Four hundred and twentieth eight chapters: the plan is very big
Li Ze was not too proud of Han Qi. When he arrived at the main tent of the Central Army, he just sat left and right, which made Han Qi feel a little more comfortable. Li Mi served the fragrant tea that had just been brewed, and Han Qi just took a slight taste and put it aside.
"The Grand Chief, now His Majesty the Emperor is trapped in Luzhou. According to their current strength, it is probably difficult for them to break out on their own. Now it is not only Wei Bo Zhaoyi's army that is encircling them, but at this moment, even Zhu Youzhen is also dispatching troops to encircle them in all directions. The situation is extremely critical. Please ask the Grand Chief Chief to provide advice. What should we do next?" Han Qi looked at Li Ze earnestly.
If it weren't for the lack of strength, Li Ze believed that Han Qi would have sent troops to fight him long ago.
"Ship Han doesn't have to worry. You should know that not only the Emperor, but also where are my mother, wife, and son trapped in Luzhou? If you want to be anxious, I'm even more anxious than Shuai Han." Li Ze said: "But no matter how anxious you are, you must have a charter and plan for doing things. Otherwise, hasteness will not be achieved, and it will be a bad thing."
"Han rushed to Xingzhou in a hurry just to know what Li Shuai's charter was?" Han Qi rushed out.
"Ship Han, Zhaoyi's situation has developed to this point in less than a year, which is beyond my expectations. Among them, Tian Chengsi's death caught people off guard." Li Ze sighed: "I originally thought that with Tian Chengsi and Wei Bo won Zhaoyi, he would not merge with Zhu Wen in a very short time, but would become an independent individual. In this way, we would have a lot of room for maneuver, but never expected that a soldier and a crossbow would kill the famous general so cowardly."
When it comes to Tian Chengsi's death, Han Qi also deeply feels the same.
"We were caught off guard and we were not prepared enough!" Li Ze said: "Ship Han knew that after we fought Zhuozhou and Youzhou, the army was really exhausted. At this time, Zhang Zhongwu from Pingzhou was ready to move again, and we had to fight. The two were mixed together. We were really unable to do anything about the change in Zhaoyi."
"Now the chief executive recruited me here, but he has recovered?" Han Qi understood that Li Ze's preparation was naturally to get to the point next.
"I can't say that I've recovered, but I have done a lot of preparations." Li Ze said: "When Shuai Han saw General You, he might also understand a lot. In the past few months, we have mobilized 100,000 soldiers from the palace."
Han Qi's heart shrank.
Li Ze said it lightly, but it was well-known in his ears. In just two months, he could mobilize 100,000 soldiers. This scale and this mobilization force represent the powerful combat power of Wuwei.
"But it will take a certain amount of time to fully be in place for the 100,000 troops to form combat effectiveness, so now, I need the strong help of Han Shuai!" Li Ze continued.
"What does the chief executive need me to do? My department is ready to attack Luzhou at any time." Han Qi is unambiguous in attacking Luzhou.
"Before our overall deployment is in place, all attacks can only be restraining, and it is impossible to pose a major threat to Luzhou controlled by Tian Yue." Li Ze said: "Tian Yue himself is very clear about the importance of Luzhou to him and Wei Bo. Now he has begun to shrink his troops on a large scale. His main force has shrunk to the vicinity of Luzhou. The defense line is not as solid as a rock, but there are indeed no major flaws to find. If you want to take Luzhou, there are not many other ways except for strong attacks and hard attacks."
"Master General, our troops in Hedong, plus your troops in Xingzhou now, are enough to fight this battle." Han Qi emphasized.
"Did you consider Zhu Youzhen?" Li Ze asked back: "We made a ball of paste in Luzhou, but we did not make any major progress. What should we do after Zhu Youzhen's troops arrived?"
Han Qi paused for a moment: "What should the chief executive think he should do?"
"As Han Shuai, you said before, our primary task is to rescue His Majesty the Emperor, so Tian Yue's shrinking of troops is not unhelpful to us. I am going to concentrate all the cavalry to use." Li Ze looked directly at Han Qi, "So now, I need all the cavalry under Han Shuai."
"All the cavalry?" Han Qi was stunned.
Li Ze nodded: "Yes, Min Rou Tu Lichun's troops were 3,000, my personal guard Yi was 3,000, and I also transferred 5,000 Li De's rangers from Liu Chenglin's command, and 5,000 of his main cavalry from Zhang Jia's side. I know that Han Shuai still has 5,000 cavalry under his command, and now I need them."
"The chief executive wants to form a cavalry with more than 20,000 people?" Han Qi was a little stunned.
"Not bad." Li Ze said: "These 20,000 cavalry have two functions. One is that they need to use their mobility to circumvent and rescue His Majesty the Emperor. The other function is to deal with Zhu Youzhen."
"I understand how to save the Emperor, but I don't understand how to simply use cavalry to deal with Zhu Youzhen. Zhaoyi has many cities and cavalry cannot be used to attack the city." Han Qi said.
