"That's right, no matter which route we enter, we will be besieged by enemies from all directions." Yuchi Jingde's rare expression became solemn.
"Yang Su is worthy of being called the first general of the Sui Dynasty. In this case, unless there are more than 300,000 troops attacking from all directions at the same time to contain the rebels in each city, and then sending an elite army into Luoyang City,
Only then can it be possible to rescue Luoyang City." Luo Shixin first studied with Nie Xiaoyu for several years, and then in the past two years of actual combat, his progress was very obvious, and he was able to stand alone. This vision alone was already very unique.
Wang Junlin did not speak, and his eyes slowly moved over the city with black flags around Luoyang City. The others also fell into silence, frowning in thought, racking their brains to think of ways to break the situation. But except for what Luo Shixin said just now,
There seems to be no other way to defeat the enemy.
Everyone finally turned their attention to Wang Junlin. Wang Junlin has always been the creator of miracles. In his hands, impossible things, impossible problems, and impossible situations were finally completed.
To solve and destroy, everyone has already subconsciously regarded Wang Junlin as the absolute backbone.
"The old thief Yang Su has always been defeated by the prince. One of his sons and two grandsons died at the hands of the prince, and he was forced to fake his death for seven or eight years. Now even if he jumps out again, he will not be his opponent."
Luo Shixin said with an arrogant look.
"Yes, the prince is the nemesis of the old thief Yang Su." Shen Guoer rarely expressed her views on such issues, and it was obvious that this sentence came from her heart.
Wang Junlin ignored everyone, thinking that the generals he had gathered, Yuchi Jingde, Luo Shixin, Xiong Kuohai, Guan Xiaotong, Lu Han, Zhang Tiangang and others were only generals or fierce generals, and they did not have the ability to command at the moment. Sui and Tang Dynasties
At that time, the recognized commander-in-chief was Li Jing and the guy who is still called Xu Shiji. Unfortunately, the latter of these two guys went to Wagang Village, and the former was hiding somewhere. He probably wanted to wait until the world was completely in chaos before jumping out to do it.
matter.
"Guo'er, where are the reinforcements from Liaodong that the imperial court has arrived at?" Wang Junlin did not make a decision immediately, but asked first.
"We haven't even crossed the Juma River. The fastest distance to Luoyang takes about half a month." Shen Guoer thought for a while and replied, "But a spy came to report yesterday. It is said that there is a Forbidden Army composed entirely of cavalry.
The elite, one person and two horses, have already passed Mianchi, a total of 20,000 horses, led by General Wei Wensheng, the emperor's confidant. They dug the ancestral graves of Yang Su's family in Huayin along the way. It is said that this can destroy Feng Shui, but today I got the news that
Wei Wensheng's stay in Huayin suddenly stopped."
"This man surnamed Wei probably heard that people from various aristocratic families had taken refuge with Yang Su and were guarding the cities around Luoyang, so he deliberately hesitated to come!" Yuchi Jingde said with a sarcastic look on his face.
"I'm afraid it's not only for this reason, but more importantly because he heard about our arrival, so he wanted to sit back and watch the fight between tigers and fishermen to make a profit." Wang Junlin also sneered. In this case, as Yang Guang
Wei Wensheng, the confidant of the generals, still had his own little plans, not to mention those civil and military officials who came from well-known families. To a certain extent, Yang Guang had already become a loner. It would be a miracle that the Sui Dynasty did not lose the country.
"The emperor spent countless money, and it is said that more than 70,000 civilians worked to death to build Luoyang City, which can be called the best city in the world. The city is nearly seven feet high and extremely strong. Yang Su will never be able to capture Luoyang in a short time, unless Luoyang City is inside
There are people strong enough to act as internal agents for Yang Su and open the city gate from the inside, but this is unlikely." Wang Junlin began his analysis.
"And since we are here, we naturally cannot be like Wei Wensheng, who dug the Yang family's ancestral graves to show off to the emperor, but did not confront him head-on."
"What's more, as you just said, Yang Su has always been my loser, and the same is true this time. I will always be his nemesis."
Having said this, Wang Junlin looked high-spirited and full of confidence. Finally, he pointed the dragon bird knife at a city on the sand table in the northeast of Luoyang and on the bank of Yongji Canal, and solemnly said: "Let's go to Liyang City, because Liyang City
The city was a grain-gathering city in the Sui Dynasty. If Yang Su wanted to feed an army of 300,000, he relied on the military grain stored in Liyang warehouse. The most important thing is that this city is located on the periphery, so we don't have to worry about being surrounded by enemies from all sides.
As long as we are not surrounded on all sides and our food supply is cut off, we are confident of defeating enemies several times our size."
After a pause, Wang Junlin continued: "Given the importance of Liyang City and my arrival, Yang Su will definitely send an elite army to deal with us. By then, as long as we defeat or even annihilate Yang Su's elite army,
Yang Su's control over other troops gathered in the later period will be greatly weakened. Even if the total number of enemy troops is not reduced much, the overall combat effectiveness will be reduced a lot. As time goes on, the morale of the rebel army will become more and more serious.
By then, even if other reinforcements sent by the emperor have not yet arrived, we will be able to find the enemy's weaknesses and eat up the rebels one by one."
"And this Liyang City is also the city that is most conducive to our army taking advantage of the navy."
As Wang Junlin spoke, he pointed at the current location of the army on the map, and then pointed at the three cities of Liyang, Xingyang and Luoyang, and continued: "Liyang City is located north of the Yellow River and an important grain-harvesting town on the south bank of the Yongji Canal.
, is more than 300 miles away from Luoyang where the rebels have gathered heavily, and water transportation is very convenient. In addition, the distance between Yang Gongdao's rebels who are currently attacking Xingyang City and Liyang is only a little over 200 miles away. The two cities are separated by
The South and North canals are connected. Once the rebels capture Xingyang as scheduled, they will definitely be able to reach the Liyang battlefield within three days through the two waterways of Tongji Canal and Yongji Canal. But when it comes to water battles, who can beat us?
Immediately send an order to Huang Shaoqiu, asking him to select warships that can reach Tongji Canal and Buji Canal, and personally lead some naval forces to immediately reach the Tongji Canal and Buji Canal waterways, and control the entire Yellow River and canal waterways in the Central Plains. What do you think of this plan?
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Everyone was smart, and immediately understood Wang Junlin's plan, and nodded in agreement.
Wang Junlin was right, Yang Su would never abandon Liyangcang, one of the largest granaries in the Sui Dynasty.
If Yang Su could capture Luoyang before the imperial reinforcements including Wang Junlin arrived at the crossing of the Yellow River, and take the relatives of hundreds of officials in the imperial court as hostages, then the food in Liyangcang would be completely unnecessary.