Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 267
Luo Youdu is the commander-in-chief of the three armies. Since he decided to fight, the generals have nothing to say.

Han Lingkun said: "The matter of food and grass is the most important thing. Khitan has no shortage of wise and brave generals, and they must know that our army attaches great importance to food and roads. This battle must consider the overall situation! If you don't move, you have to move together. "

Luo Youdu suddenly thought of a sentence from the great Mao writer Solzhenitsyn, and said with a smile: "The current situation is that we know what they want to do, they also know what they want to do, they know that we know what they want to do, and we also know that they know what we want to do." Know what they want to do, but they still do it."

It has nothing to do with being stupid or not, it has to be done.

War is a continuation of politics, and as long as we closely follow politics, we can predict the enemy's movements.

In the past, when the Khitan fought against the Central Plains, what they liked most was to go around and attack the grain road.

The effect is quick, and it can also make up for the lack of food.

Now the Zhou army transports grain by the Bohai Sea, completely eliminating worries about the future.

Of course, this does not prevent the Khitan from still being able to plunder deep into the hinterland of Hebei, but it can face the three passes of Hebei and the defense line along the river.

As soon as the Khitan invaded the border, the border guards would light up the smoke and inform the people and local generals to prepare for the response, either to hide or prepare for war, and the Zhou army in the direction of Youzhou would also send troops to stop it.

In the absence of logistics and food to go northward in Dazhou, the Khitan invaders could not even be self-sufficient.There is still a great chance to pay a certain price for Zhou Jun to cut off the retreat.

After trying several times, the Khitan could not afford anything, and no longer dared to invade the hinterland of Hebei on a large scale.

The trick of transporting grain in the Bohai Sea is not very clever, but before Khitan formed a navy, it was quite incomprehensible.

Having lost their long-term means of decisive victory, Khitan is now facing more severe pressure on food and grass than Zhou Jun.

Khitan's agriculture is still very developed, with a complete range of crops, including grain crops such as millet, wheat, rice, and straw, as well as vegetables and fruits.

They borrowed and learned the agricultural technology of the Central Plains, introduced crop varieties, and also introduced various products such as watermelon and Uighur beans from the Uighurs, and formed their own agricultural style based on the characteristics of the northern climate.

However, most of the Khitan’s farmlands are concentrated near the five capitals, especially Youzhou and Yunzhong, because the Han people gather and are the major grain-producing areas of Khitan.

Now Youzhou has been captured by them, and all the grain, grass and supplies stored in the city belong to Da Zhou.

Khitan's logistics had to be transported from the clouds to the front line, and it took more than 1000 miles to travel.

The gap between the two sides is unreasonable.

Even if the Khitan knew that the grain and grass were not easy to loot this time, they would not sit back and watch the Zhou army transport the grain to Youzhou.

They can't afford it.

The generals were slow to respond to Luo Youdu's twisted words, and couldn't understand for a while.

Even if I understand it, I am a little dumbfounded.

This sums it up very well.

Luo Youdu's face suddenly changed, and he said loudly, "Han Lingkun listens!"

Han Lingkun's eyes lit up, and he stood up with big strides.He knew that his brother would not treat him badly, no matter how fierce the contact battle between Murong Yanzhao and Gao Huaide these days was, he would stay comfortably in Youzhou City.

What's the use of fighting so many battles, it's better to be able to stand up at critical times.

"The end is here!"

Han Lingkun came out of class loudly.

"The Khitan soldiers crossing the river and attacking the food team will be dealt with by you. Don't rush to attack, I have a trump card on the food team. There is a high probability that the Khitan cavalry will not be able to defeat our food team, but the food guards are not allowed to pursue them. The enemy, you have to come. Only when you control the attack time can you decide the battle."

Han Lingkun said, "It's on me."

Luo Youdu mysteriously took out a kit, and said: "After destroying the bandits, open him and act according to plan!"

At this time, there is no "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", let alone any tricks!
Seeing that Luo Youdu was so mysterious, Han Lingkun took it carefully and hid it in his arms.

Luo Youdu then looked at Chen Sirang, and said, "Youzhou City, please entrust Commander Chen."

Chen Sixang said: "Don't worry about all deployments, the city is there and the people are there, and if the people are dead, the city is still there."

Luo Youdu nodded, looked around, and said, "The rest of the generals will follow me to confront the Khitan army who intends to stop us..."

"promise!"

All the generals shouted in unison.

Although they didn't get along for a long time, Luo Youdu complied with the arrangement of people's hearts in the contact these days.

All the generals and officers in the army are convinced.

Uncle Fu Zhaoxin couldn't help sighing when he saw this.

There is no doubt about Luo Youdu's achievements, but his qualifications are also visible to the naked eye.

Fu Zhaoxin also thought that if his sister-in-law couldn't hold on due to his seniority, he would have to help out no matter what, lest the majestic commander of the three armies be unable to suppress the generals below and be coerced into action.

Seeing now whether it is Han Lingkun who followed Taizu Guo Wei when he was young, Yuan Yan who insisted on his own identity, Gao Huaide who is a famous family, or Murong Yanzhao who is impetuous and brave, they all believe in him and obey his orders, and he can't help but think to himself: "Under a great reputation, there are no worthless people. At my younger sister-in-law's age, to be highly valued by officials and to command an army is truly amazing."

The generals retreated one by one and prepared to go.

Luo Youdu called Murong Yanzhao at the end.

"Deputy Commander Murong, wait a moment!"

Murong Yanzhao has been playing comfortably recently, and he has a good impression of Luo Youdu, obediently waiting by the side.

