Chenyue, who had been away from Wuguan for four or five days, finally returned to Wuguan. In the past few days, Chenyue visited the affected villages. The tragic scenes made the King of Liang extremely angry.

Chenyue's ambition has always been simple, to let the people of Beiliang live a good life in a down-to-earth manner without having to suffer from war. In fact, he has done a good job in these years, and there has never been an incident in which people from the mainland were attacked.

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This chaos made him understand that if he wanted to end the war, he could only completely repel the Yan army! Let them not dare to get involved in Beiliang territory.

As soon as he returned to Wuguan, Chenyue called Chu Yucheng and Zhuge Mutu to the meeting hall. Xue Tian, ​​who was far away in the Liangshan camp, was also summoned urgently.

From the moment the four people entered the house, the door of the meeting hall was closed tightly, and Xu Luo and his guards guarded the door tightly, showing a tense and alert posture.

That's right, Chen Yue is planning a war with several close ministers.

A huge border terrain sand table was placed in front of everyone. This sand table covered all the terrain from Shuozhou to Liaodong. It took Liangzhou craftsmen a long time to create it. The terrain was also created by elite tourists.

The crossbowman personally surveyed and measured it, restoring the full picture to the greatest extent possible.

Chen Yue put his hands on the edge of the sand table and said in a deep voice: "The border war has been going on for a year. We have fought dozens of battles, big and small, and we have won and lost. But this time when the Yan soldiers entered the country, they were indiscriminate.

Killing innocent people and showing contempt for our military power in Beiliang, it’s time to show them some color."

Chenyue's face was stern, he would never allow anyone to dare to infringe on the military power of the Liang army.

Several people immediately sat upright. In fact, everyone could guess Chen Yue's intention from the time when Xue Tian, ​​the Deputy Protector of Beiliang Road, was urgently summoned to Liangzhou City.

Chenyue waved his hand gently: "Yucheng, first introduce the current situation on the battlefield."

Chu Yucheng walked slowly to the edge of the sand table and said in a deep voice: "Currently, there are four enemies in Beiliang and Liaodong, Shuofeng City, Wuguan, Tianlang Pass and Luoyun City.

There is no war in Shuofeng, and it is also the weakest link in the Yan army. There are about 30,000 people. Kelecha who is stationed there is said to be a straw bag. His ability to lead the army is mediocre. After arriving in Shuofeng City for one year, he took the initiative to attack.

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The enemy forces in Wuguan and Tianlang Pass have recently added reinforcements. The total strength should be around 200,000, of which Wuguan has slightly more troops. They are led by Mu Yunchang and Mu Yunhuan respectively. They are also the Yan soldiers who invaded Beiliang this time.

The main force of the army, the sergeants and soldiers are mostly veterans of the tribes in the grassland, who are good at fighting. Among them, the generals like Tuoba Hong, Tuo Tuo Buhua and the like can be regarded as old acquaintances of our Liang Army.

As for Shentu Chenfeng, who appeared on the battlefield for the first time, there is not much information to analyze his military habits, but it seems that the private soldiers of the Shentu family have not been dispatched in large numbers, which is good news for us.

The most concentrated area of ​​Yan's army is Luoyun City. According to the urgent report from Xinji Kuaima, Zhou Weiran once again mobilized 50,000 additional reinforcements from the interior of Dongting. Counting the Yan's army previously stationed on the banks of the Yishui River, there should be a total of

Sixteen to seventy thousand people.

After the fall of the Northern Jin Dynasty, Dongting's soldiers and horses became an important means for Yan Rong to consume our Liang army. The leading commander also completely ignored the lives of his soldiers. The battle in Liaodong this year was also quite hard."

Since Chenyue went to Liaodong and defeated the Yan army and won a great victory, Zhou Weiran did not let Zhou Weiran curb the pace of his offensive at all. Instead, he intensified the deployment of reinforcements from the interior and launched an even more fierce siege.

In the past two months, the Yan army has taken turns to attack the head of Luoyun City. Thanks to the careful deployment of Xin Ji and Yun Chen, the Yan army has not been able to achieve substantial results until now.

The expressions of several people were slightly solemn. After calculation, the total strength of the Yan army was still about 400,000. This was the remaining force after a year of fighting, excluding the Yan army who died in the battle.

If the losses in the prolonged siege were included, the number of troops sent to the border by the Yan army would have exceeded 500,000.

Chu Yucheng continued: "The strength of our Liangdi troops is far less than that of the Yan army. In addition to some of the original garrisons in each city, the main cavalry forces such as the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the Xuanwu Army, and the Red Flame Army have also been gradually transferred to the front line. The troops in each city have also been transferred to the front line."

Altogether, they are barely half of Yan’s army.”

With a ratio of one to two, the Liang Army was undoubtedly at a disadvantage, especially in Wuguan and Luoyun City, where the Yan Army had a three to one strength advantage over the Liang Army.

Zhuge Mingtu was wearing a gray monk's robe, with his hands retracted in the sleeves of his robe, and said: "Two to one, in fact, regardless of logistical supplies, holding on to the fortified city is our best choice. The Yan soldiers can only continue to fill it with human lives."

, even if they attack our border in the future, their soldiers and horses will suffer heavy casualties."

"That's what you say, but we can't delay it any longer." Xue Tian interjected from the side: "Since the beginning of the war in Liangdi, tens of thousands of soldiers have died in the battle. Although the losses are much lower than that of the Yan army, they have the entire grassland.

The tribe is sending troops continuously. But what about us?

So far, the imperial court has not sent any additional troops to the northern border to support us, and the food and wages distributed are also pitiful. Master Song and Master Tong sent so many documents asking for food, and it was not easy for them to get tens of thousands of shi of food.

It is a drop in the bucket for hundreds of thousands of border troops.

If this war continues for another year, even if Liaodong Granary and Shuohe Plain provide food and grass, our Liangdi will be completely hollowed out."

The faces of several people were very calm, but they were undoubtedly unhappy in their hearts.

They were also soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty. Shangguan Taiqing, who suppressed the rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, was able to get wind and rain, but the Liang army who fought hard in the north seemed to have been forgotten by the court and received almost no support.

Every time Liangdi's documents arrived in the capital, they were rejected by the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War. The excuse was simply that the national treasury was empty and the Liang army was expected to raise military rations on its own.

If Chenyue hadn't taken a far-sighted view and stocked up on supplies for the army early on, I'm afraid the soldiers of the Liang Army would have to fight hungry now.

"So this battle cannot be delayed any longer."

Chen Yue raised a finger with a sullen face: "What I want is to assemble the superior strength of our Liang army, choose one or two places on the four battlefields to take the initiative, and engage in an encirclement and annihilation war so that the Yan army will not dare to set foot on me again."

Liangdi border!

As long as we can annihilate about 100,000 of them, Yan Rongding will be severely damaged and retreat to the grassland. And we can also get a period of time to recuperate."

In fact, Chen Yue still had something in his heart that he had not said out loud, and that was that if he raised troops to go south in the future, he must have enough elite soldiers on hand, and he could not waste his soldiers in this siege battle.

"Agree!" Xue Tian stood up first and nodded in agreement. This was also the suggestion he had made to Chen Yue before.

"What do you two think?" Chen Yue smiled and looked at Chu Yucheng and Zhuge Muddle-headed.

Chu Yucheng smiled slightly and said: "I have nothing to say. I have been bored in Wuguan for a year, and I have long wanted to have a good fight with Yan Jun."
Chapter completed!