Lord Moyu was forced to open

War, what is the most important thing?

The answer, of course, is intelligence!

Whether it is a reciprocal or unequal war, it is extremely important to master information about one's own side and the enemy's before the war.

Mastering one's own intelligence allows you to understand your own trump cards, how many methods you have, what kind of enemies you can deal with, and what disadvantages you have.

Mastering the enemy's intelligence allows you to respond to the enemy's arrangements in advance, avoid the pits the enemy has dug for you, understand the opponent's details, and use the most reliable method to deal with the enemy in a targeted manner, and use your own advantages to Hide your own weaknesses against the enemy's weaknesses to gain the upper hand.

This is what the military books say: know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be in danger in a hundred battles!

Therefore, the most important thing in a war is intelligence.

As long as a general with normal skills knows to collect the opponent's intelligence before the war.

The same is naturally true for Ding Hongguang.

As soon as he arrived in Sunan County, he didn't rush to lead the army and went straight to Sunan Fucheng.

Instead, he ordered Huo Qubing to send out Ye Bushou and let them collect all the information about the current Sunan County.

That night, after Ye Wushou, who had gone out to collect intelligence, came back, he was at the Chinese army camp, where Ding Hongguang led a group of generals to listen to and analyze the collected information.

Through these night-long investigations, the generals learned that it was a force called the Red Lotus Sect that occupied Sunan Mansion and the three surrounding cities.

Rather than being a force, in the eyes of the generals, the Red Lotus Sect is more like a cult.

Because the doctrine they use to attract believers is not a serious sect at first glance.

They claim that the world will face a huge catastrophe that will never be seen in the past, called the Three consecutive Pure World Tribulations.

When the heaven and earth first opened, the green lotus came to the world and transformed all things. In ancient times, the white lotus came to the world to enlighten the human race, which gave the human race a sense of propriety, justice, integrity, and moral restraint, allowing the human race to develop and grow stronger.

However, as time goes by, the growing human race is gradually tainted by desires and sins, especially the officials of the government. The officials of each dynasty will be infected by the desires and sins of the world within a hundred years after they gain the world, thus Become greedy! tyrannical! cruel! Lustful!

All kinds of evil in the world will appear in them, which makes it increasingly difficult for people in the world to live.

In order to change this situation, the third change in the human world is coming!

The Karma Fire Red Lotus from Abi Hell comes to the world with the mission of burning all the sins in the world!

The Red Lotus Sect is the salvation sect chosen by the Karma Red Lotus. Only by following the Red Lotus Sect and using the Karma Red Lotus to completely purify the officials infected by their sins can the people of the world usher in a better life!

Only then can the children and grandchildren of the common people live in a purified world without any worries!

Red lotus rains from heaven! Cleanse the world of demons!

Guren Zhaozhao! The fire of karma is burning!

Burn away sin! Solipsism!

By provoking conflicts between the people who were oppressed by the government and the imperial court, the Red Lotus Sect quickly spread among the people at the bottom.

Originally there was suppression by the government, but even if the common people joined the Red Lotus Sect, they were still quite honest due to the deep-rooted mentality that the people did not fight against the government.

But until the rebels besieged the city, the people in the city were pushed to the extreme and besieged the county governor's office!

The idea of ​​rebellion took root in the hearts of the people in Sunan Fucheng.

After the Dragon Guard Army and the Divine Guard Army left, the common people who were no longer suppressed completely threw away the last trace of fear, and rapidly developed and expanded under the bewitchment of the Red Lotus Sect. This is how it now spreads across the three palaces, and the sect has followers. The terrifying scale of three hundred thousand!

According to investigation, the Red Lotus Sect is currently expanding to Suqian Mansion in the south. It has organized more than 10,000 religious soldiers and is currently fighting a fierce battle with a group of thieves occupying Suqian Mansion!

The two sides have been fighting each other for more than a month, with less than 500 people dead in total. But it is said that the Red Lotus Sect has the upper hand and will be able to defeat the bandits with only 3,000 people in another month at most. .

In order to achieve this goal, the Red Lotus Sect has summoned another 20,000 members to form a teaching force. Now it has been organized and is preparing to be sent to the Suqian battlefield.

The person in charge of the Red Lotus Sect now is the Red Lotus Saint of the Red Lotus Sect. Her four guardians, twelve deacons, thirty-six hall masters, and one hundred and eight incense masters help control the entire Red Lotus Sect today.

It is said that the Red Lotus Sect has a mysterious leader, but no one has ever seen this leader. The highest-ranking person in the Red Lotus Sect that the common people have ever seen is the Red Lotus Saint.

After listening to the situation of the people who stayed up all night, they all started talking in low voices.

Ding Hongguang waited for about a quarter of an hour before coughing lightly.

The generals instantly understood and fell silent.

Ding Hongguang then raised his eyes and scanned the crowd with his oppressive gaze, then asked, "What do you think of the Red Lotus Sect?"

Huo Qubing, who was sitting on Ding Hongguang's right hand, immediately cupped his fists and said:

"Commander! Judging from the current intelligence, the Red Lotus Sect is a cult that confuses people through its teachings, but its combat effectiveness is not much at all.

It took more than 10,000 people to fight against a mere three thousand thieves for more than a month before they gained the upper hand. This shows that their combat effectiveness is really average.

