Chapter 41: The Battle of Qingliuguan
Wu Qing walked to the map on the wall, clicked in Dingyuan County northwest of Chuzhou, and said loudly: "Mr. Lin said that you should make the most sufficient preparations before doing things and make the worst plans, especially in wars, and you should not be neglected.
The main force of Zhou State is mainly based on the Yuan Tianxiong Army, which dares to defeat the Khitan Army. It has extraordinary combat power and many talents. If the leader of the Zhou State sends a few elite troops to detour Dingyuan, interspers from Shenshan Temple in Beifeng, and raids Qingliu Pass. Under such front and back attacks, Qingliu Pass will inevitably be unprotected, Chuzhou will be unprotected, and our Jinling Capital will also face the crisis of knocking on the door across the river."
"Just talk about war on paper. I, Qingliu Pass, also have elite Tang Dynasty soldiers. I will defend them under the dangerous pass, so how can I not be protected?" Huangfu Hui's face froze and then rebuked lightly.
Li Jingsui didn't say anything, walked to the map, looked at it for a while, and turned to ask Wang Shaoyan: "Can you have a way to reach Qingliu Pass?"
Wang Shaoyan replied with some embarrassment: "The mountain roads along the route are rugged and difficult to walk. The officials have heard that the people of Chuzhou have passed Qingliu Pass and Shenshan Temple to burn incense, and they have also heard that the people of Dingyuan have come to Shenshan Temple to burn incense." This is very artistic. He does not offend Huangfu Hui, but also gives the answer Li Jingsui wants.
Li Jing then said "Oh", nodded to Wu Qing, and continued to ask: "With the meaning of Wu Duwei, how should we deal with the current situation."
Wu Qing no longer looked at Huangfu Hui and talked freely: "The last one is to have a full confidence in Lord Lin, and believe that he must have a plan to deal with the enemy's army. The last one is to have a short-study knowledge and only have two humble opinions for your reference: First, to distribute some of our army's food and grass to Shouzhou as soon as possible. If all villagers near Shouzhou City pour into the city to avoid disaster, then grain and grass will be the biggest weakness of Shouzhou City. Secondly, our Chuzhou and Qingliuguan Army Lord Yilin cannot stick to the plan, but can implement flexible defense."
"Elastic defense is a very interesting statement, let me explain it in detail." Li Jingsui said with great interest.
Wu Qing couldn't help but look up at Shouzhou in the northwest direction, and then explained: "Your Highness, the word is also what Lord Lin told me during the lecture. In view of the current military situation, the last general recommends that the elite troops of each army be selected, mainly cavalry, divided into joint formations of scouts and combat teams, with Chuzhou as the center, cross patrol the Tang territory north of the river, reconnaissance the enemy's scouts, strangle the enemy's scouts, kill them when they encounter small groups of enemies, retreat when they meet large groups of enemies, gather forces and strangle them again. When the time is right, concentrate all the troops to fight out and rush to Shouzhou."
Huangfu Hui's face looked even more ugly, and his dissatisfaction was even more intense. It was Wu Qing who went to the special forces and came back to teach and boasted about Lin Feng and the special forces, which was annoying. He directly retorted: "Then, we have a total of 50,000 reinforcements here to watch the jokes about Shouzhou. Wouldn't this disappoint the will of the emperor and waste military rations by all means?"
"Mr. Lin told us that sometimes shooting arrows may not necessarily be effective, but it is a very powerful threat. The last general believes that as long as I Chuzhou and Qingliu Pass are not lost, and the 50,000 troops are waiting for the battle, the Zhou army will never dare to easily divide the troops south, which is the best support to Shouzhou." Wu Qing still quoted Lin Feng's words, and his respect for Lin Feng in his expression and tone did not hide his respect for Lin Feng at all.
A rage in Huangfu Hui's heart rose and he said loudly: "How can the safety of the country be related to one person? Do you think war is a joke."
Wu Qing saw the old general's red face, took two steps back, bowed deeply to the old general, and said in a low voice: "General Huangfu please calm down. In the past, Lord Lin led 30 people to easily defeat Chu State, and even won the Guiguan War where no less than 100,000 people participated in the war and the Quanzhou War where no less than 200,000 people participated in the war. There is no doubt about military talent. Now Shouzhou has more than 50,000 troops stationed in Shouzhou. In addition, Lord Lin has been preparing for the war, I think I must be very sure of the war in Shouzhou. Please ask General Huangfu to calm down."
