Monument Yangmen

Chapter 690 Strategic Deployment
"My minister Yang Yansi visited my emperor, and my emperor's holy body is in good health."

After Yang Qi entered the main hall, he bowed to salute.

Originally, there was no such phrase as "my emperor's holy body is in good health", but some slanderous ministers forced it in for flattery, and over time, it became a practice.

After saluting, Yang Qi bowed and stood there.

Everyone looked at Yang Qi with complicated expressions.

Since Yang Qi lowered his head, he couldn't see everyone's expressions.

When Zhao Guangyi saw Yang Qi, a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes. He had tried his best to stabilize his mind and let himself treat Yang Qi peacefully.

But the moment he saw Yang Qi, the anger in Zhao Guangyi's heart still welled up.

Yang Qi's disrespect and provocation to him in the past, and Yang Qi's making him bear the pain of losing his son are all the roots of his resentment.

Zhao Guangyi held the dragon robe with both hands, pinching the hem of the dragon robe into a ball.

Zhao Guangyi knew very well that as long as he gave an order, someone would help him chop Yang Qi into minced meat.

When Zhao Defang saw Yang Qi, joy flashed in his eyes.

Before that, he was very worried that Yang Qi would make a false shot, because of his own safety, he forgot his promise to him.

Now that Yang Qi arrived, his hanging heart seemed to let go.

The rest of the people looked at Yang Qi in different ways.

There is anger, disdain, doubt, and indifference...

Seeing that Zhao Guangyi's anger was about to rise, Zhao Pu coughed lightly and reminded Zhao Guangyi in a low voice, "Your Majesty, the overall situation is the most important..."

Zhao Pu's words were like pouring a basin of water on Zhao Guangyi's head, reminding Zhao Guangyi of the purpose of calling Yang Qilai.

The anger in his heart was slowly suppressed by Zhao Guangyi.

He tried hard to persuade himself that as long as he took the Yanyun Sixteen States from the Liao State, Yang Qi would become his dinner and let him ravage him.

"Whoo~"

Zhao Guangyi let out a long breath, tried to calm down his mood, and then said lightly: "Get up..."

Yang Qi cupped his hands again, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

After saluting again, Yang Qi stood up.

Everyone looked at him again.

Except for Zhao Pu and Hu Yanzan, many people here who knew Yang Qi hadn't seen him for a long time.

Long time no see, Yang Qi is still that son of a bitch.

And many of them are aging.

Even though they are younger than their nephews and nephews, they have already achieved a great reputation and dominated one side in just a few years.

For Yang Qi, although they had their own thoughts, they couldn't help feeling a little admiration in their hearts.

At least Yang Qi did something they dared to think but didn't dare to do.

Zhao Guangyi ordered Chen Lin to add a stool to Yang Qi, next to Wang Chao at the end.

It stands to reason that Yang Qi, as the coach of the left army, should have his position at the forefront, but Zhao Guangyi didn't know whether he wanted to humiliate Yang Qi deliberately, or whether he had ulterior motives and actually arranged Yang Qi's position behind Wang Chao.

Yang Qi seemed to have no objection to this, and walked to Wang Chao's side calmly.

After Yang Qi sat down, Zhao Guangyi put on the emperor's airs and said: "Since everyone has arrived, let's talk about the plan to attack Liao."

Everyone started to discuss.

Yang Qi listened attentively.

The more I heard, the more shocked.

Originally thought that Zhao Guangyi had only prepared 60 soldiers and horses of the imperial army, but after Yang Qi listened carefully, he found that he still underestimated Zhao Guangyi.

Because Zhao Guangyi not only prepared 60 forbidden soldiers and horses, but also nearly 30 Xiang troops. If Yang Qi's own 10,000+ soldiers and horses are counted, Zhao Guangyi's soldiers and horses for this expedition to Liao have exceeded one million.

In this huge territory, Zhao Guangyi is the only one who dares to send millions of soldiers.

