Chapter 330: Chen Ping's Advice
Chen Ping is just a military counselor, and he hasn't been in the army for a long time, Lin Haotian can't even call his name, but this person's background is not simple.
Chen Ping is a distant relative of Prime Minister Tai Shuhong's wife, and he is considered to be Tai Shuhong's mother's family, if it weren't for this, with his qualifications, it would be impossible for him to sit in the position of military counselor as soon as he joined the army, at best, he would be an ordinary soldier.
Although Chen Ping became a military counselor by relying on his connections, he himself has real talent and learning, he is proficient in military books and war strategies, has a flexible mind, and is good at inventing tricks, and can be called a genius in the military field.
Lin Haotian didn't know much about Chen Ping, he had never seen this person before, and he didn't know that he was a distant relative of Tai Shuhong, after listening to Chen Ping's words, he frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"
Chen Ping arched his hand and said: "You Jun is not good at water warfare, but Yan Jun is not. Yanguo is located in the southwest, there are many rivers in the territory, and it is near the sea, and the Yan people know the water nature, and the water war is not the strength of our army, so it is absolutely impossible to fight the enemy on the Wang River. β
Lin Haotian nodded secretly, and then sighed softly, it seems that water warfare is not a good strategy. He muttered, "In this way, our army can only give up Changyu County." β
There was nothing to say during the day, and at night, when the whole army stopped to rest, Chen Ping came to see Lin Haotian again.
Now, Lin Haotian didn't even let him build a simple Chinese military tent, he sat on a stone, with only Chu Lianyu and a few personal guards by his side.
Chen Ping came quickly with a scroll of maps, and was stopped by the guards before he was stopped by the guards before he was ten steps close to Lin Haotian.
"Brothers, I want to see your lord!"
"What's the matter?" The guards around Lin Haotian were all very arrogant, and when they saw that the person who came was just a small counselor, they didn't even look at it.
"I have something important to report to your lords!"
"Tell me anything, we'll pass it on to the adults!"
"This ...... I'll have to report to the adults myself......"
"Wordy!" Before he could say a few words, the guards reprimanded loudly in dissatisfaction.
Their shouting attracted Lin Haotian's attention.
Lin Haotian, who was talking to Chu Lianyu, turned his head and looked at Chen Ping. "What's going on?"
One of the guards hurriedly ran forward, bowed and said, "My lord, there is a counselor who wants to see you. β
"Oh?" Lin Haotian's gaze crossed the guards and looked at Chen Ping, now he had a little impression of Chen Ping, but he still didn't know his name.
He waved his hand. motioned for the guards to get out of the way and said, "Let him come over!"
"Yes, my lord!" the guards stepped aside one after another, letting Chen Ping over.
Chen Ping hurriedly stepped forward, knelt on his knees, and said, "Villain Chen Ping, see the adult!"
Lin Haotian answered, and after Chen Ping got up, he asked, "Is there something wrong?"
Chen Ping looked left and right and asked in a low voice, "My lord." Can you speak further?"
His mysterious appearance made Lin Haotian laugh and said, "To put it bluntly, there are no outsiders here. β
"Uh......" Chen Ping knew very well that he was now humble, and he didn't know if what he said would be adopted by adults, so he hesitated for a while and came up with the most inappropriate idea to have a relationship with Lin Haotian.
He said with a dry smile: "Although the adults don't know the villain, the villain has admired the adult for a long time. And speaking of which, the villain is still a relative of the prime minister!"
What Lin Haotian hates most is people who climb to power. After hearing Chen Ping's words, his original impression of him was quite good immediately fell to the bottom.
Chu Lianyu on the side smiled secretly in his heart, this is another person who doesn't understand the personality of adults, it seems that this person's career in the army is coming to an end.
"Snort!" Lin Haotian sneered, stood up, and walked to Chen Ping. First, he looked at him carefully. Then, he casually asked, "Chen Ping, how long have you been in the army?"
Chen Ping didn't understand why the adults asked this, so he replied loudly: "Quick...... It's been almost a month. β
Lin Haotian raised his eyebrows and asked, "The army you only joined after Ben Shuai arrived in Twin Peaks City?"
"Yes. My lord!" Chen Ping nodded.
"Do you want to be a counselor when you join the army?"
"Yes!"
"You have no merit and no experience, how are you qualified to be a counselor in the army?" As he spoke, Lin Haotian beckoned to the guards on the side, asked for a spear, stuffed it directly into Chen Ping's arms, and said, "You start with a recruit first, and go into battle for me!"
Chen Ping held the spear in his arms in a daze, completely dumbfounded.
