Devil’s Advent

"My lord, over the past few years, my subordinates have set up thirty-six military forts, twelve land villages, and six water villages in the Shuiya village south of Fancheng.

As for the three-party point of the military fortress, whenever the people of Chu make big moves, we here will definitely be informed in time.

Luzhai is located at the throat of traffic;

If our army is the main attack, the foundation for advancement has been laid.

If the Chu army comes to attack, our army can advance forward, rely on the army strongholds to form an array, and retreat by relying on these strongholds to delay the Chu army's offensive, slowly consume, and gain leisurely preparation time for the main city of Fancheng.

In the water fortress, unless the navy of the state of Yan comes down to support from the south of the Yangtze River, there is no big ship that can compare with the navy of the Chu people, but the medium-sized ships have some size, and the small boats are definitely enough. Although it can't beat Chu's navy from the front, it can also be used to block the river and harass the enemy, and eliminate the Chu people's naval advantage in our place as much as possible. "

Thirty-six fortresses sound scary, but they are actually the "checkpoints" of the branch on the periphery, which play the role of "beacon beacons", which are equivalent to the "eyes" placed outside.

Luzhai is the foundation. After all, whether it is the Yan Army in the traditional sense or the Jindong Army today, the real advantage lies in the cavalry;

However, in order for the cavalry to exert their real mobility advantages in war, it is necessary to survey and master the terrain in advance. Otherwise, with the terrain of Chu State, it is easy for the cavalry to fall into the quagmire or be divided or blocked. under the predicament.

"well-done."

Zheng Fan watched Gou Moli showing himself the map of the military deployment, and nodded incessantly.

"In addition, my lord, my subordinates have also made three sets of battle plans using Fancheng as the point of dispatch."

"speak."

"Firstly, Fancheng soldiers and horses went out to the east, following the road that Lord Shang you went to rescue Fancheng from Zhennan Pass to the west, opened up Fancheng and Zhennan Pass in one fell swoop, and cut off the northern part of Chu State.

Second, our army marched from Fancheng to the southeast of Daze, and after passing Daze, it went straight to Yingdu, imitating the method of the Lord's surprise attack on the capital of Chu State, and directly attacked the vital points of the Chu people.

Third, our army came out of Fancheng, relied on the Qishan Mountains, and headed south all the way, cutting the connection between the Chu people and the Qishan Mountains. "

Zheng Fan sat on the chair, after listening to Gou Moli's three strategies, he pondered for a while,

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"Fighting from Fancheng to the east, completely breaking through the front line of Fancheng and Zhennanguan, is actually a useless effort. It is useless to consume the strength of our army in this seemingly continuous new open territory, but it is actually revealing the soft flesh of the belly. , will give Chu people too many opportunities to take advantage of."

War is not as simple as changing the color of the territory on the sand table, nor is it that the more territory you occupy at the beginning, the more profitable you will be. The basis of victory is to eat the elite that the opponent can pull out from the field, and wait until the opponent has no confidence. During field battles, start to concentrate superior forces to cover the battlefield, and focus on pulling out the big cities.

The advantage of the Yan people has always been the mobility of the cavalry. When the same field army confronts each other head-on, the Yan people often have the advantage. However, when they prematurely covet the early battle exploits and take the initiative to annex a large area of ​​territory, it seems that there are "repeated successes", but in fact How many troops should be allocated to garrison these newly occupied territories? How much mobility will it eat into itself?

And once your own forces are dispersed and the territory that needs to be taken care of is spread out, it becomes Chu people who can come and go freely on your "turf".

Just like the battle between the two kings of the North and the South in the Jin Dynasty, after directly defeating the two elites of the Helian family and Wenren family, most of the cities in Jin will be determined in the next step. First eat the territory, which is prone to indigestion, and eat the opponent first Only the elite main force can really sit down and digest gracefully.

Gou Moli nodded and said, "The Lord is wise."

Zheng Fan pointed at the map and said, "Secondly, send troops from Fancheng, cross Daze, and then enter Yingdu. Not to mention the long distance, it is still the most difficult path.

Ever since King Jingnan burned Yingdu, the people of Chu have become extremely concerned about the defense of their capital, for fear that our army will repeat the battle again.

