Liu Ming, Zhou Ping, Zhao An, and Wang Sang gradually became the four major generals under their command.

And Ge Xin is a brave general because he is a brave general, but his own bravery is not as good as Liu Yao and Liu Tai, so although his status is a little transcendent, he is gradually lagging behind these four people by one position, probably five of the four heavenly kings.

But Ge Xin has become one of the benchmarks of generals by virtue of his qualifications, and another benchmark for generals is Liu Yao, not only is his personal force outstanding in Liu Tai's team, but the most important thing is that the feats of the heavy cavalry he led can drown out the vast majority of generals.

Even so, neither of these two can reach the point of being handsome, even among the four major generals in front of Liu Tai now.

Liu Ming is more accurately said to be Liu Tai's deputy general, who assists in commanding Liu Tai's headquarters and is responsible for daily training.

The real handsome talents under Liu Tai may be Zhou Ping and Zhao An, plus Wang Sang, who confronted Li Ju on the other side of the Yellow River.

Seeing that everyone was coming at this moment, Liu Tai got straight to the point and said: "This time I summoned you to come to conquer the Central Plains south of the Yellow River and clear the obstacles to entering the main pass.

This time, I will discuss the military strategy with you, and if the materials required by each department are not ready, we will also set a reserve target after this time! ”

"Is the king preparing to crusade south of the Yellow River after the autumn harvest?" Liu Ming couldn't help but worry when he heard Liu Tai's words.

"What do you think!" Liu Tai shook his head, but he was amused by Liu Ming's carefulness,

"There is nothing wrong south of the Yellow River, what to do in such a hurry, wait until the canal is completed and a large number of conscripts will be freed up.

We can get the soldiers out now, but if we want to maintain the soldiers, the follow-up soldiers and conscription are the main ones! ”

"My lord, but what are the detailed insights?!" Zhou Ping couldn't help but say.

"First of all, if we start a war, we must take Yuzhou, Yanzhou, and Xingyang, and prepare for the next march to Luoyang," Liu Tai stretched out his hand and pointed to the map.

"Take two states at once? Isn't that a little too stressful?! ”

Hearing Liu Tai's words, Zhao An couldn't help frowning and said:

"I'm not denying the strength of our army, but if you swallow Yanzhou and Yuzhou in one go, I'm afraid you will need to use at least more than 150,000 soldiers.

That's a lot of soldiers for us! ”

When Liu Tai heard Zhao An's words, he also nodded approvingly:

"But who let Zu Li once ruled this land, so we must swallow this land in one go.

Otherwise, as long as Zu Ti is still there, he can raise an army of no less than 100,000 people at any time.

Don't doubt it, Zu Ti, you can estimate him according to an extra 100,000 troops, there will be nothing wrong with him! ”

Several people present couldn't help but look at each other when they heard Liu Tai's words, to be honest, they really didn't understand why Liu Tai seemed to be particularly jealous of Zu Ti.

So far, although Zu Ti's performance in the Jin court is quite superior, it doesn't seem to be so brilliant compared to Liu Tai's record of capturing Liu Yao and killing Shi Le!

After all, although Zu Ti is regarded as the Optimus Pillar of the entire Jin Court, he has also lost and lost in the end, and he belongs to the type of mortal.

Then look at Liu Tai, at least in terms of past records, Liu Tai is almost a blast to kill Zu Ti!

Because of this, everyone felt incomprehensible about Liu Tai's fear of Zu Ti, after all, they looked at Zu Ti with the eyes of a general, not like Liu Tai who looked at Zu Ti from the perspective of class, so they didn't understand that people like Zu Ti were superclass!

"In that case, I will first ask the king to give up the idea of sending troops from Xingyang!" Zhou Ping stood up and said.

When Liu Tai heard Zhou Ping's words, the corners of his mouth couldn't help curling, and he nodded to Zhou Ping, "Let's talk about it." ”

"Our Jijun and Xingyang mutual markets, as long as Li Ju is wary of us, then we have the slightest move to store grain in Jijun, I am afraid that he will be vigilant.

Therefore, if General Wang Sang wants to paralyze Li Ju in Jijun, then he can't act rashly.

We need to find another way, starting from Liyang, passing through Yanjin, taking Baima, to Guandu, cutting off Li Ju's back road, and forcing Li Ju to land.

The third road will start from Taishan County, from east to west all the way to sweep Yanzhou counties, then think that Li Ju should be attacked by the two armies, will definitely surrender, even if it does not surrender, it will be destroyed, when the three armies converge in Chenliu, and then attack Yuzhou together.

Even if Zu Ti wanted to deal with it, the three-way attack would definitely catch him off guard. Zhou Ping looked at the map and explained his thoughts.

