"Thank you, Lord." Cui Sheng pretended to wipe his tears with his sleeves, then stood aside with his head bowed.
With Huang Songyuan's virtue, even if he knew that Cui Sheng had escaped from battle, he probably wouldn't really question him, let alone now.
He frowned slightly and said, "This Lian Xiao is real."
There were many Shu officials standing on both sides of the hall. When they heard this, people looked at each other. Then Fu De stood up, cupped his hands and said:
"My Lord, all our troops in Sichuan are now near Tongguan, but Qin general Su Yi led 30,000 troops to cross the Qinling Mountains and captured Tianshui. If they are not destroyed, then our cities in Sichuan and Shu will probably fall one after another. , and finally spread to Yizhou."
Hearing this, Huang Songyuan couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Yes, yes, quickly send the order to Lian Xiao and ask him to divide his troops to stop Su Yi. We must not let him take another step into Shu."
"As ordered..."
The two fronts of Tianshui and Tongguan fell, making it impossible for the Shu army to unite in one place. After Huang Songyuan's order was sent to the front line, Lian Xiao had no choice but to single out a general and order him to lead 50,000 troops to the Tianshui battlefield. .
The total strength of the Shu army was 100,000, and he immediately divided it into 50,000. When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but turn pale with shock. Someone hurriedly said: "General, Su Yi only has 30,000 troops, so why divide it into 50,000."
Lian Xiao glanced at him: "Su Yi's 30,000 enemy troops are a huge hidden danger and must be eliminated quickly. If we don't divide the troops into 50,000, it may be difficult to encircle and suppress them."
"But here, the main force of the Qin Army..."
"Huh?" Lian Xiao waved his hand and said: "The main force of the Qin army is less than 70,000, and our army still has 50,000 soldiers, which is enough to resist the enemy."
"Go down quickly and get ready."
"yes!"
With an order from him, the 50,000 Shu troops began to evacuate and headed towards the left line of Shu.
With such a movement, the news soon reached Xiao Yuan.
In the meeting hall, the generals of the Qin army gathered together. Xiao Yuan first looked around, and then said straight to the point: "The Shu army will divide its troops. This is expected, but what I didn't expect was that Lian Xiao directly divided half of it. It seems that he has great confidence."
"My lord, Lian Xiao's arrogance and arrogance are getting stronger and stronger. As a general, we may be able to lure him and kill him," Goldman said.
"You mean, pretending to be defeated?"
"Exactly." Goldman Sachs returned.
"Well..." Xiao Yuan pondered for a moment, then waved his hand slightly: "The strategy of cheating defeat may be feasible, but after Shicheng is Tongguan, the road in between is flat, and there is no dangerous terrain to set up an ambush. This method does not work."
"This... is what my lord said." Goldman Sachs saluted again and returned to the train.
But at this time, Xu Hu said loudly: "My lord, as a general, I will fight directly with Lian Xiao! With the bravery of our Qin army soldiers, the Shu army will be invincible!"
If there is a decisive battle, the Qin army will definitely be able to overwhelm the Shu army, but this is not what Xiao Yuan wants to see.
"This is a bad idea." He rejected it directly, and then his thoughts changed. After a moment, he suddenly laughed again.
Everyone felt baffled when they saw this. Xu Hu scratched his head and wondered: "Master, what are you..."
Xiao Yuan's smile did not diminish and he said: "Actually, we all focused on how to defeat Lian Xiao, but we ignored other things."
The generals looked at each other.
Xiao Yuan continued: "Didn't Lian Xiao divide his troops? Let's divide our troops too!"
"Divide the main force of our army into several fronts and advance together. What will happen to Lian Xiao then? He will have no choice but to divide his forces again to stop the attack."
"My lord, you mean... a large-scale chaotic war?" Zhao Mu asked in a solemn voice.
"Yes! Let the Shu land bloom on all sides!" Xiao Yuan said seriously: "Why do we have to attack Lian Xiao? From now on, we will not attack him. Zhao Mu, you lead 10,000 troops and attack Baiyu ."
"Guan Kui, you lead ten thousand troops to attack Jianning."
"I will lead a troop of troops to attack Yong'an."
"Goldman Sachs will continue to stay in Shicheng and choose the opportunity to enter from here."
"Our troops are divided into four groups. Now Lian Xiao only has 50,000 troops. He can only divide his troops into four groups to attack us separately."
"But once the Shu army's defense line is breached at one point, the Shu army will be completely passive in the entire battle situation."
Tongguan is the only pass for the Qin army to enter Shu, but after entering, it is not just one road, but one can go left or right. There are many routes to go deep into Shu, not just Shicheng.
After everyone listened, they all understood. Zhao Mu immediately said: "My lord is wise. The last general believes that this strategy is feasible. Although Lian Xiao is brave, there is only one general in Shu. Not all other generals in Shu." Lian Xiao.”
"Yes, that's what I mean." Xiao Yuan said with a slight smile.
Goldman Sachs said: "In addition, if our army breaks through the defense line in several other places, it will be able to outflank Lian Xiao and encircle Lian Xiao."
"That's right. Therefore, you don't have to win when you are stationed in Shicheng. You only need to continue to confront Lian Xiao." Xiao Yuandao.
As soon as he finished speaking, he looked around again and said directly: "Next, our army will act according to this deployment. All generals, please go down and prepare!"
"No!" People responded with clasped fists.
After the generals retreated, Xiao Yuan called out to Lin Chu again.
"Lord." The latter bowed down.
"Is there any news from Yizhou?"
"I'm about to report to my lord." Lin Chu said: "Currently, the detailed activities are limited and it is impossible to obtain some important information. However, the general situation of the officials in Shu has been basically grasped, especially a civil servant named Fu De. It’s useful, my lord.”
"Oh? Tell me." Xiao Yuan asked.
"This Fu De is a counselor in Shu, and he is deeply trusted by Huang Songyuan. However, he is greedy in nature, and can even be said to be insatiable." Lin Chu explained.
"Well, this information is very useful." Xiao Yuan nodded and asked, "Where is Lian Xiao?"
"This..." Lin Chu pondered for a moment and said truthfully: "Lian Xiao is a general in Shu. His mansion is heavily guarded and we can't get close. However, we still found out that his father died young and there is only one old mother in the family. Very filial."
"Oh?" When Xiao Yuan heard this, his heart moved, and then he looked at Lin Chu and asked with a smile: "Lin Chu, how did you know these things?"
Lin Chu said: "These are many aspects. If my lord wants to hear it, I will explain it to you in detail..."
Lin Chu was definitely an outstanding talent in terms of mastering intelligence. Looking at it now, Xiao Yuan's appointment to Mu Lianying was completely correct.
And with the changes in his side's strategic deployment, the entire war situation in Shu also immediately changed.
At this time, the shortcomings of the Shu army's lack of mid-level generals were fully demonstrated.
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