Chapter 177

In the twinkling of an eye, more than a month has passed, and now it is the season of whistling, and the weather has gradually changed from cold in early spring to warm in late spring.

More than a month ago, on the second day of Lu Que's return to the Academy, the junxianggu Huairen and Zhongyang King Yu Yuanpu left Beijing with imperial edicts and Hufu. More than half a month later, Huxiao Legion and fast wind Legion rushed to Jiangbei County of Nanli kingdom. Ten days later, Huxiao Legion in the West took the lead in capturing Nanli Beining county, The east of the wind Corps in the capture of xuanan County after the northern counties surrounded xuanan county.

In Fengming ruishe, Lu que, Zhuge Yan, Duanmu ye and Lin Qingyu, who have no class today, are drawing the detailed drawing of Southern Xinjiang around Zhuge Yan. According to the military newspaper sent back to the imperial capital, they deduce the battle of Huxiao Legion and Fengfeng Legion.

"Now Beining county has fallen into our hands. Xuanan county is ready to go down, and Huxiao army has divided its troops to the south. As long as we take the Ningan River to the north, we can confront Nanli across the river, waiting for the result of Tianxing on the east line." Lin Qingyu pointed to the four river ports on the North Bank of Ning'an River on the map.

Duanmuye shook his head and said, "I don't think so. The Huxiao army and the fast wind army sent out 100000 troops respectively this time, leaving only 50000 people to guard the original fortress. Beining county was not so much won by the Huxiao army, but rather abandoned by Nanli. The leiying army stationed in the South and North contracted their forces to xuanan County closer to Ningan river, It's said that the city of xuan'an county is tall and surrounded by three mountains. On each mountain there is a stone city that can garrison 20000 people. It's easy to defend and hard to attack. It's not so easy for me to win the whole xuan'an county. "

Zhuge Yan nodded with approval and said, "Duanmu is right. The thunder Eagle army in Nanli, like the destroyed star lion army, is specially used to defend our army. The main army and the county garrison have a total of 200000 people. When Huxiao army raided Beining County, it only killed less than 30000 people, The remaining 170000 people should have withdrawn to xuanan county at the first time. It seems that Nanli people want to stick to xuanan county. "

Seeing that the two friends didn't agree with each other, Lin Qingyu frowned, picked up a few red and blue chessmen on the table, put them on the map and said, "the opportunity to go south is lost. As long as the Huxiao army detours South and takes the Jiangbei military harbor first, even if there are still 170000 people in the leiying army, it's hard to stop the Huxiao and the gale."

"Third, you mean the tiger roaring Legion cut off the connection between the thunder hawk Legion and Nanli, so that they can't get supplies from home. If more than 100000 people have no food and grass, their army will collapse." Zhuge Yan shook his head again. "Pointing to the xuanan Prefecture on the map, he said," have you forgotten that Nanli has a big warehouse in xuanan Prefecture, which is no less than the nanjingcang in Daqian Qingquan City, and is enough for more than 100000 people to hold on for more than half a year? "

"I naturally know that Nanli has a big warehouse in xuan'an Prefecture, but they have 170000 people. As long as they don't get supplies, they will eat sooner or later. The Duke of Wei wrote in detail about the grain situation in the chapter of the war canon. Besides, he was more ruthless than cutting off the grain. As long as the swift wind army besieged the city and the tiger roaring army cut off their return, the thunder Eagle army would be in my pocket sooner or later. " Lin Qingyu is a little unconvinced and says that he thinks his idea is right. Now Fengxiang army has not set out from the imperial capital. Daqian has time to spend with the leiying army.

"But have you ever thought about the time? It will take at least half a year for xuanan prefecture to run out of grain. Now we are caught off guard by Nanli. But if Nanli king knows that the leiying Legion is defending xuanan Prefecture and can hold on for half a year, how can Nanli watch the leiying Legion be annihilated by me? What can we do if Nanli sends troops to the north?" Zhuge Yan pointed to the south of Ning'an River and said.

Each person's personality is different, so is his understanding of the art of war. Some people think that it is impossible for the world to be brave in the use of military force, and to defeat the enemy. The vast majority of generals and military commanders are at this level.

