Stars in The Sky

Luojing, the capital of the emperor.

At that time, the residence of the first assistant was located in the Southern District of the city, covering an area of over 100 mu. It was magnificent and magnificent, and many areas were more extravagant than the royal gardens.

Outside the secluded study, a row of bodyguards with swords stood upright under the porch pillars, and servants stood at the door, lowering their eyebrows and eyes, waiting for the call of the master inside.

After a while, the head of the prime minister's office led a middle-aged scribe to walk far away. He went to the door and whispered a few words to let him in.

The light in the study is slightly dim. The first assistant adult in casual clothes leans on the chair behind the desk, with deep eyes and no joy and anger.

Hearing the gentle footsteps, Zhang Minzhong eyebrows moved, and a flat voice sounded: "is Mr. Cao here? Sit down and talk

"I met the Lord Cao Yun."

The middle-aged literati bowed down and bowed before taking a seat.

His face and facial features look mediocre, even with a bit of ugliness, but also with an inexplicable bearing, so that outsiders do not have the slightest slightest contempt.

Cao Yun became famous and talented when he was young, but because he was young and vigorous, he offended the powerful and powerful people of the dynasty. From then on, he lost his official career and once lived a vagrant life.

When he was 30 years old, he had to meet a stranger, become a teacher and become a famous person in the future.

So he decided to turn to his assistant and recommended himself as an aide, and secretly gave advice and strategies for him, so that Zhang Minzhong successfully defeated many political enemies and promoted all the way to the extreme.

As a result, Cao Yun also gained the high trust and trust of this chief assistant, and his position in the government was respected. Even the descendants of Zhang Minzhong were very respectful to him.

"This is the recent Southern War Memorial, sir. Have a look at it." Zhang Minzhong glanced at the file on the desk and continued.

Cao Yun agreed. He got up and took the stack of documents into his hand. After sitting down again, he quickly looked through it. After browsing, he frowned a little:

"it seems that the situation in the South There are signs of getting more and more out of control. The Lord has to plan ahead. "

The encirclement and suppression operations of several southern prefectures and the imperial court were not smooth. Wu zhence, the most powerful, has already owned seven prefectures. At present, he is leading his army to encircle nanhuai County, and he will soon be able to win it. According to the secret report of Chao ting'an's insertion in his army, he has secretly prepared to become king.

The rest of the princes should not be underestimated, especially Zhao Yuanjin in Jingzhou. Although his territory is not enough for the two prefectures, he was a powerful man who once killed Mengluo. He also captured Yangcheng County by surprise attack. More than 20000 elite officials in the city were defeated and most of them were captured.

Although Feng Qingyun led the army in encirclement and suppression, according to the latest war report, the two armies had been fighting for many days, but the imperial army did not make any progress. Not only did they lose nearly 10000 casualties, but they also commanded Yu Fangzhou to attack the heart in a fury, and he was already ill because of the recurrence of his old wounds.

As a result, Feng Qingyun, who was frightened, stood still and did not dare to continue the offensive. The war situation was in a stalemate.

"The national fortune is difficult, and the rebels are becoming more and more powerful. Do you have any good strategies to help me?" Zhang Minzhong rubbed his eyebrows with a faint weariness.

Cao Yun pondered: "for today's plan, we can only concentrate the superior forces of the imperial court to attack one place first, and then consider the next way after calming down. What does the Lord think? "

Zhang Minzhong was silent for a long time, and sighed slightly: "this is my fault. If I adopt Mr. Zhang's words as soon as possible, what is the situation now?"

At the beginning of the war, the cabinet officials of the imperial court discussed the general plan of suppressing the rebellion. Cao Yun did not agree with the strategy of attacking everywhere and advancing in multiple ways. After all, the imperial court has accumulated a long history of malpractices, and its influence on prestige is not as good as before, and its control over various places is also worrying. In addition, the State Treasury is empty and the income is beyond its means for successive years. How can there be enough financial and material resources to fight at the same time?

