The Liaoyang City Military Conference Hall was at this time protected by elite troops from the four units of the Yulin Guard, Jinwu Guard, Gendarmerie Department, and Marshal Guard. They were completely isolated and alert within a radius of 100 steps.

At this time, in the middle of the military conference hall was a huge sand table worth dozens of square meters. This sand table was only one of the eighteen large sand tables of the General Staff Headquarters. If the 18 large sand tables owned by the General Staff Headquarters were pieced together, it would be a complete map of the mountains and rivers of East Asia. In addition to these eighteen large sand tables, the General Staff Headquarters also has many sand tables of different scales.[]

As a person from later generations, although Chen Kefu learned military strategy with many generals such as Li Benlei, in fact, he was still very unaccustomed to looking at maps of ancient people. The sand table is clear at a glance, the terrain, mountains, rivers, and passes, and it is very suitable for deduction in advance and making combat plans. In ancient times, some people had made sand tables, some used rice and some used sand. It is said that the earliest one was Qin Shihuang, but those were just the most primitive versions of sand tables.

The one Chen Kefu asked someone to make was a precision version. This was a confidential map album compiled by the Secret Service Department for two years, and took countless people to collect various bookcases and materials, and sent many people to summarize and compile them by surveying and mapping. Finally, according to different needs, sand tables of different sizes and proportions were formulated. Since this thing was made, these generals from Liaodong have put on paper to talk about war and sand table deduction.

At this time, the huge sand table placed in the military conference hall was not on the mountainous land of Liaodong or the mountain map of the Central Plains. Instead, it was a grassland sand table.

When Qin Qiong and the young generals left Liaodong, the sand table had not been made yet. At this time, looking at the extremely sophisticated sand table, which was clearly visible to everyone, everyone was amazed. They were all commanders and naturally understood what a good map represents.

Especially on this sand table, the content is extremely detailed and precise, with all mountains, rivers, lakes and plains.

Cheng Yaojin looked at the sand table at this time, not only were there signs of grasslands, lakes, mountains and rivers, but also had small flags of different faces in different places.

"Master, the blue ones are Turkic, the green ones are Khitan, the yellow ones are Xi, the purple ones are Tiel, then the red ones are us?"

Chen Kefu smiled, "Yes, I see it very accurately. Each flag on it represents ten thousand people from a force. Each tent represents a thousand people. The red silk thread on it is our action. The blue silk thread indicates the possible counterattack of the Turks."

"We want to fight the Turks? Grand Marshal, what you are talking about today is to fight the Turks?" Qin Qiong said in surprise.

"Yes, our big move is to fight the Turks. You have just returned from the Central Plains and may not understand some of the information. Let our Chief of Staff General Li Benlei briefly explain the current situation to us." Chen Kefu said.

Li Benlei nodded, took a baton, and pointed out on the sand table, "First of all, according to our information, Yang Guang had merged the original Liao army from the north and south, leaving only 150,000 troops, all stationed in Linyu at the Great Wall Pass, with General Li Jing as the head commander. The remaining 100,000 troops were brought to Zhuo County by generals such as Xue Shixiong, Fan Zigai, Yu Juluo, Tu Wanxu, and Dong Chun. In addition, more than a month ago, Yang Guang had already brought Luoyang civil and military officials and imperial palace concubines to Hedong under the escort of the 150,000 imperial guards."

"What is Yang Guang doing?" Qin Qiong asked.

Chen Kefu pointed to the blue flag on the grassland and said, "Yang Guang's strategy is to first conquer the Turks, join forces with the Western Turks, Tiel, and Kumoxi to attack the Turks. After defeating the Turks, Yang Guang will gather his army and strive to conquer Liaodong with all his strength. If Yang Guang defeated the Turks, he will no longer have to be blocked by us from the Great Wall. He can enter Liaodong from the grassland. At that time, Yang Guang's army may appear in any of the three prefectures of Yanzhou, Liaozhou, and even Weizhou. If Yang Guang enters from the north, he can completely avoid our current Yanzhou Great Wall defense line and our strongest Liaozhou Liaohe defense line. From the top of the Liaohe defense line to the north, cross the defense line and enter the hinterland of Liaodong."

"Yang Guang is indeed very calculating. He knew that he would not be able to bite us for a while, so he thought about another way. General, now that Yang Guang's troops are attacking the Turks, why do we still have to fight against the Turks? Once the Turks are destroyed, won't we stop Yang Guang anymore?" Qin Qiong said suspiciously.

Li Benlei held the command stick and pointed at the sand table. "At present, Yang Guang is secretly recruiting troops everywhere in Hedong, preparing to attack the Turks with the three allies at the same time and directly attack the Turkic tent after the preparations with the four families. Of course, the enemy's enemy is our friend. Therefore, we have successfully reached an alliance with the Turkic Shibi Khan and agreed to jointly deal with Yang Guang. Now Shibi Khan has obtained our information. He has secretly moved south first, preparing to kill Yang Guang before Yang Guang's troops gather. The mantis stalks the cicada, and the oriole is behind, and we are the oriole behind."

