Chapter 302: Ten thousand six thousand and sixty thousand

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In the side hall of Jinxiang Hall, the sun shines in through the carved doors and windows, and the bamboo curtains shaking by the wind are sometimes bright and sometimes dark, as if there is a halo.

All the civil servants and clerks working here retreated, and the people who followed were the most powerful circle of people in the court.

Two ministers of the Privy Council, four prime ministers, four senior military generals in the front office of the Hall, and three senior military generals in the Guard Office.

Once the emperor and the ministers, there were some new faces in the center; many old faces were left behind.

For example, Prime Minister Feng Dao and Guo Shao couldn't figure out which dynasty this old man started to be an official. Anyway, he was called a tumbler and should have been involved in many dynasties... However, Li Chuyun, Yang Biao, Luo Yanhuan, and even Gao Huaide are relatively new faces, and they suddenly appeared in this most advanced military matters, which looked a little eye-catching.

Luo Yanhuan just took the seat of the commander of the guards and horse army. It was not because of how many victories and how many contributions he had worked hard before. The most direct reason was: during the Tokyo Mutiny, he led dozens of cavalry to open the Xihua Gate in advance, and his courageous and resourceful performance laid a very important link for Guo Shao's army to quickly enter the imperial city.

To be on the throne is that simple.But Luo Yanhuan had this opportunity and seized it.

Please look at the topographic map of the north bank of the Yellow River.Wei Renpu, deputy envoy of Privy Councillor, spoke.

Everyone turned their heads to look, and a rough hand-painted map hung on a wooden shelf.

Wei Renpu is still so elegant, with a burly figure, and the muscles visible on his neck and arms make him very imposing, but he is wearing a round neck robe, calm and elegant in his tone.

Wei Renpu calmly stretched out his arm and pointed to the location on the map: Zezhou (now Jincheng, southern Shanxi Province), leaning on the ridge of Taiyue, looking at Heyang and Hedong; he can even swoop down, and once you cross the Yellow River, it is called Tokyo without any danger.Li Jixun's old nest is no longer in Huaizhou, Heyang Town, but has arrived in Zezhou; he has a good vision and has chosen a good place... Now Li Jixun's sword is pointing here, Jinzhou.

Jinzhou (now Linfen), the throat from Hedong to Guanzhong.

If the rebels occupy Jinzhou, they can retreat with the Northern Han Kingdom as a way of retreat and reinforcement, and they can look up to Guanzhong, Xijing, and the entire territory north of the Yellow River.

First establish an invincible place, you can wait for an opportunity to move forward, retreat to the Taiyue and guard the key places.

This is the key to this battle!

Let’s look at this place again, Liaozhou (a hundred miles southeast of Taiyuan, Shanxi, but with mountain barriers), where Li Chongjin’s troops are located.

In the second year of Xiande, Liaozhou was captured by Li Yun's troops and was included in our Great Zhou territory; in order to prevent the Northern Han Dynasty.

However, for Li Chongjin, this place was surrounded by enemies on both sides and surrounded by mountains on three sides, and could not stretch; in addition to the benefits of retreating to the Northern Han Dynasty, it was a very sensible place.

Therefore, Li Chongjin is now looting Liaozhou near the left, preparing to borrow from the Northern Han Kingdom to Jinzhou and jointly attack Jinzhou with Li Jixun's troops.

Behind the wooden frame map, there was a graceful figure behind the curtain, which was the Queen Mother's Talisman Jinzhang.After Wei Renpu said that, he turned around and bowed into the curtains.

Fu Jinzhan said in a quiet voice: How to deal with it, my ministers just say it’s okay.

Wei Renpu walked down and turned to look at Guo Shao.Guo Shao clasped his fists and said: Please ask the King of Kings to explain the general idea.

It is better to obey your orders than to be respectful.Wang Pu bowed to Guo Shao, turned around and bowed to the talisman again, and walked forward a few steps.

