Chapter 250: Planning to advance
"As far as I know, General Su's old home was from Wuyi, Xindu. In the past, General Su had also shed blood for the peace of the people of Xindu, drinking blood from his knife, and ordered his father Su Gongyong to die for this. This time our army is about to enter Xindu. I wonder what kind of tricks General Su can teach me?" Xu Shiye, who was increasingly asserted with the charm and demeanor of a superior, changed his tone and asked Su Dingfang, who was sitting among the generals on his right hand and headed down the sea.
The face was cold, and the whole body seemed to be Su Dingfang, who was filled with a cold air. Huo stood up: "I thought..."[]
"General Su, sit, sit! Just sit! Haha! This is my private residence, not a central army tent with strict military laws. Just be as easy as you can!" Xu Shiye, who interrupted Su Dingfang with a smile, couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart because of the cold and harsh aura that was overflowing from Su Dingfang's body: This should be the charm that a fierce general on the battlefield in a hundred battles should have! Just this point, even the brave and invincible Xiong Kuohai cannot be compared with it. The young man joined the army for a lifetime, and only in this way can he hone such a terrifying iron-blooded style.
"This..." Su Dingfang, who hesitated for a moment, sat down after hearing this, then stood up as if he felt extremely uncomfortable, and instead stood up: "I will not be able to sit down..."
After Xu Shiye smiled and said, "General Su is really a model in the army." Su Dingfang continued to say loudly:
"Xindu has been harassed and attacked by Hebei heroes for several years. On the surface, the city is broken, but in fact, after continuous repair, the city has high walls, extremely strong and has no relatively weak area, which is convenient for combat. The most special thing is that the inner city of Xindu is still nearly meter higher than the outer city after being reinforced in the later period. In this way, soldiers can be placed above the inner city and arrows are condescending to assist in defending the city.
This is the source of Xindu, which was originally surrounded by the heroes in Hebei, never had the root of the city breaking. When Dingfang was young, he also followed his father to help the county magistrate to keep Xindu many times, so he had a deep understanding of Xindu.
A few months ago, Xindu was taken by Dou, Dou..., Dou's tribe. Dingfang originally knew that there was a ditch that discharged sewage into the moat in the dark corner of the west of the city, and the foundation of the city wall was shallow. In addition, the county magistrates at that time were slightly shallow, and the city defense was too slack and negligent. Dingfang cooperated with Gao Shixing, a brother of Gao Shida who had now belonged to Dou's tribe, who successfully attacked the secret trenches at night, and occupied Xindu.
Nowadays, Xin was assisted by Gao Shida's greatest arm at that time, and his clan brother Gao Shixing led his army to garrison; in addition, Cao Dan and others would inevitably lead their troops to retreat to Xindu. There should be more than 20,000 soldiers guarding the city in Xindu. Among these more than 20,000 soldiers, there are still no less than 5,000 most powerful soldiers from the Dou tribe..."
"The five thousand powerful soldiers that General Su said were not the one Cao Dan once brought out of Qinghe City and sanitized the solemn army around him?" Xu Shiye blurted out of this.
"What the general said!" Su Dingfang, who still had the cold face, nodded. After Xu Shiye waved his hand, 'General Su please continue speaking', Su Dingfang continued:
"Therefore, Xindu's defensive military strength will be very strong. The dark ditch that Dingfang knew at the beginning must have been blocked and consolidated. In addition, Gao Shixing and Cao Dan and others were cautious and resourceful, Xindu was really a difficult attack and a difficult plan.
With the intention of determining the ground, our army would be better to use a partial army to pretend to be troops to enter Xindu, and the main force would be directed directly to Bohai County. After quickly capturing Bohai County, Xindu had no way back except the north; it would not be too late for our army to slowly capture it. Moreover, after our army captured Bohai County, it could completely cut off the Dou tribe's retreat and block the Dou tribe's path to escape east."
Due to the sudden change of identity, Su Dingfang was inevitably a little inconvenient and awkward when referring to Dou Jiande and his subordinates.
"What General Su said is quite reasonable!" Listening carefully to Su Dingfang's analysis, who was extremely familiar with the situation in the letter, Xu Shiye nodded seriously:
"But I don't want to let Dou Jiande run north with his troops. With Dou Jiande's ability, if he joins forces with the Turks outside the territory, he will definitely be a great future for our Central Plains. Since we have the ambitions of the world, we need to make plans for our Central Plains in China and the people of the world.
I don’t want to first capture Bohai, but I want to force Dou Jiande to retreat to the last foundation of Bohai County after surrounding Hejian with Mr. Pharmacist’s troops. In this way, with the plains Yang Yuanhong blocking Dou Jiande’s journey to the east in time, our army can encircle Dou Jiande’s troops in a corner of the Bohai Sea backed by the sea, gathering and annihilation.
