Chapter 310: The Smoke Rises (1)
Ling Yi had doubts, but Wei Yinan was not ready to explain, so Ling Yi could only follow behind him.
When he came to the big tent of the Chinese army, Wei Yinan showed his identity to the guards and walked in with Lingyi.
This made Ling Yi very strange, the last time he came, Wei Zhi held a meeting here, and he didn't have such a strict air defense, and now I don't know what's going on, ten steps and one post around the big tent, the entire big tent of the Chinese army is surrounded by water, and even Tang Zheng is personally guarding outside the tent!
Ling Yi followed Wei Yinan and walked into the tent, and at this time, there were many generals standing in the camp tent, all around the sand table.
Ling Yi and Wei Yinan came in, but they didn't attract the attention of these generals, only to see many generals discussing fiercely there.
"I'm stationed in the grassland, and I won't go anywhere else!"
"Where do you go, where do I go? Anyway, the Wanqing grassland is mine, no one should come to rob it, I will issue a military order!"
"Who won't issue a military order, are you as strong as my troops?"
"I don't care, I'll follow the prince, where he goes, where do I follow?"
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The chaotic sound echoed in the tent, and Ling Yi had roughly heard the problem, in a word: there is going to be a war!
No wonder the soldiers outside began to pack their bags, this is the rhythm of pulling out the camp, I don't know what the situation is, from the situation of the soldiers and the discussion of the generals, Ling Yi knows that this is not a small war. But he was stationed in Laoguipo, and he didn't find any difference, and the herdsmen on his side and the herdsmen in the Northern Wilderness did not evacuate, and they didn't look like they were going to fight.
The generals were still arguing, and Ling Yi felt strange that they were competing for the task of garrisoning the Wanqing checkpoint, and they did not discuss the enemy's situation, let alone a specific battle plan, as if they were just a group of unrelated personnel arguing there.
Just when Ling Yi was strange, he only heard Wei Zhi, who was standing in the middle of the sand table, speak: "Okay, stop!"
As soon as Wei Zhi spoke, all the generals closed their mouths, looked at Wei Zhi solemnly, and waited for Wei Zhi to deploy.
Wei Zhi looked at the generals and said, "They are all generals of one side, and they have participated in a lot of battles, why are they still so uncomposed?"
Everyone bowed their heads, only Liao Wei opened his mouth and said: "My prince, this meeting has been held three or four times, you didn't ask us except for defense, what tactics, what combat plan, we want to say, you don't let it, now we have to assign a defensive position, anything else, we really don't know what to say!"
Wei Zhi listened to Liao Wei's words and asked: "This battle is to be fought, but I don't know how to fight, I have to go back to Qingcheng to discuss with the emperor, your task is to garrison the border, you can't lose it, and the rest will be decided when I come back!"
"But ......"
Liao Wei still wanted to speak, but was blocked by Wei Zhi's words: "The generals will listen to the order!"
At the sound of an order, all the generals in armor stood solemnly and solemnly, waiting for Wei Zhi's order!
Wei Zhi turned to Wu Liang and asked, "Military Division, how many troops are still stationed in the border guard camp?"
Wu Liang stepped forward and replied: "Now there are a total of 60,000 border troops stationed in the garrison, and there are still 30,000 border troops who are taking turns to prepare for war!"
"Order! All border troops are in a state of combat readiness and report the border situation at any time, such as the attack in the Northern Wilderness, only defend but not attack! The preparation troops are stationed in the middle army camp of Tianyu City, and they are ready to support all border guard camps at any time!"
Wu Liang ordered: "Order!"
Wei Zhi looked at Liao Wei and Guo Xiaolin, and the two of them didn't wait for Wei Zhi to order, and stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to prepare to receive orders.
"Liao Wei, how many troops can you use in your heavy cavalry corps?" Wei Zhi asked.
Liao Wei replied: "The last general has more than 52,000 cavalry!"
Wei Zhi looked at Guo Xiaolin again: "How many cavalry are available in the light cavalry corps?"
Guo Xiaolin said: "70,000 light cavalry can participate in the battle!"
Wei Zhi ordered: "You each send 20,000 cavalry to garrison Gupanshan and Xizhou respectively, and the light cavalry corps will transfer another 20,000 cavalry, I will use it for other purposes, and the rest of the cavalry will camp in Wanqing Checkpoint!"
As soon as they heard Wei Zhi speak, the two generals instantly came to their senses, and hurriedly shouted: "Get the order!"
Needless to say, Gupan Mountain is the key point of the eastern line of Bingzhou, and this Xizhou is the junction of Bingzhou and Yongzhou, where one side is the Northern Wilderness, and the other side is Yongzhou, which is the military fortress of Bingzhou and Yongzhou.
Wanqing Grassland is the gateway to the entire state, and whether the Northern Wilderness is invaded by a large army depends on the defense of Wanqing Checkpoint.
The two generals were ordered to get up, and Wei Zhi spoke again: "Ding Lifeng listens to the order!"
"The last general!" I saw an old general, who stepped forward and knelt on one knee!
Wei Zhi asked, "How many troops can the infantry corps have?"
I saw the veteran reply: "60,000 infantry, all can go to the front!"
Wei Zhi ordered: "Gupan Mountain, Xizhou, and Wanqing checkpoints, each send 20,000 troops! The hard-working old general is stationed in Gupan Mountain and has full command!"
"Order!" the old general commanded.
"Wanji Kai!"
"The last general!" a burly man with upper arms knelt down in front of Wei Zhi.
Just listened, Wei Zhi ordered: "The 30,000 soldiers of the crossbow army are in three fortresses, each with 10,000! You are stationed in Xizhou, and Xizhou will be under your full command!"