Luo Youdu said pointedly: "The commander of the deputy capital has been fighting the Khitan repeatedly recently, and the soldiers of the front division under his command must have suffered a lot of casualties."

Murong Yanzhao directly avoided this topic, and replied: "Khitan casualties are more and more serious."

Murong Yanzhao is also a typical general of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, brave and capable of fighting, but he has a bloodthirsty temperament and completely ignores casualties.

In his opinion, it is a war!
Injury is the most normal thing.

As long as you can win, casualties and so on are nothing.

If you are afraid of casualties, why fight?It's better to hold your daughter-in-law at home to exercise. Not only will there be no casualties, but you can also create people.

Luo Youdu said: "The next battle is very important. I need a general to fight the Khitan cavalry head-on. When it comes to martial arts, Gao Huaide in the army will do his part. But if we really want to fight on the battlefield, destroy the fierce and defeat the enemy, I think Gao Huaide is better than the Khitan cavalry. Not the commander of the deputy capital."

Murong Yanzhao was overjoyed when he heard this.

Zhao Kuangyin is well aware of Gao Huaide's ability, so he is extremely fond of Gao Huaide.

Murong Yanzhao inevitably had contacts with Gao Huaide.

Faced with Gao Huaide's bad temper, Murong Yanzhao, who is already good at face, can't stand it.

But I really can't fight, I have to hold back when I am angry.

Hearing Luo Youdu say that his martial arts skills are not as good as Gao Huaide's, but he is more ferocious and tough than Gao Huaide, that feels very comfortable.

Luo Youdu changed the topic and said: "It's just that you have fought repeatedly with the former commander of the palace these days, and the casualties are not small, and the soldiers are exhausted. Tomorrow's battle, I originally planned to use General Gao Huaide as the front to replace the deputy commander. I hope the deputy commander Commander, don’t misunderstand..."

Murong Yanzhao was in a hurry, and said: "The deployment is too small to underestimate the general and the commander under the command of the general. These small-scale battles have no influence on the general. Tomorrow's battle, the general will not be reconciled to the last, I implore everyone to arrange grace."

"This..." Luo Youdu showed embarrassment.

Murong Yanzhao said roughly: "The final general wishes to issue a military order. If something goes wrong, he will arrange a major event, and he can behead someone."

Luo Youdu hurriedly said: "It doesn't have to be like this. I can't understand the bravery of the commander of the deputy capital... Sigh! Since the commander of the deputy capital said so, I will continue to use you as the front line tomorrow, and I can rest well when I go back."

Murong Yanzhao was overjoyed, clasped his fists and bowed deeply to Luo Youdu: "Murong Yanzhao pays great attention to everything."

Looking at Murong Yanzhao's leaving figure, Luo Youdu smiled lightly.

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Yelvjing's ears were immediately informed of the change in the Jingu granary.

The sleeping emperor of Khitan looked at Yelu Wansi, who was reporting the military situation to him, and felt a little bit hard to get off.

When she learned that Tianxiong's army had arrived in Youzhou, Yelvjing already had the idea of ​​retreating.

Fu Yanqing's prestige did account for part of the reason, but the real key was that Yelvjing could not see the prospect of victory.

After a series of encounters, Yelvjing discovered that they, who had always been dominant in field battles, did not take advantage of the Central Plains soldiers, but instead suffered repeatedly.

At the same time, food and grass were becoming increasingly urgent, and there was a lack of suitable pastures in Youzhou. The hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep and livestock that followed the army ate up the surrounding grasslands.

They can only boldly graze their livestock far away.

Fortunately, Zhou Jun didn't realize this and attacked the herd, otherwise their situation would be even worse.

Yelujing secretly found Gao Xun, Han Kuangsi, and Xiao Siwen to discuss.

Compared with the Khitan people, Yelvjing believed in the Han people more.

I feel that the Han people know how to be loyal to the emperor and love the country, while most of the Khitan people think against themselves, which is not credible.

As for Xiao Siwen, even though he is also from Khitan, he is a bit disappointed, after all, he is his brother-in-law and is worthy of trust.

Yelvjing told the three of them that they wanted to retreat, but they were unexpectedly opposed by Gao Xun and Han Kuangsi.

Gao Xun said at the time: "Your Majesty leads troops to support Nanjing, and retreating so easily after losing troops will damage your majesty's prestige and should not be done."

Han Kuangsi looked further and said: "If your Majesty withdraws his troops, Jizhou, Shunzhou, and Tanzhou will definitely be lost. With the Yanshan defense line in the Central Plains, it will not be easy for our army to go south to the Central Plains in the future. This quiet The land of Yan was acquired by two generations of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong through exhausting efforts, once lost, it will be very difficult to get it again."

Xiao Siwen also persuaded: "The land of Youzhou is related to our Daliao hegemony. Only by controlling the land of Youyan can we lead the kings to go south, destroy all the princes, and seize the world."

Although Xiao Siwen is from Liao Dynasty and doesn't understand military affairs, he has the greatest disposition.Daliao has been regarded as the country of the son of heaven, and the Central Plains, Jiangnan, and Western Shu in the south are all separatist princes.

Seeing what the three said, and knowing that Fu Yanqing did not come here with Tianxiong's army and that Fu Yanqing's son Fu Zhaoxin was leading the army, Yelujing no longer mentioned the matter of retreating.

Yelvjing held a military meeting without any hesitation.

Just like what Luo Youdu said.

Everyone has read the Art of War and knows the 36 tactics.

The difference lies in how to use it and how to understand it.

No one can hide the things that are basically visible.

Khitan did not waste time discussing whether to fight or not, but directly discussed how to fight and who to send to fight.

Yelu Wansi volunteered to stand up.

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