Chapter Eighty-Eight: Twenty Miles of Defense

The rain was sometimes heavy and sometimes light, and after three days, the rain gradually stopped, and the wind was gone, leaving a breeze and blowing a chill, and the dark clouds also faded, but did not dissipate, and as a final resistance, the sky was still gray, and it seemed that there was a tendency to rain.

"Ancestor, are you marching?"

After the heavy rain, Gong Xuanwu approached the tent of the ancestor of the Gong clan and asked.

"Let's march!"

The ancestor of the Gong clan glanced at the outside world, and he naturally knew that such weather was not suitable for marching, but a faint trace of uneasiness in his heart made him make this decision.

The drums of war sounded, and the army, which had rested for three days, reassembled, stepped on the muddy road, and marched to Anseong, a hundred miles away, along the way, scouts were constantly sent out to do a good job of gathering intelligence before the war.

Before every war, there was an intelligence war, the An army sent scouts to find out the information, Li Tang was not idle, a large number of bloody guards were sent out, so that the news came back in a steady stream and piled up on Li Tang's desk.

"Someone, pass on Zhao Yun, Bai Qi, see you in Mulan!"

Looking at the marching route of the Gong Clan's army in his hand, Li Tang's face was solemn and he said loudly.

War is imminent!

Zhao Yun, who was training soldiers in the school field, after Bai Qi and Hua Mulan received the order, they gave a little explanation, then rode on their war horses and rushed to the City Lord's Mansion as fast as possible.

On the bright hall, there is a map of fifty miles near Anseong, mountains and rivers, all-encompassing, all concentrated in the map, and three red arrows are the most conspicuous, all pointing to Anseong, which is the march of the Gong army.

"The last general will see the lord!"

After the four of them came in, they watched Li Tang staring at the map intently, and their hearts froze, and they immediately guessed what was going on, and said with a straight face.

"Hurry up and come and read this information. ”

Li Tang turned around and handed over the information on the desk to a few people, and after Zhao Yun and them caught it, they immediately flipped through it, making the whole room sound rustle, and the more information they read, the more solemn the faces of several people became.

"Let's talk about it, what are your plans?" Li Tang asked after they finished flipping through them.

"Lord, the enemy is outnumbered, menacing, and there is the existence of the ancestor of the martial king, and the fighting spirit is high, and the last general thinks that it is not possible to fight hard, but to focus on defense. Bai Qi said with a little thought.

Li Tang frowned and asked: "Bai Aiqing, although the Gong army's army is known as a 300,000 army, it will not be all together, among them, Gong Xuanwu's march speed is the fastest, coming in a hurry, and the soldiers are physically and mentally exhausted, at this time, as long as our side attacks, we will definitely be able to win a big victory, so that the strength of the two sides is equal, why focus on defense?"

For him, the best defense is to attack, and it is the best strategy to consume the strength of the enemy army by attacking.

Bai Qi shook his head slightly and said: "Lord, your method is feasible, but it is only a middle strategy, it can only solve the immediate crisis, but it is not beneficial to the future layout!"

When Li Tang heard this, he expressed doubts in his heart, and even Hua Mulan was full of curiosity, only Zhao Yun nodded in approval.

"The last general believes that there are two disadvantages of taking the initiative to send troops, one is that the army sends Gong Xuanwu, directly starts high-end combat effectiveness, it is not safe, it is good to win, once defeated, our side has no chance to turn the tables, and the second is to defeat Gong Xuanwu, only dampen Gong Xuanwu's strength, and it does not affect the overall situation, which is not conducive to attacking Qingxiao Country later!"

"Once the forces of the Gong clan are concentrated, our side will establish three lines of defense outside Ancheng, slowly erode the strength of the Gong clan's royal family, and finally do our best to annihilate all the 300,000 troops, so as to establish a fierce reputation, and go out to conquer the counties of Qingxiao Country, we will flee from the wind, and it will be easy to capture Qingxiao Country!"

