Volume Seven: Ma Mingfeng is Xiaoxiao, the Boy Raises His Sword Chapter 276 You are a bad old man
Three days later, Xiao Yuanche left.
"Dong dong dong -" the majestic drum beat spread throughout the old Zhangcheng.
Everyone knows what this means.
Beat the drums to gather the generals and start the battle.
The few people who stayed in the old Zhang city closed their doors and windows very consciously and tacitly.
Because they all know that the prime minister and the general will decide the outcome when they go to war for the second time.
And they are just ordinary people, as small as the tiniest ants in the world. The disasters caused by the war are far unbearable for them.
So they could only burn incense and pray. The Prime Minister must defeat Shen Jizhou. Only if the Prime Minister wins can the old city of Zhang be safe and sound, and ordinary people like them can be saved.
During the war, hostile forces massacred the city and killed all the people in the city. This happened frequently in these troubled times.
Therefore, this is already the default practice of this world.
What kind of human life, what kind of king's law, small people don't deserve it!
The soldiers and generals in the military camp also have different mentality.
Among the soldiers, there are those who are excited, like good men who have poured out their blood; there are those who are indifferent, like those ruffians who have been in the army all year round. Whether they can fight or win, it has nothing to do with them. How to save their lives and earn a living? Eating is the serious and important thing; there are also those who are timid and cowardly, and are in constant fear all day long. They will almost die on the battlefield, especially for soldiers like them. How can they not be afraid in the face of death?
Most of the generals are very active, such as Huang Kuijia, Zhang Shiyou and others. These days, they are almost going crazy because they always have to go to the battlefield to kill several enemy generals. It is a great time.
The sound of drums encourages people, and the drops are like rain.
Xiao Yuanche came to the Xingyuan Marshal's desk and sat down. He looked to the left and right sides and saw that everyone had arrived neatly.
And Su Ling was standing behind Guo Baiyi, and it seemed that nothing was wrong. This was the most satisfying thing in Xiao Yuanche's heart.
When Xiao Yuanche saw that everyone had arrived, he said loudly: "Everyone, today is more organized than ever before! Now that everyone is here, let's discuss how to start a war with Shen Jizhou again. thing!"
Huang Kuijia was the first to jump out and shouted: "Lord, what's there to say? Just beat him. I was the first to fight. I rushed directly into his Chinese army tent and killed that old boy. I Who dares to stop me? Wherever I go, there won’t be any grass growing, and even the rats that are scurrying around will be beaten to death by me..."
One sentence made everyone laugh.
Xiao Yuanche laughed and said: "You fool, you can talk nonsense... Do you think you are a big cat?"
Only then did Guo Baiyi speak out: "Lord, our army has rested and reorganized, and now everyone wants to fight. Moreover, the war has been delayed until now, and it is not appropriate to delay it any longer..."
There was something in Guo Baiyi's words, but he stopped at the point and didn't say anything further.
Xiao Yuanche said calmly: "What Jijiu said is absolutely true. I also have the same intention. I want to fight Shen Jizhou quickly and destroy him in one battle!"
"My lord is wise!" Everyone said with cupped hands.
Xiao Yuanche nodded, looked at Su Ling and said, "Su Ling, do you have any ideas?"
Su Ling thought for a while and then said: "Prime Minister, I think Shen Jizhou definitely doesn't want to end the war prematurely."
When Xiao Yuanche heard this, he nodded slightly and said, "Oh? Just tell me about it."
Su Ling nodded and said sternly: "Prime Minister, please think about it, Shen Jizhou's army is several times stronger than ours. If he sieges the city for a long time, our army will be trapped. Although our army is in Jiuzhang, the food and grass supply in Nanzhang has been long ago." It's tight. If we are surrounded by him for a long time, our army's food and grass will be a big problem. When the time comes, if he rushes to attack Jiuzhang, he will save a lot of energy. So, since we know, how can he not know about Shen Jizhou? It must be The idea is to fight a long stalemate."
On the side, Chen Shangzhi suddenly said: "Su Changshi, you are a little too presumptuous to others, and you are destroying your own spirit. Our army's front is short, and Nanzhang is very close to Jiuzhang, so the supply of food and grass is tight. Then Shen Jizhou Among the hundreds of thousands of troops, who doesn’t need food and drink? Plus the horses need to eat fodder, and they are far away from the Bohai Sea and across the Ba River and Zhang River. Aren’t they in need of food and fodder?”