Liu Tai nodded, shook his head again, and then turned his gaze to the others, "Do you have anything to say?" ”

"Please also ask the king to speak clearly." Zhou Ping, Zhao An and the others heard Liu Tai's words, glanced at each other and shook their heads.

Because in their opinion, it was originally the safest way to eat Yanzhou first and then attack Yuzhou!

"You didn't give full play to the advantages of our army!" Liu Tai said at this moment, "What do you think is the biggest advantage of our army?" ”

"Speed, will, equipment, cavalry?!" At this time, everyone suddenly reacted.

"All right!" Liu Tai looked at everyone and said, "Don't use us to beat Liu Yao, or hit Shi Le's thinking limiter himself."

Our greatest advantage over the army south of the Yellow River was in cavalry.

The cavalry of the Jin Dynasty cannot be as many as ours, and the land of the Central Plains is actually very suitable for cavalry galloping! ”

"What do you mean!?" When everyone heard Liu Tai's words, they didn't understand it.

Liu Tai said, "After crossing the Yellow River, as much flat land as possible, then we must make use of the advantage of cavalry."

What you just said was to use Xingyang as bait, but our army actually sent troops to Yanjin Baima, or from Taishan County, which is the same as my plan.

But more importantly, we need a surprise soldier to intersperse directly into the depths of Yuzhou.

If a city is captured by a surprise attack, leave the soldiers behind to garrison the city, and then continue to the next city.

Capture the cities that Yuzhou can occupy as quickly as possible, and then turn around and slowly attack Yanzhou!

Because Yanzhou is close to the Yellow River, Zu Ti will inevitably have layers of defense, and it is not easy for us to take it in a short time.

We don't need to gnaw on these hard bones at all, first take the city that is easy to take, and then turn back to make the other party's people panic, or force to surrender, or break the city, it is better than us to die here! ”

Hearing Liu Tai's words, everyone present couldn't help but look at each other, but they didn't expect Liu Tai to propose such a plan.

At this time, Liu Ming took the lead in raising objections and said, "If such a plan is implemented, what will happen to the supply of grain and grass?!" ”

"Zhao An, how do you feel about the grain and grass I prepared for you!?" Liu Tai did not answer Liu Ming's words, but said to Zhao An.

Zhao An smiled bitterly and said, "The pressed dried meat with tea soup is indeed quite space-saving, and when the time comes, bring fried noodles with heavy salt, and then boil it in water, it can indeed be eaten as food."

It's just that if the king wants to carry out this plan, even if the soldiers are wearing leather armor, I am afraid that they can only carry half a month's food on their backs at most, and it is unrealistic to want to sweep Yuzhou! ”

"Every soldier, no matter how he rode on foot, was equipped with two horses to carry things! Another head resists equipment and weapons! Liu Tai heard Zhao An's words and said calmly, "In this way, can this army go to the rear of Yuzhou to occupy the city!" ”

"The minister can guarantee the survival of the army for more than a month, and if he does not occupy a county after a month, the minister will choose to return to the army!" Zhao An thought for a moment and asked Liu Tai, "However, can we be so extravagant!?" ”

To tell the truth, an infantry is equipped with two horses, this treatment Zhao An has never heard of, let alone seeing it!

If his own legion is really equipped with horses of this scale, Zhao An said, the grain road? The granary of the Jin army is my granary, and the grain and grass of the Jin army is my grain and grass!

If you can't get food and grass behind enemy lines for a month, then the growth of your own army all the way will not be in vain.

Isn't it just working behind enemy lines, as if you had fought on a frontal battlefield!

"What kind of luxury is this, since you want to go behind enemy lines, then you naturally need to solve your worries in terms of food.

And your legion is good at fighting behind enemy lines, and you have a month's food as a start-up fund, and you can only successfully attack a county behind enemy lines, so you don't need to worry about food.

Ruoqi's attack on the two counties is to make the people of Yanzhou and Sizhou worry about their back!

Of course, if you don't take any county for a month, you don't need to be strong, you don't need any supplies or anything, just lead the army and run back.

If the materials are lost, they can be stored again, but the people are gone, and I am distressed to death! Liu Tai smiled and said to Zhao An.

For Liu Tai, an infantry with two horses is nothing, and it is not a war horse that needs to be selected and eaten, and the Tang Dynasty soldiers are not equipped with a Mo sword soldier and three horses to transport supplies.

Now he hasn't reached that point, but in two years, if he wants to give Zhao An almost 20,000 soldiers, 8,000 war horses, and 40,000 horses, Liu Tai still believes that he can do it.

