Volume 2: The Young Eagles Spread Their Wings Chapter 22: The Battle of Qingmeng (1)
When I came to the station of the free men! In front of me was no longer a mess of tents! But a small town with a short city wall and rows of neat houses! I was very satisfied with this! They did not let me
Disappointed! From a distance, I saw figures around the town, busy with their heads lowered and busy opening up wasteland and farming! It was very busy! And on the short city wall of the town, there were some soldiers with weapons guarding the town! In the small town
There is a camp outside! There are loud shouts of killing coming from inside!
It seems that Zhong Qiang and the others have done everything well! I walked towards the town! When I arrived at the gate of the town, I was recognized by two soldiers guarding the city gate! One of them was full of joy! He said excitedly
: "General Nangong will be back soon! I'll report to Mayor Zhong right away! Let the mayor pick you up!"
I smiled and said, "No need! I can just walk by myself! Let's take a look at the results of everyone's hard work!" After that, I patted the soldier on the shoulder and walked alone to Zhong Qiang's office! Along the way
Seeing the busy scene and neat buildings in the town, I can't help but admire the fighting spirit of these people who once had no freedom and no guarantee of life!
When I came to Zhong Qiang's office, I already had a certain understanding of this newly built town. I was about to go in and take a look. Zhong Qiang was walking out with Qi Qingfeng, Fang Yong, Han Qingmu and others.
, seeing me slightly stunned at the door, four people came over in surprise.
Zhong Qiang took the lead and walked up to me, prostrated himself on the ground and said loudly: "My subordinate Zhong Qiang (Qi Qingfeng, Fang Yong, Han Qingmu) has seen the general!"
I quickly helped everyone up! Said: "Get up! Don't be so polite! Don't kneel down when you see me in the future! I don't like these etiquettes! How can a man kneel down to others easily when he has gold under his knees! Okay, hurry up
Get up! Call Jiang Yi, Qi Qingming, and Liang Weixin over soon! I have something to discuss with you!"
Zhong Qiang, Qi Qingfeng, Fang Yong, and Han Qingmu stood up and said, "I obey."
After a while, Jiang Yi, Qi Qingming, and Liang Weixin also came here! They knelt forward and said, "I have seen my lord!"
I said: "Get up! Don't behave like this when you see me in the future!"
I ordered them to sit down and said: "I have something to discuss with you this time! This is related to our future development! Do you remember that I was appointed as the commander of the Qingmeng Army? Now the emperor has assigned me
Appoint me the governor of Qinghai-Mongolia Province! Qinghai-Mongolia Province is already under my jurisdiction! The purpose of my coming is to lead some people into Qinghai-Mongolia!"
Several people said happily: "Congratulations, lord!"
Zhong Qiang said: "Things are not that simple! Qu Jianhua has been operating in Qingmeng for so many years! He must have power! If we enter Qingmeng Province rashly, we will be attacked by the other party! By then we may..."
I said: "That's right! The interior of Qingmeng Province is complex and changeable! We must be fully prepared! Only then can Qingmeng be under our control!" I ordered to put Qingmeng's map on the table!
I continued: "If I guessed correctly! Qu Jianhua and his forces are waiting for me from Beijing to Lancheng, the capital of Qinghai-Mongolia Province! And he must not have arranged any powerful forces for Beiwu! It is not effective.
defensive measures!"
Zhong Qiang looked forward at the map and said: "The junction of Beiwu and Qingmeng is the Yunhai Prairie! Entering Qingmeng Province from Beiwu is almost a flat plain! This is very conducive to our quick action!"
I nodded and said, "Not only that, Qu Jianhua must have put a lot of effort into the defense of Lancheng! We don't have the time or strength to capture Lancheng by force now!"
Qi Qingfeng asked: "Don't we have any other methods?"
I didn't say anything but just put my hand on the map, showing the vast rural areas and small towns in Qinghai-Montreal Province! And the Nikko Iron Mine!
Zhong Qiang and Liang Weixin's eyes lit up! Zhong Qiang said: "Does the lord want to isolate Lancheng?"
I smiled and shook my head and said: "Isolating Lancheng will only concentrate Qu Jianhua's power! It will be even more disadvantageous for us!"
Han Qingmu said: "What is my lord's idea? My lord, tell me! I'm almost confused!"
I laughed and said: "Divide and destroy them!"
Zhong Qiang frowned and looked at the map in front of him, then slowly relaxed his brows and said confidently: "Nico Iron Mine!"
I smiled and said: "For the Niko Iron Mine, Qu Jianhua's power must come from the support of the major families in Qingmeng! So what is the main commercial business of these families in Qingmeng? Iron ore! Every family must have
We have our own industry in Nico! What do you think will happen if we attack the Nico Iron Mine?"
Zhong Qiang said in a deep voice: "In order to protect their own family's industry, each major family will definitely mobilize the family army under Qu Jianhua's control in Lancheng to protect their family's industry!"
I said: "Yes, this is our opportunity! As long as the major families mobilize their troops from Lancheng! Lancheng will definitely be in trouble! Not only can we concentrate our superior forces to attack the armies of those families! We can also take advantage of the opportunity.
Capture Lan City!"
Several people nodded immediately! I came to the map and looked at Qingmeng on the map carefully. I smiled and said: "Okay! Now let's discuss the specific actions!"
I asked: "Zhong Qiang, tell me how many soldiers we have with certain combat effectiveness now!"
Zhong Qiang said: "There are only 20,000 people! Five thousand cavalry, five thousand longbowmen, and ten thousand infantry! It can be said that our military strength is not sufficient, but somewhat insufficient! We are too weak for the more than 50,000 Qingmeng troops left.
not enough!"
I said: "Very good! Twenty thousand people are enough to take down Qingmeng in one fell swoop! We don't need to be afraid of Qingmeng's fifty thousand troops!"
Zhong Qiang asked: "So, my lord, how do you plan to attack Qingmeng?"
I said: "Divide the troops into two groups, each with 10,000 troops on each side!"
Zhong Qiang said: "Is this dangerous? Once we meet the opponent's main force! We may be completely annihilated!"
I said: "Don't worry! I can tell you that my plan will definitely succeed! And we will also quickly capture Qingmeng and its provincial capital Lancheng! Let Qu Jianhua lose the power to fight us!"