Li Laiheng pointed out in front of the generals: "Fu Zonglong has led tens of thousands of troops from Qin and Henan to Xiangcheng, and with Yang Wenyue and Hu Dawei who retreated to Yancheng, they have formed an indestructible force to the north of us.
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"As for Zuo Liangyu in the south, under repeated pressure from the governor Ding Qirui and the governor of Qin Fu Zonglong, he left Xiangyang and moved to Xinyang to intercept the southern line."
"Fu Zonglong learned the lesson from the defeat of Yang Wenyue's lone army. He used his troops cautiously and did not wait for all the troops to arrive. No matter how we and Xiao Yuan's camp harassed and provoked us, he was determined not to easily engage in a battle with our army." Li Laiheng paused for a while and looked at everyone.
After showing an expression on his face, he continued, "Everyone is familiar with Zuo Jun. Although Zuo Liangyu's military discipline is extremely poor, he is considered the most slippery in the army and will never give us an opportunity to take advantage of him."
Li Laiheng's analysis made everyone here nod their heads, but Tian Jianxiu still objected: "There is no way to go from the south to the north, so we can also go east to the Jianghuai River, connect with the fifth camp of Gezuo, and go to the west to Funiu Mountain.
The village is self-protecting. With strong enemies on both sides, how can we break through and head toward Huguang? Once we leave Henan, the rebels will inevitably lose the support of the refugees and the people's support that will set the prairie fire ablaze."
Dang Shousu also echoed: "General Commander Tian is right. The rapid growth of the rebel army's strength is entirely dependent on the refuge of the refugees and hungry people in Henan. Once they leave Henan and fall back into Huguang, without supplements, they will definitely fall back into hiding."
The bleak situation in Shangluo!"
Li Laiheng knew that Dang Shousu had always been dissatisfied with his rapid promotion. Especially in recent times, his status had gradually surpassed that of Li Shuangxi, whom he trusted and respected, which further deepened Dang Shousu's various prejudices.
But Tian Jianxiu's continuous opposition was really unexpected. Li Laiheng thought that Tian Jianxiu might be too worried about the bottles and cans saved by the Chu army in Henan. If the main force of the coalition army really broke through to Huguang, then the old camp that stayed in Henan would be
and many logistics personnel will indeed be in a very dangerous state.
"Uncle Yufeng, are you worried about Laoying?"
Tian Jianxiu responded with silence and had a deep relationship with Tian Yufeng. Yuan Zongdi, who had always worked together as a partner, answered him: "It is extremely difficult to break through the encirclement and break out towards Huguang under the encirclement of powerful enemies from the north and south."
, naturally it is impossible to bring the old camp with us. But if we leave the old camp in Henan, how can we ensure the safety of the coalition family members with just the few guards in the old camp?"
"If the family members are lost, the morale of the military will inevitably be unstable."
"Ha, no."
Li Laiheng understood that Tian Jianxiu and Yuan Zongdi had not yet understood the secret of their strategy to break out of Huguang, but Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, and Li Guo had their eyes shining, obviously thinking of something.
Sure enough, Li Guo defended Li Laiheng's strategy and said: "Hanju, you haven't understood what Laiheng meant. Breaking out of Huguang is just a fake move. What we need to break out of Huguang is Chengtian Mansion. How important is Chengtian Mansion? Where is it?"
An ancestor of Emperor Chongzhen is buried and there must be no room for loss. Even if Fu Zonglong knew that we were going to attack the east and the west, he could only pursue us as far as Chengtian Mansion."
"Yes, I mean just like what my adoptive father said." Li Laiheng nodded and said, "The distance from Runing Mansion to Chengtian Mansion is not far, and we don't really need to fight to Chengtian Mansion. We only need to cross the Dabie Mountains and reach the
When Tongbai Mountain, the remaining branch of Henan Province, rushes to Suizhou and Yingshan areas, Fu Zonglong will definitely not be able to sit still. He can only abandon the favorable defense lines of Xiangcheng and Yancheng at all costs and travel long distances to defend the imperial mausoleum."
