Chapter Eighty-Five: Strategizing

In Sanhe Bay, people from all walks of life gathered together to report the trip, and Mei Ying made a summary.

"The plan went well, and everyone worked hard. ”

"Yan Ning went to the standard camp, the director adjusted the reorganization plan, the instructor was appointed separately, the position of the standard commander was replaced by Coach Qiu, and the newly established cavalry patrol, Li Changgong served as the patrol commander. ”

"Report, I have an opinion. Li Changgong interrupted Mei Ying's words, stood up and looked at Gao Yuan, and waved his hand again and again: "I'm not the material to be the inspector, you can find another Gao Ming." Besides, I'm leaving, what should I do with Gao Yuan? A personal guard, you are really embarrassed to report to the standard camp. ”

"Someone!"

Mei Ying sank her face and snorted coldly, and the guards on duty rushed into the tent with long knives in their hands.

"Li Longbow, you are a student soldier, a future officer, it is a soldier's duty to obey orders and listen to commands, you can choose two paths, either go to the cavalry patrol to take office, or go to the military judge with a hippie smile. ”

The big tent of the Chinese army is not a place for jokes, Mei Ying's face was cloudy, and the guards couldn't help but say that they surrounded her, the tip of the knife was less than half a foot away from her body, and Li Longbow was stiff: "I don't want to be an official and violate any military law?"

"Shut up!" Gao Yuan knew Mei Ying's temperament and temperament, and changed the taboo of the army every day, Li Changgong disobeyed the order and had no good fruit to eat, so he hurriedly stood up and pleaded: "He was worried that there were few people in the pro-guard team, and it would be difficult to perform his duties in the future, so he didn't mean to disobey the military order, so he was in a hurry to say the opposite." ”

"You shut up too!" Mei Ying stopped unceremoniously and sneered at Li Changgong: "The standard camp is the cradle of the empire's training of officers, not a platform for your brothers to form gangs! Li Changgong, let me ask you again, go to the cavalry patrol to take up your post, or report to the Military Justice Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs?"

"Report to the county lord, Li Changgong will obey the military order!" The hero does not suffer immediate losses, Li Changgong expressed his loyalty: "In the future, only the county lord's orders will be followed, and I will arrest whoever you see is not pleasing to the eye, and Gao Yuan is no exception." ”

"Poof!" Hua Yue couldn't help laughing, this way of expressing loyalty was really unique, Mei Ying also made him laugh, waved his hand to make the guards retreat and reprimanded: "This time the right to write down, and the next offense will be punished." ”

"Lord Xie is forgiving!"

Takagaki and Li Changgong thanked each other and sat down, and with this episode, the atmosphere of the tent became even more serious.

"The Lingbo reserve team has set off, and the 20 standard teams that came from afar support it, and the two battalions of Xiangyun originally had an ambiguous attitude, and yesterday the leader came to the team and actively expressed his intention to be the vanguard, and the 30,000 people in Jicuiguan acted in unison, and the task of communication, liaison and coordination and command was heavy, and we had no veteran generals, and the combat strength of the command corps was inadequate. ”

Mei Ying stopped talking and looked at Gao Yuan, seeing that he was looking straight ahead and indifferent, she continued to say with a sigh of relief: "The craftsmen and materials for the construction of the city have bypassed the Sanhewan camp on the road three days ago, and there are five standard teams escorting them in secret, and the news is tightly sealed, and no one knows about the standard team students. However, the march of the army is huge, and how to prevent the leakage of intelligence and delay the enemy as much as possible is another difficult problem we are facing. ”

Coach Qiu's eyes were red and swollen and frowning, there was no problem in commanding the standard team, he could barely make the full organization operate, but he had to coordinate more than 30,000 people, and there was still no clear affiliation to strengthen the legion, and in just a few days, his head was filled with a lot of gray hair, and his voice was hoarse after opening the file: "All the standard teams are in favor of unity, it does not mean that the legion is established, and the current chaos can be remedied, in wartime it is a group of rabble, not to mention the prohibition of orders, 30,000 people seems to be a lot, and a few elite battalions of the enemy can be defeated." For reasons that we are not qualified to know, regular troops and officers are not allowed to enter their destinations openly, and it is imperative to establish an effective command structure, and I and the tactical team are really powerless. ”

