Chapter 698: The generals of Huaiyang Pass discussed matters, and the western Chu of Guangling Road won victory
In addition to watching the jokes of the two old generals Zhou and Gu, Chu Lushan focused more on the sand table. In fact, this Northern Liang Protector, whose civil and military affairs have always been covered up by his great reputation, and have always been despised and underestimated by the entire Central Plains court. Especially after the death of the older generation of people in the Central Plains, Chu Lushan was only occasionally mentioned because of the thousand cavalry opening Shu. He was much inferior to Yan Wenluan and Chen Zhibao, and even worse than Yuan Zuozong, who shined in the battle of Concubine’s Tomb. Therefore, the entire Liyang was shocked that Chu Lushan, who was only the fourth-rank official, became the Northern Liang Protector. However, the Northern Liang army itself and its mortal enemy Beimang were not surprised. This shows how indifferent the Liyang court was to Northern Liang and how unconscious it was. This fat man felt intoxicated when he saw the sand table for the first time. In his early years, no matter whether there was a war or not, he liked to stare at the sand tables in various countries and places in a daze. No one knew what this thing was like. It was only once that Princess Wu Su asked him that Chu Lushan gave the truth and said, “The same principle as reading a book. Reading a book a hundred times will make the meaning of it come true.” Later, the Central Plains established a tripod, and Xu and Zhao “divided the family”. Chu Lushan’s home in Beiliang had no less than a hundred large and small sand tables. The most rumored one occupied the entire building. There was no place to stand on the first floor. If you want to see the sand table, you had to go straight to the stairs and climb up to the second floor to overlook.
Chu Lushan looked at the northernmost Hutou City in Liangzhou on the sand table, then glanced at the southernmost Xiaguang City in Youzhou Hulukou, and said softly: “It’s not that Hutou City cannot be guarded for a year. I thought of a reason, maybe it can convince Gu Dazu.”
Chu Lushan said to himself: “From Beimang’s selection of Dong Zhuo as the king of the Southern Court, and mobilized a million troops from the beginning, and divided into three lines to knock down Beiliang Road. This means that Beimang completely eliminated the idea of going from Jizhou and the two Liaos south. This also means that the strategy we formulated back then must have loopholes. What we have to do is not just to make up for one thing, but to completely knock it down in some places. We Beiliang had such a worst situation prediction at the beginning, but it was like fighting an enemy with others, well… for example, it was like being an enemy of the old sword god Li Chungang. We guessed that the old senior might have a move of two sleeves of green snakes or a sword to open the sky gate as soon as we came up.”
Xu Weixiong whispered: “I thought I was one of the two strongest players at that time, but I didn’t expect that the two moves would be used together as soon as we got up.”
Chu Lushan continued, “It’s good that this is the more fierce the war in Hutou City, and the more dangerous the Liangzhou defense line looks, the greater the chance of us winning. Back then…”
Yuan Zuozong suddenly smiled and took over the conversation and said, “Chu Lushan had quite objections to the strategy established by Li Yishan back then. He thought it was too ‘right’ and just thought about not losing, not how to win.”
Chu Lushan smiled and said, “Looking back now, I had to do that at that time. Without the ‘filling’ that last more than 20 years, there was no ‘leeway’ today.”
Chu Lushan slowly raised his head and looked at Xu FengIn the year, a bright and flattering smile appeared, and he said, “This is also the inspiration given to me by the prince. Otherwise, with such a little brain, I would never think of it.”
Perhaps this is the only time that people will remind people of the Lu Qiuer who was competing with Li Gongde for the title of No. 1 in the North Liang Dynasty.
Xu Fengnian laughed and scolded, “Serious.”
Chu Lushan continued to be indifferent: “The prince had thought of it for a long time, but the risk was too great. He knew that Master Gu would not agree.”
Xu Fengnian nodded.
Xu Weixiong looked at the Youzhou Hulukou area on the sand table: “It’s difficult to attack.”
Xu Fengnian said in a deep voice: “It’s difficult to defend after the capture.”
Yuan Zuozong narrowed his eyes and said: “So, all the fortresses with Wogong City and Luanhe City as the core, the kind of defense they seem to be waiting for death made Beimang give up this opportunity.”
Fortunately, Qi Dangguo, who was one of Xu Xiao’s adopted sons, was not present, otherwise he would have a headache about why he was so stupid.
Xu Fengnian said to himself: “Bei Mang started by trampling Bei Liang and then heading straight to the Central Plains. The civil officials of the Taiping Order were all used for Jizhou, Hezhou and the next Huainan Road, and did not intend to waste it in Bei Liang. In this case, the non-surrender and Bei Mang themselves were unwilling to surrender, which made the garrisons around the cities of Wagong and Luanhe almost completely damaged after Yang Yuanzan’s army broke through at a huge cost. Of course, at present, the pros and cons are mixed, and the advantage is that it makes the Bei Mang cavalry more easily in the Hu Lu Mouth, but if we place Bei Mang’s most powerful counterattack in Youzhou, then Yang Yuanzan’s army had just received the supply of troops and would suffer.”
Chu Lushan added: “If we want to reverse the battle situation in Youzhou Hulukou and force Yang Yuanzan to retreat, then we must invest at least 50,000 of the most elite cavalry and achieve success in one battle! We will directly defeat Yang Yuanzan’s elite cavalry at critical moments! Therefore, Hutou City must not be lost. If Hutou City is lost, it means that Liuya and Fuling will also be lost, and Huaiyang Pass will also be lost. Once the front line is shrinked to the Qingyuan and Chongzhong areas, Dong Zhuo’s army will be comfortable and pushing the front south to spread. At that time, let alone the spare force of 50,000 cavalry in our hands, it will be difficult for even 5,000. Therefore, for Hutou City, for the sake of Hutou City, 40,000 or 50,000 more people will die in the year of Xiangfu, but at Hulukou, they will die a lot!”
Chu Lushan smiled sinisterly and stared at the gourd mouth on the sand tray: “350,000 people, all dead here, we have built a great Beijing temple!”
Yuan Zuozong sneered: “No worse than the west wall.”
Xu Fengnian took a deep breath: “Brother Yuan, but that’s what…”
Yuan Baixiong, who always gave people a serious impression, was actuallyIt was a gentle voice for the first time, “I don’t say two people.”
Chu Lushan suddenly wanted to hook up with Yuan Zuozong with a flattering look, but Yuan Zuozong was rude and reached out to pat off the claw: “I’m not familiar with you.”
Chu Lushan cursed, “Aren’t I just getting fatter? Isn’t the prince just a little handsome? You just judge people by appearance!”
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, “Stop, you’re not a little fatter, I’m not a little handsome.”
Xu Weixiong looked at the aggrieved and nagging Lord Protector, and looked at the King of Beiliang with gentle smile and the heroic Yuan Baixiong.