The four prefectures of Xuanwu, except Bianzhou, the three prefectures of Song, Bo and Ying are distributed from north to south, adjacent to Xu, Su, Hao and other prefectures of Wuning Jiedushi in the east, and Chenzhou in the west, the southern border of Yingzhou in the south is the Huai River.

There are two waterways from Bianzhou to enter Wuning. One is to go down the Si River and go directly to Xuzhou through Songzhou; the other is to go down the Bian River and arrive at Suzhou through Bozhou.

The two states of Song and Bo bordered, and the prefectures were less than a hundred miles apart.

Li Ye led his army from Bianzhou and entered Songzhou; after defeating the Shu army, the elite cavalry of each army ran east from Zhongwu and were now heading to Bozhou one after another. The main force under the two men's army operating in the Central Plains will complete the assembly in the Song and Bo lines.

The day after Li Maozhen met with Li Ye in Songzhou, he convened less than ten major officials and generals from both sides and held a military discussion.

"Before the war, based on the information we heard, we judged that after the Wu army captured Xuzhou, we would divide the troops into two groups. We would attack Gunzhou from the north and march towards Qingzhou, seek to capture the entire Pinglu territory; we would travel westward, pass through Song and Bo states into Xuanwu. After obtaining these two states, we would join the Shu army to the north and capture Bianzhou, and finally complete the procession with the army occupying Pinglu west."

"At that time, the Wu army and the Shu army occupying Zhongwu and Luoyang's eastern capital will be connected together, and they will have the prefectures and counties that have been established in the Central Plains. Although this king can nominally occupy Heyang and Yicheng of Zhengzhou, the two of them met in Bianzhou and defeated the old subordinates of King An, they will surely join forces to attack Heyang and Yicheng, expel our troops, and thus complete the complete division of the Central Plains."

In front of the huge map hanging in the big tent, Li Maozhen held a long pole in his hand, and while saying the words above, he pointed out the corresponding location on the map, and finally drew a circle.

He looked at the people in the tent and continued to say: "For this reason, the strategy we formulated is: First, first concentrate the elite troops of the army to defeat the relatively weak, then leave the Shu army that is too far away from the town, then lead the troops eastward, ambush the Wu army westward on the Song and Bo lines, and fight with it."

"Secondly, use Wei Bo, Chengde, Jinghai, Tianping and other troops to conquer the Pinglu army in Qingzhou, and ambush the Wu army northward in Gunzhou, striving to defeat, and have to hold the opponent even if it is guaranteed."

"Third, during the war in the West and North China, a group of elite cavalry was ordered to rush into Sizhou in the southern part of Wuning, and to capture prefectures and counties, and then control the key points of the Huaihe River and cut off the Wu army's food supply route and support."

"If the war between all parties goes well, we will finally encircle and annihilate the Wu army in Wuning, so as not to let him leave any soldiers!"

Speaking of this, Li Maozhen put away the long pole, returned to the small case in front of the map, sat down, picked up the tea bowl and drank the tea and mossan.

The people in the tent were divided into two parts, and Li Ye and Li Maozhen's seats were set against each other on the low platform; the two generals were divided into two rows in the tent.

——The reason why there are few people participating in the military discussion is because Li Ye’s situation is still known to only a very small number of people. Moreover, the longer this secret is maintained, the more conducive it will be to the subsequent war.

In addition to some of Li Ye and Li Maozhen's confidants, as well as the governors of various towns, the officials and generals under him now only believed that Li Maozhen had reached some kind of alliance with the old subordinates of King An.

When Li Maozhen stopped for a while, Li Ye took over the conversation, "Because the union between the Gu King and the Qi King was unexpected, the action was hidden, meticulous and decisive. The war was progressing very smoothly, and we also successfully defeated the Shu army. But at the moment, the situation has changed. Simply put, the Wu army has begun to shrink its front line!"

"According to the Wu army westward, the first two Japanese have entered the Song and Bo states, and are about to step into the ambush we set up like the Shu army, recklessly and ignorantly, but suddenly retreated dozens of miles overnight, and set up a strong camp, and put forward a strong defense! This is how the Wu army goes westward, and the Wu army goes north is similar."

