the five central and western provinces was too strong, so strong that Zhu Huai was not completely sure of winning in the field. Wu Ming was about to answer, when a person suddenly stood up and said: "Prime Minister Qi, the people who control the strings in China and the West are not only 100,000, although the more than 10,000 cavalry of Lord Wu are elite, once they are opposed, I am afraid that there is no chance of victory." This is exactly what he was worried about, Wu Ming was grateful, and when he looked at it, this person was actually Xie Chuan.

Xie Chuan is the commander of the 30,000 forbidden army guards, and he is also the chief officer of one party. Although there was nothing to do with the forbidden army yamen in this western expedition, Xie Chuan was definitely indispensable in Nanning's defense scheduling, so he also attended this meeting. Although Xie Chuan's talent is not very good, he is also a loyal person. Seeing that Zhu Huai pushed such an obvious job to Wu Ming's head, he was also a little anxious, and immediately jumped out to help.

Zhu Huai turned his head and glanced at him, nodded and said: "Lord Xie is extremely worried, but the two armies are going out, if the middle road is left alone, Liao Shi may have his hands free, or go south to support Liao Gang in Shuanghui." Either go north and send troops to help the city. In this way, aren't Sun Dudu, who attacked Shuanghui, and Dai, who delayed the organ city, both dangerous? ”

Xie Chuan didn't have any goods in his stomach, and when he was asked casually by Zhu Huai, he opened his mouth and couldn't answer.

Wu Ming was also startled at first when he heard Zhu Huai's arrangement, and he really thought that Zhu Huai wanted to send the guards battalion out as cannon fodder to die. But after Xie Chuan's interruption, he calmed down instead. But he was thinking in his heart: he is also the prime minister's son-in-law now, and he will definitely not send himself to be sacrificed as cannon fodder unless he has to. What's more, before the meeting, he revealed that he would send Zuo Ying and Zhu Yuhu to act with the guard battalion. This overturned his conjecture as cannon fodder. Thinking of this, he said loudly: "The prime minister said very well, for the general, when facing difficulties, how can you be afraid of the light, afraid of the heavy, afraid of the sword and avoid the sword?" The subordinates decided to lead their subordinates Erlang and Liao Shi Chen soldiers to fight against the horse plain and fight it out. ”

Before speaking, Wu Ming was still a little forward-looking. But as soon as the words came out, the girl in white with a pipa in her arms vaguely appeared in front of her. He only felt that his brain was hot, and the one behind him had already blurted out, and his words were sonorous.

Zhu Huai's eyes also flashed with a bright light, and he suddenly said loudly: "Zhuang, Lord Wu is arrogant, I Zhu Huai really didn't see the wrong person." Wu Ming of the Guards Battalion listened to the order. ”

Wu Ming's face was straight, and he said respectfully: "The last general will listen to the order." ”

"In this western expedition, Lord Wu was the commander of the Middle Route Army and led 15,000 cavalry from his headquarters to set off first. Try to make it as loud as possible so that you can confuse the enemy. Remember, your mission is not to defeat the enemy, as long as you can hold them back. ”

It turned out that the prime minister just had such an idea, and Wu Ming was slightly disappointed in his heart, but he still took a step forward and said loudly: "The last general will be ordered." ”

Zhu Huai took out a general order and handed it to him, then put his right hand on Wu Ming's shoulder, nodded, but didn't say anything.

He turned his head and glanced at everyone in the room, and said slowly: "In this way, the official westward expedition will be made in three days, so let's go down and prepare." ”