Qingzhou, Linzi.
Gaomi King Sima Lue and Liu Tun had already learned of the Donglai Army's movements, and they gave up the possibility of fighting the enemy on the east bank of the Zi River.
Because the Dong'anping City is too close to Zishui, although the Qingzhou Jin army east of Anping City protects its rear, the Jin army arrayed towards the east with its back to Zishui will also lose the space to move and maneuver because it is too close to the river. Extremely unfavorable for dealing with changes on the battlefield.
After all, except for military geniuses like Xiang Yu and Han Xin, no one has the guts to easily attempt a last-ditch battle.
Moreover, the Jin army completely gave up Dong'anping, an important place that controlled the east bank of the Zi River. Even if it only sent a elite army here, it would be enough to use this small fortified city to greatly delay the Donglai army's attack on Linzi.
Because Sima Lue and Liu Tun were waiting for work at the foot of Linzi City, they had already set up a large formation, preparing to annihilate Liu Bogen's Donglai rebels.
At this time, Sima Lue, the king of Gaomi, was afraid that the Donglai army would not come or would come too late, so how could he stop the Donglai army.
Moreover, defending Dong'an Ping City was a near-death mission, and they would most likely be surrounded and beaten to death by the rebels from the East. None of the generals commanding the army under Sima Luo wanted to die.
Therefore, after Sima Lue and Liu Tun discussed, they decided to form an array on the west bank of the Zi River and attack the Donglai rebels halfway across the river, hoping to complete their victory in one battle.
Sima Lue also hypocritically sent an envoy to deliver a letter of war to Liu Bogen, saying that if Liu Bogen surrendered immediately, he would guarantee Liu Bogen's reputation as a vassal king and not only let Liu Bogen go by the wayside, but also give him the official positions of General Pingdong and Prefect of Donglai. Of course, if Liu Bogen insists on fighting against the heavenly soldiers of the imperial court, then as a noble vassal king, he will set up a formation to the west of Zishui to fight Liu Bogen in an upright manner.
After Liu Bogen saw it, he told Wang Mi, Liu Yu and other generals that Sima Lue, a fool, abandoned Dong'an Pingcheng and did not destroy the pontoon. It was obvious that he wanted to attack us halfway across the river, and he was still pretending now. If we want to fight in a majestic formation, we really think we are fools.
Wang Mil thought for a while and said, since Sima Lue and Liu Tun took advantage of our army's intention to fight quickly and set up a formation waiting for us, then we will simply use their plan.
Liu Bogen began to analyze the Jin army's thinking. The so-called half-crossing attack meant taking advantage of the enemy's halfway across the river to launch a surprise attack on the enemy who had not completed their formation.
And this means that the Jin army cannot launch a surprise attack when the Donglai army has just crossed the small force. Although it will easily win the victory, it will scare the Donglai army from continuing to cross the river, and the Jin army will The purpose of annihilation cannot be achieved.
Sima Lue's Jin army will definitely launch a surprise attack when the Donglai Army has reached about half of its strength. This way it will still have a strength advantage, and the soldiers of the Donglai Army who were defeated by the surprise attack will attack the friendly forces backward and cause greater chaos. In such a chain collapse, the Jin army can easily win as long as they pursue it with all their strength.
In order to lure the Donglai army to cross the river, Sima Lue and Liu Tun would definitely not block tens of thousands of Jin troops at the ferry. That would definitely scare the Donglai army from crossing the river, so the Jin army would usually be one or two miles away. The distance not only gave the Dongnae Army a chance to cross the river, but also allowed it to quickly advance and attack the Dongnae Army.
Liu Bogen suggested that they should seize the opportunity first and disrupt Sima Lue and Liu Tun's idea of attacking halfway across the river.
