After Xu Yunsheng explained the enemy's strength in detail, the following officers began to whisper. For example, Chen Bo, commander of the second battalion, Kong Quanxin, commander of the Third Battalion, and others also exchanged opinions with some subordinate officers around them from time to time. Obviously, they have considered how to fight.
After allowing these officers to talk about a cup of tea, Yang Chendong put down the cup in his hand, sat down on the chair and asked, "what's up? Do you have any good opinions?"
It is said that when fighting in ancient times, generals often first discussed with several close subordinates and decided on the battle plan. When everyone is called together, they will directly announce the battle task. This is the quickest way to achieve efficiency. Otherwise, if we really call all the commanders of thousands and centurions below together for discussion, I'm afraid there will be no result under a few mouths and eight tongues.
Moreover, the ancient army seems to be used to obedience. It is often just what the top says and what the bottom plays. If we really want them to give advice and use their brains, most of them are illiterate people who can't say ugly Yin Mao, which often only leads to bad things.
Put it here with Yang Chendong. He really wants to break this habit. What he wants is the participation of the whole people, and what he wants is everyone's habit of using their brains in war. As for whether you are right or not, it doesn't matter. After all, democratic centralism is still necessary in the end, as long as the commander doesn't make a mistake.
I've long been used to Yang Chendong's style. As soon as I was asked if I had any ideas, the following officers began to express their opinions.
"Chief, I think if you pick up the persimmon and pinch it soft, you should hit the Laoting people in Lancang kingdom first."
"No, how can we bully the soft and fear the hard with our strong shaking strength? We should deal with the Jiaozhi army first."
"Yes, yes, as long as the Jiaozhi army is scared, then what lati is naturally not worried. I'm afraid he would have run away with his tail."
The voice of the third man soon aroused a burst of attached laughter from other officers.
The atmosphere became much warmer for a time. But generally speaking, the views and differences are just to fight the Jiaozhi army first or the laotingzu first. After all, although mercenaries have advanced firearms, the number of mercenaries is too small. It is unrealistic to say that they can fight both at once.
Yang Chendong listened carefully until there were two incense sticks. Most of the officers below expressed their views, and the voice of discussion decreased. He coughed a little, and then his eyes fell on Chen Bo, the commander of the second battalion of Lengfeng. "Battalion commander Chen, I haven't seen you speak just now. What's your opinion?"
Chen Bo, whose name was called, stood up from his seat. His eyes were not focused. It was obvious that he was still thinking about the problem.
Chen Bo is called a Confucian general by Yang Chendong. This is because he is different from other officers in height and physique. He is not tall. He has more elegance and less courage, which may be related to his love of reading.
Just because he likes reading, he also likes thinking more when things happen. He is always willing to ask more why or make more assumptions.
Just like just now, he was constantly assuming the situation until he was called up by Yang Chendong, and his thoughts merged. "Sixth young master, if you want me to say something, I'd prefer to be honest with the old listener first. After all, it shouldn't be too difficult to pick them up. Otherwise, we can't do our best to deal with the Jiaozhi army. If we don't say anything, there are always people staring at us behind, which makes people very uncomfortable."
"Hmm? Do you think of any way?" looking at Chen Bo, Yang Chendong had an intuition that he should have figured out a plan to retreat from the enemy.
Sure enough, Chen Bo quickly nodded and said: "Sixth young master, I think it's not enough to take the initiative to make enemies with our mercenaries. It's better to beat them completely. It's better to destroy them all and let them remember this lesson deeply. From then on, when we mention the name of our mercenaries, we will feel a shiver. Only in this way can we warn future generations and let others know "What kind of attitude should they maintain when they face us again?"
After Chen Bo said these words, he gave Yang Chendong a feeling of great planning, so that he was not difficult to be born. He said strangely: "go on."
"Sixth young master, do you think you can do this? Isn't the Navy attacking Ninchen County towards Sunan County? I heard that it's going very smoothly. Can you let them make a gesture to march towards the local land of Lancang kingdom in the direction of Changshan mountains? Just make more noise. If the momentum is enough, they must be for their own national security Quan, we will certainly transfer lati back to China. At that time, we can get twice the result with half the effort. "
Before taking the initiative to reach the sand table, Chen Bo explained his ideas in detail, and then looked at Yang Chendong with a long face.
Yang Chendong was also intrigued by Chen Bo's idea. To tell the truth, it was just 100000 Lao soldiers. They really didn't put in Yang Chendong's eyes with knives, guns and sticks. If he needed to calm down the cross toe first, he could wave his army to the West now and kill Laos. It wasn't difficult. So he wanted to clean up the Lao army by intercepting halfway It's just Lao Bing. But if you do that, the most you can do is to beat the other party away. If you want to hurt, it's a little difficult.
