BookMe Chapter 521 Tian Ji Horse Racing
Chapter 521 Tian Ji Horse Racing
The easy-going peace talks ended successfully. Although the news did not spread to all parties immediately due to Prince Ning's assassination, peace has indeed arrived.
Li Rubai has mobilized all the troops stationed at the border. Now his freely mobilized troops have reached 200,000.
The number of troops at the Prince's Mansion has rapidly expanded from the previous 30,000 to 100,000 during this period. This does not include the alliance troops currently heading here from all over the country.
In addition, the 100,000 troops brought by Bai Ziqing also entered Liaoji Prefecture. Now the entire Liaoji Prefecture, not counting the Yu Ling Army, already has 400,000 troops.
Of course, everyone's attention is still on the 20,000 people of the Yu Ling Army. Everyone who participated in the Battle of Yuedongzhou has seen the fighting power of the Yu Ling Army and knows that one of them is worth ten.
Twenty thousand people can equal two hundred thousand soldiers!
Therefore, at this moment, facing the 500,000 encirclement and suppression troops of the Eight Kings, the Prince's Mansion is not afraid at all, and is even considering how to annihilate more of the opponent's troops and attack the Eight Kings' power.
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It has been ten days since I returned from Huoying County. All the Eight Kings' troops have been assembled and they are expected to launch an attack within half a month.
In the White Feather Divine Kingdom, Zhou Chong's request for help has been sent back to the capital. The Divine Emperor ordered King Ning to handle the matter, but Qin Yu and the others also understood that King Ning would definitely delay, and they did not know when the rescue team would arrive.
No news has come back from Cheng Yunliu, but Qin Yu is not worried. No matter how courageous Prince Ning is, he will not dare to take the idea of Tai Chi Pavilion. Cheng Yunliu's safety is absolutely no problem.
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On this day, a combat meeting was being held in the Yuling Army camp on the outskirts of Liaoyuan City. The current high-level officials of the Prince's Army were present. Bai Ziqing was also involved. His 26th Corps also had the task of defending.
"According to intelligence, the enemy army is divided into three armies this time. King Lu's 150,000 troops are the right army, and the target is Yuedong Prefecture."
"Prince Jing's 150,000 troops are the left route army, and their target is Northern Mengzhou; the other four kings' 200,000 troops are the middle route army, and their target is naturally our base camp, Liaojizhou."
Ye Ming was introducing the distribution of the Eight Kings' 500,000-strong siege force. After he finished speaking, he stopped and waited for everyone to express their opinions.
Qin Xuan was the first to speak: "The Eight Kings are confused! Although the middle route army has more people, it is improvised. It lacks flexibility and unity in terms of internal dispatch and command. On the contrary, it is the route with the worst combat effectiveness."
"And Northern Meng Prefecture is the least strategically important. Even if the Eight Kings capture Northern Meng Prefecture, as long as we don't lose Liaoji Prefecture, they will still have to give up Northern Meng Prefecture sooner or later. However, they let Prince Jing's troops with good combat effectiveness go to Northern Meng Prefecture. Mengzhou is extremely stupid.”
"This is equivalent to Tian Ji's horse racing. They came up and pitted their superior horses against our inferior horses, which is equivalent to cutting off an arm."
After listening to Qin Xuan's views, everyone nodded. Basically everyone had the same opinion. The enemy's approach was indeed stupid.
King Jing's troops should be the strongest among the three armies, but they are used to fight against Northern Mengzhou, which is the least important.
Qin Yu also knew about King Jing. At the Tucker Island martial arts competition, one of his opponents, Yuchi Chuanyi, was a general under King Jing.
From Yuchi Chuanyi's personal strength, we can see that the strength of Prince Jing's Mansion cannot be underestimated.
At this time, Princess Zetian said: "According to my understanding of these eight uncles, they made such a decision. Firstly, they despised our army and thought we were a mob; secondly, it was also the result of the intrigue between them."