Therefore, when our army leaves Fancheng and goes southeast, there is a high probability that it will fall into the layers of resistance and consumption of the Chu people. Once the army loses its vigor and the soldiers and horses are exhausted, this winding lake is likely to become the main force of the army. land of destruction. "

Gou Moli nodded again: "The Lord is wise."

Wise is really wise, this is not flattery.

With Liang Cheng by his side and under the tutelage of Tian Wujing, Zheng Fan's military skills have long been high. In addition, there have been many opportunities to practice by himself over the years, and the battle has gone through one after another;

It can be said that Zheng Fan's current military quality has already reached the level of a first-class commander.

"Thirdly... go south to cut off the Qishan mountain range. If you can go south to the extreme, it will increase the difficulty of 'communicating with each other' between Gan and Chu once the war between Yan and Chu begins."

Since Yan State annexed the land of the Three Jins and formed a pattern of tigers occupying the north, the four great kingdoms of Zhuxia have gradually evolved into the form of the Three Kingdoms. In this form, the second and third brothers joined forces to fight against the boss. It is the general trend.

Although there are occasional rifts, it still cannot stop the cognition of "cold lips and cold teeth".

Unlike the Three Kingdoms, the "Battle of Red Cliff", which was supposed to have happened in Liangdi due to the annihilation of Li Fusheng's entire army, was defeated by Zheng Fan himself and failed to become a reality.

So, once Yan starts another war against Chu, will the Gan Congress support Chu?

Definitely.

Although Yan people have always looked down on dry people, all kinds of fables and jokes like to be placed on "dry people";

But Qian people, especially the court of Qian country, are not fools.

Once the situation changes, Yan and Chu will fight each other on the front line, and the dry people will transfuse Chu's blood in the back, which will have a very negative impact on Yan's war;

After all, besides fighting wars, it is still possible to do other things....

Although in the past ten years, the northern part of the Qian Kingdom has been baptized by the Yan Army's iron cavalry many times, but its truly wealthy core area... Jiangnan has not suffered any damage from a single soldier. thick.

at this time,

Both Zheng Fan and Gou Moli stood on the south wall of Fan City, and the map was held up every day.

The Prince Regent pointed to the two directions of the guide north,

road;

"Some checkpoints are used as confinement places, Zhennan Pass, Xueguan Pass, and Nanmen Pass. Whoever owns these three checkpoints can control the freedom of advance and retreat, and the initiative of the situation.

Not so in Fancheng.

Fancheng is a nail planted by my palace in Chu. Its function is to stab it out at the critical moment, so as to achieve the greatest support and auxiliary effect on the entire battle situation. "

Because here in Fancheng, even if it is attacked by the Chu people, it will be difficult for the Chu people to pass through here to use troops against the Jin land. Although there are rivers to go, the rivers are only rough repairs, and they have not experienced the construction of the Grand Canal like Emperor Sui Yang. In that way, a large amount of manpower and material resources are assembled to develop and consolidate.

Therefore, even if Fan City is lost, the palace only needs to deploy a certain size of soldiers and horses to the north of Mengshan Mountain, to block the tentacles extended by the Chu people with a high probability;

And Fancheng is not suitable as the main battlefield for dispatching troops, because whether it is the logistical pressure or the release of the battlefield environment, Fancheng has no way to compare with Zhennanguan.

If the battle between Yan and Chu starts again, the real main army must come from Zhennan Pass instead of Fancheng.

The role of Fan Cheng's strength is to play support, not only to play a sense of presence, but most importantly, to play cost-effective.

"My lord, this subordinate understands." Gou Moli said with a smile, "Actually, this subordinate has been thinking about one thing all these years, and I ask the lord to forgive me."

"explain."

"At that time, the master ran thousands of miles to attack Xueguan, which achieved the pinnacle of King Jingnan's use of partial divisions to achieve miraculous effects on the frontal battlefield. The subordinates are thinking, if the subordinates and the master are changed positions, can the subordinates do what the master did back then? Same score."

"You humble yourself."

Zheng Fan has always defined himself as a "flower in the greenhouse". No matter how good he feels about himself, he still cannot think that he will be better than the Savage King who conquers the world with his own hands in terms of military and political affairs;

If nothing else, just one thing, he Zheng Fan can't bear this hardship.

