"Yi Ding and the other prefectures, do you think you should fight now?" Li Jing was presided over the military meeting in the Political Affairs Hall of Yanjing City. The attendees included the General Staff, the Governor's Office of the Five Army and the Ministry of War. In addition, the Secretariat and the Cabinet also attended the meeting. Gaiyu, who had just returned from Daibei, was also among them. In addition, Gongsun Lan, the Chief Secretary of the Supervision Department, attended the meeting. As the main report on intelligence, she participated in almost all core meetings and provided intelligence analysis.

After spending the New Year in Zhuozhou, Li Quanzhong led 50,000 troops and left Zhuozhou with his family. Through Mozhou and Hejian, the Qin army escorted Cangzhou and Dezhou all the way, and then crossed the Yellow River to Jinan. He would rest in Jinan for several days, then go to Tianping Town to meet with the Marshal Henan, the King of Resistance against the thief, Yu.

Zhuozhou has now been sent by Li Jing to lead troops in, and the Secretariat and the Cabinet have also selected a group of local officials to go there.

It can be said that although Li Quanzhong took away tens of thousands of troops, Li Jing was still very satisfied with being able to take over Zhuozhou without any bloodshed at this time. After all, Li Quanzhong's departure was considered to have eliminated hidden dangers. The local powerful forces in Zhuozhou suddenly lost their roots and could only completely surrender.

With Zhuozhou taken over, the next target now facing the Qin army is the Yiding two prefectures in Hebei, the original Yiwu Army Town.

The two prefectures of Yiding are adjacent to Taihang, guarding Puyin Xing Feihu Xing, and directly connecting to Weizhou, Hedong.

After Li Keyong's defeat, Li Siyuan has now brought Liu Yunniang's daughter and Li Keyong's eldest son back to Yanjing as hostages. In addition, Li Siyuan accepted the position of Prince of Yanmen whom Li Jing asked him to be the commander of the governor of Peking University, Shatuo, and the two sides signed a truce agreement. The existing territory boundary was bounded.

As long as Li Jing does not take the initiative to attack Li Siyuan, Li Siyuan will never provoke Li Jing now.

However, there is a very critical thing now between Li Jing and Li Siyuan, that is, the Shatuo army in Yizhou and Yizhou.

After the last war, Li Sizhao and Li Cunzhang, Li Sien, Li Siben and other Shatuo generals were blocked in Hebei and cut off their way back. After Li Keyong disappeared, Wang Jingchong retreated to Chengde Town. The Shatuo army in Yizhou suddenly became an isolated army.

This army was not small, with a total of 30,000 soldiers. Although they were all infantry, they also had a lot of power. Especially for the Shatu people at this time, these 30,000 infantry were quite important.

Li Siyuan wanted to get this army back, but he didn't want to give up Yizhou.

Li Jing wanted to capture Yizhou, but also planned to annex this Shatu infantry to continue to attack and weaken the strength of the Shatu people.

In the original plan, after Li Jing planned to take Zhuozhou, he sent troops to forcefully launch an attack on Yi Ding, quickly seized the two states with force and completely controlled the northern part of Hebei. However, the Khitans' southward movement disrupted this deployment.

After he failed to fight, Li Quanzhong's troops forced him to withdraw from Hebei, the Shatu army in Yizhou reacted greatly, and the Shatu people sent spies to inquire. Guo Zhenhai's Zhuozhou garrison had several sent sent out sentry battles with them, and they were injured.

Guo Zhenhai's troops stationed in Zhuozhou were very motivated. They submitted a series of requests to send troops to Yizhou and directly annihilated the Shatuo army.

Today, this is the matter to be discussed.

The Shatu army in Yizhou was alone, but not completely alone. Behind them was Dingzhou, which was Li Keyong's children's relative Wang Jingchong. Now the Shatu people in Yizhou have become the northern barrier for the German army, with their lips and teeth cold. They will never sit idly and watch Li Sizhao and others be destroyed.

At this time, the final battle with Chengde and Shatuo Army in Yiding was not a good plan for the Qin army.

Gai Yu said first: "Wait for his illness, he will die. At present, the Shatu army, Li Keyong, was missing, Liu was captured, and Shatu army was divided into two, which was the weakest morale. I agree with the Qin King's previous proposal. It is indeed not suitable to attack Yanmen Town at this time. Although Li Siyuan is young, he has the strength of Li Keyong, and even has the wisdom of the Qin King. He now basically controls the morale of Shatu army. With the dangers of the four states of Dai, Xin, Yun and Shuo, if we attack him, it is very likely that it will be a protracted battle, and it will be difficult to win in less than one or two years."

He paused and said, "If we can get the support of the Hedong Army and the Zhenwu Army, we may still break through Yanmen Town in a short time. But now Zheng's grandson is planning to attack Luoyang, and Li Siyuan is very good at posing. He has been constantly expressing his willingness to send troops to the Hedong coalition forces to go south with the Hedong coalition forces. Therefore, Zheng will never cooperate with us to attack Yanmen now. However, Li Siyuan is not easy to fight, but we cannot underestimate him for this, and we must never give him a chance to recover. In this case, I think that without sending troops to Yanmen in Hedong, you can directly send troops to Yizhou and annihilate the Shatuo infantry of Yizhou, which can also cause severe damage to Li Siyuan. Moreover, we can also recover Yizhou and further expand the territory of Hebei."