Su Ling secretly thought, you know nothing. Do you think Shen Jizhou would be stupid enough to transport food from Bohai City to the front of the battle? If it were based on the history of that world, he would have built a granary long ago, but we don't know the location of this granary. Name, well, if it were in that world, I would immediately suggest destroying Wuchao.
But, what is Wuchao in this world? Who knows?
Su Ling felt very helpless, but still said: "Although what Chen Changshi said is reasonable, he did not consider that the actual situation between us and them is different!"
When Chen Shangzhi heard this, he was a little unconvinced and said: "Why is it different? I also think our situation is better than theirs..."
Su Ling was not angry, and smiled and said: "Prime Minister, everyone. Nanzhang is a county. How can we supply food and grass to the army for a long time? I think Deng Tan, the governor of Nanzhang County, is already very worried about raising food and grass."
As he spoke, he glanced at Guo Baiyi vaguely.
But seeing Guo Baiyi's eyes bright, he didn't object.
Su Lingfang said firmly: "If Nanjun fails to supply food and grass, the closest places to our army are Bacheng and Longtai. However, under Bacheng, Liu Xuanhan is so surrounded that no birds can fly out. Are you sending food? I'm afraid it's a gift. Liu Xuanhan's. So, although our army has a short front, there is still no food in the rear or the food cannot be transported. Does Chen Changshi think that he is right?"
Chen Shangzhi was stunned, thinking that what Su Ling said did make sense, and then nodded slightly.
Su Ling then calmly said: "On the other hand, Shen Jizhou, although the battle line is long, is unobstructed from Bohai City to his military camp. As long as he supervises the food transport team to travel day and night and not slack off, According to Shen Jizhou's hard work in the Bohai Sea for many years, it will not be a problem for his army to fight here for two years. Therefore, comparing the two, if we only have food and grass along the way, we are at a disadvantage!"
Everyone was convinced by what Su Ling said, even Chen Shangzhi couldn't help but nod.
Guo Baiyi said: "So, there are two important things now. One is to attract Shen Jizhou's main force in order to fight decisively and speed up the war. Only in this way can we have a greater chance of winning. But this is easy to say. It is difficult to do, why don't Shen Jizhou and his few counselors understand? We want to be fast, but he wants to be slow. Therefore, when fighting, we have to adapt to changes and try our best to achieve our goals."
After he said this, Xiao Yuanche and everyone nodded in agreement.
Guo Baiyi said again: "Secondly, the siege of Ba City must be lifted as soon as possible. Only in this way can we have no worries in the rear. We will have food and grass when we enter and the city when we retreat. We will be safe."
Xiao Yuanche nodded and said, "What's going on with Yang Pi? Have you said when you will send troops to attack Xizhou?"
Guo Baiyi hurriedly raised his hands and said: "Although Yang Pi is a tough bandit, he also has scheming intentions. He doesn't want to serve as our spearman for nothing. He even proposed that he only contribute half of his troops and wants our army to cooperate to attack Xizhou.
, this matter has been reported to me a few days ago, but it was only because of Su Ling... that I never reported it. "
Xiao Yuanche sneered and said: "What a big plan. This Yang Pi is really adding insult to injury! He obviously wants us to send troops to help him attack Xizhou, but he really wants to wait for him to occupy Xizhou. I'm afraid our soldiers will be defeated."
Let him swallow it up. When the time comes, he, a tough gangster, will have to turn over and become a state pastor! He is wishful thinking on this matter, and he is not allowed to do it!"
Guo Baiyi was startled for a moment, then he held up his hands and said, "Master, please don't get angry. Baiyi thought you might as well agree to his conditions..."
When Xiao Yuanche heard this, he snorted and said, "To put it lightly, our military strength is still tight, why should we let him take advantage of us?"
Guo Baiyi chuckled and said: "My lord, I promise to promise, whether to send troops or not, when to send troops, what kind of troops to send, how many troops to send, this is our final decision..."
When Guo Baiyi said this, he had a sly smile on his face and said no more.
Xiao Yuanche said with some confusion: "Baiyi, what do you mean..."
Guo Baiyi looked at Su Ling and said with a smile: "What do you mean? Why not ask Su Changshi to give it a try?"
Su Ling rolled his eyes and said to himself, you guy, the idea was yours, and you were the first to say the words. I was not involved in the wet and dry. You stopped talking in the middle of the sentence, let me say...
