"Good. No need to be polite, sit down and deliberate. Liu Yan nodded.

Then he said: "There are three countermeasures for everyone, one is to hold on to the camp and avoid fighting, the second is to go out of the camp and set up a position and confront the enemy head-on, and the third is to find a favorable opportunity and take the initiative to attack. Each of the three countermeasures has its own advantages and disadvantages, and if any one of them is adopted alone, the battalion will not last long. But if the three countermeasures are combined and implemented together, it will have a miraculous effect! ”

After a slight pause and looking at the generals in the hall, Liu Yan continued: "You might as well tell the generals that the three countermeasures you just mentioned are exactly the strategies that the commander has been planning for a long time against the enemy!" ”

The generals seemed to know for a long time, they didn't say much, and even the expressions on their faces didn't change much.

Liu Jian was silent.

Liu Yan said: "The 30,000 enemy troops in Yangzhou City will not be counted, they will leave most of their troops to prevent us from seizing Yangzhou City, according to reliable reports, the number of enemy troops out of the city is expected to be five or six thousand, but if we find out our movements, whether they will increase their troops, it is not yet certain." But what is certain is that the enemy will come and try to break into the camp within two days! As I just said, when the enemy army is attacking, the three countermeasures must be implemented at the same time, and it is indispensable to defend the camp, deploy formations outside the camp to resist the enemy, and take the initiative to attack. Ladies and gentlemen, according to the meaning of the marshal, this time there will be no generals, whoever will attack, who will set up the formation, please each of them! ”

When the generals in the hall heard this, they lowered their eyebrows and lowered their eyes, and almost no one looked at Liu Jian and Liu Yan.

Obviously, no one is willing to leave the camp and set up a formation outside, let alone take the risk of taking the initiative.

The chamber was silent and could seem to be heard breathing, except for silence and silence, no one spoke, and no one stood up.

The complexion on Liu Qi's face became worse, and he coughed twice from time to time, making the hall seem quieter.

"The enemy is now, is there no one to ask for help?"

Half a cup of tea time passed, still no one spoke, no one got up, Liu Qi was very disappointed, Liu Yan saw it in his eyes and couldn't help but remind.

The more than 20 commanders present still kept their mouths shut and did not say a word.

Deep in Yang Congyi's heart, he is experiencing a violent struggle at this time!

Please attack, is an effective way to get rid of the Guazhou ferry and avoid being killed by other armies, but the Jingwu army has no experience in fighting with the Jin people, if it is not defeated, it is small to eat a defeat, and I am afraid that the whole army will be annihilated.

Judging from Liu Qi's deployment this time, he wanted a complete victory to deter the enemy army and avoid frequent harassment by the enemy army.

Therefore, the army that took the initiative had only two endings, either defeating the enemy or destroying the entire army. If you are defeated and run away, even if you come back, you will not be able to escape the knife in front of the battle, and use the severed head of the deserter to boost the morale of the whole army!

Once any army is defeated, it means that there are only two endings, either defeating the enemy army, or being killed by the enemy army or their own people, and there is no other ending.

If you don't seize this opportunity and show your value in front of Liu Qi, then the final fate of the Jingwu Army is to die at the ferry, or flee back to the Yangtze River.

Obviously, it is a rare opportunity to get out of the current predicament.

But the risk of taking the initiative and annihilating the whole army is too great, and it is difficult for him to decide.

From Liuqiu to Mingzhou, and from Mingzhou to Yangzhou Guazhoudu, for more than a month, the Jingwu Army has been discriminated against because it is no longer the regular army of the imperial court.

In Mingzhou, the military conference has never been attended by the elite army, and the news of Lin'an and the north has never been informed to them, although they have dozens of brand-new warships, but they have no chance to go to sea, they can only do miscellaneous work in the port, and do some logistics and supply chores for the navy in eastern Zhejiang.

finally came to Guazhoudu, but it was with Wei Jun, Wang Fang and others to assist in the defense of the ferry, and the front line fought and made meritorious contributions, which must have nothing to do with them, but once the front line is lost, the army wants to retreat, they must be the last to evacuate, and if the enemy army does not attack, will the superiors let them take the initiative to evacuate? Apparently not. If the enemy comes quickly, will they have time to leave? Naturally, it can't.

If the elite army cannot get rid of its current situation, let alone make meritorious contributions, it is a question of whether it can save its life.

The Jingwu army has fifty or sixty warships, although Yang Congyi is already preparing for a safe evacuation, but once the army begins to evacuate, to cross the Yangtze River, no one can leave the ship, and the Jingwu army, which has no status, is likely to not be able to keep their warships, so when the enemy presses, they will either die in battle or jump into the river.

At present, it seems that if you want to get out of the predicament, you can only give it a go, and other than that, it is a dead end.

In a very short period of time, Yang Congyi's brain rotated rapidly, quickly deduced the pros and cons and dilemmas over and over again, and finally made up his mind.

I saw Yang Congyi calmly stand up from the corner, under the gaze of several commanders opposite and beside him, and in the gaze of Liu Yan and Liu Qi, he shouted loudly: "Jingwu Army, please attack!" ”

A high-pitched voice alarmed the silent council room, and all the commanders cast surprised glances in the direction from which the voice came, wanting to see who was so bold as to dare to send his brothers to death.