There were silent in the palace. Although there were not many people, everyone was very serious and even a little nervous on this occasion.

Wang Pu coughed gently and said, Deputy Envoy Wei focused on three places, namely Ze, Jin and Liao.Among them, Jinzhou is the key place in this battle, and I agree deeply.But it is obvious that Li Jixun and Li Chongjin's alliance were not close... Even before this, the court had avoided a more unfavorable situation, and the three Lis alliances were connected!

From Liaozhou to Jinzhou, the journey is 560 miles, and the road is very difficult to walk; but from Zezhou to Jinzhou, the post road is only 450 miles, and the road is wide... Under such circumstances, Li Jixun's manifesto had already been spread to Tokyo, and he had already led his troops to the west, cross the road to the north, and pointed directly to Jinzhou; at this time, Li Chongjin was still robbing the people in Liaozhou.

I think Li Jixun is in a hurry to fight, and Li Chongjin delays.If the imperial court's troops could reinforce Jinzhou in time, they would protect Jinzhou without losing it; two Li could be decided in one battle.

Block Li Jixun's troops under the city of Jinzhou, and the subsequent army will take Zezhou; you can seize the advantage of Li Jixun's territory when he is mobilized.When Li Chongjin's troops arrived in Jinzhou, Jinzhou had not yet been sent, Li Chongjin lost his place and had no choice but to rely on it. He was defeated without fighting.

The king’s envoy is a wonderful strategy!Guo Shao praised, turning around and bowing into the curtain. I heard that the cavalry's method of attacking the infantry camp is not a frontal attack, but taking advantage of the opportunity of the infantry camp's mobilization and wavering, first breaking through and splitting, and then messing up the queue, which can be defeated.

The strategy of the king and the envoy is exactly in line with the military strategy!Li Jixun occupied Zezhou and occupied all the land. It would be very difficult to attack Zezhou for forcing him; now he took the initiative to attack Jinzhou, which was a wavering opportunity.If the enemy attacks, we will also attack, and Jinzhou is the place to decide the outcome.I will discuss the strategies of the King and Deputy Envoy of Wei.

After hearing Guo Shao's praises, Wang Pu felt complacent and could not hide it.

After hearing this, Fu Jinzhan said: When will the troops be sent, who will be the chief general, and who will mobilize?

Guo Shao immediately admired Fu Jinzhan very much. Today she said little about the matter, but the key issue was the first question... Fu Jinzhan did not know how to fight, but she obviously understood the power relationship related to war.

But no one can answer her sentence.Even Guo Shao can't, because he can't say some things here.

The biggest problem in Tokyo is that the late emperor has just passed away for two months. He finally calmed down and the interior is not so stable. Many people from all over the country are just waiting and watching; there are also wait and seers in the outside town.

There are also problems left over from the past. Tokyo is surrounded by flat horses and no dangers to defend, which is simply a place that is easy to attack and difficult to defend... Therefore, the court must leave heavy troops in Tokyo and some reliable people.

But these words are inconvenient to say clearly, even if they are present, they are a group of people at the core of power.

Guo Shao felt that some things were just skills in getting along with people and had nothing to do with character; they would say whatever they wanted in front of them.

If he has, he can say in public in front of the soldiers, if he has, he can only say in the small circle of military aircraft, if he has, he can only say to Fu Jinzhan, if he has, he will not say anyone, just think about it in his heart... If he talks randomly, the least consequence will be embarrassing.

Sometimes he will meet some people on some occasions and say some harsh words in public, which makes people feel uncomfortable and helpless.

Of course he wouldn't do that, and no one present would.

Guo Shao thought for a while and then said: Empress Dowager, the imperial guards are still rectifying, and Zhang Guanghan's troops of Longjie Army are still on the way and have not returned to Beijing. It is probably not a good time to get rid of their hands for the time being.I can only wait a few more days to make a long-term plan.

