A few dozen miles west of Gaoyou Lake is Yongfu County.
After Wu Xin received the report on the movements of the coalition forces, he moved from Anyi County to Yongfu County. The transfer route was across Gaoyou Lake, which also showed that the coalition forces did not have a strong navy, at least they did not intend to compete with the Li army for water supremacy.
After all, so far, the coalition's main support is still cavalry, followed by a large number of infantry.
When Wu Xin arrived in Yongfu County, Taiwei Wei Xiaokuan, the three kings, the three treasure generals, the seven town generals, etc. had already gathered in Yongfu, and each led an army to set up camp and prepare for the response.
The military camps on both sides are endless, stretching as far as the eye can see, like a vast ocean stretching to the sky.
The military camps are endless and the sky is dark.
The cold and fierce iron-blooded clouds covered the sky and the sun, making the Jinhu area gloomy, like a storm coming, making people feel depressed and solemn.
"Now the enemy has Xuyi County and Jinhu City as its strongholds at the beginning and end. The military camps are scattered between the two cities, stretching for more than a hundred miles without any gaps!"
When Wu Xin arrived, all the ministers gathered together. Taiwei Wei Xiaokuan presided over the meeting and first introduced the current situation.
"Among them, Beidi should be the strongest, with about 2.5 million cavalry; Beiyan is next, with about 1.5 million cavalry, and 1.5 million infantry; Wei is next, with about 1.2 million cavalry.
Ten thousand cavalry and two million infantry; the Xia Kingdom was the next, with about one million cavalry and 2.3 million infantry; the Tang state was the weakest, with about 400,000 cavalry and 2.5 million infantry. The total number was about 700
Tens of thousands of cavalry, tens of millions of infantry. There are also about 20 million civilians and logistics troops, the new army, who are mainly responsible for logistics supplies and the construction of many facilities..."
"The overall formation of the enemy army is in the shape of an eggplant. From west to east, they are Tang Army, coached by Li Xiaogong; Beidi, coached by Ashnad; Beiyan, coached by Luo Tong; Xia Army, coached by Liu Heitai and the four generals (Su Dingfang,
Cai Dingfang, Liang Dingfang, Ma Dingfang); the Wei army was led by Wei King Li Mi. The Tang army mainly guarded Xuyi County and must ensure the enemy's logistics route; the Wei army mainly guarded Jinhu City and must ensure resistance to surrounding land and water attacks..."
"This time the enemy army obviously wants to use force and pressure to defeat our army head-on. The military camps are completely connected and deployed seamlessly. There is no other strategy or tactics to think about..."
"This is a tough battle! A bloody battle! Both sides will fight bloody to the end, until one side cannot bear it anymore and withdraws..."
Finally, Taiwei Wei Xiaokuan concluded with a wry smile that this is also a characteristic of large-scale wars.
With an army numbering in the millions, no plots or tricks are of any use. Even if all the Nine Immortals from Li Kingdom come out, it will not affect the overall situation. In the end, it all depends on the combined strength of both sides.
Even those who were as powerful as Wei Xiaokuan, Gao Shilian, Changsun Wuji, Du Fuwei and other high-ranking military geniuses could not come up with effective strategies.
"That's not necessarily the case. It all depends on human effort!"
Wu Xin smiled mysteriously and responded confidently, making everyone present stunned.
Especially Wei Xiaokuan, if King Li wanted to come up with an effective strategy, but he, the lieutenant, couldn't figure it out, then why would he, the lieutenant, be needed?!
Wu Xin did not explain in detail, but changed the subject and asked: "What is the current situation of our army?"
"So far in this battle, our country has gained and lost, especially my king's destruction of the powerful foreigners, which greatly solved our country's financial problems; taking Anyi County and obtaining a large amount of coalition supplies greatly solved our army's material problems."
