Zhu Nao

The [-] army was calculated based on the number of people reported by each government, which is not accurate. Some people overreported, some underreported, but the total is not too far off.

If these 7 people were a united army, Liu Song's arrangement would not be a big problem.Although the number of rebels is large, they are just a group of rabble and their combat effectiveness is not strong.King Qin's army used [-] elite soldiers as pioneers, and had a large army in the rear. It is very likely that they will successfully break through the city.But the problem is that the [-] army is composed of more than a dozen different forces, let alone united, they are all having their own ghosts!

Immediately someone asked: "Master Liu, how should these [-] pioneers be organized?"

Everyone stared at Liu Song, some looked indifferently, while others looked like they were waiting to see the excitement.

It is not difficult to imagine that the pioneer troops must have suffered the most casualties.The most advantageous is the middle-leading troops, stepping on the corpses and battle results of their predecessors, they can get the most credit.As for the troops in the rear, perhaps there is no loss, but there is no chance of winning.

Of course Liu Song thought about this question.He plausibly said: "The pioneers should be the army of tigers and wolves, so that they can break through the city in one fell swoop. Among them are the Yanzhou Army, Jiangling Army, Jingzhao Army, Henan Army, Fengxiang Army... and our Guangjin Army. With the experience of fighting with the army, the pioneer soldiers should be formed from among us. What do you think?"

The several armies he listed were all northern armies that had fought rebels during the chaos of the past few years.Among them, the Yanzhou army that he placed first refers to Xie Wuji's army, and the second place is the army led by Huang Dongxuan of Jiangling Mansion. These two generals are indeed famous for their ability to fight well.And he also included his own Guangjin Army, which seems to be selfless.

It is precisely because of this seeming impartiality that most of the envoys of the several armies he mentioned looked worried, but they were not embarrassed to speak out to refute.

Someone asked again: "How many troops will be dispatched by each army? How to arrange troops? How to attack the city?"

Liu Song had prepared a map, and at this moment he ordered people to take it out and unfold it among the crowd.

On the map, he had already marked the composition of each army and the direction of attack. When everyone saw it, they were in an uproar.

Will Liu Song really be impartial?Of course not!If you want to talk about selfishness here, even if he doesn't rank first, he can rank second.He divided the army into three groups to attack the city, but these three routes faced completely different conditions.

The west of the capital faces water, and the west gate is a water gate, which must be attacked by boat.The south gate faced the vast plain. This gate was the most likely to be breached, but it would definitely be the place where the fighting was the heaviest and the casualties were the heaviest.The east wall is the tallest and strongest, and the most difficult to break through, but the rebel army will not allocate too many people to guard it, so the casualties on this road should be the lowest.

Although Liu Song also mobilized some of his own troops as the pioneers of the siege, he arranged his pioneers on the east road.It is estimated that he didn't even hope to break through the city from the east, and only planned to send some people to fish in troubled waters.And he arranged another part of his force in the center of the South Road. Obviously, this is his elite division, and he intends to take advantage of the South Road.

And Xie Wuji's Yanzhou soldiers were released by him to the West Road, which is the only waterway.This is the most ridiculous part of the whole arrangement—everyone knows that among the dozens of princes, only Huang Dongxuan of Jiangling Mansion was born as a water thief, and he was the only one who had fought water battles.But Liu Song didn't put Huang Dongxuan where he was best at, but threw Xie Wuji's northern plateau soldiers into the water.The reason for this arrangement is to kill people with a knife—Xie Wuji is also a strong competitor of Liu Song, and he hopes to use this difficult battle to consume Xie Wuji's troops.The second is that he was afraid that Huang Dongxuan's battle by water would be too smooth. If the pioneer soldiers rushed directly into the city, nothing would happen to others.

So where did Huang Dongxuan's Jiangling army go?He was placed in the vanguard of the South Road.It is also the bitter battle that consumes the most.

In addition, the Henan Army, Changsha Army, and Jingzhao Army, which he regards as competitors, are also at a relatively disadvantaged position in his arrangements.But the degree of loss is not as good as that of Xie Wuji and Huang Dongxuan.

Why did Liu Song cheat Wuji and Huang Dongxuan so much?Does he have any enmity with these two?Not really.In his mind, he still regards Lu Guang from Henan Prefecture as his greatest opponent.But in such a battle of King Qin, it is necessary to borrow a knife to kill people, and more importantly, he has to find a way to accomplish the matter of King Qin.If more than 7 troops from more than a dozen routes failed for a long time to suppress the bandits, wouldn't it be a joke!

Among all the people, Xie Wuji and Huang Dongxuan are the most able to fight, and their identities are also the most special.The other vassals are all from noble relatives, and their power is intertwined, only Huang Dongxuan is just a reckless person, and Xie Wuji, although he is a child of the Xie family, has already severed ties with the Xie family.No one will speak for them, and no one will sympathize with them.So what Liu Song hoped was to let Xie Wuji and Huang Dongxuan fight the rebels, and pave the way for King Qin's success, so that he and others could take advantage of it.

The person who represented the Yanzhou Army (Xie Jiajun) to participate in the alliance was Wu Cong.He glanced at Liu Song's arrangement, and sneered as if he had expected it, but he didn't make a sound to refute.

And Huang Dongxuan from Jiangling Mansion attended the meeting in person this time.He leaned on the back of the chair, put his legs on the table, and looked like he had nothing to do with himself to watch the fun, but he didn't even express any objection.

