"Ignore Cassimbas for now, the total strength of Zhizhou is only 2.78 million, and the number of cavalry is only about 80,000, which cannot pose a threat to us for the time being. Our task now is to remove the nail in Tongzhou City and ensure that we
There will be no worries when fighting Cassimbas." Haotian said decisively.
Reinforcements from the three Northeastern countries soon arrived from the country, but contrary to everyone's expectations, there were still only 50,000 soldiers this time. In addition to the more than 200,000 troops originally gathered in Zhizhou, the number barely reached 300,000.
Xuanji frowned and said: "My Lord, although the Mandan soldiers in Tongzhou City have become toothless tigers, they are still tigers after all. We must be careful. Otherwise, a piece of meat will be bitten off by the opponent accidentally.
Come."
Xuanji's estimate is quite reasonable. There are only about 70,000 Mandan soldiers left in Tongzhou City. Since half a month ago, the food of the Mandan soldiers has changed from three meals a day to two meals, and they are still eating at night.
Drink porridge. Under such circumstances, the soldier's physical strength declines very quickly. He only needs
After waiting for ten days and a half, the opponent may be so hungry that he cannot even pick up weapons. However, Hetao has not forgotten that among the Mandan's 70,000 soldiers, there are at least 10,000 cavalry. If Yelv Chixian takes the risk,
, it is not difficult to kill all the war horses and sustain them for ten days and a half.
Meng Xiaoting gestured at the map hanging on the wall for a long time and suddenly asked: "Everyone, our elite army of more than 300,000 people is hoarding here. The total strength of the Northeastern Allied Forces in Zhizhou is less than 300,000, and the military morale is in chaos.
Morale is low, why don’t we take the opportunity to raid and annihilate them with thunderous force? In this way, the Sixteenth Province of Youyun will only have 70,000 remaining Mandan soldiers in Tongzhou City, and we can even regain the Great Wall defense line in one fell swoop.”
Xue Sha glanced at Meng Xiaoting with disdain, and continued to look at the map with Xin Ke. Xue Qingcheng didn't even raise her head, as if she didn't hear what the other party was saying. Feng Jing Dugu and others also ignored this person, who was usually silent but deep down.
But they are quite arrogant marching right historians, doing their own thing. They are all typical soldiers, and one of the things that soldiers hate most is that laymen lead insiders. Civilians follow
It's not impossible to join the army, but you'd better do your own job well. Marching and fighting are not your job, and you'd better not get involved. It's okay if you are a scholar like Xuanji. Others are originally military advisers.
, is the strategist of Hetao, and you are just a military historian. Your job is to record what Haotian has done, and you have nothing to do with strategic planning and such.
If the opinions he put forward were a little constructive, a few people would probably praise him, but as soon as he said it, it was obviously an amateur's comment, so it's no wonder that a few people ignored him.
Meng Xiaoting uttered a sentence, but found that no one answered at all, and he felt a little embarrassed. Xuanji was not bad, and Meng Xiaoting theoretically planned it, so he explained with a smile: "We can't attack now. Cassimbas
A famous general of the generation was unable to capture him despite the joint efforts of the Blood Commander and the Feng Commander with twice the force, and now he has an army of nearly 300,000 people. It will not be easy for us to annihilate him in one fell swoop."
After a pause, he found that Xue Sha and others raised their heads to listen to him. Xuanji continued: "However, although Zhizhou has nearly 300,000 troops from the three Northeastern countries, they belong to the three parties, and most of them are our defeated generals.
They are at a psychological disadvantage when facing us. Therefore, they are able to protect themselves, but their offense is seriously insufficient. And we are now taking the initiative to launch an attack on them, under the personal control of Cassimbas
, they have no retreat at all. As a result, they will definitely fight to the death. And we will not be able to defeat Cassimbas in a short time, and the war will definitely become tense. This also takes advantage of Cassimbas's wishes.
, he was not only able to use the fighting opportunity to effectively integrate the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces, but he was also able to use this to enable his soldiers to overcome their fear of our Hetao and once again turn them into a tiger and wolf force."
Meng Xiaoting suddenly realized that although he knew nothing about military affairs, he was not a fool. He was able to stand out from the many scribes in Hetao and became the first batch of literati in Hetao to join Haotian. He still had some intelligence. Listen to the mystery
When I said this, I suddenly felt enlightened.
Xue Sha chuckled: "I am impressed by the great military strategist. What Cassimbas hopes most now is that we attack with our troops."
Dugu laughed loudly and said: "He has a good plan, but it depends on whether we will be fooled. If we take the initiative to attack, if we have less troops, he may take advantage of us. If we have more troops, Yelv Chixian in Tongzhou City may
There are those who escaped
Opportunities. Moreover, as soon as we send out troops, he will definitely try his best to hold us back and finally drain us of our strength. However, God has big plans and people have small thoughts. He Cassimbas thought better, but we
Don’t be fooled.”