These words were originally sincere but added fuel to the fire, which aroused Huangfu Hui's bad temper. He glared and cursed with angrily: "Wu Qing, you are in my army, but you have been talking to others. How much benefit did Lin Feng give you? You are afraid of death, so why are you afraid of death? Why do you have so many reasons?"
According to historical records, Huangfu Hui is brave but he is really a rogue habit. When he stayed in Beizhou, he made a bet with others at night, but he couldn't win for a while. He actually rebelled with his disciple and robbed the central general of the army, Yang Rensheng, and said: "The emperor is not good to us. He should have asked us to go home but not to go back. We simply occupied Beizhou and rebel against his mother." Yang Rensheng refused to obey and was immediately killed by Huangfu Hui and the others. Later, a small and medium-sized military college was elected by the rebels, and he did not dare to obey and was killed immediately.
Huangfu Hui and his friends took two bloody heads to meet the deputy general Zhao Zaili. Zhao Zaili was also an ambitious man. They immediately agreed to command the army to burn Beizhou at night and appointed Huangfu Hui as the commander of the Cavalry and Infantry Army. At this time, Huangfu Hui began to show his majesty. He led hundreds of cavalry to plunder the city, and went to a private family, asked his surname and replied: "The surname is the country." Huangfu Hui shouted, "I should destroy the country." He killed the whole family, and went to the family again, and still asked his surname, saying: "The surname is Wan." Hui said, "I kill ten thousand families is enough." The whole family slaughtered them all.
This night of massacre was the beginning of Huangfu Hui's fortune. Later, Huangfu Hui and Zhao Zaili strongly supported Emperor Mingzong of Tang to ascend the throne. Huangfu Hui was promoted to the governor of Chenzhou because of this political speculation. However, Zhao Zaili was bullied by Huangfu Hui since then, and was often extorted a large amount of money by Huangfu Hui, but he dared not say much.
Later, Huangfu Hui defected to the Southern Tang Dynasty and was granted a high position as soon as he arrived. Other civil and military officials and generals naturally complained. They often attacked him with his historical problems and his behavior of betraying Jin and Tang Dynasty. Once, Huangfu Hui accompanied Tang lord Li Jing to inspect the Huaihe River, and was ridiculed by a colleague, which meant that people like him were not very reliable. Huangfu Hui was angry and threw himself into the water to show his determination. Li Jing urgently ordered his subordinates to catch him up and personally comforted him. Soon, Li Jing gave him a new position as the Duke of the Divine Guard.
Wu Qing's big face, which was already red, suddenly turned red, and looked a little black and purple. He bowed and clasped his fists to Li Jing and said, "Your Highness, the general of the Mo is just expressing his opinion on the battle situation, but he is definitely not afraid of death. He asked Your Highness to allow the general of the Mo to go to Shouzhou alone to meet the enemy. The general of the Mo is bound to survive and die with Shouzhou."
Li Jingsui laughed and said, "Military discussion, military discussion, no matter how it is called a military discussion, the old general is so angry. He is so old that he still has such anger at such a big age. Come on, he will all calm down. Let's discuss it again."
Although the King of Qi was trying to smooth things over, the two protagonists of the debate stopped talking, and the others had nothing to say, so the military discussion could not be discussed. However, before the meeting ended, Li Jing directly appointed Wu Qing as deputy general and was transferred from the Fenghua army. At the same time, several other people who had special training experience were selected to assist him, and they were specifically responsible for forming a joint reconnaissance team and began to patrol the surrounding areas of Chuzhou.
This appointment fully demonstrated that Li Jingsui basically agreed to Wu Qing's defensive ideas. Huangfu Hui's face became more ugly and he shook his sleeves and left.
At this time in Haozhou, the governor of Guo Tingwei came back from a patrol outside. After washing and cleaning, he brewed a pot of Biluochun, drank a beautiful drink, and then picked up the urgent letter that had been on the table for a day.
The urgent letter was sent by Lin Feng, who was deliberately thrown to the desk by Guo Tingwei, just like he had neglected Lin Feng in the past.
Chapter completed!