Horse on the World

Chapter 778 Digging a Pit
Li Qing and Lu Yiming didn't stay in the cabinet for a long time. After briefly communicating with King Zhou about the outbreak of the Weizhou war, Li Qing led all the cabinet members to the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion. Te Muzhi had already prepared everything including the sand table, and a group of staff officers were discussing around the sand table in Weizhou.

Seeing Li Qing leading a group of senior officials to file in, everyone stepped forward to salute.Seeing Li Muzhi coming up, Li Qing nodded: "Father, are you all ready?"

Li Muzhi said: "Everything is fine, according to the military report sent back by Tian Feng Feima, we have marked the deployment of both sides here."

Everyone walked to the sand table and saw that in the huge sand table, red and yellow flags were clearly visible on the sand table imitating the real scene. What was shocking was that the yellow flag representing the enemy was in the shape of a half moon, faintly surrounding the red flag.

Li Qing supported the edge of the sand table with both hands, staring at the situation of the two sides on the sand table, the whole room was silent.

According to Tian Feng's military report, the [-] elite troops of the Southern Army led by Zeng Lu and the Southern Army Lanshan launched an attack from Machi, Hejiaping, and Gaogang, while the Southern Army of Lanshan was stationed at Shipai. All armies could respond. The terrain in the direction of Hejiaping was flat, and the northern cavalry led by Lu Fengchun was the main force. The main force of Lu Fengchun's cavalry was almost wiped out by Lu Dabing in the previous battle. The combat effectiveness of the hastily reorganized cavalry team was greatly reduced, but this time in order to launch the Battle of Weizhou, King Ning spared no effort to support it. Just tens of thousands of horses were given to Lu Fengchun. For the south, it is definitely a big deal.

In the direction of Gao Gang is Zeng's extremely powerful Fengli Battalion. Guo Quan is now regarded as one of the most skilled generals under Zeng Yifan's command, with more than ten thousand troops under his command.

But it was the [-] troops led by Zeng Yifan who set out from Hejiaping to undertake the main offensive task.

When the war broke out, Tian Feng gave up most of Weizhou's territory and concentrated his main force on a central axis.At the forefront of Chadianzi and Yazikou, [-] defenders were deployed each, and behind the two places, Wei Xin led [-] defenders to guard Xiabaoping.Wei Xin is a well-known master of the tortoise style, and his defensive ability can be called a master. In this regard, even the main general Tian Feng is not as good as himself. In fact, Wei Xin has proved that he is not good at attacking in the past battles. It's not weak, but Wei Xin's defensive battles in previous battles were really excellent. He used very few troops to withstand the attacks of enemies that were several times his own, and the light shone on his offensive achievements. In the absence of light, Wei Xin could only helplessly bear the title of Master Wuguiliu.

Behind Wei Xin is the second line of defense, Sifangyan, Bailonggang, and behind it is Yangquan, the gateway of Weizhou City. After Yangquan, Weizhou City is.

This central axis is nearly [-] miles long and [-] miles wide, guarded by Tian Feng's [-] troops. If this central axis is not lost, Weizhou will be safe.

"At the beginning of the battle, Tian Feng's army will be under greater pressure, especially in Chadianzi and Yazikou. It is Lu Fengchun's troops who are mainly attacking Chadianzi, and it is Lu Dabing who is fighting against him. Lu Fengchun hates him to the bone. , both sides are cavalry, as long as the battle starts, it is very likely to be a quick battle, but Lu Dabing is at a disadvantage in terms of strength, and cavalry is fighting, which is a great shortcoming. I estimate that Lu Dabing is likely to defend Don’t live in the tea shop.” Li Muzhi pointed to the combat sand table and said.

"Guo Quan's Fengli battalion is powerful, but facing him is Tian Xinyu, whose troops are mainly soldiers. The terrain here is conducive to defense. There are mountains and rivers, and the road is rough and difficult. Therefore, Tian Xinyu The pressure on Xinyu is not great, but once Chadianzi falls, Yazikou's flanks will be threatened, so it will not be able to defend. I suggest that you just give up these two places and shrink the troops back to Xiabaoping. In this way, Wei Xin will have as many as [-] troops at his disposal, which is enough to firmly hold Xiabaoping."

After Li Muzhi finished speaking his thoughts, he retracted the marker pole in his hand and looked at the people in the room.Lu Yiming, Yan Nanfei and the others pondered for a moment, then nodded their heads in agreement.

Li Qing smiled and didn't speak immediately. Guo Quan's existence is still an extremely secret. In the entire Dingzhou, only three people know about Guo Quan, namely Li Qing, Qingfeng and Zheng Zhiyuan, and Zheng Zhiyuan went far away. Overseas, Li Qing and Qingfeng are the only ones who know of Guo Quan's existence.

Li Qing really didn't want to entangle too much with his opponents in Chadianzi and Yazikou, because no matter how powerful Lu Dabing and Tian Xinyu were in these two places, as long as Zeng Yifan's [-] main force came straight in, they would face enemies several times, and Tian Feng would definitely I understand that deploying guards in these two places is just to buy a little more time for Xia Baoping.