Wang Pu said: Li Jixun can arrive in Jinzhou within half a month and set off a few days ago.The imperial guards rushed from Tokyo to Jinzhou for more than 800 miles. If they could not be dispatched in time, the strategy we discussed before would be useless.

However, Chen and Deputy Envoy Wei also expected such a situation. In addition to the best, there were also the worst.It is to take advantage of Li Jixun's departure from Zezhou and seize Zezhou first and then to seize the advantage of the territory.

At this time, Fan Zhi said: Why do we have to transfer local towns to reinforce Jinzhou?

Who to adjust?Wang Pu asked bluntly.

Fan Zhi thought for a while and said: Zhe Dezhu (Zhe Cong Ruan’s son, Zhe Cong Ruan’s death).

Wang Pu looked annoyed and said bluntly: Mr. Fan, how did you become the prime minister!Zhe Deyan's cousin and Li Chuyun, the commander of the Palace Front Office, had a feast (his cousin Zhe Deliang and Guo Shao were not a minor conflict of fundamental interests). Now you ask him to take the army to Jinzhou regardless of his territory!He didn't move after he was ordered?Even if you move, you can go to Jinzhou in the Year of the Monkey and Horse Month!

Guo Shao thought to himself: There is a more serious problem. The Northwest Jiedushi is a somewhat semi-independent vassal state, which is very laborious to use. If you give him an imperial edict to control more soldiers of the vassal states, is it to encourage him to take the opportunity to gain strength?

Fu Yanqing is a good candidate, but Fu Yanqing is 60 years old and is too far from Jinzhou... Guo Shao had to remember Fu Yanqing's last battle in Xinzhou, Northern Han. Fu Yanqing's command and war were so bad. It was indeed the age to retire. It was a bit difficult to ask him to lead troops to fight bad wars.

At this moment, Fan Zhi was also angry and said: I am a prime minister without talent, okay, okay!I'll resign now.The Queen Mother...

Mr. Fan doesn’t have to act irritably. You are a civil servant, so it is normal for you to be unable to talk to the king’s envoy in military affairs.Fu Jinzhan said angrily.

At this moment, Guo Shao turned around and said: What if Xiang Gong (who changed his name when he wrote a letter recently, avoiding the taboo) defended Jinzhou?

Wang Pu was stunned: Only Li Jixun attacked, of course he should defend it.But if time delays too long and Li Chong's troops arrive in Jinzhou, the total rebel force may reach 60,000.Xiang Gong was a little bit of people, and shortly after he arrived in Jinzhou, his subordinates and locals had different speech and accent customs. It is hard to say whether they could be united and virtuous... It would be understandable that Xiang Gong was lost to Jinzhou by Li Jixun and Li Chongjin.

Wang Pu said again: Zhao Kuangyin also knew the method of General Guo’s attack on Shouzhou.In the past, Zhao Kuangyin was the confidant of the late emperor, and no one expected that he would rebel.

Guo Shao pondered: Zhang Guanghan's unit in the left wing of the Long Jie Army should be about to arrive in Tokyo, but it is difficult to reorganize the Guards Department. It is almost necessary to re-deploy the remaining units of the Long Jie Army and the Iron Cavalry Army; not only should they be re-entered and reorganized, but they also need time to get familiar with each other.However, the Hu Ben Army has been preparing for a long time and has basically completed the rectification and can be used within half a month.

Wang Pu said: The Hu Ben Army has more than 30,000 people, and is now considered the most elite of the imperial guards, but General Guo wants to take them all out?

I only bring one cubicle!Guo Shao said, at a critical moment, I cannot let Xiang Gong be disappointed and let him be besieged and stand by.

Wang Pu said in a daze: General Guo’s current intention is to use 16,000 people to beat Li Jixun and Li Chongjin for 60,000 people?

Guo Shao said: The Chuanghe Army and the squads can also draw some of the troops... and I am not dealing with the second Li together. Li Jixun first goes to Jinzhou; then dealing with Li Chongjin.Defeat each one.