"I can't talk about high opinions, but I have some shallow thoughts to refer to with you."

After several years of hard work, Lu Shen would definitely not have stage fright in this kind of meeting, but he knew that he was the youngest, so he maintained a very humble attitude.

In fact, he could feel Han Zhongjie's vague desire to compete, and he was not surprised by this.

The Jingguo Mansion has established itself with military merits, and the children of the Han family are no exception, and Han Zhongjie, as the eldest son of Han Lingfu, naturally needs to be an example for everyone.

Lu Shen has Han Zhongjie's detailed resume information in his hands, his style of leading troops is exquisite, orders and prohibitions are strictly hierarchical, and he is known as an iron-faced general in the army, and his father is the founder of the new generation of Beijing Army in Daqi, so it is inevitable that he will develop a high-minded and arrogant temperament.

This is not a bad thing, after all, Han Zhongjie is not only strict with others, but also very harsh with himself.

Everyone looked pensive, and Zhang Xu nodded first: "This battle is indeed as Lu Hou said, Qing Yugong used 20,000 people as bait, even if most of them are Yan army, it is still a rare big deal, and our army must make a choice." ”

"With Qing Yugong ordering the main force of the pseudo-Yan Moyang Road to be dispatched, the battle entered the second stage. I don't think this is a deterioration in the strength of the Jingzhou army, but I prefer that the governor of Li Dadu wanted to deliberately show weakness and lure the Jingzhou army to focus its attack on Jingzhou, so as to reduce the pressure on the Dingzhou army. But unfortunately, Qing Yugong did not take the bait. ”

"That's right."

The Jing army can not care about the safety of the people in Yanjing, but the Qi army must shoulder the responsibility of protecting the territory and the people.

Liu Shouguang said in a deep voice: "I am afraid this trend will continue for a long time. ”

Lu Shen first followed Han Zhongjie's words, did not directly deny his analysis, and then said: "This is the confidence of Qing Yugong to dare to continue to expand the front and ignite fires everywhere, after all, the total number of border troops in our DPRK is only more than 200,000, and I need to defend the land of Sanzhou, and the border line is very long. From the very beginning of the war, I have been speculating about Qing Yugong's strategic purpose, whether he wanted to capture Dingzhou to avenge his revenge, or whether he intended to seize Huaizhou and go directly south, or whether he intended to occupy the most important ferry port on the Hengjiang River. ”

Zhang Xu frowned and asked, "Does Lu Hou have a way to deal with it?" ”

"Unless—"

The Son of Heaven is also a human being, and he cannot be omniscient, even if he holds the personnel power at the top of the army, but when it comes to specific strategic planning, he obviously needs to rely on the planning of these military ministers and border army commanders, and when the lazy emperor delegates authority, the power of the military minister will expand rapidly.

"In my opinion, Qing Yugong's two strategic explorations are both trying to find a breakthrough. When he found that our army's response was very stable, he took the initiative to throw out the bait, that is, the detached division that appeared in the Razor Plains. Governor Xiao's decision was actually not wrong, if this enemy army was ignored, they were likely to go deep into the heart of Dingzhou. Use the Dingzhou army to eat this enemy army, and then the Huaizhou army will wait for the other party's reinforcements in the back pocket, I believe that even if you and I are in the position of Xiao Dadudu, it will be difficult to make a better plan. ”

Lu Shen was slightly surprised in his heart, he could see that Han Zhongjie was an extremely arrogant person inside, and he wanted to take the lead in the first formal military meeting of the Military Academy, such a person would generally be very stubborn, but he didn't expect the other party to change his opinion.

Qing Yugong is not a puppet to be manipulated, and it can be known from the current progress of the war that except for the bait that appeared in the Razor Plains, the advance of the Jing army is very steady.

That being said, the problem remains unsolved.

Even the few cavalry of the Jing Army that entered the northern part of Jingzhou to harass did not give the Feiyu Army a chance to fight head-on, and every time they fled from the wind, and then went to harass other places.

Now among the ministers of military affairs, Lu Shen, Liu Shouguang and Zhang Xu are all meritorious ministers, and their roots in the army are quite deep, even Shen Yulai has the merit of commanding the forbidden army to fight back against the rebels, but Han Zhongjie's qualifications are relatively weak, he has no experience in leading the army alone, and he has no merit to do it - on the night of the rebellion, he took the children of the Han family to attack the rebels, although he was brave, and it had no decisive impact on the overall situation.

This is tantamount to overturning Han Zhongjie's previous judgment, but after this series of discussions, everyone obviously agrees with Lu Shen's inference more.

Lu Shen's mind quickly flashed the situation in the three states of Jiangbei, and said slowly: "Unless the main force of the Jing army can enter our preset battlefield, then our army will gather a large army and inflict heavy losses on the other party." Only in this way can Qing Yugong have scruples and not open up the battlefield at will like now. ”

Lu Shen shook his head slightly and said, "Lord Han, I think you might as well review the process of the collapse of the Dingfeng Tunnel first. ”

No matter how good a system is, it needs people to enforce it.

Han Zhongjie turned his head to look at Lu Shen, hesitated for a moment and said, "I already understand what Lu Hou meant, the initiative is in the hands of the other party, and we really shouldn't make a decision lightly." ”

Liu Shouguang's brows were tightly locked, and it was difficult to find a way for a while.

Liu Shouguang glanced at him meaningfully.

On the contrary, if Daqi loses any of the three states in Jiangbei, it is very likely to cause a large-scale panic in the states in Jiangnan.