"My lord, over the years, this subordinate has personally visited Qishan area several times, and established some relationships with some people. Therefore, once the war starts, this subordinate can swear by the stable,

It's hard to say anything else,

Cut off dry contacts,

under,

can do it! "

Zheng Fan reached out and patted Gou Moli on the shoulder, saying, "With your words, I feel relieved."

"Thank you, Lord, for your trust."

"I'll make another promise to you, after the Zhuxias are unified, the savages will also be merged into the Zhuxias."

"Thank you Lord for perfecting!"

Seeing that the prince and Gou Moli had come to an end, Liu Dahu, who already had a beard, came forward to report:

"My lord, Her Royal Highness is still waiting."

Back then, the three personal guards around Zheng Fan, Chen Xianba and Zheng Man, were released;

Chen Xianba is at Zhennan Pass, and Zheng Man is at Xueguan Pass.

Only Liu Dahu, Zheng Fan asked him twice, he made it clear that he didn't want to let it out, meaning that the prince can't be left alone;

Therefore, he has been staying with Zheng Fan as a bodyguard, and now he is the head of the bodyguard, a bit similar to the role of Shuai Zhang's secretary.

"Call the big girl."

The regent of Dayan, who had been discussing the war earlier with a serious face, suddenly softened his facial expression when he mentioned his daughter.

This girl in his family is his weakness.

after a while,

The big girl, who had been waiting for a long time to be summoned by her father, ran over bouncingly. There was no dissatisfaction or grievance on her face, but a happy smile:

"Daddy, Daddy, big girl misses Daddy."

Obviously she was the one who ran away from home, and she took the initiative to abduct her younger brother to run away with her, but now she is the one who says she misses her father.

There is an obvious problem with the logic here, and it cannot be justified at all, but no one cares, and Zheng Fan naturally does not care;

Who told me to pet her?

"Ouch, girl."

Zheng Fan picked up the big girl. Children of this age are just growing up, and they will change a lot if they don't see each other for three months.

The big girl put her arms around Zheng Fan's neck, and kissed Zheng Fan's face twice:

"Father, how is mother? Does mother miss me?"

"It's good, you're gone, the house is quiet, and I can spare more time to play cards with my sister-in-law every day."

"That's right, Daddy lied to me, Daddy lied to me."

"hehe."

Zheng Fan gently stroked the back of the girl's head.

"Did the girl interrupt Daddy and Uncle Gou's business talk?"

"No, Dad and your Uncle Gou have already talked about it. My daughter, this is your first time in Chu State, right?"

"Father, isn't it?"

"Huh? When did you come here before?"

The big girl pointed to the black dragon flag and the double-headed eagle flag hanging on the tower of the city wall and said:

"Isn't this the territory of Yan State, isn't it Daddy's territory? This is also our home, but our home is too big. They just wandered from their home in Fengxin City to the home that Uncle Gou helped us see."

In short, I'm not running away from home, my family is too big.

When Gou Moli heard this, he immediately laughed and said: "My lord, the princess is right, our family is big."

Immediately afterwards,

Gou Moli said to the princess again:

"There will be bigger ones in the future, so our little princess came here specially to identify the door this time, so as to save the future when the family expands several times and goes out, it will be hard to tell the difference between south, east and north. Your highness has a vision. ah."

No matter how thick-skinned the big girl is, she is too embarrassed to stand up to Gou Moli's "boasting" in front of her father and Brother Tian Tian, ​​so she can only stick her face on her father's chest,

Angrily said:

"Father, Uncle Gou is making fun of him."

"Your Uncle Gou likes you before it's too late, how could he make fun of you?

It's you, don't just torment Uncle Gou here just because Uncle Gou likes it. "

"No, he's very good."

Zheng Fan is well aware of his daughter.

Seemingly naive, a bit carefree, but in some respects, she really inherited her mother.

The crow didn't know that his family was black, and the regent didn't even think about who the child's coquettishness was inherited from.

However, it is also very good;

A father hopes that his daughter will be more innocent, but he must not go too far and become a fool. This problem does not exist with his daughter.