Feng Jing said with a smile: "What do you think of this? We will take the cavalry out of the organizational structure, use the army as a unit, and advance step by step to clear out all the state capitals on the Beiyuan Road and even the Donghai Road. Each army is separated by twenty
This will not only ensure that we can rush to rescue immediately when we encounter an attack, but also ensure that we can clear up the
Leave no dead ends. Beiyuan Road is the territory of Baijing. Although the number of Baijing people here is not as large as that of Beiyuan Road, the total number is still as high as one million. If they can't be provoked and take the initiative to send troops to fight, we will just slow them down.
They will die slowly. If they don't go out to fight, we can also use this opportunity to train our troops and wipe out all the Baijing Hulu on Beiyuan Road."
Xue Qingcheng said with a smile: "Feng Shuai's strategy is good. However, I think Feng Shuai may have itchy hands and wants to find something to do."
Fengjing chuckled. For Xue Qingcheng, his sister-in-law, Fengjing still respected her very much as long as she didn't cross the line.
However, Xinke interrupted and said: "Sister-in-law, don't you want to go out for some exercise? Just now, I heard from you, sister-in-law, that you are almost bored out of your mind after staying in the camp all day."
Xue Qingcheng's pretty face was straight, and she said viciously: "Xinke, are you asking for a beating?"
Xin Ke quickly shrank his neck and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm just talking, don't take it to heart."
Seeing the bustling crowd, Meng Xiaoting and Chen Han looked at each other and could only smile bitterly at each other. It has been some years since they joined Haotian, and counting, they are also the earliest foundation members in Hetao. But over the years, they have
I have never felt like I have truly integrated into the Hetao camp. Xuanji was very generous to them, and Haotian treated them with courtesy, but Xuesha Fengjing and others did not take them seriously at all.
Not only did they kill the senior general Feng Jingxinke, but also Luo Xiangchu Xiangcheng and the senior military and political leaders from the Qingyun Clan in Dingzhou, who were also not very interested in himself and others. Although everyone did not express their disapproval clearly.
The dislike of others, but their indifference towards themselves and others is obvious to all. Not only the two of them, but also Marching Commander Shi, who bloodyly killed Fengjing and others, also received the same treatment. Just like now, they are almost
The two of us were having a lively conversation, but when I said something, the other party just ignored me.
Over the years, Chen Han and Meng Xiaoting have never figured out the key. However, just because they don't understand it doesn't mean that others don't understand it either. At least, their bosses are very clear about the mystery.
Hetao emerged in the flames of war and stood firm after the catastrophe. Therefore, Hetao was destined to be a tough and iron-blooded regime. Haotian was originally a murderous and stubborn leader. The following bloody murder of Dugu and others
The desire to kill people is even higher than his. However, God, who has the most influence on Haotian, turned a blind eye to the actions of Haotian and others because of the unscrupulous slaughter of alien races on the land of China. Luo Xiang and Chu Xiangcheng
The two old men added fuel to the flames. Therefore, both the military and political parties in Hetao showed a one-sided hardline and murderous belief.
It’s not that literati are unpopular with Hetao. Take Lin Taiyue for example, this is the only remaining one among the four famous scholars in Qingfeng. He has extremely high prestige among the imperial scholars. However, when he first arrived in Hetao
, because he was not in tune with Hetao's tough attitude, so he always received a cold reception. Although he was later promoted to deputy by Chu Xiangcheng, the attitude of the military and the government towards him was still lukewarm.
However, after the Battle of Hukou, the old man's attitude suddenly changed dramatically, and he even became a supporter of the Hetao's tough foreign policy. Now, he, who was already extremely capable, quickly rose to the top of the Hetao and became the leader of the Hetao.
One of the core elements of leadership.
The situation of Meng Xiaoting, Chen Han, Li Donggao and others is similar to that of Lin Taiyue. They are not incompetent, but their thoughts are not in sync with Hetao's. Now Hetao just wants to kill all the surrounding alien races, but they spend all day
Of course, no one listens to such bullshit when they clamor to persuade people with virtue. If it weren't for the Hetao and God's will to be so generous to these sour Confucian scholars, I'm afraid these people would have been thrown out of the Great Wall by Dugu and others to explain benevolence, righteousness and morality to foreign races.
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Everyone was discussing Feng Jing's battle plan lively, but Luo Xiang stood alone by the map, frowning and whispering: "Why is something wrong?"
Although the situation at hand was favorable to the Loop, Luo Xiang always had a bad premonition, but he couldn't tell what the bad premonition was.
