Young Master Liu, who quietly entered the city, didn't even have time to enter the house, and rushed directly towards the arrogant house.
"See you, my lord!"
"No gift!"
Liu Mingzhi handed the horse's rein to the guard and walked towards the main hall of Zhang Kuang's house with a whip in hand. He knew that Zhang Kuang must be in the main hall now without even thinking about it.
As expected, Liu Mingzhi walked outside the main hall, and Zhang Kuangzheng was giving some instructions to Ke Yan and others with a solemn expression.
Liu Mingzhi didn't speak, walked directly to Zhang Kuang and others and slammed the riding crop in his hand on the table.
There was a loud snap, which startled several people who were paying close attention.
"Bold, I didn't see my prince, why did you come back late at night?"
With a calm expression, Liu Mingzhi took the tobacco bag that Zhang Kuang had placed on the table beside him, lit it against the candle and took two puffs. The tobacco that used to be so spicy that it made him cough, Young Master Liu started to swallow it with a normal expression.
Several people looked at each other blankly. Could it be that Young Master Liu came back just to smoke a cigarette?
The pot of tobacco leaves burned out, and Young Master Liu knocked the pot on the edge of the table like an old smoker.
"We cannot continue fighting like this. If we continue like this, we will always be in a passive situation. We can only wait for them to take the initiative to attack and then passively defend. This is a taboo for military strategists."
"No matter how strong your morale is, sooner or later it will be completely wiped out by the Jin army."
"The most important thing is that I am a coward. I am so cowardly!"
"What sounds good is passive defense, but what sounds bad is fucking waiting to be beaten. I have been in the army for ten years. When have I ever been so cowardly?"
"I've always taken the initiative to attack others, but now the situation has changed. I'm already feeling depressed and angry."
Everyone looked at the cursing Young Master Liu, and after thinking for a moment, they seemed to understand the meaning of Liu Mingzhi's words.
With a solemn expression, he looked at Young Master Liu who was lighting up the cigarette and smashing the bar again: "My lord, you are not going to take the initiative and have a head-on confrontation with the Jin army, are you?"
"Yes, that's what I mean. I've had enough of this cowardice. Passive defense can't stop our brothers from dying in battle. Taking the initiative may be able to turn the tide."
"The war has been going on for so long, and now Wanyan Chizha has only two hundred thousand troops under his command. We may not be incapable of fighting if we take the initiative."
"But Yingzhou only has about 70,000 troops after careful calculation. This is all the soldiers put together. Including the troops and horses under your command, it is only 140,000. It will be hard to fight with the elite Wanyan Chiezha under his command.
Wouldn’t that be irrational?”
Liu Mingzhi threw the dry pipe on the table beside him, placed his hands on the edge of the sand table and scanned the landscape outside Yingzhou City.
"Why are you so irrational? When you sent 300,000 troops to the north, only 300,000 of them attacked the Jin Kingdom. The Turks almost couldn't breathe. Now that we have 500,000 troops, why can't we still fight with the Turks?
Is there a big war between the Kingdom of Jin and the Kingdom of Jin?"
"Back then, 300,000 people could do whatever they wanted and be known as a powerful military disaster. How come today's 500,000 strong soldiers are afraid of fighting to the death with the Jin Kingdom and the Turks?"
"My commander has always advocated taking the initiative to attack, but you guys have been worried about the lack of troops and want to use defense as offense, which led to today's situation."
"Listen to me, maybe this national war has already opened a gap, maybe it has been a different situation!"
"I have also thought clearly that it is impossible to fight without dying. Since passive defense means death in battle, it is better to take the initiative."
"Even if I die in battle, I still have to suppress this old guy Wanyan Chiezha with his momentum."
Zhang Kuang was stunned and fell silent. He sighed silently when he remembered the letter signed by six of his old brothers to Young Master Liu.
Could it be that the six brothers are really old and no longer have the courage to fight and kill that they had more than 20 years ago?
"well!"
"Commander, I have to say something that I shouldn't say. Although the reputation of the Weihe Military Disaster was resounding back then, after the battle, the dragon had not been able to breathe for almost twenty years."
"And the reason why we won that big victory was a lot of luck. At that time, the Turks and the Kingdom of Jin were watching the joke about Weizong being obsessed with the Golden Elixir Avenue, and wanted to wait for our dragon to collapse from within before heading south."
