Yuan Fang smiled apologetically and said, "I forgot the time when I was busy just now, okay, let's talk about it, what's the matter." ”

Yuqing and Luo Siping exchanged glances, and Yuqing took the lead in reporting back: "The city defense has been arranged, the city defense of the north and west cities is in charge of the Taiji Legion, the south and east cities are in charge of the Rock Legion, and the lone wolf legion is in reserve and responsible for maintaining order in the city." ”

Yuan Fang waved his hand and said, "You can just look at these things, I'm just a layman, let's talk about the point." ”

Yuqing shrugged and continued, "Our Tanma has already made contact with General Shi Ping. ”

Hearing this, Yuan Fang straightened up and asked, "How is it?" When will that enemy army come? ”

Yuqing shook her head and said: "At the beginning, the enemy army continued to rush to our side, but it was difficult to get out of being entangled by General Shi Ping's men and horses, and later learned that Pear Blossom City was lost, so they no longer returned to help, but fought a big battle with General Shi Ping, General Shi Ping was defeated and had to retreat, but he has been constantly harassing with the speed advantage of cavalry, and now, the enemy army is heading to the northwest, it seems that it wants to join the Yuanhe Empire troops there." General Li Rui sent someone to ask if they would continue the offensive or retreat for the time being? ”

Yuan Fang looked at the map and asked, "Tang Jian, where are they now?" ”

Yu Zhan stepped forward and pointed to the map and said, "General Tang Jian and the main force of the Dongzhou Army have arrived in the area of Wulong Mountain, and it is less than a day's journey from Yunfu County. ”

Yuan Fang nodded, pondered for a moment and said: "One day, well, in this way, let Li Rui and them continue to harass and attack, try to avoid frontal conflicts, delay until General Tang arrives and then start attacking with all their might, and relieve the crisis in Yunfu County as soon as possible, by the way, are the defenders in Yunfu County in contact with each other?" ”

Yu Zhan shook his head and said, "Not yet." ”

Yuan Fang sighed and said, "No matter, let's do this first." Then, he turned his head and asked Luo Siping: "Fourth brother, is there any news from the imperial capital?" Chen Xin: Did they set off? ”

Luo Siping replied: "How can it be so fast? This is recruitment, not transfer, and it will take some time for the recruited recruits to be reorganized, to distribute armaments and weapons, and to have logistics or something. ”

Seeing that Yuan Fang was a little disappointed, Luo Siping continued: "Hehe, Chen Xin also knows that we are in a hurry, and after discussing with Yang Xing, we have transferred almost 70,000 people from Beizhou and Nanzhou, according to their marching speed, the fastest cavalry will probably arrive in Dingbian City in ten days and eight days." ”

Yuan Fang was overjoyed when he heard this, and clapped his hands fiercely and said: "Great, now you don't have to worry about the problem of air defense in the rear, in this way, you inform the troops of Beizhou and Nanzhou to ignore the others, the troops of Beizhou will rush directly to Yunfu County to garrison, and the troops of Nanzhou will take over the beach defense line and Yanhai County, the faster the better." Luo Siping nodded and ordered his intelligence officers to do it immediately, and at the same time, Yuqing also sent a messenger to go with him.

Yuan Fang looked at Luo Siping and asked, "Fourth brother, let's talk about Dugu's real thing." ”

Luo Siping walked to Yuan Fang's side and pointed to the map and said: "According to the county principle, Guangyuan County to the east of Lihua County has been blocked by the 60,000 troops of the Ningyuan Empire, plus the defenders of the four counties of Liusha, Luoxian, Yuhong and Kaiyuan, the total number of troops exceeds 100,000, and Dugu Zhen is in the south of Anping County in the east of Guangyuan County, trying to break through the encirclement to the west and join us, but the situation on his side is not optimistic, with heavy casualties on three sides, there are less than 30,000 horses left in his hands, and there is a lack of logistics supplies, I don't know how long he can hold out." ”

Yuan Fang frowned when he heard this: "100,000 troops, plus 50,000 in Yunfu County, that's 150,000, damn, so many, they won't transfer all the troops of the whole country to this side, right?" ”

Yuqing reminded: "There are still 50,000 yuan of people from the empire in Yunfu County, and they should be 200,000 if you count them." ”

Yuan Fang sighed and said, "There are so many people, how can we fight?" ”

Luo Siping opened his mouth and said: "Actually, we only need to occupy the two counties of Yuhong and Kaiyuan, and the rest will be handed over to Dugu Zhen, no matter how he says it, he is also the prince of the Ningyuan Empire, and the appeal is still a little bit, as long as there is another place for him to gain a firm foothold, it should not be difficult to recruit troops and develop again." ”

Yuan Fang frowned and said: "But it takes time, we don't have time to wait, the Yuanhe Empire in the north is not vegetarian, once they exert their strength, it will be difficult for us to resist." So let's be fast, and strive to get more advantages before the Yuanhe Empire reacts, it's late autumn now, and the weather will be cold for a while, not suitable for marching and fighting, the Yuanhe Empire should also temporarily suspend troops, let's continue, surprise, at least take Guangyuan County and Anping County, and occupy half of the territory of the Ningyuan Empire. ”

Luo Siping frowned and said: "Big boss, your idea is good, let's not talk about whether the soldiers in the ice and snow can withstand it, whether the logistics can keep up, even if your plan is successful, what will we defend in the land of the three counties?" Now that our strategic depth has been stretched for a long time, it should have reached the limit, even if the follow-up recruits come over, it is only a hundred thousand people, and it is a little powerless to hold the two counties, right? ”

Before, Luo Siping set off first to lurk in Pear Blossom City, and he only knew a rough idea of Yuan Fang's plan, and some details were not clear, so he was worried.

Yuan Fang smiled and explained: "My plan is not to occupy, but to repel it. ”

Luo Siping looked at Yuan Fang in surprise, obviously not quite understanding what Yuan Fang meant. Ren Fei explained: "Fourth brother, the plan of the big boss is like this, let's first join Dugu Zhen, take advantage of the winter when the other party relaxes their vigilance, sneak attack, strive to occupy most of Guangyuan County and Anping County, and then hand over the land of these two counties to Dugu Zhen, let him resist the counterattack of the Ningyuan Empire, and let's retreat to the area of Lihua County and Dongzhou, and wait until the beginning of spring next year to deal with the Yuanhe Empire." ”

Yuqing added, "If you can, you may also take the initiative to attack the Wataharu County of the Yuanhe Empire in winter." ”

Yuan Fang smiled and said, "It depends on whether our side goes smoothly." ”

Luo Siping was stunned for a while and smiled bitterly and said, "You are really bold enough, but in that case, our casualties will be very large." ”

Li Yue spread his hands and said, "No matter how heavy the casualties are, they are stronger than facing the coalition forces of the two empires at the same time. ”

Luo Siping thought about it, according to Yuan Fang's plan, there was still a glimmer of life, and he could even turn defeat into victory, but if he retreated to defense, he would sit back and wait, and once the two coalition forces broke through the defense line, the casualties would be greater at that time. Luo Siping nodded and said, "What do you need me to do?" ”

Yuan Fang pointed to the map and said: "Now we continue to find out the number of defenders and the deployment of field troops in the four counties and counties of Liusha, Luoxian, Yuhong and Kaiyuan, and we also have to get in touch with Dugu Zhen as soon as possible, explain the plan, and let them send troops to cooperate." ”