On the third day after Yunzhong and the Flying Fox Regiment arrived in Leopard Water City, they received a warrant from the Pingbei General's Mansion and ordered Yunzhong to go to the military meeting.

Yunzhong arrived a little early, and the general's palace hall was still empty.

The General's Palace, which was obviously converted from another building, is a Rakshasa building with a dome, and there are reliefs on the dome and the walls on all sides, the dome relief depicts the story of Emperor Yah and his son Kisses who defeated Bali and saved Idu, and the reliefs on the surrounding walls depict the story of the four philosophers under the command of Yah: Mikel, Jebir, Luthers and Samor.

"Maybe it's a temple for the Rakshasas. The clouds speculated secretly.

In the center of the hall, a huge map was spread out on the ground, and around this map, more than twenty chairs were arranged in a mess.

Yun Zhong walked closer and saw that it was the map of the two counties of Black Mountain and Baishui.

"If Qinglu City can be successfully captured this time, on the one hand, it can enter Tieshan City, the last important town in Black Mountain County, and on the other hand, it can cut off the connection between the 50,000 Rakshasa army in Baishui County and the Rakshasa itself. A voice sounded behind the clouds.

Yunzhong looked back and saw a middle-aged man in a yellow robe standing beside him, thin and tall, with a dark face and bright eyes, looking extremely capable.

Yunzhong hurriedly saluted: "In the clouds of Xiamenghe County, I don't know the general's surname?"

The man returned the salute: "You are a mercenary, right? ”

Yun Zhong hurriedly saluted again: "I've seen the general." ”

This name is definitely a household name in Youzhou, and in the nine years since the war against the Rakshasa was waged, almost all the hard battles will have the name of this military general, and in the minds of the people of Youzhou, the name Xu Rong can be ranked alongside the name Ziyu, and it is the two gods of war of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Xu Rong walked in front of the map and pointed to dozens of white chess pieces placed near Qinglu City: "The commander of the Rakshasa Army is not a wine bag and rice bag, they have built forty-seven fortresses here, each fortress has more than three or four thousand people, and there are four or five hundred people at the least, with a total strength of more than sixty thousand, of which at least ten thousand are archers, which is a headache." ”

The Rakshasa archers, famous all over the world, are the Rakshasa troops that caused many casualties in the Great Merchant Army in the nine-year war, and the danger even exceeded that of the elite Drew Knights.

"Can you cut off their food routes?" asked Yunzhong.

Xu Rong said with a smile: "The Rakshasa country can hold on to our big business for nine years, and the support of the Xiyi countries for them is also quite large, and now their transportation lines are also based on storage rings, according to reliable information, there are at least five or six thousand storage rings in the Rakshasa army, and the total storage capacity is a little stronger than that of our army." ”

Yun Zhong raised his forehead, five thousand storage rings, each of which stores one hundred stones of grain and grass, that is, five hundred thousand stones, no wonder the Rakshasa people have so much confidence in protracted battles.

"And what about the water source?" Yun Zhong asked again.

"The Rakshasas also pay attention, they dug a lot of canals a few years ago, and now their water sources are basically within the range of forty-seven fortresses, and it is difficult to cut off the water source. Xu Rong shook his head again.

At this time, someone entered the council chamber again, and the conversation between the two did not continue.

As soon as the black-faced man who came in saw Yunzhong, he immediately stepped forward: "Brother Yun, meet again." ”

When Yun Zhong saw it, it was the heaven-level master Jiang Qin, who he met at the Lucheng martial arts competition, and hurriedly saluted: "In Lucheng, I was taken care of by Brother Jiang, and I haven't had time to thank you yet." ”

Jiang Qin smiled: "They are all big businessmen, what are you doing here, I am also relieved to see that you are safe and sound." ”

The two said a few more words, only to see that the generals arrived one after another, and saw many acquaintances in the clouds, such as Liu Bei's three brothers, Song Jiang, Wei Yan, etc., and after a while, Pingbei General Ziyu also entered the council hall.

Yunzhong is also the first time to see the commander of the Northern Expedition Rakshasa , this general who was born in the family of the Shang king, was sent to Youzhou to preside over the battle with the Rakshasa in the year of the weak crown, and now he is in his thirties, it can be said that he has invested his youth in the great cause of the Northern Expedition.

Ziyu sat on the main seat, looked around, saw Yunzhong standing behind Xu Rong, and asked, "General Xu, who is standing behind you, this general doesn't seem to have seen it." ”

Yunzhong hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Yunzhong of Menghe County, I have seen General Pingbei. ”

Ziyu smiled: "It turned out to be a demon man, although you have no official position, you have a famous name, and you shouldn't have no seats." "Immediately a seat.

Yun Zhong hurriedly thanked him, and peeked at it, Liu Bei, Wei Yan and many others had uncertain looks on their faces, and secretly smiled bitterly in their hearts.

After sitting down in the clouds, Ziyu's face turned solemn: "Now the situation, you should all know that the Rakshasa people will defend Qinglu City like an iron bucket, our army is in a dilemma, if you attack these fortresses, it is likely to suffer heavy losses, if you don't attack, it will be like a fish in the throat." ”

A rough voice sounded: "Several fortresses, what's the big deal, watch me and my eldest brother and second brother break them one by one!"

All the generals smiled, this third master Zhang Fei is super strong, but his personality is reckless and cute.

Liu Bei turned around and shouted: "Third brother, stop, in front of all the generals here, how can you speak!"

