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In the Ming Dynasty, Xiangcheng was located on the north bank of Nihe River, directly east of the boundary.

Shenqiu is located between Xiangcheng and Jieshou, on the bank of Fenhe River.

Not far down the Fen River from Shenqiu, there is Shenqiu Town, which is actually a small town.

There has been a lot of rain this spring, and the water levels of many rivers have risen. In addition, the three major river systems of Yingshui, Rushui and Huaishui have formed a rather dense water network. On this great plain in Central China, Taihe, Jieshou, Shenqiu, Xiangcheng is considered to be the best line of defense in the eastern part of the connection between Kaifeng Prefecture and Runing Prefecture.

Considering the lack of troops and the epidemic in Kaifeng, Liu Sheng stopped marching north after capturing Xiangcheng.

Instead, they stationed their troops in Xiangcheng, looking west to Shangcai, Xiping, and Wuyang.

After capturing these three places and then capturing Ye County, the northern defense line of the Weibei was barely established.

The western suburbs of Xiangcheng.

Guards camp.

Liu Sheng summoned the generals for a meeting.

A military map hangs in the Chinese military tent - through this map, you can see the recent deployment of the rebel forces.

After Zhu Gao's victory, Liu Sheng transferred backbones from the 1st, 3rd, and 6th brigades, and used local garrison battalions and civilian bravery as sources of troops to add the 7th and 8th brigades of the standing army.

The Seventh Brigade uses Zhang Ao (brigade deputy), Lin Youhui, and Tan Yajun from the former Third Brigade as brigade commander, brigade deputy, and brigade political officer respectively.

The Eighth Brigade is led by Hu Dongliu, the former deputy of the First Brigade, as the brigade commander, Zhang Xin as the brigade deputy, and Liu Yushu as the brigade political officer.

Liu Yushu was originally a political member of the Shengjie Guards. After being transferred, he was replaced by Bai Yu (the third phase of the military and political class).

After the addition, Zhang Ao led the 7th Brigade to garrison Xinyang Prefecture, Luoshan and Guangshan, and the brigade headquarters was located in Xinyang Prefecture.

The brigade is mainly responsible for the defense of important checkpoints such as Yiyang Three Passes, as well as the suppression of bandits and the training of local security forces and civilian bravery.

Hu Dongliu led the 8th Brigade, which was stationed in Xincai, Yangbu, Wadian, Shenqiu and other places. It was also responsible for suppressing bandits and training the garrison and civilian bravery. The brigade headquarters was located in Yangbu.

Yang Heqing led the third brigade, which was mainly responsible for garrisoning Shangcheng, Gushi, Zhugao, and Huoqiu. The brigade headquarters was located in Gushi.

Peng Youyi led the First Brigade and was responsible for the defense of Yingshang, Yingzhou, Taihe and Jieshou on the Yingshui front line. The brigade headquarters was located in Yingzhou.

Therefore, only the generals of the Guards and the Sixth Brigade of the Standing Army were present at the meeting.

Liu Sheng pointed at Xiping on the map with a laser pointer and said: "According to the Xunfengwei intelligence, Ming Governor Yang Wenyue arrived in Runing on April 11th, and troops are currently stationed in Xiping.

There are about 15,000 Ming troops in his department and more than 5,000 civilians.

In addition, Xiping and Xincai each have more than a thousand rural soldiers and several brave people.

The Wuyang, Shangcai, and Xiping lines can form the northern and western defense line of Runing Prefecture. Its importance is self-evident, and we must win it.

Everyone, tell me, what should I do next? "

In fact, Liu Sheng already had an idea of ​​how to fight next.

This meeting is mainly held to exercise the strategic thinking of the generals and enhance their strategic vision.

Because as his territory expands, he will definitely need more generals who can take charge of their own affairs in the future.

As the person with the highest military rank in the tent, Helianyue looked at the others and was the first to speak.

"Commander, I think with our current strength, we can just crush him.

First, let the second brigade and the fifth brigade send out two regiments each to go north to attack Shangcai. The commander-in-chief will lead us to watch from the side.

If the Xiping Ming army dares to come to the rescue, we will attack them; if the Xiping Ming army does not come to the rescue, we will wait until we capture Shangcai before attacking Xiping!

