Lu Yuan was naturally wary of this Marquis of Wu'an, but it was far from being fearful.
Bai Mengyang, a master at the second level of Xiantian, is naturally terrifying. But I, Lu, am not bad either.
Not to mention the innate master's combat power, let's talk about the current immortal cultivation level. Although it is still not as good as Master Anqiu, he can now cast three or five spells.
Never underestimate a person who cultivates both immortality and martial arts.
Especially for this person who cultivates both immortality and martial arts, his immortality cultivation is still hidden and not noticed by outsiders.
Anyway, Lu Yuan realized that if he fought against the Marquis of Wu'an and had better luck, and the other party was not prepared for his sneak attack, he would be 30% sure to kill him.
If the opponent is on guard, there is a 50% certainty that it will be a draw.
Even if you are almost unlucky and the opponent's strength is beyond imagination, it is no problem to save your life and escape.
Based on this calculation, there is no need to be too afraid of Bai Mengyang.
And this gesture really had an effect.
Yan Wangqiu and the other two people beside them couldn't help but feel ashamed when they saw Lu Yuan like this. Then he cheered up and began to look straight at Bai Mengyang, no longer as fearful and awe as before.
Finally, he has a bit of a kingly bearing.
Bai Mengyang noticed the change in the atmosphere and couldn't help but admire Lu Yuan for causing all this.
Then, in my heart, I became more determined to get rid of this person.
But the most urgent task now is to repel the Zhou people first, not to fight internally.
Therefore, Bai Mengyang also showed a kind attitude and took the three of them into the camp to participate in the reception.
Naturally, the armies of the two countries, Nanhai and Ninghai, have already arranged camps for people to live in.
After a day of such a big banquet to give Lu Yuan and others a cleansing, on the second day, Bai Mengyang summoned the generals to discuss military matters.
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"Everyone, now there are 250,000 soldiers and horses of the Northern Captives. After my investigation, I have figured out their distribution."
In the big tent, Bai Mengyang looked at the gathered kings of the three kingdoms and generals at all levels, pointed at the map behind him and said: "This is Jingmen Mansion, this is the southern gate of Xiangyang County in the Zhou Kingdom, guarding the confidants of Jiang and Han.
If we hold on to this place, Xiangyang County will have no worries.
Once this place is lost, our army can march straight in and reach the foot of Xiangyang City.
Therefore, in Jingmen Mansion, the Zhou people stationed a hundred thousand troops, led by Zhang Chanyi, the general of the Qianzhu Kingdom, and Li Yanjing, the general of the Zuozhu Kingdom.
Now, most of the 100,000 troops are stationed in and around Dangyang City in front of me, blocking my way.
In addition to Jingmen Mansion, going west from here is Guining Mansion in Xiangyang County.
This place is the barrier on the west side of Jingmen Mansion, and is adjacent to Wushan Mansion in Xichuan County. It is the main road connecting Xiangyang County and Xichuan County, and its location is extremely important.
Therefore, here, there is a 50,000-strong army under the command of Gui Lianyun, the Zhou people's general Youzhu.
Further west is Wushan Mansion.
This mansion is the eastern gateway of Xichuan County. It has steep mountains and rivers, and there is also the Wushan Pass in the territory. It can be said that one man can handle the pass, but ten thousand people can't open it.
Nowadays, Yu Wenchong, the general of the Houzhu State of the Zhou Dynasty, and Li Xiong, the Shu thief, have led a total of 100,000 troops and are stationed here.
In this way, with Guining Mansion as the hub, East and West Jingmen Mansion and Wushan Mansion as the two wings, the Zhou people's 250,000 troops and five innate masters were distributed across this five hundred mile stretch. "
Bai Mengyang explained the situation to everyone.
Lu Yuan and others listened to what he said and looked at the album. They suddenly understood what they were doing at this time.
After talking about the situation of the enemy, Bai Mengyang talked about his own arrangements: "Now my army is on the northern expedition, with 200,000 troops. The fifth floor has led 70,000 troops, and together with the two national divisions, troops have entered Wushan Mansion to contain them. Zhou people in this place.
The remaining 130,000 troops, led by myself and Commander Wu Xuanhou, gathered in Dangyang City to confront the Zhou people.
With such an arrangement, no one can compete with the Zhou people, but it will be difficult to go further.
Now that the King of Nanhai and Ninghai have brought troops, and the King of Changsha has come to the front line, this arrangement has changed. "
Bai Mengyang said this, then looked at Lu Yuan and the others, and said: "Several kings, the people of Zhou are all on the left and right, supporting each other, so they are very difficult to deal with.
