Jiang Feng leaned back on the chair calmly and smiled faintly: "What, I know I'm looking for you?"

"Jun Gong, Fang Cai said it so categorically, he must be confident, but there are still some differences between my views and that of Shichiro. Wang Miao paused, "I still feel that we are not sure, even if we can win Qingzhou, it is estimated that we will pay a great price, and it will even be beyond our imagination." ”

"Are you worried about Qingzhou (Yidu)?" Jiang Feng was silent for a moment.

"Qingzhou City is the leading city in the Pinglu Army, and the only city that can be compared with Qingzhou is probably Qizhou City, both of which are high and thick-walled, and there are a lot of people in the city, and thousands of people can be dispatched to help defend the city in an emergency, so Zhu Mao's little force to fight Qizhou, at most it is containment, maybe Zizhou will go to a military reinforcement, but it is impossible to mobilize Qingzhou troops. Wang Miao introduced.

Jiang Feng's face became a little serious, he realized that Qingzhou was not easy to fight, and he was mentally prepared to pay some price, but he didn't expect the situation introduced by Wang Miao to be so grim.

"At present, the number of troops stationed in Qingzhou City is about 15,000 people, except for the Wang Shouzhongya Army of the three armies, and the Pinglu Left Army of the three armies, all of which are elite, well, there is a cavalry army among them. Wang Miao ignored the change in Jiang Feng's face, and said to himself: "My personal judgment, if we can't control the Qingzhou garrison below 10,000 people, we won't be able to defeat Qingzhou City, or even if we can do it, its losses will reach a point that we can't afford." ”

Jiang Feng was silent, Wang Miao's worry was not without reason, with the height of the Qingzhou city wall and the defense system that the Wang family had operated for many years, this worry was even slightly lower.

Five out of ten sieges in the Art of War may not be generalized, but if you don't have more than three times the number of troops, it is indeed very difficult to attack a fortified city, unless you have special means.

In Jiang Feng's view, if you want to capture Qingzhou City, under the premise of excluding the interference of other factors, it is more certain to attack with five times the force, but now it is difficult for the Huaiyou (Wuning) Army to free up 50,000 troops, even if it is to carry out strategic deception on the front line of Yishui, Linyi and Xiapi, and use the garrison army and the people to drag down the Pinglu Army in Mizhou and Haizhou, but it still needs a few armies to cover up.

At present, only the 10 armies of the Huaiyou Left Army have really completed the formation of the Huaiyou Left Army, the Huaiyou Right Army, the Wuning Left Army, and the Wuning Right Army have only completed the formation of six armies, plus the Ya Army and the six army cavalry armies that have already completed the formation, and at present, except for the regular armies of the Navy, the Xuejun, which can be put into land wars, Jiang Feng has 35 armies with a total of 87,500 men and horses.

However, the Huaiyou Right Army was stationed in Huainan Prefectures, and the Wuning Left Army had just captured Yunzhou, although it was not necessary for all six armies to be stationed in Yunzhou, but at least two armies needed to be retained, and at the same time, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and Sizhou also needed garrisons, plus the three armies that needed to be used to strategically deceive and drag down the Pinglu Army in Haimi and Haimi Prefecture on the Yizhou front, and the troops that could really be freed up for attacking Qingzhou did not exceed 18 armies and 45,000 people at most.

Again, this is an ideal situation that excludes any other contingencies and possibilities, but in practice it is impossible, and it is impossible not to set aside one or two military forces as a reserve for dealing with contingencies.

Therefore, the force that can really be invested in attacking Qingzhou is about fifteen to sixteen armies, that is, about 40,000 people.

If the cavalry of the two armies were removed, the actual number of men who could actually start a siege battle would be 35,000.

Jiang Feng likes to use data to calculate, although this is not completely accurate, but this can be analyzed intuitively to the greatest extent, which is relatively more scientific and reasonable.

In this case, the defenders in Qingzhou City must find a way to control it below 10,000 people, but this is probably Wang Shouzhong's limit, Wang Shouzhong is unlikely to reduce the number of troops in Qingzhou City to less than 10,000 people, 10,000 horses, is a node.

"Zhu Mao can't mobilize the Qingzhou defenders, and the East Sea Pirates can't mobilize the Qingzhou defenders, the role of their two sides is at most a force to contain Qizhou and Zizhou, and a town army to contain Denglai and Erzhou, then we have no chance of winning this battle, unless we can find other ways to let the Qingzhou defenders take away. Jiang Feng nodded.

Wang Miao is bold and careful, and he is particularly specialized in tactical analysis and arrangement, and he is a very typical staff officer, which Jiang Feng particularly admires.

"Well, there are more than 5,000 defenders, so there will be infinite variables. Wang Miao bowed his head.

"So you thought of Cheng Dejun?" Jiang Feng laughed.

"Shichiro is overconfident, of course, maybe he is more confident in the equipment of the Dozo, but I'd rather be timid at this time. Wang Miao smiled, "My idea is to let the Chengde army attack the front line of Zouping, Gaoyuan, and Bochang, attract the Qingzhou defenders to come out, and then drag it out." ”

The Chengde army's Dizhou is close to the northern counties of Ziqing and the two prefectures, and if it can attract the Chengde army to the south, it is of course the best.