Han Zhongjie nodded and said, "If you want to turn passive into active, this is indeed the only way." ”

Lu Shen's tone was slightly deep, and then he said: "When we choose to eat this bait, Qing Yugong will be able to change the battlefield again and choose to attack from the Dingfeng Dao. The military newspaper on the frontier wrote very clearly that the Jing army's strong attack on the Dingfeng Road could be described as costless, relying on human lives to fill the road of the attack. From the first two strategic tests to the strong attack in the north of Dingzhou, I think the situation on the battlefield has become very clear, the enemy has the initiative, and our army has to be in a passive situation because it has to guard the long border line. ”

The atmosphere in the festival hall is very solemn.

At the moment, of course, Liu Shouguang and the others will not think too far, and their biggest headache is how to deal with the menacing enemy.

In the silence, Shen Yulai, the commander of the forbidden army, said: "Why can't our army change its strategy and turn defense into offense? I don't mean to directly launch a large-scale campaign like the last Northern Expedition, but to choose one or two critical strategic targets, so that the actions of the Jing army cannot be so arbitrary. ”

Liu Shouguang said gently: "The military discussion is for everyone to speak freely, and Lord Shen doesn't have to worry too much. ”

Lu Shen also respects the old man very much, but when it comes to national affairs, he must express his opinion.

"In this first stage, our response to the border army was very decent, especially the Jingzhou and Huaizhou prefectures. Xiao and Li, the two governors, did not easily mobilize their forces because of the attack on Dingzhou, and the border armies of the two places maintained sufficient concentration, and the Li Governor of Dingzhou was also very firm in implementing His Majesty's stubborn policy. I maintain the overall thickness and integrity of the defensive line, and it is difficult for Jing Jun to break through any point. ”

Lu Shen raised his eyes and looked over, and just as he was about to speak, he heard Han Zhongjie say: "Lord Shen, in fact, Jing Jun doesn't care about us launching a counterattack at all, the last time Lu Hou led his troops to take Heluo, it was an exciting victory for our dynasty, but Jing Lian people only felt that it was insignificant. At the root of it, from the pseudo-Yanmoyang Road to Henan Road, these territories have completely different meanings for us and for Jinglian people. As long as our army does not threaten the current territory of Jingguo, they will not care. On the contrary, whether it is Dingzhou, Huaizhou, or Jingzhou, where can our army abandon it? ”

Han Zhongjie groaned: "Lu Hou's intentions, it is unlikely that the inference below will become a reality?" ”

Liu Shouguang and others didn't see it, the reason why they agreed with it was that on the one hand, Han Zhongjie's analysis was indeed reasonable, and he was not pretending to be crazy in order to attract attention, and on the other hand, it was naturally to show respect for the old man Han Lingfu.

How can we get the main force of Jingjun to take the bait?

While thinking hard, an idiom that he had heard many times in his previous life suddenly jumped into his mind.

"Master Han is right about one thing, at present, Jing Jun is far from going all out. Judging from the information we have, if Jing Guo mobilizes with all his might, he can easily organize 400,000 soldiers, and if we add the servant army they forcibly recruited from Zhao Di and the more than 100,000 troops that Pseudo Yan retains, the total number of soldiers and horses that Jing Guo can use is at least more than 700,000. Even if Emperor Jingguo only mobilizes half of his troops this time, it will be a big trouble for our border army. ”

Lu Shen bowed his head and said: "Yes, as I said before, from the outbreak of the war to the present, we have been led by the nose by Qing Yugong. If he wants to fight Dingzhou, he will fight Dingzhou, and if he wants to fight Jingzhou, he will fight Jingzhou, and Jingjun will always be able to grasp the initiative of the first move. ”

Speaking of this, he looked around at everyone and said with a solemn expression: "In short, Qing Yugong's goal will not be a fixed place, but as the two armies continue to tear apart, any place in the three states of Jiangbei may become the real main direction of attack of the Jing army." ”

Although the authority of the upper echelons of the military has been greatly weakened after the reform of the Son of Heaven, there are some things that cannot be viewed too simply.

Such a nobleman from a famous family, whose father was a giant in the army, who bears the heavy responsibility of the glorious lintel, and is at the peak of his military generals, must want to gain a firm foothold in the military academy as soon as possible, and at the same time expand his influence as much as possible, so he will try to take the lead in this military discussion.

Shen Yulai said ashamedly: "If you don't think about it, don't blame you." ”

The key to this battle is that the bottom line to be guarded by the two sides is different, even if the Qi army beats the territory of Beiyan to a pulp, Jingguo does not have much loss, and they even wish to fight a decisive battle with the Qi army in the field.

Lu Shen returned to his seat, rubbing the celadon tea cup in front of him, his eyes deep and complicated.

In fact, Shen Yulai realized that something was wrong after he spoke.

Han Zhongjie said this, Lu Shen would not continue to hide it, and said frankly: "Lord Han, I'm not denying your analysis, Jing Jun is indeed likely to plot to seize Huaizhou, but I think this is just one of Qing Yugong's candidates. As the war progresses, if there is a flaw in our defensive line, it may become the target of Qing Yugong. ”

He got up and walked to the map, took the wooden strip from the scribe's hand and pointed it on the Razor Plain, looked at everyone and said, "Before the enemy's 20,000 troops appeared on the Razor Plain, Qing Yugong had actually completed two strategic tests. The first time was when he waved his army to attack Dingfeng Road and Qingliu Pass in Dingzhou, and the military report sent from the frontier showed that the main force of the enemy army facing these two lines of defense was the Yan army, and the Jing army played more of a role in pressing the formation and supervising the battle, and I set it as the first stage of the war. ”

But everyone knows how difficult it is to do that.

Lu Shen's expression was very sincere.

Facing everyone's expectant gaze, Lu Shen fell into a long period of thought, and finally shook his head slightly bitterly: "No." ”

A strong man has a broken arm.

His eyes lit up.

(End of chapter)