In order to defeat the Zhou people in this Northern Expedition, they must first break their continuous momentum.
In order to break his continuous momentum, he must first break his Guining Mansion.
I want to send an army to attack this place, capture Guining, and then defend this place to cut off the Zhou people from Wushan and Jingmen, making it difficult to connect the two places from end to end.
Then he went north from Guining Mansion and attacked Fangling Mansion in Xiangyang County.
Fangling Mansion is located on the upper reaches of the Han River. Once you break through here, you can go down the Han River and reach Xiangyang City in two days.
With such an army approaching the county and city, the defenders of Jingmen Mansion on the front line of the Zhou people must have been greatly frightened, and it would be difficult to hold on for a long time.
If I take advantage of the situation and attack it, I will definitely be able to defeat the city, and then lead the army north. I may be able to attack Xiangyang City in one fell swoop and seize the Zhou people's important southern town.
Once Xiangyang County was lost, the Zhou people were panicked, and Xichuan County naturally found it difficult to hold on.
Maybe we don't need to send troops to attack it, the Zhou people themselves will send envoys to sue for peace, take the initiative to cut off this county, and recover the lost land. "
Bai Mengyang eloquently explained his strategy, then looked around and landed on Lu Yuan.
When everyone saw this, they couldn't help but turn their gazes.
Being watched by many eyes, Lu Yuan looked calm.
His heart moved slightly, but he knew that this Marquis of Wu'an was his own to form this strange army and carry out this strange plan.
Think about it too.
Although there appear to be 330,000 troops in the coalition camp on the Dangyang battlefield.
But among the 330,000 troops, 200,000 were civilians from Nanhai and Ninghai, and their combat power was weak. It is just used as cannon fodder to drain the enemy's strength, and it cannot be used for much purpose.
There are 130,000 troops left, of which 80,000 are under Lu Yuan's direct command. In his absence, Bai Mengyang, as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, can command by himself.
But now that Lu Yuan has arrived, the command of the 80,000-strong army will naturally be taken back to him, the King of Changsha.
The other two countries of Ninghai and Nanhai follow the same principle.
In other words, at this time, the only ones that Bai Mengyang could really command were the 50,000 imperial troops.
But it might not be a big problem for these 50,000 imperial troops to stay in this camp and cooperate with the coalition forces to fight a war of attrition against the Danyang enemy forces in front of them.
But it would be too difficult to rely on these fifty thousand people to defeat Guining Mansion and attack Xiangyang City from hundreds of miles away.
Go north from Guining Mansion, pass by Fangling Mansion, and go down the river.
There are many mountains and rivers along the way, and we have to cross mountains and rivers. The entire journey of more than 600 miles is in enemy territory. How can we achieve such a feat without sufficient strength?
And fighting all the way, if there is a slight accident, the whole army will be overturned.
If you want to carry out this kind of mission, you need an army that is good at crossing mountains and ridges, can fight in the mountains, is hardworking, and has a certain level of water ability.
Looking at the coalition forces, the only ones who could do this were those soldiers under Lu Yuan who were from mountainous backgrounds and who usually traveled across mountains and rivers.
Therefore, no one except Lu Yuan can do this plan.
So after looking at Lu Yuan for a while, and seeing that the Changsha King still didn't express his position, Bai Mengyang couldn't help but get up, came to him, and saluted sincerely: "This plan is very dangerous, and you must have a strong army to do it.
The soldiers and horses under the command of the King of Changsha have always been elite and accustomed to the mountains, so they are the best candidates to implement this plan.
I know this statement may be a bit excessive.
However, for the sake of the alliance plan and to defeat the Zhou people, King Neng of Changsha was asked to take command and lead the troops north to attack Xiangyang. "
At the end of his speech, Bai Mengyang gave a long salute and bowed to Lu Yuan.
Behind him, the other generals of the imperial court looked at each other and couldn't help but stand up together and bowed to Lu Yuan: "Please put the overall situation first and take command of the expedition."
When Yan Wangqiu and Su Xuange saw this, they couldn't help but be surprised. They looked at the court camp and then at Lu Yuan. They didn't know what to say.
Fortunately, this is the moment.
Lu Yuan, who was forced by Bai Mengyang's righteousness, finally had a reply.
"ha!"
He chuckled lightly, then stood up, helped Bai Mengyang up, and said with a smile: "Why is Marquis Wu An doing this? Isn't it just to take command and go on an expedition? I agreed to this."
Bai Mengyang was overjoyed when he heard this and said quickly: "Your Majesty is so righteous and my foreign ministers admire you. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I..."