After a pause, Li Ye glanced at everyone and looked solemn: "The Wu army's actions are so abnormal that we have to think about it. They may have noticed our actions, so they have changed their original strategy of march."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the generals present changed a little, and Liu Dazheng and Zhao Bingkun had a meaning of contemplation in the eyes of them.

Li Maozhen put down the tea bowl and chuckled: "It is better to be able to successfully ambush Wu Jun like he would deal with Wang Jian's fat pig. If they were not so stupid, noticed the abnormality in advance, and were prepared for it, it would be just a frontal contest. Why should we be afraid?"

Li Ye and Li Maozhen joined forces, and there were more than twenty Jiedushis who could control and more than one million troops were dispatched. Now that the Shu army has retreated, they can concentrate their efforts against the Wu army. The advantage of troops alone is enough to allow them to attack head-on without any scruples.

After pausing for a while, Li Maozhen curled his lips and added: "If even Wang Jian's stupid pig has been defeated and Gao Pian has not noticed any abnormality, then he and the Confucian sect will not be worthy of talking about competing for the Central Plains."

After saying that, Li Maozhen picked up the tea bowl, stopped at her mouth, and continued to add: "Although they have never been worthy."

Li Ye did not comment on this. Li Maozhen and Gao Pian looked down on each other, which is well known, and it has reached the point of being unconcealed. They have quarreled a lot as early as the Battle of Kunlun.

According to the previous exchange with Li Maozhen, Li Ye talked about the following war arrangements: "Since the Wu army is prepared and has begun to shrink the front line, we don't have to hide it anymore. We will come with them to lie on the day and night and rush in secret. Next, we mobilize all our military forces and concentrate on the west and north sides of Wuning. First, compress their range of activities. When the troops arrive, we will fight with the other side head-on and defeat them in a dignified manner!"

When Liu Dazheng, Zhao Bingkun and others heard this, they nodded in agreement, and the fighting spirit was hot in their eyes.

No matter when and where, it is the generals who can use their superior forces to suppress the enemy head-on with Mount Tai to defeat the enemy head-on is what they like most.

Seeing that everyone had no objection, Li Maozhen began to add: "The Wu army obviously had noticed the abnormality, but we were not sure how much they knew about our situation, and how much they knew would directly decide their war arrangements. This matter is extremely important. The monks from Huanyinfang and Qingyi Yamen must mobilize all their strength to go deep into Wuning to find out clearly. At the same time, they must spare no effort to remove the Wu army monks 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 pays most attention to at present.

Because once Gao Pian knows that King An reappears—of course, it is impossible for the other party to understand in depth that King An is fake, then Gao Pian and the Confucian clan are likely to be afraid, and it is not impossible to withdraw troops back to Huainan just like this.

Of course, Li Maozhen could not accept this situation.

His goal is always to compete for the entire world, and to achieve this goal, one strong opponent must be solved. Gao Pian occupied a large area of ​​Huainan, including part of Jiangnan. If his troops retreated without loss, Li Maozhen would undoubtedly have great military difficulties in crossing the tightly defended Huaihe River and the Yangtze River in the future.

Taking this opportunity, the main force of the Wu army was annihilated in Huaibei to clear 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 without any trace and said in his heart: "Li Maozhen is thinking 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 of problems.

A few days later, in Xuzhou, in the residence of the Jiedushi, Gao Pian was discussing the latest military situation with Guo Pu, Zhang Zhongsheng, Zhong Yao and others.

The first person to speak was Guo Pu, who reported the latest report: "In recent days, a large number of enemy troops have arrived at the Song and Bo line almost every moment, and even Yingzhou has many troops. The prefectures, counties and cities in these places have been filled with the troops of various towns! Li Maozhen's troops who were stranded in Tongguan have also left Tongguan and marched towards Song and Bo. Not only that, enemy reinforcements have also been continuously coming in Yizhou and Gunzhou in the north!"

