Young Master Liu had just lifted up the teapot and was about to pour tea for the six people. Liu Mingzhi was a little confused by the arrogant question.
Subconsciously, he raised his eyes and glanced at Zhang Kuang, but nothing could be seen from Zhang Kuang's face, except that his eyes were a little deeper.
"Boy, you still don't understand the late Emperor."
"The late emperor has already decided who will take command."
With the words of Lord Jing Yunyang lingering in his mind, Young Master Liu calmly poured a cup of tea for Zhang Kuang.
"Uncle is really good at joking. The imperial edict was written by His Majesty himself. The idea of dividing the troops into three groups was naturally his idea."
"The answer is obvious and easy to see. There is no need for my uncle to test such a simple question, right?"
The questions and answers from Zhang Kuang and Liu Mingzhi made the five Nangong Ye, who originally had faint smiles on their faces, fall silent, thinking with different colors in their eyebrows.
Liu Mingzhi's ambiguous answer made Zhang Kuang's mouth hang with an unpredictable smile. Zhang Kuang picked up the tea cup and took a sip, then turned his eyes to Nangong Ye and the others.
"Nangong, you are His Majesty's biological uncle. There is no one who knows His Majesty better than you. Do you think it was His Majesty's own idea to divide the troops into three groups?"
Nangong Ye silently looked at Zhang Kuang's sincere eyes and sighed: "Old Zhang, your heart is unpredictable, what should I say, brother?"
Wan Mingliang looked at Nangong Ye's troubled expression and gently touched Zhang Kuang's arm: "Old Zhang, the overall situation has been decided, what's the point of talking about this now?"
"His Majesty is the king, and we are ministers. We will go on the expedition as His Majesty orders us to do."
Lu Chengjie, Dongfang Ming, and Yun Chong also nodded in agreement with Wan Mingliang's words: "Yes, Lao Zhang, as a general, we can fight however His Majesty tells us. What's the use of saying this? Today we are here to participate in Liu Xiaozi
Don’t mention these things about the expedition banquet we organized!”
"That's right, I only drank today. After drinking the expedition wine, I would rather die than look back."
"Yes, we, the Six Guards of Northern Xinjiang, are in the same spirit. We six brothers have been friends for more than thirty years. I hope we six brothers will have a chance to drink together during this expedition."
"To be dejected, if anyone leaves first, don't forget to pour two glasses of wine and prepare two kilograms of delicious food in front of the grave. Once you've eaten and drank enough, you won't be afraid to see the Lord of Hell anymore."
"Old Yun, you know you are just saying something depressing, but you are saying ugly things first. If someone doesn't show loyalty and leaves first, let alone the brothers who go to someone's grave, he won't even clean up the body, and let him expose it.
Go to the wilderness."
"We made a promise to live and die together, and no one is allowed to break their promise!"
Young Master Liu looked at the subtle atmosphere between the six people and sat quietly on the chair, not knowing what to do.
Zhang Kuang listened to the conciliatory words spoken by the old brothers, and sighed silently and gestured to Young Master Liu.
"Child, go urge your confidante. Uncle is hungry, so tell them to serve food quickly."
"Okay, uncle, uncle, uncle, you drink tea first. I'll come back when you go."
Young Master Liu walked out of the Xue Bizhu sisters' boudoir, closed the door and walked downstairs.
After Young Master Liu left, he looked at Nangong Ye with arrogant and complicated eyes. He fumbled around in his armor, took out a thin silk map and spread it on the table.
"Nangong, my good brother, why don't you, the marshal on the right, give me a good explanation? Facing the enemy armies of the two countries, the troops are divided into three groups. The left and right armies each control one side. Who will the middle army rush to support?"
Nangong Ye put his eyes on the map and looked at it carefully for a long time without saying anything.
Zhang Kuang let out a breath and pointed his finger at the position of Jeju: "Let us old guys first guess where Liu Xiaozi may set up the formation, such as Jeju in the center of the six cities."
"We all know that the four major Turkic tribes joined forces to attack the Lu tribe. Judging from the geographical location of the Tu Lu tribe, the attack direction of these 200,000 cavalry may be Yunzhou and Ganzhou."
"Where are the remaining 300,000 people from the Turkic tribes and tribes?"
"Nine times out of ten, the intention of the Jin Kingdom will be Yingzhou and Fuzhou."
"Let's think about it this way. If the remaining troops of the Turks have the same purpose as the Jin Kingdom, both in Yingzhou and Fuzhou, then the direction of Liu Xiaozi's support can be clarified, and they will definitely support our army on the right."
"But have you ever thought about a question?"
Wan Mingliang looked directly at Ganzhou and the location of Yunzhou: "Are you worried that it may be a plan by the Turks to suspect the enemy? By then, all the 500,000 known cavalry will be placed in Ganzhou. Yunzhou will cooperate with the Jin Kingdom to gradually encroach on us.
strength?"
