Given the importance of the plan, I also want to know Ling Tianfang, who is far away in Jinzhou, what he thinks about this plan, but since Jinzhou is mainly relying on him to take charge of the overall situation, I am worried that something unexpected will happen if he leaves Jinzhou. After thinking about it over and over again, I think that Ling Tianfang should stay in Jinzhou. At the same time, I also wrote a letter and the reasons for the formation of my thoughts. I ordered him to take it to the Ling Tianfang in Jinzhou. I asked him to think carefully and give it his opinion as soon as possible and repay me.

The military meeting before the war was held in the conference room of the city guard office as usual. In addition to officers above the deputy division commander of the army, the participants also invited Xiao Tang, Molun and Su Minshun to attend. Before the meeting, I had made necessary adjustments to the military personnel as needed, agreed to Cui Wenxiu's recommendation, and appointed the former commander of the first regiment of the Qingyang Second Security Division to be promoted to deputy division commander, and replaced the vacant after Kamapov was transferred; agreed to the recommendation of Liang Chongxin and Mulige, and appointed the former commander of the first regiment of the Qingyang First Police Division to be promoted to deputy division commander, and replaced the vacant after Muliwei was transferred.

Due to my change in position, I also changed my personal guards to guards, and the organization was expanded from a brigade to a gang, with Kang Jianguo as the captain of the Guards. The two formerly proud disciples of the Liuhemen, Yue Shan and Yuchi Bin, won my recognition due to their successful performance in the Jinzhou Battle. After I had a pleasant conversation with the two, they served as deputy captains and director of the logistics department respectively.

When the twelve people who attended the meeting entered the conference room, they were all attracted by the arrangement in the conference room. In addition to the large map arranged by Ling Tianteng at the last meeting, a large wooden platform was placed in the middle of the conference room, and a lifelike terrain reduction model was placed on the stage. The model was equipped with mountains, rivers, forests, flat grounds, hills, slopes, and roads, which were obviously a reduction model for a specific place. This was also inspired by the detailed map prepared by Ling Tianteng last time. Considering that if a three-dimensional model could be made according to the battlefield location, wouldn’t it be more intuitive to show the battlefield geographical environment? This would also be more conducive to the battlefield commander making a decision based on the characteristics of the terrain. So I asked the Battle Preparation Summer to find a few craftsmen to report the situation of my comprehensive intelligence personnel, and combined with the map, to vividly simulate the location where I chose to prepare for a decisive battle with Luo Beiren.

In fact, I was considering a battle with Luo Beiren two months ago. Since a battle with Luo Beiren is inevitable, we must plan early. So on the one hand, I asked the intelligence department to collect information from all aspects quickly, and on the other hand, I was also considering whether to engage in a field battle with Luo Beiren or use the solid city defense facilities of Qingyang Prefecture City for defense operations.

These two combat methods have their own advantages and disadvantages. Using city defense facilities for defense operations can avoid the enemy's advantageous armies - iron armored cavalry. The iron armored heavy cavalry of the Luobei people is most conducive to fighting in flat areas. Whether it is light infantry or heavy infantry, they will inevitably suffer great losses when facing large-scale iron armored cavalry impacts, and they will even be broken through the defense line and cause defeat. Although I successfully formed a heavy infantry division dominated by the Gaoyue tribe, the training time is still short, and whether I can resist the impact of the iron armored cavalry of the Luobei people remains to be tested by facts. Moreover, the enemy's military strength is far greater than that of my own side. Once I fail, the enemy's cavalry advantage will be fully utilized, and my side is even at risk of annihilation of the entire army.

If you choose field battle, you can determine the decisive battle location by your own side, and choose the war location at the border, which can avoid the damage to the local economy by the war. If you choose defensive operations, other places outside the city will inevitably be ravaged by the Luobei invading army, and the economy developed by you will suffer heavy losses after working hard, which is something I very unwilling to see. Moreover, the enemy is prepared this time and purchased a large number of siege weapons from foreign countries in advance. The Famini Empire was established as an infantryman. The country has advanced technology and developed industry. The siege weapons produced are of high quality and high price, and have excellent performance, which is a great threat to the defensive side. This will greatly increase the difficulty of defense on one side, and the price will be much higher.

However, there are many advantages to choosing defense operations. First, choose defense. You can make full use of solid city defense facilities, including various defensive weapons, which can greatly damage the attacking side. In the current tough battle, the general loss of offensive and defense forces is above 2:1. If the defense party has strong defense capabilities, the proportion will be higher. If the attacking party has advantageous siege facilities, the proportion will decrease.

In short, choosing field battles and urban defense warfare has their own advantages and disadvantages, which makes it difficult for me to choose. Although the Luobei people have the advantage of military strength and have purchased a large number of advanced siege equipment, the urban defense construction in Qingyang is no longer the day before yesterday. After more than a year of renewal, reinforcement and improvement, I dare not say it is indestructible, but it is probably not easy to capture it. Moreover, the strength of my army is not Wuxia Ameng, so if I choose defensive warfare, I am absolutely sure to repel Luobei people's attacks, but the economy and the losses of the army in Qingyang are definitely not a small number.

