"Wars are not won by numbers alone, otherwise there is no historical example of winning more with less." Zhao Zihua said disdainfully, "Yes, there are only more than 80,000 soldiers under the command of this general who are really capable of fighting, and there are less than 40,000 elite soldiers, but even so, this general still has the confidence to fight with you Hua Zhengcheng." ”

To be honest, it's not that Zhao Zihua is overconfident, but who of the young generals in the empire except Ye Zhiqiu has military talent far beyond the Sanhua generals.

However, Ye Zhiqiu has already left the army, and at the same time, Zhao Zihua's military talent has been greatly improved after three years of precipitation, so when facing the generals under Ye Zhiqiu, Zhao Zihua has the confidence to fight with him.

It is true that both Li Chenglin and Zhao Zihua think that Ye Zhiqiu should send troops to Shengjing City for defense this time, rather than adopting the current tactics, especially Zhao Zihua has carefully studied every battle of Ye Zhiqiu, but Zhao Zihua still does not know that Ye Zhiqiu will formulate corresponding tactics in combination with the conditions at the time when he deploys any battle, and it is not immutable.

It is not a bad thing for Zhao Zihua to have this confidence, but once the confidence is too much, it will be bad.

You must know that even those long-established generals in the empire and even the mainland did not dare to breed the pride and courage to fight with Ye Zhiqiu when they only had these troops under Zhao Zihua's command.

The gaze turned to the day before, that is, on September 25, 1103 in the continental calendar, at the time of the Shengjing Imperial Palace.

"What, Li Cheng has sent Zhou Tianhua and Lu Chunhua to lead the army to attack Shengjing City." When Li Chengming heard the news, he felt that the end was coming.

In fact, Li Chengming was originally annoyed about whether to use Ye Zhiqiu, and then issued a holy decree and was knighted, and when the news of Ye Zhiqiu's holding high the banner of King Qin reached Shengjing City, Li Chengming was full of energy, as if he was several years younger, and even the frequency of sexual affairs increased several times.

Especially when he heard that Ye Zhiqiu sent four corps to attack Zhao Zihua's department, Li Chengming suddenly felt that he had won the battle, after all, with Ye Zhiqiu's military talent and the strength of the Ye family's army, it was easy to take down Zhao Zihua.

Ye Zhiqiu's adoption of the strategy of besieging but not attacking made Li Chengming feel dissatisfied, but he had a request for him, so he could only listen to him and believe him, but when the news came that Li counterattacked Shengjing City, Li Chengming suddenly felt that he seemed to have become depressed again, and he was not even interested in sexual affairs.

"Do you want to pass on the edict that Ye Zhiqiu immediately waved his troops to support Shengjing City?"

Li Chengming's first reaction when he heard the news of Li Rebellion's attack on Shengjing City was like this, but then after thinking about it, he still felt that Yuanshui could not save the near fire, and there were royal guards, guards and some Janissaries under Hao Jiang's command in Shengjing City, and it was more than enough to resist Li Cheng for a few days with these forces.

Although Li Chengming kept comforting himself, the feeling of unsteadiness in his heart became clearer and clearer.

Most of the counties of the empire have been in the same camp with Li Yi, and the troops in Li Wei's hands far exceed the defensive strength of Shengjing City, Shengjing City can only take a stubborn way, if Ye Zhiqiu can't send troops to rescue in time, Shengjing City can't hold it for a few days.

To tell the truth, since learning the news of Li Chenglin's rebellion, Li Chengming has never slept peacefully or eaten a pleasant meal, and even the usual practice of asking the empress dowager for a press release has been deliberately canceled, and at the same time, beware of the betrayal of the courtiers and generals, and the defection of the Praetorian Guards and the city guards.

"Am I really that unbearable?"

Li Chengming knew in his heart that since Li Cheng's rebellion, among the courtiers, except for the imperial uncle Li Daoqun, he can still have the same heart as himself, and the other ministers are not half-hearted, even the queen mother and the imperial sister Li Yuemei are on Li Cheng's side, "The king of a country can understand the pain of doing my part!" ”

"It seems that only Ye Zhiqiu can save the crisis of the imperial civil war." It wasn't until the moment of life and death that Li Chengming really realized that he couldn't do without Ye Zhiqiu, "I will definitely reuse Ye Zhiqiu in the future, and I will definitely no longer be suspicious." ”

Li Chengming has a promise in his heart, however, can he really fully trust Ye Zhiqiu?

