Han Shizu

Chapter 46 Guo Rong's Radical Suggestions

"Yesterday at dawn, after the Doomsday passed Shangdang City, he galloped straight to the south until he reached the Yangtoushan Mountain at the junction of Lu and Ze, and then stopped. After resting for half a day, just as he was about to continue to the south, he found that the Khitan scouts had already stopped. Enter the Sheep's Head Mountain Realm!"

In the hall, Zhang Yanwei and Guo Rong sat with him, and Liu Chengyou sat in the chair, listening to Han Tong's report.As soon as the Khitan people were mentioned, the spirits of several people suddenly rose.

"That team of Khitan scouts just went north for a little reconnaissance, and stopped at Sheep's Head Mountain. In order not to be noticed by it, the last commander chose to avoid it, and then brought a small team of capable brothers to the south. When we were in Gaoping County, the Khitan army was discovered!" Han Tong continued.

"Gao Ping." Liu Chengyou stood up and stopped on a map hanging in the hall. He quickly found the county seat in the north of Zezhou and asked, "Is Geng Chong the US Army?"

"It should be!" Han Tong nodded: "The last will choose a high place to check it out. Although it is far away, you can still see the flags of 'Geng' and 'Liao'!"

"how many people?"

"Based on the general's observation, there should be at least 4000 people, but the general does not dare to speak out about the actual strength of the opponent." Han Tong replied conservatively, but equally realistically.

Seeing Liu Chengyou frowning, Han Tong immediately added: "However, in the Liao Army, there are very few Khitans, and most of them are Han!"

"Han people?" Liu Chengyou's eyes lit up: "Are you surrendering to the Jin army?"

"I'm afraid not! According to the last general, it should be Yan Bing!" Han Tong shook his head.

"Bing Yan!" Liu Chengyou murmured expressionlessly, and quickly responded.

The Yan soldiers referred to here are the Khitan Han troops in Youzhou.Khitan has ruled the land of Youyan for ten years. Under the national policy of "rule Han with Han", there are Han ministers like Zhang Li and Zhao Yanshou assisted, and indeed some "Yan people" are formed. army.

When Yelu Deguang went south to destroy Jin last year, these Yan soldiers under the command of Han generals such as Zhao Yanshou and Geng Chongmei also contributed a lot.

When Han Tong mentioned that most of the U.S. troops Geng Chong were Han Chinese, Liu Chengyou's first reaction was "Jin State surrenders soldiers", and immediately had the plan to "rebel".However, if it was the "Bing Yan" from Youzhou, he quickly dismissed the idea.

Not to mention the difficulty of instigating rebellion, the cost of their betrayal is too high in terms of "Yan soldiers"!

"However, this Liao army is mainly infantry, and there are not many cavalry!" Han Tong said again while Liu Chengyou was thinking.

This news made the people present heave a sigh of relief. In any case, the most feared thing in the Khitan army was the cavalry.

"In this way, Geng Chong's US military is just a Yan soldier!" Liu Chengyou's expression dissipated a lot.

"Yes!"

Under Liu Chengyou's suggestion, Han Tong continued: "After discovering the Liao army, the last general did not dare to neglect, and immediately withdrew. After leaving a small group of people to continue monitoring, they quickly returned north and reported to you!"

After Han Tong's report was over, he waited respectfully below. The hall was quiet for a while. Liu Chengyou also sorted out the situation of the Liao army. Fang raised his head and asked, "The situation is almost understood. What do you think?"

Zhang Yanwei spoke for the first time, looking a little excited, and the flesh on his face shook a few times: "His Royal Highness, Gao Ping is not far from Shangdang, according to Han Tong, it is possible that the Khitan Army has already arrived today. Between Ze and Lu, there is a mountain of sheep's head, and the enemy must not be allowed to enter Luzhou easily. Send troops immediately, occupy the mountain of sheep's head, and stop the enemy from Luzhou!"

After Zhang Yanwei finished speaking, Liu Chengyou's reaction was very dull, and he was noncommittal about his suggestion. After thinking about it, he asked Guo Rong, "What do you think?"

Guo Rong had a serious face, lowered his head slightly, and pondered for a while before he said, "General Zhang's idea is too conservative! Sheep's Head Mountain is only forty miles away from Gaoping. Go south to intercept, I am afraid that the other party has already entered the territory of Luzhou!"