Some people think that military strategy is important, military strategy is important, military strategy is useful, military strategy is complementary, and it is treacherous and treacherous. In those days, Bailijia was the representative of this school. In that year, a fire burned most of the grassland and destroyed the last elite of the Qingyang empire. He had a unique vision and was ruthless in using tactics. He didn't want to be a second person in the world.

However, some people think that we should pay attention to military management, external management of armour and equipment, internal management of the soul and physique of the army, and general's orders. No one will listen to the orders of the three armed forces. If the commander has an armchair envoy, I have a six point chance of winning the war. Lu Chun is a typical figure of this group. Whether it's the formation of the sky fire army in his youth, or the re training of the evergreen army now, All of them reflect the military thinking of Lu Chunna, a famous commander of a generation, that is to attack the enemy first and consolidate himself.

Now, the debate among Zhuge Yan, Duanmu ye and Lin Qingyu is also a debate among the three military schools. However, they are all involved in the three schools, not limited to one family. At this time, Lin Qingyu thinks that they should encircle and not attack them, so as to reduce the personnel loss of the front army. Duanmu ye and Zhuge Yan think that they should win xuan'an county at all costs, Take advantage of now morale is flourishing, annihilate thunder hawk legion, thus and south from across the river confrontation.

They argued for a while, and duanmuye began to change his view. However, he did not agree with Lin Qingyu's plan of siege, nor Zhuge Yan's strategy of strong attack. After all, if he attacked xuanan Prefecture, even if he could win in the end, it would probably be a tragic victory. If he was besieged, the two armies of Huxiao and Jifeng had 200000 people, and they had no absolute advantage in military strength, The slightest negligence may be taken advantage of by the other party.

"What do you think of Lu que?" The three men argued with each other for a while, but no one could convince them. They all looked at Lu que, who had never spoken. Lu que put forward the strategy of the southern expedition, and they all wanted to hear his views.

Lu que glanced at each of the three faces, and shook his head with a smile. He picked up a red chess piece which symbolized Da Qian and put it on the map of Beining county. He said, "the sixteen counties of Beining county are all in our da Qian's bag, but the people of the area are still from the south. If we want to stay in the garrison unexpectedly, 3000 big counties and 1000 small counties, then the Huxiao army will leave 25000 people, In addition to the losses of previous wars, only 70000 people can go south. "

Lu que grabbed a few red pieces and continued to put them in xuanan County, saying, "xuanan county has 17 counties. Except for the county city, there are four big counties and twelve small counties. Fengxiang army has captured one big county and seven small counties, so there are still 10000 people to stay, and only 90000 people can block the Northeast two gates of xuanan county."

"90000 plus 70000, a total of 160000. In this way, the strength of our army is basically the same as that of the current thunder hawk army." Lin Qingyu looked at the red pieces on the map and said.

Lu que took a look at Lin Qingyu and said slowly, "according to the plan of the third brother, the Huxiao army wants to go south and occupy the North Bank of the Ning'an River first. Not to mention how many people the leiying army sent to guard each river port, but only that after the Huxiao army won four river ports, in order to prevent the Nanli army from crossing the river from the south bank, each river port needs 10000 people to defend and leave 10000 people to patrol the north bank, If it is used as support, there will only be 20000 people left in the 70000 Huxiao army. Even if these 20000 people go north to join the fast wind army, there will only be 110000 people outside xuanan Prefecture. Third brother, can you encircle the 170000 army of Lei Ying? "

"This ~" Lin Qingyu's face turned red. He really didn't consider that there were still soldiers stationed in the city. If he calculated according to Lu que, using 100000 people to encircle the 170000 people who had the advantage of the city, it would be a play with the lives of the soldiers.

"As for Zhuge's policy, it is not feasible." Lu que took another look at Zhuge Yan and said, "it's said in the book of war that we should encircle ten and attack five. We don't have enough troops. Whether we attack or encircle, it's a decisive battle. It's hard to predict the outcome."

"The Huxiao army and the headmaster of the fast wind army drove south and won more than ten cities. They were very powerful. Moreover, our weapons were far better than those of Nanli, and we had at least a six point chance of winning. Moreover, the leiying Legion will also be stationed in the eight counties in the south of the county and the four big river ports. Now the main force in xuan'an county must be much less than 170000. " Zhuge Yan's eyes moved and insisted.