However, the vast majority of people have no impression of the commander standing in the corner, as if they had never seen it before. The name of the elite army is almost never heard of.

So when they turned around, they just glanced at it and saw the excitement.

I'm afraid that in their eyes, Yang Congyi stood up at this time, just to make meritorious service for his crimes, or to fight for fame to the death!

"Good! The elite army invites Yingying to fight, if this battle is won, the first merit should be credited! ”

Liu Yan looked at Yang Congyi, promised loudly, and then looked at the others, and asked again: "Which other army is willing to fight with the Jingwu Army to defend against the enemy army?" ”

As soon as the words fell, one of them suddenly got up and replied loudly: "Yang Wujun, please go to war!" ”

Hearing this, Yang Congyi was shocked.

Yangwu Army? Is it the forbidden army formed by the general battalion that year?

He looked at the commander, but he only saw his back, and he didn't know if the man was the old man of the general camp.

The tense expression on Liu Yan's face relaxed a little again, glanced at Liu Jian who was sitting, and saw that there was a different look in his eyes, so he immediately said to the commander who stood up: "Okay! The Yangwu army is willing to fight together with the Jingwu army to resist the enemy. What other army would go into battle with? ”

"The enemy army is willing to fight with the Jingwu Army and the Yangwu Army!"

As soon as Liu Yan's words fell, Chen Min, the commander of the enemy army, immediately got up and asked for help.

"Good!" Liu Yan's face turned happy.

If three armies are invited to attack, then there is a great hope of defeating the enemy army outside the camp of Guazhou, and the strategic purpose of the battle can be achieved.

After Liu Yan motioned for Chen Min to sit down, he asked for the fourth time: "Is there still an army willing to go to war with them?" ”

The chamber fell silent again, and the generals lowered their eyebrows and remained silent for a long time.

"In that case, let's discuss it here today, and all the armies will return to the camp and wait for the commander's orders!"

After Liu Yan communicated with Liu Jian in a low voice, he immediately announced the end of the discussion.

Everyone was relieved, and when they got up to leave, they only heard Liu Yan shouting loudly: "Jingwu Army, Yangwu Army, and the enemy army are under control, and leave the discussion!" ”

In an instant, there were only Liu Kuan, Liu Yan, Yang Congyi, Chen Min and the commander of the Yangwu Army in the council room, a total of five people.

"Three, let's come forward to discuss the matter, the handsome man is ill and can't speak loudly."

After everyone left, Liu Yan summoned the three commanders to come forward.

Yang Congyi and the three of them walked quickly to Liu Jian five feet away and stood still, hugged his fists and said, "The last general has seen the handsome!" ”

Liu Jian squeezed out some smiles on his very bad face, and said emotionally with a hoarse throat: "The old man is very pleased to see you!" When the Great Song Dynasty was in danger, there were still people who dared to fight! If you win this battle, the old man will recommend to the court and let you take on important responsibilities in the army! ”

"Thank you, Dashuai!" Yang Congyi and the three of them thanked each other.

"You will first introduce your own origins and troops, and then discuss the strategy of defending against the enemy together." The excitement that appeared in Liu Kuang's eyes gradually disappeared, replaced by calmness.

Chen Min, who was standing in the middle, said first: "The last general will control Chen Min by controlling the enemy army." The enemy army was under the command of the infantry army division before, and has been stationed in Liyang County, and after crossing the river, he went to Huaiyin with the marshal, and now has five commands of 2,000 people. ”

After Chen Min finished speaking, Yang Congyi immediately said: "The last general Jingwu army controls Yang Congyi." The Jingwu Army was previously under the Dianqian Division, and seven years ago it was assigned to the Hui Yi Division, stationed in Quanzhou. At present, there are six commanders of troops, with a total of 3,000 people. ”

After Yang Congyi finished speaking, the third person continued: "The last general Yang Wu Army commander Yuan Hua." Yangwu Army belongs to the front division of the palace, stationed in Zhenzhou, previously lost the battle with the enemy, the army was scattered, and Shao Hongyuan retreated to the south of the Yangtze River, and there are only four commanders left in the army, more than 1,500 people. ”

"The three armies have 6,500 men, and compared with the enemy's vanguard troops, they will not fall behind." Liu Jian nodded, quite satisfied with the existing strength of the three armies.

"Bring me the map."

At the sound of an order, Liu Yan hurriedly moved a small table, and then unfolded a map of Yangzhou on the table.

Liu Jian stretched out his hand and pointed to the map and said: "This is Guazhou Town, this is Yangzhou City, the enemy army in the city wants to attack Guazhou Town, we can only take this big road, we must repel the enemy army on this necessary road." You see, this road is sixty or seventy miles long, and there are many villages on both sides of the road, and now the villages are empty, and you can ambush and many people, so you can ambush here in advance, and when the enemy army passes, you will directly intercept their rear road and attack from behind. The enemy knew that we had 50,000 or 60,000 troops in the camp on Guazhou, and once they found that the back road had been cut off, they did not dare to continue to move forward, so they could only turn around and flee. Once the enemy army turns around and escapes, you don't have to fight to the death with them, after a little entanglement, you can let them flee back to Yangzhou. Remember, the primary purpose of this battle is to scare the enemy vanguard out of the camp, and as long as the mission is completed, I will give you the first credit! ”