The two bullies were both noncommittal, but the others started arguing instead.

Lu Guang was the first to jump out: "Liu Fuyin, your arrangement is not likely to be appropriate." His Henan army was arranged to act as the vanguard of the South Road and the center of the East Road together with Huang Dongxuan.It can be said that he has to fight hard battles, but it may not be his turn to pick up cheap ones.

Liu Song said: "Why is it wrong?"

Lu Guang didn't want to expose Liu Song's selfishness, he just said: "Last year, our Henan army and Jiangling army had a quarrel in the Hanshui area, and the soldiers of the two armies were at odds. Now you let our two armies act as the vanguard of the South Road, I'm afraid It is difficult for soldiers to work together."

Liu Song hurriedly said: "Since it happened last year, it has already passed away. Now we are saving the world together and punishing the country's thieves, so we should let go of the past festivals. Could it be that the governor of the Lu government wants to shirk responsibility?!"

Lu Guangdao: "Don't dare. The Henan army is willing to take the lead and serve the court! However, the morale of the army is hard to control. I am worried that if some disputes between the two armies delay the great cause of King Qin, no one can bear the crime."

Without waiting for Liu Song to refute, Lu Guang quickly said: "Since my Henan Army and Liu Fu Yin's Guangjin Army have similar numbers, this matter is easy to solve - our two armies can switch positions, and our army is willing to be the vanguard of the East Road. The Jin army and the Jiangling army joined forces to serve as the vanguard of the southern route."

Liu Song's words stuck in his throat.switch places?It's too insidious!He spent a lot of brainstorming to come up with such a seemingly fair and selfish plan. Lu Guang didn't do anything, but wanted to take away his job. How can there be such a good thing in the world? !

But it was hard for him to object.If he talked too much, his selfishness was fully exposed.

In fact, only Liu Song thought that his plan was well done.Who can't see his thoughts?

After Lu Guang, the envoys of Changsha Mansion, Jingzhao Mansion, and Fengxiang Mansion also expressed their opinions one after another.

"Liu Fuyin, our army doesn't understand water warfare, why did we arrange our army on the West Road?"

"Governor Liu, our army has traveled thousands of miles to the Central Plains. The soldiers are not acclimatized, and dysentery is raging in the army. Our army may not be able to take this position..."

"Liu Fuyin..."

Those who have ambitions for King Qin of course hope to take advantage of themselves, and those who have no ambitions for King Qin also try not to suffer losses. It would be better if they can take advantage of it.Everyone has their dissatisfaction to express.But people also have a tacit understanding, only looking for some high-sounding reasons, no one is going to expose the insidiousness of Liu Song's entire structure.

There was chaos on the table, but there were still four forces that remained silent.

One was Wu Cong who represented Xie Wuji. He watched the crowd indifferently and sneered from time to time.

The second is Huang Dongxuan of Jiangling Mansion.Not long after the meeting began he sat sprawled and put his legs on the table.People around him cast contemptuous glances at him, but he didn't care at all, he just watched the dispute with great interest.

The third is Liu Jingfeng from Jiangning Mansion.He even brought a pot of tea by himself, when the people around him were making noise, he made tea and drank tea without doing anything, quite leisurely and elegant.Since he and Xie Wuchen first came to the Central Plains, they had already told Liu Song that they had no ambitions for the Central Plains court, and they even gave Liu Song some financial gifts.Therefore, Liu Song arranged for their Jiangning army to guard Chenqiao. They didn't have to contribute in the battle of King Qin, and they were destined to get no credit.

The fourth is Wei Yue.He came today mainly to watch the fun and inquire about news.He didn't need to do anything on the mat because they'd muddied the water enough outside the mat.

Because his seat was very close to Liu Jingfeng, he took the initiative to go over and chat with Liu Jingfeng for a while.

"Is this Shu tea you're drinking?" Wei Yue asked, smelling the fragrance of the tea.

"That's right," Liu Jingfeng said, "I just bought Mengding tea from your Sichuan merchant. This tea is refreshing and has a very sweet aftertaste. I like it very much."

Wei Yue suddenly became energetic: "Are you from Jiangning? Do you think the people in Jiangning Mansion will like this tea?"

Liu Jingfeng said: "It should be. Anyway, I like it."

Wei Yue said: "Then I'll tell our Fu Yin to go later. He likes doing business the most, so I'll ask him to bring you more tea later."

Liu Jingfeng sized him up and asked, "Your Excellency is from Shu, right? Didn't I ask you about your native place?"

Wei Yue said: "Me? I was born as a thief. Mr. Liu, do you still have your purse?"

Liu Jingfeng was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to touch his bosom, only then remembered that he didn't bring any money, and the money was on the servants.He suddenly burst out laughing.

He shook his head and took another sip of the tea, feeling that this place is very boring.A group of people present at the meeting were either old men or savages, and it was rare that someone who was pleasing to the eye was actually a thief.It's better to go back and play chess with Xie Wuchen sooner...

Huang Dongxuan who was not far away seemed to hear their conversation, glanced in their direction, and put his folded legs up and down.

During the banquet, there were all kinds of states in the world.But Liu Song's heart was burning like fire.

In his heart, he secretly greeted the ancestors of all the people at the table, and repeated the insults he could think of on everyone's heads.

Alas, he just wants to become a king, suppress a thief, and get some benefits by the way, why is it so difficult?How can everyone fight against him?Why can't his heart be stretched?It's really insane!