Xuanwu four states, in addition to Bianzhou, Song, Bo, Yingzhou three states from north to south distribution, east with Wuning Jiedu envoy Xu, Su, Hao and other prefectures adjacent, west with Zhongwu Jiedu envoy Chenzhou, of which the southernmost Yingzhou, the southern boundary is the Huai River.

Starting from Bianzhou and entering the territory of Wuning, there are two waterways, one is to go down the Surabaya River and go directly to Xuzhou through Songzhou, and the other is to go down the Bianhe River (canal) and reach Suzhou through Bozhou.

The two states of Song and Bo are bordered, and the state cities are less than 100 miles apart.

Li Ye led his army from Bianzhou and stationed in Songzhou; after defeating the Shu army, the elite cavalry of the various armies rushed east from Zhongwu and are now arriving at Bozhou one after another—the main force of the army operating in the Central Plains under the command of the two will be assembled on the front line of Song and Bo.

The day after Li Maozhen met with Li Ye in Songzhou, he summoned less than ten principal officials and generals of both sides and held a military meeting.

"Before the war, according to the intelligence we heard, we judged that the Wu army would divide its troops into two ways after capturing Xuzhou. All the way north to attack Gunzhou, march in the direction of Qingzhou, seeking to capture the whole territory of Pinglu, all the way to the west, through the Song and Bo prefectures into Xuanwu - after obtaining these two states, join up with the Shu army and go north to capture Bianzhou, and finally complete the rendezvous with the army occupying the west of Pinglu. ”

"When that time comes, the Wu army will be connected with the territory of the Shu army that occupies the eastern capital of Xuzhou Zhongwu and Luoyang, and it will have eighty or ninety percent of the prefectures and counties in the Central Plains. Although the king could nominally occupy Heyang in Zhengzhou and Yicheng in Huazhou, after the two joined forces in Bianzhou and defeated the old department of King An, they were bound to join forces to attack Heyang and Yicheng and expel the king's soldiers and horses, so as to complete the complete division of the Central Plains. ”

In front of the huge map hanging in the big tent, Li Maozhen held a long pole and said the above words while pointing out the corresponding places on the map, and finally drew a circle.

He looked at the people in the tent, and continued in an unchanged tone: "To this end, the strategy we have formulated is: first, first concentrate the elite of the army to defeat the Shu army, which is relatively weak and too far away from the town, and then move eastward, ambush the westward Wu army on the front line of Song and Bo, and fight a decisive battle with it. ”

"Second, use Wei Bo, Chengde, Jinghai, Tianping Town soldiers and horses, and cooperate with the Pinglu Army on the Qingzhou side to ambush the Wu army in the north in Gunzhou, and strive to defeat, and the guarantee has to drag the other party. ”

Third, during the Great War in the West and the North, he ordered a group of elite cavalry to attack in a roundabout way, break into Sizhou in the south of Wuning, and capture the prefectures and counties, and then control the Huai River and cut off the grain route and backup of the Wu army. ”

"If the war goes smoothly on all sides, we will finally completely encircle and annihilate the Wu army in Wuning, and not let it lose a single soldier!"

Speaking of this, Li Maozhen took the long pole, sat down after returning to the small case in front of the map, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea Runsang.

The people in the tent were divided into two parts, Li Ye and Li Maozhen's seats were set up opposite each other on a low platform, and the two generals were divided into two rows in the tent.

——The reason why there are few people participating in the military discussion is because the situation of Li Ye's life is still a secret that only a very few people know, and the longer this secret is maintained, the more conducive it will be to the subsequent war.

Except for some of Li Ye and Li Maozhen's henchmen, as well as the envoys of various towns, the officials and generals below now only think that Li Maozhen has reached some kind of alliance with King An's old department.

When Li Maozhen paused for a while, Li Ye took over the conversation, "Because the alliance between King Gu and King Qi was unexpected, and the actions were concealed, thorough, and decisive, the original battle went very smoothly, and we also successfully defeated the Shu army. But now, the situation has changed, and to put it simply, the Wu army has begun to shrink the front!"

"The Wu army marched westward, and the first two days of Japan had already entered the territory of Song and Bozhou, and they were about to step into the ambush we had set up in a reckless and ignorant way, just like the Shu army, but suddenly retreated dozens of miles overnight, and set up a strong camp and put on a posture of strict defense! This is the case with the Wu army moving westward, and the situation of the Wu army going north is similar. ”

After a pause, Li Ye glanced at everyone with a solemn expression: "The Wu army's behavior is so abnormal, we have to think about it, they are likely to have noticed our actions, so they changed their original advance strategy." ”

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the generals present changed slightly, and in the eyes of Liu Dazheng and Zhao Bingkun, there was a sense of contemplation.