Bai Qi said calmly, thoughtful, so that Li Tang nodded, I have to admit that this is a good method, but there is also a certain risk, so he asked:

"Zilong, what do you think of Mulan?"

Zhao Yun looked at Bai Qi with admiring eyes, and on his handsome face, a smile appeared that was slightly the same as that of a hero: "Lord, this is the best policy!"

Mulan's cold and beautiful face was also full of approval: "General Bai has far-reaching vision, not only can solve the immediate crisis, but also think of the future development, Mulan admires!"

Seeing that the three of them agreed, Li Tang nodded and said, "Since this is the case, why should we discuss how to establish three lines of defense to make them an encirclement and annihilate the enemy army." ”

A few people nodded, and soon there was a sound of discussion in the room, each expressing his own opinion, in your word, my sentence, the white map, drawn with dense marks, and finally combined into a net.

It took only a few hours for this negotiation to gradually complete the three lines of defense, and the main contents were as follows.

The first line of defense: 20 kilometers away from Anseong, the Midan River, along the river to arrange a defensive line, easy to defend and difficult to attack, led by Zhao Yun 100,000 Changshan Army garrison, the main task is to delay the enemy for half a month.

The second line of defense: a granary eleven kilometers away from Anseong, which is full of grain, garrisoned by 10,000 god-killing troops led by Mulan, when the Gong army attacks, it shows the appearance of rout, and it is best to be broken through by the enemy in one fell swoop.

The third line of defense: Tiancang Ridge, five kilometers away from Ancheng, cut off its official road, with the help of the prominent mountain, led by Bai Qi to kill the god army to garrison, the main task is to close the net, annihilate the enemy, and it is also the venue for the decisive battle.

Three lines of defense, east and west as long as 20 miles, dotted all over the place, seemingly irrelevant, but closely linked, real and virtual, virtual and virtual, so that people can not perceive, once careless, deep in it, ten deaths.

After the discussion, Li Tang suddenly stood up and said: "The generals are fighting outside, don't be flexible, when you encounter a crisis, you can make your own decisions first, and then report in time, this king will never be angry with others because of this." ”

After hearing this, Zhao Yun and the three of them were overjoyed, and immediately said: "The lord understands the righteousness!"

Will be outside, the military order is not subject to it!

This sentence is not just talking, but a real existence, a war is changing rapidly, and the plan may not be able to catch up with the changes, so the generals need to be able to play on the spot, which will more or less violate the king's order and commit the crime of defrauding the king.

And Li Tang's words shattered the invisible barrier, completely eliminated the worries in their hearts, and at the same time, it also reflected their trust in them.

In the next two days, Anseong had entered a state of martial law, although the city gate was wide open, but the people were not allowed to enter or leave, walking to the front line of the vanguard troops, the guards transporting grain and grass, and the bloody guards in a hurry, so that the atmosphere of the whole city was depressing, as if a big stone pressed in the heart.

On the third day, the Changshan army set out, tens of thousands of troops were ready to go, the flag covered the sky and the sun, under the leadership of Zhao Yun, quickly crossed the city wall, stepped on the moat bridge, and ran towards the Midan River.

And Li Tang stood on the city tower, his face was calm, and he seemed to be used to such a scene, the Battle of Qingcheng, the Battle of Han Chucheng, the Battle of Jianliucheng, and the Battle of Luoyungou had honed his mind into steel and was indestructible!

waved his hand to watch the army leave, and after a long time, he said to the man behind him:

"Gong Ancestor, can you deal with it?"

When Gonggong Zhang heard this, his face was full of solemnity and said, "Don't worry, Lord, he can't defeat me!"

Li Tang nodded, he heard the sound of this, the ancestor of the Gong family could not defeat Gonggong Zhang, but Gonggong Zhang could not defeat the ancestor of the Gong family, and the two should be indistinguishable.

Everything is wonderful, the law of freedom between the dark and the dark!

(End of chapter)