Luo Xiang wrote a letter to tell Chu Xiangcheng who was sitting in the Loop about his feelings, hoping that this old brother could help him analyze something. However, Chu Xiangcheng thought hard for a long time and could not figure out what went wrong.
Just as he was about to find Bian Zhongxing to make a summary, a servant came to report that Uma Prime Minister Guo Huai had come to visit. Chu Xiangcheng did not dare to neglect and hurriedly went out to greet him in person.
A towering forehead crown, a gray cloth robe, and unique wooden clogs. Looking at the familiar attire in front of him, Guo Huai sighed. Chu Xiangcheng was still dressed like this for more than 20 years. However, Chu Xiangcheng was still dressed like this more than 20 years ago.
Xiangcheng was in his prime when he was young and frivolous, but now he has white hair and wrinkles on his temples. At that time, he was a talented and romantic man who traveled around the world and pointed out the country. Now he is the core of Hetao who holds great power and can even influence the general trend of the world.
Chu Xiangcheng looked at Guo Huai and laughed for a long time: "Jiuyuan told me that I met you for a while in Uma. I was thinking that day, our brothers must meet again one day. But I didn't expect it.
This day has come so quickly, beyond my imagination."
However, Guo Huai sighed and said, "It's not too soon. After we say goodbye to Hongzhou, twenty-seven years have passed by in a hurry. Countless old friends and teachers have passed away, and a few of us are already old."
Chu Xiangcheng was silent. He thought of Qin Shang who died in childbirth and Hao Fei who sacrificed his life for love. Inadvertently, he recalled the gathering at Wangjiang Tower in Hongzhou.
That year, Liu Hao, who was still the crown prince of the Qingfeng Empire, specially held a grand party at the famous Wangjiang Tower in Hongzhou to celebrate Qin Shang's birthday. The scale of that event was unprecedentedly huge. In addition to the highly respected King Ding Ning of the Qingfeng Empire and Qin Shang
In addition to Ouyang Jingzhong who arrived in Hongzhou, countless talents from the three major aristocratic families and the vast rivers and lakes also went there.
.The noble Liu Hao, the charming Qin Shang, the elusive Tian Fengyu, the indifferent Ruoyu Hanmei, the rebellious Luo Xiang, the hilarious Chu Xiangcheng, Wen
The charming Hao Fei, the most heroic warrior in the world, the young and frivolous Li Tieming, the generous and heroic Zhang Cangxiong, the deep and restrained Song Zhengfeng, the proud Guo Huai...
However, more than twenty years have passed by in a hurry, and all the people and things have become history. Some of the young heroes who raised their glasses and drank deeply that day have passed away, some have turned against each other, some have seen through the world of mortals, and some are still friends.
And Guo Huai is one of the few old friends from back then.
Chu Xiangcheng looked at Guo Huai's gray hair and sighed softly: "Guo Huai, it's not an easy journey for you, right?"
Guo Huai shook his head: "Fortunately. Although our two countries had some unpleasantness some time ago, after all, I went to Yanzhou as an envoy, and the journey went smoothly."
Chu Xiangcheng knew that Guo Huai did not want to embarrass himself. This time the Iron Eagle Qiuming 300,000-strong coalition attacked Yumen Pass, all the logistics supplies were provided by the Uma dynasty. Naturally, the Hetao soldiers did not have a good feeling towards Uma. Moreover, the two
Fang had a lot of conflicts before, and Guo Huai would naturally not receive a warm welcome from Hetao along the way.
The two walked into Chu Xiangcheng's courtyard arm in arm, and sat down respectively as guest and host. Chu Xiangcheng enthusiastically poured a cup of tea for Guo Huai and handed it to Guo Huai himself.
Guo Huai took the tea cup with one hand and suddenly laughed and said: "Xiangcheng, today I should be the first person to be treated by you personally pouring tea, right?"
Chu Xiangcheng smiled when he heard this and said: "Yes, you are indeed the first, and I'm afraid you will also be the last."
Guo Huai took a sad sip and said with great melancholy: "Yes, I'm afraid he is the last one. By the way, how is the handsome man's health?"
Chu Xiangcheng knew that the commander Guo Huai was talking about was Ouyang Jingzhong. For a while at Wangjiang Tower that day, Liu Hao and others looked down upon Guo Huai with disdain, but only Ouyang Jingzhong was comforting with gentle words. That's right.
Because of this, Guo Huai always had a kind of admiration for Ouyang Jingzhong.
Chu Xiangcheng shook his head and said: "I'm not sure. The last time I returned from Dahu Road, I said that the commander's demeanor was still the same as before. It's just that there was a disaster on Dahu Road, and the commander was solely responsible for the overall situation, and the talents under his command were lost in the battle that day.
Quite a lot, his old man's current situation may not be much better."