Chapter 40: Fight your own rhythm of war
There were not many people who attended this military meeting, only the northern camp support envoy, Fenghua Jiedu envoy Huang Fuhui, the capital supervisor Yao Feng, Chuzhou Assassin Wang Shaoyan, as well as two deputy generals from the Fenghua Army and five deputy generals from the Southern Tang Forbidden Army.
Looking at the people in the room, Qi King Li Jingsui frowned slightly, and asked unhappily: "Didn't Fang Cai inform all the people who had participated in the special forces training to participate in the meeting?" Why can't you see them? ”
Several people in the room looked at each other a little embarrassed, Huang Fuhui stroked the gray beard under his chin, and said: "His Royal Highness King Qi, those people are the leaders and captains of the army, and because of the confidentiality of the military situation, they are not required to participate." ”
Huang Fuhui, originally a native of Weizhou, has been a soldier since Tang Zhuangzong, and was later promoted to worship the history of Chenzhou and Mizhou because of his bravery. When the Later Jin Dynasty was in turmoil, Huang Fuhui led his family and the people of the state to defect to Jiangnan, Li Jing appointed him as the assassin of Shezhou at that time, and is now the envoy of the Fenghua Army, guarding Jiangzhou, and has just been transferred to the north of the Shouzhou War by a holy decree to support the camp.
Li Jingsui bowed his hand to the old general, and said with a straight face: "The Great War between the North and the South will affect the future development of the Tang Dynasty, which is extraordinary. These people have all trained intensively with Lord Lin Fenglin, and they have all gone to Qingyuan to participate in the battle of more than 100,000 people, and they have rich combat experience, so let's invite them over to discuss together! ”
To be honest, it wasn't that Li Jingsui himself cared about these people, but that Lin Feng particularly emphasized it in his urgent letter to him.
In the urgent letter, Lin Feng first briefly reported the current military situation in the north one by one, and then predicted and discussed the three stages of the war between the Tang Dynasty and the north:
The first stage is an offensive and defensive battle centered on Shouzhou, and Lin Feng is sure to kill the enemy and stop the enemy in Shouzhou, and it is initially expected that it will take at least two months. It is believed that Wu Yue and the Southern Han Dynasty will soon follow the Zhou State and send heavy troops, and the Tang Dynasty will have a difficult period of being attacked on three sides; Later, it is highly likely that the Northern Han and Liao will jointly send troops south to put pressure on the Zhou in the north; The special fighters in the Jinjiang region will continue to organize harassment attacks in the local area, and continue to increase the pressure on the Zhou State.
The second stage is the period to deal with the siege of the Zhou State, and the Zhou State, which has not been able to attack for a long time, is very likely to continue to besiege Shouzhou, and begin to divide troops to attack the surrounding state capitals, focusing on attacking reinforcements from all walks of life. In view of this stage, Lin Feng suggested that all localities exchange space for time, clear the wilderness, hold on, wait for the enemy to be tired, and wait for the enemy to run out of food before counterattacking. During this period, you must not act rashly, be attacked by the enemy, lose your ground, and lose your position.
The third stage is the period of collective counteroffensive on the whole front, starting from the Jinjiang area in the north, and starting from Shouzhou on the Huaihe line, a comprehensive counterattack, collectively attacking the territory of the Zhou State, and then defending and capturing the area, waiting for the north to come to negotiate.
In the second half of the urgent letter, Lin Feng repeatedly emphasized that the importance of this big war is self-evident, and the Tang army must play its own rhythm and give full play to its own advantages in local combat, and must not be led by the nose by the other party. Lin Feng also specifically mentioned that Chuzhou is the gateway to the north of Jinling City, and there must be no room for loss, and the reinforcements must not go north to rescue, just stick to Qingliuguan and Chuzhou.
In the end, Lin Feng earnestly suggested to King Qi that all the talents who had undergone special training in the reinforcements could be selected to brainstorm and work together to meet the enemy.
Some time ago, Li Jingsui did not participate in the private interview of Shouzhou Weifu because he wanted to sit in Beijing, and all he heard from the two brothers was how solid Shouzhou's defense was, how developed science and technology were, and how people's hearts were cohesive. Because of this, after Li Jingsui arrived at Qingliu Pass, he directly gave such an order that these bigwigs couldn't understand.
Huang Fuhui looked at the others, nodded to the lieutenant generals, and the two lieutenant generals from the forbidden army and the Fenghua army walked out quickly.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Huang Fuhui told his overall battle plan: Chuzhou reinforcements were attacking and defending, leaving 10,000 Fenghua troops in Chuzhou and 5,000 forbidden troops in Qingliuguan; On the top of the North General, the highest peak of the mountains northwest of Qingliu Pass, a beacon tower was built, and the garrison monitored the enemy situation in the north day and night; The remaining 25,000 forbidden troops and 10,000 Fenghua troops rushed north to aid Shouzhou.
