Chapter 40: Play your own war rhythm
Not many people attended the military controversy, only the North Camp Support Envoy Huangfu Hui, the Fenghua Jiedushi Yao Feng, the Chief Superintendent Wang Shaoyan, the Chuzhou Governor Wang Shaoyan, and two deputy generals from the Fenghua Army and five deputy generals from the Southern Tang Imperial Army.
Looking at the people in the room, King Li Jing of Qi frowned slightly and asked unhappily: "Didn't you just inform all those who have participated in the special forces training to attend the meeting? Why can't you see them?"
Several people in the room looked at each other awkwardly. Huangfu Hui stroked the white beard under his jaw and bowed and replied: "Your Highness, the people in the army are the heads and commanders of the army. Due to the military secrets, they did not ask them to participate."
Huangfu Hui was originally from Weizhou. He has been a military soldier since Emperor Zhuangzong of Tang. Later, he was promoted to the governor of Chenzhou and the governor of Mizhou for his bravery. During the chaos in the Later Jin Dynasty, Huangfu Hui led his family and the people of the prefecture to join Jiangnan. Li Jing appointed him as the governor of Shezhou at that time. He is currently the governor of Fenghua Army and guards Jiangzhou. He was just transferred to the north camp support envoy by a letter of imperial edict.
Li Jing then bowed and returned the greeting to the old general, saying seriously: "The war between the north and the south will affect the future development of the Tang Dynasty, which is extraordinary. These people have been trained in concentrated areas with Lord Lin Fenglin, and they all went to Qingyuan to participate in a war of more than 100,000 people. They have rich combat experience. Let's invite them to discuss together."
To be honest, it was not that Li Jingsui cared about these people very much, but that Lin Feng mentioned in his urgent letter to him.
In the urgent letter, Lin Feng first briefly reported the current military situation in the north one by one, and predicted and discussed the three stages of the war between the Tang Dynasty and the North:
The first stage is an offensive and defensive battle centered on Shouzhou. Lin Feng is confident that he will kill the enemy in Shouzhou and block the enemy. It is initially expected that the time will be at least two months. I believe that Wu and Yue will soon follow Zhou and send heavy troops to the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty will have a difficult period of being attacked from three sides. Later, the Northern Han and Liao Kingdoms are very likely to jointly send troops to the south and put pressure on Zhou in the north. Special forces in the Jinjiang area will continue to organize harassment attacks locally and continue to increase pressure on Zhou.
The second stage is to deal with the Zhou State's attack on the aid point. The Zhou State, which has been unable to capture for a long time, is very likely to start to divide its troops to attack the surrounding prefectures while continuing to besiege Shouzhou, focusing on attacking reinforcements from all walks of life. In response to this stage, Lin Feng suggested that all places exchange space for time, strengthen the walls and clear the fields, and not stand firm, wait for the enemy to exhaust them, and wait for the enemy's food to be exhausted before counterattacking. During this period, you must not act rashly, be successfully attacked by the enemy, lose your power.
The third stage is the period of collective counterattack across the board. The north starts from the Jinjiang area, and the Huaihe line starts from Shouzhou. It has a comprehensive counterattack, collectively attacks within the Zhou territory, and then defends and attacks the area, waiting for the north to come to negotiate.
In the second half of the urgent letter, Lin Feng repeatedly emphasized that the importance of this war is self-evident. The Tang army must play its own rhythm and give full play to its own local combat advantages. It must not be led by the other party. Lin Feng also specifically mentioned that Chuzhou is the gateway to Jiangbei of Jinling City, and there is no need to lose money. Reinforcements must not go north to rescue, and just stick to Qingliu Pass and Chuzhou.
Finally, Lin Feng sincerely suggested to King Qi that all the talents in the reinforcements who had undergone special training could be selected, brainstormed and worked together to face the enemy.
Some time ago, Li Jingsui was in charge of the capital and did not participate in the private visits of Shouzhou. All he heard from the two brothers was the words of praise such as how solid the defense of Shouzhou was, how developed the technology, how people's hearts were, how the hearts of people were condensed, and his trust in Lin Feng became even higher. Naturally, his final suggestion for Lin Feng was as good as the flow. Because of this, Li Jingsui arrived at Qingliu Pass and directly issued such an order that these big men could not understand.
Huangfu Hui looked at the others, nodded to the deputy generals, and two deputy generals from the Imperial Army and Fenghua Army walked out quickly.
