Chapter three hundred and twenty second plan ahead
Liu Mingzhi walked out of the house in a hurry, and at a glance he saw Song Qing pacing back and forth outside the door, looking slightly anxious.
"Brother, how is the situation?"
When Song Qing heard Young Master Liu's words, he stopped pacing and hurriedly came towards Young Master Liu.
"The situation is urgent. Let's talk about it when we get to my uncle's house. Hurry up and get on your horse!"
When Liu Mingzhi saw Song Qing's appearance, he suddenly became nervous as if there was a sharp sword hanging in his heart. Without saying a word, he jumped on the horse that Liu Song had prepared long ago and headed towards Zhang Kuang's mansion with Song Qing.
He rushed up and rushed over.
After drinking tea, the two men tightened their horse reins and stopped in front of the arrogant Hou Mansion. They casually handed the horse reins to the guards at the side.
Liu Mingzhi looked at the brightly lit gate of the mansion, with soldiers in armor constantly coming in and out, and the gloom in his heart became more solemn.
After looking at each other with Song Qing, the two hurriedly walked towards the main hall where the strategy was being arranged wildly.
"Uncle...General Zhang, how is the situation?"
While pointing at the sand table and talking to the surrounding Longwuwei generals, Zhang Kuang heard the figure of Young Master Liu and hurriedly turned around and hugged Young Master Liu.
"The last general, General Long Wuwei, is madly meeting the prince!"
Behind Zhang Kuang, generals such as Key Yan and Xiong Kaishan also hurriedly saluted.
"See the prince, see the Marquis Anyuan."
"No gift!"
"No gift!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Zhang Kuang is a veteran who looks rough but is as meticulous as a needle. In private, he talks and laughs with Young Master Liu as his nephew and uncle, but in public he never smiles and handles official business.
Liu Mingzhi is the King of Pingjian who is in charge of the military power of the twenty-seven palaces in the North. He is a general in his fief. Naturally, Liu Mingzhi will not refute Liu Mingzhi's dignity as a prince in front of his subordinates.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Liu Mingzhi walked directly to the sand table, put the battle report in his hand on the table beside him, and first looked at Song Qing beside him.
"What happened? Did the looting of food and grass go wrong and cause some big trouble?"
Song Qing hurriedly shook his head: "That's not true, but there was a slight mistake. The intelligence was wrong. The army of the Jin Kingdom escorting grain and grass couldn't help but some soldiers and horses under Yelv Mo's command. There were even Jin Kingdom hanging a few miles away.
The left guard Black Wolf Cavalry almost suffered a big loss if the scout brother hadn't reported it in time."
"What was the result?"
"We snatched back dozens of carts of food and grass, and immediately retreated after setting off the rockets. We don't know how much we burned!"
"Beheaded more than 700 enemy troops, wounded more than 150 brothers, and injured more than 600 brothers."
"If we weren't familiar with the terrain outside Daizhou City, there wouldn't be so many brothers..."
Liu Mingzhi raised his hand and interrupted Song Qing: "Okay, this is inevitable. The black wolf cavalry on the left and right of the Jin Kingdom are famous. They are the generals stationed in the western part of the Jin Kingdom. Many years ago, they often fought with the Turkic cavalry for loose ends.
A fight broke out in the pasture outside the city, and their fighting power far exceeded that of the Jin Kingdom's Baibuqi."
"The fact that you were able to snatch back dozens of carts of food and grass with one against two is already a great achievement."
"Those brothers who died in the war were buried generously, the pensions were distributed according to the law, and the brothers exchanged some silver coins for their wives, children and children."
"Yes, the general has made arrangements. It is difficult to bury them properly now, so they have been hastily buried. When the war is over, the general plans to take them back together with the 30,000 brothers who were welcomed back from the Kingdom of Jin and bury them in a good way."
Liu Mingzhi nodded slightly: "That's fine. The current situation is really not easy to make these formal claims. It's over when it's over. Let's talk about what happened first!"
Song Qing staggered away and looked at Zhang Kuang.
"Let the Protector of the Country speak, he knows better."
Liu Mingzhi's eyes subconsciously looked at Zhang Kuang on the side: "Then there is General Lao Zhang!"
Zhang Kuang nodded, walked to the sand table, picked up two letters and handed them to Liu Mingzhi.
"An hour ago and half an hour ago, we received letters from the Golden Eagle in Yunzhou. One was a letter from a brother scout of the Huben Army outside Yunzhou City, and the other was a letter from Yunchong, the general of Yunzhou's Huben Army."
"Previous intelligence was wrong. The Turkic army of 330,000 did not divide its troops into three groups to attack the three cities of Yunzhou, Gansu and Suzhou respectively. Instead, it gathered all its troops to attack Yunzhou."
"Based on the speed at which our golden eagle passes messages, the Turkic army will gather outside Yunzhou City no later than tomorrow morning and sit down for a while to repair. The latest attack time will be no later than the day after tomorrow."
Liu Mingzhi frowned and hurriedly opened the letter in front of the light and started reading.
After a while, Liu Mingzhi put down the letter, raised the candlestick on the side and looked at the huge sand table that encompassed the Northern Territory of Dalong, the Southern Territory of the Jin Kingdom, and the Southern Territory of the Turks.
"How many guards are there in Yunzhou City now?"
"There are more than 90,000 people. There are only more than 40,000 elites in the Tiger and Ben Army. The rest are just some defenders with decent combat effectiveness."
Liu Mingzhi's eyes were fixed on the sand table of Yunzhou City, and he looked at all the terrain inside and outside Yunzhou City.
After a long time, Liu Mingzhi sighed with a deep look: "What a strategy of using troops to kill two birds with one stone. It can not only surround a point for reinforcements, but also drive straight in. No matter how we use troops, it will have a great impact on us!"