Zheng Fan put the big girl down,

The big girl walked to the back, and bowed down to a person sitting over there who was drinking tea:

"Disciple pays respects to Master."

When the regent and his generals were discussing matters, the only one who could sit beside them as if no one else was there was the old neighbor.

The Juggernaut leaned forward, put his hand on the girl's wrist, frowned slightly,

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"Slack off, no luck these days."

The big girl stuck out her tongue in embarrassment.

The Sword Master is also a little helpless, first of all, this female apprentice inherited from Longyuan is different from the sword maid, the sword maid is still lonely and cold, but this female apprentice is the best at acting like a baby, coaxing himself and her master wife Turning around, causing his strict teacher's demeanor to remain uncontrollable;

What's even more frustrating is that the physique of Huofeng Lingtong, who has been fishing for three days and drying nets for two days, has improved faster than those diligent swordsmen who have the belief of grinding iron rods into needles in the early stage.

In addition to those gentlemen in the palace, they really value His Royal Highness more. Everyone in the palace knows this, but this does not mean that the gentlemen will obviously treat the little princess more favorably than others;

To teach one is to teach, to teach the two is to be together, but it will not be as harsh on the big girl as it is on His Royal Highness.

But thinking of the most simple and honest person in the palace, he was able to rely on the practice of the sword maid to understand his own sword skills, and he could also use an ax to show it. There is a lack of people to make up lessons.

at this time,

Third Master and Zheng Lin also came over.

As soon as Zheng Lin appeared,

The smile on Gou Moli's face gradually disappeared.

His Royal Highness, the eldest son of the palace, pays great attention to etiquette, but this does not mean that he likes those cumbersome etiquette, but his own character, which fits his position very well, that is... supercilious.

Because of this, Gou Moli will be very careful and know how to measure every time he deals with His Royal Highness.

This child is young, but he can always give him a feeling of seeing the blind man;

In the entire palace, if you want to say who Gou Moli is most afraid of, it's really not the prince, but the Mr. Bei who once tortured him to death.

together with a smile,

And Zheng Fan.

It's not that Zheng Fan doesn't want to be a loving father. In fact, Zheng Fan is a loving father who can pamper his children to heaven, no matter whether he treats Tiantian at the beginning or treats the big girl afterwards;

But for this biological son, it really gradually evolved to the point where one would subconsciously frown upon seeing him.

Zheng Fan had also analyzed the reason with Siniang, he felt that Xu Shitian was too obedient at that time, it was outrageously obedient, and besides, the eldest girl was a daughter, her father's favorite daughter, and she liked little padded jackets, that was only right and proper. Daughter slave daughter slave, isn't that how they came here?

In the case of comparison, my own son may feel a little awkward even stepping into the threshold with his left foot first.

However, there is another very real reason, which Zheng Fan didn't mention, and it's impossible for Siniang to point it out:

That is, my own son is an out-and-out little devil king.

Reminiscent of how the other demon kings looked at me at the beginning, and then corresponding to this son, it is actually very easy to understand.

An ordinary father can say to his son:

If it weren't for how many years I have raised you...

But this one of my own is born with rank nine, so even if you throw him into the Tianduan Mountains, go and have a look after more than ten years, maybe this kid has become the little leader of a wild tribe and married an old man purpose girl.

However, in the past few years, under the tempering of his parents' mixed play and his elder brother's singles, this kid will not lose face in public.

Zheng Lin knelt down and saluted:

"The son pays homage to the father, the father is a thousand years old!"

"Get up."

"Thank you, father."

The father and son looked at each other in silence, bringing down the atmosphere here together.

Fortunately, everyone is used to it.

If the regent looks at Tiantian like a mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, and the more she looks at her son-in-law, the more she likes it more and more, then looking at his own son, he is really a bit like an old father-in-law looking at his son-in-law.

immediately,

Zheng Fan faced the south and said:

"Although you are still young, you are the eldest son of the royal family after all. The war is about to start soon, and I will go to the war as my father. You have to be a man, be more stable, and take care of the family well. This is a matter of life." Responsibility for the son."

Zheng Lin nodded seriously,

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"There are sons and servants at home, please rest assured father and king."

"..." Zheng Fan.