Deng Yu looked at the ministers present, and said: "Your Majesty, the doctor is good at managing the army, and he is even better at commanding the army, and the doctor is calm and impatient, and he can break the natural danger of Shudi!" ”

Liu Xiu listened carefully.

The ability to lead troops to fight is indeed quite powerful, especially in the last two years, and it has been particularly obvious.

After Feng Yi died of illness, it was Laishe who carried the banner of the Western Expeditionary Army, and in the later stage of the Battle of Pinglong, Laishe made the greatest contribution.

Let Lai She lead the troops into Shu to fight, Liu Xiu is also very confident in his heart, even if Lai She can't win the enemy army on the frontal battlefield, but the enemy army wants to defeat him, it is very difficult.

Liu Xiu thought about it repeatedly, and finally adopted Deng Yu's suggestion, and asked Laishu to gather troops and horses in Longdi and serve as the chief general of the whole army, while Geng Yi's department and Gaiyan's department were supplemented to assist the Laishe department to fight in Shu.

In Liu Xiu's will, it was not clearly stated that Geng Yi and Gai Yan must obey Lai She's command, but let the two of them lead their own soldiers and horses to assist Lai She's battle.

Liu Xiu's will reached Hanyang, and Geng Yi and Gai Yan both came to the camp of the Western Expeditionary Army.

In the Chinese military tent, Geng Yi and Gai Yan saw Laixi.

When it comes to official positions, Geng Yi and Gai Yan are both generals, which are a cut above the Taizhong doctor Laixi, but in front of Laishe, the two of them are still very polite.

The first is that Lai She is old, has a high seniority, and belongs to the elders of the two of them, and second, Lai She does have real skills.

Lai She, who succeeded Feng Yi, trained the unruly soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army to be obedient within a few days of arriving in the Western Expeditionary Army, which is not something ordinary people can do.

After that, Lai She led the soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army to conquer Luomenju in one fell swoop, and this battle also became the final battle of Pinglong.

For Lai's ability, Gaiyan admires it.

In the Chinese military tent, Geng Yi and Gai Yan took the lead in bowing to Lai She, saying, "Come to the general!" ”

The Son of Heaven has verbally canonized Lai Shu as a lieutenant general, and it is not an exaggeration to call him a general.

Lai She hurriedly returned the salute and said, "General Gai, General Geng!" ”

After the guest and host sat down, Gai Yanle said hehehe: "Come to the general, Bo Zhao and I have received His Majesty's will to fight against Shu, General Lai is the main general, and Bo Zhao and I are both assistants!" ”

Lai Xi waved his hand again and again, and said with a smile: "General Gai is too polite, to fight against Shu, we have to discuss a few of us to fight!" ”

As he spoke, his gaze naturally glanced towards Geng Yi.

Gaiyan is a typical military general in the army, straight, whatever the will of the Son of Heaven, he will not have any objections, and will act according to the will as it is.

Geng Yi is not.

When Geng Yi followed Liu Xiu, he was not yet twenty years old, at a young age, he followed His Majesty's southern and northern expeditions, and made countless military exploits.

In fact, many people think that Geng Yi is the most likely candidate to become the commander of the Liangzhou soldiers and horses, and if there is a competitor, it is Gai Yan, but no one expected that he would come out of the way and win the post of the commander of the Liangzhou soldiers and horses in one fell swoop.

To say that Geng Yi did not have the slightest unconvincing or unhappy in his heart, it was impossible.

After the greetings, Lai She said: "At present, Wang Yuan and Huan'an occupy Wudu, and if you want to conquer Shu, you must first conquer Wudu!" ”

Wudu County is the southernmost county of Liangzhou, bordering Shu.

In different dynasties, Wudu County also belonged differently, it was sometimes divided into Liangzhou, and sometimes it was divided into Yizhou.

Wudu County is like a link, connecting Liangzhou in the north and Yizhou in the south.

If you send troops from Liangzhou to the south, then it is inevitable that you will have to go to Wudu County, and if you send troops from Sanfu, you can avoid Wudu County and go south directly into Yizhou.

Laishu means that the side should first take the military capital, and then enter Yizhou to fight.

In the discussion of this matter, Geng Yi put forward a different point of view, and he said with a straight face: "Come to the general, I think that you can ignore Wudu County, go to Sanfu, and go straight to Yizhou!" ”

Deng Yu said that Geng Yi's style of fighting is elegant, unpredictable, and quite pertinent.