"Previously, I still had a glimmer of hope. I hoped that this time the Turks and the Jin would engage in a big melee to support each other like before. But now it seems impossible. This time, the Turks and the Jin will use their troops.
The purpose is extremely clear.”
"The Jin Kingdom attacked our Dalong East Three Kingdoms Gate, and the Turks attacked our Dalong West Three Kingdoms Gate. The division of labor was clear, and they united to move south without interfering with each other's use of troops."
"It seems that this time the battle will be very difficult. If we are not careful, Yunzhou may be the first city to fall in our twenty-seventh mansion in Northern Xinjiang!"
Zhang Kuang, a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time, understood the meaning of Liu Dashao's words after a little thought.
He bent over and covered the sand table.
"The prince's idea coincides with that of the general. The 330,000 Turkic army gathered in Yunzhou. It is simply an irresistible force."
"For the Turks, the front line does not need to be stretched too long, and the supply line can supply food and grass in time."
"The most important thing is that the Turks are obviously trying to force us in Ganzhou this time. The two brothers from Suzhou came out to start a field battle with them. The Turks are not good at attacking cities, and there are really few siege equipment. If they attack the city, they will
There were heavy casualties, and this was the only way to give full play to their cavalry advantage."
"If the brothers from Ganzhou and Suzhou don't leave the city to rescue them, they will attack the city with all their strength and march straight in. They can directly take our capital, Dalong."
"If we go out of the city to provide support, our troops will be fully exposed to the Turks' offensive, which will play into their hands."
"It's a plan that kills two birds with one stone. Whether it works or not is a big problem."
"This is forcing us to go out of the city and fight with them."
"Needless to say, such a ruthless plan must have come from the hands of your naturally handsome junior brother Huyan Yunyao."
"Since Yunchong has sent a letter from the Golden Eagle, he must be under a lot of pressure. There are less than 100,000 soldiers and horses to resist 330,000 cavalry. Although they are defending the city, under Huyan Yunyao's strategy of encircling the point and calling for reinforcements,
It will only be a matter of time before Yunzhou is captured."
"I just don't know how long Yunchong can hold on."
"No one would have thought that the Jin Kingdom and the Turks could gather so much strength after experiencing the last national war. But our dragon encountered the King of Shu and the others..."
"Once Yunzhou falls, the dozens of states behind it will not be able to withstand it for many days just relying on those soldiers. There is no need to say more about the combat effectiveness of those soldiers. You know it in your heart."
"If the Turks capture dozens of our state capitals, the entire western part of our northern Xinjiang will fall under the Turks' iron cavalry. Once the Jin Kingdom restrains us, the Turks will be able to cross the wind and clouds without any scruples and march straight to our territory.
Master Long Jing."
"There are only two consequences. Either His Majesty will stick to the capital, or he will be forced to move the capital south and cross the Yellow River and Yangtze River. Half of our country, Dalong, will be lost in the hands of the barbarians."
"And our three cities, Yingzhou, Fuzhou, and Jeju, and even the dozens of state capitals behind us will be completely abandoned, and we will be left alone and helpless, with no choice but to fight to the death."
"That is to say, you, the king of one hundred and fifty-two states, will use all your strength to protect the safety of my dragon's rear."
Liu Mingzhi's hand holding the sand table creaked and he was trembling slightly: "With the millions of people in my territory, I protect the 80 million people of Dalong behind me."
"Sigh... The worst result is this. Our Dalong has just encountered civil strife and encountered Turks. The Jin Kingdom's allied troops are coming southward in an aggressive manner, trying to protect your fiefdom of the 152 states in the north.
, I’m afraid it’s impossible without paying the price of blood!”
"Now I hope that the capital can be more confident and replenish the strategic materials we need in time, otherwise the fall of the Northland will be a matter of time."
"It is not impossible to win this war solely by relying on the twenty-seven prefectures in the North, but I am afraid that only one out of ten will be lost."
"We have no choice but to fight to the death!"
Liu Mingzhi straightened up quietly, straightening his chest and shook his head slightly at Zhang Kuang.
"Not necessarily. I, Liu Mingzhi, have never been defeated in more than ten years since I led the army. I will not be defeated this time, and I cannot be defeated!"
"Even if there are many victors in life, Liu Mingzhi will also fail!"
"It's just that Liu Mingzhi was defeated..."
"Then die!"
"I don't want to die, so I can't lose either!"
"Song Qing listens to the order!"
"The end is here!"
"The Golden Eagle sent a message to Zhou Baoyu who was stationed at Mamingpo. Duan couldn't bear to come to Yingzhou General's Mansion to see me."
"Invite Han Zhong to come to the General's Mansion to see me!"
"I have the order! I will retire at the end of the day!"
Song Qing quickly left the main hall, and Liu Mingzhi looked quietly at Zhang Kuang and whispered in Zhang Kuang's ear.
After a long time, Zhang Kuang looked at Young Master Liu with complicated eyes and a look of surprise and uncertainty.
"You are really prepared for a rainy day, but you are also bold enough!"
"But the general has to admit that this is indeed a glimmer of hope for my dragon. As long as we use it well, it is not impossible to turn defeat into victory!"
Liu Mingzhi took out the old Golden Dragon Emperor's Token from his arms and waved it in front of Zhang Kuang. He looked at the bright moonlight outside the hall with his deep eyes and gently rubbed the dragon pattern on the token with his fingers.
"Bold? Is there anything more bold than disobeying orders?"
"Besides, if you didn't tell me, I almost forgot. Liu Mingzhi also had the nickname Liu Bingzhi back then. After so many years of living a cautious and cautious life, I almost forgot about it."