Chapter 326: The autumn wind lifts the spring breeze
Huaiyang Pass held an emergency military meeting temporarily. In addition to the commanders of the Northern Liang cavalry, Yuan Zuozong, Yan Wenluan, He Zhonghu, Chen Yunchui, Gu Dazu, and Zhou Kang, the five most senior infantry and cavalry generals in the border army, including Chu Lushan, the deputy generals of the two cavalry troops on the left and right outside Liangzhou Pass, Shi Fu, General Shi Fu, Youzhou General Huangfu Ping, as well as the chief generals of the four military towns in Fuling Liuya, and more than 20 powerful lieutenants like Huang Laifu, and more than 30 Northern Liang military generals attended the meeting. If the price of the Northern Mang Empress counts the military merits based on the number of heads, who can break through this pass at this time will be a huge military achievement.
Xu Fengnian, who had rarely directly pointed at the border affairs, made a bold tactic straightforward after summoning everyone this time, which was far more radical than the previous established strategy. It was not just as simple as "Youzhou infantry leaned to the west and Lingzhou cavalry leaned to the north", but wanted to regard Liuzhou as the key battlefield that really decided the outcome of the second Liangmang Great Battle. Its status was even vaguely higher than the unbuilt Jubei City and the entire Liangzhou Pass. He Zhonghu and Chen Yunchui both opposed it. Jin Queqiao Zhou Kang, who had a little qualifications, clearly agreed with the young vassal kings. Yan Wenluan and Gu Dazu did not express their opinion, because this was really too risky. Their King of Beiliang actually made it clear that they wanted to have a 1∮ ∮ offensive battle with Beimang!
If you use heavy troops to attack me outside Liangzhou Pass, then I will destroy your Northern Mang and Southern Dynasties!
As the current deputy commander of the Northern Liang infantry army of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Gu Dazu proposed at the end of the Spring and Autumn War that "to defend the territory, you must fight outside the country." Logically speaking, Xu Fengnian's policy should be very suitable for the appetite of the veteran. However, after weighing the pros and cons, Gu Dazu couldn't help but look down at the Liangmang confrontation situation chart on the table, and said worriedly: "Prince, this move may not be appropriate. Not to mention whether our cavalry in Liuzhou can advance all the way to the hinterland of the Southern Dynasty and north of the northern city of Jubei. Even if the Youzhou infantry in Liuya Fuling Chongzhong helps to guard the city,
But in terms of military strength, we are obviously still at an absolute disadvantage. This disadvantage cannot be compensated by a few city walls. Once Yu Luan Dao and Ning Emei lead the troops westward together, the huge gap in military strength will be even more exaggerated. The passes of Huaiyang Pass, such as Huaiyang Pass, cannot be lost, but I am afraid that it will be thrown too quickly at that time, which will lead to the loss of support from the two generals Zhou. How can the cavalry of the two generals hang out of the pass, which can block the main army of Beimang? Without the Jibei City, even if most of the Beimang Southern Dynasty was smashed by the Liuzhou cavalry, it will be useless to the overall situation."
Yan Wenluan took one hand and pointed to the map with the other hand, "Let's look at this matter in the opposite direction. Assume that there is no war in Hulukou, the main force of our Youzhou infantry will simply be transferred to Liangzhou Pass, not the original 30,000 people. Then the military towns such as Fuling and Liuya will have greater effect on blocking the enemy. For example, let me stay in Huaiyang Pass, Gu Dazu, you lead troops to Chongzhong Jun Town to assist in defense, Chen Yunchui chose to connect with the Qingyuan Jun Town in Liuzhou. In this way, if you turn the overall defense line north of the North City, you dare not say how to make the solid walls of the Liuzhou cavalry at least win two to three months..."
The two deputy commanders of the infantry under Yan Wenluan's command had not spoken yet, but the commander of the Left Cavalry Army, He Zhong, suddenly said anxiously: "No, absolutely not! Everyone here is their own people. If I don't say something, everyone knows in their hearts that Huaiyang Pass is destined to be unable to defend it, let alone Liuya Fulings Town. You three, can you think of giving the Beimang Barbarian three chance to be awarded the vassal king three times in vain?!"
Speaking of this, He Zhonghu hesitated for a moment, looking at Xu Fengnian and Chu Lushan standing side by side, "Prince, it's not me that He Zhonghu underestimated those young military generals in Liuzhou. In fact, whether it is the Kou Jianghuai, Xie Xifeng, or Cao Wei and Yu Luandao, I admire it very much. In time, I might not be worthy of carrying shoes to them, but this battle will not be missed. The barbarians of Beimang Dong Zhuo Huang Songpu can make some mistakes, but
Unfortunately, our Beiliang is not wrong at all! After all, those young people... are too young! Moreover, Liuzhou already has a mature and steadfast Huang Songpu in charge. Now that Lantuo Mountain has turned against each other, there are not many cavalry troops in Liuzhou. Besides, except for the Dragon Elephant Army, which is an old camp, the rest of the cavalry have been formed for a short time. There is no tacit understanding that can only be cultivated after one battle after another. If there is a mistake in a certain link and one careless move, will it be a loss?"