When choosing field battles, the first thing we faced was the newly formed heavy infantry division. If we could withstand the impact of the Luobei people's superior iron armored heavy cavalry, we would take the initiative. However, the advantage of the enemy cavalry is too obvious. Although there are not many heavy infantry, we can rely on the numerical advantage of light infantry to make up for it. Our cavalry is still a certain gap with the Luobei people in terms of quality and quantity. Therefore, even if we resist the impact of the opponent's cavalry, the outcome of the war is still unknown.

It was not until the intelligence department received a large amount of intelligence feedback that I gradually formed a vague idea in my mind. Although this idea is a bit risky, it also has a certain basis to give full play to our army's advantages and win by surprise. However, whether it is feasible or not needs to be argued at the meeting.

Just as everyone was speculating on the model on the case table, I signaled everyone to calm down and asked Moron to introduce the information he had collected recently in detail and briefly introduce the upcoming war. Finally, I turned my attention to the officers of the army, "In view of the importance of this battle, I hope everyone can express their opinions, speak freely, without any scruples, and without any constraints." Almost every meeting, I hope that my subordinates can fully utilize their respective subjective initiatives, consider issues from their own different perspectives, and present a situation where a hundred schools of thought contend. Only in this way can different opinions exist and find their shortcomings.

As soon as I finished speaking, everyone in the room began to think or discuss with the neighbors.

"Sir, I want to talk about my opinion first." Mulige was speaking, and I nodded and signaled him to continue, "I tend to fight in field with Luobei people in the field. There are three reasons. First, our army's heavy infantry has been trained and I believe it can withstand the test of heavy cavalry of any country. The Luobei people's Eastern Expedition Army has added a large number of new recruits, especially the infantry camp. The combat effectiveness will definitely decline. As long as we withstand the enemy's cavalry impact and our cavalry can break through their infantry defense line, we can win the initiative; second, intelligence shows that the enemy

We have purchased a large number of advanced attack equipment, and the number of infantry is huge. If we take defensive operations, we will definitely suffer a considerable loss. Third, if we take defensive operations, we can only passively use the defense facilities of the Fucheng City to defend, and we need to give up other areas outside the Fucheng City. This is also a major blow to our economic development and the prestige we have established among the people. I believe no one can ignore this." Mulige obviously said this after careful consideration, and at the same time, his words also showed strong confidence in the heavy infantry he had trained.

Mulige's words immediately won the support of his deputy Shangen, Xiao Tang and Su Minshun. Shangen was naturally the same as his commander, not to mention that he also had the same confidence in the heavy infantry division formed by his fellow tribesmen. Xiao Tang and Su Minshun had no idea about the military, but also knew that fighting in Qingyang would inevitably have a huge negative impact on the local economy, so he also agreed with Mulige's idea.

But not everyone here agreed with Mulige's idea. Kamapov also put forward his own opinion: "Sir, my subordinates do not agree with the leader of the Mulige Division. They believe that it should be better to use the strong city defense of the city to conduct defensive operations. The reasons are as follows: the enemy's strength is as high as 200,000, both cavalry and infantry have maintained an absolute advantage over our army. If we fight in the field, it will definitely be a hard battle. First of all, can our infantry resist the iron armored heavy cavalry of Luobei? The strength of Luobei people's heavy cavalry is obvious to all, and the main force used by our army for defense - heavy infantry, which has only 15,000 heavy infantry. It took less than a year for the army to be established. How can the strength be concluded easily? This is one of them. The number of cavalry in our army is only 30,000, heavy cavalry in the heavy cavalry, and the enemy's light infantry has 10,000, and there are 10,000 heavy infantry, almost

The personal opinion of our subordinates is very difficult to break through the enemy's defense four times. This is the second; once we fail in any aspect of offense and defense in field battles, the enemy will use the absolute advantage of troops to form an annihilation of us in one fell swoop. This is the third. If we take defensive operations, we can make full use of city defense facilities and weapons to greatly damage the enemy's vitality. Moreover, our troops have the experience of the last Qingyang defense battle, this war will be more handy, and the people in the city will also unite and support us. With our current strength, we should be able to defeat the invading enemy. As for the invasion of Luobei people, the invasion of Qingyang will bring great losses to the local economy of Qingyang, which is also helpless. The war is cruel and inevitably will bring losses of personnel and property. We can only try to minimize it."

As soon as Kamapov finished speaking, Su Minshun, who was somewhat excited, stood up: "Captain of the Kamapov Division, I remember someone told me that at the meeting celebrating the victory of the Qingyang Defense Battle two years ago, Lord Li publicly promised to the general public to do his best to protect the lives and property of the people of Qingyang. I believe you were there at that time, but now you are talking about the cruelty of war and the inevitable loss. What explanation does Lord Li's oath make? How can you face those ordinary people who have high hopes for our army and break the trust of the people. The result will be a loss of the people's hearts and the loss of the people. How can you talk about the great cause of a thousand years? Lord Li, do you think?"

