"Aunt Xiaoshou, the personal level must be based on the specifications of the imperial family, and the national level must be based on the specifications of the Senate. Let's leave it in advance. I will ask relevant people before making a decision." Ding Kui hesitated again and again.

Fengrun is known as the special envoy and sent the queen's invitation. There is a mystery in this, because he is an official of the Senate and cannot be regarded as a special envoy of the royal family. The invitation letter is not a letter from home and cannot be regarded as a move between relatives. The whole thing is contradictory.

Heavy.

When Shao Dianluan and Ding Kui were invited to go, they had two choices, the private level and the national level. One choice was to set the tone for the negotiation, and not to take a stand would give them more room in the negotiation.

Selecting the private level indicates that the scope of the negotiation is limited to Ding Kui's territory; selecting the national level indicates that national interests are also included in the negotiation.

Ding Kui's hesitation is that some national interests can be discussed, such as business exchanges between the two countries, personnel exchanges, certain types of military cooperation, etc. There are a lot of chips in this, but he is worried that his country does not care about this and will not talk to him.

These.

The troops loyal to the small imperial court were stationed in different counties. The 20th Army Corps was responsible for guarding the border. The garrison defense areas included Nanqiu County, Tunchang County, Dongxing County, Daling County and Nanping County. The 12th Army Corps was responsible for guarding against the prefectural and local armies. The garrison defense areas

Including Huashan County, Zhushan County and Chongxi County; the most powerful Eighth Army Corps was ordered by the Supervisor to guard against the rebels. It was stationed in Pingfu County and could march westward at any time.

Under normal circumstances, each legion's defense area is ten counties, and basically one division is stationed in one county. Therefore, Ding Kui's legion has less than half of the defense area.

The Eighth Army was accustomed to being stationed near the capital all year round and was only responsible for the capital's defense circle. As long as they were in the military camp, no one in the defense circle would dare to cause trouble.

The 20th Army Corps has been living in the southern part of Nanzhou Prefecture for a long time, and has also taken care of the defense of the Great Swamp. Life has not changed much from before. The two divisions that went to Shibu County have military merits to gain, and their morale is very high.

After all, the Twelve Legions are newly built, so they are not very familiar with defense matters and are still getting used to it.

The latest military order was sent to the headquarters, and Xing Bao immediately summoned Han Ruren, "Master Ding has included Shibu County in our defense area in advance. Please prepare and set off in three days to go to Shibu County to take over the defense of each city." He wanted to take the lead.

Send the most elite troops over.

"Sir, Commander Zhong Wei is attacking Shibu County. Is it appropriate for my subordinates to go now? It's a bit like urging him to step up the attack." Han Ruren was not mentally prepared at all.

"Your statement makes some sense, but this is the decision of the Military Command Department. The military order was personally signed by Mr. Ding. It is Mr. Ding who is urging me. I believe Master Zhong has also received the military order notification now. He will not blame you.

of.

There is another reason for arranging for you to go. Shibu County is not safe. Duping County, Guanhua County, Anyang County and Dingxiang County can all send troops there. The burden on your shoulders is not light! I will deal with it later depending on the situation.

I'll send you more troops." Xing Bao gave the final answer.

Shibu County is the place with the most connected counties. In addition to the above four counties, it also borders Zhushan County and Chongxi County. With roads extending in all directions, it is a battleground for military strategists.

As soon as Han Ruren heard that it was a difficult task, he immediately became energetic, clasped his fists and said, "Please don't worry, sir! The 111th Division promises to complete the task."

"There are currently more than 30,000 friendly troops there. You should try your best to build a good relationship with them. If you have the opportunity, let them stay for a while. I will ask the 120th Division to step up training and make sure to go to Shibu County to help you before April.

"

Xing Bao knew the character of this female general, so he gave her a few more words of advice.

"Please trust me, my lord, the 111th Division will not disgrace the Twelve Legions." Han Ruren became famous after returning from his country.

She is the only general possessed by the God of War among all the friendly forces. Even the more senior and stronger division commanders feel inferior to them. This kind of low-probability event is too difficult to encounter.

Xing Bao can now regard Han Ruren as his treasure, just as Gu Jun regarded Ding Kui as his military power. Now the military power of the Twelve Legions is Han Ruren, and he will definitely send the 111th Division at the most critical moment.

The Pingfu County Headquarters also received the latest military order. Dong Ba rushed to receive the order, "What kind of order is this? The 71st Division is in preparation for war every day, and subordinates can lead troops to fight at any time." He casually stuffed the general order into his arms.

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Jiang Zhi said with a smile: "The young marquis is becoming more and more cautious. Since Jin Shuai has already taken action, the Gongsun family will definitely use rat weapons to avoid sending troops across the county to rescue Shibu County.

However, I do hope that the Gongsun family will send troops and give us some of the credit for free. To be honest, I am so idle here that I am going to get sick."

Dong Ba teased: "The chief of staff is getting more and more petty. Do you think you can take credit for this?"

Jiang Zhi didn't take it seriously: "Hahaha, General Dong misunderstood. Defeating the Gongsun family's reinforcements is of course nothing. The credit I mentioned was taking the opportunity to capture Duping County. Why did the young marquis let us stationed in Pingfu County? Could it be?

Is it really to prevent rebels?"

"Oh?" Dong Ba became serious, "My subordinates, let me guess, is it possible that we want to pacify the south of Xijiang River in one fell swoop?"