Zhou Kang frowned and made a suggestion with some confidence: "If General He was worried that Liuzhou would not have a backbone, otherwise would he just let Commander Yuan take charge of the overall situation in person?"
Chu Lushan shook his head and said, "The war between the cavalry outside Liangzhou Pass is indispensable. We need a cavalry general. He must be able to use the cavalry to reach the state of "far water can relieve near thirst". Only Yuan Zuozong can do this kind of thing in Northern Liang, and I, Chu Lushan, cannot do it. Therefore, most of the young cavalry generals in Liuzhou have to fight for their own battles, and this is true from beginning to end!"
When military strategists recognized that the battle of Princess Tomb in the decisive battle between the Western Arbor and the West, Yuan Zuozong was a well-deserved hero. Therefore, it can even be said that there was no long-distance attack by Yuan Zuozong. Now, there are still two more people in the Central Plains surname Zhao and Jiang.
Chu Lushan once made the feat of thousands of cavalry driving Shu. It was also known as the two classic cavalry battles in the Spring and Autumn War with Lu Shengxiang's snowy night. However, it is undoubtedly inferior to Yuan Zuozong's sudden attack on Gongzhu's tomb by Yuan Zuozong. You should know that even Chen Zhibao later admitted that he realized the significance of the Gongzhu's tomb battlefield later than Yuan Zuozong. Therefore, the first thing after Xu Fengnian inherited the inheritance was to let Yuan Zuozong be the commander of the cavalry, and Chu Lushan was only the first nominal general of the Northern Liang Dynasty. The facts proved that this combination of virtual and real combination was that the Xinliang King, who had not been able to truly convince the public at that time, did not choose the wrong person. It was this move that caused the Beiliang border army to not have a major shock.
Xu Beizhi, who had just returned to Beiliang secretly from the Lianghuai Road Administration, stood in the corner without saying a word. The long journey made him feel a little exhausted, so he simply stood there and closed his eyes to rest.
Yan Wenluan, who was short and thin, but was stable, but was suppressing the generals in the hall, bent his fingers, kowtowed on the table, and turned around and asked, "Chu Dupu, Cao Wei pulled out 10,000 cavalry from the border army at that time, 10,000 Youqin from Yu Luandao, and a considerable number of young and strong cavalrymen in Liuzhou, plus Xie Xiqin, who temporarily took over the two towns of Linyao Fengxiang, and the Tiefutu, who was extremely injured and was urgently supplemented. The five young cavalry generals of Yan Wenluan were just two Yan Wenluan. Do you really want to bet on them to turn the tide? Are our old men in Liangzhou and Youzhou too demanding of them?"
The root of this debate is actually whether those young people can take on the great responsibilities and whether they can live up to the generous destiny of the Liangzhou border army. If the Beimang Southern Dynasty cannot be damaged, the Beimang Middle Army cannot be forced to fall into a situation of "in-depth in one's own army". No matter how many cavalry in Liuzhou kills enemies, even if they kill all the civil and military officials in the Xijing temple, as Gu Dazu said, it is actually of no benefit to the overall situation. If the Beicheng is lost, Liangzhou, which has empty troops, will inevitably fall, and there is no need to fight this battle.
Chu Lushan rubbed his hands, smiled, and looked at the young vassal king from the corner of his eyes.
Xu Fengnian was about to speak, and at this moment, Xu Beizhi finally spoke, "The general led the Xu family army to fight south and north, and horses were trampling on the six kingdoms. I remember that at that time, King Chen Zhibao, Chu Dupu, and Commander Yuan were all very young. Xu Pu and Wu Qi and others were actually not old. Even General Yan was considered a young and strong general at that time, so at that time, the Liyang Ministry of War would have the sour and sarcasm of "baby lieutenant and general Guan". Whether it was the attack on Jianghuai and Xie's western fronts, or Cao Wei Yuluan and Ning Emei, they were not the kind of "masters" who talked about war on paper. Except for Cao Wei who had not made great military achievements, everyone had great military achievements. For example, Kou Xie, who was not famous, Cao Changqing dared to appoint them as the chief generals of the two fronts of West and West Chu, why are we not at ease with Beiliang?"
Xu Beizhi asked with a smile: "Can our Liuzhou cavalry have too little combat power? It's not as good as the Western Chu cavalry that has been pieced together?"