Li Jing nodded, "Yizhou Shatuo Infantry is indeed a weakness of Shatuo. And if we can kill Li Sizhao, Li Cunzhang and other generals of Yizhou, there will be no generals available to Shatuo Generals. In the end, Li Siyuan was alone. However, the Yizhou Shatuo Army had 30,000 infantry, and they also had 180,000 soldiers and horses from Chengde Army behind them. Although the Chengde Army was 180,000 soldiers and horses, many of them were new soldiers, but our main force is fighting in the north, and another army is in the Jianghuai River, and although Hebei has 100,000 heavy soldiers. But this is our whole thing. This army must not only maintain the situation in Hebei, but also the only force to suppress the Hebei Army. We will use him to Chengde Town, and Yizhou Shatuo is too risky? Moreover, if we make a desperate bet, will the Wei Bo army go north to join the battle situation? These are variables, and we need to consider carefully."

A single hair moves the whole body!

The Qin army wanted to eat the Shatuo army in Yizhou, but Li Siyuan couldn't sit still, Wang Jingchong couldn't sit still, and even Han Jian might not sit still.

Wang Pu, Minister of War, frowned, "It's better to waste it with them. Now the 30,000 Shatu people in Yizhou are blocked in Hebei. The supply of military supplies depends entirely on Yizhou, a small land that has been white by several companies, and it will not last long. Even if Wang Jingchong is willing to support them, it is not common, right? Besides, Shatu soldiers are blocked in Hebei. Over time, the army will definitely return and people will be tired of war. We will spend half a year with him, and they will be in chaos without fighting."

Li Jing looked at the sand table in the center. There was Weizhou between Yizhou and Daizhou, and a Puyin Pass and a Feihu Pass connected the two places. Zijing Pass, Feihu City, Lingqiu City, and Taixi Pass. Although this passage is dangerous, it is not foolproof. Over time, it may lead to long nights and many dreams.

In addition to taking this road back to Yanmen, Li Sizhao also had another road, which was to go from Zhenzhou in Chengde Town to cross Taihang Mountain through Jingxing, enter Taiyuan, and then return to Daizhou.

On both sides of Jingxing, Chengde Town is on the east side, and Taiyuan Hedong Army to the west.

If Li Sizhao wanted to go back on this road, Chengdezhen would definitely borrow the road. But it was a bit difficult to say on the other side of the Hedong Army. On the surface, the Hedong Army could not allow the Shatuo people to borrow Taiyuan, because the Hedong Army and the Shatuo Army had fought several times. But this matter is not necessarily true. Zheng Congxian is now dedicated to serving the king. If Li Siyuan fulfills his preferences and makes any promises, Zheng Congxian may not have refused to let go. After all, Zheng Congxian is not a warlord, but a literati and prime minister, who is dedicated to the interests of the court. Historically, Li Jing remembers that Zheng Congxian finally gave Hedong Town to Li Keyong because of an imperial edict from the court.

Li Jing wanted to eat the Shatuo army in Yizhou, but he was worried about forcibly sending troops and eventually triggering a war in Hebei. Now, Li Jing did not have much confidence in fighting a large-scale battle in Hebei.

It feels like a tiger is facing a hedgehog and wants to eat it, but has no idea how to eat it.

If the war is forcibly started, if the Hebei war fails, this may be a disastrous consequence for Li Jing. For this reason, he must not be cautious.

"How did Gong Jing think?" Li Jing turned to ask Jing Xiang, the envoy of the Staff Academy. He was in charge of the Staff Academy. To a large extent, Li Jing needs to listen to his analysis.

As the envoy of the Staff, Jing Xiang was Li Jing's first military advisor. Many of the Qin army's strategic plans came from the Staff Academy led by him. In recent years, according to his leading strategy of Liaodong as the rear base and Dengzhou Liaonan as the economic pillar, first Liaodong and then Hebei, supplemented with troops to go out to Shandong, and adopted Huanghuai, the Qin army advanced step by step, and it was a steady progress and achieved a series of victories. Jing Xiang made an indelible contribution to this.

It is precisely because of this that Jing Xiang is now firmly in charge of the Qin army's military power.

Hearing Li Jing's name, Jing Xiang thought for a while and asked, "Sometimes, fish and bear's paws cannot have both. At present, some people also think that the land of Yizhou or the Shatuo Army in Yizhou can get one of the two, but they cannot have both. Now it depends on the Qin King's intention, do you want to seize the land of Yizhou or annihilate the Shatuo Army in Yizhou?"

"I thought that what the King of Qin said just now makes sense. Now our three armies have come out and rejected the Khitan coalition. The remaining troops are concentrated in Jianghuai and Hebei. The soldiers and horses of Jianghuai are thousands of miles away from Hebei. Therefore, if we start a war with the towns at this time, we will have a chance of winning at most. In my opinion, the five-five-opening is actually equivalent to taking great risks, which is contrary to our strategies. I objected to the use of troops at this time, not only because we lacked troops, but also because our internal affairs and civil affairs are not going well at the moment, and the logistics and military supplies cannot supply the four-way combat at the same time."