"Even so, if the land is not on our side, the chance of winning the siege is not to fight. And as Duanmu just said, the tragedy of the war is better than the siege. Even if we can win, the two armies of Huxiao and Fengfeng will become disabled. And you say that our army is full of momentum, but can the thunder Eagle Legion also be said to be keeping up its strength and waiting for work with ease? "

"You have a point. Although Ke Yu, the commander of Lei Yingzhan, is not as good as Qiu lie, he is also not much different. He is famous for his good defense." Zhuge Yan thought for a moment, nodded, and then said, "Lu que, you made the whole strategy of the southern expedition. Before, the sky star lion army was all killed by you. You can't think of the thunder Eagle army. You can imagine this situation today. Have you ever thought about how to solve it?"

"I have thought of this kind of situation, but ~" Lu que said here, suddenly stopped, looking at the map, dazed.

Before he returned to the Academy, he had a three-day rest in the Wei government. During these three days, he and his father Lu Chun had been deducing the whole war situation in southern Xinjiang. Now this situation was what they had imagined at that time, but his father's solution made him feel a little chilly. In Lu Que's eyes, it seemed that there was a big fire, and countless officers and soldiers were running around crying in the fire, At last, it was engulfed by the flames.

He once told his father that if he really used this method, innocent people would be harmed, and the killing was too much. At this time, he seemed to hear his father Lu Chun's words at that time: "if you lack children, if you don't take charge of the army, it's inevitable that there will be casualties in the war. It's the same for Tianxing, Nanli and Daqian. What's more, it's a war of national annihilation. It's vital to pacify Southern Xinjiang. Although both of them are descendants of Yan nationality, they are from different countries. My father knows that the killing is too much, but it can make me lose 100000 soldiers and horses. What's good about that? "

"Don't you like to be a soldier?" Lu que murmured that he had led the army to annihilate the enemy in Danshui and attacked Zhai Ning Qingqi for thousands of miles. It's not that he had never experienced the bloody battle or seen the dead, but he had to decide the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people at one time. Lu que asked himself that he could not do it now. How many babies were there to feed, and how many diligent people were there, They should die?

"Lu que, what's the point of selling, what's the mercy of not taking charge of the army? We ask you how to solve this situation in your expectation." Duanmu wild see Lu lack standing there in a daze, and murmured, nudged him said.

Lu que was silent for a moment, and gently put a finger on a city on the map.

"This is Guibei county?" Zhuge Yan frowned at the small town on the map. He knew that there must be a purpose for Lu Kuo to point at the town.

"At the end of the Dali period, natural disasters occurred frequently and people were in turmoil. The emperor's capital was captured by the rebels, and the empress burned himself in the palace. A group of loyal ministers and their seven year old princes could not escape. They established Nanli in the south of Ning'an river. During the heyday of the great Xuan period, Nanli was destroyed. However, at the end of the great Xuan period, the Nanli royal family regained the country again with their popularity here, It is said that Guibei county is the place where the army started. " Lin Qingyu looked at the map and said.

Duanmuye also added, "I've seen this in the book. It's said that Nanli Wang, who was restored to the state, was also a man of great talent. After Nanli was restored to the state, he changed the name of the place where he started his army to Guibei County, which means waiting for the opportunity to launch a northern expedition and resume the Dali Dynasty." Duanmu ye took a look at Zhuge Yan.

"The Nanli king was very unlucky. While the princes were fighting, he gathered more than 200000 troops for the northern expedition. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at Qingquan City, he met zhugelin and Bai paojun, who were ordered by the founding empress to March south. Zhugelin set up a big battle in Xinghu County, north of Qingquan city. Finally, only tens of thousands of Nanli troops fled back home, From then on, there is no desire to win

Duanmu Yeh looks at Zhuge Yan because Zhuge Lin is the ancestor of Zhuge Yan, one of the three great founders of the country, the first generation of assistant Duke of Da Qian, and Bai paojun is the ancestor of Bai Xuguang, the first generation of protector Duke of the country. Duanmuye feels funny when he thinks about it. The ancestors of Zhuge Yan and Bai Suoguang were both important ministers of the founding of the country. They fought together with the founding father. They were very close, but the two grandchildren seemed to be born in the wrong way. When they met, they either wanted to meet up or down, or they were sarcastic.

