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Lu Ren and Xun Yu glanced at each other and nodded their heads. In real terms, Lu Ren can't talk about any military ability, and some are just the goals he has set in his heart; Xun Yu has strategic ability, but he is somewhat lacking in tactical details. Originally, Xun You's tactical ability was no problem, but one is that the current Nanzhong side can't leave, and the other is that Xun You is fifty-eight years old and almost sixty years old this year, and to put it mildly, Xun You himself doesn't know how many years he can live. It just so happened that Lu Ren's purpose this time was not really to knock down Liaodong, but to test and practice, so Xun You suggested that Lu Ren let the younger generation have more experience. In another ten or eight years, Lu Ren is counting on these young people.

"Shizai, then according to you, how will this battle be fought?"

Deng Ai groaned: "Master's current purpose is not to occupy Liaodong, but to let Gongsun Yuan obediently return all the black things, so there is no need to go to such great lengths." ”

Lu Renqu knocked on Deng Ai's head: "If you don't occupy it this time, it doesn't mean that you won't occupy it in the future." When some of my things here are in place, I will definitely take Liaodong and Fuyu (referring to the modern Jilin and Heilongjiang regions). Therefore, today's drill can also be regarded as a drill to attack Liao in a few years. ”

Deng Ai covered his head and said, "Isn't that too early?" ”

Lu Ren said: "God knows! Maybe all of a sudden, a great opportunity has come across it? Opportunities will always be reserved for those who are prepared, I taught you this sentence when I was a long time ago, right? ”

Deng Ai said: "The master is right...... However, as far as the matter is concerned, this time the disciple will never approve of using the master's idea to fight. Our Yizhou soldiers are mainly good at naval warfare, and their land combat capabilities benefit from excellent equipment, which can only be said to be good, but they are only good at defending and not attacking. In particular, the master's strength is not superior, if he is in danger somewhere, and he takes advantage of the equipment, the disciple believes that the Yizhou soldiers will not be inferior even if they face an enemy army ten times their size, but if they attack......"

Lu Ren's face was a little dark and nodded. Lu Ren has always taken a defensive tactical route, which is mainly limited by Lu Ren's relatively limited forces for a long time, and on the other hand, it has a lot to do with Lu Ren's own lack of military ability.

If you count the battle records of Yizhou over the years, it is not difficult to find that Lu Ren basically plays a defensive counterattack-type of play, and to put it bluntly, he uses the advantages of ground type and weapons to carry out medium and long-range strikes, and there are almost no examples of real assault into the opponent's position. This is not long ago when supporting Cao Zhang, the cavalry led by Lu Lingqi once assaulted the military formation of the nomadic tribe, but strictly speaking, it was also an assist, and the real main attack was Cao Zhang's troops. Moreover, the cavalry led by Lu Lingqi at that time was strictly trained by Murong Ziying, and it could not be regarded as the main force of Yizhou.

Again, these battles are all small-scale, and there is only one really large-scale battle so far, that is, the battle with Sun Quanzhou a few years ago. But even in this battle, its main force was Lu Ren's ship force, and it was a naval battle.

No longer wordy, in a word, Lu Ren's troops are more than enough to defend and not enough to attack, and Lu Ren himself is very clear about this, so Lu Ren will only arrest Deng Ai after Deng Ai comes back, and carry out repeated sand table calculations based on some battle data. This battle was both a fake fight, but it was also a real fight.

Fake, yes, the main purpose of Lu Ren in this battle is to let Lao Cao's side send troops to fight Hanzhong with peace of mind, and then he can take advantage of Lao Cao's time to fight Hanzhong to take down Liucheng in Liaoxi; True, it is true that Lu Ren wants to beat Liaodong in pain, fear, and psychological obstacles, which will be of great help to Liaodong in the future.

Deng Ai made another analysis at this time, and his suggestion to Lu Ren was to still use Lu Ren's powerful naval fleet to oppress the coast of Liaodong, and try not to fight with Liaodong for the army, which would not be cost-effective. Anyway, Lu Ren meant to have a lively fight with Liaodong, and the battle time should be dragged on for a longer time, otherwise how could Lao Cao send troops to fight Hanzhong with peace of mind?

