Chapter 453: Li Dingguo's Pingchuan Strategy
Li Dingguo stopped and took a sip of tea.
No one interjected, all watching him drink tea and waiting for him to continue.
After drinking tea, Li Dingguo said unhurriedly, "Among the three generals, there is still one Wu Yutian left. Although Wu Yutian has never fought with him, his position as deputy chief soldier in Sichuan was won by Cao Guozhang, Zhou Yanru and others with great efforts to help him step by step, and it can be said that Donglin is very kind to him. Moreover, because he was the deputy chief soldier who was promoted later, his family is not currently in Beijing. Then in turn, his family should be in Cao Guozhang's hands. So, at least on the surface, Wu Yutian is loyal to Cao Guozhang. ”
Hearing this, Qin Shuhuai asked, "So, what does Li mean by joining the army?"
Li Dingguo said, "Those who fight war, knowing themselves and knowing their opponents will not be defeated in a hundred battles." To determine the strategy of taking Sichuan, we must first determine how Cao Guozhang will use these three people. First of all, the defender of Guangyuan City must not be Li Zhongming now. ”
He Renlong immediately said, "More than half a month ago, our army found out that it was Li Zhongming's troops stationed in Guangyuan City. After that, we did not receive any news of Li Zhongming's transfer. ”
Li Dingguo said, "What General He means is that you have a subordinate in Guangyuan City, right?"
He Renlong thought about it and felt that it didn't hurt to say it, so he said, "That's right, Nei should be a reliable person." ”
This can only mean that General He's Neiying was either killed or withdrew with Li Zhongming, and he didn't have a chance to spread the news before leaving. ”
He Renlong was slightly angry and said, "Why is Li joining the army so sure?"
Li Dingguo calmly asked, "There have only been two ways to enter Sichuan since ancient times. One of them from Hanzhong to Guangyuan entered, cut down the sword gate, tend to Mianzhu, and then approached Chengdu, said the North Road, also called the land road, the mountain road. Second, trace the Yangtze River and Wujiang River and go up, pass through Kuimen, go to Guanghan, go straight to Ziyang, Neijiang and other places, called the West Road or the waterway. If Cao Guozhang wants to be self-reliant, he will send elite soldiers to guard these two roads. Among the three fierce generals under his command who are the most capable of fighting, Li Zhongming is absolutely loyal to him, so how could he not put him in a more important place? It is true that Guangyuan City is the gateway to Sichuan, but it is easy for the official army to capture Guangyuan, and if Li Zhongming is placed in Guangyuan, he and his soldiers will not be sent to death in vain? Cao Guozhang should not be reluctant, right?"
After hearing this, all the generals nodded slightly.
Qin Shuhuai grinned even more, and the more he listened, the more happy he became.
These words made He Renlong speechless.
Li Dingguo continued, "Now that Cao Guozhang must have known the news that Grandpa Guo led the army to Shaanxi, then he can also be sure that the official army will take the northern road." Among the northern roads, the Jianmen Pass is the most dangerous, as long as the Jianmen Pass is stuck, the northern road will be impregnable. Therefore, Cao Guozhang will definitely put the safest and most important chess piece there, and that chess piece is, of course, Li Zhongming. ”
"If Li Zhongming is stationed at Jianmen Pass, then after Jianmen Pass, the equally important Mianzhu Pass must be guarded by Zhang Lizhen. As for the reason, as I just said, although Cao Guozhang values Zhang Lizhen, Zhang Lizhen seems to be loyal to Cao Guozhang, but to put it bluntly, Zhang Lizhen is the Sichuan general soldier sent by the imperial court after all, and his family is in the capital, Cao Guozhang can't be wary of Zhang Lizhen, and if Zhang Lizhen stays in Chengdu, I'm afraid Cao Guozhang won't be able to sleep, so he will send him to Mianzhuguan, which is farther away from Chengdu. ”
"Then, the last Wu Yutian will naturally stay in Chengdu. Cao Guozhang's respect for Wu Yutian is not inferior to Li Zhongming, not only Cao Guozhang, but Zhou Yanru also values him, otherwise he would not have to be the deputy general of Sichuan. ”
After Li Dingguo finished speaking, Meng Wei immediately asked, "Is Li so sure that he will join the army?"