Li Maozhen put down the tea bowl and chuckled: "It is naturally best to successfully ambush the Wu army, just like dealing with Wang Jian's fat pig, and easily deal with them." If they weren't so stupid, aware of the anomaly early and prepared for it, it would have been just a head-to-head battle, so why should we be afraid?"

Li Ye and Li Maozhen joined forces, and the number of knots that could be controlled exceeded 20, and the number of soldiers and horses dispatched was also more than 1 million. Now that the Shu army has been defeated, they can concentrate their forces on dealing with the Wu army, and the superiority of troops alone is enough for them to attack head-on without scruples.

After a pause, Li Maozhen pouted and added: "If even Wang Jian's stupid pig has been defeated, and Gao Biao has not discovered the abnormality, then he and the Confucian Sect are not worthy of talking about chasing the Central Plains at all." ”

After speaking, Li Maozhen picked up the tea bowl, stopped at the edge of her mouth, and continued to add: "Although they have always been unworthy. ”

Li Ye did not comment on this. Li Maozhen and Gao Biao look down on each other, this is a well-known thing, and it has reached the point of undisguised, as early as the Battle of Kunlun, they did not quarrel less.

According to the previous exchange with Li Maozhen, Li Ye talked about the following battle arrangements: "Since the Wu army has taken precautions and begun to shrink the front, then we don't have to hide it anymore, and we will have to go with them day and night, and sneak in secret." Next, we will mobilize all our military forces, concentrate on the west and north sides of Wuning, first compress their range of activities, and when the soldiers and horses are ready, we will fight the opponent head-on and defeat them in a dignified manner!"

When Liu Dazheng, Zhao Bingkun and others heard this, they all nodded in agreement, and their eyes were hot.

No matter when and where, being able to use superior forces to crush the enemy head-on with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai is the favorite thing for generals to do.

Seeing that everyone had no opinions, Li Maozhen began to add: "Wu Jun has obviously noticed the abnormality, but we don't know how much they know about our situation, and how much they know will directly determine their next battle arrangement." This matter is extremely urgent, and the monks of the Phantom Sound Workshop and the Tsing Yi Yamen must mobilize all their forces to go deep into the territory of Wuning to find out. At the same time, no effort must be spared to uproot the Wu Army monk sentries around us!"

His arrangement was mainly to prevent the other party from knowing that King An had reappeared.

This is the issue that Li Maozhen is most concerned about at present.

Because once Gao Biao knew that King An had reappeared, of course, it was impossible for the other party to understand that King An was fake, then Gao Biao and Confucianism were very likely to be afraid, and it was not even impossible to withdraw their troops back to Huainan.

Of course, Li Maozhen could not accept this situation.

His goal is always to compete for the whole world, and to achieve this goal, he must eliminate strong opponents one by one. Gao Biao occupied a large area of territory in Huainan, including a part of the south of the Yangtze River, and if he retreated without losing his troops, Li Maozhen would undoubtedly have great military difficulties if he had to cross the heavily fortified Huai River and the Yangtze River in the future.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the main force of the Wu army was gathered and annihilated in Huaibei to clear the obstacles and pave the way for the future attack on Huainan, which was the result that Li Maozhen had to strive for.

Li Ye glanced at Li Maozhen without a trace, and said secretly in his heart: "Li Maozhen is thinking a lot. ”

It's not a bad thing to think too much, but sometimes it's easy to overthink some aspects and ignore others.

A few days later, in Xuzhou, in the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion, Gao Biao was discussing the latest military situation with Guo Pu, Zhang Zhongsheng, Zhong Xuan and others.

The first to speak was Guo Pu, who gave the latest report: "In recent days, a large number of enemy troops have been marching to the front line of Song and Bo almost every moment, and many soldiers and horses have even appeared in Yingzhou, and the large and small cities of prefectures, counties, and cities in these places have been filled with troops from various towns! Li Maozhen's troops, who had been stranded in Tongguan before, also left Tongguan and hurriedly marched in the direction of Song and Bo. Not only that, but in the territory of Yizhou and Gunzhou in the north, enemy reinforcements are constantly coming!"

