After everyone got acquainted, Chen Chao became serious.

He beckoned, Hou Ji took out the map from the letterbox, spread it out on the table, and the generals instantly gathered around and pointed at the map.

Before the Chen Dynasty came, they didn't have the confidence to win this battle.

But after the Chen Dynasty came, this kind of confidence emanated from the inside out of their bones, and they firmly believed that under the leadership of the Chen Dynasty, they would definitely be able to win.

Chen Chao pointed to one of the places highlighted on the map.

Binh Duong Valley!

A place where bandits store grain and grass.

"General, there are 30,000 bandits here and there are 30,000 soldiers, and the terrain there is easy to defend and difficult to attack, including 5,000 regular troops of Chu State garrisoned, we want to attack it, I am afraid it will not be easy." One of the generals frowned.

If you want to relieve the pressure on Pingyi City, there are only two ways.

First, our side directly led troops to support Pingyi City, set up a posture outside the city, and fought with the bandits with real swords and guns.

Second, attack and harass the rear of the bandits and force the bandits to divide their forces to support.

At a glance, people with a discerning eye will choose the second way.

But now, Pingyang Valley is not easy to attack.

If it is a strong attack, I am afraid that there will be heavy losses.

At this moment, the captain of the Sword and Shield Battalion, Xu Biao, who had not been seen for a long time, stood up and shouted:

"General, my subordinates are willing to be the vanguard, and they are willing to make a military order to attack Pingyang Valley!"

In the battle of Yongguan, the biggest credit is this big man, who is the number one general under Chen Chao!

The sword and shield battalion led by him is fierce, and even Meng Changge has to admire it for three points.

If he attacks Pingyang Valley, the odds of victory are greater than others, and he is the best choice.

Xu Biao stood up, but Chen Chao pressed down his hand.

He couldn't bear to put such a warrior in danger, and it would be of great use to keep him.

Chen Chao looked at everyone, and the finger on the map pointed to Pingyang Valley moved slightly to the east:

"Here, Qingshui River, there are three pontoon bridges temporarily built by bandits on the river, if the grain and grass in Pingyang Valley want to be transported to the hands of the bandit army, it must be fought through here, if Pingyang Valley is in trouble, the bandit army will inevitably pass through this place to rescue."

"Let's not attack Pingyang Valley, fight back the army of bandits who come back to rescue!"

This strategy is in one place, and everyone in the tent is raising eyebrows.

Then they clenched their fists in unison: "General, clever plan!" ”

"What the general means is that we will first lead the troops to attack the Qingshui River, and then wait for the rabbits, and wait for the bandit army to go to the bridge, and then we will ......"

"Stupid you've got it!" Li Sandao suddenly gave the back of the man's head, "Qingshui River is the throat of the bandits to transport grain, we all know that this place is very important, don't the bandits know?" They must have sent heavy troops to guard it, and although the Qingshui River is not as good as that of Pingyang Valley, we will definitely not be able to gnaw it down for a while. ”

Chen Chao smiled, "Captain Li is right, the difficulty of attacking this place is no less than that of Qingshui River. ”

"What does the general mean?"

Others don't understand.

If Qingshuihe can't be attacked, then there is no way to talk about the bandit reinforcements that come back.

After satisfying everyone's curiosity, Chen Chao revealed his true plan.

On the map, the finger pointing to Qingshui Valley shifted a little, and pointed to another location: "This place, called Hukou Gorge, is the fastest way to reach Pingyang Valley except for the Qingshui River." ”

"The terrain here is extremely special, deep into the Hukou Gorge, looking up can only see the sky shaped like a line, also known as a line of sky."

"The bandit grain transport team is afraid of ambushing in this place, so they rarely take this road, and the plan of General Ben is to set up an ambush in Hukou Gorge to catch the bandits off guard."

When the generals heard this, their brows furrowed, and they fell into deep thought.

After a long time, one person couldn't help but sigh: "Wonderful....."

"The army of bandits would never have imagined that we would set up an ambush in Hukou Gorge, and at that time, we would ambush in advance and occupy an absolutely advantageous geographical location, and the bandits would not have the power to fight back at all."

Some people admired, and some people asked: "General, if the Qingshui River is not eliminated for a day, the bandits will not go to Hukou Gorge, won't our efforts be in vain?" ”

Chen Chao smiled slightly, not caring at all: "Since someone removed the three pontoon bridges on the Qingshui River, you don't have to worry about this." ”

"As soon as the three pontoon bridges are removed, the bandits will go to Hukou Gorge, we just need to ambush them in advance in Hukou Gorge and catch them off guard."

