In the side hall of the Xiguan Road Governor's Mansion, the lights are lit, Chu Huan is sitting at the table, next to Xu Shao and Qi Hong and other generals, there is a map on the table, Xu Shao is pointing to the map, explaining: "According to Mr. Pei's plan, a soldier and horse must be sent to garrison Hulu Mountain, the garrison does not need too much, but the key point must have enough troops, Mr. Pei said, this Hulu Mountain is the blade of the blade, if you easily give the blade to the opponent, this knife will not be sharp." ”

"How many people do you need in Hulu Mountain?"

"At least 1,500 troops." Xu Shaodao.

Chu Huan frowned, "On the Hezhou side, the total number of people is only 8,000, and if 1,500 people are transferred to Hulu Mountain, there will only be more than 6,000 people left in Hezhou." ”

"If the Tianshan Mountains send troops, they can only send troops from Suzhou, and they must pass through Hulu Mountain, they are mainly cavalry, of course, they can't go over the mountain, so they can only bypass Hulu Mountain, Mr. Pei concluded that their greatest possibility should be to cross over from Pingliang County, south of Hulu Mountain." Xu Shao pointed to the map, "Pingliang County is a flat river, and the road is the shortest, Zhu Lingyue will not be willing to seek the near and far." As long as they crossed Pingliang County, in less than three days, they could march under the city of Hezhou. ”

Chu Huan nodded and said: "Mr. Pei is stationed in Hulu Mountain, once the Tianshan Army bypasses Hulu Mountain and takes Hezhou City directly, there will be a nail in the rear of Hulu Mountain, which may attack from the rear at any time." ”

"That's what Mr. Pei meant." Xu Shao said: "Without Hulu Mountain, the Tianshan Army has no worries and can attack Hezhou with all its might, but if there is our garrison in Hulu Mountain, they must beware of the rear attack, and the west of Hulu Mountain is in the territory of Tianshan Suzhou, and the soldiers and horses stationed in Hulu Mountain will not only look for opportunities to sneak attack from the rear, but also have the freedom to attack Tianshan Suzhou, so the Tianshan Army will inevitably garrison troops in Suzhou, and will never dare to transfer all the soldiers and horses out to attack Hezhou." The most important thing is that the Tianshan Army attacked Hezhou, and its logistics supply must pass near Hulu Mountain, and our garrison in Hulu Mountain has become a nightmare for the Tianshan Army's logistics supply line, and they must send a large number of troops to protect security if they want to ensure the safety of logistics supply, and the cost will also increase greatly. ”

Chu Huan nodded with a smile and said: "Mr. Pei's move kills several birds with one stone, although these more than 1,000 people have been separated, but they have played a great role and maximized their role." After a pause, he asked, "Then has Mr. Pei ever thought about it, if Zhu Lingyue is not in a hurry to attack Hezhou and first storms Hulu Mountain, then what?" ”

Xu Shao smiled and asked rhetorically: "Chu Du, we attacked Hulu Mountain before, if it wasn't for your strategy, do you think we can successfully capture Hulu Village?" ”

"I can't." Chu Huan shook his head and sighed: "Speaking from the heart, the gourd village can become a climate, it is really the dangerous terrain of Hulu Mountain, and General Qiu has worked hard to manage the gourd village, and there are organs at the entrances of each major road, and those key places can be called a place where a man can not be opened, if it is not for us to use a plan to let General Qiu concentrate his troops in Sunset Village, plus the enemy is like a bloody soldier to kill and seize the suspension bridge, otherwise we really have nothing to do about Hulu Village." ”

Xu Shao nodded and smiled: "The last general also thinks the same, that Hulu Mountain is really a mountain of heavenly moats, I have to say that General Qiu is indeed very talented in arranging traps, and Mr. Pei praised General Qiu for leaving a miracle in Hulu Mountain." ”