The Marquis of Wu'an was about to say something as a guarantee, but in the middle of his words, he was interrupted by Lu Yuan: "Marquis Wu'an, let's not talk about this for now. I can lead the troops to go on an expedition, but the Marquis of Wu'an must agree to a few conditions. .”
Bai Mengyang hesitated, but fortunately he had expected this when he originally spoke, so he responded quickly and nodded directly: "What conditions does the king have, but please tell me, as long as it can be done, the foreign minister will not shirk. "
Lu Yuan nodded, and then said: "First, relying solely on the soldiers under my command is a bit weak after all. Therefore, for this expedition, we must gather 100,000 soldiers, all of whom are elite soldiers.
Therefore, the remaining 20,000 people had to be sent out by the imperial court, and they had to be led by Marquis Wu Xuan to follow them. "
This is asking for hostages from Bai Mengyang.
Although they are now nominal allies with the imperial court, Lu Yuanshenzhi has long been resented by the imperial court for his previous involvement in colluding with Yan Wangqiu and others.
As for this expedition, he was indeed a little worried, fearing that Bai Mengyang was deliberately trying to trick him and wanted to destroy his 80,000 troops.
Therefore, just in case, we have to recruit Yang Jing and the opponent's 20,000 elite soldiers and take these people as hostages.
Only with these hostages accompanying him can he go on an expedition with confidence.
Bai Mengyang also knew that his trust with Lu Yuan was limited, so he thought about this condition and nodded: "It's okay."
Hearing that the conditions for these questions were agreed to, Lu Yuan showed a smile on his face, and then continued to mention the next one: "Second point, in this expedition, I personally took risks, and the soldiers under my command also bear the risk of losing their lives. .
Such efforts must be rewarded.
Therefore, the cities I captured along the way when I sent out troops this time must be owned by our Changsha Kingdom after the war.
Is this possible? "
Lu Yuan knew that this time he would execute a strange plan and if he could really attack Xiangyang City.
There is a high probability that Zhou will lose Xiangyang County.
Xiangyang is a large county. It is located in Jianghan and has fertile land. With a household registration of 600,000, it is a first-class wealthy land.
If such a large piece of land were acquired by the imperial court, and they could rest for a few years, they could raise an army of 100,000 troops here.
Furthermore, based on its geographical location, it is located in the north of Dongting County.
With Xichuan in the west, Xiangyang in the north, and Yuzhang in the east, the imperial court could surround Lu Yuan from three directions.
Such a bad situation is absolutely intolerable to him.
Therefore, at this time, we must first discuss the distribution of Xiangyang County after the war.
Lu Yuan didn't need much. He only needed to capture a few poor mountainous mansions to the west of Xiangyang County and rely on their geographical advantages to isolate the connection between the imperial court and Xichuan County so that the two sides could not communicate with each other.
Other wealthy lands in the east and south of Xiangyang County can be given to the imperial court.
Anyway, although these territories are rich, they also face the Zhou people's Nanyang County and the Liang Kingdom's Jiangxia County. The situation can be said to be extremely complicated.
Lu Yuan won these territories and couldn't hold them unless he stationed a hundred thousand troops.
But where did he get so many soldiers and horses?
Instead of doing this, it would be better to guard the three mansions in the west of Xiangyang County. Although the place is a bit poorer and has fewer people, it cannot stand that it is a mountainous area, which is the most suitable for him to use his troops and horses.
Here, we only need to stock up 30,000 to 50,000 soldiers, cooperate with the defenders of Tianmen Mansion, and watch over by an innate master, which is enough to defend this territory in Jiangbei.
It just so happened that Lu Yuan could meet all the above conditions.
Now, including the Miao soldiers, he still has 140,000 troops. Even if he ends up with 112,000 troops after this battle, it won't be a big problem.
As for the innate grandmaster, my queen is the one.
At that time, you can leave 50,000 to 60,000 yuan in Jiangbei, and take charge of it yourself, or let Lan Cai'er go out to guard Jiangbei.
The remaining person looked at Jiang Nan.
This distribution can maximize the combat power advantage of having two innate masters on his side.
The plan is perfect.
The only question is, can Bai Mengyang, or the court behind Bai Mengyang, agree to this?
Therefore, after Lu Yuan put forward the conditions, he looked at the Marquis of Wu'an and waited for his reply.
If you don't agree to your own condition of self-protection, then the intentions of the other party and the court will be obvious.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that there is no sincerity in cooperation.
In this case, what is the need for cooperation?
Lu Yuan simply led his troops back to Tianmen Mansion, guarded the city, and fought a war of attrition with the Zhou people.
As for the imperial court and the two imperial advisors, what should we do?
Let them be.