After listening to this, Li Jingsui was noncommittal, turned his head and asked Wang Shaoyan to ask Wang Shaoyan, "Wang Tingshi, when I passed through Chuzhou in the afternoon, I found that the city gate was not closed, and there were not many soldiers on the city, so I don't know how Chuzhou is preparing to meet the enemy?" ”
Wang Shaoyan is an elegant fat man with white hair, he and Song Qiqiu are basically contemporaries, famous for good calligraphy, and once ordered to write Song Qiqiu accompanied Lie Zu to Jinling City in the Phoenix Terrace poem stone carving.
Hearing King Qi's almost reprimanding question, Wang Shaoyan's fair fat face turned red, and he hurriedly bowed down and replied: "Xiaguan has mobilized the people in the whole city to repair the city wall, the military camp in the city has also been sorted out, the army has been stationed in the barracks, and the whole city can enter a state of war tomorrow morning." ”
Li Jing then turned to several lieutenant generals and asked them what they thought of the battle situation, and several lieutenants unanimously agreed with Huang Fuhui's plan.
Because Li Jingsui fell into deep thought, there was silence in the room for a moment, and at this time, the two lieutenant generals who had just left the palace walked in with two Fenghua army captains, three capital heads, and one forbidden army captain, and saluted the king of Qi and the adults in the tent together.
Li Jingsui motioned for them to excuse himself, told Lin Feng's prediction about the overall situation of the Great War in the South, and asked everyone's opinions.
Such an important thing has to wait until these juniors come over to talk about it?! Huang Fuhui's old face was stunned, and he immediately retorted: "His Royal Highness King Qi, his subordinates think that Lord Lin's prediction has at least two uncertainties, one is that Shouzhou can really withstand the siege of nearly 200,000 Zhou State troops? If I can't stand it, my northern portal will be lost, Huainan will be in danger, and Jinling will be in danger! The second is that our Tang Dynasty has a vast territory, and once the nearly 200,000 troops are divided into the south, there will inevitably be battlefields everywhere, and the battle situation is easy to erode. It was suggested that heavy troops should be gathered to support the north, and the battle with the Zhou State should be decided under the city of Shouzhou, and the battle should be quickly ended. ”
Li Jingsui looked at Yao Feng, Wang Shaoyan and the others, and found that they were all nodding their heads again and again, looking like I would approve of what you say.
A captain of the Fenghua Army, whose face was like a heavy jujube and had a strong body, raised his head several times, and finally couldn't help it, stood up and bowed: "There will be different opinions in the end." ”
Huang Fuhui's eyes widened angrily, and he snorted lightly: "Wu Qing, in front of King Qi, don't believe it!" ”
Li Jingsui shook his head and encouraged loudly: "Knowing everything, saying everything, whatever Wu Duwei thinks, just say it!" ”
Wu Qing secretly glanced at Huang Fuhui and said loudly: "The last general once participated in General Lin's special training, and knows that the special forces are rigorous, if Lord Lin says that he can defend Shouzhou, it must be a conclusion that has been reached after careful calculation and careful research." Then Shouzhou City must not worry about us. At the same time, the last general thought that the idea that General Huangfu had a war was very dangerous, and greatly underestimated the strength of the Zhou State. ”
Huang Fuhui snorted coldly in dissatisfaction, his angry eyes widened, and he said loudly: "The old man was born in the northern army, and he has seen a lot of armies in various dynasties and places, among which there are not many troops that can recruit good fighters. In addition to the superior strength of the forbidden army in the Zhou State, the armies in other places are almost equivalent to the personal private soldiers of the envoys of each section, and fighting this kind of battle will definitely prevent Guo Wei from taking the opportunity to weaken his own strength, and he will definitely not contribute to the work. The old man thinks that the Tang army can be assembled and fight head-on! ”
Wu Qing sighed secretly in his heart, after he came back from the special army, he also thought about defecting to Lin Feng's army, but he was sneered at by this stubborn and arrogant old general, so he failed to make the trip, and he has since become a thorn in Huang Fuhui's side, and he always has to reprimand himself every time he meets.
Wu Qing bowed to Huangfu Hui and said softly: "General Huangfu's analysis is indeed very reasonable, but the last general agrees with Lord Lin's analysis of the battle situation. Especially now, our situation in Chuzhou is actually more dangerous than that of Shouzhou! ”
Before Huang Fuhui could speak, Li Jingsui raised his hand to stop him, and said to Wu Qing in a harmonious voice: "Wu Duwei, please speak!" ”