Chapter 1142 Ji Ling's Strategy
Kong Xin's words reassured Ji Ling. At least it could be heard from Kong Xin's words that his respect for him came from the bottom of his heart. As for what he said that Duke Tang would reuse him, he was not surprised. After all, he Putting his abilities here, if Huangfu Chaobo is really willing to treat Xian Corporal, he should not leave himself idle.
After introducing Ji Ling to everyone, Kong Xin began to introduce the generals in the army to Ji Ling, first of all, the other two deputy generals of Xuanwu Camp, General Fubo Wu Anguo and General Guangwu Han Xian, and the navy commander General Zhou Ran, and finally the generals above lieutenant colonel, introduced them to Ji Ling one by one.
After everyone had finished the introduction, Kong Xin returned to his seat and smiled at everyone: "Okay, we all know each other. We will discuss the matter after the discussion. This discussion is mainly to ask everyone. Convey the latest military orders from the Duke’s Mansion.”
When the generals heard this, they immediately became quiet and listened to the general Kong Xin conveying the military orders.
"Everyone should know that our Xuanwu Camp originally had a standard establishment of four steps, one cavalry and five schools of troops. However, this time the lord not only transferred General Ji Ling and his five thousand heavy infantry into our Xuanwu Camp, but also specially recruited General Ji Ling and his 5,000 heavy infantry. Lieutenant General Guangwu Han of the Shenwu Camp, as well as one school of infantry and one school of cavalry, were directly transferred to our Xuanwu Camp, and the Xuanwu Camp was expanded into a camp of six steps, two cavalry, and eight schools of troops, totaling 40,000 people. This is the first time in the entire Tang Guogong’s army.”
At this point, Kong Xin's expression became serious and he said: "The reason for this arrangement is mainly because of one reason, that is, General Yuan Yao has led his 20,000 elite men and tens of thousands of their family members to join our Tang Army. Because the joining of General Yuan Yao will inevitably cause Sun Cejun to be dissatisfied with our Tang army, therefore, the lord ordered me, Xuanwu Camp, to start sharpening troops and herding horses from now on, and closely monitor Sun Cejun's every move. If he dares to do anything Regarding the unfavorable initiative of our Tang army, the Lord orders us to resolutely repel it."
At this point, Kong Xin stopped, looked at Ji Ling and said: "General Ji has been in Huainan for a long time and knows the geography of Huainan very well. Moreover, the general and Sun Ce once served as ministers in the same palace and fought with him several times. In the general's opinion, How should we deploy our troops and horses to deal with a possible attack by Sun Ce's army?"
Ji Ling knew that although the generals respected him, if he didn't show them his true talents, they would not be convinced. Ji Ling stood up and said to Kong Xin: "The general has just arrived, and we still don't know the status of the enemy's and our armies. Please ask Kong Xin Buxie for advice!"
Kong Xin was also unambiguous and introduced to Ji Ling the deployment of the two armies in Huainan. He first spent more than a quarter of an hour briefly introducing Tang Jun's current situation to Ji Ling. Although it was only a brief introduction, it also shocked Ji Ling. In just over a year, Tang Jun's With such strength, it is no wonder that the Zhong family dynasty suffered losses one after another when facing the Tang army.
Next is the situation of Sun Cejun in Jiujiang. Ji Ling knew that Sun Cejun's Jiujiang governor was Wu Jing. Ji Ling still knew that Wu Jing was Wu Jing. This person may not have outstanding abilities, but he is valuable for his stability, and He is also Sun Ce's uncle, and can be said to be the person Sun Ce trusts the most.
At the beginning, Wu Jing was appointed as the cavalry captain because of his meritorious service in following Sun Jian's expedition. Yuan Shu recommended Wu Jing to concurrently serve as the governor of Danyang, and he attacked the former governor Zhou Xin and occupied Danyang. Later, he was forced by Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou, and relied on Yuan Shu again. Yuan Shu appointed him as the governor of the army, Zhonglang General, and jointly attacked Fan Neng and others with Sun Ben. They also attacked Zuo Rong and Xue Li in Moling.
Judging from his series of experiences, Wu Jing is indeed a talented governor. Sun Ce used him as the governor to station in Jiujiang, and he also valued Wu Jingzhi's stability.
After Kong Xin completed the introduction to Ji Ling, he stopped talking and quietly watched Ji Ling staring at the map and thinking. In fact, Huangfu Chaobo had already sent a rough plan.
However, Kong Xin still wanted the generals to discuss it carefully and then combine the plans from Luoyang to make them more detailed and stable.
After a long time, Ji Ling raised his head and said slowly: "Although Sun Cejun has risen rapidly, his foundation is still a little lacking after all. Especially in recent years, Sun Cejun has expanded too fast, and successive battles have made him enter the army. In a bottleneck of development, if Sun Ce is calm enough, what they should do now is to calm down and stabilize the newly acquired counties, instead of rushing to establish new enemies. You must know that among their counties, the longest Danyang County is only a few years old."
Kong Xin and the generals listened quietly and did not speak. Ji Ling paused for a moment and then said: "Of course, this time General Yuan Yao leads us to surrender to the Duke of Tang, Sun Ce will definitely be dissatisfied. The general must know the reason, so I conclude that Sun Cejun will definitely take action."
"There are two reasons for this. One is that Sun Ce's character determines that he will definitely send troops to fight with our army. The other is that the veteran generals in Jiangdong also prompted him to go to the rear. With these two reasons, our army There must be a battle with Sun Ce's army, but although there must be a battle, the battle will definitely not be too big. Although Sun Ce and Jiangdong veterans are taking the lead in the battle, Sun Ce's army also has many wise men, and they will definitely be able to clearly see the pros and cons. So as long as Sun Ce's army suffers a small defeat, someone will definitely persuade Sun Ce to endure it for a while and then withdraw and make peace."
Ji Ling was chatting there, but Kong Xin became more and more frightened as he listened, because what he said coincided with the ideas coming from Luoyang. This shows that Ji Ling is indeed not a person in vain.
"In General Ji's opinion, how should we respond?" Kong Xin asked hurriedly;
"In my opinion, the most likely direction for Sun Ce to send troops should be the south of Lujiang. Jiujiang's troops are not too many, so it is not advisable to move lightly. In this case, he can only transfer troops from Jiangdong to cross the river to fight, so the army must go north from Liyang, and then go west all the way to Xiang'an. However, the troops in Jiangdong are not abundant. After Sun Ce and the prefect of Wujun fought a large army a few years ago, it was to help others. It made the prefect Yan get the county of Kuaiji for nothing, and his strength increased immediately. Therefore, the maximum number of troops that Sun Ce can mobilize is about 30,000."
"Now the lord has added three schools of troops to the Xuanwu Camp, so Success or failure depends on whether we could carry out blitzkrieg strategy, before the Tang Army guarding Yique and ShouAn, two cities will face tremendous challenges. The Tang Army guarding Yique and ShouAn, two cities will face fierce competition from all directions and may even attack other cities in the future. The Tang Army guarding Yique and ShouAn, two cities will face fierce competition from all directions and may even attack other cities in the future.