I am just a fair argument. A few months ago, Wang Shichong had not eliminated all evil, so he allowed Gao Kaidao to flee north. Since then, just Gao Kaidao will be a big trouble for us. What's more, Luo Yi and others, who are still well-founded in the north. If Dou Jiande runs north with his troops, even if we take the entire Hebei area, it will be difficult for us to achieve peace and stability. It is hard to say that they will not join forces to harass us and defend us. Now, Dou Jiande has repeatedly won over the powerful forces in Hebei to seize territory, and he has already seen that he is very good at this.
Hebei is in a state of peace, and it is also possible for me to have the leisure to deal with the greater changes that are coming? Perhaps everyone has already thought that our troops are no longer a small force that is ignored, and will soon become a thorn in the world, and Sui Ting's eyes that want to get rid of them, and it will be thorns in his flesh! The sharp increase in strength will surely be the target of public criticism.
This is also the reason why I have never thought of turning against each other with Wagang and slandering me. How can this last for a long time? Who can tolerate that there is still others sleeping on the side of the bed?”
Xu Shiye, who felt that the situation was too complicated and exhausted, shook his head unconsciously. Of course, the changes he expected were only mentioned Wagang, Sui Ting, etc., but not including the "Taiyuan Li Family" who only knew in his heart that it would rise strongly in a few months.
Xu Shiye, who was too troublesome to explain this, was thinking in his mind at this moment:
If you don’t eliminate Dou Jiande as soon as possible, if there are any future problems, I will have the energy to pay attention to him soon? Do you know that my biggest rival, "Taiyuan Li Family", is still watching in secret at this time!
"In fact, the strategy that General Su said was not impossible, it was just a little too early. As the general said that our army could successfully encircle Hejian, and Dou Jiande would lead his troops to the Bohai Sea. Our army might as well lead a brigade troops to seize the only way to Dou Jiande's troops to escape east. In addition, Lord Yang led the plain army to assist in blocking the flanks, and our army could completely trap Dou Jiande and his troops in Bohai County, which was backed by the sea and annihilated it!
General Su should not be too concerned about the high and thick walls of the capital, and the strong city is difficult to get down. I wonder if General Su had heard how General Su had skillfully taken Jijun when he led us to leave Liyang half a year ago? Yi Ling Jing thought that when our army believed in the capital, if we had no clever plan to get the city, we would not imitate the land to build a platform.
Haha! When water turns into ice, although it is difficult to obtain soil, there is no need to build a platform. If the platform is successful, the effort of the chariot and the stones thrown will become the dream of the army guarding the city! Perhaps within ten days, the morale of the army guarding the city will be disintegrated, and it is unknown if there is no intention to defend the city?"
Sitting opposite Su Dingfang, who was proud, showed a little resentment after hearing Xu Shiye's speech. Ling Jing quickly spoke to smooth things over while also put forward some of his own opinions accordingly.
"What the wise say is a wonderful strategy! Even if they will not be distorted, if they build a platform and attack it from a high position, they will have to go out of the city and fight in the field due to heavy blows. If our army can cause a large amount of damage to them in the field, it will actually be much more convenient to attack and capture the city." Xu Shiye, who nodded quietly and then immediately summarized:
"In this way, our army should take a break, train and supplement as soon as possible, and strive to send a letter to the city within ten days.
"The newly-successful army has mixed troops, and it is difficult to train and restrain, so we have to work hard for General Yang (Yang Shanhui)! The day before yesterday, I had already sent a fast horse to transfer from Linqing to General Wang (Wang Deren). After General Wang arrived in Qinghe, General Zhang (Zhang Sheng) handed over the current leadership of General Wang to General Wang, and General Zhang and General Yang led the new army with about 30,000 troops. This can also slightly relieve General Yang's fatigue.
Commander Xiong must also hand over the Modao Camp to General Su within two days as soon as possible. Recently, the thousand good horses given by the Cui family will be delivered. Commander Xiong must select more than a thousand soldiers from the new army before sending troops and form a cavalry with the original iron cavalry.
Naturally, General Sheng’s chariot battalion should also speed up the replenishment of injured soldiers and repair the chariots.
General Su should know that although there are few soldiers in the Modao Camp, it is the best field attack weapon that our army has. In the past, General Xiong was led by Modao Camp, but Modao Camp has never lost. Now, I have handed over this best weapon that our army can defeat! I hope General Su will lead Modao Camp to be invincible..."
After the generals responded loudly and said goodbye one after another, only a few scholars including Ling Jing, Chai Xiaohe, Wei Zheng were left in the hall.
After thanking Wei Zheng for staying in Qinghe for helping him without hesitation, Xu Shiye also roughly repeated the incident of "preparing to jointly mine crystal stone mine with Cui's family" to the three of them. While the three of them had to be amazed at the huge wealth and shouted that they would not worry about raising hundreds of thousands of troops, Xu Shiye also asked Chai Xiaohe, who was more familiar with the situation in Donghai County, and asked about the general situation in Donghai County...
Chapter completed!