As the in-depth story of the investigation report, Guo Pu's expression became more and more solemn.

Finally, he concluded: "In a nutshell, Li Maozhen was mobilizing all the troops and horses of him and King An's old subordinates, as well as the vassal troops originally belonging to Zhu Wen, to siege Xuzhou! This was a decisive battle! Because there were too many soldiers and horses, even though his army had not yet fully assembled, his vanguard had left Song and Bo and began to march into Wuning, and soon he would meet our westward army!"

Gao Pian said silently.

Zhang Zhongsheng said: "Although we claim to be a million troops, the actual soldiers are only more than 700,000. Now facing nearly three times the enemy, the situation is indeed not good. However, since ancient times, the number of soldiers and horses on the battlefield has not directly determined the outcome. The most important thing is to rely on strategy and fighting."

Gao Pian still didn't speak.

Zhong Yao slapped his thigh and shouted: "Li Maozhen is just a white-faced servant. She is so whispering to the mother. She is hard to become a great man. What are you afraid of him? Even if he has a million troops, my brave Huainan, under the leadership of the King of Wu, killing him is like slaughtering a dog!"

Guo Pu and Zhang Zhongsheng directly chose to ignore Zhong Yao's whisper.

However, Gao Pian finally spoke, and he said calmly: "The most important thing for our army to cross the river and fight north is to ensure the food road in the rear. Therefore, the two states of Si will never be missed. Who can guard these two places for the Lone King?"

When Zhong Yao heard that he was guarding the rear and waiting for others to fight, he lacked the initiative in attacking, so he had no intention of fighting. However, he still said: "Whether Li Maozhen or the old subordinates of King An were all soldiers from the north, and they were not familiar with the water battles. The Huaihe River and Sishui were guarded by our elite navy. As long as they dared to come, they would die. The last general felt that as long as they sent a steady general, they could defend the two states of Si."

Gao Pian nodded, "It's right. General Yang, go."

A strong-faced general in the room heard the sound and said with a fist: "The last general will take the order!"

This general named Yang is called Yang Xingmi!

Gao Pian continued: "Since the vanguard of the bandit army has set out from Song and Bo, we must not fight. Since our Huainan Navy is elite, we cannot only serve as defensive purposes. Sishui and Bian River are all good battlefields. Who is willing to fight the vanguard of the bandit army?"

Before Zhong Yao could speak, a tall general came out and clasped his fists and said, "I'm willing to go!"

Seeing that this person asked for his appointment, Gao Pian smiled on his face: "General Sun is naturally the best thing to do."

"The last general will receive the order!"

This tall general is named Sun Ru!

When Guo Pu and Zhang Zhongsheng saw Gao Pian understatement, they had already arranged military affairs and felt very peaceful.

It was only then that they recalled that Gao Pian had made great achievements in military affairs and was as famous as Li Xian and Zhang Yichao.

When it comes to military strategists and fighting on the battlefield, as long as Gao Pian is not confused, who dares to say that he is stronger than him in this world?

After arranging the military, Gao Pian's sitting movements did not change. His right thumb rubbed his index finger and said calmly: "Li Maozhen annexed King An's troops, and he could also use Zhu Wen's old subordinates for him, so the momentum is huge. We have to find a way to dismantle them from the inside. After Zhu Wen left Kunlun, there was no news. What are you doing now? Go find out, and the Lord has a great cause to give to him."

Guo Pu's eyes lit up and he hurriedly said, "I will send someone to find him now!"

Gao Pian nodded slightly.

Zhang Zhongsheng looked at Gao Pian, who was still as motionless as a mountain, and suddenly felt an indescribable emotion emerged in his heart.

He thought to himself: "The King of Wu is a military genius. Although he was nothave properly during the Huang Chao rebellion, he was still there. Now he has been working hard for the second time and the future is promising. It would be fine if he was only a military genius. Now the King of Wu has the assistance of my Confucian sect, and has been influenced by my Confucian sect and his wisdom and strategy have been improved to the top. Isn't this exactly the sign of the sky?"
Chapter completed!