Even Yang Qi does not have this qualification.

Even if Yang Qi is rich, it is impossible to raise an army of millions.

The assembly of an army of more than one million depends not only on money, but also on population.

Zhao Guangyi has tens of millions of people supporting him.

But Yang Qi didn't have so many people in his hands.

At the same time, Yang Qi was also shocked by Zhao Guangyi's boldness.

It is estimated that only Zhao Guangyi can do the gamble of millions of troops.

If you win the bet, you will naturally earn in blood.

Not only has he earned the reputation of expanding the territory, but he can also live on a large number of territories and subjects, and even obtain massive wealth.

But what if you lost the bet?

Perhaps Zhao Guangyi felt that he was sure to win, and never thought about what would happen if he lost the bet.

But Yang Qi knew what would happen if he lost the bet.

It's like pulling out Da Song's spine to go shopping. If he loses the bet, Da Song's spine will be broken.In front of the Liao people, he could no longer lift his head up.

Yang Qi secretly compared Zhao Guangyi's three Northern Expeditions to the Liao Kingdom, which were actually comparable to Sui Yang Emperor Yang Guang's three expeditions to Korea.

Although there are long and short distances, Zhao Guangyi gambled more than Sui Yang Emperor Yang Guang.

Zhao Guangyi conquered the Liao Kingdom three times and returned in defeat.

It is really lucky that Song Dynasty did not fall apart because of this.

Of course, there are also people who have experienced decades of wars in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. They do not want to be in turmoil anymore, and they yearn for peace.

If this were placed at the end of the Han Dynasty or the end of the Sui Dynasty, there would be raging fires everywhere, and the lords would compete for the throne.

As the discussion progressed gradually, Yang Qi learned more and more.

The specific number of ways to divide troops has not changed, but the corresponding troop strength has changed.

The commander-in-chief of the Chinese army is Cao Bin, Murong Deye is the deputy commander, and Wang Chao is the vanguard. He leads 30 forbidden troops and 20 Xiang troops, and goes up along Yizhou, leaving Waqiao Pass, breaking Tongtai Pass, and approaching Youzhou line.

Shi Shouxin was the commander-in-chief of the right army, Gao Chugong was the deputy commander-in-chief, and Hu Yanzan was the vanguard. He led 20 forbidden troops and [-] Xiang troops across the coast of Cangzhou and approached the front line of Yuguan.

The commander of the left army was Yang Yansi, Yang Yanping was the deputy commander, and Shang Qingzi was the vanguard. They led 11 troops from the headquarters, went out of Chenjiakou, crossed the two states of Shuohuan, and approached the front line of Datong Prefecture in Yunzhou.

The entire battle plan is like three separate lines, concentrated and dispersed, and invaded into the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun along the three lines.

The above is just the first step in the battle plan.

The second step of the battle plan is based on the capture of Youzhou by the Chinese army. Once the Chinese army breaks through Youzhou, it will sweep all the way, straight into Shunzhou and Tanzhou, and approach Gubeikou.

At the same time, the right army will move to Jizhou and reach Gubeikou to join the Chinese army.

The left army was responsible for attacking Wuzhou and Xinzhou, crossing Ruzhou, and arriving at Gubeikou to meet up.

Gubeikou is the place Zhao Guangyi chose for a decisive battle with the Liao people.

The entire battle plan was perfected after discussions with many civil servants and generals.

But relatively speaking, the Zuo Army under Commander Yang Qi was the most stressed, and his battle line was also the longest.

However, the Zuo Army commanded by Yang Qi was the weakest of the three armies.

Regarding this, Yang Qi just frowned and didn't say anything.

The battle plan discussed by Zhao Guangyi and the civil servants and generals clearly had an indirect purpose of weakening Yang Qi's troops in addition to conquering the Liao Kingdom.

In fact, this battle plan has been drawn up and perfected long ago.

They just put on a show and told Yang Qi the battle plan.

(End of this chapter)