In the end, Chen Sirang was the best to get rid of.
Chen Sirang is too stable and is only suitable for defense, not offense.
He attaches great importance to reputation and also likes to defend. If he wants to keep his ever-victorious banner, he will risk his life if he is really attacked.
There is nothing better than letting him be responsible for the defense of Youzhou City.
After all, the Dingyuan Army is the weakest among the soldiers under his command.
It's also just right for defense.
Chen Sirang was originally worried. If he really wanted to assign a heavy responsibility to himself, what should he do?
But when Luo Youdu arranged for him to do what he was best at, he immediately became energetic and said loudly: "I will obey your orders!"
In this method of employing people, we first pay attention to using them according to their needs and arranging them in positions that suit them. Only then can there be no chaos and they can follow your own arrangements.
As for the next kindness and prestige, it will have to be done step by step through future contacts.
Once these three people have been arranged, everything else will be easy to handle.
Either brothers or subordinates, they trust each other and understand each other.
As far as Luo Youdu's character is concerned, is there any benefit to missing them?
This first meeting was mainly to get out of the way of Murong Yanzhao, Yuan Yan, and Chen Si, and secondly to express the intention of fighting the Khitan.
There are many ways to defeat Khitan.
The best way is to use the word "consuming".
The Khitan cannot fight a protracted war. Don't think that grassland peoples like the Khitan really don't need logistical support.
On the contrary, the logistics they require cannot be met by ordinary places.
Their horses, cattle and sheep all need to eat grass.
They need a lot of fodder to maintain the daily needs of their horses, cattle and sheep.
How could there be so much fodder for them in Youzhou?
The more they consume it, the more uncomfortable they become.
Moreover, Luo Youdu also planned to send people to burn all the hay near Youyan after autumn, and keep it to make the Khitan people drunk and want to die.
He learned this trick from Fu Yanqing's handwriting, and it was originally created by Liu Rengong, the general of the vassal town in Yanyun.
Liu Rengong occupied the land of Lulong and controlled the soldiers of Youzhou. Because of his weak strength, Zhu Wen beat Zhu Wen all over his head.
So he vented his anger on the Khitan people. Whenever autumn was crisp and the grass was long and the horses were fat, Liu Rengong would send his cavalry across Zhaixing Mountain and wander around the Khitan tribe's pastures, setting fire to the pastures.
There were not many people, so they sent hundreds of people to throw torches at random. The weather was dry in autumn, and the wind outside the Great Wall was strong, and the water supply was tight. When the fire started, it was impossible to control it, and large areas of grassland were burned.
As a result, Khitan's cattle, sheep, and horses had no food to eat in the winter, and they starved to death in droves.
Faced with such destructive tactics, the Khitan had no choice but to surrender directly to Liu Rengong.
Just as the Song Dynasty spent money to buy peace, the Khitan also spent money with Liu Rengong to buy pasture.
How could Luo Youdu not imitate such a useless but miraculous method?
In a word, don't let him regain the Yanshan defense line.
Otherwise, if there is a good pasture within a hundred miles north of the Great Wall, it will be considered that Luo Youdu has not done enough.
Only things are different now.
Luo Youdu was very worried about Guo Rong's condition. Although the current Zhao Kuangyin did not have enough prestige to wear the yellow robe, the two brothers of the Zhao family, one capable of righteousness and the other cunning, were not fuel-efficient lamps and had to be guarded against.
The sooner the war is resolved and Yanyou's hometown is recovered, the sooner we can deal with the changes in the Central Plains.
Gu Ting
Of course, Luo Youdu had no intention of forcing a war regardless of the outcome.
How to fight, how to fight.
Just a slight change in strategic direction.
At the end of the meeting, Luo Youdu naturally drew a big cake, looked at everyone, and said: "Throughout the ages, the only person who is truly famous in history is the one who defeated the Hulu and recovered the mountains and rivers. The Khitan barbarians occupied my hometown of Yanyou for more than 20 years, relying on geographical advantages.
, has been invaded by invaders for many years. It has long become the pain of our Central Plains and the shame of China. This achievement of avenging shame is not only for the present, but also for the future."
"On the other hand, if we are defeated, we will become the sinners of the country and be reviled for eternity."
"This capital is highly regarded by the officials. We are lucky enough to lead the princes, and it happens to be the right time. When encountering such a beautiful thing, we should work together to seize this opportunity. We will achieve great achievements and be famous for thousands of years!"
Thousands of achievements, ten thousand years of fame.
Whether it's the emphasis on reputation or the emphasis on merit, these two passages can scratch people's itch.
Especially since Luo Youdu's prestige is growing day by day, it is difficult not to take his words seriously.
As expected, Murong Yanzhao lived up to his name, he was fond of war and capable of fighting. It was indeed the best choice to use him as a vanguard to test each other with the Khitan and seek opportunities for combat.
After receiving the order, Murong Yanzhao took the initiative to attack that night.
Perhaps the Khitans were accustomed to the Zhou army's use of defense as offense, and were a little lax in defense, which allowed Murong Yanzhao to take advantage of the loophole.
Murong Yanzhao took advantage of the darkness and approached two miles away from the Khitan camp before being discovered by Khitan scouts, who used a bone flute to warn him.
Murong Yanzhao was not afraid at all when he saw this, and directly accelerated his attack to attack the Khitan camp.
The overall structural layout of the Khitan camp was more than a little worse than the camp laid out by Luo Youdu.
Although the Khitans were warned by scouts in advance, Murong Yanzhao's speed was too fast and it was difficult to organize a decent counterattack in an emergency.
Murong Yanzhao broke through more than a hundred tents and made a big fuss.
Murong Yanzhao didn't take the initiative either. He just nodded and slipped out of the encirclement first when the Khitan general Yelusha was about to encircle Murong Yanzhao.
In the first field confrontation, Zhou Bing obviously took advantage.
Murong Yanzhao did not lose many soldiers and horses, and directly killed more than 800 Khitan soldiers.
In the next few days, Murong Yanzhao fought with Khitan soldiers many times, and the frequency was frightening.
Luo Youdu was even a little worried that Murong Yanzhao couldn't bear it, so he specially asked Gao Huaide to follow him to share a certain amount of pressure for him.
The Khitan had already lost 20,000 Pishi troops during this march south. Although the Khitan had all the people in the army and had abundant troops, it could not withstand such a loss.
After all, Khitan was not monolithic and had many internal contradictions.
If the losses were too great, Yelujing, the Khitan emperor, might not be able to sit in peace.
The same goes for Luo Youdu, who took charge of an army for the first time and took charge of his own role.
He directly lost 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers and horses, and no one could save him.
This destined the two sides to have a series of encounters and tentative offensive battles before the war.
This kind of small battle has a negligible impact on the outcome, but it does have a certain commission on morale.
Gao Huaide has fully demonstrated his own value.
In the face of a large army, the effect of individual bravery is minimal.
But in such a small-scale battle, it would be too much of an advantage to have a general like Gao Huaide, who bravely champions all three armies.
Murong Yanzhao's encounter score with the Khitan was about 64 points.
Murong Yanzhao had a certain advantage, but the rate of damage to his war horses made Luo Youdu extremely distressed.
But Gao Huaide's record was nine to one. The last time was not because he was defeated, but because the opponent already knew how powerful Gao Huaide was, so he shot a wave of arrows and ran away without even thinking of fighting.