"Grain Road." Li Ze said with a smile. "The Xuanwu army is traversing in the Central Plains, Heluo, Guanzhong and other places. What is it, it is relying on the prosperity of the Central Plains and the rich food and grass reserves. More importantly, he controls the canal and uses the crisscrossing canal arteries to deliver food and grass supplies to his army in time. But in Zhaoyi, it is not so easy. The complex terrain and inconvenient transportation will cause great trouble to his food and grass transportation. I want to go with the cavalry and the cavalry.
Attack everywhere and attack his food route, forcing him to send more soldiers to maintain the security of the food route. Then our cavalry scattered or gathered, and constantly annihilated these teams according to the form. Accumulate a small amount. Over time, the eliminated enemies will have great vitality. Moreover, if the food route is unstable, their morale will inevitably be unstable. When we have completed the deployment, we can launch a thunderous attack, not only to capture Tian Yue from Luzhou, but also to take Zhu Youzhen down with one go."
Staring at Han Qi, Li Ze said: "Then we can completely control the Zhaoyi area, go east, completely take down Wei Bo, force Xuanwu, go south, and seal the northern gate of Luoyang in Chang'an and Luoyang. We will tightly strangle the throat of the rebel Zhu Wen."
Han Qi suddenly realized that he was just trying to save the emperor, and Li Ze was thinking about taking down the entire Zhaoyi area and swallowing Zhu Youzhen's troops in one breath. This time was very wonderful, because Zhu Wen was thinking about taking down Chang'an, a symbolic political center.
If what Li Ze thought was fully realized, then even if Zhu Wen occupied the economic center Luoyang and the political center Chang'an, and had fertile land like Qinchuan, it was still suppressed by Li Ze in its strategic direction. At that time, what would Zhu Wen have different from His Majesty, the emperor who was trapped in Chang'an earlier?
Oh, there are still some differences. At least Xuanwu is much stronger than force.
But there is Wuwei in the north, and will the powerful people convince Zhu Wen in the south?
Of course not.
They all exaggerated the orthodox emperor, let alone a traitor like Zhu Wen.
"The cavalry under General Liu has almost been removed. What should I do about the war in the north? If there are no large-scale cavalry in Pingzhou, Yingzhou, Liaozhou and other places, it is afraid that the war will be difficult to fight!" Han Qi asked.
"Shishou Han is too worried." Li Ze smiled and said, "Zhang Zhongwu is not stupid. Will he choose to fight me at this time? He wishes that I would mobilize the main force to go south to fight Zhu Wen to death, so he has the spare time to recuperate! Does Shuai Han know what kind of situation Zhang Zhongwu is like now?"
Han Qi shook his head.
"He has a hard time." Li Ze said: "Yingzhou Liaozhou has a vast territory and a sparse population, but the land there is indeed fertile, but Zhang Zhongwu has not enough people, so slaves began to become popular wherever they were. Zhang Zhongwu's army captured local savages on a large scale, and the Zahu became slaves and sold slaves from the sea. In addition, they supported the Goguryeo King in Goguryeo and fought with the Gaoming Minister Tan Daoji. A month ago, Tan Daoji was defeated, and more than 80,000 people became prisoners. All of these prisoners were captured by Zhang Zhongwu and sold to Yingzhou Liaozhou, and then sold to those big ones.
The landlord became a slave to reclaim the land. He levyed heavily in Goguryeo and seized a large amount of wealth, but at the same time it also made the people of Goguryeo feel resentful. Wherever there was oppression, was there resistance there? Goguryeo did not surrender because of this great defeat. There were more and more rebels, which prevented Zhang Zhongwu from maintaining a large number of troops in Goguryeo. Maintaining public order in Yingzhou, Liaozhou and other places requires a large number of troops. At least from this stage this year to next year, Zhang Zhongwu would not have the strength to fight me. This is also the reason why I dared to draw Li De's cavalry troops back."
"So that's it!" Han Qi suddenly realized.
"I will turn around and take Zhang Zhongwu completely when we sealed the exit from Zhu Wen to the north and pressed them to the spot. Han Shuai, do you understand what I mean now? It is not difficult to save the emperor. What is difficult is how to restore the Tang Dynasty to a beautiful world! I wonder if Han Shuai is willing to give up his love?"
"Who is the commander of the 20,000 cavalry?" Han Qi asked a key question.
"Who is Han Shuai going to send?" Li Qi asked back.
Han Qi pondered for a moment, but Li Cunzhong couldn't move, so only Han Rui was left.
"Han Rui!"
"Okay, Min Rou, Tu Lichun and Han Rui's deputy. Does Han Shuai think this arrangement is appropriate?" Li Ze said with a smile.
"It's so good." Han Qi felt a little relieved. "After I went back, I asked Han Rui to lead my troops to report to the chief executive. At the same time, our Hedong Army will also launch an attack on Luzhou."
Chapter completed!