Commander, I beg you to allow me to lead seven thousand light cavalry to Sunan Fucheng and suppress all the top leaders of the Red Lotus Sect in one fell swoop. In this way, the Red Lotus Sect will be defeated without any attack! "

As soon as Huo Qubing said these words, most of the generals nodded immediately, but another group frowned.

After Huo Qubing finished speaking, Li Dingguo, who was sitting on the left side of Ding Hongguang, shook his head and retorted:

"Commander, I will not agree with the champion's move.

Even though the Red Lotus Sect's combat power is low, it still has a large number of people. It's not like the grassland is undefendable. The Red Lotus Sect here occupies a large number of cities. They defend the city according to their numbers. With the crowd and the help of a large number of people, it is impossible to attack Huanglong directly, unless the other party is unprepared.

However, I am waiting for the 200,000 troops to come in large numbers, and I am afraid that the other party has already gotten the news.

If he is the last general, the higher-ups will definitely leave quietly before the arrival of the army, hide themselves and then secretly command the believers to constantly cause trouble for us, harass us and look for opportunities to sneak attack on the food roads and cut off the food and fodder of our army, thus finding a glimmer of hope.

Therefore, the general believes that we should not be careless. We should investigate and ask the secret guards to help the army stay still. When the secret guards focus on the local high-level officials, we can then surround the city with a large force. When the high-level officials are hiding, send a elite army to intercept them. Kill him, and finally surround Sunan Fucheng. When his followers are unable to receive news from the top, the leaderless group will surely collapse quickly. In this way, we can win at the lowest cost and retain as many people as possible to move to the north.

Then we will spread the news about Sunan Fucheng, and the Red Lotus sect in other places will also collapse, and we can look for opportunities to regain the lost territory. "

As soon as Li Dingguo said these words, the generals who had frowned just now nodded slightly, with a look of satisfaction on their faces.

Most of them are former subordinates of Li Dingguo, and their styles are relatively similar to him. They all seek stability and small casualties.

If Huo Qubing's method is followed, not only will it not be possible to catch the senior leaders of the Red Lotus Sect, but it will also be easier to alert them and make them hide, and then there will be endless harassment. By then, even if they have an army of 200,000, they will not be able to bear the harassment Yes, it will turn into a protracted war.

This is naturally not what they want.

Ding Hongguang nodded slightly when he heard this, and agreed more with Li Dingguo's idea. He understood that the most important thing in Li Dingguo's plan was to retain the population as much as possible. They were all from Yunzhou County, so naturally they knew that Yunzhou County was still extremely short of population. In their eyes, there are many people but little land in the south, so as long as one more person stays, one more person may be moved to Yunzhou County in the future.

To win at the minimum cost, retain the population as much as possible, and not let the population suffer too much loss, this is his main purpose of going south this time.

However, just when he was about to say something, someone suddenly came to report from outside the tent.

“Report!!!

Gentleman! In the direction of Sunan City, a large number of people are marching towards our army! The number of people is estimated to be around 200,000, and they are still gathering nearby people along the way to grow! Its target should be our army! "

Wow!

All the generals in the tent immediately stood up and looked at the soldier who sent the message in disbelief.

None of them planned to take the initiative to fight a head-on war with them, fearing that they would not dare to fight when they saw the army and would just run away.

Now the opponent actually takes the initiative to attack!

What's happening here?

After Ding Hongguang, Li Dingguo and Huo Qubing looked at each other, he smiled helplessly:

“It seems that we overestimated our opponents, while they underestimated us and overestimated themselves.

Since they are seeking death, there is nothing they can do.

Let them see the gap between them and us. "

After saying this, Ding Hongguang looked solemn and immediately shouted:

"All the generals have it!"

The generals quickly stood up straight, clasped their fists and raised their hands with serious expressions:

"The general is here!"

"Li Dingguo obeys the order!"

"The general is here!"

"Li Dingguo, I order you to lead the Baiyi Army and the Zhuhuai Army, a total of 100,000 people, to block the enemy's army from the front. Try to use deterrence first and delay the time. However, when necessary, the lives of our soldiers will be the priority. Take action when it is time to do so. Take action!"

"Promise! The general will get the order!"

Li Dingguo handed over the order!

Ding Hongguang continued:

"Huo Qubing listens to the order!"

"The general is here!"

Huo Qubing stood up immediately, cupped his hands and bowed his head and responded loudly!

"I order you to lead 7,000 Zuowu cavalry to the side, wait for the opportunity, and after discovering the senior leaders of the Red Lotus Sect, use 7,000 cavalry to rush directly to their high-level command and destroy their high-level command!

After you attack, I will ask Li Dingguo to contain most of the enemy's forces as much as possible.

Can it be done? "

Hearing this, Huo Qubing grinned and said confidently:

"Don't worry, Commander! This is easy! If you can't destroy his command by going to B, I will come to see you!"

Ding Hongguang frowned:

"I don't want your head, as long as you complete the military order.

Your action is of great importance. If it fails, we will have to use repeating crossbows and heavy weapons, which will inevitably cause a large number of casualties to the people.

Tell me now if you can do it! ? "

Huo Qubing looked serious and immediately replied loudly:

"The general will get the order!"

"Okay! Gather the entire army and prepare to meet the enemy!"

"promise!"

...(End of chapter)