Qi Hong remained silent, and couldn't help but say at this time: "At the beginning, it was Chu Du who used a strategy to capture the gourd village, if the Tianshan army attacked the gourd village, it would also have to face the gourd village with many organs, and Mr. Pei would naturally not let them use the strategy to capture the gourd village." ”

"Not bad." Xu Shao nodded and said: "Mr. Pei has transferred a group of craftsmen to the past, and further transformed the traps in Hulu Mountain, 1,500 people to guard Hulu Village, Mr. Pei is properly deployed, every critical area, will not send more manpower, save troops to the greatest extent, but will not send one less person, every place, is just right, and Mr. Pei is ready to let Wushuang lead the town to guard Hulu Mountain, it must be foolproof." ”

The unequaled commander is naturally the wolf baby, the wolf baby was given the name Chu Wushuang by Chu Huan, the name of the wolf baby, except for Chu Huan, others dare not call it casually, and the army also calls the wolf baby the unequaled commander.

When Chu Huan heard this, he nodded slightly, secretly thinking that Pei Ji had nothing to say in employing people.

The wolf baby has a low-key temperament, but the execution is extremely strong, and the things that are ordered to go down are killed and will act according to the order, and the wolf baby has the agility of a hunter, it is easy to seize the opportunity, and he is stationed in Hulu Mountain, he is the most suitable person, even if Zhu Lingyue wants to use tricks, he may be able to deal with others, but it is really ineffective to deal with the wolf baby who is sometimes tenacious.

"So if Zhu Lingyue really hits Hulu Village first, Mr. Pei will be happy to see this scene." Xu Shao said: "Mr. Pei said that Zhu Lingyue is careful with his troops, and he will not rush forward this time, he must be cautious, unless Beishan Xiao Huanzhang really attacks Jiazhou, otherwise Zhu Lingyue will never act rashly, so Zhu Lingyue must have sent troops after the war in Jiazhou." ”

Chu Huan deeply agreed with this and nodded: "It must be so." ”

"If Zhu Lingyue really attacked Hulu Mountain first, Mr. Pei predicted that even if Zhu Lingyue tried his best, it would be impossible to take Hulu Village within a month." Xu Shao's eyes flickered, obviously admiring Pei Ji very much, "Hulu Mountain dragged the Tianshan Army for a month, and Hezhou's defense will be better improved, even if a month later, Zhu Lingyue really defeated Hulu Mountain, and then turned back to attack Hezhou, then Hezhou insisted on ten days and half a month, it should be no problem." Zhu Lingyue's army, mainly the cavalry corps, fought a decisive battle on the plains, and at present, there is no army in the northwest that can be compared with Zhu Lingyue, but the cavalry cannot attack the city, so Hezhou should not have any problems if it is defended for ten days and half a month. After a pause, he continued: "But with the strength of Hezhou's side, if you want to defeat Zhu Lingyue, it is impossible, and all Hezhou can do is to drag down the Tianshan Army as much as possible and buy time for the battle in Jiazhou." ”

Chu Huan also knows this.

Now the Xiguan army is divided into two routes, all the way in Qingtang County, Jiazhou on the southern front, with Xuanyuan Shengcai as the main general, Lu Cunxiao and Xuanyuan Shengcai under the command of the order, to deal with the upcoming offensive of the Beishan Army.

The other is the Hezhou Legion in the west, although Hezhou has Han Ying and Huang Yutan in charge, but after thinking about it again, Chu Huan still transferred Pei Ji over.

Han Ying and Huang Yu Tan are a very suitable combination, but they will face the cunning but ruthless Zhu Lingyue, and they are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of troops, Chu Huan can only let Pei Ji, who has the strongest military strategy under him, go to the town, and Xiguan is very clear from the beginning that once it is attacked from two sides, Xiguan will definitely be in danger, and the only strategy that can be implemented is to drag one side first, solve the other side first, and then turn back for a decisive battle.

What can be solved quickly cannot, of course, be the Tianshan Army.

