On the banks of the Surabaya River, Huling.

This was the first city captured by Han Gaozu after raising troops one hundred and fifty years later, and it still nominally belonged to the Song State at this time, but in addition to the name, it was actually controlled by the Mo family.

Outside the city, in a military tent, a huge map sits on the table, and young people come and go to deliver news or draw notes on the map.

Ideal for pacing the map.

A large, irregular parallelogram was drawn on the map with red paint.

The four points of this irregular parallelogram are Chengyang, Pingyin, Wucheng and Peiyi.

The length of each side is roughly equal.

On the table, brass compasses, rulers, and various tools were complete, and some lead figures representing soldiers were placed in various positions.

On the map, it may be just a few taels of lead, but in reality, it is tens of thousands of living lives, and it is the most unbearable weight.

Several senior officers and deputy marshals of the same level next to them are also anxiously waiting, now the army is gathered between Huling and Teng, and the elite first division pretends to go to the direction of Wucheng, but actually quietly approaches Surabaya, where there is Xi Liushui's army to answer, once the order is given, they can understand that they are going north along Surabaya.

But now, the army has not moved, and is still waiting for some definite news.

Shi looked calm, without the slightest hint of anxiety, at least it seemed.

But when the curtain of the tent was lifted, and a young herald came in with the news, he turned around in a hurry, looking calm, and touched the corner of the table, causing tears to flow from the oil candles on the table.

The herald didn't know the big strategy, but just conveyed the news that he was coming here from afar.

"The army in the direction of Linzi has passed through Surabaya on the 21st, passed thirty miles from Qufu, and continued southward."

Twenty-one days, exactly two days ago, this is already a very fast speed of information transmission.

A young staff officer at the table pushed the lead soldier representing the Linzi Legion of the Qi State forward and placed it on the map thirty miles away from Qufu.

Shi, who had been calm, exhaled and laughed unconsciously.

"Good! Good! ”

After a few praises, the herald didn't know why, and after signing it, he retreated outside.

Shi picked up a bamboo pole, pointed at the lead mold of the Qi army near Qufu and said, "The Qi country has left us the opportunity." Although the Qi State was very cautious this time and marched in unison, trying to attract us to divide our troops, I was afraid that they would misestimate the speed of our march. ”

The senior officers gathered on the side had already noticed the irregular parallelogram on the map, and they roughly understood what it meant.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the strategy of Qi State.

Under logistical pressure, Chengyang can threaten Peixian, and Wucheng is the support point for the attack on Feiguo.

There is nothing wrong with choosing these two points.

Pingyin is on the edge of Mount Tai, separated by Mount Tai, and the State of Qi pays the logistics north of Mount Tai to the doctor of Pingyin, and the south of Mount Tai supplies the Linzi army.

With the simultaneous advance, if the Linzi army can reach Wucheng, the Qi army led by Doctor Pingyin can make peace with the Wei and Han coalition forces, then the strategic situation of the Qi State will be completed.

When the time comes, whether it is Wucheng or Peixian, the Mo family must give up one.

Moreover, the Mo family's previous performance was quite like "Song Xianggong", obviously there was a chance to annihilate and repel Liang's father and doctor in the territory of Lu State, but he gave up because of what "benevolence and righteousness".

In this way, the Mo family will not go back on their word, let alone choose to fight a decisive battle with the Qi, Wei and Han coalition forces on the land of Kangfu and other Lu who were not occupied by the Qi State because of the victory in the battle of aiding the most powerful people that year.

In this way, the coalition forces in the direction of Chengyang can directly threaten the foundation of the Mo family on Surabaya, Peiyi, along the territory of the Lu State.

It seems that Qi State does not want to have a full-scale decisive battle with the Mo family, but only hopes to meddle in the affairs of Fei Guo and find an opportunity to seek hegemony in Sishang.

However, the Mo family's plan from the beginning was to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of the civil strife in the Three Jin Dynasty, the resurgence of the dispute between Wei and Chu, and the imminent reform of the Qin State, to cripple the Qi State in one fell swoop, so that the Qi State would not be able to covet Sishang and the East China Sea for twenty years.

The people of the Mo family were not Song Xianggong, but they just felt that those reinforcements from Liang's father and doctor could not make Qi Guo hurt.

In the past few days, the army has been in a state of assembly, and the surrounding vendors have been told not to approach, and they can be said to be ready to go.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, and now it is appropriate to applaud, which means that the east wind has arrived.

Shi continued to point to the Qi Linzi Legion near Qufu and said: "Now that the Qi Linzi Legion is near Qufu, we are now moving our troops to the north, and the news will reach the Qi people in three days at the earliest." ”

"In three days, we followed Surabaya, Heshui and the support of the people nearby, enough to cross the Taoqiu and make a posture that threatened Chengyang."

"At that time, with the current marching speed of the Linzi Legion of Qi State, it will already be about seven or eight days away from Wucheng. No matter what the Qi people decide, the Linzi Legion can be regarded as falling into our trap. ”

"If they continue to go to Wucheng and feel that our army is in Chengyang, then it is best."

"If they sense danger, turn back immediately......"