Geng Yi's use of troops is indeed elusive, unexpected, and unguardable.

Listening to Geng Yi's words, Gai Yan frowned and said, "Bo Zhao, the Wudu is uneven, and the rear of our army is unstable!" ”

Geng Yi smiled indifferently and said: "Wang Yuan, Huan'an and the like, rats, don't worry, as long as our army's logistics supply does not go to Wudu, but to Sanfu, it will not be threatened!" ”

After a pause, Geng Yi said again: "Surprise and attack it unprepared, the only way to use troops is the best strategy!" Our army bypasses Wudu and takes Yizhou directly, and will definitely catch the Shu army by surprise, take Hanzhong first, cut off the root of Wudu, Wang Yuan, Huan'an and the like, but they can be self-defeating! ”

Gai Yan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he secretly said that Geng Yi's plan was feasible.

However, in Laixi, Geng Yi's idea was too risky.

bypassing Wudu County and directly attacking Hanzhong County in Yizhou, this is tantamount to a lone army going deep, once the advance is blocked, and Hanzhong is not successfully defeated, what should you do?

When the time comes, won't your own soldiers and horses be trapped in Hanzhong County?

Isn't that in danger of total annihilation?

Lai Xi shook his head again and again, and said: "In this battle, our army is neither short of soldiers nor short of food, we need to fight steadily and steadily, step by step, so it is the most secure!" ”

Gai Yan nodded thoughtfully, thinking about it carefully, it made sense to come to her.

It's not that Gai Yan'er is soft-rooted, and he feels that what makes sense when he listens to it, in fact, Geng Yi and Laixi's tactics have their own reasons, but the style of combat is different.

Lai Xi is old, has a steady temperament, and his style is also calm.

And Geng Yi is young and vigorous and makes good use of strange soldiers, so his battle style tends to be elegant, seemingly adventurous, but in fact he is a bamboo.

The two styles of tactics have their own reasons, and there is no distinction between who is superior and who is inferior.

Geng Yi frowned, and couldn't help but remind: "Come to the general, it's not just our army that fights against Shu. ”

Lai Xi looked at Geng Yi in bewilderment.

Geng Yi said meaningfully: "Your Majesty has sent Da Sima to Nanjun to take over the Southern Expeditionary Army, and gather the soldiers and horses of Nanjun, Nanyang and the surrounding counties.

If our side is just advancing step by step, who does General Lai think will be the first to conquer Chengdu? ”

At present, the biggest enemy of the Luoyang court is Gongsun Shu, no matter who it is, as long as he takes the lead in conquering Chengdu and capturing Gongsun Shu, it is an immortal achievement, which can go down in history, Geng Yi does not want to miss this golden opportunity no matter what.

I heard that Geng Yi was unwilling to fight Wudu, but wanted to fight Hanzhong directly, it turned out that he was to conquer Chengdu first, and he frowned, and said: "General Geng, the most avoidable thing to use soldiers is to rush forward, blindly taking risks and rushing forward will only make you fall into a deep encirclement, and it will be too late to regret it!" ”

Geng Yi was amused, shook his head and said: "If we follow the tactics of General Lai's step-by-step battalion, I'm afraid that by the time Da Sima conquers Chengdu, we won't even defeat Hanzhong!" ”

Lai She said: "No matter who can conquer Chengdu, it will benefit the Han family and the people of the world, what is the difference?"

If I risk the lives of all the soldiers of the army in order to steal merit, I can't do it! ”

There are huge differences between the two of them in terms of temperament, fighting style and philosophy, and there is no one right or wrong, but the styles of the two are different.

In this discussion, Lai She and Geng Yi did not get along, and finally broke up unhappily.

