After the meal, the sky was completely dark, but the Hanquan camp was brightly lit, and more than 30 generals and generals all entered the commander's tent, including Mingxu, who had already received 50 military sticks. Yu Tao would invite all the generals and above to come to the tent, which was nothing more than to discuss the military situation and formulate strategies, so everyone stood in the main and secondary positions after entering the account, Yu Qingwu, Ji Chenggang and the four generals were in the front, and the rest of the generals were in the back.

The handsome tent is extremely simple, a bed specially prepared for the elderly Tao, a long office case, and a huge animal skin map on the case, on which are placed the war games representing the various forces.

Sitting in front of the desk, Yu Tao raised his eyes to look at Ming Xu who was supported by Huang Lin, although Ming Xu's face was a little pale at this time, but there was a blazing fire in his eyes, he knew countless people, and he could see at a glance that Ming Xu had come out of the shadow of failure. With a burst of comfort in his heart, he said, "Mingxu, you can tell me about the situation of the enemy army." ”

The total number of Hanquan garrisons is more than 400,000 people, including the Jizhou army that came to the aid of 100,000, but only Ming Xu and his subordinate generals have really fought with the dog Rong and the ghost side, so the one who knows the enemy best is Ming Xu.

Ming Xu, who was scolded by the staff, didn't care about the pain on his body, stepped forward to the side of the map, and said while fiddling with the wargames on the map: "Ming Xu is not talented, although the 100,000 garrisons of Beiguan lost ninety percent of their troops when they fought with the enemy, they found out the general situation of the enemy. Master Tai and colleagues, please take a look. ”

He pointed to a place on the map and said: "On that day, the Dog Rong and Ghost Fang Alliance invaded from the north and south of Yinshan, and with the help of the natural barrier of Yinshan, they unexpectedly besieged the 100,000 garrisons under my command. After occupying the territory of Liaocheng, Mengcheng and Ningcheng for two hundred miles, it is now stationed in Hetao. ”

"This time, the dog Rong and the ghost side can be said to be dispatched, 50,000 griffin soldiers, 50,000 heavy cavalry, 150,000 light cavalry, and 50,000 other infantry, chariots, scouts, etc., a total of more than 300,000 people, stationed in a zigzag shape, south to Hanquan, west to Yongzhou, east to Yanzhou, in order to prevent Yong, Yanerzhou and Jizhou from forming an encirclement of them. ”

Hearing Ming Xu's words, Yu Tao nodded, and he already understood in his heart why with Ming Xu's ability, how could he be so defeated, it turned out that Ming Xu was reduced to this point in order to find out the enemy's situation. Although it was a defeat, it provided extremely important information and paved the way for the subsequent counterattack.

"Let's talk about the deployment of troops on three sides. Although Yu Tao forgave Mingxu in his heart, he didn't show anything on the surface.

Ming Xu nodded and said: "The enemy army is stationed on three sides, of which the south side has the strongest troops, with 100,000 light cavalry, 30,000 griffin soldiers, and 30,000 heavy cavalry, followed by the west side, with 50,000 light cavalry, 20,000 griffin soldiers, and 20,000 heavy cavalry, and the rest of the infantry, chariot soldiers, and some scouts are in the east, with a total of less than 50,000. ”

"There are not even 50,000 people in the east?" Ji Chenggang raised his eyebrows, and said suspiciously: "Not only are they the least numerous, but they are also their weakest infantry and chariot soldiers, what kind of idea do they have, aren't they afraid that we will go around from the east to copy their tails?"

Huang Lin on the side smiled slightly, pointed to a place on the map and said, "Shizi, please see, if you go around from the east to behind the enemy as you said, you must pass through the Longshan Mountain Range." There are quite a lot of mountain roads in Longshan, and it is very steep and steep, although it is not impossible to march, but the marching speed is bound to be less than the usual eleven, even the griffin soldiers want to cross the Baili Longshan Mountain, I am afraid that it will take three days, and the rest of the cavalry and infantry will have to take more than half a month. The soldiers are very fast, and it is really time for the two sides to confront each other, and when the troops pass through Longshan, I am afraid that the war has ended. ”

Ji Chenggang nodded, understanding what Huang Lin meant. The road to the east is difficult, so the enemy will only deploy the least number of troops in the east.

The old lady glanced at the map and said without raising his head: "Tell me, everyone, how to fight this battle, and how to achieve the greatest victory at the lowest cost." The deep meaning of his words is obvious, this battle is won, the difference is only in the size of the price paid.

Hearing Yu Tao's words, everyone immediately spoke and expressed their thoughts in their hearts. Most of them believed that a frontal assault should be carried out, because in terms of the number and quality of troops, Great Xia was superior to the Dog Rong and the Ghost Fang, and a small number of people believed that the eastern route was not feasible, and that they could go around from the west to behind enemy lines, and then flank the front and back, including Huang Lin and Ming Xu, who were most important to Huang Lin and Ming Xu, who believed that they should be detoured from the west.

Yan Tao rubbed his temples, raised his eyes to look at Yu Qingwu, who did not speak, and said, "I smell that His Highness is resourceful, I don't know what I think?"