In fact, the civil war in the Chinese Empire has developed to the current situation, whether it is Li Chengming or Li Chenglin, they all know in their hearts that the outcome of this battle must be the fall of one person and the other person will hold the imperial artifact, and this imperial civil war that broke out by the Li brothers for power will end.

This is the fate in front of the Li brothers, and it is also the final fate that the two have to accept, after all, there is no way to mediate the contradictions between the two for the imperial artifact, and the two sides must use this battle to carry out an endless battle, which is also the inevitable outcome of the political struggle between the two.

At the same time, the two Li brothers also knew in their hearts that they were fighting for the supreme ruling power of the empire, and neither of them would easily let go and hand over the power in their hands to others, but no matter who won and who lost the result of the civil war, this was just a battle between the Li brothers, just a game for them to fight for power.

Although Li Chengming is in a weak position at the moment, he has not yet reached the last step, and Ye Zhiqiu, who has never lost a battle in the empire, has already raised the banner of King Qin and sent troops to attack Zhao Zihua, one of the three generals under Li Chenglin, and this is an excellent opportunity for Li Chengming to turn the book.

Even Li Chenglin knew this fact in his heart: although he had mastered most of the empire's counties, it was not easy for him to easily oust Li Chengming from power. Whether he can win or not, the key still depends on Ye Zhiqiu's marching deployment.

All strata and forces in the empire are clear: although Ye Zhiqiu has not yet launched a real offensive against Zhao Zihua, once Ye Zhiqiu participates in the war, it means that the civil war in the empire has really begun; Once Ye Zhiqiu sends all the troops under his command, Li Chenglin will face tremendous military pressure and even political pressure, and may face the danger of defeat and annihilation.

This is not to say that these classes and forces have blind confidence in Ye Zhiqiu, or that they do not have any hope for Li Chenglin, but they all know in their hearts: Ye Zhiqiu is definitely Li Chenglin's nemesis, before Ye Zhiqiu appeared or rose, Li Chenglin was definitely the biggest winner and the most dazzling star of the empire, however, with the gradual rise of Ye Zhiqiu, Li Chenglin could only become the green leaf that foil Ye Zhiqiu.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Chenglin has not dared to raise troops to rebel for the past three years.

September 26, 1103 in the continental calendar, Shen Shizheng, Xing'an Province.

"Li Chenglin actually attacked Shengjing City in advance, and wanted to take the emperor and become his prisoner." Li Chenglin's new combat ideas soon reached Ye Zhiqiu's desk.

"Someone, send this information to Commander Xu, and tell Chengzong, Shifeng and others that how to deal with these matters is up to them, and there is no need to come and ask me for instructions." Ye Zhiqiu pondered for a while, summoned a thirty guard, and handed over the information to the guard.

Although Ye Zhiqiu knew about Li Chenglin's combat deployment, he didn't pay much attention to it, but handed over the matter to Xu Chengzong and others. In fact, this is the bearing that a superior person should have.

To tell the truth, Ye Zhiqiu is not an all-powerful person, although he has done a good job in some aspects, he also has serious deficiencies in many aspects, such as Ye Zhiqiu has super military talents, but these talents are basically some advanced theories, which are used for macro military regulation and control, and strategic deployment have absolute advantages, but if Ye Zhiqiu wants to personally command the army to fight and fight with the enemy, he may not be better than the generals under his command.

Ye Zhiqiu's real strength lies in knowing how to buy people's hearts, to be precise, he should know how to delegate the power in his hands, and on the other hand, he can let them go to fight and fight with the enemy; Second, this move gives them enough stage to display their talents; The three moves are also very popular, and these generals are not really working for Ye Zhiqiu because of this move.

Moreover, these generals themselves are very good, combined with Ye Zhiqiu's strategy and tactics, each of them knows how to use the favorable factors on the battlefield to achieve the result of defeating the enemy.

In fact, it was Ye Zhiqiu's decentralization strategy that not only won the loyalty of the soldiers and officials under his command, but also won the "complaint" in their hearts: Ye Shuai is too irresponsible to be the shopkeeper at every turn.

Of course, this is just a joke, in fact, each of them is desperately working for Ye Zhiqiu.

As a matter of fact, the countries of the mainland, whether they are high-ranking officials or petty officials, have never thought in their hearts that they will appropriately delegate power to the people under their command, and they are afraid in their hearts that after decentralization, they are afraid that they will become big and lose control.

In addition, power can make people young and full of fighting spirit, and power also makes some people forget some basic principles of being a man, forget the emotions and reason they should have, and forget the basic bottom line of being a man.