Leaving the Zhongjun tent and going outside, Gai Yan pulled Geng Yi and said: "Bo Zhao, after all, the general is the chief general personally appointed by His Majesty, and in the war, we still have to listen to the general!" ”

Geng Yi asked rhetorically: "Isn't it true that Juqing doesn't want to conquer Chengdu in person?" ”

Gaiyan smiled bitterly and muttered, "How could I not want to? ”

Geng Yi Zhengse said: "But according to General Lai's tactics, it is impossible for us to conquer Chengdu before Da Sima!" ”

Gai Yan said: "Tian Rong and Ren Manke are both in Nanjun, and there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under the command of the two!" ”

Geng Yi said firmly: "In front of Da Sima, Tian Rong and his term of office are not worth mentioning, and the Shu army of more than 100,000 will be wiped out in a blink of an eye. ”

Seeing Gai Yan grinning, Geng Yi shook his head and smiled, and asked rhetorically, "Juqing doesn't believe that Da Sima has such a ability?" ”

Gai Yan said: "It's not that I don't believe it, I just think that it is really difficult for you and me to compete for credit with Ziyan!" ”

Geng Yi Zhengse said: "Listen to my plan, surprise the army, and take Hanzhong directly."

The Shu army was ill-prepared and rushed to the battle, and was bound to lose.

Our army first takes Hanzhong, and then takes Guanghan, and the army goes south, and it can attack Chengdu directly! ”

Gai Yan was very moved when he heard this, but after thinking about it, he shook his head again, and said meaningfully: "Bo Zhao, General Lai is the main general, you and I are the second department, just to assist General Lai!" ”

As soon as Geng Yi heard this, his shoulders immediately collapsed, and he said it for so long, and it was all in vain, Juqing still had to follow Laixi's tactics.

Geng Yi said: "In this case, if you beat yours, I will beat mine!" ”

After speaking, Geng Yi threw off his robe and strode away.

Gai Yan called him repeatedly, but Geng Yi didn't look back.

Geng Yi was right, the battlefield in Nanjun is indeed changing.

Wu Han's arrival in Nanjun doubled the morale of the officers and men of the Southern Expeditionary Army.

Speaking of which, the Southern Expeditionary Army was not created by Cen Peng, but was carried forward by Cen Peng, back then, it was Wu Han who created the Southern Expeditionary Army, until now, many veterans and veterans in the Southern Expeditionary Army are still Wu Han's old subordinates.

For the arrival of Wu Han, these veterans of the Southern Expeditionary Army were naturally happy and welcomed from the bottom of their hearts, and the whole army took on a new look.

Wu Han did not come alone, and Wu Han came with Zang Gong, Liu Long, and tens of thousands of soldiers recruited from Nanyang and its surrounding counties.

After arriving in Nanjun, Wu Hanbu joined forces with the Southern Expeditionary Army, and Cen Peng naturally gave up the position of the chief general in the army to Wu Han.

At present, the Shu army, led by Tian Rong and Ren Man, still occupies important places along the river such as Wuxian, Yiling, and Lingdao in Nanjun.

If the Han army wants to recapture these three important places, it will have to fight a water war with the Shu army.

However, at present, most of the troops are infantry and cavalry, and there are really not many sailors who can fight water battles.

Cen Peng discussed with Wu Han, and recruited soldiers (sailors) in Guiyang, Changsha, Lingling and other places, and the first batch of sailors recruited more than 30,000 people.

In just one month, more than 60,000 sailors were recruited one after another.

Looking at these more than 60,000 water troops, Wu Han had an illusion, this is 60,000 blood basins, so many people, they have to eat, drink and lead the army's salary every day, which has to consume how much money and food in the army.

Wu Han's concept of leading troops to fight has always been that soldiers and horses are not expensive, as long as they are elite soldiers and strong generals, they can be defeated by thousands of enemies.

Now that Cen Peng has summoned so many sailors, is it really necessary?

He took the initiative to find Cen Peng and suggested that Cen Peng disband all the summoned sailors, leaving only 18,000 people behind.

Cen Peng did not accept Wu Han's opinion, the combat power of the Shu army's sailors should not be underestimated, and there are many troops, if the strength of his own navy is insufficient, it is almost impossible to recapture Wuxian, Yiling, and Lingdao.

On the issue of whether to keep so many water troops, Wu Han and Cen Peng also disagreed.

In the end, it was Cen Peng who went to the Son of Heaven and asked the Son of Heaven to make a decision.

After receiving Cen Peng's letter, Liu Xiu immediately wrote a reply letter, the content was very brief, reminding Wu Han that all matters related to the water war were based on Cen Peng's opinion.

You obviously don't know how to fight a water war, what are you doing with others?

After receiving Liu Xiu's letter, Wu Han, the great Sima, immediately became honest.

He had no objection to Cen Peng's recruitment of so many sailors.