The four prefectures of Xuanwu, except Bianzhou, Song, Bo, and Ying are distributed from north to south, adjacent to Xu, Su, Hao and other states of Wuning Jiedushi in the east, and connected to Chenzhou of Zhongwu Jiedushi in the west Among them, Yingzhou is the most southerly, and the southern border is the Huaihe River.
Starting from Bianzhou and entering Wuning, there are two waterways. One is to go down the Surabaya River and pass through Songzhou to Xuzhou; the other is to go down the Bianhe River (Canal) and pass through Bozhou to Suzhou.
Song and Bo prefectures border each other, and the state cities are less than a hundred miles apart.
Li Ye led the army from Bianzhou and stationed in Songzhou; after defeating the Shu army, all the troops rushed eastward from Zhongwu, and now they are arriving in Bozhou one after another. Complete assembly.
On the second day after Li Maozhen met Li Ye in Songzhou, less than ten major officials and generals from both sides were called together to hold a military meeting.
"Before the war, according to the information we heard, we judged that after the capture of Xuzhou, the Wu army would split into two groups. Go north to attack Gunzhou, march towards Qingzhou, and seek to capture the entire territory of Pinglu; go west all the way, through Song and Bozhou. Xuanwu—After obtaining these two states, he joined forces with the Shu army and went north to capture Bianzhou, and finally joined forces with the army that occupied Pinglu and went west."
"At that time, the Wu army will be connected with the Shu army who occupies Xuzhou Zhongwu and Luoyang Dongdu, and will own 80 to 90% of the counties in the Central Plains. Although this king can occupy Zhengzhou Heyang and Huazhou Yicheng in name, However, after the two joined forces in Bianzhou and defeated King An's former troops, they will join forces to attack Heyang and Yicheng, drive out the king's troops, and complete the complete partition of the Central Plains."
In front of the huge map hanging in the big tent, Li Maozhen held a long pole, said the words on it, pointed out the corresponding location on the map, and finally drew a circle.
He looked at the people in the tent, and continued with the same tone: "For this reason, our strategy is: first, concentrate the elite army to defeat the relatively weak Shu army, which is too far away from the town, and then march eastward. , Ambush the Wu army westward on the Song and Bo lines, and fight a decisive battle with it."
"Secondly, use Wei Bo, Chengde, Jinghai, Tianping and other troops in the town, and cooperate with a part of the Pinglu Army in Qingzhou to ambush the Wu army in Gunzhou and go north, and try to defeat it, but also hold it back."
"Thirdly, during the war between the west and the north, order a group of fine cavalry to attack in a roundabout way, break into Sizhou in the south of Wuning, and capture the prefectures and counties, and then control the Huaihe River, cutting off the Wu army's food road and backup."
"If the battle goes well for all parties, we will finally completely encircle and annihilate the Wu army in the territory of Wuning, so as not to let them go away!"
Speaking of this, Li Maozhen put away the long pole, went back to the small case in front of the map and sat down, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea to moisten mulberry.
The people in the tent were divided into two parts, Li Ye and Li Maozhen sat facing each other on the low platform; the generals of the two sat in two rows in the tent.
—The reason why there are few people participating in the military discussion is because Li Ye's current situation is still a secret that only a very few people know, and the longer this secret is kept, the more beneficial it will be for the subsequent war.
Except for some confidantes of Li Ye and Li Maozhen, as well as the governors of the various towns, the officials, generals and people below all now only think that Li Maozhen has reached some kind of covenant with King An's old department.
When Li Maozhen paused for a while, Li Ye took up the conversation, "Because the alliance between King Gu and King Qi was unexpected, and the actions were concealed, careful, and decisive. Originally, the battle went smoothly, and we also successfully defeated the Shu army. But now , the situation has changed, to put it simply - Wu Jun has begun to shrink the battle line!"
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"When the Wu army marched westward, the Japanese had already entered the Song and Bo prefectures in the first two days. They were about to step into the ambush we had set up like the Shu army, but suddenly retreated dozens of miles overnight and set up a strong The camp, put on a strict defensive posture! This is the case for the Wu army going west, and the situation for the Wu army going north is similar."
After a pause, Li Ye glanced at everyone with a solemn expression: "Wu Jun's behavior is so abnormal, we have to think about it. They may have noticed our actions, so they changed their original marching strategy."
