Spreading out the battle map, Chen Sheng's hand slashed heavily on the two markers on the map. The map looks relatively rudimentary, but it only roughly indicates the corresponding geographical location and the geography of the mountains and rivers, and this kind of map is far from satisfying the needs of marching and fighting. But this was already the best effort of the intelligence department of the Blackwater Pavilion. Tian Peng and others had not been in South Vietnam for a long time, and it was already very good to be able to provide a simple map and the distribution of the enemy forces relative to them.

Several generals surrounded Chen Sheng, staring at the map following Chen Sheng's gestures, listening to Chen Sheng analyze the current battle situation.

"Now the tide of war is not in our favor." At the war mobilization meeting, Chen Sheng's first sentence was like this. "The main army of the Qin army's five routes, one of which has been completely defeated, and the other roads are still fighting hard, and now the front-line soldiers are tired, and the rear is short of food and grass, and it is a big dilemma now." Chen Sheng paused and said, "That's why we're here. Speaking of this, a heavy look appeared on Chen Sheng's face, pointed to the pass on the west side of the map, and said, "Our two-way army has retreated to the city. The march into Xi'ou has slowed down, and now the attention of the war is focused on Yangshan Pass and Hengpu Pass, and whether the Qin army is able to capture these two passes is not up to the soldiers who are now knocking on the pass, but on us. ”

When Chen Sheng said this, a touch of coldness appeared on his face. He slammed his fist into Longchuan City, and said in a deep voice: "Longchuan City! There are 100,000 troops here, and the hoarded grain and grass are countless, every day the barbarian king of Nanyue can transport the grain and grass to the border pass, and continuously lose combat effectiveness for the resistance army, if Longchuan is in the hands of the barbarian king one day, then the longer these two passes will be broken, the greater the blow to the Qin army, so the raid on Longchuan is an action we must take!" Speaking of this, Chen Sheng added: "And we have been entering the South Vietnam for some time, I think the South Vietnamese people also know our movements, the soldiers are fast, if we don't take the initiative to attack, when the barbarian king Meng Heilong comes to his senses, we will fall into a situation of being passively beaten." With our 20,000 combat strength against 100,000 enemy troops who have been carefully prepared, do we still have a chance of winning? ”

As the commander of this army, Chen Sheng has the final decision-making power. However, when Chen Sheng formulated his strategy, he was not dictatorial, but let his staff officers and generals express their opinions, and then make the most appropriate way after referring to it. In fact, Chen Sheng did not have the experience of leading troops on a large scale, this time he led an army of 20,000 troops, plus logistics personnel, a team of nearly 25,000 people, if there was no staff officer Li Zuoche to help on the side, he would have been in a hurry.

Most of the generals present were selected by Chen Sheng from among the low-level officers in the Ouyue Army, and most of them did not know anything about the art of war, but they were all fierce generals who went into battle. Hearing Chen Sheng's words, they all nodded and had no opinion. However, there are also some timid guys, who are a little uneasy when they hear that Chen Sheng wants to use the combat strength of 20,000 people to sneak attack the enemy's city with an army of 100,000. Although Longchuan City is not large, if there are 10,000 defenders, it will take at least 30,000 or 50,000 to completely surround it, and there is a possibility of breaking the city. And Chen Sheng actually wanted to attack Longchuan City, which was guarded by 100,000 troops around with 20,000 people, no matter how he thought, this plan was a little inappropriate. There was a moment of silence.

Li Shen, who came with the army, was the first to break the silence. Listening to Chen Sheng's bold plan, he couldn't hold back the anger in his heart.

20,000 people want to attack Longchuan City, are you crazy kid? Li Shen, who has read several military books, is familiar with the operational principles in "The Art of War". He said with a calm face, "My lord, I don't think it's appropriate. ”

"Tell me." Seeing that it was Li Shen who spoke. Chen Sheng raised his eyebrows, but his face was calm as usual. In the end, Li Shen was unable to get rid of the appointment of the imperial court, and was forced to follow Chen Sheng into the military camp of the Southern Expedition. It's a pity that his military power is restricted by Chen Sheng, in the name of a tun chief, but there is no soldier under his banner, and even the guards are his henchmen and henchmen brought from Xianyang. Fortunately, the military system of the Qin army stipulates that every five people are a team, every five thousand people are a tun, and the commander's personal guard is one-tenth of the army led by himself, that is, 500 people. The guards brought by Li Shen were only 200 people, which was far less than the commander's escort force, and Chen Sheng did not find fault in this regard.

"The art of war is cloudy: ten are to surround it, and five are to attack it. However, in terms of the comparison of troops, our county is far inferior to the enemy, so it is not appropriate to take the initiative to provoke the enemy and make the move of hitting stones with eggs. ”

Chen Sheng sneered slightly and said, "According to Lord Li, what should our army do?" ”

Li Shen showed a reserved smile on his face and said, "Set up camp on the spot." We have penetrated deep into South Vietnam, and in fact we have already planted a nail in the back of such a South Vietnamese barbarian, and we do not need to do anything to deter the enemy army to the greatest extent and make it dare not act rashly. In this way, the enemy's forces to the pass will naturally be reduced. In this way, we can surrender without a fight! ”

Hearing this, a very strange expression appeared on Chen Sheng's face. After a while, he asked: "Master Li, you just said that the enemy's strength is several times that of ours, if we set up camp here, do you think Meng Heilong will lead an army of 100,000 to attack us in five rules?" Chen Sheng smiled coldly again and said, "Even if the enemy doesn't attack, how can we raise food and grass for our army?" Although we have ships to transport food from the sea, there must be a prerequisite that we can take the lead in the war to ensure the safety of our food routes, so your plan will not work. ”

Li Shen was stimulated by Chen Sheng's words, and he said angrily: "Could it be that 20,000 people go to attack a city defended by 100,000 troops, and don't they hit stones with eggs?" ”

"Who said I'm going to attack the city?" A trace of disdain flashed between Chen Sheng's eyebrows, and then he redrew the two places on the map that were encircled by cinnabar, and said: "Longchuan City is like a fierce tiger, and these two camps are its sharp claws exposed to us. The first thing we have to do is concentrate our strength, chop off the two outstretched claws, and then slowly pull out its teeth. Finally give it another fatal blow. Chen Sheng's tone became a little gloomy. After a while, Chen Sheng's tone changed abruptly and became impassioned: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is our first battle into South Vietnam, and we must win it completely. After the victory, all the spoils of war will go to the heroes and soldiers! ”