Youzhou Governor's Mansion.

Ji Chuan was full of dust. He rushed back from Hengshan County to participate in this military discussion.

Dou Jiande is coming in a fierce manner, and Hengshan County and Zhuo County may be Dou Jiande's main attack direction. Of course, Ji Chuan's opinions are crucial.

In the lobby, everyone sat in separate seats, and Ji Chuan said, "Our army and Dou Jiande competed for Hebei in autumn, and there were three victories and three benefits."

"What are the three victories?" Li Chongjiu asked.

"The land is better, the cavalry will win, and the autumn will win." Everyone nodded after hearing this. Ji Chuan said that it was the advantage of Li Chongjiu. Li Chongjiu had Yan Yun in his hands, and this was the advantage of the territory. Youzhou had grassland cavalry to help him, but Dou Jiande had a shortage of cavalry. This was the victory of cavalry. In the final battle in the autumn, the horses were fat and strong. Moreover, there was no heavy rain in autumn and the land was drought, which was conducive to the cavalry galloping.

Everyone is familiar with this.

"What are the three benefits?"

Ji Chuan glanced at everyone and said, "Three benefits are: early war is beneficial to late war, decisive war is beneficial to protracted war, and late war is beneficial to preemptive war."

When Ji Chuan said this, everyone couldn't help but wonder.

Wen Yanbo asked, "Dr. Ji, Bufan will explain it clearly. I think everyone is confused."

Ji Chuan nodded and said, "The first two benefits are compared with the general trend of the world. Li Tang is now one in three parts of the world. Before the entire Hebei region is occupied, you cannot compete. If our army and Dou Jiande fight, it will be in a protracted war, and both sides will suffer losses, and in the end, they will only benefit Li Tang's fisherman."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "This is a true meaning of my heart." The ministers suddenly realized that Ji Chuan was really a golden and jade word.

"What's the advantage of taking the initiative to take the initiative?"

Ji Chuan said, "Dou Jiande has many soldiers and generals. The situation is far better than our army, and our army is weak. It is unrealistic to take the initiative to attack. Only by luring him to attack first, our army will take action. You can defend according to Yan Yun's danger, and our army will harass him with light cavalry to cut off his food route. Although Dou Jiande's army has a large force, if the esophagus is intercepted, the 100,000 troops will be all local chickens and tiles, and you can win in one battle."

After Ji Chuan finished speaking, Xue Wanche, Wang Mahan and other generals all started to speak together and said, "Dr. Ji is very right."

Wang Gui, the military officer of the Records Office, said, "Now Dou Jiande is in Boling, Hejian, Bohai County, bordering our three armies in Hengshan County, Shanggu County and Zhuo County. Dou Jiande's 100,000 troops are important, and our tens of thousands of troops are deployed in several counties. Dou Jiande is now equivalent to clenching his five fingers and attacking me with one finger."

After Wang Gui finished speaking, a general here hurriedly came to the hall and reported to Li Chongjiu: "Report to Duke Shanggu, the military information in front of him, Dou Jiande stationed a large army in Gaoyang. He also transferred Hebei grain and grass to station here. Now the military food is being transported continuously."

Hearing the general's report, Wang Gui said, "Dou Jiande was very steady in using his troops. He did not advance rashly. This was obviously a steadily plan."

Xue Wanche said on the side, "From the map, Gaoyang is used as a place to stock up on grains. Whether it is Hengshan, Shanggu, Zhuo County is under Dou Jiande's army. Moreover, since then, the grain route is not far away when the troops are used to the three counties."

"Dou Jiande is not a person who is unscheming. He also knows that 100,000 troops are on the battlefield, and the food supply is critical, so he must be a heavy army to deploy defense."

"Since ancient times, the weak defeated the strong, and the fire attack, defended against the enemy's food route. Dou Jiande was not Yuan Benchu, and it was difficult to fight again in Guandu."

Everyone was talking.

But everyone also knew that Ji Chuan's plan to lure the enemy deeper was unlikely to succeed.

Ji Chuan said, "Dou Jiande's main attack direction is unsure. Now our army has limited troops and I don't know where to invest in the decisive battle."

Now Li Chongjiu's army is being transferred from all sides to Jixian County and gathered, but the problem is that Dou Jiande has stored troops in Gaoyang, and the three counties of Youzhou are all under his troops. Now Dou Jiande is still storing water to build a dam, garrisoning the main force in Gaoyang, preparing for a thunder strike. If Li Chongjiu wants to defeat Dou Jiande, he must intercept his main force to face the head-on battle.

"Which county is the closest to Gaoyang?" Li Chongjiu asked.

"Reported to Shanggu Duke, it is Suicheng County of Shanggu County."

Suicheng County, Shanggu County.

Above the city wall, the soldiers patrolled back and forth with torches in their hands.

"See the county magistrate!"

In the dark night, a man with three long beards walked up to the city wall, and the soldiers saluted one after another.

The county magistrate nodded and continued to walk, patrolling everywhere.

The Lord Bo behind him went up and said, "Ming Gong, what is the effective training for the 300 newly recruited soldiers in the county magistrate Liu? Look at the morale of the soldiers is very high."

The county magistrate nodded, but there was a serious worry on his face.

At the beginning, the war in Shanggu County was less than half of the population. After Li Chongjiu occupied Shanggu County, he abolished the number of households in Suicheng County and merged it into Yi County. Until last year, the situation in Shanggu County improved and the six counties in Shanggu were restored again. He was appointed as the county magistrate of Suicheng County and governed these two thousand small counties.