There is no effective command system, there are no experienced generals, and the oldest qualified leader of each standard team is only a military school, and at most he has commanded battalion-level battles. The operational command of the Grand Army is especially important, and the slightest carelessness can lead to chaos. There are many generals in the empire who have experienced a hundred battles, and the old marquis Yan is two hundred miles away, but they can't go to the three areas, and they can command remotely from a distance, which is chilling to think about, the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, how can they have time to ask for instructions thousands of miles away.

Gao Yuan drew up a plan without considering the issue of command, and he was angry with Mei Ying's approach, so he simply lowered his head and pretended to be deaf and dumb, you even transferred Li Changgong out of the personal guard, what is the matter with me, the captain, the army will set off immediately, and it is too late to reorganize, and you can't just pull a few trainees to fill the number, and you can't afford to take responsibility for mistakes.

"Gao Yuan, you put forward the idea, and now the arrow has to be sent, how big the man's belly is, how big the thing can be, get up, tell me your opinion. ”

Gao Yuan didn't squeak, that is, he was angry with Mei Ying, after that whining and scolding, the two met a limited number of times, they didn't say a few words, annoyances followed, there was no chance to apologize, Coach Qiu didn't know the details, thinking that he cared about personal gains and losses, and named him unhappily.

"The Sunset mercenary assassinated the county lord, how well he grasped the hearts of the people, we didn't notice the abnormality of the standard at the time, but the enemy knew it well, and the information provided by the spy could only be used as a reference, and the strict plan almost succeeded. The standard team can set up a tactical group, the enemy will not be without the guidance of masters, and the officers will not openly enter the three-regardless zone, and they can get through the confusion by hiding in the army with a different identity. ”

Gao Yuan pulled the topic away, everyone didn't know what to say, Mei Ying didn't stop it, let him play at will, dare to take personal emotions to consult military affairs, and someone will wait for you to settle accounts after the meeting.

"The people who set up the plot to murder the county lord, needless to say, are the dignitaries who strategize in the temple, the enemy cooperates with them just right, the commander is by no means a vulgar person, to say something unpleasant, their wisdom is like the waves of the Qinghe, one wave follows another, and it is even more vicious to break a link and follow. ”

Qin Rufeng couldn't listen to it, and reminded loudly: "Xiao Yuanzi, don't grow the enemy's ambition, what's wrong with the masters, win them, and only then will you be extremely smart." ”

The senior brother's words were not shy about it, and the love was overflowing, Gao Yuan couldn't help but glance at Mei Ying, but she turned her head away and ignored it, and got up and walked to the map.

"The masters naturally don't take the apprentices in their eyes, their opponents are the king and the crown prince, and we are at best just pawns crossing the river. This is the opportunity to take the enemy by surprise and disrupt its entire plan by taking advantage of the enemy's contempt. Don't think too long-term, the pawn moves, the chariots and horses will respond, the king wins the war in seven years, how can we guess the wisdom and courage, and there is no need to worry about the back, it will definitely catch the enemy off guard and suffer a big loss. ”

Mei Ying raised the corners of her mouth, a smile appeared on her face, and she said that after the matter was completed, she must skillfully let her grandfather know, and the unintentional slapping of the horse and the whiskers can make the old man like it more, when the mood is good, Chrysostom opens, Gao Yuan's future does not have to worry, there is a plan in his heart and his heart is sincere, and the emperor's family lacks such talents.

"Needless to say, if we don't agree with your plan, why don't we take risks and curry favor here. Hua Yue patted the table lightly and asked directly: "The first question, how to solve the unified command?"

Mei Ying looked at it in the blink of an eye, and everyone had more anticipation in their eyes, and Gao Yuan pointed to the destination on the map, and his tone became firm.