But Ye Zhiqiu is an alternative, not only knows how to delegate power, but also delegates almost all the power in his hands to everyone under his command, and he only plays the role of a hands-off shopkeeper, taking more time to reunite with his family and gossip.

Of course, while delegating power, Ye Zhiqiu still did not forget to control power, such as taking the helm on some major affairs or major issues of right and wrong.

"It seems that it's time to start the battle of Qichun, otherwise when Li Chenglin takes Shengjing City, no matter whether the emperor can survive or not, Ye Shuai will be in a passive situation." After Xu Chengzong received the news of Li Chenglin's military deployment to attack Shengjing City, he muttered in his mouth.

"Someone, inform the two corps commanders Hua and Ye to launch the Battle of Qichun." Xu Chengzong pondered for a moment, and then ordered a member of the night detachment in a loud voice.

In fact, Xu Chengzong's strategic intention was very simple: that is, to ask Hua Zhengcheng and Ye Feng to take Zhao Zihua's headquarters in the shortest possible time, first cut off one of Li Chenglin's legs, and eradicate all Li Chenglin's forces in the western region of the empire.

Xu Chengzong has this confidence, firstly, because the Ye Jiajun has firmly controlled Ganning County and serves as the most stable logistics base, and secondly, the overall strength of the Ye Jiajun is far beyond that of Zhao Zihua's department. (To be continued!) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation, Mengheng will work hard, hoping to get more support, so, Mengheng weakly shouted: Login, click, recommend, collect one can not be less...... ）

"Doesn't Ye Zhiqiu know that the key factor that determines the victory of a war is the command ability of the front-line commanders and generals, rather than relying on economic construction. The empire is very rich, but it is not defeated in the face of invasion by other countries! ”

To be honest, Li Chenglin didn't understand the intention behind Ye Zhiqiu's negotiation with the businessman, so he despised Ye Zhiqiu's behavior in Ganning County very much.

"Does this king want to rescue Zhao Zihua? Or let Zhao Zihua face the invincible Ye Zhiqiu alone three years ago? Li Chenglin thought about rescuing Zhao Zihua, after all, Zhao Zihua has 100,000 soldiers, which is a great help for his ascension to the throne.

However, Li Chenglin also knew very well in his heart that if he went to rescue Zhao Zihua, he must first solve Shengjing City, otherwise he could only take a detour, but whether it was to capture Shengjing City or make a detour, it would take time, and time was extremely important to Li Chenglin.

"General Zhao, this king heard the general singing all the way, this is a happy event worth celebrating, but this king heard that Ye Zhiqiu sent four corps of troops to be stationed in Qichun City and Baihua Town, in view of Ye Zhiqiu's military deployment, the general should be more vigilant and careful to defend, before knowing Ye Zhiqiu's specific military actions, the general must focus on defense, after all, the strength of several corps under Ye Zhiqiu's command is there." Li Chenglin thought about it and decided to send a letter to Zhao Zihua to remind the other party to be careful in deployment.

Li Chenglin knew in his heart that as long as he won Shengjing City, even if Zhao Zihua was defeated by him, he would have enough political, military, economic and human capital to compete with Ye Zhiqiu.

Although the strength of these corps under Ye Zhiqiu's command is not bad, it can even be said to be amazing, however, after three years of vigorous development of military strength, Li Chenglin has more than 400,000 troops under his command, and his strength is already good. With these military strengths, he already has the strength to compete with Ye Zhiqiu.

In fact, Li Chenglin didn't just want to have a simple military contest with Ye Zhiqiu in his heart, he wanted to use his political advantage to dump Ye Zhiqiu and force Ye Zhiqiu to join his camp, even if it was neutral.

Of course, Li Chenglin also knew in his heart that he had no orthodox reputation to force Ye Zhiqiu at the moment, but as long as he won Shengjing City, whether he had a reputation or not was not the most important factor.

It is not denied that Li Chenglin's ideas are ideal, but there is a saying that goes like this: the ideal is very plump, and the reality is very explicit. Li Chenglin did not think that Ye Zhiqiu would rush back at the critical moment of the imperial civil war and hold high the banner of King Qin.

In fact, whether it is Li Chenglin or Li Chengming, they all know in their hearts that the key to the situation of the imperial civil war depends on Ye Zhiqiu's side, and who Ye Zhiqiu will fully support will be able to achieve the final victory in the imperial civil war.

Perhaps it confirms the old saying: there are gains and losses.