Li Laiheng's strategy to break out of Huguang was a tactic of attacking from the east to the west. He did not really want to leave Henan to develop and fight in Huguang, but he wanted to use the special political status of Chengtian Mansion in the Ming Dynasty to lure Fu Zonglong to leave. his defensive position.
In order to protect the imperial mausoleum, Fu Zonglong had to run in front of the rebel army. But he was located to the north of the rebel army, which was far away from Chengtian Mansion. Zuozhen, which was located in the south and closer to Chengtian Mansion, was another warlord who refused to be mobilized. force.
In this way, Fu Zonglong had no choice but to give up all the good defensive postures he already had, and even had to give up a large number of artillery, baggage, light troops, and march long distances to rush to Chengtian Mansion before Cao Cao's coalition forces broke through.
"As soon as Fu Zonglong was lured to the direction of Chengtian Mansion by our army, the rebels could turn around and fight back to Henan from near Suizhou. After Fu Zonglong heard about the change in the movement of the coalition forces, he had to rush north from Chengtian Mansion and start the long journey again. Run back to Xiangcheng again. If you go back and forth like this, the officers and soldiers will be exhausted, and the morale of the army will also be greatly reduced. If we seize the opportunity, we will be able to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop."
Originally, Niu Jinxing said that Shen Wandeng would come to invest, and Li Zicheng said that Yuan Shizhong would join. These two great news did not make the generals in the camp look better.
However, after everyone listened to Li Laiheng's detailed explanation and analysis of the strategy to break out of Huguang, and understood the secret of his move of "making an impact in the east and attacking in the west", the ice and freeze on their faces gradually melted away, and many people's faces slowly showed signs of There was some joy.
Even Niu Jinxing clapped his forehead in admiration. Although his face was still very restrained, the folding fan in his hand that was almost broken by scratches had completely exposed his excitement.
Although Song Xiance was just a fortune-teller in the past, in this era, Fengjiao Liuren and Qimen Dunjia were originally confused with the art of war and strategy.
Since Song Aizi was interested in military affairs, during his years of selling divination in Daliang, he was able to get a good opportunity to learn military tactics through his extensive network of contacts in the world.
In fact, he did have a superior tactical vision. Song Xiance added for Li Laiheng: "Although the Qin army is strong, if it runs thousands of miles and the soldiers and horses give up, I will take advantage of their fatigue and defeat them."
His words were rather formal, but all the generals present could tell that the coalition forces adopting this strategy would definitely be able to defeat the main force of the Qin army and achieve a major victory.
Although Liu Tichun was Yuan Zongdi's lieutenant, he also sided with Li Laiheng at this time and agreed with his strategy. He sincerely sighed and said: "No matter how small a tiger is, it is still a tiger. Laiheng's move has great intentions. It is really high." The Chuang Army now has two tigers, and I, the two tigers, are so ashamed."
Li You and Wu Ruyi also had joy on their faces. They both felt that this method was indeed unique and that taking a wrong approach would definitely make Fu Zonglong lose sight of one thing.
Li You was a distant relative of Li Zicheng and an important general in Li Zicheng's army, and Wu Ruyi was Tian Jianxiu's deputy general. The two of them expressed their support for Li Laiheng's strategy, which made Dang Shousu look unhappy.
As for Tian Jianxiu, among the generals in the camp, he is not outstanding in terms of military tactics, bravery and bravery. It is only because he is a kind-hearted man and he is old that he is regarded as a kind-hearted elder by everyone, and he gradually has the image of a good old man. After Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin, Liu Zongmin became the second most powerful figure in the army after his death.
Therefore, after all the generals expressed their support for Li Laiheng's opinion, Tian Jianxiu could no longer speak out against it.