Lu Zhi's military order has been officially issued, and Liu Tao did not speak nonsense and summoned all his subordinates.

During this period, Lu Yan was collecting local maps and had already figured out the situation in Quyang. How to hit him, he naturally came forward to explain the terrain of Quyang.

"Xiaquyang is 32 miles southeast of Wuji County. If you want to go south, the first thing you can't get around is the Hutuo River. The river is more than 340 meters wide. It will take more than one day to build a floating bridge to allow the army to cross the river. The key is that no one can guarantee whether the thieves will attack halfway through... Even if you cross the river, there is a river crossing in front of us when entering Xiaquyang County. It is a tributary of the Zhang River. The river is not as wide as the Hutuo River, but it is also a natural moat." Lu Yan pointed to the map, mainly pointing to the two rivers above.

Not to mention the Hutuo River, Xiaquyang is at the corner of the Zhang River. In other words, the North City Gate and the East City Gate are almost protected by this river. If you want to attack the city, you can only consider the West City Gate and the South Gate.

"The biggest problem is that in the south of Xiaquyang, there is a mountainous area of ​​the Taihang Mountains. The huge forest branch in this area does not guarantee whether there are thieves' villages on it. In other words, when we attack Xiaquyang from the west gate, especially the south gate, we may be fighting, and a thief army will suddenly appear behind and launch an attack in the rear." Lu Yan gave everyone some time to think about it and continued to explain.

The location of Xiaquyang is really a coincidence. It is inevitable to be a tributary of the Zhang River. It is right north by the Zhang River. It is good on the east and west sides, but on the east and west sides, it is okay due to the direction of the river. Hundreds of people are good, but thousands of people cannot be placed at all. It is okay to go to the south, but less than ten miles behind the south side is a huge forest.

In order to avoid being hit by the thief's arrows and flying stones, the army camp must be at least three to four miles away from Xiaquyang. This distance is only five to six miles away from the mountains and forests behind.

"You have to cross the river twice..." The generals remembered the situation in Yishui before. It was really troublesome to cross the river. They had to build a floating bridge and then move a little bit. Most of the soldiers in the army were not good at swimming, and they could not even swim. They really fell into the river, so they could only hope that the river was not too turbulent.

Let’s not talk about the tributary of the Zhang River. Since it is a tributary, the water flow should not be very turbulent, which means that after the floating bridge is built, the soldiers should be walking on it firmly.

The Hutuo River is a big river, more than 340 feet (about 800 meters). The river is also relatively turbulent, and the floating bridge is shaking. If one is not easy to fall, it is still very dangerous.

"For the sake of safety... the Hutuo River has to be divided into at least two days to cross the river, so it is safe!" Jian Yong suggested.

"Our enemies, they know that we will give us two days to cross the river?" Zhang Fei objected to this opinion.

"I mean." Jian Yong shook his head, "Prepare the pontoon bridge for one day, and then cross the river the next day."

A general pontoon bridge is probably connected by several fishing boats, then anchored, and lay wooden boards on this basis to make a pontoon bridge. In order to maximize weight loss, soldiers should help bring some supplies when crossing the river.

Otherwise, the cart transporting materials would probably sink directly when it hits the pontoon bridge.

"Isn't there a bridge that leads directly to the other shore?" Guan Yu felt it would be faster to find the bridge directly.

"There was originally a..." Lu Yan knew a little, "but the detective cavalry learned that it was destroyed by the thief a few days ago."

After all, they don’t want them to cross the river so smoothly. Anyway, they don’t plan to go north, so they simply destroy the bridge and make it more difficult to cross the river.

"The situation is actually very unoptimistic..." Lu Yan pointed to the map, mainly in the area between the Hutuo River and the Zhang River. "There are more than 30 villages distributed here, which are the kind of villages we encountered when we went from Lu Nu to Anxi County."

"Gao Sheng was originally Zhang Bao's deputy general, and his method of setting up camp was learned from Zhang Bao. Now that Zhang Bao is guarding Quyang, he will naturally use this trick." Liu Tao was not surprised by this.

Not only on the other side of the river, there are probably many such villages around Xiaquyang. After all, it is too easy to log and build a village near the mountains and forests. In a sense, it seems to prove that there must be a stronghold for thieves in that mountain range.

Before the war, this was proposed by Liu Tao. The purpose is to allow everyone to gain some knowledge and be able to use their brains more during discussions. We must summarize the defeat in the war, where we are not doing well enough, and at the same time, we should not make some low-level mistakes again next time.

He knew that his command was a group of generals who had become monks halfway through the journey, and they had never learned military strategies. The ones they read the most were basically the three fragments of his book "Summary of Military Training" and "Yu Liaozi". He taught them one by one, but he did not have this culture, so he could only let them grow up on their own in the war.

"After building a floating bridge, the swords, shield soldiers and crossbow soldiers must cross the river as soon as possible and pass by lightly." Lu Yan made a suggestion.

"Materials can be exchanged several times, but the positions must be safe. Otherwise, if the enemy has an impact, there will be only a few hundred people in the past, which will be very passive." Jian Yong also agreed with this proposal.

When we arrived here, we only had how to "cross the Hutuo River". We almost started to continue discussing how to fight wits and courage with those camps, how to cross the Zhang River, how to seize favorable terrain, and how to deal with the attacks from the north and the south.

"Stop and stop!" Liu Tao quickly stopped them, "The situation on the battlefield is ever-changing. At present, we only need to consider how to cross the river safely, stand firmly, and then how to break the opponent's camp, and arrange to cross the Zhangshui River. In addition to the military advisor, don't think about it anymore, and the military advisor just thinks to this point!"

Only then did everyone realize that no matter how much they think about it, the situation would change at that time, and they would be at a loss.

"If it's just crossing the river and gaining a foothold, it's not a big problem!" Zhang Fei responded immediately.

"Yes, yes, yes..." The other people meant almost the same. It was not difficult to just cross the river and gain a foothold.

"Everything is in sequence, and it also goes from easy to difficult. Consider tactical strategies, take one step as the basis, and lead at most half a step. If you lead one step, you will be suspected of talking on paper. I hope everyone understands it." Liu Tao said solemnly.

"Here!" Everyone nodded. This time, almost all the officers had gained a lot.

"In addition!" Liu Tao immediately added, "Warning is about attacking slowly and attacking slowly. These are two forms of war. We are currently advancing slowly, so we can do it step by step and be careful. If we attack a certain place quickly, we must catch the enemy off guard. We need to calculate the next step at any time. We pay attention to bold assumptions, act carefully, and encounter dangers. We must have urgent intelligence and be able to turn dangers into safety... Only those who do this can be considered a qualified general."

"Brother, according to this statement, we probably will never be able to lead troops independently in our lives..." Zhang Fei complained.

"How old are you?" Liu Tao laughed and scolded, "I give up on myself when I was in my twenties. Others say 'Live until I am old and learn until I grow old.' Unless you don't want to be generals, just say this to me directly. If you are a general, learn more and do more for me!"
Chapter completed!