Lin Haotian ignored him anymore, didn't look at him anymore, sat back on the stone, and continued to talk to Chu Lianyu.
It wasn't until the guards on both sides came up to take Chen Ping away that he came back to his senses, at this time, Chen Ping finally understood Lin Haotian's likes and dislikes, it must have been his words just now that annoyed the adults, how can this be good?
His eyes rolled, and suddenly, he pushed the guards to the left and right away, and then raised the spear in his arms and slammed it to the ground.
"When Changchangβ"
The spearhead hit the stone on the ground, making a crisp sound, and all the guards did not change color, and they all picked up their weapons and pointed at Chen Ping.
Lin Haotian and Chu Lianyu were also stunned, frowning and glaring at Chen Ping, not understanding what his nerves were all of a sudden.
Chen Ping shouted at Lin Haotian: "The villain joined the army to help the adults break through the enemy's thousands of troops, not to go into battle with a spear to kill one or two enemy soldiers!"
Lin Haotian and Chu Lianyu looked at each other and smiled, if Chen Ping showed such courage as soon as he came, Lin Haotian might have been impressed by him.
He smiled and asked: "You can talk about it, how can you help this commander break through the enemy's thousands of troops?" What you said is reasonable, I will add you to the rank of knight, if you are unreasonable, even if you have the king of heaven and Lao Tzu as your backer, your head will also be scored." β
Chen Ping met Lin Haotian's gaze without fear, and said with a straight face: "Changyu County is full of mountains and forests, and it is very easy to hide, why don't you leave General Muwu in Changyu County and attack the rear of the enemy army? When our army enters the three eastern counties, the enemy army will definitely follow, and at that time, the enemy's logistics and supplies will pass through Changyu County, and with the Sixth Army in the county, the enemy's supply line can be cut off, and hundreds of thousands of troops will lose their supplies and be vulnerable!"
Oh, this strategy was really something Lin Haotian didn't expect, his gaze gradually changed from bright to deep, and he pondered.
Leaving the Sixth Legion to harass the enemy's rear is a clever plan, if the Sixth Legion can fight sincerely, then it is absolutely fine, but after all, the Sixth Legion is composed of wooden troops, what if there is a change? When the time comes, Mu Wu will leave his control, in case he leads these 100,000 wooden troops to suddenly rebel, then how will he deal with it?
As if seeing Lin Haotian's concerns, Chen Ping took two steps forward and said: "Adults use people, and they have always advocated that there is no doubt in employing people, and there is no need for suspicious people, since adults have reused General Muwu, they should be able to trust the Sixth Army he commands." β
This can be regarded as speaking to Lin Haotian's heart. He didn't answer immediately, and when he saw that Chen Ping was still holding a roll of cloth, he raised his head and asked, "What are you taking?"
"It's a map!" As he spoke, Chen Ping walked up to Lin Haotian and laid the map on the ground, which was a map of the entire territory of the Jin Kingdom.
Regardless of whether Lin Haotian asked or not, he talked endlessly first.
He pointed to the junction of Changyu County and Heze and Duling Counties on the map, and said: "My lord, this is Jiangyang City, located between the three counties, which can be attacked and defended, and it is a critical place in the throat. β
Chen Ping was the first person to see Lin Haotian with a complete combat strategy so far.
Lin Haotian listened to his analysis expressionlessly, and wondered whether his strategy was feasible or not.
After pondering for a moment, Lin Haotian asked Chu Lianyu beside him, "Lianyu, what do you think?"
Chu Lianyu didn't say yes, nor did he say bad, but just raised his concerns. He said: "I have been to Jiangyang City, there is a plain of Pingchuan, there is no danger to defend, the city is not big, it is a small projectile city, the city wall is not high, there is not even a moat outside the city, the enemy is coming, with the strength of our army and the city defense of Jiangyang, I am afraid it is difficult to resist!"
Lin Haotian nodded, turned his eyes to look at Chen Ping, and listened to how he explained.
"Mr. Chu is right, Jiangyang is indeed a small city, and it is not easy to defend. Chen Ping pointed to the map and said: "But Jiangyang can be located between three big cities, Songqiu in the north, Ningding in the east, and Taifeng in the west. If our army really can't hold on, we can completely abandon the city, retreat to the three cities of Songqiu, Ningding, and Taifeng, and cede Jiangyang to the enemy. At that time, no matter if the enemy army first attacks any of the cities of Songqiu, Ningding, or Taifeng, the other two cities can send troops to counterattack Jiangyang, or sandwich the enemy army in it, or exhaust the enemy army.
When Lin Haotian heard this, his spirit was shaken, and he bent down and looked at the map carefully. (To be continued......)