"That's right." Chen Kefu walked to the front of the sand table and pointed at the edge of the grassland and said, "Now, Shibi's men have arrived in Dingxiang, and although Yang Guang's men gathered everywhere in Hedong, in order to keep it secret, there has not been a final assembly, and they are still gathered in various counties and counties in the unit of the prefecture. Therefore, this is a battle between the two tigers, and Yang Guang and the Turks must have a great defeat this time. According to our arrangements and calculations, the result of our prediction is that Yang Guang will suffer a big loss in Shibi's hands. Shibi may have a big victory."

"Of course, our alliance with Shibi is just a cover, and we must not let Shibi win in the end. Therefore, the discussion between me, the General Headquarters and the Generals was that as Shibi Khan went south, our Liaodong army immediately entered the grassland."

"Entering the grassland west?"

"That's right, in order to keep the whereabouts secret, we won't have too many soldiers this time. Outside the Great Wall Pass of Yanzhou, we are defending by the West Camp. In name, our commander is the marshal of the marshal. In fact, Li Jing is the head commander, Lu Shishen and Mao Yi are the deputy commander, leading 70,000 combat soldiers and 30,000 auxiliary soldiers to guard the Great Wall Pass closely, and the imperial troops will never have the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity." Although the number of people is smaller, 70,000 of them are the essence of the Liaodong army, so Chen Kefu believes that they can defend it.

"In addition to the West Camp, we will secretly form a joint cavalry unit. This cavalry unit will be composed of 10,000 Khitan cavalry, 10,000 Dahe cavalry, 10,000 Miche cavalry, 10,000 Silla cavalry, 30,000 Liaodong cavalry, and a total of 70,000 people. At present, all our 70,000 troops have been secretly assembled in Fuyu City. In order to ensure rapid maneuvering, all cavalry will be one person and two horses, and will be equipped with crossbow machines. In order to prevent being discovered by Yang Guang and Shibi Khan's spies, the generals who will command the troops this time will be the main ones who have just returned."

"At that time, I will be the commander, General Wang Rengong, General Luo Zhong, General Yu Qinming, Prince Abaoku of Khitan, Mo Yun, Prince Silla Jin Shengman, Prince Ajige of the Ming Dynasty, Prince Ajige of seven as deputy commanders, Gao Shilian as marching Sima, and Wei Zheng as chief of the march. Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong as vanguard, Cheng Yaojin, Luo Shixin, Yuchi Ren, Zhang Jin, Li Chengyi, Luo Lin, Liu Tiezhu, and Zhang He as generals of the march. Tomorrow, we will rush to Fuyu City, then secretly march through the Khitan, and when Yang Guang and Shibi Khan fight, we will raid the Turkic nest from behind."

Chen Kefu thought about this plan for a long time, and he could not wait for Yang Guang to pacify the Turks first and then Liaodong. If that were the case, the final result would be that Liaodong and Yang Guang both suffered losses, and they were finally rebelled by the Central Plains Peasant Army or the noble family. Not to mention the worst result, Liaodong may not be able to stop Yang Guang's attack at all and were finally slapped. No matter which result, this was not what he wanted.

That's why he took the initiative to find Shibi, first let Shibi hurt Yang Guang severely, and finally killed Yang Guang. Then Chen Kefu attacked Shibi Khan from behind. As long as this plan is successful, Yang Guang and Shibi Khan will be severely damaged and their strength will be greatly damaged. Thus, the power of the three parties will be balanced again and reached a temporary balance.

If the result is better, Yang Guang and Shibi will fight too hard, and both sides will lose all their elite forces and their strength will drop greatly. Then it is possible, but Liaodong is the strongest in a short period of time. Maybe he can just seize the opportunity and make a big splash. Instead, he can kill one or two, or even attack the pass within the pass and move westward to the Central Plains. However, the probability is that it is small, and Chen Kefu will not make the predictions he wants.

But for him at this stage, destroying Yang Guang's plan is the most important thing. If he can weaken the strength of the court and the Turkic families at once, it will inevitably make Liaodong more capable of ensuring its own strength in the future, and then Xuntuyong to draw the Central Plains.

The combination of weak and strong, the division and attack were divided and combined, which was the border strategy of the Sui Dynasty for many years. Now, it is also suitable for Chen Kefu.

This battle is a strategic operation, not for the gains and losses of a city and a pool, but for the guidance of the future general trend of the world. For the Khitan tribes who rely on Chen Kefu, they were already tied with Chen Kefu and could not get off the pirate ship. This time, Chen Kefu plotted to attack the Turks, and most of the troops used were from the three tribes, and the captured items they fought were all included in each tribe. Chen Kefu would also use a large amount of food to alleviate the snow disasters encountered by all tribes last year. Chen Kefu was trying to plan for the world, but they were just for wealth, money and food, and survived in the cracks.

Qin Qiong and the thirty generals who had just returned did not hesitate at all. They could become commanders and personally conquer the grasslands. This time, 70,000 cavalry was launched, but there were eight marshals, while there were only eight marshals in the marching generals. No matter how they divided them, even if they only ruled the troops of Liaodong, that person would have 5,000 troops, which was a rare opportunity.

"The last generals and others are obeying the orders of the Grand Marshal. Wherever the generals are, the iron hooves are placed!" The generals roared repeatedly, and their voices were as if they were shocked!
Chapter completed!