From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 331

In the tent, Li Yu'an looked at Zhou Yuan, who was sitting in the main seat, with her eyes constantly changing.

Although she was a bodyguard and never interrupted official business, she was carefully observing every word Zhou Yuan said and every matter he handled.

Because she wanted to test Zhou Yuan's ability, after all, she would rely on Zhou Yuan to fight back Goryeo.

And after so many days, she found that the most terrifying thing about Zhou Yuan was his calmness. Facing the war, he seemed to have no emotions. He could be so cruel to the victims, turn a blind eye to the suffering of the people, and have no hatred for the enemy.

Never impulsive, never ambitious, but always keep calm and analyze the opponent and himself.

So that he can always find the core and foundation of the contradiction, will not take detours, and is unlikely to make mistakes.

Li He and others fell into deep thought. These words were also very beneficial to them.

And how to fight against the opponent in terms of discipline?

Liu Fang whispered: "If an army is not disciplined, it will be difficult to enforce discipline. When faced with a complex situation, even if the generals react quickly, they cannot stop the subordinates from being disobedient."

"We cannot fight a simple battle with the other side. We must try to complicate the situation and make the orders of the commanders of both sides more varied and complex. In this way, the soldiers of our five military camps can enforce discipline, while the other side's peasant soldiers will be in trouble."

Zhou Yuan nodded and smiled: "I have realized a lot of things, very good."

"So I leave you one last question, Chenzhou, Yancheng, Yingcheng, Songyang, where should we fight!"

...

"Where will it be!"

In the palace in Luoyang, Zhang Bailong narrowed his eyes and said softly: "You may as well tell me, according to Zhou Yuan's thinking, how will he attack us."

As the prime minister, Tian He stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, I think Zhou Yuan will attack Chenzhou. "

"Of the four cities, Yancheng has Runing and Nanyang to support, Yingcheng and Songyang have Nanyang and Luoyang to support, and although Huaiqing Prefecture in the north can attack Luoyang directly, the army of Songyang can cut them off."

"At present, only Chenzhou is relatively isolated, and only Runing Prefecture can support it."

"The kid Zhou Yuan is still quite capable. He will probably gather 20,000 to 30,000 troops and feint to attack Yancheng, and the remaining 30,000 to 40,000 troops will attack Chenzhou."

"In this case, the soldiers in Yancheng dare not support, and Chenzhou will be attacked, so Runing can only send troops to help."

"That is their only chance to open a gap."

Zhang Bailong nodded and said lightly: "The analysis is very good, well-reasoned and well-reasoned."

"Does anyone have a different opinion?"

The ministers looked at each other and remained silent, obviously agreeing with Tian He's opinion.

Zhang Bailong smiled slowly and said, "Everyone, if you analyze Zhou Yuan's personality and resume carefully, you will find some interesting things."

"Yunzhou rioted, Zhou Yuan took up his sword and rushed back to Zhao Mansion. Lin'an Prefecture was in chaos, Zhou Yuan took a risk and defended Kuixingfang."

"King Jing rebelled, Zhou Yuan traveled thousands of miles to defend the king. During military exercises, Zhou Yuan burned the enemy army."

"This series of deeds shows that he is a person who does not play by the rules and is good at taking risks."

"He often uses unexpected means to achieve the effect of surprise troops, and finally defeats the strong with the weak."

Speaking of this, Zhang Bailong smiled and said, "Don't judge him by common sense. I wouldn't be surprised even if he appeared in Guangzhou."

"Tell Guangzhou that if Zhou Yuan comes, they should withdraw."

"Also pay attention to the north. Although Huaiqing Prefecture is protected by Luoyang and Songyang, Zhou Yuan may not refuse to fight. "

Tian He suddenly said: "Your Majesty, according to common sense, where is Zhou Yuan least likely to attack?"

Zhang Bailong narrowed his eyes slightly and said softly: "Of course it is Yancheng and Yingcheng. After all, these two cities are heavily armed and have Ru'ning, Nanyang and Luoyang as support."

Tian He said: "If according to your majesty's analysis, Zhou Yuan is likely to attack one of them."

Zhang Bailong's figure shook slightly, and said: "I have thought about this, but I really can't figure out what good results he will get by doing this."

"Yancheng and Yingcheng each have 60,000 peasant soldiers stationed. They can at least hold on until the autumn harvest in August. How can Zhou Yuan fight?"

"Unless he makes a desperate bet, all 60,000 people gather in one place and fight for life and death."

The ministers looked at each other and agreed that if they attacked Yancheng and Yingcheng, the other party would not get any good results.

…

“Gather all 60,000 people and march out the day after tomorrow to attack Yancheng.”

Zhou Yuan’s words completely confused Li He and others.

“Yancheng?”

Xiang Yong glared and said, “General, Yancheng is southeast of Runing and southwest of Nanyang. There are sufficient manpower and food, and the number of garrisons is huge. We are going to suffer a great loss!”

Zhou Yuan smiled and said:"Even if I let you think about it, you won't know where to attack. It's better for me to decide."

"We have to fight anyway, so it doesn't matter where we fight."

Liu Fang said: "General, are 60,000 people gathered in one place? If we can't attack, we will probably be surrounded!"

Zhou Yuan nodded and said: "Yes, we will gather in one place. According to what Captain Li said, there is no feint attack, it's all the main attack!"

The generals looked at each other, their eyes full of worry.

Li He wanted to say something, but Zhou Yuan glared back.

"Shut up!"

Zhou Yuan said in a deep voice: "You have to learn well in this battle so that you can follow me to fight bigger battles in the future."

"If you don't make progress, you can only do this position."

"Let's see how I deal with this interesting war."

"What you need to do is to strictly follow the orders and understand the intention of the war in the orders."

Everyone looked at each other, half-knelt down, and said in a serious voice: "I obey your orders!"

After they went down, Li Yu'an came over, his eyes narrowed slightly, with a smile on his face.

She whispered, "Tell me the truth, do you have any tricks? Is it related to the intelligence you received?"

Zhou Yuan opened the letter directly, pointed and said, "Well, it's just some troop distribution, there is no key information."

"But knowing all this is enough."

Li Yu'an looked down carefully, then frowned and said, "Yancheng and Yingcheng each have 60,000, Chenzhou and Songyang each have 40,000, and Huaiqing has 30,000. This is 230,000 troops!"

Zhou Yuan shook his head and said, "Not only that, Luoyang still has 80,000, Guangzhou still has 40,000, and other prefectures also have 20,000 or 30,000 left behind."

"Totaling them in bits and pieces, it's almost 500,000 troops."

Li Yu'an said, "With so many people, how can Fight?"

Zhou Yuan said: "They are all peasant soldiers, there are not many real elites, and they all go to the fields when the autumn harvest comes."

Li Yu'an couldn't help but say: "But you don't have time to wait until the autumn harvest."

Zhou Yuan said; "Five hundred thousand are just chickens and dogs. Once Zhang Bailong falls, they will definitely go back to being peasants."

"I have basically figured it out. It will take only three or four battles to recover the Central Plains."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yuan looked at Li Yu'an and chuckled: "After this battle, can you give Cai Ni to me? She has been tired for so long, it's time for her to live a good life with me."

Li Yu'an couldn't help laughing: "You Zhou Yuan also have times when you beg me, hum, let's see how you perform."