"Okay!" Jiang Zhi gave a thumbs up, "General Dong is really brave! If we have a way to deal with the Thousand Island Alliance, this idea is the best choice."

"Chief of Staff, don't bully your subordinates. Isn't our army's grand strategy to go from south to north?"

Dong Ba has studied the Ding Kui Group's grand strategy on weekdays. Although he has not reported it to his superiors, he has mature ideas in his heart.

"The direction and sequence are correct, but the steps are too big."

Formulating strategies is the chief of staff's duty, and Jiang Zhi thinks no less than Dong Ba.

"Please advise." Dong Ba didn't leave in a hurry and found a chair to sit down.

"Okay, I have nothing to do. Let's make the old general smile."

Jiang Zhi ordered his men to make tea.

"Zhongwangzhou is the foundation of the nobility. The money, food and talents of the five major families come from here, as well as the small families attached to it. In addition, it has not been under the rule of the imperial court since ancient times. There are private armies everywhere. No one can attack it.

Idea there.”

Dong Ba asked: "Can Zhongwangzhou be moved?"

"Don't move! Prince Zhongwang has not expressed his condemnation of the prison country. He can only win over and not coerce. The 400 cities and 20 counties under him are all private territories, and the nobles of the country are watching. Anyone who reaches out will be against the nobles of the country.

So we can only go north, where is our north?" Jiang Zhi gave up on this.

"Yangyuan Prefecture? Hexi Prefecture? Shanyuan Prefecture?" Dong Ba gave three answers in a row, but none of them were correct.

"I blame me for not making it clear. We are the Eighth Army. To the north from Pingfu County is Xijiang County, and on the south bank of Xijiang River is Wenguo County. The Kong family has a good relationship with the young marquis. If we open the road to Wenguo County, we can wait for an opportunity to cross the river and go north.

, so our first consideration is to capture Duping County and Guanhua County." Only then did Jiang Zhi explain the first step of the grand strategy.

"Hey, the chief of staff has thought far enough. With such a military order, you will be sent to Wenguo County." Dong Ba had to accept it.

"There are many factors that affect grand strategy, including those from the court, rebels, state capitals, and foreign countries. Whenever there is a change, specific tactics must be changed. I can't go that far. At most, I can only have one plan.

Pingjun." Jiang Zhi only had ideas but no corresponding strategies.

"What does it have to do with foreign countries?" Dong Ba couldn't understand.

"Of course there is. Meng, Cao, Qi and even our country have influence. The young Marquis is preparing to go to our country, and he will definitely not go to war in the meantime; if Meng helps the supervising country, then the time to go north can be advanced; Cao Cao

The Qi Kingdom is at war with the Qi Kingdom, and it seems to have no impact, but if they negotiate for peace, it will definitely delay our march north."

Jiang Zhi was indeed someone Jiang Xi valued. He was able to compete with He Lianyu. He had an overall view that ordinary people did not have, and his grasp of the general trend was very accurate. He was even better than Liu Yu and Fei Ze.

Dong Ba stood up, cupped his hands, and said, "My subordinates are becoming more and more confused as I listen to them. Asking you for advice on strategy is asking for trouble. It's better to go back and rectify the troops and say goodbye!"

He left as soon as he said so, leaving only a handsome figure behind.

"Haha, the older you get, the better you are. You came here to ask for military orders and you actually tricked me into saying so much. The army still needs these veterans to last for a while." Jiang Zhi suddenly realized that he had been fooled.

In fact, he is not afraid to reveal some strategic ideas, because sending the army north may be just a thought and not go according to plan.

The game between all parties is becoming more and more intense, and the fighting opportunities are fleeting. The generals leading the troops had better know what they are doing, otherwise they will miss the opportunity when it comes.

As the saying goes, plans can never keep up with changes. It is not difficult to calculate one or two people, but it is very difficult to calculate dozens, hundreds, or tens of thousands of people. Jiang Zhi calculated that Weiguo County would not send troops, but he did not calculate Gongsun Mi's thoughts.

Gongsun Mi has been under great pressure recently. Many local officials ridiculed him for being afraid of Ding Kui. Leading the cavalry to station at the northern border of Yanling County has become a major drawback.

People were spreading the rumors overtly and covertly, and even if he had thousands of troops accompanying him, he would not dare to do anything to a small group of actors.

"Send the order, and the first army of the Southland will set off immediately!" Gongsun Mi ordered to the rising sun.

The 100,000-strong army immediately moved into action, followed the bright flags and left the military camp, and headed south under the guidance of the forward army.

Lou Xiao said goodbye in front of the gate of the camp: "I wish Commander-in-Chief Gongsun a successful start in this expedition! I will accompany Mr. Zhoumu to wait for your triumphant return in the southern suburbs of Nanjing."

Gongsun Mi leaned forward on the horse and said, "Thank you so much, Mr. Lou! I hope you can tell Captain Wei to protect our army's food routes. The food reserves in Shibu County are less than one month and cannot withstand the consumption of a hundred thousand troops.

Once the war is intense, logistical supplies are the key to victory, and our army cannot be defeated by our own strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the country."

"Commander Gongsun, don't worry. Your subordinates will supervise Colonel Wei day and night, and Lord Zhou Mu is also watching. This battle is related to the safety of the whole state, and no one can make any mistakes."

Lou Xiao was appointed as the War Supervisor by Shao Dianxi. He had completely put aside civil affairs and fully assisted the local army in rescuing Shibu County.

"Please! If you stay, I will leave."
Chapter completed!