Jiang Tao looked up at the gloomy sky, it seemed that it was going to snow again, the wind was like a knife slashing his bare skin, his hands were already covered with frostbite, swollen like a steamed bun, and many places had been broken. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info he wrapped the cloak tightly outside, and walked towards a military tent in front of him with some difficulty.

He is a weak scholar who does not know martial arts, but in the past two years, he has commanded 50,000 eastern border troops as a real deputy general of the Eastern Frontier Army, which is unique among all the countries in the world. With a sober mind, exquisite strategic layout, and sober tactical thinking, he made himself stand out among the eastern border army, and was valued by Cheng Wuben, and promoted all the way, of course, he also marked a distinct brand of the Cheng system.

Cheng Wuben went to work, he was naturally in the ranks of being purged, followed Cheng Shuai to Daming for two years, although he was far away from the center of power, but let him see more things, and learned more things, he was even very grateful for the two years of Daming, which made his thinking much broader.

The founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty is indeed an immortal masterpiece.

Later, when he returned to the Eastern Frontier Army, he held real power in his hands, but life was extremely difficult. Luo Liang, the commander of the Eastern Frontier Army, unabashedly made things difficult for him and suppressed him, making his life extremely embarrassing. But he finally regained a foothold in the eastern border army, firmly holding the 50,000 people in his hands, and when the commander Luo Liang was unfavorable on the main front of Kunling Pass, he attacked many times and won many times, and he managed to stabilize the front and not be oppressed too much by the Qi people.

This war, he is resolutely opposed, in the two years of the Ming Dynasty, he is not like Cheng Wuben is still trying his best to help Qin Feng rise, after he has dealt with his own affairs, more time is spent observing, observing Qin Feng, observing the officials of the Ming Kingdom, observing their methods of doing things, and studying their policies.

His understanding of Qin Feng was much deeper than that of Cheng Wuben

He always thought it was a trap. But it's a pity that even though he is the deputy general of the Eastern Frontier Army, it is not enough to affect Min Ruoying's judgment. Especially when the Ming army won successive battles in the war of alignment, and beat the Qi people backwards, and when too many people in the Chu State thought that Qi was strong and strong, he did not change his judgment.

In the end, even his mentor Cheng Wuben recognized the Chu State Qi Campaign.

Now, everything is revealed to the world, and the Ming State and the Qi State dug a big pit together, luring Da Chu to jump in. The state of Qi used the land of the three counties in exchange for the possibility of completely annihilating the main force of Great Chu.

He paused slightly, looked at the snow below his ankles, and sighed heavily. Not possible, but already happening. The army of more than 100,000 people of Dachu was besieged in an area less than 100 miles away from Chen County in Luzhou, and it was only a matter of time before the support was cut off, the grain route was cut off, and the whole army was destroyed.

And what is even more tragic is where their emperor is also. This made Jiang Tao even more pessimistic. Min Ruoying is not a wise emperor, but it can't be said that he is a faint monarch, it's just that his ambitions don't match his talents, but as long as he can return to China alive, at least the state of Chu can remain calm, and there is still the strength to die, if he can't come back, the young prince is only ten years old, what should the state of Chu do?

The war has eroded so far, there is no way to save it, and now we need to think about the future. This battle will make the Chu State lose the power to dominate the world, but it is not enough to make the Chu State die, what needs to be done now is to ensure that more athletes are left for the Chu State as much as possible, save more strength today, and have more hope for the Chu State to rise again in the future.

Decades ago, the crisis faced by the former emperor Min Wei was no better than now, but after decades of lying on the salary, the state of Chu eventually became the henchman of the state of Qi, and now, the great Chu wants to do this process again.

Although there is no Yang Yihe in Da Chu now, heroes come out of troubled times, Jiang Tao believes that Da Chu, who has been a monk for many years, will inevitably emerge one after another in this crisis.

Before he stopped the tent, he stretched out his red and swollen right hand, lifted the curtain of the tent, and stepped in.

"Dashuai!" He shouted.

Cheng Wuben has been staring at the map in front of him, for more than a month, this old handsome man who was originally in good spirits has aged a lot, the age spots on his face are particularly obvious, the swollen eye bags, and the haggard look make him look much older than his original age.

"Jiang Tao, are you back? Still can't open the situation ahead? Cheng Wuben walked out from behind the big case, sat down in front of the brazier, motioned for Jiang Tao to sit down, picked up the tongs again, and turned the fire a little stronger.

Stretched out his red and swollen hands to roast on the brazier, bursts of itching from his hands to his heart, Jiang Tao couldn't help but scratch each other's hands, but those bright places were scratched in a few clicks, and pus flowed out of where.

