Chapter 68: Comprehensive layout

Han Qing stared at the map with his eyes tightly, thinking carefully, and after a long time, he said: "Zhao Xin mobilized his troops north and south on such a large scale, and fought must be the intention of starting a full war. From the map, there are not many places that can provide the enemy's breakthrough. Gongqi in the north is a kind of Gongqi, then breaking Fan County, going south to invade Qi County, Guangqi, and even heading straight to Peicheng. However, both Gongqi and Fan County are a little far away from us. Our actions cannot be as fast as Zhao Xin. Only now can we send troops to defend Qi County to block the enemy's pace of going south."

Speaking of this, Han Qing turned his attention to the commander of Chen Jun Xie Xun and said, "General Xie, you will lead the headquarters to 50,000 troops to guard Qi County. Remember, there is no need to go out of the city to fight the enemy. Just guard the city carefully and don't let the enemy break through Qi County."

"Here!" Xie Xun replied.

"The second breakthrough point is Zhuqiu. Zhuqiu is located in the south of Fengxian County. Once Zhuqiu is lost, Fengxian will face attacks on both sides. He ordered the troops of Yue Fei of Fengxian to order him to divide a group of troops to guard Zhuqiu." Han Qing continued.

"Marson, there are 130,000 enemy troops stationed outside Fengxian. If the part of Yue Fei was ordered to send some troops to guard Zhuqiu, Fengxian would be in danger." Kuai Li said that Yue Fei had 100,000 troops to guard Fengxian, and there was no problem with blocking Zhou Shen's 100,000 troops. If a group of troops were mobilized to go south to Zhuqiu, then Fengxian's troops would be greatly reduced, which would be very unfavorable to Fengxian's defense.

Han Qing said confidently: "It's okay, Fengxian can barely be considered a strong city. With the strength of Yue Fei's troops, as long as he doesn't leave the city to fight, 50,000 people are enough. Besides, after Zhao Xin transferred troops on a large scale, his main camp will definitely be insufficient. I believe he will draw some of the troops back."

Kuai Li analyzed and felt that Han Qing’s statement made sense, so he let go of his worries.

"Zhao Xin's third breakthrough point should be Lu County. Lu County is the weakest place in our army. Once it is broken through by the enemy, the entire Lu County and even Taishan County will fall into crisis, directly threatening the hinterland of the Daqi and Chu State. He quickly sent people to Peicheng to seek the meeting with the King of Chu, and asked the King of Chu to order the Chu army of Lu County to defend them strictly, especially Qufu and Zuo County. As long as these two places are defended, the enemy will find it difficult to attack Lu County. At the same time, General Yu Zilong and General Zhao Wen will lead 30,000 troops north to Lu County and integrate the Chu army in Lu County to garrison Lu County."

"Here."

"Zhao Xin's fourth breakthrough point is also the most difficult point to defend, that is Liang County." Han Qing pointed to Liang County and said: "Liang County borders Pei County and Chen County. The enemy can go out of Dang County to attack Xiang County, cut off the north-south connection between Pei County, eat the southern part of Pei County, and attack Chen County Zhe County and Wuping, which is difficult to defend." This is also the place that Han Qing was most worried about. Fortunately, Xiang County can be sent to garrison in a short period of time, but the Zhe County and Wuping in Chen County are more troublesome. It is far away from Pei City, and there are not many troops in Chen State, so it is difficult to defend.

"Then Marshal, how should we defend?" Xie Xun, commander of Chen Jun, asked quickly. For him, the winner and loss of the Central Plains War is no longer important at this moment. If Chen County is gone, Chen State will be almost over. He was anxious when he heard that Zhao Xin might send troops to attack Chen County.

"General Xie doesn't need to worry. Chen County is too far away from here. The only way now is to send people to Peicheng to see all the kings and ask King Chen to gather the remaining troops in Chen State to guard Zhe County and Wuping. Of course, I also know that the troops in Chen State are not enough to defend so many places, but don't forget that Yingchuan is west of Chen County, and Yingchuan is now the land of Deng State, and there are at least tens of thousands of troops in Deng State. As long as King Deng returns to his country with a letter and sends troops in Deng State into Chen County, Chen County will be as stable as Mount Tai. Also, Xiang Wei will lead 30,000 troops south to Xiang County." Han Qing said lightly.

Xie Xun then breathed a sigh of relief. If Deng State could send troops, then Chen County would not be very dangerous.

After the arrangement, Han Qing took a deep breath and said, "Everyone will go down and integrate the army immediately. We must arrive at various places to defend before the arrival of the middle of October."

"Here!" the generals responded.

In Fengxian, the scouts could not find the traces of the Western Army for several days, which made Yue Fei very puzzled whether this was Zhou Shenbu's suspicious plan or other plans.