Zhang Fei tilted his head in hatred and stopped talking.

Yunzhong heard that Liu Bei only said that Zhang Fei was overstepping the rules, but he didn't say a word about his blind pursuit of war, and shook his head secretly, this person's reputation is quite strong, to the point of ignoring the overall situation.

A loud voice sounded: "The three generals are brave and brave, it's just today's thing, not just by courage, I am more inclined to take the defensive position first, turn around and attack Baishui County, first annihilate the 50,000 Rakshasa army there, and then come to Xu Tu Qinglu City." "The one who spoke was a dignified-looking great man, but he knew him in the clouds, it was the brother of Menghe Taishou Gongsun Du, the white horse general Gongsun Zhan, the famous Tianjie master in Youzhou, and Pingcheng Taishou Cheng Pu and called "Youzhou Shuangbi".

Ziyu muttered: "If you ignore the enemy army in Qinglu City, I am afraid that they will attack the rear of our army when I attack Baishui County, and second, I am afraid that they will divide their troops to attack the two counties of Greentown and Menghe. ”

As soon as he looked up, he saw Xu Rong smiling and silent, so he stopped talking, and was about to ask, but he saw Xu Rong make a look, Ziyu and Xu Rong have worked together for many years, and they know it, and they said at the moment: "The generals can speak freely." ”

All the generals spoke one after another, some advocated attacking Qinglu City, and some advocated attacking Baishui County first, and they couldn't hold each other for a while.

Suddenly, General Wei Yan asked: "Lord Yunzhong has been knighted for meritorious service, and he must be a person who can fight well, I don't know what Lord Yun's high opinion is." ”

Yunzhong listened to everyone's discussions, and was bored, so Wei Yan asked about himself, but he didn't panic, and arched his hand: "I think that it is taboo to have heavy troops under the fortified city, and I agree with General Gongsun Zhan's opinion, you might as well attack Baishui County first, annihilate the living force of tens of thousands of Rakshasa people, and completely recover Baishui County, and then come back to fight with the enemy of Qinglu City." ”

Liu Bei said in a deep voice: "Leave the enemy of Qinglu City alone, if they sneak attack the rear of our army, how about it?"

Yun Zhong smiled: "Just leave a soldier and horse here to defend." ”

"It's not proper," it was the famous general Cheng Pu who spoke, "There are 50,000 Rakshasa troops in Baishui County, if we have more soldiers left in Qinglu City, the advantage in attacking Baishui troops will not be great, if we have insufficient troops in Qinglu City, we will not be able to defend against the Rakshasa Army's sneak attack on my rear at all." The last general thought that it was a safe strategy to ask Lord Ziwen for reinforcements and wait for our army's strength advantage to be obvious before attacking. ”

Yun Zhong said: "General Cheng's words are wrong, if you wait for reinforcements from Youzhou, I am afraid that the reinforcements of the Rakshasa people will also arrive, and the situation will still not be clear at that time." As for what General Cheng said, it is not enough to keep fewer soldiers, and I thought that as long as I left a general to lead 30,000 troops here, set up a camp of 100,000 people, set up more flags, and light more cooking smoke when making food, and bluff, the Rakshasa army would not dare to move. ”

After saying that, Yunzhong stood up and said to Ziyu: "I think that General Xu Rong must stay in Leopard Water City." ”

Ziyu frowned slightly, and was about to speak, but found that Xu Rong was glaring at him again, and then looked at Yunzhong, and saw that he also winked at himself, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, and said: "What Yunzhong said is very much in line with the general's intentions." ”

Ziyu shouted: "The generals will listen to the order!"

The generals did not dare to slack off, and stood up in unison and obeyed the order.

"General Gongsun Zan is the main vanguard, General Liu Bei is the deputy vanguard, a total of 20,000 Ma Bu troops, attack Baishui County Xiuling City; Cheng Pu led 10,000 Ma Bu troops to cut off the passage from Huangmuling to Xiuling City, and contain the main force of the Rakshasa Army in Baishui County; Ling Xu Rong led 30,000 Ma Bu troops to stay in Leopard Water City; Ling Yunzhong was Xu Rong's deputy general, organized suspicious soldiers, and confused the Rakshasa Army; the rest of the generals rose up with their own generals, and must annihilate all the defenders of Yunshui County in a battle and completely recover Yunshui County. ”

The generals agreed.

After Ziyu's assignment was completed, Xu Rong was ordered to stay, and the rest of the people returned to the camp to prepare.

"It seems that Whitewater County can be completely recovered after this battle. Cheng Pu and Jiang Qin walked out side by side with Yunzhong, and Jiang Qin smiled.

Cheng Pu frowned, and looked at the clouds: "Although the bluff strategy is good, I am afraid that I can't hide it for how long the Rakshasa Army will be, if the battle of Baishui can end quickly, it is good, if there is anything unsatisfactory on the Baishui side, the Rakshasa Army in Qinglu City will definitely be dispatched, at that time, Lord Xu Rong not only can't stop the Rakshasa Army from attacking my rear, but the 30,000 troops left behind will also fall into a crisis." ”

Yun Zhong said in a low voice: "General Cheng is still optimistic, the two armies have been fighting for nine years, and the secret agents sent by each other are only afraid that there are more than the carp crossing the river, and the bluff strategy will be seen through in two days at most." ”

Jiang Qin was so shocked that he almost screamed, but was held down by Cheng Pu, who looked at the clouds, his eyes bursting with light.