Moreover, at this time, Deng Ai also put forward an opinion, that is, while fighting a protracted war against Liaodong, use the protracted war to drag down the production system of Liaodong. Strictly speaking, Lu Ren did not use many troops this time, and the estimated number of main participating troops was 10,000 in the army and 15,000 in the navy, and if some other figures were included, it was basically around 30,000. And with Lu Ren's current economic strength, there is no pressure to supply these 30,000 horses to fight abroad for a long time.

To say something irresponsible, over the years, Lu Ren has accumulated a terrible amount of grain and grass on hand, and he has to consume some of it through some things. Not to mention anything else, the price of grain in Yizhou has fallen again and again in the past few years, and it has fallen to a very low standard. And how productive a country is, and how stable and unstable the people's lives are, can often be seen by just looking at the price of a pound of grain. In addition, don't say anything about selling here and there, it is a private transaction, and Lu Ren has strategic reserves on hand, not a type.

After Deng Ai completed a series of tactical analyses and received Lu Ren's nod of approval, he was still thinking hard with his head down in the sand table. Lu Ren originally wanted to ask Deng Ai to come over and have a cup of tea together, but when he saw Deng Ai's appearance, he asked, "Shizai, do you have any other ideas?" ”

Deng Ai nodded and responded: "Master, the disciple is thinking that the Gongsun clan has always had dealings with Xianbei and Goguryeo, so once the Gongsun clan has something, such as Xianbei and Goguryeo, most of them will send troops to support." Xianbei said that now Murong Ziying and Tuoba Yu are gathering the Xianbei scattered tribes in the western Liaoxi area, and they can divide the Xianbei tribe, and even when the master and the Gongsun clan are fighting, they will not move forward, but this Goguryeo must be guarded, and the master has not had much contact with Goguryeo......"

Lu Ren was stunned, and then laughed back: "You don't have to worry about this, can't I even think of this relationship?" Shizai, when the army is sent later, you will command the 10,000 army, and the navy will be led by Gan Xingba, and the two of you will go to Liaodong to make trouble for me for a year and a half. As for the Goguryeo side, I have other arrangements. ”

Deng Ai was stunned when he heard this, but he still had a faint bit of chicken jelly in his heart. People in their twenties, no matter how stable they are, their competitive spirit is also extremely strong. Now that Lu Ren said that he would hand over 10,000 Yizhou soldiers to Deng Ai, Deng Ai certainly knew that this was a great opportunity to prove himself. After thinking about it again, Deng Ai said tentatively: "Master, although the army is dispatched by me, after all, it is fighting across the sea, and this water division ...... Oh, what do you mean, can you properly send me some ships? ”

Here is some gossip about the Yizhou ship.

The main ships of the military in Yizhou are basically driven by sails and steam engines, which are normally used when the wind is downwind, and when the wind is upwind, the sails are retracted and the steam engine propellers are used. In other words, if it is not necessary, the Yizhou ship will not have the sails and steam engine to operate at the same time.

It can't be helped, after all, the steam engine eats coal very fiercely...... Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that the quality of the steam engines produced in Yizhou is not very good. After all, it has only been a few years since Lu Ren and Shirley got the steam engine out, and it is quite rare for the regular ships of the Yizhou military to have a penetration rate of about ninety percent now.

In addition to the basic guarantee of quantity, the quality is guaranteed, but it still needs a long time of practical experience accumulation to improve, and the quality improvement must be guaranteed by other aspects. Like the quality of steel, rubber or something, it is difficult to make a forest alone!

In addition, there are so many coal rats, but the local raw coal production in Yizhou is relatively limited. It is true that Yizhou has fairly good coal resources, but with the excavation and mining capacity at that time, it is too easy for major accidents to occur in the slightly deeper coal mines, so Lu Ren and Shirley did not dare to move. For this reason, Lu Ren almost sent his brother-in-law Zhen Yao to Zhongshan in the early years to develop the supply of coal resources to Yizhou from Shanxi......