"Report to the general, Marshal Han has a military order." At this time, the minor officials in the army sent Han Qing's military order.

After Yue Fei took the book, he opened it and looked at it. His face suddenly became a little solemn, and he said, "Call the generals to discuss matters."

"Here!"

After the generals arrived, Yue Fei said, "Everyone, Marshal Han has an order to divide his troops into Zhuqiu to guard against the enemy's attack from Xiayi."

Everyone was silent for a while, and Pang Tong frowned and said, "General Yue, now 130,000 enemy troops outside the city are eyeing each other. Marshal Han also wants us to divide our troops to guard Zhuqiu. Isn't it a bit rash?"

Yue Fei nodded and said, "I think so too, but Marshal Han's considerations are reasonable. If our army does not divide its troops to defend Zhu Qiu, once the enemy attacks Zhu Qiu, it will form a north-south attack with Zhou Shen's troops outside the city. By then, Fengxian will be in danger."

"Why don't you know what General Yue's decision is?" asked another military advisor Cheng Yu.

Yue Fei said: "There is no other way now, so we can only divide the troops, but as far as our army is concerned, we can only divide 30,000 troops. If there are more, Fengxian will be in danger."

Everyone nodded. Thirty thousand soldiers were really the limit of Deng's army. If there were too many troops, Zhou Shen would definitely attack Fengxian. In this way, Deng's army would definitely suffer a lot, so this would not be consistent with Deng Sheng's policy of taking advantage of the troubled waters.

Yue Fei looked at the map and said, "Zhuqiu is located in the south of Fengxian County, not far from Fengxian and Xiangxian County. Moreover, I believe that Marshal Han will definitely send troops to guard Xiangxian County. With the support of Fengxian and Xiangxian County, it is not a big problem to guard Zhuqiu for 30,000 people. Xue Rengui, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun obey the order!"

"The last general is here!" Xue Rengui, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun responded.

"I ordered Xue Rengui as the main general, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun as the deputy general, and led 30,000 troops south to Zhuqiu and followed the camp." Yue Fei ordered.

"Here!" said the three of them.

While Han Qing and Yue Fei were both mobilizing troops and dispatching their troops, Deng Sheng, who was in Peicheng, also encountered difficulties. Just yesterday, Han Qing sent someone back and said that he wanted to invite troops from Deng to enter Chen County to guard against the Western Army from Liang County.

To be honest, Deng Sheng really doesn't want to mobilize troops north. His always thoughts are just to play soy sauce in the Central Plains. Now Yue Fei is facing Zhou Shen in Fengxian County. Although it is beyond his expectations, he is still in a confrontation and has not officially started a war. However, if the troops in the country are drawn, no matter what the losses of Deng's army will be, the logistics will be very tense.

"Is the king worried about mobilizing troops north?" Liu Bowen asked.

When Yue Fei went out to war, Deng Sheng generals Liu Bowen, Yao Guangxiao, Ma Chao and Li Cunxiao were in Peicheng to protect himself. He originally wanted to send Li Cunxiao out, but after thinking about it, he still kept Li Cunxiao. Li Cunxiao was his big weapon, so it would be better not to expose it easily. Besides, there were four generals who broke the 100-year-old force, plus Song Guang, Deng Qiang and others, there was no problem at all.

Deng Sheng nodded and said, "Yes, I originally planned to bring 100,000 troops to go through the motions, and I did not intend to increase my strength. Besides, although there are still some troops in the country, Da Deng is now in a large territory and there are many places that need to be stationed. It is really difficult to draw troops to go north. However, if we do not transfer troops to go north, it is probably difficult to explain to King Chu, King Qi, and King Chen. After all, we are still on the territory of others."

Liu Bowen smiled and said, "The king is worried too much. Han Qing meant that he was worried that the enemy would attack Chen County. Chen County was not inadequate, so he wanted to ask our army to dispatch troops to the north to assist in defense. In other words, whether the enemy came or not is the same. Besides, it is the place of Chen State, and the people of Chen State are more concerned than us. Once the fight starts, it is the Chen State who is rushing to the front. As long as the chief general of our army can act according to the opportunity, there will definitely be no casualties."

When Deng Sheng heard this, he suddenly realized, yes, he increased his troops north to Chenjun, but he would not fight, so why would he be the decision? Then, just let Chen Jun rush to the front.

Deng Sheng smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes, Liu Qing said this, I feel much more relieved. He ordered Wancheng to mobilize 30,000 troops to Yingchuan north and join the command of General Deng Ai of Yulin. After ordering Deng Ai to integrate his troops, he led 30,000 troops to Chen County. Everything was done according to the opportunity, and to protect his strength first. General Li Tianhu of the Cavalry went north to Yingchuan to garrison."
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