Thousands of horses galloping, swords and halberds like a tide, Li Chongshan looked at the boundless cavalry array in front of him with a burst of pride, this is the invincible Dameng cavalry that spans thousands of miles, Lin Jianyue, I am here, are you ready? As long as you kneel down and submit, I will also crown you king, as long as you submit.

"Marshal Ba, what do you think of my cowardly Xue army?"

Batusu said respectfully: "The essence of the cowardly Xue army in the world, and His Majesty is here, so he should clear up all injustices." ”

Li Chongshan laughed, patted Batusu's back and said, "Marshal Ba don't worry, I understand that the use of troops in the battle is far inferior to you, and I will not interfere too much with you." But morale is available, and military morale is available. Don't be afraid that Hachi will restrain you, although he is rebellious, but I am gone, even the tiger has to be coiled, and his more than 200,000 troops in Kaifeng will obey your arrangement, don't worry! ”

"Thank you Your Majesty for your trust, with Your Majesty here, and such an elite and strong force, I will definitely be able to capture Lin Jianyue when I go to the Central Plains, let him bow down and be a minister, and serve Your Majesty before and after the saddle."

"Lin Jianyue is also a hero in the world, and he is the top figure among the Han people, even in Dameng, there are few people who can compare with him, and I admire him very much. If he can surrender to me, it is okay to give him all the Han lands, but it is unlikely, and if such a person fails completely, he will die. But if he dies, the resistance of the Han people will be much lower, the Han people are very useful, and their institutional culture is also useful. Marshal Ba, in the future, you will have to learn how to use the Han people when you control the Central Plains, I am also learning, I have to learn, if you don't learn, you won't be able to rule them, you won't be able to use them, and you won't be able to maintain our territory of thousands of miles. ”

Batusu doesn't care about this, he just wants to be submissive, he only cares about how to defeat Lin Jianyue, it's easy to be arrogant, but it's not easy to defeat Lin Jianyue.

Only a few days after departure, Li Chongshan received the news that Lin Jianyue's Wuwei army had captured Chenzhou Lin Jianyue came to Yancheng in person, and Li Chongshan had already read the map of the Central Plains countless times, so he naturally knew where Chenzhou Yuncheng was.

Li Chongshan said a little strangely: "In the past, Lin Jianyue had the opportunity to fight when he didn't fight, but when I went south, he fought instead, what does this mean?" ”

Batusu immediately responded: "Lin Jianyue is telling Your Majesty that he knows that Your Majesty is coming, and he is inviting Your Majesty to fight with him, and his fighting spirit is very strong!" ”

"It's as simple as that?"

"Your Majesty, this is not simple, it is obvious that Lin Jianyue knows that Pu Jinzhong has an intention to attack Jingdong East Road, he wants to drag down His Majesty's army, create opportunities for Pu Jinzhong, and create trouble for His Majesty."

"Then does he know that Hachi has mobilized the main forces of Jingdong and Jingdong to exterminate Pu Jinzhong?"

Batusu pondered for a while before saying: "It's hard to say, after all, Sun Zhengyi is Han, and his army is also Han, the possibility of leaking the news is still very large, I don't know the specifics, but I definitely know that Jingxi Road is empty." ”

"How is Marshal Naba going to fight?"

"I have been dominating the world for decades, and my military strength is strong, and I have never been afraid of anyone, and I should give full play to my advantages to win with strength. If Lin Jianyue wants to fight a decisive battle, then a decisive battle. His three main armies were nearly 400,000 and 100,000 cavalry. What about us? His Majesty's personal army plus 250,000 cavalry troops from Hebei and 80,000 foot soldiers, and the main cavalry army of King Hachi in Kaifeng was 150,000 and 100,000 foot soldiers. In terms of military strength, we don't need Sun Zhengyi, we can defeat Lin Jianyue by ourselves, not to mention that our individual ability is much stronger than that of the Han people. ”

Li Chongshan frowned and said: "I'm afraid that Lin Jianyue's main force will advance eastward, and he will work with Pu Jinzhong to destroy my army on Jingdong East Road first." ”

Batusu said with a smile: "We don't have the possibility of going south, but now it's impossible, Lin Jianyue will never give up his core hinterland for the nearly 200,000 troops on Jingdong East Road." Besides, Pu Jinzhong is not Lin Jianyue's subordinate, nor is he Lin Jian'an, such a long-distance army cannot cooperate, let alone trust each other. ”

