Tai Shi Ci and Zhang Ren. They are all famous generals with both wisdom and bravery, but they have become enemies in Yunxian because they are their masters, and no one can convince the other side at the first meeting, so they broke up unhappily and went back to reorganize their armies, and a huge offensive and defensive battle was about to start.

In the city of Yunxian County, in the temporary headquarters of the Raid on the South Route Army, important generals such as Tai Shici, Li Ru, Gan Ning, Wang Lu and Guan Ping were all present, and everyone was urgently discussing the final deployment before the battle.

Tai Shi Ci was the first to speak: "Today I have had close contact with Zhang Ren, with my observation, Zhang Ren is persevering, calm and calm, coupled with his familiarity with the art of war and tactics, he has been fighting for many years, and has rich experience in battle. ”

Li Ru said: "What the marshal said is extremely true. According to the information sent back by the intelligence officers, the actual number of troops in the westward retreat of the Yizhou East Route Army was 120,000, and another 20,000 people remained in Yufucheng to prevent troops from Jingzhou from entering Yizhou. Among these 120,000 people, there are 30,000 soldiers who belong to Wu Yin's South Route Army, 20,000 soldiers who belong to Jialong's West Route Army, and 70,000 who belong to Fazheng's New Army. ”

After listening to Li Ru's introduction, Wang Lu asked: "According to what the military advisor said, Zhang Ren's real soldiers who can fight are only 50,000, but the 70,000 Yizhou new army is not to be feared. We marched north this time, with 80,000 troops, of which 30,000 were transferred from Yizhou soldiers, but they were veterans trained by Yan Yan for many years. With 30,000 Yizhou veterans against 70,000 Yizhou recruits, I don't think my side will suffer any losses!"

Guan Ping also said: "The army of attacking the South Road from the original 50,000 people crossed to the south, after the expansion of the army in Jiaozhi Long, and then expanded again in Kunze, and now the total number is as high as 110,000. Although among the 80,000 soldiers who marched north this time, 30,000 Yizhou soldiers were removed, and 20,000 of the remaining 50,000 were Jiaozhi indigenous soldiers, which could not be compared with the 50,000 elite soldiers of the descendant line when they crossed to the south, but after the run-in of the past six months, whether it was the Marine Brigade or the descendant troops of the Qinghuai Army, they had been integrated with the indigenous soldiers of Jiaozhi, and their comprehensive combat strength had steadily improved, which was definitely higher than the 50,000 elite troops under Zhang Ren. Therefore, if we clean up Zhang Ren this time, it will be a sure thing!"

Gan Ning, who had never spoken, looked a little unsightly after listening to Wang Lu and Guan Ping's analysis, he stared at these two colleagues who usually called him brothers, and said very depressedly: "As soon as you two sing and harmonize, everywhere excludes the 30,000 sons of Shuzhong who have served the Jin State from the regular and descendant troops, if you let the brothers hear it, wouldn't it be chilling?"

Without waiting for everyone to refute them, Gan Ning continued: "When we first arrived at the Jiaozhi Dragon Formation, we were confident that we could absorb all the 30,000 Jiaozhi indigenous soldiers into our troops in just one month. Personally, I do not agree with the deployment of 30,000 Yizhou soldiers separately, and my personal opinion is to adopt the Marine Brigade and the Qinghuai Army officers and men as the backbone, and the Jiaozhi indigenous soldiers and Yizhou soldiers as the auxiliary, so that the three armies can still engage in the battle in a mixed form!"

Gan Ningnai was a general from Shuzhong, and he felt that the soldiers in Yizhou were not bad, and even if they were about to face their former allies, their loyalty could still be trusted, and there was no danger of defection.

Of course, the distinction between Guan Ping and Wang Lu just now between the 30,000 soldiers in Yizhou who had been transferred to the Southern Route Army for less than three months was also for the sake of the overall situation, not for Gan Ning himself. The two of them still admired Gan Ning's behavior of sneaking into Wuyang to assassinate Meng Da and Chen Shi not long ago.

All the generals expressed their personal opinions and opinions, but there were obvious differences, and the room was silent for a while. As the coach, Tai Shici needs to make decisions about how to meet the army at this time.

If Tai Shici adopts the suggestions of Guan Ping and Wang Lu, uses the elite against the elite, and uses the Yizhou veterans to deal with the Yizhou recruits, it will in fact be equivalent to treating the 30,000 Yan Yan old troops who have served as cannon fodder, which will inevitably make the Yizhou soldiers feel cold. After all, this feeling of suspicion and distrust will not be so comfortable for anyone to fall on.

However, if Tai Shici adopted Gan Ning's suggestion, he would also have to take a big risk. Since the Yizhou soldiers joined the Southern Route Army, they have not participated in large-scale operations, and it is really difficult to estimate how loyal and combat effectiveness they are. If these soldiers retreat or even defect from the battle, it will cause great confusion to the Marine Brigade, the Qinghuai Army, and the Dragon Formation Army at the same time, directly reduce the morale of the troops, and even affect the victory or defeat of the battle.

Perhaps, the formation of 30,000 Yizhou soldiers into an army will also lead to the danger of collapse and defection, but as long as the integrity of the 50,000 elite troops is ensured, the main combat strength of the attacking Yinan Route Army can still be preserved, and even the 120,000 people brought back by Zhang Ren will be beaten with bruises and swollen faces.

After contemplating for a while, Tai Shici made a somewhat compromised decision, and he said in a deep voice: "Everyone has said good opinions just now, and I agree with them. In my opinion, it is better to organize as follows: The 20,000 descendants of the Qinghuai Army are under the command of Guan Ping, mainly allocated to the Shenwei artillery, and as the unit with the strongest combat effectiveness, it undertakes the heavy task of blocking Zhang Ren's elite troops head-on; 20,000 Yizhou soldiers and 10,000 soldiers of the Marine Brigade are organized into the left army, which is commanded by Gan Ning, and undertakes the task of intercepting the new army of Yizhou under Zhang Ren's command; 20,000 Jiaozhi indigenous soldiers and 10,000 Yizhou soldiers are organized into the right army, which is led by Wang Lu, mainly to prevent Zhang Ren's army from breaking through the blockade of our army from the periphery of Yuxian. ”

Several people had no objection to Tai Shici's arrangement.

Guan Ping was happy in his heart, thinking that this time he could finally kill all sides like his Lao Tzu Guan Yu, with 20,000 soldiers against Zhang Ren's 50,000 elites, as long as he won the victory, it would be a battle of fame between him and the Qinghuai Army! This kind of thing that should have been done by a hot-blooded child, thinking about it made Guan Ping's blood boil.

Gan Ning was also quite confident in his heart, and felt that Tai Shici not only took care of his face, but also gave him the lining, and this time he would take the Yizhou children to play with his prestige no matter what, and let the Southern Route Army see that the Yizhou soldiers were not of a bad breed. Tai Shici's face to Gan Ning was the 20,000 Yizhou soldiers, and Lizi was naturally 10,000 elite marines who should have been commanded by Wang Lu.

Although Wang Lu was only assigned the task of playing the side drum, he was not angry at all. Even if the Marine Brigade soldiers he brought out were now assigned to Gan Ning, he was still not angry. Wang Lu's ability to grow from an ordinary small school in the party to a senior general today not only depends on his comprehensive ability, but also has nothing to do with his wisdom and generosity. As long as you can win, what is the personal gain or loss?

Wang Lu has an intuition that this time it looks like he is playing a supporting role, but in the end he will take on the heavy responsibility of intercepting Zhang Ren!