What's more, corruption is also serious in the army of the imperial court. They eat empty wages, drink soldiers' blood, and resell weapons and materials All sorts of dark scenes emerge in endlessly. Compared with the war power at the time of the founding of the country, it is very different.

However, few of the adults in the court were familiar with the folk customs. They despised and despised the refugees and the rebel army from the bottom of their bones. They thought that they were just a group of ignorant and short-sighted mud legs. How big a wave can they make? With the imperial court's brilliant heavenly power, you can destroy it by turning your hand!

Although Zhang Minzhong at that time had doubts about this, he still adopted the opinions of his ministers after weighing them. He ordered the army to go to various places to suppress the rebellion and disperse its strength. As a result, he lost a lot of battles and defeated the enemy at a loss. A few generals who can fight well perform better, but they can't change the overall trend of erosion.

"In this case, it is Wu zhence?"

Zhang Minzhong said: "let the troops of all walks of life in the South withdraw, and then concentrate in Huaiyang area. We should give priority to solving this greatest threat, and then, depending on the changing situation, we will go ahead and wipe out the rebels all the way. "

"What the LORD said is very good. I have no objection." Cao Yun said.

However, he had some regrets in his heart. He wanted to say that Zhao Yuanjin in Jingzhou was the most dangerous target. But now Wu zhence's territory and military strength are far superior and powerful. He has become the first vassal in the south. If he is allowed to rule independently and become king, it will be a heavy blow to the imperial court's prestige.Therefore, from Zhang Minzhong's point of view, Wu zhence must not be allowed to continue to expand. He must concentrate all the military forces in the South and wipe it out at any cost.

In fact, there is a more daring strategy, that is, the imperial army completely withdraw from the south, sit and watch several princes fight each other, and when they are exhausted and exhausted, they will attack and exterminate them in one fell swoop, and the overall situation of the South can be determined.

Of course, this strategy is only feasible in theory, but not necessarily in fact. It is more likely that one of the vassals swallowed up other separatist forces and took advantage of the opportunity to become big, eventually leading to the complete collapse of the whole south.

Therefore, Cao Yun just thought about it from the bottom of his heart and did not put forward this immature strategy.

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Yangcheng County.

“…… Lord, after many days of exploration, the scouting camp has found out the main grain and forage gathering place of the Imperial Army, which is in this small valley 20 miles away. "

In the conference hall, Ling Yuanqing put a map in front of Zhao Yuanjing and said excitedly.

Qin Feng, sitting next to him, glanced at it. The map was drawn by hand. It was relatively crude. It could not be compared with the map of his own world, but it could also express the information it should have.

Sun Xiangqing said with a smile: "this is God's blessing to our army. With this map, the Lord can send a group of elite to attack at night. As long as the food and grass are burned, the Imperial Army opposite will collapse without fighting."

Zhao Yuanjin nodded, looked at Qin Feng and said, "the scouting camp has made great contributions. Of course, it can be done. Thank you for the magic instruments you brought here."

The storage location of ordnance and forage has always been the top secret of the military. Feng Qingyun is also very cautious in dealing with this aspect. The location of grain storage is very secret. There are patrol patrols around the valley day and night, and unidentified people dare to shoot within ten miles.

Under normal circumstances, the scouting camp would like to find this grain and forage collection place, but it is very low, and it is not something that can be done in a short time.

However, Feng Qingyun did not know that there was something called night vision telescope. Zhao Yuanjin's scouting camp sent capable personnel to follow and observe for several nights, and finally successfully confirmed this important target.

In history, there are many examples of the defeat of the whole army because of the grain and forage problems. For example, in the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao defeated more than 100000 Yuan Shao's troops with 20000 troops. The key reason was that he burned Yuan Shao's granary in WuChao, which turned the war situation around and laid the foundation for unifying the north.

The decision was made and the corresponding attack plan was drawn up immediately. Ling Yuanqing led a thousand elite soldiers to attack at night, and Qin Feng followed the army as usual.