What does he mean by that?

The prince actually knows the art of war?

It's not like you're cramming on the spot, and you're just going to show off if you learn something casually, right?

Although several generals had speculation and doubts in their hearts, they could only say respectfully on their faces: "But listen to His Royal Highness the Prince's dispatch." ”

Li Cong's slender fingers gently picked up a slightly longer dry branch on the sand table, pointed at a high ground around the river, and said lightly: "Jin Bing has entered Duo County and Cang County, do you mean that his next target is Chen County in the south?" ”

Everyone looked around and was silent, which was considered a tacit acquiescence.

Li Cong pursed his lips and chuckled, and the withered branch lightly tapped a high ground on the sand table.

"Then if you take Chen County, the south is Hulu Mountain. This mountain is extremely high, the river under the mountain is turbulent, and there are 10,000 soldiers and horses of Hu Fengxian stationed on the opposite bank all year round. Once our army attacked from the southwest flank at the same time on the Jingbei Road, the Jin soldiers would be besieged in Hulukou. In this way, seizing Chen County is tantamount to cocooning themselves, will they be so stupid? ”

"But," Wang Ran said with a red face, "I heard that the Jin soldiers have reinforced Cang and Duo, and yesterday the last general discussed with a few colleagues, and everyone thought that they were going south in one fell swoop after seizing Chen County. After all, this road is the closest to the capital. ”

"It's possible," Chen Chong, the deputy general who had not spoken, said at this time: "A few of us think that the Jin soldiers may go south in one fell swoop, after all, there have been wars in previous years when they picked quarrels and provoked troubles just to open up a few cattle and horse markets, so I just guessed." In such a humble opinion, I also ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to give instructions. ”

"No," Li Cong nodded to the eastern edge of Hulu Mountain, and said firmly: "This time, they are not for the mutual market, nor are they simply robbing a few cities, they are going south to invade Kyoto." And the method is to break the Yaozhou pass. ”

"Yaozhou?" Everyone's eyes fell on the place where the dead branch was lit, as if the branch had the power of ten thousand powers, and it would poke a hole in the sand table at any time.

"Break through the state first and then enter Duo County, just to make a sound. Now the reinforcements of the army seem to be heading in the direction of Chen County, but at most they will reach Cang County, and they will go east. These northern fortresses are the cities of Yaozhou, which are low and in disrepair. And Yaozhou to the south can be described as a flat river, less than half a month can travel to the national capital. Once we go northwest, we will be caught off guard by the golden soldiers. At that time, His Majesty and the people who guarded the national capital could only rely on Henan Province for support. Henan Road to the north has to pass through the Qinling Mountains, and there is only one waterway in the Yellow River, and it is the flood season. You say, what will be the result? ”

The generals around the sand table were silent, and took a breath after a long time.

What will be the result.

Before they can come back, the capital will fall. Even if they unite with the Henan Provincial Government to break the city again to rescue them later, it is likely that the people in the city will be buried.

Not to mention His Majesty the Emperor, even their families are unable to save their lives.

Fortunately, the regent stayed in Beijing to supervise the country.

But no matter how brave you are, one person can't reach ten thousand armies.

After a silence like a freezer in the air, one of the generals said tentatively: "The last general thinks that they are looking for provocation this time. ”

This doubt woke up the generals, and they all looked up at Li Cong. That look seemed to say: Yes, why is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sure that they are attacking the national capital this time?

Li Cong smiled at the corner of his lips, dropped the dead branch in his hand, paced a few steps in the tent, and said slowly: "Three months ago, the Jin people sent spies into our country and secretly compraded grain and grass. In the country of Jin, it is even more powerful to concentrate grain, grass and horses. With such a painstaking effort but a long time of planning, do you really think that it is only for the mutual market? The main palace does not know how the state of Maozhou, which has been garrisoned by thousands of people added by the main palace, was breached, but I only know that if we don't send them back to the Ussuri River this time, we will wait for the land to fall! ”

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