As soon as this remark came out, the expressions of the generals present all changed a little, and in the eyes of Liu Dazheng and Zhao Bingkun, there was a meaning of contemplation.
Li Maozhen put down the tea bowl and chuckled: "If you can successfully ambush Wu Jun, just like dealing with Wang Jian's fat pig, it would be the best to deal with them easily. If they are not so stupid, they have noticed the abnormality in advance and have taken precautions, that's nothing. It's just a head-on contest, why should we be afraid?"
Li Ye and Li Maozhen united, and they could control more than 20 Jiedu Envoys, and dispatched more than one million troops. Now that the Shu army has retreated, they can concentrate their forces on dealing with the Wu army. The superiority in strength alone is enough for them to attack head-on without any scruples.
After pausing for a moment, Li Maozhen pouted and added, "If even Wang Jian's idiot has already been defeated, and Gao Pian hasn't noticed any abnormalities, then he and the Confucian sect are not worthy to talk about competing in the Central Plains."
After finishing speaking, Li Maozhen picked up the tea bowl, stopped on the edge of her mouth, and continued to add: "Although they have never been worthy."
Li Ye did not comment on this. Li Maozhen and Gao Pian look down on each other, this is a well-known fact, and it has reached the point of not concealing it, as early as the Battle of Kunlun, they had a lot of bickering.
According to the previous exchange with Li Maozhen, Li Ye talked about the following battle arrangements: "Since the Wu army has already taken precautions and started to shrink the front line, then we don't have to cover up any more, and we don't have to hide and attack at night with them. Next, we will mobilize all our forces, concentrate on the west and north sides of Wuning, first compress their range of activities, and wait for the soldiers and horses to arrive, then fight the opponent head-on and defeat them in a dignified manner!"
When Liu Dazheng, Zhao Bingkun and others heard this, they all nodded in agreement, and their eyes were full of fighting spirit.
No matter when and where, it is the favorite thing for generals to use superior forces to defeat the enemy head-on with the momentum of Mount Tai.
Seeing that everyone had no comments, Li Maozhen began to add: "Wu Jun has obviously noticed the abnormality, but I have no idea how much they know about our situation, and how much they know will directly determine their next battle arrangements. This matter It is extremely important, the monks in Huanyinfang and Tsingyi Yamen must mobilize all forces to go deep into the territory of Wuning to find out. At the same time, we must spare no effort to eradicate the Wu army monk sentries around us!"
His arrangement was mainly to prevent the other party from knowing that King An had reappeared.
This is the issue that Li Maozhen is most concerned about at present.
Because once Gao Pian knew that King An had reappeared—of course it was impossible for the other party to deeply understand that King An was a fake—then Gao Pian and the Confucian sect were likely to feel fearful, and it was not impossible to even withdraw their troops back to Huainan.
Of course Li Maozhen could not accept this situation.
His goal has always been to compete for the entire world, and to achieve this goal, he must eliminate every strong opponent. Gao Pian occupies a large area of Huainan including a part of Jiangnan. If Li Maozhen retreats without losing his troops, Li Maozhen will undoubtedly have great military difficulties in crossing the heavily fortified Huai River and Yangtze River in the future.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the main force of the Wu army was gathered and wiped out in Huaibei to remove obstacles and pave the way for the future attack on Huainan. This is the result that Li Maozhen must strive for.
Li Ye glanced at Li Maozhen indiscriminately, and said in his heart: "Li Maozhen thinks a lot."
Thinking too much is not a bad thing, but sometimes thinking too deeply in some aspects makes it easy to ignore other aspects.
A few days later, in Xuzhou, in the mansion of Jiedushi, Gao Pian was discussing the latest military situation with Guo Pu, Zhang Zhongsheng, Zhong Yao and others.
Guo Pu was the first to speak, and he reported the latest reports: "In recent days, almost every moment, a large number of enemy troops have marched to the Song and Bo lines, and even many soldiers and horses have appeared in Yingzhou. Cities, large and small, have been filled with troops from various towns! Li Maozhen’s trilogy, who was stranded in Tongguan before, also left Tongguan and marched towards Song and Bo. Not only that, but in Yizhou and Gunzhou in the north, enemy reinforcements continued to rush Come!"
With the in-depth narration of the spy report, Guo Pu's expression became more and more serious.
