Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

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Zhao Chongji and the others all praised the Second Highness for his thorough analysis and foresight.

Meng Xuanyu was a little embarrassed: "Ahem, these are all jointly researched by my highness and several staff members, not by my highness alone. There is a plan, but can you implement it?"

"Yes...but, the general is worried that there will be a real war. The general's order comes from Kuizhou, so the general can only obey the military order and attack." Zhao Chongji showed a look of embarrassment.

He is only the deputy envoy of Ningjiang Jiedu, the deputy general of the Kuizhou garrison. Although he is in charge of guarding Baidi City, Zhao Chongji dare not disobey the military order issued by Kuizhou commander Gao Yanchou.

"Yes, General Gao has come to order, and I dare not refuse to obey."

The rest of the generals also showed concern.

Meng Xuanyu frowned. It seemed that Kuizhou's defense still needed to reach an agreement with Gao Yanchou.

"Young Master Chen, what do you think?"

Meng Xuanyu asked about Su Chen.

These generals also looked at this "Mr. Chen". They only listened to the title, but didn't know the real name. They all thought that the surname was "Er Dao Chen".

Su Chen hesitated and thought for a while, the geographical location of Kuizhou is very important, it is an important throat for the waterway to enter Shu.

According to historical records, it won't be long before the generals of the Song Army Liu Guangyi and Cao Bin will lead the army from Guizhou, go up the river and attack Kuizhou.

Originally, Gao Yanchou, the guard of Kuizhou, was loyal to the imperial court and quite capable of leading troops.He saw that the Song army was approaching menacingly, and planned to avoid it, but Wu Shouqian, the supervising army, did not listen to the advice and acted alone. He led thousands of troops out of the city to fight, but he was defeated in one blow and returned in a big defeat.

The Song army took the opportunity to cover up and attack, and when the Shu army let Wu Shouqian's remnant troops into the city, before closing the city gate, they took the opportunity to make a surprise attack, causing the city of Kuizhou to be easily broken.

Gao Yanchou led his troops unable to hold back, and retreated with more than a dozen wounds. In the end, he neither surrendered to the Song Dynasty, nor wanted to return to the capital of Shu to meet the emperor, so he set himself on fire and died. It was very tragic.

This is the only proud general in Houshu.

In the eastern war situation, after the fall of Kuizhou, the governors behind Wanzhou, Shizhou, Kaizhou, Zhongzhou, Suizhou and others gathered in the city to surrender, and they did not dare to resist at all.

It can be seen that the key to the resistance of the Shu army is only the first few fortress battles.

If it can be blocked, there is still a chance to defend the country.

If it is not blocked, the 43 states of Shu will perish quickly in two months.

After Su Chen pondered, he said: "Send someone across the river, take the second prince's token, and go to the camp of Kuizhou. Please invite General Gao Yanchou and judge Luo Ji to come to Baidi City to meet and discuss important matters!"

Zhao Chongji was a little puzzled when he heard him give orders directly, and looked at the second prince.

"Just do what Mr. Chen wants!" Meng Xuanyu took out a jade token, handed it to Gao Yanchou, and ordered: "Send someone to cross the river immediately, and send the letter to the Ningjiang camp in Kuizhou immediately. I can see General Gao tonight!"

"As ordered!"

Zhao Chongji took the jade token and handed it to a school lieutenant, asking him to take a few people to do it immediately.

Next, Meng Xuanyu took Su Chen, and under the guidance of Zhao Chongji, inspected the armor of the city, the training of the soldiers, and the situation of the warships.

After reading it, Su Chen raised some opinions on the defense of the mountain city.For example: how to attack fire, it is necessary to prepare the fire-fighting reservoirs in the city, the protection of drinking water, the storage of military rations, the rest of arrows and armor, and the prevention of dysentery.

"I have two prescriptions here, one is to deal with cold and cold medicine; the other is to reduce inflammation after injury, the body has a fever, you stay here and send people to the city on the shore to grab the herbal medicine, be prepared, and reduce the death rate of the wounded and sick .”

Su Chen's doctor is benevolent, no matter if he is from Houshu or Southern Tang, as long as he is on his side for the time being, he must be saved if he can.

As the saying goes, "Do your best and obey the destiny", you can only help if you can; as for whether you can finally compete with the Song army and block the general trend of history, everything is hard to say.

Meng Xuanyu naturally knew that this Su Chen was known as a little genius doctor, and the prescriptions he gave were naturally extremely precious and definitely useful.

"Thank you Mr. Chen soon, you will send someone to prepare the medicinal materials in the afternoon." Meng Xuanyu shouted.

Zhao Chongji surrendered to take the command, still a little puzzled in his heart, wondering if this "Mr. Chen" is an unskilled counselor, why he knows a little bit about everything, even a doctor's prescription.

Half an hour later, they came to a school martial arts field in the Baidi City military camp.

"Hi! Hi hi!"

Hundreds of soldiers were training, holding long spears and horizontal knives, taking similar steps and shouting loudly.

However, looking carefully, it is obvious that the state of these soldiers is not high-spirited, and some are even listless and coping with the matter.

There was no war in the 40 years of the Kingdom of Shu, the people were rich, the number of people who joined the army decreased, the selection was not strict, and there was no real war training, so the combat effectiveness of the Shu army is already quite problematic.

Meng Xuanyu asked: "Young Master Chen, how are you doing?"

Su Chen only wanted to use "not satisfactory" to describe it.

"His Royal Highness, before the Song Army has yet to attack the Shu Kingdom on a large scale, I suggest classifying the strength of the Shu Army's troops and selecting some elite warriors to form a special warfare unit to take charge of sneak attacks and difficult missions."

"Ordinary warriors form the main force and are used to confront the Song army and charge into battle. Those with low physical fitness, old, weak and disabled soldiers are removed and used for simple tasks such as moving materials and performing duties."

"It's just like Tian Ji's principle of horse racing. Only by distinguishing between the upper, middle and lower classes can it play a role in local wars. Otherwise, it will be a group of mobs who will retreat after a battle, and they will not be able to stop the tiger and wolf Master Song!"

Su Chen talked about the skills of using soldiers, which made Meng Xuanyu feel refreshed, nodded slightly, and agreed.

Peng Qingqing was still interested in seeing hundreds of soldiers training together. After all, she had practiced martial arts for many years, and recently studied the art of war hard. Seeing these soldiers training in formation, her hands were a little itchy.

"Your Highness, lunch is ready."

Zhao Chongji led the second prince and others to the general's office in the mountain city, accompanied by all the generals.

Su Chen and Peng Qingqing originally planned to sit at the last table and eat at the same table with a few captains and school captains, but Second Highness Meng Xuanyu insisted on pulling him to eat at the same table as him.

"I want to keep a low profile and mysterious!" Su Chen lowered his voice and said to Meng Xuanyu.

Meng Xuanyu also replied in a low voice: "It's okay, you will be your counselor, the more you are praised, the more they will firmly believe in your proposals and strategies!"

This is also Meng Xuanyu's strategy, showing that Mr. Chen is obedient and respectful, the generals will listen carefully to what Su Chen says.

"After dinner, please list all the strategies you mentioned in the morning and write them on paper. I will hand them over to Zhao Chongji. I will read them every day and implement them carefully so that I will never forget them!"

"Otherwise these generals, after listening to it now, will forget it in a few days. They are not strategists. They just rely on their outdated military experience and stick to the rules. But the Shu army has not fought for 40 years, so what experience do they have?"

After Meng Xuanyu finished speaking with good intentions, she looked at Su Chen with a bit of pleading and helplessness.

(End of this chapter)