With the arrival of the participants, Wu Feng motioned for Ling Tianfang to start the meeting. It is an oval-shaped conference room with a secluded location, located in the northwest corner of the castle guard. The atmosphere was very serious, and the guards at the door were at least three feet away from the conference room, and as soon as everyone arrived, the door was tightly closed.

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to your arrangement, all of us here will discuss the work plan for the near future, especially the military plan. Let me first introduce to you the current situation in our Qingyang Mansion. Ling Tianfang stood up and walked out of the column, and came to the big wall behind Wu Feng, the front of the big wall was covered by a thick flannel cloth so that not even a single crack was exposed, and everyone present, including Wu Feng, didn't know what Ling Tian was doing.

"Look, everybody. Ling Tian opened the velvet curtain covering the big wall with a "bang", and a giant schematic map of the northwest and surrounding areas centered on Qingyang was suddenly presented in front of everyone.

"This is our Qingyang Mansion," Ling Tianfang casually picked up a wooden stick leaning against the wall and pointed to a position marked with a small red flag in the center, "Its northeast is Guide Mansion, further north is Taixuan Mansion, and its southeast is Bonan Mansion." Ling Tianfang pointed to two more places on the map.

"Directly south of Qingyang Province is Jinzhou Province, and further south is part of the Dahengduan Mountain Range. Directly north of it is Yinchuan Province, and to the northwest is the territory of the Luope and Mote people. To the west, it is the Gaochang Kingdom among the Western Regions, and to the southwest is the territory of the Grand Duchy of Luzon. ”

Everyone had never seen such a large map before, and they were immediately intrigued. The map is very detailed, and several colors are used to distinguish the adjacent areas at a glance.

"Let me talk a little bit more about the situation around me. There are a total of eight forces around Qingyang, of which there are three that belong to the empire, namely Guide, Bonan, and Jinzhou, and one nominally belongs to the empire, but in fact reads power, and has a close relationship with the empire's old enemy, the Sislo Empire, that is, Yinchuan Mansion. Mott and Rope in the northwest, Gaochang in the west, and Luzon in the southwest. Among them, Guide, Bonan, Jinzhou, Mote, Gaochangguo, Luzon and even Yinchuan Prefecture do not pose much threat to us at present, only the Luope people. Ling Tianfang spoke in great detail.

"I'll talk about the strength of the Ropes again. The army of the Luope people was divided into four divisions, namely the western expedition, the southern expedition, the eastern expedition, and the escort army. Among them, the escort army was the direct force of their great chief, with about 300,000 people, and the other three divisions each had about 250,000 people. Although they were defeated in the war with the Chidi people last year, their vitality was not damaged, and the nomads were the people when they entered and the soldiers when they went out, and their troops were replenished quite quickly. It is precisely because they have suffered defeat that we judge based on various intelligence analyses that this year the Rope people will invade on a large scale to compensate for their losses. And we in Qingyang will be one of their first targets. Ling Tianfang's tone was low.

There was silence in the conference room, and even those who did not understand military affairs could see that the disparity between the strength of the enemy and the enemy was so great, and the inevitable situation of a war was inevitable, and there was a suffocating atmosphere in the spacious conference room.

"Look at our surroundings again, Guide, Bonan, and Jinzhou don't have to be counted on, Gaochangguo is too busy to take care of himself, Yinchuan Mansion, the Grand Duchy of Luzon, and the Mote people can not fall into the well It is already commendable, the emperor [***] team is far away in the sky, all of this can only rely on ourselves. Ling Tianfang finally made a final statement.

looked around at the people around him with a sharp gaze, and picked up the conversation without a sharp voice: "Therefore, we can't expect any miracles to happen, even if there is, we can only create it ourselves." ”

After Ling Tianfang finished Wufeng's words, he finally explained the mystery: "According to the opinions of the adults, we will launch an offensive against the surrounding targets in the near future, with the aim of expanding our territory, strengthening our strength, and obtaining a buffer land. ”

One sentence woke up everyone present, and instead of sitting still, it was better to take the initiative to attack. But where is the goal? All eyes are back on the big map.

"The eight surrounding forces, except for the Cairo Pes and Motes, are all grasslands and are worthless at the moment. The Grand Duchy of Luzon is too far away from us, the nearest city is eight hundred kilometers away from us, and the road traffic is not in good condition, even if it is occupied, it will not be of much help to us at the moment. Gaochang and the Luope people are closely connected, and they cannot play the role of a buffer, and the countries of the Western Regions have always been relatively united, if they rashly send troops, I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses. Ling Tianfang pointed with a wooden stick to the places on the map and commented on them one by one.

"The rest are the territories of the Empire. We are sure that we will take the two prefectures within a week, but at present the economic and public order situation in the two prefectures is very poor, and the city defense facilities are also dilapidated, and we will only increase our burden and cannot be used in the short term. Ling Tianfang excluded Guide and Bonan from the target, and the only ones left were Yinchuan Mansion and Jinzhou Mansion.

"Let's take a look at Yinchuan Mansion and Jinzhou Mansion again. The current city guard of Yinchuan Prefecture is Sun Yuanliang, with two garrison divisions under its jurisdiction, with a total strength of 50,000 troops, and its combat effectiveness is not weak. Although Sun Yuanliang was nominally an imperial official, the empire had long since lost control over him, and he had extremely close ties with the Sithro Empire, which was adjacent to the north. Yinchuan Mansion is only 300 kilometers away from Nuremberg, the southernmost city of the Sithro Empire, where 100,000 troops are stationed, forming a pattern that echoes each other, so although the empire has long regarded Yinchuan Mansion as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, it has no choice but to swallow this bitter fruit silently. If we target Yinchuan Prefecture, one of the big advantages is that we can gain the support of the Empire. Ling Tianfang first introduced the situation in Yinchuan Mansion.