According to the information obtained by Chu Huan, the Tianshan Army has a powerful Black Wind Cavalry Legion, it is said that the number of cavalry legions is no less than 30,000, in addition, there are also Tianshan Praetorian Guards and Tianshan Prefecture Army, with a total strength of up to 50,000 people, such an army, only with the current strength of Xiguan, let alone solve it quickly, I am afraid that even the victory over the Tianshan Army is hopeless, so in the strategy formulated, the main responsibility of the Hezhou Army in the west is to do everything possible to drag down the Tianshan Army and buy time for the Xuanyuan Army in the south.

The strength of the Beishan Army is not above Xiguan, and even in terms of total strength, it is weaker than the Xiguan Army, which has a total of 40,000 troops, while the strength of the Beishan Army is less than 40,000.

The most important thing is that most of the officers and men of the Beishan Army have been newly recruited in the past year or so, and have just undergone preliminary military training, and most of them have no actual combat experience on the battlefield, but the Pingxi Army under Chu Huan, although the composition is quite complicated, almost all of them have gone through life and death battles on the battlefield, and they are absolute battlefield veterans.

When the Pingxi Army was in Dongfangxin, the discipline was loose, but Chu Huan got rid of Dongfang Xin and appointed Xuanyuan Shengcai as the general of Pingxi, the first thing he did was to rectify military discipline, and formulated a lot of military regulations for this purpose, and Chu Huan set up a military supervision office, Situ Liangyu served as the supervisor of the military supervision department, whether it was the Praetorian Guard or the Pingxi Army, but those who violated the military law were directly sent to the military supervision department, and Situ Liangyu was punished for the crime, Situ Liangyu has been selfless since he followed Chu Huan, no matter who violates the military law, he will be dealt with in accordance with the military law, and now he has earned the nickname of the black-faced Hades.

In addition to strict military discipline and strengthened training, Chu Huan also tried his best to provide supplies for the army, and there was no shortage of food, grass and salaries for the army.

Therefore, on the whole, the combat effectiveness of the Xiguan Army is far above that of the Beishan Army, and it is precisely because of this that Chu Huan and other Xiguan cores formulated the strategy of dragging the west to the south, gathered heavy troops on the southern front, and waited for the Beishan Army to move, so as to solve the threat in the south as quickly as possible, and after defeating the Beishan Army, then gather troops and turn back to fight a decisive battle with the Tianshan Army.

The two most important points of this plan are: first, the Hezhou Army must try its best to delay time and buy time for the Koshu Army on the southern front, and second, the Koshu Army on the southern front must also defeat the Beishan Army as quickly as possible after the start of the war, so as to draw out troops and quickly support the Western Front.

It's just that including Chu Huan, there is no guarantee that the Hezhou Legion can hold Zhu Lingyue back, let alone that Xuanyuan Shengcai's Jiazhou Legion can quickly deal with the Beishan Army.

"How is the sentiment of the people over there in Hezhou?" Chu Huan was silent for a while, and finally asked, "Transferring troops to Hezhou, it is impossible for the people to be unconscious, right?" ”

"Chu Du, the news of the border of Chen Bing in Beishan has been spread, and the people over there in Hezhou are also talking about it, and they are all worried that Zhu Lingyue will march into Hezhou." Xu Shao said solemnly: "But from the words of the common people, it can be seen that they are already full of hostility towards Zhu Lingyue, many people say that Xiguan is now implementing the Juntian Order, the people are just going to live a good life, and the Tianshan Army wants to fight Xiguan, which is to make the lives miserable, Huang Yutan has a deep influence in Xiguan, he has opened a tea party in Hezhou City a while ago, and invited some local literati and masters, so he talked about these things, Huang Yutan wants to borrow the mouths of those people to create momentum for Chu Du first. ”

Chu Huan nodded, Huang Yutan is one of the four great talents in the northwest, Shenlong sees the head but does not see the end, and he is deeply admired by the literati in the northwest.