If Yang Wenyue's tribe can be defeated in Xiping, not to mention Wuyang, even Yancheng and Ye County can be easily captured! "

After hearing this, the generals nodded slightly and agreed with Helianyue's statement.

Since they were victorious in the battles of Gucheng and Zhugao, and they also attacked Huoqiu, Yingzhou and other places, they defeated the Ming army and fled, daring not to resist. The Yibu rebels became more confident and even had a tendency to win. The pride of the army.

Therefore, the generals were very confident in defeating Yang Wenyue's Ming army.

The style of play proposed by He Lianyue was very close to Liu Sheng's draft, but he still asked, "Does anyone else have other ideas?"

Shen Wandeng said: "If you want to defeat Yang Wenyue's troops, you can actually attack Xiping directly. If you attack Cai first, Yang Wenyue might retreat from Xiping."

Liu Sheng asked: "Will the Ming army retreat directly when facing us?"

None of the generals had much experience in dealing with the Ming army, so they were speechless for a moment.

At this time Li Dingguo said: "Although the Ming court does not allow the frontline civil servants and military generals to retreat, if they feel that the gap between our strength is too great, they can still find reasons to withdraw.

The general thought that if Yang Wenyue understood the situation, he would probably retreat to Yancheng, because the geographical location of Yancheng was more dangerous and the city was taller than Xiping. "

After hearing this, Shen Zhaoxian, deputy of the Sixth Brigade, said: "If this is the case, if we want to eliminate Yang Wenyue's tribe, we must send troops as soon as possible."

Then, Liu Sheng asked the generals to discuss quietly for a while, and then said: "With our military strength and administrative preparations, after taking Wuyang, Xiping, and Shangcai, we have basically reached the limit.

At most, they can capture Ye County to prepare for marching into Ruzhou and capturing Nanyang Prefecture.

According to Xunfengwei's information, in addition to the guarding general Chen Yongfu's department, the largest Ming army in Kaifeng Mansion is Yang Wenyue and Hu Dawei's department.

It can be said that it was Yang Wenyue who went south to Kaifeng that made Li Chuang retreat from Kaifeng.

If Yang Wenyue's tribe is wiped out and we are unable to continue going north to Kaifeng Prefecture and capture prefectures and counties, Li Chuang will definitely take the opportunity to seize Kaifeng. In this case, aren't we making wedding clothes for others?

In addition, don’t forget, the epidemic is currently prevalent in Kaifeng Prefecture. If we attack and the epidemic breaks out in the troops, what should we do? "

After listening to Liu Sheng's words that focused on the overall situation, all the generals couldn't help but think deeply.

After a while, Liu Sheng stood up and said: "Pass on my military order, all ministries will take advantage of these few days in Xiangcheng to intensify their military training.

Make the momentum louder - it's time to let the Ming army know the true strength of our army! "

"As ordered!"

After the meeting, Liu Sheng asked the army's telecommunications team to send a telegram to Ruyang, asking the fifth brigade and other troops stationed in Ruyang to also conduct large-scale military training.

Similar orders were sent to Suiping's second brigade through Queshan.

Go up to the army and plan.

Liu Sheng believes that since it is difficult to eliminate Yang Wenyue's men for the time being, showing off his muscles to scare them away is the best way to fight!

An hour after the telecommunications team sent the telegram to Queshan, a telegram was received from Queshan.

Liu Sheng was processing documents in the big account when Peng Chunhui, the leader of the telecommunications team, walked in with a message on his face and his face was full of joy.

"Commander! Queshan called, my wife is happy!"

"What?" Liu Sheng didn't react for a moment.

Peng Chunhui repeated: "Madam is happy!"

After speaking, he handed the message to the guard in the tent.

The content of the message is very simple, that is, the red lady is pregnant today, and the doctor diagnosed her as being more than one month pregnant!

Liu Sheng remembered that pregnant women were pregnant for about 40 days, and going back to the beginning of March happened to be the days when he came back from Xiangyang and was most greedy for the red lady's bed.

Huge joy filled Liu Sheng's heart, making his face glow red.

In fact, Liu Sheng was a little worried before - he was wearing it, and he didn't know if his body would be affected and he would be infertile.