Anyway, Lu Yuan didn't believe that these people dared to fall out with him.
If the other party really dared, then he would dare to surrender directly to the Zhou Kingdom and lead the Zhou people southward.
Wouldn’t they just hurt each other?
Who is afraid of whom!
Fortunately, this worst case scenario did not occur.
After listening to Lu Yuan's request, Bai Mengyang's expression changed slightly, but after careful consideration, he finally nodded: "This is okay. On behalf of the court, I agree to the king's conditions."
As Marquis of Wu'an, he is now the highest-ranking person in the court except General Shen Qiu.
Bai Mengyang's words still have this weight.
Therefore, when he opened his mouth, Lu Yuan felt relieved immediately, knowing that the matter was done.
Thinking that after this battle, he would probably expand the territory of the Three Prefectures again, he couldn't help but feel good.
As he practiced Taiping Taoism more and more deeply, Lu Yuan realized more and more clearly that the more territory he occupied and the more people he ruled, the greater the benefits would be to his cultivation of this Taoism.
That's why.
That's why he made this request at this time, because he wanted to occupy more territory so that the cultivation of Taiping Daoshu could advance more quickly.
At this time, the plan was completed.
So he couldn't help but smile and said: "If that's the case, then I have no other conditions. Until tomorrow, I can lead the army out to the north, attack Guining Mansion, and advance to Xiangyang City."
When Lu Yuan said this, he looked at Bai Mengyang and said, "When the time comes, we will need more cooperation from Marquis Wu An."
If he wants to make a surprise attack on his side, he will definitely not be able to do it by himself.
If you want to cover the eyes and ears of the people around you and prevent the other party from discovering the true purpose here, it is also very important for Marquis Wu An to cooperate.
Otherwise, Lu Yuan alone might have been able to fight back to Ning Mansion, and the Zhou people would have noticed his intentions and sent troops to rescue him.
Let alone a surprise attack, whether or not Guining Mansion can be captured is a question.
Bai Mengyang also knew this truth, so he looked at Yan Wangqiu and Su Xuange again and said, "No, the two kings also heard what King Changsha said.
When the King of Changsha leads his troops tomorrow, I also ask the two kings to send troops to join me in attacking Dangyang City, in order to attract the attention of the Zhou people.
Buy opportunities for the King of Changsha. "
Lu Yuan led his troops away, and even took away 20,000 elite soldiers under Bai Mengyang's command. Then there are only 30,000 people left under the command of Marquis Wu'an.
Naturally, it is impossible to attract the attention of Zhou people with this small number of people.
If you want to accomplish this, the cooperation of the two countries in the South China Sea and Ninghai is naturally indispensable.
Lu Yuan also knew this, so he also looked at his two allies.
With the enemy they feared and the allies they relied on watching at the same time, Su Xuange and Yan Wangqiu were naturally under great pressure.
Fortunately, the two of them came with their troops and had already made plans to leave these 100,000 people in the north. They were very aware of their status as cannon fodder.
Therefore, facing this request at this time, the two of them did not hesitate much. Among them, Yan Wangqiu said happily: "King Changsha and Marquis Wu'an, don't worry, I will order all the troops and horses tomorrow and give them to Marquis Wu'an to command.
I don’t know much about this battle formation.
The Marquis of Wu'an can arrange it as he sees fit, and our soldiers will never refuse or complain. "
For Yan Wangqiu, he just wants to end this war quickly, and then he can return home with peace of mind and enjoy freedom.
Now that there is a way to end the war quickly, naturally he will not let it go and will definitely support it with both hands.
Although it may cost you a little more, it's all bearable.
Isn’t it just one hundred thousand people?
Even if all these people died here, it would be nothing to Nanhai Kingdom.
Nanhai State has 700,000 households and more than 3.7 million people. The loss of 100,000 people is nothing at all.
After five or six years of rest, he recovered.
In comparison, stability is more important to Yan Wangqiu.
Su Xuange saw that Yan Wangqiu had expressed his stance, although he was a little reluctant in his heart.
But Lu Yuan has made such sacrifices. As an ally, it is unjustifiable for him to do nothing.
Therefore, in the end, he could only say: "I can also hand over the military power and let Marquis Wu An command it."
"good!"
When Bai Mengyang heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. He clapped his hands and smiled and said: "With three great kings helping us like this, we won't be far away from defeating the Zhou people this time."
Hearing this, Lu Yuan and the other three also smiled.
But the meaning in this smile is like a person drinking water, knowing whether it is warm or cold.
But no matter what, the strategy of pacifying the Zhou people has been decided for now, and will only be implemented from now on.
I only hope that God will bless me and I will win this battle!