However, as soon as this matter was raised, it was strongly opposed by the Zhen clan and the old lady of the Zhen family, and even Zhen Mi held a not very firm opposition. As for the reason, on a large level, the Hebei region is Cao Cao's territory; On a small level, the Zhen family was almost squeezed out by other wealthy families in Zhongshan. Now run back, the boss of the land is Cao Cao, and the other wealthy families will crowd out the Zhen family, and it is impossible for the Zhen family to be taken care of by Lu Ren like here in Yizhou.

And Cao Cao took into account the mentality of other wealthy clans, and it was unlikely that he would take good care of the Zhen clan, and it would be quite difficult for the Zhen clan to regain a foothold in Zhongshan. It's hard to gain a foothold, lose money or something, the most terrible thing is that the Zhen family is now Zhen Yao, a lone seedling, and there is still such a layer of estrangement between Lu Cheng and the Zhen clan. If Zhen Yao had some accident in Zhongshan, wouldn't the Zhen family want that? The ancients passed on the incense and the importance of the plot, so there is no need to say much.

In desperation, Lu Ren had no choice but to give up his plan to directly attack Shanxi's coal resources, and Xun Yu's suggestion was to try it from other aspects, such as trying to make friends with one or more wealthy families in Shanxi, and then these wealthy families would help Yizhou dig coal, and the money that should be spent still had to be spent; Or see if other business routes in Yizhou can gain anything. However, these proposals will take a long time, and there is no hurry. Fortunately, the previous steam engine transaction alarmed Lao Cao and Sun Quan, and Lu Ren instructed Lao Cao to send people to Shanxi to dig coal, and Sun Quan to go to Pingxiang to dig coal. However, this matter cannot be solved in a year or two.

That's all for gossip. And when it comes to these gossip, the main thing is to explain that Lu Ren's current ship capacity is between the wooden ships of the Age of Exploration and the later ironclad ships, and the simple point is that the ships of the Age of Exploration are equipped with steam power, which is definitely a giant in the field of naval warfare at that time. And Deng Ai wanted Lu Ren to appropriately transfer some ships to him, and he also wanted to take advantage of the characteristics of these ships to provide corresponding artillery support for the army operations under his command. Although Gan Ning has a lot of navies, because they are not under the direct command of Deng Ai, there will always be some inconveniences.

Of course, Lu Ren understood these truths, and after thinking about it, he agreed to Deng Ai's request. Seeing that it was getting late at this time, the older Xun Yu was already yawning, Lu Ren was ready to let everyone disperse and go back to rest, Deng Ai said that he wanted to study the sand table more here, and Lu Ren let Deng Ai go.

Not long after Lu Ren left, Deng Ai and the deputy general stayed in the hall to continue to participate in the sand table. Although it was late at night, the electric lighting here still illuminated the hall as bright as day, and Deng Ai and the deputy general were both young people who could stay up all night, so they were full of energy.

"Senior, according to the battle we didn't finish just now, how about continuing to calculate?"

"Good!"

Several model ships plucked: "At the current speed, it will only take about three hours to reach the beachhead I have scheduled." ”

The adjutant general nodded to indicate that it was okay, reacted a few times in his hand, and then asked hesitantly: "General, are we like this...... Is it appropriate? ”

Deng Ai glanced sideways at the deputy general and sighed softly: "Senior, although the lord is a wise and generous lord, he can understand you and my hardships, but in this matter, the lord is too lenient. Senior, do you know that this battle is actually very important! ”

The lieutenant shook his head blankly.