Zhang Kuang glanced at the other five people quietly: "As for the cavalry, you don't know how long it will take to move an army of 300,000 people, right?"
"By the time Liu Xiaozi led his troops to help, the day lilies were already cold."
"Based on the current situation, our dragon will most likely fight one against two."
"At this time, we must divide our troops into two groups and use our crossbows, artillery, and armor to engage in a head-on battle with the two countries, destroying the arrogance of both countries in one fell swoop."
"The troops were divided into three groups. Half of the troops on the left and right were divided, and the middle group became useless."
"As one goes, the other goes wrong, and our situation will become even worse."
"I have been thinking about the late emperor's intention all the way from retreating to the Penglai Restaurant, and now I have some ideas in my mind."
The five of them looked at Zhang Kuang quietly, and their eyes seemed to understand something, but no one said anything.
Zhang Kuang drank all the tea in the cup and sighed heavily.
"Nangong, Lao Zhang's temperament is exactly the same as that of his adoptive father, General Jin Yi. He doesn't like to be convoluted when talking."
"If you don't like to hear it, the idea of dividing the troops into three groups was definitely not His Majesty's but the late Emperor's."
"The late Emperor was worried that His Majesty had just ascended the throne and his foundation was not yet stable, lest our great achievements would overwhelm the Lord!"
Nangong Ye was silent, and there was no trace of surprise on his face. He had obviously understood something from Zhang Kuang's words, but only Zhang Kuang said it.
Nangong Ye poured a cup of tea for Zhang Kuang: "Brother, what do you want me to say? What can I say?"
"You are foreign ministers, brother, why am I not a foreign relative, and how rarely do foreign relatives exercise power? It's more difficult for me than you! What do you want me to say, brother?"
"No matter what the late Emperor planned, what's the use of talking about it now?"
"The Handsome Seal Tiger Talisman has been decided. Isn't it too late to say anything?"
Dongfang Ming patted the table gently: "Okay, okay, among the six of us brothers, we have been through life and death for so many years, and none of us has been stabbed for anyone. Is it necessary to speak like this?"
"Dongfang is right, Lao Zhang, Nangong, it's useless to talk about this now. We should consider that besides these, does your Majesty have any other deeper meanings for doing this?"
"Who is your majesty? Xia Gongming's history books conclude that he was an unparalleled hero. His arrangement may have a deeper meaning that we don't understand."
"Especially the arrangements for the 300,000 new troops are the most inappropriate."
"We have all visited several camps of the New Army. They are all a bunch of howling wolf cubs."
"My ability as a mounted archer is not impressive. The accuracy of the arrows fired by our sharpshooters while riding bumpy horses is 50-50 compared to theirs."
Wan Mingliang slapped the table heavily: "Yes, what Lao Yun said deeply touched my heart."
"These 300,000 people, howling and fearless, don't look like new recruits. They are just a group of elite soldiers and generals who have experienced hundreds of battles."
"How many years have we seen such a posture from new recruits? The training methods of these new soldiers are worth learning."
"But I also understand Lao Yun's meaning and worries."
"The traditional rule in our army is that the old lead the new. Lao Yun, are you worried that 300,000 new recruits will become a self-organized army, and you will be afraid of war?"
Yun Chong nodded heavily: "Yes, that's what I mean. No matter how powerful their momentum is, they have never seen blood after all."
"Veterans become more ferocious the more they see blood. I don't need to say more about the reaction of recruits after they see blood."
"No matter how powerful Liu Xiaozi is with his troops, fear and timidity will spread!"
"Without the comfort of the veterans, I am very worried about whether Liu Xiaozi can withstand the cowardice of the new recruits!"
"So it is completely unreasonable for three hundred thousand new troops to form their own army. I really don't understand the late emperor's deep intention."
Nangong Ye pondered for a long time and glanced at the five people: "Is it possible that the starting point of the late emperor was the issue of the Jin Kingdom and the Turks?"
"Think about it, what the spies learned about Huyan Yunyao's military tactics when he unified the grasslands was that they launched attacks with thunderous momentum and rarely divided their troops to attack."
"Would Huyan Yunyao not understand how many soldiers and horses my dragon has now? To use 200,000 soldiers and horses to meet my army heading north is like using a mantis as a chariot. In this case, what is her purpose of detaching an army of 200,000 people?"
"Can not Understand it."
"The old ones can't understand it, and the young ones can't figure it out either."
"We are really old."
"When Liu Xiaozi comes back, ask him. This guy is smarter than a monkey, and he comes from the same sect as Master Huyanjunyao. Maybe he can figure out this girl's purpose."
"The most important thing is that during the reign of the late emperor, he doted on this boy the most."
"It can be said that no one in the civil and military circles in the dynasty could understand the temper of the late emperor, except this boy."
"The troops are divided into three groups. If you use them well, you will be invincible. If you use them poorly, you will fall short."