Wei Xiaokuan responded quickly as he had already prepared it. After a pause, he quickly reported in detail:
"Today, our country's army has basically recovered. The personal guards of General Sanbao and Nanyang Marquis have been expanded to 30,000. The direct army has only restored a strength of 100,000, but they are all cavalry. The remaining six generals are also all cavalry.
The scale of 10,000 personal guards and 100,000 direct descendants was restored. In addition, an additional 500,000 cavalry troops were formed, led by Zhai Rang, Cheng Yaojin, Shan Xiongxin, Gu Emperor, Water King and Fire King (
Water and fire combined into one (50,000 each), each commanding 100,000, enough to fight against the enemy's cavalry legions..."
"As for the infantry, after more than two months of recruitment and training, in addition to the garrisons stationed in various cities, our army has mobilized more than eight million infantry troops, distributed in the military camps in front of us..."
"In general, the comprehensive strength of our army is not much worse than that of the enemy. It can be considered evenly matched."
"Suppress Huaigong! Water King! Ship King! Listen to the order!"
Wu Xin nodded, pondered for a moment, and then suddenly gave an order.
Du Fuwei, Bao Gongqing, Ming Han and the other three were stunned, and quickly stood up to accept the promise.
Especially Bao Gongqing, he originally thought that he and the Bao family were just here to round up the numbers and show their attitude. This battle had nothing to do with him and the Bao family. Unexpectedly, King Li directly named him.
Another point is that the Taiwei has basically assigned the tasks to the generals, and now King Li Wuxin obviously wants to redistribute them!
"Mobilize all the ships and warships of our country to blockade water and land, especially Gaoyou Lake, Baima Lake and Hongze Lake in the north of Xuyi, and prevent the enemy troops from leaving through waterways. Are you confident?"
While the ministers of Li Kingdom were confused, Wu Xin stared at the three of them seriously and asked.
"Yes!" Du Fuwei looked confused, but he agreed loudly without hesitation.
"This..." Bao Gongqing and Water King Minghan were hesitant. Given their status, they would not dare to take this kind of guarantee lightly.
"You can propose as many manpower as you need. What is important is to blockade and fight together, and not to allow the enemy soldiers to escape through the waterway. This is a military order..."
Seeing that although Du Fuwei loudly promised, he still had doubts. He had obviously said that he would try his best and risk his own life to complete the important task. Wu Xin seriously reminded him again and continued: "If you can do this, it will be a great achievement and you will be rewarded heavily;
If you can't do it... cut it off!"
Du Fuwei and the other three people were shocked. Du Fuwei didn't dare to vouch for it anymore!
"My king means..."
For a moment, everyone was silent, but Wei Xiaokuan, who was in charge of the overall situation, asked bravely.
"Gu, what we want is to destroy or severely damage the coalition forces, which will benefit our army's Northern Expedition, not just to defeat the enemy..."
Wu Xin said with confidence and murderous intent. He paused and secretly sent a message to Wei Xiaokuan: "Among the top leaders of the Five-Nation Alliance, there are domestic spies from our country who can launch attacks at any time. Others cannot guarantee that they should be able to instigate tens of thousands to dozens of rebels."
With an enemy force ranging from ten thousand to ten thousand, it is even possible to instigate rebellion against a country..."
"What?!"
Wei Xiaokuan lost his temper and exclaimed in disbelief, attracting the attention of everyone present.
"Cough! Cough...it's okay! It's okay! I'm choking!" Wei Xiaokuan's heart trembled and he responded quickly, causing everyone to roll their eyes.
Who is present? It can be seen that King Li secretly conveyed the message to Wei Xiaokuan, but it is not convenient to say it publicly. It is not a matter of trust or distrust. Walls have ears!
"With the help of the Ministry of Water and the Bao family, I will give you a million water troops. I promise not to let a single soldier cross the river..."
Du Fuwei has never lacked courage from a rooster to a dog thief. He thought about it and gritted his teeth and promised.
After a pause, he bowed solemnly and continued: "I would like to issue a military order!"
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