Wang Pu was stunned and asked back, "If you don't use troops, how can you seize Yizhou or annihilate Yizhou Shatuo Army?"

"If you want to destroy the Shatuo army, Ke Xin immediately went to Shanhaiguan to send orders and transferred back 50,000 cavalry under Guo Chongtao, and then mobilized 50,000 troops with Hejian Mozhou and Yanjing to plow the caves with thunder, adopt blitzkrieg, attacked Yizhou directly, attacked quickly, and then left quickly. Before Chengde Weibo reinforcements came up, he withdrew from Yizhou. According to this plan, 70% of the chances of winning were eliminated from the 30,000 Shatuo army in Yizhou, but if we want to finish this battle in a short time, we may have to suffer additional casualties. Moreover, transferring back to Guo Chongtao's army will affect the entire strategic layout of the Khitan. I think it is not very suitable and can only be considered a bad strategy."

"What about the middle plan?" Li Jing did not directly ask the best plan. Since there is a worst plan, there must be a middle plan. As a superior, you must listen at the same time.

"Zhong Ce means keeping your troops still and waiting for the opportunity."

This answer obviously does not satisfy Li Jing. This way of waiting has never been his style. He prefers to take the initiative to seize the situation.

Wang Pu said aside: "Let's talk about your best strategy."

"The best strategy is to seize Yizhou, but not fight with Shatuo, and we must let them go." Jing Xiang said.

"How to do it? The King of Qin also mentioned it before, but Li Siyuan did not trust us."

Jingxiang smiled and said, "Li Siyuan does not trust us, but he trusts Wang Jingchong and will also trust Zheng Congxian."

He stood up and pointed at Jingxing between Chengde Town and Hedong Town in front of the sand table. "If the King of Qin can reach an agreement with Li Siyuan, Wang Jingchong, and Zheng Cong-chi, we will follow the same way that Li Quanzhong left Hebei before. The King of Qin ordered the transfer of Li Sizhao from Yizhou to lead the Shatuo army in Yizhou to the south to serve the king, and let him pass through Chengde Army Zhenzhou through Jingxing, enter Taiyuan and join the Hedong coalition forces of Zheng Cong-chi in Hedong Town, and go south to serve the king together. I think Li Siyuan and Li Sizhao are sure to be willing, even Zheng Cong-chi will be willing."

"Will Wang Jingchong agree? Although Shatuo Army lost a useless Yizhou after leaving, they saved their troops. Maybe they were willing. Zheng Congxian got tens of thousands of Shatuo soldiers and horses to serve the king, and he might also agree, but why did Wang Jingchong agree? Now the Shatuo Army in Yizhou is their barrier. If they leave, Dingzhou will be the first to be affected." Wang Pu asked.

Li Jing chuckled and said, "If I really made this proposal, Wang Jingchong would have to agree to the passage regardless of whether he wanted it or not."

The matter is obvious. If Wang Jingchong refuses to give in, the Shatu people will definitely be dissatisfied with this, and their alliance will inevitably break down. In this way, Chengdezhen will probably suffer even more. If he promises to give in, he will also kill his teeth and swallow it.

Although Yanmen and Chengde are allies, no matter how good the allies are, they will not always be consistent when facing their own personal interests. The 30,000 infantry and several generals of Shatuo are very important for Li Siyuan and the entire Shatuo Army in Yanmen Town. It is so important that they are willing to temporarily ally with Zheng Cong-chan and Li Jing. It is so important that if the Chengde army dares not to rely on the road, they may face each other.

The most important thing now is not the attitude of Chengde, Yanmen and Hedong towns, but Li Jing's attitude.

Do you really want to let go of the 30,000 Shatu troops in Yizhou and let them leave?

Li Jing frowned and thoughtful, gently tapped on the table in front of him, and was unable to make up his mind and make a decision for a long time.

"King of Qin, Yizhou is very important to us. After controlling Yizhou, we will truly have a firm control over Weizhou." Li Zhen spoke out below to remind him.

Li Jing nodded. It was a safe way to let Li Quanzhong withdraw from Hebei before. Now that the Qin army has no better way to annihilate this corps, letting them leave at least can still capture Yizhou at the lowest cost.

And Yizhou is very important to the Qin army.

"Okay, this matter is decided like this. However, the specific details will be left to the General Staff. In addition, the Supervision Department will send people to contact and negotiate with Chengde, Yanmen and Hedong towns. Even if we ask Li Sizhao to leave, we cannot leave easily. The initiative must be in our hands. We must not let them leave easily. If we want to leave, we have to peel off a layer of skin. Anyway, Li Siyuan, Li Sizhao and the others must be more anxious than us!"

Although Li Jing felt unwilling and felt that he missed an opportunity to hit Shatuo again. But if he was just an opportunity that was unsure and he would give up very decisively when it was time to give up!
Chapter completed!