But now the situation of the Chengde army is very bad, in addition to being able to control a few pro-armies in his hands, Zhang Chujin has adopted a laissez-faire state for the other armies, which is equivalent to giving the other armies a piece of territory and eating on their own.

However, the drought in recent years has made the situation in the prefectures under the control of the Chengde army so bad that it can't be worse, which is why the victims of Hebei Province are still going south, and even Pinglu and Huaiyou are not bothered, of course, this is also the opportunity for Huaiyou.

"Are you sure?" Jiang Feng believed in Wang Miao's ability.

"It's hard to say, in fact, a certain person has also sent letters to many commanders and envoys of the Chengde Army, some of them still keep in touch, and some of them have not replied, but first, the establishment of the various armies of the Chengde Army that is not Zhang Chujin's lineage is huge, and there is a huge shortage of 16,700 men in an army, and 11,200 men and horses, basically the shortage is more than one-third, and some armies are not even half of it. ”

Wang Miao has obviously also been in contact with and has mastered some specific things.

"In the early stage, because of the reorganization of the probation army and the Taining army, there was less contact with them, but looking at the current situation, the situation of the Chengde army should be worse, so I think there is still some certainty, but what kind of result can be had, a certain heart does not have much bottom, but a certain has also thought about it, there is no need for them to vote, as long as they are willing to send troops to help us share and attract the Qingzhou defenders, we can take other ways to cooperate. ”

"Oh?" Jiang Feng understood, "Exchange of interests? Well, money and silver, or grain and grass?"

"Well, it's almost inseparable, it is estimated that for them, grain and grass are more practical, but money and silver are also indispensable, grain and grass are used to raise soldiers, and money and silver are stuffed into their own pockets. Wang Miao's gaze became a little dark, "It would be best if we could let them cooperate with us in attacking Qingzhou City, but I don't think these guys would do this kind of thing that seems to be a loss." ”

"Give it a try, no matter which way, you can, no matter what the conditions, you can talk about it, Jiulang, you can do this matter, grain and grass, gold and silver, pearls and jade, as long as we Huaiyou can get it, it can be, if it is insufficient, I will go to the Sogdians to ask for a loan!"

Once a decision was made, the entire huge Huaiyou (Wuning) army system slowly turned like a giant wheel.

Wang Miao quickly took people to Dizhou and Texas.

Although the Chengde army is now like a broken house, but there are still 3,000 nails in the broken ship, there are three armies of the Chengde army stationed in Dizhou, and there are also three armies in the neighboring Dezhou, with a total of nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses.

The East Sea Pirates were sent by Yu Mingzhen, although the strength of the town army is not strong, but in order to prevent mistakes at critical times, the East Sea Pirates still have to use this force, and they can always play some role.

But in the end, it will fall on you.

The entire staff headquarters was mobilized, Wang Miao was not there, and Zhang Ting, who was temporarily withdrawn from the staff headquarters to serve as the second seat, began to assume responsibility.

"Lord Zhang, the Fifth Army of the Huaiyou Right Army has arrived in Xiapi, the Sixth Army has arrived in Suyu, and after the Fifth Army disembarked, it is marching to Yishui from Xiapi, accompanied by 2,000 ,......people."

Yang Heng's eyes moved on the sand table, and while reporting to Zhang Ting, who was looking out the window on the big case next to the sand table, he handed the information in his hand to another person.

As soon as Zhang Ting was in place, he raised strong doubts about the plan of Jiang Feng, Cui Shang, and Wang Miao, and in his opinion, either he would not attack Qingzhou, or he would completely take Qingzhou with a thunderous momentum, and there could be no delay.

And to accomplish this goal, if the Qingzhou garrison cannot be reduced to less than 10,000, and this war cannot be started, even if the Qingzhou garrison is reduced to 10,000, without 45,000 people, it will not be successful, and even he requires at least 10,000 troops to be prepared reserves, which means that a total of 55,000 troops need to be prepared, which greatly exceeds the initial expectations.

His opinion also caused some controversy, especially Yang Kan's criticism, but Zhang Ting was stubborn and argued on the basis of reason, and finally persuaded Jiang Feng and Cui Shang to agree to transfer two armies from the Huaiyou Right Army stationed in Huainan to the north, and at the same time transfer the Xuejun and the three armies that were originally going to be stationed in Xuzhou and Yanzhou for the battle of Qingzhou, and instead of another army from Yunzhou to Xuzhou, and replace it with the Wuning Naval Army that was being formed in Yunzhou to be responsible for the defense of Yunzhou.

Coming back from Zhuang Yongsheng's army, Yang Heng entered the Privy Council Staff, Xuzhou War, he was highly praised, Zhuang Yongsheng and Lu Qiming both spoke highly of him, originally Yang Heng himself wanted to work in the grassroots army for another two years, from the battalion commander to start a good job, but due to the initial creation of the General Staff, Wang Miao ignored Yang Heng's opposition and forcibly transferred it back to the General Staff.

And Yang Heng's close friend Meng Chong escaped "this catastrophe", successfully rejected Wang Miao's solicitation, and entered the Wuning Right Army and served as the deputy commander of the rear battalion of the Second Army of the Wuning Right Army.