"According to Ruizong's order, we suddenly sent out troops. The two countries were caught off guard, and we attacked the city and killed the rats all the way."
"That's because they were too panicked and didn't know our specific strength, so they were able to win a complete victory."
"Now the two countries are no longer the Jin Kingdom and the Turks!"
Liu Mingzhi slapped the table hard and stared straight at Zhang Kuang: "So what?"
"What you dared to do back then, I dare to do now."
"Didn't Wanyan Chizha realize that I only dare to stay in the city and defend? In this case, I was also attacked by surprise."
"What happened to the 140,000 people? Isn't it different that I won a great victory when I used 70,000 versus 400,000 to help the Jin Kingdom quell the rebellion?"
"What happened to luck? Luck is also a necessary reason for victory."
"How long will you wait to be beaten? Why don't you kill your brothers in battle when you are waiting to be beaten? After all, you are getting older and have become indecisive. You no longer have the courage to fight and kill as you did when you were young!"
"I always want to be safe in everything. How can there be absolute safety when two armies confront each other? Since ancient times, the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road."
"Wanyan Chizha is right. I don't dare to go out of the city for a decisive battle. I want to go out to give them a thunder blow!"
"If you weren't worried about this or that, we might have taken care of the Jin Kingdom and rushed to the aid of Yunzhou!"
"Including some soldiers and horses from Fuzhou, we may have more than 140,000, so there is no need to be afraid of him."
"It's decided, the whole army will go out of the city to fight with the Jin Kingdom army. If I can lead 300,000 cavalry to be invincible in the Jin Kingdom and the hinterland of Turks, I can lead an army of 140,000 people to defeat Wan Yan in his own territory.
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"If I can let my enemies bully me in my territory, my life will be in vain."
Zhang Kuang sighed softly as he looked at Liu Mingzhi's determined eyes, and his eyes gradually became enthusiastic.
Not only Young Master Liu feels aggrieved these days, why doesn’t Zhang Kuang feel aggrieved too!
"How about we send a message to the generals on the left and right first? Let's discuss how to support each other. If we take the initiative, if we don't tell them, the entire northern Xinjiang will be completely in chaos."
"It's nothing to discuss. I am in charge of all the important military and political affairs of the 27th Prefecture in Northern Xinjiang. I can't discuss it with them. They have to obey my orders."
"When the army moves, everyone must obey me. Anyone who dares to disobey will be subject to military law."
"I have given you this order from the king, and all the soldiers and horses in the six cities of Northern Xinjiang will watch the right time and go out to attack according to the situation of the battle. Tell them that defending the enemy means dying in battle, charging means dying in battle, and those on the left and right will die. Let them die for me.
On the way to charge."
"Wang Wang Ling?"
"right!"
Liu Mingzhi glanced at the people in the hall with a sullen face.
"Stand side by side, the king ordered me to say it again. Once the army moves, the whole army must obey me. Whoever dares to be timid and refuses to advance will be engaged in military law."
"The enemy has already arrived at the door of our house, and yet we are still hiding here. This is not the style of our northern Xinjiang son-in-law."
"Go and give the order!"
"Dede order!"
"Commander Keyan of the Longwu Guard Light Cavalry is listening to the order!"
"The end is here!"
"Immediately send a message to the Governor of Fuzhou and Chen Tingshan, the temporary general, to lead all the troops in Fuzhou to Yingzhou."
"As soon as the army arrives, follow my orders and drive Wanyan Chizha back to his hometown in the Kingdom of Jin."
Ke Yan was stunned and subconsciously looked at Zhang Kuang aside.
There was a sword chant, and Ke Yan felt a chill on his neck. He came back to his senses and looked at Young Master Liu in shock, holding the Heavenly Sword on top of him.
Liu Mingzhi looked at Keyan with narrowed eyes.
"This is the first time, next time I will engage in military law!"
"Now you have heard clearly. Once the army moves, all soldiers and horses in the entire northern Xinjiang must obey my orders. I don't want to say it a second time."
Feeling the cold murderous intent on Liu Mingzhi's body, Ke Yan's whole body trembled.
"The last general, Keyan, has received his order."