"It's too serious. Yu Qingwu closed his head slightly and said, "Gao Jian can't talk about it, Xiao Wang does have some small ideas. ”

After a pause, he glanced at the people present and said, "The opinions of the generals are divided into two, either attack head-on, or detour to the west. Judging from the strength of both the enemy and us, attacking from the front is undoubtedly the most appropriate way, winning is certain, but a battle is fought, I am afraid that it will kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, after all, the dog Rong and the ghost side have lived in the north for generations, and their grasp of geography is definitely stronger than ours. ”

As for going around from the west to behind enemy lines, Xiao Wang did not dare to agree. If you want to cross from the west, you have to cross the river, where the river is a hundred feet wide, the water is turbulent, and it takes a lot of time to build a boat on the fly, and after crossing the river, you have to travel thousands of miles, and if you want to directly attack the enemy army in the river loop, you have to cross the river again, so it is too cumbersome. Of course, it is also possible to go up the river by boat, but the speed of going up the river is greatly affected, and the target is obvious, I am afraid that the enemy will be discovered before approaching the loop, and what awaits will be dense arrows. ”

Being vetoed by Yu Qingwu, Huang Lin frowned slightly, and said: "Although Your Highness's words are good, don't forget, we can let the griffin soldiers take on the task of cutting behind enemy lines, I believe that the griffin soldiers will not be as cumbersome as His Highness said, right?"

"Then does the general soldier think that the large army should attack the enemy first and the griffin soldiers outflank it from the rear, or should the griffin soldiers attack from the rear first, and then the large army will attack the Hetao?" Yu Qingwu asked with a smile.

"Is there a difference?" asked Huang Lin.

"Of course!" Yu Qingwu nodded and said: "You must know that most of this place is grassland, no matter what method you take, you will enter the sight of the enemy army from dozens of miles, and then you will definitely fight the grass and startle the snake, and the final result is to win a small victory, but the main force of the enemy army is to retreat to the north of Yinshan." For us, this small victory is tantamount to defeat. ”

"This ......" Huang Lin was speechless for a while, he did think of this, but there was a trace of luck in his heart, thinking that with the strong mobility of the griffin army, he should be able to entangle the enemy army before it was discovered, and then annihilate it when the large army came.

This tactic is undoubtedly good, but it is not suitable for the plains, and it is definitely a safe thing to change to the mountains.

Seeing that the former commander and friend were speechless, he also thought that he should use griffin soldiers to go around behind enemy lines and said to Yu Qingwu: "Your Highness's eyes are vicious, and it is expected that there must be a strategy to destroy the enemy, so it is better to say it and let the last general and others also listen to it." ”

What he said sounded good, but in fact he was satirizing Yu Qingwu. If Yu Qingwu can come up with a better plan, it will naturally be ineffective, but if Yu Qingwu can't think of it, everyone present will inevitably think that this young man is just a paper tiger, and it is useless.

Yu Qingwu smiled lightly at Ming Xu, and then turned his head to the expressionless Yan Tao and asked: "Xiao Wang has one thing I want to ask the Taishi, the Jizhou army is nearly 300,000, of which 100,000 are led by the prince here, so what about the other 200,000 and the prince, where are they?"

Jizhou is adjacent to the dog Rong and the ghost side in the north, Yongzhou in the west, it is inevitable that it is the imperial capital, and Yanzhou is in the east.

Ji Chenggang, who had not spoken, seemed to have thought of something, and a gleam bloomed in his eyes, but when he heard Yu Qingwu's words, Yu Tao, who was originally drowsy and in low spirits, suddenly woke up. He glanced at Yu Qingwu approvingly and said, "The prince is in Longshan." ”

"Longshan?!" the many generals exclaimed in surprise, looking at each other, all showing expressions of disbelief.

Yu Qingwu nodded and said with a smile: "Actually, there is no need for us to offer a plan, the Taishi has already made a strategy to annihilate the enemy as early as when he was in the imperial capital, right?

Speaking of which, everyone present has already understood. Dare to love long before the expedition, the Taishi has let the king of Jizhou lead 200,000 troops to Longshan first, and when the decisive battle is held in the spring of the next year, the 200,000 Jizhou army in one or two months has already crossed Longshan peacefully, and the main force is flanked back and forth!

"A soldier is to anticipate the enemy's opportunity, and it is not impossible to say that it is impossible to make a strategy in battle, but it is inevitable that there will be mistakes in a hurry. "Most of you have followed me for many years, and a few of you have indeed learned some ways, but you have never understood the true meaning of winning a hundred battles. ”

"Winning a hundred battles does not lie in making good use of strange soldiers, but in making good use of stable soldiers! If you use your troops prudently, even if you cannot win, you will not be defeated, and if you do some clever things, it will not be difficult to win. He glanced at Huang Lin and Ming Xu, who bowed their heads in shame, and said: "At this point, you are indeed inferior to King Fuyao, he is not as old as you, but his thoughtfulness is greatly beyond you." Of course, there is no need to have any psychological burden, and the formulation of a war strategy is only the early stage of a war, and if the best strategy is not properly applied, it will be defeated in the end. I have already formulated the preliminary strategic guidelines, and it is up to you generals to decide how to implement them. ”

Everyone knows that the last battle of the old lady's life is intended to be led by his younger generations, and he himself only assists from the side. If this battle is a big victory, the old lady will have no regrets, if she loses, she will definitely end with hatred, and the myth of being undefeated in her life will also be ended.