Unexpectedly, Su Minshun finally pointed the finger at me and took the opportunity to force me to the army. Kamapov also seemed a little embarrassed. He did not expect that his military suggestions would be captured by Su Minshun, and he didn't know how to explain them. I also understood Su Minshun's feeling. He worked hard to develop Qingyang's economy to be decent, and now he has to give up completely. In addition to the construction of more than 20 rural towns in the Fucheng City, it may be destroyed. Luo Beiren suffered huge losses the year before, and this time he must retaliate. In this way, he may return to his appearance three years ago. This is something that a local official would not accept.

I ignored Su Minshun, but turned my attention to Liang Chongxin and Cui Wenxiu, Liang and Cui also talked about their respective views. Liang Chongxin was more inclined to Mulige's view, believing that the advantage of heavy infantry could be used to attract the enemy's main cavalry, and then use his own cavalry camera to break through the enemy's weak links; Cui Wenxiu agreed with Kamapov's view, believing that using solid city defense facilities for defense operations can effectively preserve strength and defeat the enemy is also very sure. The officers naturally divided into two factions, and started a fierce debate, and no one could convince anyone.

I listened carefully to the opinions of the two factions. In fact, it was similar to my ideas, each with its pros and cons. Finally, I stood up and signaled everyone to remain calm and walked to the terrain model of Taichung, "Everyone, who can see where this place is?"

Everyone calmed down, and everyone's attention returned to this terrain model. Xiao Tang observed it carefully for a long time, and finally asked in confusion: "Sir, this seems not the terrain in our Qingyang territory, right?"

The dreamer woke up, Mulige first reflected that he was from Yinchuan Prefecture and was familiar with the geographical conditions of the northwest region. "Sir, this seems to be the area of ​​the Spikepo on the Dongtengri Grassland. When I was young, I had passed by this area with my uncle several times. Could it be that the adults wanted to be there...? But there are still hundreds of kilometers away from us, and we have already penetrated the Dongtengri Grassland!"

As soon as Mulige's words came out, everyone's eyes looked at me, shocked, confused, and puzzled.

"Yes, I just planned to set up an ambush here. I was surprised and caught Luo Beiren off guard. As the saying goes, how can I get a tiger's son if I don't enter the tiger's den? The most dangerous place is the safest. It is because it is deep in the enemy's territory that it will not attract the enemy's attention and achieve the goal of a surprise victory. I have also made careful analysis of the two plans we discussed just now, but after thinking about it, I felt that it was unsatisfactory and there were always shortcomings that I could not overcome. So I put aside these two plans, came up with this plan again, and discussed with everyone." I nodded slowly and expressed my thoughts.

"But sir, the enemy's main army has as many as 200,000. Even if we want to ambush, we have to dispatch a large number of troops. How can such a large-scale army operation avoid the reconnaissance of enemy spies? When entering the enemy's territory, there are enemy herders everywhere, so it is even more difficult to keep the troops' actions confidential." Cui Wenxiu first raised the question. This is also the biggest question for everyone here. If you want to defeat the 200,000 enemy army in one fell swoop, even if you ambush and engage in a sudden attack, you must have a considerable army, otherwise you will not be able to defeat the main force of the enemy. How can the army move on a large scale, especially in the enemy's territory, achieve the purpose of confidentiality?

"Let's see," I brought everyone's eyes to the big map again. "I am going to let some troops set off immediately, dress up as horse thieves, enter the Dongtengri grassland, that is, to burn, kill and loot along this area, drive away the Luobei herders in this area, and leave a marching route. The Luobei people have no garrison in this area, which is not difficult to do. In this way, our army can quietly lurk in, and of course we must do a good job of confidentiality." As soon as I said my thoughts, everyone here immediately surprised, but they all felt that this was indeed an excellent method of confidentiality.

"Looking at the terrain of the Spike Slope, the enemy's marching route will definitely be along the flat ground on the southern bank of the Henan River. The flat ground on the south side of the Henan River is a shallow hill with dense forests. We can place our main cavalry here, with an enemy's 200,000 troops stretching for at least several miles. Then we ambush the main heavy infantry in the forest here on the Spike Slope. When the enemy's main armored cavalry arrives here, block them here. At the same time, the cavalry ambushed in the forest on the shallow hill attack from a high point, and the cavalry in the forest ambushed from a high point.

Attack the infantry and baggage units in the middle of the enemy, break them up, drive them backwards, and then pursue them, using the enemy's chaotic troops to disrupt the deployment of the enemy's rear troops, we will take advantage of the victory to attack and completely defeat them. Remember to defeat them, not to destroy them, we do not have that much strength. As for the enemy's armored cavalry in the front, they will probably not have much combat effectiveness after being attacked by our heavy infantry and spearheaded soldiers. Even if they escape, it has nothing to do with the overall situation. Our light infantry follows the battlefield."
Chapter completed!