After getting some valuable advice from the beast trainer, in recent days, Lan Xu and the generals gradually no longer feared that Yi Jun would use the beasts to attack them again. Instead, they waited for Yi Jun to gather the beasts in one place. It would be nice to solve the problem of the ferocious beasts in one fell swoop. Once the problem of the ferocious beasts is solved, the Star Army can directly launch an attack on the Yi Army.
After all, in the battle of Windless City, the Star Army not only won a complete victory, but also had a certain understanding of the Yi Army's combat power. In the eyes of Lan Xu and the generals, the Yi Army's own combat power was very ordinary. If we could look at it from the front, In a duel, as long as the terrain conditions of both sides are the same, the Star Army must have a greater chance of winning. After discussing with the generals to solve the problem of the ferocious beasts, Lan Xu has already discussed with the generals a plan to deal with the Yi Army.
Time passed very quickly. In the blink of an eye, three days passed. Thirty thousand new troops arrived at Beast Ridge City. According to Lan Xu's instructions, they directly stationed themselves in Beast Ridge City. They were only fifty miles away from the Star Army camp. For the time being, Lan Xu did not give way. The plan for the two armies to join together.
After being successfully stationed, Liu Hongtao received Lan Xu's instructions to gather the generals to discuss the garrison. In fact, before setting off, Liu Hongtao received specific instructions from Lan Xu. The 30,000 new troops must keep a low profile at all times and cannot easily If the Yijun detects their movements, they must still keep a low profile after waiting for the troops to be stationed to prevent the Yijun from finding out their movements.
Now that he has arrived at Beast Ridge City, Liu Hongtao has to follow Lan Xu's second instruction to divide the 30,000 new troops from the entire Star Army and form an independent army, with him as the temporary commander-in-chief.
To put it simply, the 30,000 new troops led by him do not have to obey Lan Xu's orders. They will fight separately from Lan Xu. He can formulate his own battle plan, as long as he can ensure that the main force of both sides is the Star Army that wins the decisive battle.
After clearly conveying Lan Xu's instructions to the generals, Liu Hongtao discussed with the generals not how to assist or fight with the main force of the Star Army, but how to reverse the situation after the main force of the Star Army encountered an unexpected situation.
In the big tent, Liu Hongtao sat alone in the main seat, with ten generals on both sides, and some deputy generals listening. Lu Yunyou was one of them.
"I have summoned you all here today. I would like to hear your opinions on the war between the Yi Army and our army." After clearly stating Lan Xu's intention of letting him command the new army, Liu Hongtao directly discussed matters with everyone as the commander.
Before he asked, there was another commander in the big tent who came from the main camp and had already provided everyone with information on the confrontation between the two armies on the border. The content covered all aspects. Now Liu Hongtao wanted the generals to express their opinions.
"In my opinion, our army can attack the enemy from the flanks during the decisive battle between the main force and the enemy, which will damage the enemy's morale and create a chance for our main force to win," Zhu Zizai, who did not let Liu Hongtao wait any longer, said with a calm temperament. Express your opinion directly.
"Our army only numbers 30,000, which is too small to disperse our forces again. It would be better to attack in one direction, so the general suggested attacking the enemy's rear in wartime," Liu Dahai expressed a similar opinion shortly afterwards.
Both generals put forward suggestions to join the battle during wartime, but whether it can be effective and how effective it can be depends on the analysis of the wartime situation.
"I wonder if there is a route around the enemy's rear. If our army can get around to the enemy's rear at the critical moment, and attack the Yi Army from the front and rear together with the main force, we will definitely defeat the Yi Army." Agreeing to the operational plan to bypass the rear, but Liu Hongtao is more concerned about the feasibility of this plan.
"Here is the topographic map of the border. Generals, you can take a look first," said a general, directly spreading a map on the table for others to browse.
Looking closer, it clearly marked the locations where the three armies were stationed, and also described the surrounding terrain in detail.
"It is impossible to go around the enemy's rear in advance, but if there are several feasible routes during war," the general who spread out the map had already considered the strategy of going around the enemy's rear and gave a direct conclusion at this moment.
"I wonder how many routes there are?" Liu Dahai raised his eyebrows and asked directly: "Which one of them is the most secret?"
"There are a total of three routes to choose from." Nodding, the general who spread out the map pointed directly at the three routes drawn on the map and said to everyone: "If the battle begins, the location is based on a ten-mile radius of our army's camp."