"Lu que, what's special about Guibei county? It's between Beining county and xuan'an county. Although it's the way to connect the two counties, it's still a long way from xuan'an county. " Zhuge Yan thought for a long time, but he didn't think of anything special here. As for what Lin Qingyu and Duanmu ye said, anyone who knows a little history will know.

As for duanmuye's direct address to his ancestors, he didn't care. His name was originally called by people. As a grandson of later generations, he couldn't call his ancestors' names directly, but duanmuye was not a member of Zhuge family. It doesn't matter. He can't call the early fu Guogong. It's so awkward.

"Although I've been to southern Xinjiang, I don't know much about Nanli either. My father told me that there is a fierce fire oil mine dozens of miles east of Guibei County, which produces a lot of oil." Lu que hesitated and said.

"Si ~" ZHUGE Yan, Duanmu ye and Lin Qingyu reacted at the same time. They could not help taking a breath at the same time. At the same time, they thought of a sentence in the book: "attack the city, burn it with fierce fire and oil, burn the building and sculls with fire, and fight with water, the fire is more and more blazing."

"Hard." Lin Qingyu suddenly felt some dry throat, stammered.

"Seal the city gate with huge stones, collect oil on the altar, throw the machine and fire the city." Lu took a deep breath and said.

"Xuanan Prefecture is a big city in Xinjiang, which is far from the south to the north. There are about 400000 resident people, plus more than 100000 leiying legions and foreign caravans, that is nearly 600000 people." Even Duanmu wild smell speech, also swallowed saliva.

Zhuge Yan shook his head and said, "it's more than 600000. There has been no war between Daqian and Nanli since the war of zhennanguan. It's more than ten years since now. Ten years ago, Nanli sent a mission to ask for trade, and then set up a border city in Northern Xinjiang. It's located in xuanan Prefecture. There are many merchants in Daqian, Nanli, Tianxing, and Shahai, Some time ago, in order to draw this map and consult information, if I remember correctly, the population of xuan'an Prefecture should be about 500000, plus the families of soldiers, it would be more than 700000. "

When Zhuge Yan finished, there was no sound in the big room. Lu que looked at the map and thought about his mind. Zhuge Yan, Duanmu ye and Lin Qingyu were not interested in talking. Although the two countries belonged to the enemy countries, they fought to annex the two countries in the south, but it took 700000 people's lives. When this strategy came out, it was all ashes in the fire. It was chilling to think about it.

And most of them are civilians, and they belong to the descendants of the qingmuyan people. They may even be of the same kind. It's just because of the change of dynasties. When they think of those people who may have never met before, they all tremble. They finally understood the meaning of what Lu que had just whispered.

The three men couldn't help asking themselves whether they could give such an order if they were in the position of commander-in-chief of the southern Xinjiang army, or even Yu Yuanpu, the king of Zhongyang, who is now in charge of the battle with Nanli. But the answer they got was that they would be frustrated. This is really a way to open the deadlock as soon as possible, but the killing is too much and it will hurt Tianhe.

"Lu que, is there really no other way? Why don't you close the four gates and persuade them to surrender? " Duanmuye tried to ask. Lu que put forward the strategy of the southern expedition, but all the details were completed by the Emperor himself, Princess Yu Chuqing, Duke Lu Chun and waige. That is to say, since I had expected such a thing to happen, now that I am in Zhongyang king of Southern Xinjiang, I will implement it according to the previous plan, and xuanan Prefecture is about to turn into a sea of fire.

"After the stone closes the door, I should try to persuade him to surrender, but everything depends on Lei Yingzhan's decision. I'll see you in ten days." Lu said, some impatient to sweep the red and blue chessmen on the map to the ground.

Although Lu que hasn't met the Lei Ying army commander, he thinks he won't come down with some information, so the fate of xuan'an seems to be doomed.

"I'm a little tired. Tomorrow Fengxiang army will leave Beijing secretly. I'm going to see off aunt Gu, aunt Su, sister Qingcheng and sister Tianxiang. I'll go back to rest first." Lu que rubbed his forehead, dropped a word and turned to leave. It was a secret that Fengxiang army left Beijing, but he believed that several people would not say it.

"Fengxiang army finally moved." Duanmuye and Lin Qingyu look at each other, and there is a flash of light in their eyes. Zhuge Yan has already got the news from his family. After all, his younger sister-in-law Zhuge Ya is also in the Fengxiang army, and is on the March. He will send them tomorrow.