As the report was told in depth, Guo Pu's expression became more and more solemn.

In the end, he concluded: "In a word, Li Maozhen is mobilizing all the soldiers and horses of his and King An's old troops, as well as the army of the feudal town that originally belonged to Zhu Wen, to encircle Xuzhou! This is completely a decisive battle! Because there are so many soldiers and horses, even if his army has not yet been fully assembled, its vanguard has already left Song and Bo Prefecture and begun to march towards Wuning, and it will soon meet our westward army!"

Gao Yu was silent.

Zhang Zhongsheng said: "Although we claim to be a million troops, we actually have only more than 700,000 soldiers and horses, and now we are facing an enemy that is nearly three times larger, and the situation is indeed not good. However, since ancient times, the number of soldiers and horses in battlefield battles does not directly determine the outcome of the battle, and the most important thing is to rely on strategy and hard fighting. ”

Gao Yu still didn't speak.

Zhong Miao slapped his thigh and shouted: "Li Maozhen is just a white-faced little guy, the girls are chirping, it is difficult to become a big weapon, what are you afraid of him doing? Even if he has an army of tens of millions, I Huainan Xiaoyong is under the leadership of King Wu, killing him is like slaughtering a dog!"

Regarding Zhong Xuan's shouting, Guo Pu and Zhang Zhongsheng directly chose to ignore it.

It was Gao Biao, who finally spoke, and he said unshockedly: "Our army crossed the Hebei expedition, and the most important thing is to ensure the grain route in the rear, so Su and Si Erzhou must not be lost, who of you can guard these two places for the lone king?"

As soon as Zhong Xuan heard that he was guarding the rear, waiting for others to fight, and lacked offensive initiative, he had no intention of fighting, but he still said: "Whether it is Li Maozhen or the old department of King An, they are all northern soldiers and horses, and they are not familiar with water warfare, and the Huai River and Surabaya are guarded by the elite of our sailors, as long as they dare to come, they will be sent to death." The last general felt that as long as he sent a steady general, he could defend Su and Si Erzhou. ”

Gao Yu nodded, "That's right." General Yang, you go. ”

A resolute-faced military general in the room came out of the line when he heard the voice, hugged his fists and said, "The last general will take the order!"

This general surnamed Yang is called Yang Xingmi!

Gao Biao continued: "Since the vanguard of the thief army has already set off from Song and Bo, we can't help but face the battle. Since our Huainan Naval Division is elite, it can't just be used for defense, Surabaya and Bianhe are good battlefields. Who wants to take on the vanguard of the thieves?"

Without waiting for Zhong Xuan to speak, a tall military general came out of the ranks, hugged his fists and said, "The last general is willing to go!"

Seeing that it was this person who asked for his life, Gao Biao had a smile on his face: "General Sun is willing to go, naturally it is very good." ”

"The last general commands!"

This tall general is named Sun Ru!

Guo Pu and Zhang Zhongsheng saw that Gao Biao had already arranged the military, and they felt very stable.

It was also at this time that they recalled that Gao Biao had made great achievements in battle, and he was as famous as Li Xian and Zhang Yichao.

On the way of soldiers and battlefield battles, as long as Gao Yu is not confused, who in the world dares to say that he is stronger than him?

After arranging the military, Gao Yu's posture of sitting down did not change, the thumb of his right hand rubbed his index finger, and said calmly: "Li Maozhen annexed King An's soldiers and horses, and he can also let Zhu Wen's old department be used by him, so the momentum is huge, we have to think of a way to disintegrate them from the inside." Zhu Wen has no news since he left Kunlun, and what are he doing now? ”

Guo Pu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "Send someone to find it!"

Gao Yu bowed his head slightly.

Zhang Zhongsheng looked at Gao Yu, who was sitting on the main seat and not moving like a mountain, and an indescribable emotion suddenly emerged in his heart.

He secretly thought: "King Wu is a military wizard, although he behaved inappropriately during the Huangchao Rebellion, but after all, he is still there, and now he is working hard for the second time, and the future can be expected...... If it is only a soldier's talent, now that King Wu is assisted by my Confucianism, he is influenced by my Confucianism, and his wisdom and strategy have reached a higher level, isn't this just the image of the sun?"

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhongsheng lowered his brows and sighed secretly in his heart, "In the past, when King An was still in the mortal world, he was so radiant, and most of the heroes in the world were like grass mustard. Now that King An is gone, the heroes of the world, who else can compete with such a King Wu?"