"If this is the case, Zijing will inevitably face the counterattack of the Yuzhou soldiers!" Zhou Ping said with a serious expression, "If you divide the troops again, I'm afraid there will be danger!" ”

When Liu Tai heard Zhou Ping's words, he shook his head and said, "In our army, Zhou Ping, you are the best at frontal command. Liu Ming is bold and ambitious, and he is not flustered or tired when he is in a desperate situation, which can be trusted by the soldiers.

And Zhao An is the best at dealing with complex situations, especially the most experienced in fighting behind enemy lines.

I will allocate 8,000 cavalry to Zhao An, at least in the field.

Zijing, you just need to remember that you are fighting behind enemy lines, so you will lose people and lose people, lose people and land, save people and lose land, and everyone and land will be gained! ”

Zhao An heard Liu Tai's words, but he also nodded fiercely, indicating that he knew.

"Therefore, our overall strategy will be divided into two parts, one is that we will go out in three ways, in order to put pressure on Yanzhou County, and even if Taishan County sends troops, we also need to guard against Gou Xi's possible troops.

But in fact, we created an opportunity for Zijing to lead his troops directly through the rear of Yuzhou, cut off the connection between Yuzhou and Yanzhou, and completely left the Yanzhou soldiers in isolation.

After Zhao An completes this stage of the task, Zhao An's task is to turn yourself into a target and attract the attention of the counties of Yuzhou.

But don't worry too much about the gains and losses of one city and one place, and try your best to drag the reinforcements in Yuzhou through field battles.

At this stage, the three of us should almost be ready to attack the city, first turn around, and tactically cut the isolated Yanzhou army according to the situation.

Or persuade them to surrender, or directly defeat stubborn targets, so as to completely annex Yanzhou.

After that, according to Zhao An's occupation of Yuzhou, a plan for a full-scale attack on Yuzhou was formulated!

All in all, there is no doubt that our next target is the Central Plains, what do you think we need to do to prepare? ”

Hearing Liu Tai's words, Zhou Ping at this time said, "Let me attack from Mount Tai!" ”

"No way!" Liu Tai shook his head and said, "You need to command the soldiers and horses of the five schools under your command and follow the route of Yuan Shao at the beginning."

As for the road of Mount Tai, I can only go, because only I am here, Gou Xi does not dare to act rashly.

And you can't give Gou Xi enough deterrence!

If you send troops to Mount Tai, then Gou Xi is likely to raise troops to the north to stop you.

We don't know what Gou Xi's psychology is, but we must be prepared to face Gou Xi head-on.

You don't have the experience of leading the legion in battle independently, and I can't let you leave your back to Gou Xi! ”

"The last general is incompetent, so the king is tired!" Zhou Ping couldn't help but salute Liu Tai when he heard Liu Tai's words.

And Liu Tai waved his hand backwards and said: "There is no need to do this, if you personally lead the army, you may not be the next Gou Xi!" ”

Then Liu Tai looked around at everyone again and said, "What do you still have any doubts!" ”

Zhao An shook his head and said, "The king has thought about me thoroughly, and all that is left is the training of soldiers who need to work harder on my own!" ”

Zhou Ping said: "If this is the case, we need to prepare for the winter battle, and we need to give the soldiers enough warm clothes!" ”

"It's a pity that the cotton hasn't been found yet, so I can only ask the surrounding aliens to hand in more fur and cashmere!" When Liu Tai said this, his eyes fell on Zhao An, and finally said thoughtfully, "You take your troops down to Youzhou to train!" ”

"King, what are you?!" Zhao An couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Liu Tai's words, this Yongji Canal has not been successfully built in the end, and although the army is not far from Yecheng to Youzhou, it is not close!

And Liu Tai said calmly, "If we only rely on us, whether it is the pasture in Bingzhou or the pasture in Youzhou, I am afraid that it is still a little insufficient, so we need to suffer from the surrounding foreign races."

Since this year, the Han have bought a large number of horses, lambs, and furs, and if they can't get enough goods, don't blame me for letting the Han cavalry visit.

Of course, we are not unreasonable, this year in addition to salt, tea will also enter the list of transactions.

I think that after they have drunk tea, I am afraid that it will be difficult to quit this kind of greasy drink! ”

When Zhao An heard Liu Tai's words, he suddenly realized a little.

Obviously, even Liu Tai can't meet the materials of the southern expedition in two years, so he can only use the output of foreign races to top one.

It's just that in order to ensure the smooth transaction, you can only stand on the platform yourself and let these aliens know the severity.

Because Liu Tai wants not that the alien race can probably replenish the materials, but that these aliens must replenish the materials.

If they can't make up for it, they need Zhao An, the guy who destroyed Tuoba Xianbei, and then destroyed a Xianbei tribe to replenish military supplies.

Of course, Liu Tai still hopes to solve it with a transaction, and try not to copy the guy.

(End of chapter)