Li Dingguo said, "Li has led troops to entrench in Sichuan for a long time, so he is quite familiar with various Sichuan troops. Now the only ones that can be used and beaten in Sichuan are these three generals, as well as the 150,000 elite soldiers under them, and the rest of the generals are the same as most of the guard generals outside Sichuan, they are not vulnerable at all, presumably Cao Guozhang himself knows it very well. If the imperial court does not send troops to enter Sichuan from the west, this arrangement should not be adjusted. ”
Speaking of this, He Renlong couldn't help asking, "Li Senjun once led his troops to entrench in Sichuan for a long time?
He still doesn't know the origin of Li Dingguo.
Qin Shuhuai chuckled and said, "Hehe, General He, this matter will be slowly explained to you by my father-in-law." ”
He said this in order not to embarrass Li Dingguo.
After speaking, he said to Li Dingguo again, "So, speaking of which, is there a best strategy for Li to join the army?"
Li Dingguo said confidently, "The strategy that Li said may not be the best policy, but the generals can refer to one or two." First, even if our army captures Guangyuan with a thunderbolt now, it will not be able to deter the troops in Sichuan, because Li Zhongming of Jianmen Pass will definitely block the news. Second, after our army captured Guangyuan, if we want to continue to capture Jianmen Pass, we need at least more than 70,000 troops, including the martial arts alliance army in the hands of Grandpa Guo, and the losses may be quite heavy. Now that the Demon Sect is in Gansu, if our army can't close the Sword Gate for a long time, or if the news of the heavy losses of the 40,000 allied troops under the grandfather of the country is over, it is difficult to guarantee the comeback of the Demon Sect that has been silent for a long time. As far as I know, the Demon Sect has been fighting hard since it entrenched in Gansu, and I am afraid that it is just waiting for the opportunity. ”
Qin Shuhuai basically agrees with Li Dingguo's statement, Jianmen Pass is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack, you must know that "one husband should be closed, ten thousand people are not open" is talking about Jianmen Pass.
Thinking of this, he said, "In other words, Li Senjun thinks that it is not appropriate to attack Chuan?"
Li Dingguo directly "corrected" and said, "It is not appropriate to use troops. Grandpa Guo's soldiers, it's better to stay in Shaanxi to guard against the Demon Sect. ”
When He Renlong heard this, he immediately said, "Nonsense! No soldiers, do you use your mouth to persuade Cao Guozhang to surrender?"
Qin Shuhuai waved his hand at He Renlong and said, "General He, don't be impatient, and listen to what Li Senjun has to say." ”
Li Dingguo was not affected, and said, "Although Cao Guozhang's arrangement seems to be impeccable, in fact he made a big mistake, that is, he put Wu Yutian in Chengdu. Wu Yutian's chess piece is probably the key to our ability to quell the rebellion against Sichuan without blood!"
When the generals heard this, they opened their eyes.
Soldiers are not bloodless to quell the rebellion in Sichuan?
"How can you see that?" Qin Shuhuai asked.
"Wu Yutian is indeed quite clever, but he is too smart!" Li Dingguo said, "At the beginning, Wu Yutian took 8,000 elite soldiers out of Sichuan to help Hong Chengchou suppress Gao Yingxiang together. Gao Yingxiang asked Li Zicheng to lead 30,000 people to meet Wu Yutian, but Wu Yutian didn't dare to take it hard, so he made a detour to sneak attack the starry troops. In this battle, because Wu Yutian did not attack Li Zicheng, Hong Chengchou's plan to encircle and suppress Gao Yingxiang failed, and Hong Chengchou was unwilling to offend the troops in Sichuan, so he had to endure the matter, and praised Wu Yutian for his bravery. So Wu Yutian was not only not punished for defeating more than 13,000 people who were full of stars, but also received a reward from the imperial court. Li Zicheng told me about this. ”
After listening to Li Dingguo's words, Qin Shuhuai understood what he meant.
said, "This Wu Yutian seems to be indeed a smart person." He will judge the situation and know that he may not be able to beat Li Zicheng, but he will definitely be able to beat the stars. And calculated that Hong Chengchou would have to ask the Sichuan army for help in the future, so even if he didn't keep the agreement, he would not be punished, but he could still be rewarded for defeating the stars. A person with such an active mind will definitely not be loyal to Cao Guozhang, hehe. ”
Li Dingguo nodded and said, "Grandpa Guo is right. Wu Yutian will judge the situation, he must be able to see that Cao Guozhang will definitely not be able to defeat the imperial court and the coalition army, so he will not be loyal to Cao Guozhang. ”
Qin Shuhuai said again, "My father understands what Li means to join the army. In other words, as long as we ensure the safety of Wu Yutian's family, it is very likely that we will plot against Wu Yutian. And Wu Yutian has a heavy army to guard Chengdu, as long as he submits to the imperial court, then Cao Guozhang can't run if he wants to. ”
Li Dingguo added, "In this way, Zhang Lizhen, whose family is still in the capital, will inevitably surrender." There is one Li Zhongming left, if he wants to surrender, he will surrender, if he doesn't surrender, we will trap him in the Sword Gate Pass, and it will only take some time to make his 50,000 elite soldiers fall apart!"