Li Chongshan was relieved, but then asked: "The Han people are good at defending the city, while we are the opposite, not good at attacking the city, if Lin Jianyue is just holding the city, then what should we do?" Our hundreds of thousands of troops cannot stay in one place for too long. ”

"This is the most likely strategy that Lin Jianyue will take, if all the cities are surrounded, it is naturally impossible, but we also have nearly 200,000 foot soldiers, Lin Jianyue has three main army corps, under the protection of our powerful cavalry, it is still possible to surround the main force all the way and capture it. I suggest that Liu Jiahao's Wuwei Army in Chenzhou be attacked first, this is a new army, although it is also formed by veterans, but the degree of familiarity and cooperation between the troops is definitely much worse, and it is the best and easiest to break through among the three main forces of Lin Jianyue. As long as you knock out all the way, it's easy to fight in the future. ”

Li Chongshan disagreed: "Liu Jiahao's department in Chenzhou is just a partial division, and if it can't be attacked for a long time, it will greatly damage morale." Marshal Ba, I received accurate news from Zheren, the defenders of the important town of Luoyang are only more than 40,000 people, and the defender Qu Shangqun is not well-known, but it must be the main supply place for Lin Jianyue, I want to send a partial division to attack Luoyang, as long as Luoyang is defeated, Lin Jianyue will collapse without a fight, and it is possible to surrender. ”

Batusu was shocked, but it was not easy to object clearly, you can't even think of Lin Jianyue? just said: "If you can really lay down Luoyang, everything will be fine, but how to fight?" Zhengzhou Xuzhou along the Kaifeng Mansion line has built countless fortresses, easy to defend and difficult to attack, without pulling out the army is not able to go deep, Luoyang City is strong, Lin Jianyue has been operating for a long time, the defense system is very perfect, it is impossible to fight for a while and a half, and it is inevitable to suffer from the enemy. What's more, a sneak attack pays attention to suddenness, it can only be cavalry, how can the cavalry attack the city? ”

Li Chongshan said excitedly: "The Yellow River! You can march quickly on the Yellow River, we don't have much else, but there are many horses, and the siege is naturally a foot pawn, let's match them with horses, combine them with horses, and don't use good war horses, isn't it okay? What's more, you can't build a fortress on the Yellow River, it's really dangerous to sneak attack, and you can also retreat to Hedong in Hebei through the Yellow River. ”

Batusu said hesitantly: "Then how many people is Your Majesty going to send this partial division?" ”

"Five or five cavalry, fifty thousand foot soldiers, and another sneak attack, it should be enough."

"If you send so many people, then the main force to attack Lin Jianyue will be insufficient, but this is not the main thing, the Jinning army in Hedong is not far from Luoyang, and there are tens of thousands of cavalry troops, Your Majesty, the Jinning army is the first army of the main guard before Lin Jianyue, and the strong ministers of combat power have been taught, as long as they are stalemate under Luoyang City, this partial division will be defeated, and they will not be able to retreat back to Hedong and Hebei. And our main force in Hedong is far away in Liaozhou, so we can't come in a short time, and we don't dare to move lightly. Batusu was already very suspicious of Liu Jingye in Taiyuan.

"Then you can retreat back to Kaifeng along the Yellow River to continue the previous strategy." Li Chongshan is still reluctant to give up, this is a trick he finally came up with.

Batusu said sincerely: "Your Majesty, Lin Jianyue has always done this before, and Luoyang is his base camp, so he must have precautions and plans, maybe this is the trap he left behind, and we can't be easily fooled." The Yellow River can be marched, if it were me, I don't need to send soldiers, I can organize tens of thousands of people, bring shovels, and dig it thoroughly, but it is still possible to dig it all the time, and then bring salt, and dig dozens of hundreds of steps in the narrow place of the mountains on both sides of the river, what should I do at that time? ”

Li Chongshan is not a mediocre master who can't listen to people's words, Batusu has a point, and he can only give up.

It's a pity that he didn't bring Master Qin this time, maybe he will have some strange tricks to support his idea of sneaking up on Luoyang.

Qin Zhenghao was even more depressed, thinking that Li Chongshan was a little suspicious of himself and would definitely take him south, but he still trusted him very much and left him in Dadu to help take care of the rear. It's a pity that I can't participate in this decisive battle in the Central Plains, which can be said to determine the fate of Hanhu.