Yongzhou City is a hundred miles in circumference, all of which are endless plains.

Even if there is an occasional raised hillside in the middle, it looks more like a small dirt bag dotted in this vast environment, and it does not affect the vision and movement at all.

In such an open and flat environment, when the two armies are officially going to fight a decisive battle, many conspiracy methods will naturally lose their effectiveness, and it is extremely difficult to use ambushes.

Because once there are more, it will naturally be seen through by the opponent at a glance, and if there is less, it will not play any role at all.

Therefore, a few days ago, after the Vietnamese army and the Gui Rong army discovered the enemy's whereabouts almost at the same time, the next thing that the commanders and generals needed to consider was how to defeat the current enemy head-on.

Of course, before that, the most important step is how to continue to safely advance the army forward and officially enter the battlefield where the two armies are fighting.

So in the past few days, not only the main forces of the two sides have moved forward step by step, but the small group of scout vanguard teams have also had many tentative confrontations, and thousands of elites of the two armies have fought on this plain, leaving blood, sweat, and even lives here.

It was not until June 18, the hottest time of the year, that the main forces of the Vietnamese army and the Guirong army set up camp only a dozen miles apart.

In the process of encamping the two armies, the skirmishes between the two sides have not stopped, and both sides must dedicate a part of their elite to defend the front and flanks at any time, whether day or night. At the same time, both sides continued to send small and more mobile cavalry to attack the enemy's weak flank, just to prevent the other side from succeeding in building camps.

In comparison, in this regard, the ghost Rong people naturally have the upper hand.

This is not only because they are better at such raid tactics, but also because their cavalry is obviously more than the current Vietnamese army. The cavalry team that pursued Hulingda has not turned back until today.

Fortunately, the Vietnamese army, as the official army of the Central Plains, although the attack is not as good as the Guirong people, but the defense is deeply experienced, even if there is no danger to defend on the plain, they can also rely on various simple fortifications to occupy a certain geographical advantage, so as to resolve the surprise attacks again and again.

This constant friction and contest finally came to an abrupt end on the 23rd day as the Vietnamese army camp was firmly established.

Next, both sides of the enemy and the enemy know that war can no longer be controlled by such petty fights, and what really determines the outcome depends on the hard strength of the two armies, and even the competition between the financial and national strength of the rear.

So after the 23rd, the battlefield was calm for the time being.

But it's more like a moment of calm before the storm, and then there will be a great battle here that has not been seen in more than a decade!

Early in the morning of the 24th, Sun Ning convened the generals again to discuss the strategy of breaking the enemy.

In fact, in the past few days, he has discussed various strategies with his subordinates, but for a while there are different opinions, and until today he has no accurate idea.

Now that the war is about to officially begin, it is naturally necessary for him to come up with a general policy.

At this time, eighty percent of the Chinese military tent were military generals, so naturally there was less red tape of many literati, and as Sun Ning asked again, the group of generals immediately entered the topic.

"The minister still thinks that defense should be the main thing!" Chen Qingyun was the first to say, "At present, the geography here is the most suitable for the opposite ghost cavalry to rush and kill, but my Dayue official army is mostly foot soldiers, once I take the initiative to fight, I am afraid that it will be difficult to have too high a chance of victory, and it will only increase casualties."

"Therefore, the best means to achieve the final victory is to fight steadily, hold the camp tightly, and fight with them for patience and national strength."

As with his personality and military habits over the years, Chen Qingyun still insists on focusing on stability.

This statement naturally won the support of many veteran generals, who nodded in agreement, and some made certain additions.

But Sun Ning was not in a hurry to make a statement, and still listened quietly.

It wasn't until they had almost finished talking that Wei Ting stood up, coughed and said, "Your Majesty, what General Chen said is certainly safe, but the minister thinks that the use of troops here is different from the past after all, and he can't copy the previous strategy in the south."

After saying this, he

also slightly owed Chen Qingyun a gift, which was regarded as an apology to him.

There is no way, in terms of status and status, in terms of seniority and merit, Wei Ting is inferior to Chen Qingyun, he was a general under the other party before. So at this time, I was a little uneasy to speak out against my old boss.

Chen Qingyun smiled at him disappreciatively: "We are all for the sake of the imperial court, for the sake of Your Majesty, do you have any different views and strategies, but it doesn't hurt to say it. We're not right about people."

Sun Ning also nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, things in the army should be like this, the right thing is not the right person, only say what you think, and I only take the most favorable and reasonable."

Two of them nodded, and Wei Ting no longer hesitated, and immediately said: "It is said that planting grain and repairing dams must pay attention to local conditions, and the minister thinks that it is even more important to use troops to fight.

"As the so-called battlefield is changing rapidly, there is never any strategy that can win undefeated, whether we should choose to defend or attack flexibly, it is not what we are better at, but the current environment."

After a pause, he added: "Taking the current situation of our army as an example, it is true that attacking with defense can defuse the enemy's offensive, giving us more opportunities to find the enemy's flaws, or even drag them down.

"But have you ever thought that the one who will be dragged down must be the Oni Rong people?"

"My Dayue has granaries in Huguang and Jiangnan, and we naturally have a chance of winning when it comes to logistics support!" Someone immediately replied.

"But our location is in the heart of the enemy, how much does it cost to transport food along the way?" Wei Ting's words made many generals who had prejudices against him speechless.

As generals who are accustomed to leading troops into battle, they really pay little attention to logistics. But this does not mean that they are really completely ignorant of this, think about the hundreds of miles away from the Central Plains, and the Yellow River blocking it, you can see how difficult it is to transport grain.

Generally speaking, transporting grain for thousands of miles, half of which can be regarded as a great success to the front line, is still on the premise that there is no nuisance from the enemy's small contingent to the rear. And with the flexibility of the Oni Rong cavalry, this is obviously impossible.

Sun Ning also frowned, if it was not feasible to even defend and attack, then with the current infantry combat strength, it would be even lower to win head-to-head.

"There is another point, which is also the key point that we can't defend, that is, the hearts of the people of Hebei, and even the hearts of the people of the world!" Wei Ting did not stop there, but took the opportunity to put forward another more important reason.

And as these words entered his ears, Sun Ning's face became more and more solemn, because he quickly understood the true meaning.