"Three full battalions, Ling Bo is on guard at the edge of the desert, one goes to the forest to lurk, and the other guards the surface of the Qinghe River, the captains of each battalion have rich experience in actual combat, and authorize them to act cheaply, they can fight if they can, and run if they can't, there is not much risk, why use us to command. The premise of the success of the plan is that the enemy despises the unfortified, they have to have heavy troops there, how far we run, how far we run, there is no need to fight, and unified command is not necessary. ”

Coach Qiu was thoughtful, Gao Yuan's idea to break the routine of the soldiers, tens of thousands of people fighting separately, it is reasonable to seek their own death, but in the current situation is just a stroke of genius, if you really want to meet the enemy only flee and not fight, do not care about friendly and neighboring troops, the probability of getting out safely has greatly increased, leaving a way to retreat before the battle, is the quality that the commander must have, first consider how to save his life when he fails, and then find a way to defeat the enemy, his tactical ideas are in the same vein as the old captain.

"Of course, coordination is also necessary, but it is not used for war, but there must be a division of labor in the construction of cities. The prince of the county and the old marquis of Yan estimated that it would take more than five months for 30,000 people to complete. Hehe, Yan Ning, I'm sorry for you. Gao Yuan nodded apologetically and smiled, and then said amazingly: "The spy has not been eliminated, the news may leak out at any time, and the county king has to guard against it, so you see, this is the real place where we built the city, and the road to Cuihua is here." ”

Yan Ningxing's eyes glared and quickly regained her demeanor, and she pretended not to care and said: "The military plane must not be leaked, you even hide it from me in the dark, you are cunning enough!"

"It's not just you, except for Li Changgong, who here still knows the real location?" Mei Ying was not ambiguous, and blamed at the moment: "It's right for you to be cautious, but this is too child's play, even I don't know, how to deal with the aftermath if something goes wrong!"

"If something goes wrong, it's not much different from not making a single step forward, and dealing with the aftermath is something left for the living to do. Gao Yuan explained two sentences in a low voice, and continued to talk about the city construction plan in Mei Ying's stunned state.

"The location is close to each other, freeing up more than a month for the transportation of materials. The scale of the construction of the city has been reduced, and at present, we only need military fortresses, which can meet the living needs of 50,000 soldiers, so that it will save more than two months compared with the original plan. As he spoke, he looked at everyone present, his eyes stopped on Lei Ming's face, who had just returned to the team, and he smiled awkwardly and walked back to the table.

"Three months, three months must be built a fortress, twenty standard teams each divided into a section, the county lord leads the guards to patrol every day, life is related to no favoritism, the killing should be carried out on the spot. In addition, when the time comes, the public reward, the quality and quantity of the reward will be completed, and the delay and sabotage will be shoddy, etc., there is no need to set up more punishments, and once it is verified, it will be decided! The county lord may wish to send someone to reveal the news, and the royal secret guards of the relatives of the leaders of each family will carefully protect them, yes, they are hostages, and they are not familiar with each other, so the old method will work. ”

"As for secrecy, since we can't find out the spy for a while, then completely block the transmission channel, starting today, before the completion of the construction of the city, all the standard teams and transportation teams are only allowed to enter and not leave, don't worry about transporting materials, and excellence will not even be able to do this thing. Reiterate the rule that soldiers sit together, and if one person makes a mistake, the whole team will be punished, and if they do not report it, they will be punished for the same crime. ”

"Heavy rewards and heavy punishments, rewards and punishments are clear, how is it not familiar and integrated to build a city, the three-month construction period is enough for the student army to run in, and it can also establish the prestige of the county lord as soon as possible. After Gao Yuan finished speaking, he couldn't help but add: "Lest you always use me as a poor worm to scare people!"

There was laughter in the tent, and everyone admired Gao Yuan's careful planning and meticulous details, and it was even more rare to have the opportunity to see the embarrassment of the imperial county lord. Mei Ying couldn't wait to kick him out of the tent, you can see that you know, why say it to your face, you must be unwilling to take the opportunity to retaliate.

"Binggui is fast, Yu Wenjie, you take the Hidden Dragon Order to order all the standard teams, and tomorrow all the troops will be pulled out to the original destination, don't reveal the real location first, it's better to delay the way." ”