Finally he concluded: "In a word, Li Maozhen is mobilizing all the soldiers and horses of him and King An's old army, as well as the troops of the feudal towns that belonged to Zhu Wen, to encircle Xuzhou! This is a decisive battle! Because the soldiers and horses are really There are too many, so even if its army has not been fully assembled, its vanguard has left Song and Bo Prefectures and started to march towards Wuning, and it will meet our westward army in a few days!"
Gao Pian was silent.
Zhang Zhongsheng said: "Although we claim to have an army of one million, our actual number of troops is only over 700,000. Now we are facing an enemy nearly three times larger. The situation is indeed not good. But since ancient times, the number of soldiers and horses does not directly determine victory in battles on the battlefield. Negative, the most important thing is to rely on strategy and hard work.”
Gao Pian still didn't speak.
Zhong Yao slapped his thigh and shouted loudly: "Li Maozhen is just a white-faced young man, a woman who chirps, it is difficult to become a great weapon, what are you afraid of him? Even if he has an army of tens of millions, I am brave in Huainan under the leadership of King Wu , Killing him is like slaughtering a dog!"
Regarding Zhong Yao's bluff, Guo Pu and Zhang Zhongsheng directly chose to ignore it.
On the other hand, Gao Pian finally opened his mouth, and he said calmly: "The most important thing for our army to march across Hebei is to protect the food roads in the rear, so the two prefectures of Su and Si must not be lost. Who can guard these two places for the lonely king? ?”
When Zhong Yao heard that he was guarding the rear and waiting for others to fight, he lacked the initiative to attack, so he had no intention of fighting, but he still said: "Whether Li Maozhen or King An's old troops are soldiers from the north, they are not familiar with water warfare. , Huaihe River and Sishui River are guarded by our elite sailors, as long as they dare to come, they will be sent to death. The general feels that as long as he dispatches a stable general, he can guard the two states of Su and Sishui."
Gao Pian nodded, "That's right. General Yang, you can go."
A resolute general in the room stepped out upon hearing the sound, cupped his fists and said, "The last general takes orders!"
This general surnamed Yang is called Yang Xingmi!
Gao Pian continued: "Since the vanguard of the bandit army has set out from Song and Bo, we have to fight. Since our Huainan navy is elite, we can't just use it for defense. Sishui and Bianhe are good battlefields. Who wants to go To meet the vanguard of the bandit army?"
Before Zhong Yao could speak, a tall general stepped out, clasped his fists and said, "The last general wants to go!"
Seeing that this person was asking for orders, Gao Pian had a smile on his face: "General Sun is willing to go, of course it is the best."
"The last general takes orders!"
This tall general is named Sun Ru!
Guo Pu and Zhang Zhongsheng felt at ease when they saw that Gao Pian had already arranged military affairs while he was understating it.
It was also at this time that they recalled that Gao Pian had achieved great military exploits and was as famous as Li Xian and Zhang Yichao.
As long as Gao Pian is not confused about the way of military strategist and fighting on the battlefield, who in the world would dare to say that he is stronger than him
After arranging the military affairs, Gao Pian'an's sitting posture remained unchanged, rubbing his right thumb against his index finger, and said calmly: "Li Maozhen annexed King An's soldiers and horses, and also allowed Zhu Wen's old troops to use them for him, so the momentum is huge, we have to think of a way Disintegrate them from the inside. There has been no news of Zhu Wen since he left Kunlun, what are you doing now? Go find it, the lonely king has a great job for him.”
Guo Pu's eyes lit up, and he said hastily, "I'll send someone to look for it!"
Gao Pian nodded slightly.
Zhang Zhongsheng looked at Gao Pian, who sat high on the master seat and was as immobile as a mountain, and suddenly there was an indescribable emotion in his heart.
He thought to himself: "King Wu is a military genius. Although he behaved improperly during the Huangchao Rebellion, the fundamentals are still there. Now he is working hard again, and the future can be expected... If it is only a military talent, it will be fine. Now King Wu is assisted by my Confucian school, influenced by my Confucian school, and his wisdom and strategy have improved to a higher level, isn't this just like the sky?"
Thinking of this, Zhang Zhongsheng lowered his brows and sighed secretly in his heart, "When King An was still in the mortal world, he was so radiant. Compared with him, most of the heroes in the world are like nothing. Now that King An is gone, Heroes in the world, who else can compete with such a king of Wu?"