"The widest route on the left can be used to march quickly, but it is the least secretive. It is easy to be discovered by enemy sentries during the march; the route in the middle is more difficult to walk, but it is more secretive, but the road section is very long, and you have to go around the enemy. It takes a long time to go to the rear, and you need to know the start time of the war in advance before you can consider it; the route on the right is relatively secretive and moderately long-term, but it is a pity that the same section of road is difficult to walk. Not to mention climbing over mountains and ridges, you may encounter ferocious beasts in the wilderness at any time. "
The characteristics of the three routes were explained one by one. The general's detailed description made everyone realize that it was indeed possible to bypass the enemy's rear. How to successfully bypass the enemy's rear without being discovered by the enemy was the key.
"General Li, please give me more details."
The speaker was Zhu Zizai, with a calm and composed face. Zhu Zizai's demeanor always gave people a sense of calmness, which made Lu Yunyou feel that it was worth learning from him.
Then, at Zhu Zizai's request, General Li told the secret features and distances of the three routes one by one in detail. In this way, Lu Yunyou and others would undoubtedly have a better understanding of the three routes.
Now that the characteristics of the three routes are known, everyone began to discuss which route was best, because although these routes had been personally explored by the Star Army in advance, there was only one chance to actually use them. Everyone had to plan for success, and they also had to Do failure prevention.
The entire meeting lasted for an hour, and all the generals expressed their opinions, because many of them had experienced many battles and could analyze some issues very thoroughly. During this period, Lu Yunyou learned a lot.
In addition, during the discussion, Lu Yunyou also expressed many opinions at the request of Liu Hongtao.
Having said that, Liu Hongtao's meeting was actually just a preliminary work. As for which route they will take, it will be determined based on the situation before the war. In any case, the news of the new army's garrison cannot be easily spread, so after the meeting, Liu Hongtao directly ordered people to seal the east gate entering and exiting Beast Ridge City, so that only Star Army personnel could pass.
Not long ago, Beast Ridge City had been plundered by the Yi Army. After the Star Army arrived, they did not obtain anything from the city. Now they only borrowed a place to garrison troops, which could also protect Beast Ridge City. This move made many people in the city Grateful.
Some time ago, the city lord of Beast Ridge City even spontaneously organized manpower to be sent to the Star Army camp to act as support, just to help the Star Army fight against the Yi Army. Now that Liu Hongtao has led a new army, the city lord of Beast Ridge City is still cooperating vigorously. , providing many conveniences to the Star Army.
Putting aside these trivial matters, after leaving the Chinese army tent, Lu Yunyou was more aware of the current situation than when he came. Now that Ni Youbin and Fang Qing have left, counting the time, they should have arrived at the Star Army camp. For the time being, He didn't have to worry about the two of them.
What he was concerned about at the moment was the situation of Ling Zimo and others. Although they were still in the same military camp, it was very difficult for the five Ling Zimo brothers to get together. Considering that they had only joined the army for a short time, Lu Yunyou wanted to get together with them. Ling Zimo and others said something to ease their mood.
Just like that, two more days passed in the blink of an eye. Two days later, Yi Jun finally took some substantial action.
"Report, the Yi Army has sent troops." In the Chinese army's tent, the first news reported by the spies to Lan Xu and others was not the movement of the ferocious beasts, but the situation in the Yi Army camp.
"Is there any situation regarding the ferocious beasts?" After receiving the news, Lan Xu and the generals were a little surprised. Now they are most concerned about the ferocious beasts.
"Not yet," the spy replied truthfully.
"Yes," Lan Xu nodded, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, and then ordered: "Continue to pay attention to Yijun's movements, and report any new information immediately."
"Yes," he agreed, and the sentinel turned around and left. In a blink of an eye, only Lan Xu and a group of generals were left in the tent.
"Marshal, the Yi Army has sent out troops. Why is there no information about the ferocious beasts? Could it be that the person responsible for monitoring the ferocious beasts had an accident?" After waiting for many days to receive such information, Fang Quyin was confused for a moment and directly expressed his doubts. .
"No, there are countless sentries around the camp. It is impossible for them all to be killed by the Yi Army." Shaking his head, Lan Xu denied Fang Quyin's guess. In his opinion, since the Star Army could monitor the situation in the Yi Army camp, Then we will definitely be able to discover the situation regarding the ferocious beasts. If there is no relevant news now, it means that there is no problem with the ferocious beasts.
"Marshal, has the Yi Army decided to directly engage in a head-on war with our army?" With a flash of light in his eyes, Zhang DaDa immediately thought of a possibility.
"If there are no ferocious beasts moving, it is possible, but there have been herds of beasts around the camp recently. It is obvious that the enemy has ulterior motives," Lan Xu continued with a look on his face: "In addition, the enemy commander must know that he is fighting with our army. There is no possibility of victory in a head-on confrontation, so in my opinion, with Ruan Qiling’s resourcefulness, he will never start a head-on war with our army.”