Qin Shuhuai laughed happily, "Haha, Li joined the army and Gao Ce, my father admires it!"
He was indeed convinced! This strategy was many times more clever than his risk of assassinating Cao Guozhang!
And Li Dingguo's incisive analysis of people and things through some trivial matters made him even more impressed!
It's a treasure you've found!
With this great talent, why worry about the injustice of the world?
Fighting Liaodong, Mongolia, and Pingxi, it seems that he won't have to do this kind of thing himself in the future!
Li Dingguo, Li Dingguo, you kid got on Lao Tzu's thief ship, don't think about going down. Although you are talented in history, you were born at the wrong time, you can only succumb to the corner of Nanming, and you meet a bastard like Sun Kewang, and finally end up with an unpaid ambition and a foreign land.
But in this life, I will give you enough stage to realize your ambitions!
When Meng Wei, Meng Hu, Zu Dashou and others heard this, they all stood up one after another, and they all praised it.
After a short silence, He Renlong directly got up and hugged his fist at Li Dingguo, "Li joined the army and Gao Ce, it is better to be ashamed of himself! Hehe, Grandpa Guo has found a good military advisor, admire, admire!"
Li Dingguo did not feel jealous because He Renlong had interrupted him several times just now, and returned the salute to He Renlong, and said in a pampered manner, "The general is serious. Speaking of which, General He and I still have a relationship. ”
He Ren Long Qi said, "Oh, have you seen Mr. before?" this ...... Shu He really can't remember it, and I hope Mr. will make it clear. ”
Li Dingguo said, "A year ago, General He entered Shaanxi to assist Du Wenhuan in suppressing the rebel army, and I led 3,000 troops to fight with the general, and was finally defeated. On that day, when he broke through the siege, he had seen the general from afar. ”
He Renlong stared at the beads of his eyes and was stunned for a long time.
Suddenly, he slapped his thigh and said, "It turns out that the brave white robe will be you! You, you?"
"It's under that, Li Dingguo. ”
He Renlong was taken aback for a long time, and finally came back to his senses, then patted Li Dingguo on the shoulder fiercely, and said, "Okay, you Li Dingguo! With only 3,000 men and horses, you broke out of my 15,000 army, and you can't stop you! It's good now, I've sent it to the door! Haha!"
Naturally, he was joking.
Qin Shuhuai said with a smile, "Oh, it turns out that General He and Li Senjun are still old acquaintances, that's really good, and it also saves my father-in-law the trouble of introducing you to each other." ”
He Renlong patted Li Dingguo on the shoulder again and said excitedly, "Okay! Wow! When I saw General Li's heroic posture, I was thinking that if I could fight side by side with me! I didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, now that you have surrendered to Grandpa Guo, it is really fast! Quick! Li Dingguo, people are not afraid of detours, since Grandpa Guo can accept you, it means that he doesn't mind your past! You can fight and strategize, and you will definitely be able to show your strength under Grandpa Guo! Don't let down Grandpa Guo's painstaking efforts! A man's husband, since he has such a ability, he should make a good career, and he will not live in vain in the world!"
He Renlong is a person with a true temperament, what he says is from his heart, and Li Dingguo can feel his heart of cherishing talents.
Li Dingguo couldn't help but look at Qin Shuhuai, but saw that Qin Shuhuai was also looking at him with a smile.
His mind moved slightly.
Qin Shuhuai summed up with a smile, "Then, the matter of Pingchuan will be presided over by Li Senjun next." Li joined the army, what do you need, just come and talk to Ben Gong, from now on, Ben Gong will only give you a hand, and the big ideas can be yours. However, these generals in the army are not as easy to talk to as my father, so you have to be more familiar with them. Of course, if you are really angry, you can fight with them, and my father will definitely pull the frame towards you. ”
The funny remark made everyone present laugh.
Li Dingguo is still as calm as water.
He doesn't know who he is now, should he laugh or not?
Just as he didn't know where he was going!