It's late at night.
There is a howling cold wind outside the window, and there is the fragrance of hot tea in Wangchun Pavilion.
There were five people sitting around the tea table.
They are Li Chenan, An Zizai, Zhou Zheng, Su Muxin, and Zhou Shiba.
There is a map on the tea table.
In front of each of them was a cup of tea poured by Li Chenan.
But no one went to drink tea.
Except for Li Chenan, the other four people were staring at the map with serious expressions on their faces.
The main reason is that the disparity in strength is too large——
Although there are fifty thousand soldiers in Jiangnan Road, in fact they are not terrible.
Because the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is too weak.
Their life in Jiangnan was too good, and they didn't get real training.
They haven't even seen blood!
Their willpower is extremely weak, and they will inevitably be defeated once they encounter a desperate opponent.
But Xiahou Zhuo's 30,000 frontier troops cannot be underestimated.
Since he dares to bring him to Jiangnan, he must be the most elite soldier in his hands!
What's more, there is a thousand well-trained soldiers and horses in Maple Leaf Mountain whose situation is unknown.
Let’s look at the situation here——
There are five hundred people in Xuanjia Camp.
The Tiger Camp that An Zizai reorganized also has about 500 people.
As for Ning Chuchu's remaining two hundred women's army... Li Chenan did not allow Ning Chuchu to participate in this military meeting. Obviously, her more than two hundred people were basically negligible.
Or just think of him as Li Chenan's personal guard.
One thousand people versus eighty thousand...
This seems like wishful thinking.
But let’s analyze the advantages of this thousand people——
One: Their weapons are knives made by Bairengang. Although their armor is not made by Bairengang, it is much stronger than the standard armor in the Ningguo army, both in terms of defense and flexibility.
Second: these thousand people all have martial arts.
And his skills are pretty good!
Third...they all carry at least two fireworks!
Although it is not big, its lethality is not weak.
Fourth, the blur that Xiao Wu deployed before leaving Kyoto will definitely not cover the entire battlefield, but it will have a huge effect on local battlefields.
So it’s not like we can’t fight.
Judging from An Zizi's experience, the calculation of this battle is not too small.
If this battle is fought, it may go down in history as a practical classic of defeating more with less.
The only problem is just one -
Once the battlefield of 80,000 to 90,000 people is spread out, it will stretch for several miles.
This guy Li Chenan wants to go!
In such a large battlefield, with only a thousand people on our side, we must concentrate our forces to defeat them one by one. This will not take Li Chenan's safety into consideration.
As for Ning Chuchu's more than 200 women's army... entrusting the life of the dignified regent to her is really unreliable.
"I agree to this fight!"
After thinking deeply, An Zizai looked up at Li Chenan and said:
"My only request is...you, either stay here and wait for news, or you go to Pingjiang City."
Zhou Zheng also looked at Li Chenan, "My subordinates agree with General An!"
Li Chenan was very depressed.
He thought for a while, "I have my own reasons for going!"
An Zizai waved his hand: "I don't care what your reasons are! Could it be that you want to use yourself as bait to lure Xiahou Zhuo to attack again?"
"It's okay to use this bait once or twice. If you use it a few more times, if you don't use it well, the fish will really eat it!"
"How can I explain to Miss Ruoshui if you die?"
"I returned to Kyoto, and Wen Boiyu and others asked me, how should I answer?"
Li Chenan waved his hand, "Wait a minute!"
"Listen to me first!"
"The 50,000 soldiers in Jiangnan Road are led by Commander Xie Jing."
"I estimate that the news that Pingjiang City was captured by the Imperial City Division will reach Xie Jing's ears in the near future."
"This Xie Jing is forty years old and was born in the military. He is not a fool!"
"When he heard the news that Jiangnan Daotai Yu Wanzhi and the governor Song Shiming had been imprisoned, he would not necessarily avenge them!"
Su Muxin also looked at Li Chenan at this moment and asked: "Do you mean... to let Xie Jing lead his troops to surrender?"
Li Chenan nodded: "There are only two roads in front of him."
"Either continue to rebel, or you must show your loyalty to me!"
"He knows what the 50,000 soldiers he has in his hands are. There is no future for rebellion. So as long as I call him, he will definitely come and pledge his allegiance to me!"
An Zizai frowned slightly, "This... makes sense."
"Then you stay here, write a handwritten letter and give it to him after we go to Feng County, and let him come here to see you alone."
"No!"
Li Chenan rejected An Zizai's safest proposal.
"I not only want him to come to see me, I also have a task to give him... Since you have been ordered to kill me, of course you have to show enough sincerity!"
An Zizi's eyes lit up, "Rebellion in the face of battle?"
"Yes, Xia Houzhuo must die!"
"But we can't pay too high a price for this."
"A battle between 50,000 soldiers and 30,000 Xiahou Zhuo's elite frontier troops... we will definitely not win, but our people can win the greatest victory at the lowest cost in the chaotic battlefield!"
An Zizai and others pondered for a moment. This strategy was of course the best, but what if Xie Jing didn't surrender?
"You still don't have to go in person!"
"You think I want to go?!"
Li Chenan stood up and came to the window with his hands behind his back.
There are bright red lanterns swaying in the wind outside the window.
There were also heavy snowfalls dancing in the scarlet light.
"I went to Feng County. Once I came, I could give Xie Jing some reassurance, and even let him urge the 50,000 soldiers to fight hard!"
"Secondly... I am in Feng County, and Xia Houzhuo can't wait to kill me."
"I need this battle to end victoriously in the shortest possible time!"
An Zizai and others looked at Li Chenan's back.
"Eager to go to Shuzhou?"
Li Chenan turned around and shook his head:
"It's not that I'm in a hurry to go to Shuzhou, but because the envoy from Wu has arrived in Kyoto!"
"This negotiation, according to the discussion I had with Wen Boiyu before leaving Kyoto, there is no need to negotiate at all!"
"The envoy from Wu State will definitely return in anger!"
"This news will spread all over the world!"
"Then after Wu's envoy returns home, I'm afraid the war at Wuya Pass will begin."
"In order to fight against foreign aggression, we must first secure our homeland... The Red Flame Army will fight to the death with the Wu army at Wuyaguan. Ningguo's grain, grass and military supplies must be sent to Wuyaguan now!"
"There must be no unrest in the country!"
"That's why I urgently need to capture Jiangnan Road and stabilize Jiangnan Road... Jiangnan's money and food are the guarantee for the battle at Wuyaguan!"
"Xiahou Zhuo's troops are sent to the south of the Yangtze River. This is a good thing."
"If we get rid of this cancer in Feng County, there may be minor troubles in Ningguo, but at least major troubles won't happen easily."
"Xiahou Zhuo must be eliminated before the news spreads to Jiangnan about the negotiations in Kyoto, otherwise I'm worried that someone will have other ideas."
Li Chenan sat at the table and picked up the tea cup:
"Killing chickens to scare monkeys... the death of Xia Houzhuo can always make some people hide their dissatisfaction temporarily."
"As for the future,"
Li Chenan took a sip of tea and grinned:
"The emperor's eldest son returns to the throne and becomes emperor. That is what he needs to deal with."
"Well...I have to take Ruoshui to the Kingdom of Wu."
An Zi was shocked: "If Ning State and Wu State really start a war, do you still dare to go to Wu State?"
"Isn't this asking for death?"
Li Chenan shrugged, "You have forgotten that I am actually a poet."
"Shixian is a piece of shit!"
"If the Wu mission fails in negotiations, do you think the Wu people will treat you like a poet?!"