Deng Ai usually doesn't talk much, but at this time, he also wants to find someone to talk about what he thinks, which is also a common problem that almost everyone will have, that is, when there is something in his heart, he wants to find an ear that can listen: "The lord is bound to attack Liaodong in the future, thinking that he will have a long-term foothold in the north." And the Gongsun clan in Liaodong is not weak, if we can't eliminate them as much as possible by land in the future, then the land of Liaodong will not be peaceful, and the next things of the lord will not be easy to arrange. ”

The lieutenant general understood a little at this time, and he didn't know how to speak, so he could only nod. At this time, Deng Ai still had a sentence in his heart that he didn't say:

"Lu Lingqi? As a man's husband, how can I, Deng Ai, be inferior to you!? ”

But all people will always have a conceit and arrogance in their hearts, but there will be differences in how to show this conceit and arrogance. Some people are proud, some are secretly proud, and then there will be a difference in the degree of arrogance and conceit. Of course, there are also people who are not proud. But to be honest, the people who are not arrogant in this world are basically infinitely close to zero, because people who have no conceit and arrogance are basically "walking dead" whose hearts have died.

Let's take an example like this. In the life of modern society, many grassroots civilians have to swallow their anger in front of their bosses or bosses in order to survive, but this does not mean that they are the so-called "suffer". Once it exceeds a certain limit of bearing, it is not uncommon to fire the boss in anger, which is actually the conceit and arrogance in people's hearts, but in order to survive, people have to forcibly suppress this conceit and arrogance.

And then what? Don't you see that in many online games, there are as many "trumpet battles" as many as stars in the sky just because of a little thing? This is because there is no responsibility in the virtual society of the Internet, and there are no worries and psychological burdens, so it has become a big stage for everyone to vent their depression without any worries?

Pull it off, pull it back. There were many arrogant people in the Three Kingdoms era at the end of the Han Dynasty, and the representative figure of Ming Ao was naturally the second brother Guan Gong, who first recommended us, and as soon as the arrogance came up, almost no one could suppress him; The next ones such as Zhou Yu and Wei Yan are also well-known to everyone, but Zhou Yu met the destined nemesis Brother Pig, and Wei Yan was still alive when Liu Bei and Brother Pig were still alive...... Proud is proud, but don't dare to be excessive. And after Brother Pig's death, it is better to say that Wei Yan wants to rebel, but it is better to say that Wei Yan is driven by his conceit and arrogance, and wants to prove to everyone that he is actually better than others.

After Ming Ao finished speaking, he was naturally secretly arrogant, and the arrogant character should push Sima Yi. Sima Yi's ability to forbear is absolutely super-first-class in the Three Kingdoms, and under normal circumstances, he would hardly show anything in front of people, if it weren't for the fact that he firmly held the power of Cao Wei after Brother Zhu's death, and then came to a few "bold words" when he conquered Liaodong and passed through his hometown......

It seems that I don't know where to go, the person we want to talk about here is Deng Ai. Deng Aima, speaking of which, also belongs to a character as arrogant as Sima Yi...... It can also be understood as sullen. In short, Deng Ai rarely shows any arrogance in front of people, but Deng Ai's arrogance is deeply engraved in his bones. Like according to the original history, Deng Ai was just a small official in charge of some chores when he first appeared in Cao Wei when he was a teenager, but Deng Ai was able to manage quite well, which attracted the attention of others, and then was promoted by Sima Yi because of his outstanding military talent.

Of course, the current Deng Ai is from Yizhou. The original homeless boy was unexpectedly discovered by Lu Ren and brought with him to cultivate, and then at the age of twenty, he was sent by Lu Ren to Nanzhong and entrusted with important tasks. And Deng Ai has had the heart to come up with people since he was a child, and he is also very attentive to doing things.

How so? Perhaps it should be said that Deng Ai's goal is to "find an opportunity to prove himself, and then justifiably stand out", and working under Lu Ren is actually very suitable for Deng Ai's idea. On the one hand, he can repay Lu Ren for his kindness and knowledge, and on the other hand, he can prove that he is relying on his own ability to get out of the world, not just because he is Lu Ren's apprentice.

Therefore, this time Lu Ren is ready to let Deng Ai go to Liaodong, and Deng Ai is not an ordinary concern. This is to fight Liaodong, to paraphrase the words of later generations, it belongs to the regular army; And the land in Nanzhong...... Well, here it can be called the nature of partisans. It's a completely different feeling when you actually fight. (To be continued.) )