Without waiting for anyone to give the answer, Xu Beizhi took a few steps, walked to the table, and continued, "Bei Mang Taiping Order made this inferior strategy, and took every step forward. He simply wanted to eat the Bei Liang Iron Cavalry bit by bit in the battlefield outside Liangzhou Pass. In fact, it was also forced to accompany Bei Liang to follow the "low strategy". To put it bluntly, as long as the Bei Liang Iron Cavalry chooses to spend the entire Bei Mang with the Bei Mang barbarians north of Jubei City, then even if we do not take the risk and do not rely on the Liuzhou war to break the situation, everyone in the house will not escape the fate of death. It is just a matter of time. If you want me to say, don't always think about how to lose less ugly, you can't just think about fighting all the border troops, just to kill hundreds of thousands of Bei Mang cavalry more than 100,000,000, but to think about how to win, so that both Bei Mang and Li Yang will convince them."
Xu Beizhi pointed at the table, suddenly restrained her smile, and said in a deep voice: "Now the opportunity is here! It's right in front of us!"
Xu Fengnian turned to look at this guy and smiled slightly.
Yan Wenluan and He Zhonghu, these veterans of the Spring and Autumn Period, were not young and handsome. After hearing Xu Beizhi's remarks, they did not experience too much mental excitement, but instead became more cautious.
Jin Queqiao Zhou Kang is a general recognized as a violent military general in the border army of Northern Liang. He has always praised the best defense is attack. He probably knows that the result of today's discussion may determine the survival of Northern Liang. Instead of adding fuel to the fire, he said carefully: "There is no doubt about the talent of those young people to lead troops. Now I want to confirm one thing, that is, the few cavalry troops in Liuzhou, which are headless, can they really lead Huang Songpu's nose?"
As the only civil servant of Northern Liang, Xu Beizhi suddenly made a move that made the meritorious generals in the house laugh and cry, and pointed to the King of Northern Liang not far away, "I have to ask him this, today's dispute was caused by this one."
Xu Fengnian, who had a pale and sick look on his face, burst into laughter and said slowly: "Kou Jianghuai Xie Xifeng and the two of them used military service habits. I believe you have read the Fushuifang spies and the imperial governor-level official newspaper. They have already roughly understood that each has its own characteristics. The turning point of the Guangling Road war. The decline of the Western Chu state's power has actually left the battlefield in a fit of anger. As for the reason of this matter, it is not within the scope of today's discussion, but also involves the gang of Jianghuai. But let's look back at the battle that made the imperial army furious.
With the slap in the war, it is not difficult to find that the pair of Western Chu two walls are one on the left and one on the right, guarding Western Chu. The opponents include Yan Zhenchun, Yang Shenxing, Lu Shengxiang, Wu Chongxuan, Chen Zhibao and others. All of them are masters of the military tactics of the world. Although the war began to tilt Liyang in the later period, of course, there are some factors outside the battlefield that made Lu Shengxiang and Chen Zhibao not send troops to the fullest, but Western Chu can still maintain a balanced power in general, which is very difficult. Therefore, I am looking forward to Kou Xie and the other two joining forces in Liuzhou again."
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "If Liuzhou's opponent was Dong Zhuo, who was good at surprise soldiers, rather than Huang Songpu, who was steadfast in using troops, I would be as worried as many people. In fact, in Liuzhou, I really regard it as a person who is a big concern, the Xia Nabo Zantan who caused Mount Lantu to fall to Beimang."
Chu Lushanyin tested: "So this time the prince arranged a big meal for the boy Zhuan Tan. The ninety cavalry of the Wu family who stayed outside Liangzhou Pass will go to the Western Regions under the leadership of Xu Yanbing and cooperate with Cao Wei to intercept and kill Zhuan Tan."
Xu Fengnian looked down at the territory map of the Northern Mang Southern Dynasty and said softly: "The Beimang military is extremely powerful, otherwise it would not have given us such a headache in Beiliang. However, the various disadvantages in Beimang Temple are difficult to return, which is far more undercurrent than we imagined in Beiliang. The reason why this time I took Liuzhou as the place to break through the deadlock is not the battlefield of Liangmang, but within Beimang, I want the confrontation between the two surnames of Beimang Yelu Murong, the two officialdoms of the Southern Mang, to move from behind the scenes to the front of the stage, so that the old woman who threatened to sell our heads at a weight could no longer suppress the situation with an iron fist."
Yan Wenluan nodded after thinking deeply: "This idea... is very interesting."
Then Yan Wenluan looked complicated, looking at Chen Yunchui and He Zhonghu, the old guys who were in the military life with him, "We are old, and although we are still riding horses and holding bows, we are still old after all, compared to the young men of Yu Luandao."
The autumn wind is gradually rising outside the house.
Yan Wenluan, a veteran in her twilight years, looked out of the house for some reason, and was stunned and murmured: "If you are old, you will be old, so let's help the young man in the end."
Xu Fengnian looked at everyone and smiled and said, "I believe that the young people in Liuzhou can bring surprises, and I also believe that you can defend Jubei City in the house."
Xu Fengnian paused for a moment, stretched out his hand and pressed heavily on the cold and wild situation chart on the table, "If there must be a reason, it is that I, Beiliang Iron Cavalry, are the world!"
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Chapter completed!