On the contrary, Chen Bo's plan is completely different. First mobilize them, and then intercept them in the loop where they have to retreat. In this way, it is possible to hit the enemy hard, or even wipe out the enemy completely. Under the condition of waiting for work, the price will only be smaller.
As for the need to mobilize the navy to cooperate, it is not a problem. Didn't Chen bogang already say that? They just need to make a momentum. There is no need to send troops at all.
"Well, it's up to your second battalion. How many troops do you need?" Yang Chendong quickly made a decision. This is the case with handsome people. If they are decisive, they will often be in chaos. Moreover, even if this plan failed, he did not lose anything. It was just a long-distance training for the army.
Seeing that Yang Chendong agreed to come down, Chen Bo was also very excited. Before, Kong, commander of the Third Battalion, wholeheartedly captured Hanoi, the capital of Jiaozhi, but he was envied. Although he also captured Beidai city before, it was a defenseless city. He didn't even fire a few shots, so his sense of achievement was too small. But if you can eat these 100000 Lao soldiers, it will be completely different. It's a real military achievement.
"Sixth young master, if you can, in addition to the second battalion, I also want to mobilize two auxiliary barracks, five temporary auxiliary barracks and 10000 Jiaozhi mercenaries." after saying this, Chen Bo also deliberately explained, "I want to leave all 100000 Lao soldiers. If the number is too small, I'm afraid I can only defeat them and cripple them, but I can't leave all the people."
"Yes." Yang Chendong nodded decisively. Chen Bo's requirements are indeed not low, but it proves his confidence. As he said, if the number of people who want to leave each other's 100000 troops is too small, it really can't.
"Thank you, sixth young master. Please don't worry. If I don't win 100000 Lao soldiers this time, I'll start from a new soldier." seeing Yang Chendong trust him so much, Chen Bo said with excitement and feeling on his face. He should be the first person except Yang Chendong to take more than 10000 soldiers out alone at one time. It's normal to get excited.
With Chen Bo's military order, other officers who wanted to fight for opportunities closed their mouths. In particular, Kong Quanxin, commander of the Third Battalion, doesn't want to fall behind others. That is, why can't Chen Bo, commander of the second battalion, do a good job in this matter? Although he doesn't quite understand the other party's specific battle plan, as long as his ideas are clear, specific things can be studied again.
But all this changed after hearing the military order made by Chen Bo. Compared with Chen Bo's courage and desperate, Kong Quanxin has no bottom in his heart.
With the policy of solving 100000 Lao soldiers, the next meeting will be much simpler. Yang Chendong announced that in addition to leaving 2000 Jiaozhi mercenaries and one auxiliary barracks, two temporary auxiliary barracks to continue to guard Hanoi City, more than 20000 other armies will move west to the city early tomorrow morning. He wants to make a whole army attack and attract 100000 Lao troops from Ratti's headquarters to send troops.
Just after the meeting, Xu Changsheng, commander of the reconnaissance company, sent scouts to the direction of Nanjun, informing the navy commander Nie Tong there to pull out some people to make a deep attack across the Changshan mountains to the Lancang kingdom.
The mercenaries who had rested for eight days went out of the north gate of Hanoi City in a new and full state of mind the next morning and went straight to Xiyu city less than 200 miles away.
The commander in chief is naturally Yang Chendong. He was followed by Luo Po, head of Lengfeng's second regiment. But the regiment commander was a little pitiful. Now there were only one third battalion, one company directly under the regiment and one reconnaissance company directly under the regiment. Even so, although the number was small, they were still the main force.
Following Yang Chendong to the west of the city, there are seven auxiliary barracks, seven temporary auxiliary barracks and 18000 mercenaries. An army of nearly 25000 people left the city. Soon their whereabouts were learned by the Scouts of Jiaozhi army nearby. The news was like a hurricane across the land of Jiaozhi, and a war to defend the country and a war to destroy the country were in front of them.
On the night when Yang Chendong led his troops out of the north gate, at the end of the night, the west gate of Hanoi opened from the inside. Chen Bo quietly left the city with his cold front Second Battalion, two auxiliary barracks, five temporary auxiliary barracks and 10000 cross toed mercenaries led by general Hong Jin and disappeared into the dark.
In order to better complete the task, Chen Bo asked General Hong Jin to come over. After all, the role played by 10000 Jiaozhi mercenaries this time is not small. The main task of whether to keep 100000 Lao troops in Jiaozhi lies with them. If there is no good commander, how can it be done.