What Li Qing thought was how to bite Lu Fengchun fiercely when he was retreating. Lu Fengchun suffered repeated blows and his strength was not as good as before.To achieve this, Guo Quan's cooperation is needed.

Turning his head and whispering a few words to Li Muzhi, Li Muzhi glanced at him with some surprise, and then ordered: "All the officers of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion below the rank of General Weiyuan leave first and wait to be summoned."

As soon as these people left, the room immediately became empty. Li Qing glanced at the crowd and said: "The Battle of Weizhou is the prelude to our horses stepping into the Central Plains. We not only want to defeat Lu Fengchun and Zeng Yifan, but I also want to interrupt Ning The backbone of the king, so our goal in the early stage is to lure King Ning to continue to invest troops in Weizhou, Liaoshun and Shen San, and slowly consume his elite troops. In the early stage, Tian Feng's troops really have to bear a lot of pressure Pressure, Lu Dalin's department still has at least one month to arrive in Weizhou, and I will set off later, and the time to arrive will be two months later. During this period, it will be the most difficult time for Tian Feng's department. However, our It's not without advantages."

Li Qing glanced at his father, and continued: "Just now the governor talked about abandoning Chadianzi and Yazikou, and concentrating the troops to Xiabaoping. To defeat one of the enemies in these two places, at least he must be severely injured, and then retreat to the lower fort."

Li Muzhi shook his head and said: "Whoever will be eaten, will it be Lu Fengchun or Guo Quan, neither of these two groups of enemies is weak, not to mention that we are still at a disadvantage in terms of military strength."

Li Qing smiled, "Here I want to tell everyone a top secret, I hope everyone will rot in their stomachs after hearing it."

Everyone in the room suddenly became solemn. Since Li Qing said that this is a top secret, it must be of great importance. Everyone couldn't help but hold their breath and prick up their ears, lest they miss a word.

"Guo Quan, the chief general of Zeng's Fengli battalion has more than [-] people under his command." Li Qing spit out a few words slowly, "Everyone knows that this person is General Zeng's Xiao, but have you ever thought that he has something to do with us? what relationship?"

Everyone was shocked, Yan Nanfei reacted very quickly, and his face showed joy, "My lord, could it be that we have successfully instigated this person? If so, then we are sure to win the battle of Weizhou."

Li Qing laughed, "We didn't instigate him, and we don't need to instigate him."

Yan Nanfei was immediately disappointed.

"Because Guo Quan himself is a soldier of our Dingzhou. When he was ordered to infiltrate Liaoshen, he was a lieutenant officer in our army. Of course, now he has accumulated meritorious service and been promoted to General Dingyuan!" Li Qing said.

A stone broke through a thousand layers of waves, and Li Qing's words fell into dead silence in an instant. This news is too shocking. It is too unimaginable that the important general of the enemy is from his side.After a while, there was a burst of cheers in the room. Everyone knew the significance of this. This meant that whenever Dingzhou wanted to kill Zeng's army, he could eat them in one bite.

"Great!" Li Muzhi hit the edge of the sand table heavily with both fists, "In this way, we can swallow the entire Zeng's army at the right time."

Li Qing shook his head, "Now is not the time to expose him. Guo Quan has a more important task. To kill the Zeng family, there is no need to use him. As long as Lu Dalin and I arrive in Weizhou, we can defeat them. My goal is King Ning."

"King Ning?"

"That's right, King Ning!" There was a crisp voice at the door, and everyone followed the prestige, but it was Qingfeng who was walking in, apparently she heard Li Qing's words clearly, "Prince Ning is our goal, Zeng Yifan is not worthy to be a general opponent."

"Didn't I let you rest for a few days?" Li Qing asked with a smile, "Why are you here again?"

Qingfeng walked over looking forward, with a rosy face and a radiant look, "Dingzhou is now at an important moment. The general asked me to rest, but how can I sit still?"

After listening to the conversation between the two, Yan Nanfei became suspicious. Of course he knew that Qingfeng returned to Dingzhou last night, but the problem is that Qingfeng did not enter the city. When did the lord meet her? up?
"You guessed my intention?" Li Qing asked.

"I heard what the general said, but I guessed it roughly!" Qingfeng said: "The general wanted to hit Zeng Yifan hard in the Battle of Weizhou, but he would let him live in the end, and at that time, what Zeng Yifan did Those who can be relied on must have performed well in this battle. In the end, Guo Quan, who still had strength, lost his territory, and Zeng Yifan, who lost his army, could only go to King Ning. In this way, Guo Quan also went to King Ning There, if Zeng Yifan went to the south, he would be a dog in the water, but Guo Quan is different, he will definitely be valued by King Ning, this is the general's ultimate goal, right?"

Li Qing laughed, "The one who knows me is Qingfeng! You are right. In this battle, I not only want to let Zeng Yifan survive, but also let Guo Quan shine in this battle, so that King Ning can see that this He is a general he can win over and reuse."

"General, did you dig a big hole for King Ning? I'm afraid that King Ning will happily jump down!" Qingfeng said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)