"The last general commands!" the general commanded.
"Wu Junshi, you are responsible for the logistics transfer, you are fully responsible for the grain and grass baggage, and when I am not there, you will negotiate with you to join the army and command the Wanqing Checkpoint!"
Wu Liang stepped forward to receive the order: "Obey!"
Wei Zhi continued: "Wu Lingyi listens to orders!"
Ling Yi originally thought that he had nothing to do, but in the end, he was named by Wei Zhi, and hurriedly stepped forward to listen to the order: "The last general!"
At this time, all the generals found out that Ling Yi was already waiting in the army's big tent.
I only heard Wei Zhi order: "Wu Lingyi, you lead the ruffian to Youzhou, always pay attention to the border defense situation in Youzhou, the Youzhou military reported to the Gupanshan military camp in time, and the other 20,000 light cavalry were transferred to respond in Youzhou!"
"The last general commands!" Ling Yi took the order to get up and retreat to the side.
After Wei Zhi saw that the arrangement was almost complete, he said to the generals: "The generals listen to the order!"
All the generals stepped forward to listen to the order, including Ling Yi this time.
"On this march, without my order, no one can attack without authorization, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!"
The generals shouted: "Command!"
"The day after tomorrow morning, the camp will be marched, and the logistics troops will set off tonight to transport the grain and grass to the various garrisons in advance!"
"Command!" replied the generals.
"Okay, let's go down and prepare!Wu Lingyi stays!" Wei Zhi commanded the generals, no longer speaking, just staring at the sand table in front of him.
All the generals retired one after another, and when they passed by Ling Yi's side, those generals who had been armed with Ling Yi smiled at Ling Yi, and the soldiers didn't say much, and walked out!
At this time, the huge camp tent left only the military advisors Wu Liang, Wei Yinan and Ling Yi.
Wei Zhi looked at the sand table and suddenly said, "Can you see the situation this time?"
Ling Yi was strange, he didn't know who Wei Zhi was asking, and he turned his head to see Wu Liang and Wei Yinan, both of them looked at him, it seemed that Wei Zhi was asking about himself.
Ling Yi had no choice but to step forward and reply: "Looking at it now, this zhang can't fight!"
Wei Zhi looked back at Ling Yi strangely and asked, "Tell me, why can't you fight!"
Before Ling Yi came to the sand table, he said: "I came down from the old turtle slope, and I didn't find any military action in the Northern Wilderness, that is to say, this time it was not to defend against the attack of the Northern Wilderness!"
Wei Zhi nodded and said, "Go on!"
Ling Yi said: "From the perspective of the military strength of the state, 90,000 border guards, although it is a bit small, but according to the advantages of terrain and other advantages, there is no need for so many elite troops to support it. What's more, if all the elite troops are gathered, a total of 190,000 elite soldiers and strong generals, if they really want to raid the Northern Wilderness, they will be able to contain the military force of the Northern Wilderness more than defense! If you make a surprise attack on the Northern Wilderness now, I am sure that this will achieve very good results, and the Northern Wilderness is defenseless, I guess His Majesty the Emperor just wants you to sneak attack the Northern Wilderness, right? But you are divided into three places, and you have no intention of attacking at all, and you have delayed the march until the day after tomorrow!"
Wei Zhi nodded appreciatively and asked, "Do you know why I'm so divided into three ways?"
Ling Yi thought for a while and said: "The prince is not ready to attack, you are worried about Youzhou and Yongzhou, if you attack the Northern Wilderness, then the Northern Wilderness can only be defended in the Wanqing Grassland, and then all their forces will be aimed at you, so that Youzhou will not be the focus of the Northern Wilderness." Now that the state is in charge of defense, if I am the general of the Northern Wilderness, I will turn to attack Youzhou, so that the garrison of Gupan Mountain can support Youzhou in time!"
Wei Zhi and Wu Liang nodded approvingly and said, "What you said is basically right, then do you know why there is this operation?"
Ling Yi replied: "When I just came in, I heard the prince say that he wanted to go back to Qingcheng to discuss important matters with His Majesty the Emperor, and the Northern Wilderness has no intention of aggression, so I guess that His Majesty the Emperor wants to use troops against the Northern Wilderness, and not only against the Northern Wilderness, since you are still worried about Xizhou, that is to say, there will also be a war in Yongzhou." If it is the Rakshasa sending troops, then it will not let the states make such a big move, it can be guessed that His Majesty the Emperor is going to send troops to the two empires at the same time!"
The three people on the side of "Papapa...... praised Ling Yi's analysis.
Wei Zhi nodded and said: "You're right, after so many years of cultivation, His Majesty the Emperor is ready to use troops against the Rakshasas, this is a counterattack to the Rakshasa invasion of Yongzhou for many years, this is reasonable, after all, Yongzhou has been disturbed all the year round, so it is time to give them some color, so that they will also get the support of the people." However, His Majesty the Emperor is too anxious, he thinks that our Merge Prefecture is militarily strong, and we can expand the territory of Merge Prefecture and deter the Northern Wilderness Orcs, even if we can't expand, we must subdue them, so that they dare not easily harass the border people of Merge Prefecture!"
The more Ling Yi listened, the more he frowned, he didn't know the situation in Yongzhou, and it was not good to comment, but he still had his own thoughts: "Prince, this is not the time to use soldiers!"
"Why isn't it the right time to use troops?" Wei Zhi asked.
Ling Yi replied: "Through the prince's operation for so many years, although the Northern Wilderness cavalry attacked the state, it did not cause losses to the people, and the resources that were plundered every year were not very many. But once the war is started, then the biggest loss must be the people, and the prince's hard work for so many years will be in vain!"