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Su Ling really had no choice but to smile bitterly and said: "Let me think about it first..."
After a while, Su Lingfang raised his head and glanced sideways at Guo Baiyi.
But he saw that Guo Baiyi ignored him at all and looked elsewhere.
Su Ling had no choice but to smile and said: "Prime Minister, Su Ling made a good guess about the meaning of the wine sacrifice. Since Yang Pi wants us to send troops to help him, he is asking for something from us, but since he wants to ask for something from someone, he must ask for it.
Show some attitude first. So you can ask him to send troops to surround Xizhou City first, wait for our army's support, and then unite the troops to attack Xizhou."
Xiao Yuanche lowered his head and thought silently, but Guo Baiyi looked at Su Ling with eyes filled with admiration.
"Furthermore, whether the wine-sacrifice plan can actually capture Xizhou is another matter. The key point is that it creates the appearance of attacking Xizhou City, causing the wealthy and powerful families in the city to mess up their positions first. If they are messed up, they will inevitably issue a letter to force them to do so.
Liu Xuanhan goes back. If Liu Xuanhan dares not to go back, the big families in Xizhou will let him just use the name of Xizhou Mu. Then why does Liu Xuanhan not go back? After we receive the news of Liu Xuanhan's withdrawal, we will send some old people to him.
The weak soldiers pretended to support Xizhou and walked for ten and a half months. When Yang Pi saw that Xizhou was empty and extremely rich, how could his thief nature be able to endure it? If he heard about Liu Xuanhan's return on his way again,
, I'm afraid he couldn't bear it for a long time, and he would definitely attack Xizhou City before Liu Xuanhan came back. It didn't matter to him whether he captured it or not, as long as he looted it, he made a lot of money, and then withdrew his troops.
And our old and weak soldiers are afraid that we will receive the news of Yang Pi's withdrawal halfway, so our soldiers don't even have to go anymore, they can just turn back! In this way, we don't have to lose a single soldier.
You can do your best!"
Su Ling talked eloquently, Xiao Yuanche suddenly became enlightened, and Guo Baiyi also had a look of praise on his face.
After hearing this, Xiao Yuanche burst into laughter and said, "Su Ling, you are really a gift from God! How wonderful! How wonderful!"
Su Ling said again: "Prime Minister, are we finished now? That's too cheap for Yang Pi..."
Xiao Yuanche heard this and said, "Ah? Do you still have any concerns?"
Su Ling raised his eyebrows and said: "Of course, he has ulterior motives. He wants the hot cakes of Xizhou and devours our soldiers. He brought it on himself. He can't blame us... The Prime Minister can be in Yang Pi When he abandoned Xizhou and returned to Qingyan Mountain, he wrote a letter to reprimand him, acting very angry that he had not kept his word and that he ran away first when we were halfway through the army. He even falsely told him that Shen Ji Zhou will be completely defeated in a few days, and we will definitely settle the score with him! Wouldn't Yang Pi be shocked? At that time, the benefits he got in Xizhou will be given to us, whether it is food, grass, gold and silver, it will be useful to us Is it all good? What do you think, Prime Minister!"
Xiao Yuanche put his hands on his hands and laughed and said: "Goodness! Great kindness! Mr. Su, I really have you!"
Su Ling finally coaxed Xiao Yuanche to smile, then secretly tugged on Guo Baiyi's sleeve and said, "Next time you try to set a trap on me, can you say hello in advance?"
Guo Baiyi smiled faintly and whispered: "Look, I gave you a chance to show your face. Instead of thanking me, you blame me?"
Su Ling glared at him angrily and said in a low voice: "I believe you, you are a bad old man, you are very bad!"
At this moment, a soldier came flying in from outside the camp, knelt down on one knee and announced loudly: "My lord, Shen Jizhou has written a letter, please come here and ask your lord to read it!"
Xiao Yuanche ordered him to hand over the letter. He opened it and read it, but he saw it written: Brother Yuanche, I haven't seen you for many days and I miss you very much. Tomorrow, I want to go hunting with my brother by the Zhang River. I hope you can be on time. Go there!
Xiao Yuanche glanced at his mouth, threw the letter aside, and sneered: "What a great Shen Jizhou. I wanted to find him, but he came first and issued a letter of war to pass on my orders! ... "
When everyone heard this, they were all solemn.
"Tomorrow we will form a formation on the Zhangshui bank below the city to fight Shen Jizhou!"