However, less than a year after he took office, news of Dou Jiande's invasion came. Suicheng County is a border county. There are less than 200 constables, archers, and rural soldiers in the city. Even if the temporary recruitment of 300 people is added, how useful is it in such a battle of strife? I can only pray that Dou Jiande will not come to attack Suicheng.

"See Mingfu."

While speaking, a general wearing leather armor came forward to worship.

The other party trained the village soldiers for him, and the county lieutenant of the county. Zhao County was a little capable. He was a leader in Yi County for more than 30 years and had captured hundreds of thieves.

When he saw the other party, the county magistrate felt relieved and said, "Is there any movement in the south?"

Zhao County Wei said in a deep voice: "Reporting to the county magistrate, I said bluntly that the news was wrong these days. I had hired two horse vendors who traveled south to inquire about the news, but in the past five or six days, no one of them has heard their response."

The county magistrate's face changed slightly and he asked, "Did they be caught in the wrong hands?"

Zhao County Wei smiled and said, "Mingfu is too worried. How could they be arrested if they are so smart? Besides, I just asked them to bring messages and did not do anything else."

"Then why do you think he has no news?"

Zhao County Wei frowned and said, "The only possibility is that the origin of the south has been blocked. Therefore, since Dou Jiande started his army, there have been only business trips going south, and no return to the north."

Seeing that the county magistrate was bloodless, Zhao County Wei said, "The Ming Dynasty does not have to worry. It is normal for any war or blocking news. Dou Jiande may not come to attack us. If he really attacks with all his strength, he will not be able to escape. We can't defend it anyway, so there is nothing to worry about."

The county magistrate sighed and said, "You are so gentle. As the county's parents, I am responsible for guarding the territory. If things come to an end... Alas, it's up to fate to say these things. Fortunately, my wife and children are all in my hometown and have not followed me to take up their posts."

The next day, the county magistrate did not sleep all night and was about to join the city tower. At this moment, the soldiers came to report: "Ming Mansion, enemy troops appear outside the city!"

The county magistrate was shocked and ran outside the city to see him, but saw Zhao County Wei stopping above the city.

"Why is Dou Jiande here in person?"

Zhao County Wei thought to himself that the county magistrate was afraid of being confused, so why would Dou Jiande come to attack this small city in person? Zhao County Wei pointed to the flying flag of the flying 'Chen' outside the city and said, "Mingfu is not Dou Jiande, but a general named Chen."

Just as the county magistrate was speaking, a general in front of the Xia army came to the city and said, "I am Chen Hui, the vanguard general of the Xia army, who has set the way for my emperor's 200,000 troops. If you don't surrender quickly, otherwise you will not be able to leave any chickens and dogs after the city is broken."

The county magistrate suddenly changed his color and said, "Even the pioneer general, our small town can't resist it."

Zhao County Wei sneered and said, "I heard that the vanguard of the Xia army was Gao Shixing. This little unknown person with the surname Chen dared to impersonate his name. He must have come to cheat me."

"Slowly, we only have 500 rural soldiers. Even the vanguard of the Xia army, how can we resist?" The county magistrate couldn't help but go up and down.

Zhao County Wei Yan said: "Don't worry, Mingfu is that we have the advantage of defending the city. I predict that the front of Suicheng is definitely not where Dou Jiande is, otherwise there would not be such a few troops."

The county magistrate sighed relieved and said, "Well, I'll leave everything to you. I'll go back to the county government."

"promise."

After the county magistrate left, Zhao County Wei said, "Ring the drum! If the enemy approaches, shoot arrows!"

Youzhou Governor's Mansion.

Li Chongjiu, Ji Chuan, Wang Gui, and Wen Yanbo are discussing matters.

At this time, a general came into the inner world and said, "Reportedly, Xia soldiers appeared at the same time in Shanggu County, Hengshan County, and Zhuo County, attacked the city. Liu Shu and the county magistrate of Jiumen County, Hengshan County, surrendered the Xia army."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. It was nothing to lose Jiumen County. The main forces of Li Chong's Jiufu Army gathered in the hinterland, and the township soldiers stationed in the border counties were all township soldiers. They wanted to have low and old county towns and township soldiers with no training to resist Dou Jiande's elite soldiers. This was a dream.

Li Chongjiu would not fight for a city or a place when using troops, but the problem is that now we must clarify the direction of Dou Jiande's main attack and then seek a decisive battle. If Dou Jiande's main force has not yet been dispatched and the surrounding counties fall one after another, it would be too embarrassing.

Wen Yanbo heard the words and said, "Dou Jiande did not have such abundant troops, but he actually attacked Shanggu, Hengshan and Zhuojun at the same time."

Wang Gui said, "I think it was Dou Jiande's plan to doubt the military. Among the three routes, there must be one route, which is the main attack direction of the Xia army. From the perspective of humble positions, Shanggu County is the most important among the three counties. If Dou Jiande conquered Shanggu County, then the connection between our Zhuo County and Hengshan and Taiyuan County will be cut off."

"No, Hengshan County has the danger of Taihang, but it is the roof of the ridge of the Youbian. If you take it, you can go west to Taiyuan, and Dou Jiande is likely to go here." Ji Chuan opposed.

"Then why wouldn't Dou Jiande directly attack Zhuo County and fight to the main force of our army?" Wen Yanbo asked.

"It's very difficult, because Hengshan County is on the side. If Dou Jiande's main force advances north, our army can advance east from Hengshan County at any time to harass Dou Jiande's grain road. If Dou Jiande's main force attacks Zhuo County, then it's a bad move."
Chapter completed!