"Xu Biao!"

Chen Chao suddenly got serious and shouted.

Xu Biao stood up and came out to clench his fists: "The subordinates are here!" ”

"I order you to lead the sword and shield battalion to feint to attack Pingyang Valley, and be sure to give the bandits the illusion that our army wants to eat Pingyang Valley in one bite, so that the bandits in Pingyang Valley will ask for help."

"Subordinates obey."

"Captain Li!"

Chen Chao looked at Meng Li three times.

Li Sandao stood up and clenched his fists: "The subordinates are here!" ”

"Pingyang Valley is in trouble, the first person to support Pingyang Valley must be Qingshuihe, Qingshuihe will divide troops to support, but the number of people they support will not be too much, I order you to lead the team and be sure to defeat these people."

"Subordinates obey!"

Chen Chao said again: "General Meng! ”

Meng Changge stood up.

Along the way, she was used to seeing Chen Chao's indecent appearance, and Chen Chao was suddenly like this, and she was still a little unaccustomed to it.

Sure enough, the Chen Dynasty is two faces, two completely different ones.

"Order you to lead the Qin army crossbowmen, along with General Ben, to ambush the bandits who came back to rescue in Hukou Gorge!"

"Subordinates obey."

After that, Chen Chao successively named the other lieutenants and instructed them what they should do one by one.

Chen Chao arranged all kinds of things here, and the other generals who had just left outside gathered around You Zhong and talked in a whisper.

"General You, you see, he clearly didn't take us seriously, and only left his henchmen of the victorious army."

You Zhong is in his forties, in the prime of life, and has a lean body, but no one dares to underestimate him.

Before he came here to serve as a supervisor, he was Zhou Mi's right-hand man.

"Don't say this in the future, General Chen has his own plans for doing this." You Zhong looked at this person with an indifferent expression.

The man lowered his head in fright, thought about it, and said boldly:

"General You, you are assigned by Marshal Zhou to supervise the army, and our army on the northern front cannot be controlled by a Chen Dynasty in his early thirties."

Obviously, he didn't know the true identity of Chen Chao.

The wrinkles at the corners of You Zhong's eyes trembled slightly, and his complexion still did not change:

"General Wu, listening to your words, it seems that you are not convinced by General Chen? General Ben was far away in Pingyi City, and he heard that General Chen had defeated the bandits at Yongguan, and General Ben believed that under the command of General Chen, the army on the northern front would be victorious. ”

The general surnamed Wu pulled You Zhong to a remote place and said in a low voice:

"General You doesn't know that the 50,000 bandits were all flooded by the sudden flood, where is the credit of the Chen Dynasty? I went to see the dammed lake a few years ago, and it can't be broken by manpower, it's a bandit who is going to die. ”

"Oh?" You Zhong suddenly became interested.

It turned out that flooding the bandits was not a strategy of the Chen Dynasty, it was a coincidence?

General Wu continued to flatter: "General You has followed Marshal Zhou for many years, and he must be proficient in the art of war. ”

You Zhongpi didn't smile, pressed the handle of the waist knife with one hand, and didn't reply.

In the end, he just patted him lightly on the shoulder, and said calmly: "General Wu's heart, this general has received it, but this general was ordered by Marshal Zhou to assist General Chen, and he did not have the intention of seizing power..."

After saying that, You Zhong turned around and left.

Only the surname Wu was left with an embarrassed face.

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....

It's twilight.

In the camp tent, Chen Chao was making the final deduction with Meng Changge, and before the guards at the gate could report, the curtain of the camp tent was lifted and the two of them rushed in.

The leader is Ning Baizhi, this girl walked and jumped, and when she saw Chen Chao, she happily immediately asked for credit:

"General, you can count it, during the days of your absence, I beheaded twenty and four bandits, and the bandits I killed were full of farts and urine, holding their heads and running away."

"Hmm.... Good job, keep up the good work. Chen Chao replied casually.

"Bai Zhi, don't mess around." Ning Baiying stretched out her hand to stop her sister Ning Baizhi, stepped forward to salute in a proper manner, hugged her fists and said, "General!" ”

"Hmm."

Chen Chao nodded.

Ning Baiying's scout camp is usually responsible for finding out the news, and during the time when Chen Chao is not here, their task is to survey the terrain near Pingyang Valley, Qingshui River, and Hukou Gorge, and find out how many people there are on the other side.

Setting up an ambush in Hukou Gorge was the location they chose.

The terrain is steep, which ensures that bandits can enter and exit.