Taking advantage of this space, Huangfu Hui explained his overall combat vision: Chuzhou reinforcements were attacking and defending, leaving 10,000 Fenghua troops in Chuzhou, and 5,000 imperial guards in Qingliu Pass; on the highest peak of the north mountain in Qingliu Pass, the northern general built a beacon tower and stationed troops day and night to monitor the enemy situation in the north; the remaining 25,000 imperial guards and 10,000 Fenghua troops rushed north to rescue Shouzhou.
After hearing this, Li Jing turned to ask the governor Wang Shaoyan and asked, "Governor Wang, when I passed by Chuzhou in the afternoon, I found that the city gate was not closed and there were not many soldiers on the top of the city. I don't know how Chuzhou is preparing to respond to the enemy."
Wang Shaoyan is a elegant fat man with white hair and hair. He and Song Qiqiu were basically of the same age. He was famous for his calligraphy. He was also ordered to write poems and stone carvings of Song Qiqiu accompanying Liezu to the Phoenix Platform in Jinling City.
Hearing the question that King Qi almost reprimanded, Wang Shaoyan's fair and fat face turned red and he quickly bowed and replied: "Xiaoguan has mobilized the people to repair the city walls in the whole city, and the military camps in the city have been sorted out. The army has entered the military camps, and the whole city will enter the state of war tomorrow."
Li Jingsui turned to several deputy generals and asked about their views on the battle situation. Several deputy generals unanimously expressed their approval of Huangfu Hui's plan.
Because Li Jing fell into deep thought on his own, the room was silent for a moment. At this time, the two deputy generals who had just left came in, with two Fenghua Army captains, three Dutou and an imperial guard captain, and greeted the King of Qi and all the adults in the tent together.
Li Jing then signaled them to exempt them from gifts, told Lin Feng's predictions about the overall situation of the North-South War, and asked everyone for their opinions.
It is necessary to wait until these juniors come to talk about such an important matter. Huangfu Hui was stunned and immediately retorted: "Your Highness, the subordinates believe that Lord Lin's prediction has at least two uncertainties. One is that Shouzhou can really withstand the siege of nearly 200,000 Zhou troops? If we can't withstand, our northern gateway will be lost, Huainan will be in danger, and Jinling will be in danger. Second, our Tang Dynasty has a vast territory. Once the nearly 200,000 army is divided into its troops, it will inevitably be a battlefield everywhere, and the battle situation is easy to be deteriorated. I suggest gathering heavy troops to go north to support it, and a battle with Zhou at the city of Shouzhou will be decided to end the battle quickly."
Li Jingsui looked at Yao Feng, Wang Shaoyan and others, and found that they all nodded repeatedly, as if I would agree with whatever you said. He knew that he could not ask anything, so he turned to a group of deputy generals and commanders, and eagerly asked for their opinions.
A strong Fenghua Army captain with a strong face and a strong body raised his head several times, and finally couldn't help it, so he stood up and bowed and said, "I will have different opinions in the end."
Huangfu Hui opened his eyes wide and snorted: "Wu Qing, don't be polite in front of the King of Qi."
Li Jing then shook his head and encouraged loudly: "You know everything and you can say everything. Just tell me if you have any ideas."
Wu Qing secretly glanced at Huangfu Hui and said loudly: "General Mo has participated in General Lin's special training and knows that the special forces are rigorous. If Lord Lin said that he could defend Shouzhou, he must have concluded after careful calculation and careful study. Then we must not worry about Shouzhou City. At the same time, General Mo thought that General Huangfu had the idea of a war determined by a war, and greatly underestimated the strength of Zhou State."
Huangfu Hui snorted coldly with dissatisfaction, his angry eyes widened, and said loudly: "I came from the northern army, and I have seen many troops from all over the country in various dynasties. Among them, there are not many troops who can conquer warriors. In addition to the imperial guards, the army from other places is almost equivalent to the personal private soldiers of various governors. In fighting such a war, Guo Wei will take the opportunity to weaken his strength and will definitely not work hard. I believe that the Tang army can be gathered and fight head-on."
Wu Qing sighed in his heart that after he returned from the special forces, he also thought of joining Lin Feng's army. However, he was sarcastic and ridiculed by this stubborn and arrogant veteran general, and he failed to do so. From then on, he became a thorn in Huangfu Hui's side. Every time he met, he always scolded him.
Wu Qing bowed to Huangfu Hui and said softly: "General Huangfu's analysis is indeed very reasonable, but I will agree with Lord Lin's analysis of the battle situation. Especially now, our Chuzhou is actually more dangerous than Shouzhou."
Before Huangfu Hui could speak, Li Jing then raised his hand to stop him and said to Wu Qing in harmony: "Person Wu, please speak."
Chapter completed!