"But according to the current strength, our strength is simply not enough to take Yinchuan Mansion, even with the support of the empire, the maximum is that Taixuan Mansion can draw two divisions to support, and it will be decided according to the situation at that time, after all, there are 100,000 troops of the Kaman people stationed in Jiama City, the Duchy of Gerlok, in the east of Taixuan Mansion, and the Siathrow Empire and the Kaman Empire are bordered to the north, and Fielding is also a veteran of the battlefield, he will not fail to take these factors into account. Liang Chongxin first raised his own questions.

"Yes, not to mention that the Sithlo army at Nuremberg will never sit idly by, and I am afraid that we will be in a dilemma when the time comes. Cui Wenxiu also picked up to express his opposition.

Wu Feng nodded and motioned for Ling Tianfang to continue, and Ling Tianfang's wooden stick immediately pointed to Jinzhou in the south. "The capital city of Jinzhou is about 250 kilometers away from the city of Qingyang, and it is part of the Great Hengduan Mountains to the south and west, and there are about 200,000 Gaoyue people living there. In the northern, eastern and central regions, there are more than 300,000 Tang ethnic groups living in large numbers, and the capital city of Jinzhou is located in the middle. Wang Shiqi, the current city guard, has served as the city guard for nearly ten years, and has an incomplete garrison division under his command, with a total strength of about 15,000 people, including about 5,000 cavalry, all of which are light cavalry. Because Wang Shiqi adopted a discriminatory policy against the Gaoyue people, strictly forbade the Gaoyue people to go out of the mountains to engage in agricultural work, and imposed heavy taxes on the Gaoyue people to do business, the relationship with the Gaoyue people was very tense and there were constant conflicts, and about 10,000 people in the garrison division were stationed at the border with the Gaoyue people's inhabited areas. Moreover, Wang Shiqi was very greedy for money, and his relationship with the local gentry and merchants was also very tense, and it is said that the local businessmen were quite dissatisfied with his heavy tax policy, and had repeatedly jointly written to ask for tax reduction. He was also quite mean to his subordinates, and his relationship with the middle and lower ranks of the garrison was not very harmonious. ”

The clear-eyed person only listened to Ling Tianfang's introduction, and knew that Wu Feng had already targeted Jinzhou, and it was definitely not a matter of a day or two to collect the situation in such detail. The generals of the army began to think about how the battle of Golden State would be fought.

"But my lord, although Wang Shiqi is not popular, he is an official appointed by the central government of the empire after all, if we take military action against friendly neighboring prefectures and counties at will without the authorization of the central government of the empire, I am afraid that it will provoke a strong reaction from the central government of the empire, although the empire is not capable of military intervention at present, but it will bring extremely serious consequences to all our other work in the future. Xiao Tang worriedly put forward his opinion.

"Yes, that's the biggest obstacle we want to target the Golden State. But compared with several other places, it is the lesser of the two harms, which is already the most appropriate, of course, we must also do everything possible to resolve this contradiction. Ling Tianfang also agreed with Xiao Tang's point of view, but also pointed out the advantages of this plan, "The total strength of the Jinzhou Mansion is only 15,000 at present, and 10,000 people are not in the city, according to our strength, if we adopt the method of surprise attack, we should be able to control the situation within a day." If we can reach an agreement with the Gaoyue people after taking control of Jinzhou and gain the support of the Gaoyue people, our military strength can be greatly improved in a short period of time. Because the Gaoyue people are naturally good infantrymen, physically strong, good at running, and can be put into battle with a little training. Of course, there will definitely be a lot of work to be done to gain the support of the Gaoyue people. However, according to our intelligence, due to the discrimination of the Gaoyue people by the political axes of the past dynasties, and the prejudices of the political axes in various parts of the continent against the Gaoyue people, the situation of the Gaoyue people has always been quite difficult, as long as we can make some appropriate adjustments in some policies, I think we can win their support. ”

"What's more, we have established a good relationship with some businessmen in Jinzhou Prefecture, which is rich in timber and medicinal herbs, and is also a good rear supply base. As for Lord Xiao's worries just now, we can take some flexible means and measures to solve them. But Ling Tianfang did not say what kind of means would be taken to solve the problem.

The generals of the army were also thinking silently, weighing the pros and cons, and only the Golden Prefecture Mansion was the most suitable target, as for how to deal with the reaction of the central side of the empire, it was not in their consideration, but they believed that their superiors must have a way to deal with it, not to mention that Ling Tianfang had clearly stated that there would be flexible means to solve it.

In addition to the question of how to deal with the reaction of the central government of the empire, almost everyone agreed with the selection of Golden State as the next target of action, and they should also make a decision: "Everyone has made a good speech, especially Xiao Tang's opinion is very important, but I already have a way to deal with it in my heart, please rest assured." Now that I've decided to make Golden State our goal, there's still a lot of work to be done around the action plan, which I think is called "Operation Thunder," which means that once the action is going to be as fast as thunder, it will be ready to be captured. During this period, the Intelligence Bureau should step up its efforts to collect relevant intelligence, the army should be ready to enter battle at any time, the War Readiness Administration should prepare all the materials needed for the war, and the Security Bureau should do a good job of keeping secrets, and at the same time strengthen the monitoring of suspicious elements in the territory. I want to solve the problem in three weeks. "A decisive decision was made.

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