In the Henan government office, Wang Xiaolie sat on a chair and looked at the map hanging on the wall. A pot of tea next to him was already cold.

Wang Ruohai came in and said, "Niu Gao came to report that Liu Lin arrived in Zhongmu County, and his vanguard Li Cheng arrived in Baisha Town and suddenly stopped moving. They estimated that Liu Lin should have received the news of the defeat of the Jin army on Hedong Road and did not dare to move forward."

Wang Xiaolei said: "Normal, Liu Lin is not so brave yet, and he dares to attack without the Jin army. What should Niu Gao do?"

Wang Ruohai said: "The result of their discussion was that Jie Linong's right army attacked Zhongmu first, and Liu Lin was solved first. Then Cao Zhiyan went out of Zhengzhou and attacked Li Cheng's troops together with Jie Linong. Liu Lin had a total of 30,000 troops, and 10,000 were the vanguards. There should be about 20,000 people in Zhongmu County."

Wang Xiaoli thought for a while and said, "Since that is the case, tell Niu Gao that when attacking Zhongmu, we should not pursue complete annihilation, but block the way to retreat to Kaifeng Prefecture, so that Liu Lin and Li Cheng can join forces. If they join forces, it will be easier for Cao Zhiyan and Jie Linong to attack each other."

Wang Ruohai said yes.

Wang Xiaoli stood up and walked back and forth a few steps. He turned around and said, "The plan we made before the war may be too simple. The Jin army was obviously much more cautious when the victory of Shenshan County. Not only did Liu Lin on the Eastern Front stop and refused to move his troops after Balisu on the Western Front arrived in Shanzhou. Zheng Jianchong arrived at Tongguan and was very close to Shanzhou. Logically speaking, Balisu should have advanced eastward at this time, and Zheng Jianchong was covered by him on the back. If he did not move in Shanzhou, his behavior would be elusive."

Wang Ruohai said: "It should be waiting for Zheng Jianchong in Shanzhou, and even waiting for a discount."

Wang Xiaoli shook his head: "It's going to be April, and the weather is getting hotter soon. How can I wait for the Balisu speed? The movements of the Jin army are likely to be unexpected. What I am worried about now is that they will shoot with a fake shot and stop evacuating their troops."

Wang Ruohai smiled and said, "Jings General is too worried. How could the Jin army be so useless? Tens of thousands of troops came, just a fake shot."

Wang Xiaoliu said: "As long as we can't block Lisu without leaving Shanzhou, we will not be able to block him, and this battle will be difficult to fight. When Wu Shu entered Shaanxi, he was blocked in Mianchi once. Before, Basu might not care about it, and it was very aggressive. When the Jin army on Hedong Road failed, he became cautious."

After saying that, Wang Xiaoli turned around and looked at the map. He said, "I am worried that the most important battle on the Western Road will not be so easy to fight. If the Jin army becomes cautious, it will be difficult to block them in the mountains. There are no fools in the world. Our arrangements in the Mianchi area are too obvious. How could the Jin army dive in one head?"

Wang Ruohai stepped forward and looked at the map on the wall together.

After a while, Wang Ruohai said: "Jie Shuai thought how should we arrange it?"

Wang Xiaoliu said: "I think the battlefield of the battle on the Western Front may not be able to be defeated if it is chosen in Mianchi. - Liu Lin from the Eastern Front stopped in Zhongmu, and the cavalry was not very useful. Immediately ordered the cavalry regiment to move the entire army to Xin'an for the Western Front. Near the surrounding Luoyang, all mules and horses were collected and the Central Army was used for cannons. Also, let Li Yanxian return to Luoyang for a few days, let us discuss this battle. This battle will require a different style of fighting."

Wang Ruohai said yes, and went to make arrangements urgently.

Wang Xiaolie sat down again, looked at the map on the wall, and kept thinking.

On the morning of the third day, Li Yanxian rushed back to Luoyang and went directly to the Henan Prefecture.

Seeing Li Yanxian coming back, Wang Xiaolei said: "The war is urgent now, so you can work harder and be unprepared for drinking to entertain you."