"Prince Jing's own strength is considered superior among the eight kings, so he must not be allowed to take the lead this time, otherwise the balance of the eight kings will be broken."
"But when Shi Xiaoren was here before Yuedongzhou, he was already close to King Lu. Now let King Lu's army fight. If they can't win, it won't have much impact on the other kings."
Princess Zetian's guess was correct. Even at this time, the eight kings were still scheming against each other and could not focus on the enemy at all.
"Then according to Her Royal Highness the Princess, what countermeasures should our army take?" someone asked.
Princess Zetian actually had an idea in mind, but she still said: "Military affairs are still decided by the generals. I will do the final coordination. Mr. Li, please talk about it first."
Li Rubai is the person with the highest official position except Princess Zetian, and his opinion is also very important.
Li Rubai: "I think since our goal is to annihilate the enemy's effective forces, we need to concentrate our advanced troops to attack the weak ones."
"His Royal Highness, the 26th Corps, is stationed in Northern Meng Prefecture. Relying on Chihe City, it only needs to hold back the enemy's left army and prevent the city from being breached."
"Our 200,000 troops are defending the lower right-wing army in Yuedong Prefecture to ensure that Yuedong Prefecture is not lost."
"The Prince's Army and the Yu Ling Army have the most outstanding combat capabilities. They stay in Liao Jizhou and rely on the terrain and transportation advantages to fight against the enemy's center army and strive to annihilate as many enemies as possible!"
Li Rubai's view is basically Tian Ji's approach to horse racing. Although Bai Ziqing's 100,000 men have good combat effectiveness, they cannot be consumed too much after all, so they can be used to defend the city in Northern Mengzhou to contain King Jing's army.
Li Rubai's Liaoji Army, as the right-wing army to defend King Lu, can basically guarantee that Yuedong Prefecture will not have any major problems.
The Prince's Army and the Yuling Army, which were the most powerful, caught the most people, but it was the middle army who was the weakest who beat them up.
This idea is also in line with the wishes of the vast majority of the generals present. Basically everyone thinks so, and the most is just adjustments to the details.
After hearing this, Princess Zetian nodded and praised Mr. Li for his foresight. Then she looked at Qin Xuan and asked Qin Xuan to share her views.
This is an opportunity for Qin Xuan to show off. Qin Xuan is now the supreme commander of the Yu Ling Army and should speak
Qin Xuan expressed her thoughts: "Master Li's plan is indeed the safest plan, but the general has another idea."
oh? General Qin has other plans? When everyone heard this, they immediately became interested.
"I think since our army's goal this time is to get more kills, it's better to join forces and attack the opposite center army, trying to eat up all the 200,000 troops!"
When Qin Xuan said these words, everyone was shocked. Join forces? Don’t the other two states want it?
Qin Xuan continued: "His Royal Highness Prince Qing sent 100,000 troops to defend Yuedong Prefecture, while Mr. Li's 200,000 troops combined with 320,000 troops from the Prince's Army and Yu Ling's Army to release all 200,000 of the enemy's Middle Route Army. After entering Jizhou, Liao, we will close the door, beat the dogs, and surround them!"
After hearing this plan, some people immediately raised questions: "Wouldn't Northern Mongolia be given away in this way? Even though Northern Mongolia has less strategic significance, it is still a state. Even if you want to get it back later, it will not be difficult. But it always costs soldiers and money.”
Qin Xuan smiled and said: "I didn't say I don't want Northern Mengzhou, I just don't need to send troops to garrison it."
"Not sending troops to garrison? What's the difference between not having to send troops?"
Qin Xuan shook her head and said, "Don't worry, I'll take care of this myself." As she said this, she signaled to Qin Yu
Qin Yu took out something and placed it on the table in front of everyone. When they looked at it, they found that the object was a token made of pure gold with the words "Prince Jing's Mansion" engraved on it!