"Zhou Jiyun is also a general of Qi Guoming, under Cao Yun, left Guo and right Zhou, I tried my best, but I didn't find out the flaws of the other party, I tried my best, and I was helpless." Jiang Tao smiled bitterly: "I have a thousand plans, but he has certain rules." In this current situation, I have not led him to the general trend. ”

Cheng Wuben nodded: "It's time for us to go." His voice was very low, "These days, I have been studying this battle to see if we have a chance to get it back, but the more I look at it, the more shocked I become, Jiang Tao, I am even thinking now that there should be a Qi army rushing to attack Kunling Pass." ”

"Even if there is no Qi army to attack Kunling Pass, after this battle, we will not be able to hold Kunling Pass, Kunling Pass has never won with steepness, the six eastern counties and Kunling Pass are a whole, we do not have enough troops to build an impregnable defense line, the loss of Kunling Pass is a sure thing." Jiang Tao nodded.

"There is no room for recovery in this battle, and I am ready to withdraw my troops." Cheng Wu Bendao. "No matter what, I also want to save a force for Da Chu."

"Cheng Shuai, your subordinates naturally agree with your decision to withdraw the army, but there is one thing you have to think about." Jiang Tao said: "If Your Majesty dies in this battle, if he breaks through and returns to Shangjing alive, you decide to withdraw your troops instead of attacking Luzhou to relieve the siege, I am afraid that it will make Your Majesty angry." ”

"Attack Luzhou?" Cheng Wuben smiled bitterly: "Let's not talk about whether we can break through Zhou Jiyun, even if we defeat Zhou Jiyun and rush to Luzhou, what is the difference between being sent to death?" I'm afraid that the Qi people are looking forward to us doing this, right? I have made up my mind to withdraw the army, no matter what the emperor will do to me in the future, Cheng has a clear conscience. ”

Jiang Tao was silent for a moment: "But how could Zhou Jiyun watch us retreat safely, retreating before the battle has always been a taboo for soldiers, retreating, it will make the originally low morale fall again, if the Qi army is forced again, I am only afraid that the retreat will become a rout!" ”

"What do you think?" Cheng Wuben looked at Jiang Tao and asked, "Since you have also thought of this problem, you already have a perfect method." ”

Jiang Tao raised his head and looked at Cheng Wuben: "Dashuai, on the way back from the front line, I have been thinking about how to get rid of Zhou Jiyun and bring the main force back to Chu safely." Now there is indeed a plan, please refer to Cheng Shuai. ”

"Tell me about it!"

"In our army, in addition to the main force, there are nearly 20,000 young and strong people, we must arm them, and then match a certain main force to attack Zhou Jiyun's department, creating the illusion that we want to break his defense line and go to Luzhou to rescue the emperor." Jiang Tao said.

Cheng Wuben was slightly shocked, "If this is the case, those young and strong people are afraid that there is not much chance of survival." ”

"Dashuai, is it possible that if we are defeated, will they have a chance to survive?" Jiang Tao sneered: "In addition, please give me all the 10,000 cavalry." ”

"What are you going to do?" Cheng Wuben asked in surprise.

"While storming Zhou Jiyun, I will lead these 10,000 cavalry to Xia County and cross the river, I have already sent spies to which side, where Zhou Jiyun's defense is weak, and the river has frozen, enough for the cavalry to cross the river safely."

"Are you trying to get around behind Zhou Jiyun?"

Jiang Tao shook his head: "That's useless, Zhou Jiyun can't give me this opportunity, I will not take this cavalry to attack Zhou Jiyun, but will go all the way to the east and kill the hinterland of Qi State." ”

Cheng Wuben heard Jiang Tao's words and stood up suddenly.

"Cheng Shuai, don't be bored." Jiang Tao raised his head and smiled: "Of course these 10,000 cavalry can't come back, I will take them and keep killing them until they are dead." Zhou Jiyun will not let us rush to the heart of Qi like this. He will definitely divide his forces to pursue us. At this time, if you retreat with swagger, he is short of troops, and if you dare to pursue you, you will have a good chance to bite him back. As long as you achieve this goal, you can safely withdraw to the state of Chu, Kunling Pass can not be defended, and it is difficult to keep the six eastern counties, but as long as you retreat to Jinghu, you can regain a firm foothold, and only a little for the Great Chu to defend half of the country. Dashuai, give up 10,000 cavalry and keep the other 40,000 main forces, this business, of course, is done. And if I take these 10,000 cavalry, I will definitely kill enough to die. ”

Cheng Wuben sat down slowly: "You don't know martial arts, how can you lead a team to raid, let's change the two of us!" ”

Jiang Tao smiled and said: "Cheng Shuai, if it is possible, of course I want to exchange with you, but what's the use of me going back alive?" Only when you return to Dachu can you use your influence to turn the tide, change course, and suppress other forces in the court. ”

"You don't even know a little martial arts?" Cheng Wuben's eyes turned red all of a sudden.

"Cheng Shuai, what does it matter if I know martial arts? How many more people can be killed? When it's time for me to pick up the knife, I'm afraid there won't be anyone around me. Jiang Tao smiled and scratched the chilblains on his hands vigorously, "Besides, my horse skills are still very good." ”