Li Yanxian said: "Wine can be drunk at any time, of course, the war is important. Jishuai asked me to come back, but I don't know what's important?"

Wang Xiaoli stood up and stood in front of the map. Looking at the map, he said, "Hedong Jiang Min won a great victory and wiped out the three thousand Jin troops in one battle. The news came, and the Jin army and Liu Lin were cautious. Liu Lin stayed in Zhongmu in the east, as if he was watching. The western front was dormant in Shanzhou, as if he was waiting for the other two armies. In this way, our previous plan would not work. Niu Gao decided to take the initiative to attack Zhongmu. After occupying Zhongmu, he joined forces with Cao Zhiyan to encircle Baisha. I think the arrangement of the western front must also be changed."

Li Yanxian stepped forward and looked at the map and said, "Ba Lisuo came east, you can't always be in Shanzhou, you will definitely advance east. It's just waiting for the other two armies to come, leaving enough people to defend Shanzhou, so that we can't cut off our retreat."

Wang Xiaolei said: "Not only that, he will be very cautious when coming from the east. As soon as we leave Lushi County, the entire army will probably go back. In the Mianchi area, our original plan was to hold our position and take the initiative to attack after Shao Ling occupied Shanzhou. If Balisu runs too fast, he will not be able to catch up. If Balisu runs, why are we setting up such a big battle on the Western Front? On the Western Front, we must aim to annihilate most of Balisu."

Li Yanxian said: "Jie Shuai said that it is not difficult to retreat and pull out speed, but the difficult thing is to annihilate him."

Wang Xiaolei said: "Yes, since Jingkang, the main force of the Jin army has not suffered any losses for several years, and the battle is getting stronger and stronger. How can this be done? In the future, we should not care about the gains and losses of a city and a place for the sake of annihilation of the enemy."

After saying that, he pointed to the map and said, "It seems difficult to surround Mianchi and annihilate Balisu. It is meaningless to defeat him. In this case, we must take the initiative to attack and find an opportunity to annihilate the enemy. What I mean is that you lead the central army of Xin'an County to take the initiative to attack Shanzhou, and Shao Ling attacks Guozhou from the Lu family. As long as the speed of capturing Guozhou is fast enough, Balisu can be blocked in the area of ​​Shanzhou and gather and annihilate it!"

Li Yanxian looked at the map and said after a while: "Shanzhou is the gateway, and it is not that easy to surround Balisu."

Wang Xiaoli said: "Yes, we can block the east and west, but there is no way to go to the north. So in this battle, you have to deal with Balisu, and Shao Ling will block the retreat of the Jin army. After your army advanced west to Shanzhou, Shao Ling immediately left the Lu family and besieged Guozhou with one force. Most of the troops crossed the river from Lingbao and occupied Jiezhou north. In this way, although our troops were dispersed, they blocked Balisu's retreat."

Li Yanxian nodded and looked at the map carefully. After a while, he said, "Zhe Keqiu has just arrived in Xizhou, so he can ignore it for the time being. I have more than 30,000 troops to attack Balisu with more than 20,000 troops, so there is no problem. Shao Ling has less than 30,000 people. He wants to attack Guozhou, and deal with Zheng Jianchong with more than 20,000 people, and block Balisu. The task is too heavy. Once an accident occurs, no one will support him. It is really too risky."

"Zheng Jianchong--" Wang Xiaoli silently recited the name and walked around in front of the map.

Before surrendering to the Jin Dynasty, Zheng Jianchong was the commander of the Song army, and was the chief military commander of Fuyan Road and the commander of Yan'an Prefecture. Lou Su surrendered to the Jin Dynasty after attacking Shaanxi. To be honest, this was a pretty good official. He did not flatter his superiors, did not treat his subordinates rudely, and was lenient and simple in his administration. All the people of the army were able to do so. As a general, the army also had combat effectiveness.

This is how many officials in Shaanxi were demoted. The Song army was a minister of the Song Dynasty at that time. When the Jin people came, they surrendered to the Jin Dynasty. They have been officials in Shaanxi and led the Shaanxi army. Many of them have good abilities and are much better than those in Liu Yu's side.
Chapter completed!