He clicked on the map and said, "Mark the location where the Qi army may arrive in four days." ”

The young staff officer immediately took out a ruler and compass, planned carefully, chose a position, and moved the lead soldier over.

Shi pointed to the position of the Qi army at this time and said: "Four days later, the Qi people get the news that we sent troops to Chengyang, even if they retreat, how long will it take for you to reach Liang's father?" ”

Several people said: "Retreating is not a rout, with the current speed of the Qi people, it will take fifteen days at the fastest to reach Liang's father." ”

Shi smiled and nodded to the east of the Qi army model and said: "If you take the east side and retreat, there is Yimeng Mountain." The mountains are high and the water is urgent, the beasts are crowded, and the cities are few, so it is impossible for tens of thousands of troops to go to Yimeng Mountain. Even if they go, the Gongzaoye in the direction of Jianling and Juyang can threaten them and make them defeat without a fight. ”

"However, it is basically impossible to go to Yimeng Mountain and return to Linzi, so there is no need to think about it."

Although Yimeng Mountain is not a famous mountain and river, it was once used as a natural border between Qi and Yue, where the Great Wall was built, but there are few roads in the mountainous area, and the cities are scarce.

He was not afraid that the head of the Linzi Legion was as strong as iron and he was bent on entering Wucheng, but he was worried that the Linzi Legion would retreat, so he was waiting for this opportunity.

Too early, after the Linzi Legion got the news that the Mo family had sent troops to Chengyang, they could choose to retreat and make peace with the Pingyin Legion, at most abandon the army to protect the commander, and throw away the 20,000 reinforcements of Liang's father.

Too late, Doctor Pingyin's side may complete the rendezvous with the Wei and Han coalition forces, causing Chengyang to become a tough battle. Although this was a plan that had been considered before, since the strategy had been changed to prepare for the field annihilation of the Qi Pingyin Legion, the timing of this time had to be extremely accurate.

The best time to time can only be determined by taking into account the condition of the road, the weather, the supplies along the way, the speed of the march of both the enemy and the enemy, and many other issues.

Shi pointed the bamboo pole in the direction of Pingyin, Chengyang, and Onozawa, and the young staff officer immediately marked the possible location of Dr. Pingyin four days later.

Shi pointed there and said, "In the worst-case scenario, Doctor Pingyin turned around and fled back to Pingyin." When the Linzi Legion meets, in that case, we still have about ten days to break through Pingyin and annihilate Pingyin Doctor. ”

"If it goes well, we can fight in the Jishui River Basin, and in that case, we will have more time left."

"If the Pingyin Army is annihilated in Jishui, Pingyin will be an empty city, which can be broken in one day. We can even repair for three or five days, and then go to meet the retreating Linzi army. ”

"Of course, if the Linzi Legion is bent on penetrating Wucheng, regardless of the possibility of the back road being cut off, it will be better. As soon as Pingyin is broken, there is no danger to Linzi to defend, and a horse is flat. If we are willing, we can see what the 'sweaty rain' city that Yan Ying said back then looked like. ”

This confident remark caused laughter from everyone, and half of the people present were from aristocratic scholars and had been to Linzi; There are also half of them are Sishang locals, and there is basically no chance to go out and see, if it weren't for the Mo family, they might still be surviving in the fiefdom of the nobles, and there would never be a chance to rule thousands of people.

Pingyin is the last important city before Linzi of Qi State, and it is also the support point of the Great Wall of Qi State.

Outside of Pingyin, there is no big city that can be solidly defended in the cities along Jishui, which has already been investigated by the inkers and scouts who are all over the Qi country.

In the worst-case scenario, Doctor Pingyin turned into the wind and couldn't catch up with him, and returned to Pingyin, then the Mo family still had ten days to attack the city. The Mo family knew the city defense situation of Pingyin City well, and the staff officers had already formulated seven or eight siege routes, plus equipped sappers and artillery, and there were also some ink people in the city, which could also be used as internal response when necessary.

Pingyin to Liang's father, that is, the distance from Fengtai in Beijing to Tongzhou in later generations, Liang's father was cut off, and the Linzi army wanted to retreat to Linzi, so they could only take the Taylor Mountains, which was even more self-defeating.

When the time comes, the initiative of fighting or not fighting is in the hands of the Mo family.

If you don't fight, you can go, and if you fight, Qi will definitely take the initiative to attack in order to retreat.

Shi pointed the bamboo pole in the direction of Chengyang and said: "Judging from the news of the scouts and the detailed work, there are 10,000 Wei troops and 10,000 Han troops in the direction of Chengyang, none of which are good at fighting, and there are no soldiers. When we were looking for an opportunity in Jishui, we only needed a suspicious army, and they would not dare to come out. ”

Then he moved upwards again, pointed to the position where Doctor Pingyin might march four days later, and said, "At that time, Doctor Pingyin will be between Xue Ling and Fan. It will also take time for him to retreat to Pingyin, and we are feints to attack Chengyang, and the army bypasses Chengyang along Dayozawa and penetrates directly into Ayi, giving him less time to return to Pingyin; It also takes time for him to go to Chengyang, just between Pingyin and Chengyang, and we have the opportunity to find an opportunity to annihilate him when he hesitates. ”