He planned to have all 10,000 elite troops cross the river at the very beginning, and then quickly move horizontally to the flanks of the Jin army in formation, and take the initiative to attack the Jin army's flanks. At the same time, the other Donglai troops would use their fastest troops. Speeding through the ferry, they assembled an array to attack on the west bank of Zi River, and attacked the Qingzhou Jin army with the 10,000 Donglai army that had already launched.
After Liu Yu listened, he made silent calculations in his mind.
For Liu Bogen's plan to succeed, the 10,000 Donglai troops who were the first to cross the river must be strong enough.
After these 10,000 elite soldiers need to launch an attack on the Jin army that is several times their own, the friendly forces that support them at the ferry complete a series of maneuvers such as crossing the river, forming formations, and attacking.
If these ten thousand Donglai troops were eaten by the Jin army, most of the remaining Donglai troops at the ferry would be driven into the river to feed the fish.
The premise of Liu Bogen's plan is that the soldiers of the Donglai Army are stronger than the Qingzhou Jin Army. Otherwise, this plan has no chance of success.
After everyone discussed it again and again, they all felt that the tens of thousands of Qingzhou Jin troops hastily assembled were not necessarily any stronger than the weak Jin troops they encountered before.
Wang Mi also added to Liu Bogen's plan, that is, after Sima Lue and Liu Tun discovered that the Donglai Army's forward maneuvered to the flanks, they would definitely adjust the Jin Army's formation to respond.
In this case, even if these 10,000 Donglai troops cannot hit the Jin army's flanks hard, they will force the Jin army to adjust their formation and gain more opportunities for the remaining Donglai troops to cross the river.
So in the end, almost everyone agreed with this plan, and they wanted to take the initiative and disrupt Sima Luo's planned deployment in one fell swoop.
Liu Yu clearly remembers historical records that Liu Bogen won a complete victory in the Linzi battle against Gaomi King Sima Lue and Liu Tun. He was so frightened that Liu Tun fled to Luoyang and Sima Lue withdrew his bailout from Liaocheng.
From this point of view, Liu Yu guessed that the combat effectiveness of the Qingzhou Jin Army on the opposite side should be as weak as everyone in the Donglai Army expected.
Now that the general plan had been decided, Liu Bogen carefully planned the time for crossing the river with everyone, allocating the number of elite soldiers from the battalions and brigades of each military head, the order of each battalion and units when crossing the river, and the route and command of the 10,000 elite troops after crossing the river. Waiting for all kinds of problems, big and small.
Liu Yu couldn't help but admire Liu Bogen and Wang Mi as they watched how clever they were. After formulating this risky and bold plan, they cautiously began to practice and correct many details.
Now Liu Bogen and Wang Mi feel to Liu Yu like famous generals who shine in the annals of history.
But Liu Yu knew that in the history of later generations, these two people seemed not to be ranked at all.
Liu Bogen was killed by Youzhou soldiers in Linzi.
Wang Mi fled for several years after his defeat in Linzi, and was finally ambushed and annexed by Jiehu Shile.
Liu Yu couldn't help but think about how powerful the Youzhou soldiers who could defeat Liu Bogen and Wang Mi were? And what kind of demeanor should those famous generals who have made outstanding achievements in history have?
By the time the generals of the Donglai Army came to an agreement, it was already afternoon.
Liu Yu's troops were not among the 10,000 elite troops in the vanguard. The task assigned to him was to guard the ferry and provide protection for the subsequent Donglai Army crossing the river.
Liu Yu returned to the camp and only told Dong Ping about Liu Bogen's plan.
The other officers who were summoned only said that they would go out to fight tomorrow and break camp at the same time. They said nothing about Liu Bogen's plan.
After all, the plan must maintain its suddenness.
After all, this is related to the fate of everyone in the Donglai Army, and more importantly, Liu Yu's personal fate.
If Sima Lue and Liu Tun can't even pass this test, there's no need to worry about the Youzhou Tuqi and Wuhu barbarians in the future. I'm afraid that by then there won't be any bones left of people like Liu Yu.