First, he briefly refuted Zhang Yanwei, Guo Rong continued: "If Han Tong's investigation is correct, the Liao army is not very strong. After our army has the help of the Luzhou army, the opponent is even weak in strength. Mainly, there is no threat of Hu Qi"

As Guo Rong spoke, a confident color bloomed on his face. Liu Chengyou kept observing, noticing his "bright" eyes, and felt a little bit in his heart, feeling that he had guessed his thoughts.

Sure enough, Guo Rong clenched his fist hard and said excitedly: "His Royal Highness Mo Ruo set the whole army south to fight the enemy. Our army went south overnight and took over the Shangdang very quickly. Since yesterday morning, the news has been strictly sealed, and the Liao army is facing Lu. I am afraid the situation in the state is still unclear. If you go south and fight at this time, there will be unexpected effects."

"Confronting the enemy head-on, and breaking it head-on, will greatly boost the power of our Hedong army, and it will also stimulate the military and civilians in the Central Plains and Hebei to fight back against the tyranny of the Khitan!"

Compared with Zhang Yanwei's conservativeness, Guo Rong's suggestion is much more radical, and can even be described as risky.If Geng Chong, the US military is still not clear about the situation in Luzhou, taking the initiative to attack can have unexpected results.

But in the same way, Liu Chengyou didn't know the specific situation of the other party at this time.The enemy's military situation cannot be clearly understood with Han Tong's naked eyes.War, after all, is not a child's play, it is about the way of life and death, so Liu Chengyou can't be careless.

At present, Liu Chengyou has controlled Shangdang, has the support of the military and civilians in Luzhou, and is backed by Hedong, which can be said to have an active advantage.As long as he sticks to the party, even if Geng Chong is twice as powerful as the US military, he is confident that he will refuse.

However, if you take the initiative to go south and fight, the risk during this period is great.There is no absolute superiority in military strength, and the combat effectiveness of Yan Bing is also unclear. If he chooses to face him head-on, if there is any accident, he fails to win the battle, or even defeats him, then the great situation that he won all over Luzhou will be gone forever. It even affected Liu Zhiyuan's plan to enter the Central Plains and seize the country in the future.
Of course, if you win a battle, as Guo Rong said, the gains will be huge.Not to mention other things, as far as Liu Chengyou is concerned, if he leads the army at the beginning, he will win the victory and become famous.

The problem is, this is his first time leading the army, and he really doesn't know how to fight!

Guo Rong's suggestion made Liu Chengyou hesitate, frowning tightly, explaining his entangled psychology.

Seeing Liu Chengyou's hesitation, probably because Guo Rong had saved his face, Zhang Yanwei couldn't help but mutter: "Your Highness, if you listen to Guo Rong's words, is it too risky?"

Even Zhang Yanwei saw the risks.

Zhang Yanwei's words seemed to aggravate Liu Chengyou's hesitation. He took a breath and asked Xiang Xun, who was beside the guard: "Xingmin, you have a strategy, what do you think?"

In this regard, Xiang Xun also expressed it very evenly, and after thinking for a while, Fang said: "In the current situation, as long as His Royal Highness leads the army to guard Shangdang and Huguan, the situation in Luzhou will be under control, and the strategy of entering Luzhou south. That's it, it's a safe choice!"

Hearing Xiang Xun's meaning, he seemed to agree with Stable. Liu Chengyou was about to speak when he heard a "but".I saw Xiang Xun whispered: "Battle is inherently risky. If even Geng Chongmei is afraid of thousands of soldiers, how can they face the hundreds of thousands of Khitan soldiers?"

Hearing this, Liu Chengyou fell into contemplation.Seeing his hesitant appearance, Guo Rong, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help showing a hint of disappointment in his eyes.

Liu Chengyou was indeed hesitant.Obviously there is a more secure choice, why must take the risk?

But at this time, the place "Gao Ping" was in his mind, and he suddenly raised his eyes to look at Guo Rong, who was already expressionless, and said in his mouth: "Gao Ping!"

　Thanks to Zhao Yuanxi, Panda Burning Incense gl, and Moment of Eternal Reward.

　　I'm really sorry for pulling my hips as soon as the update arrives at the weekend.
　　
　
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