After listening to Li Jing's analysis, the generals were like a reassuring pill, and after gathering the troops of Qingxu and Xuzhou, there were 250,000 people, which seemed to be enough to compete with the Tang army.
In terms of generals, there are also Qin Qiong, Xu Da, Ran Min, Long Ji, Wei Chigong, Yang Yanzhao, Wu Song, Lian Po, Liyi, Xu Sheng and a large number of famous generals with good strength, as well as Qin Yong, Guo Huai, Peng Yue and other new rising stars, coupled with Zheng Chenggong and Liu Renliang of the Qingzhou Naval Division, in terms of strength, they can break their wrists with the Tang Army who are attacked from both sides.
As the saying goes, a soldier is a bear, and a nest of bears will be a nest, and before Li Jing returns from Yecheng, it is particularly important to select a general who can take on heavy responsibilities to command this army.
As long as the personnel are properly employed, after the above soldiers and horses are assembled in Qingzhou, they can completely carry the Tang army's two-way attack.
"I don't know who Senior Brother Yao is going to use as the main general" Wei Qing took a sip of tea and made a recommendation with a solemn face: "Judging from the performance of the past two years, General Qin Shubao's ability is not enough to command such a large-scale corps, so the junior brother suggested that the elder brother use Xu Da."
Although Xu Da is a general, his performance is very good, especially in the first battle of Peixian to shoot Xiahoudun, which is a classic, I think it should be better for Xu Da to lead this army than to hand it over to Qin Shubao" Li Jing stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Brother Fool already has a candidate for the main general in his heart, and he is far away in front of him."
"Uh, my brother is talking about Wei Qing" Wei Qing put down the tea bowl with a calm face, neither surprised nor surprised.
In his heart, he had already made a plan, if Li Jing appointed himself to guard Qingzhou, he would go to the soup for him; If someone else is appointed, he will do his best to assist Li Jing to take Yecheng.
Li Jing said: "Xu Da was the number one general under Zhu Yuanzhang in the past, and after Qin Qiong was injured, he was ordered to be the chief general of Xuzhou, shot Xiahoudun, and rejected Guo Ziyi and Chen Ziyun.
But the troops assembled this time are too huge, like Qin Shubao, Zheng Chenggong, Wei Chi Jingde and others are all veteran generals, and Ran Min is arrogant, I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public with Xu Da's qualifications. ” After listening to Li Jing's analysis, the generals in the tent bowed their heads one after another.
Qin Qiong is the earliest minister of the dragon, the official worship of the general of the expedition to the north, and Li Jing, Yue Fei, and Wu Qi live in the position of the four expeditions, but the merit is lacking, so there is one less "big" title than the other three.
But even so, Qin Qiong is still one of the few top generals in the Eastern Han Dynasty, before he was injured before he ceded the military power of Xuzhou to Xu Da to temporarily take charge, if Qin Qiong was allowed to accept the dispatch of the miscellaneous general Xu Da, even if he didn't turn his face on the spot, he was afraid that he would wear small shoes for Xu Da.
Among the other generals, Ran Min, who was once a prince, was arrogant, and he would definitely not accept the dispatch of Xu Da, who was lower than his own qualifications, and the former general under Yuan Shao's command, Lu Yi, was also a thorn, and other Long Ji, Wei Chigong, Yang Yanzhao and others may not be convinced.
Compared with Xu Da, Wei Qing is undoubtedly more suitable.
First of all, Wei Qing and Li Jing have partnered for many years, fighting against the 300,000 Tang army led by "Er Li" and the 100,000 Wei army with inferior forces, and have always stabilized the battle line in the territory of Bohai County, making it difficult for the other party to cross the Lei Chi.
In addition to Li Jing's strategic victory for thousands of miles, Wei Qing, who served as a deputy general, also showed extraordinary military talent and became Li Jing's most reliable right-hand man.
Therefore, in terms of emotion and ability, Li Jing is more inclined to choose Wei Qing than to hand over such an important task to Xu Da, who has never met.
Secondly, in terms of status, Wei Qingguan Bai Dingxi is a little lower than Qin Qiong, but above all other generals, including Ran Min, Long Ji, Wei Chigong and others, their status and qualifications are lower than Wei Qing.
Moreover, Wei Qing's sister is the emperor's concubine, the No. 3 woman in the Qianyang Palace, she doesn't look at the face of the monk and looks at the face of the Buddha, even if she looks at the emperor's face, everyone will sell Wei Qing a little thin noodles, so from any point of view, Wei Qing is more suitable than Xu Da to be the main general.
Wei Qing did not shirk, and arched his hand: "Since the marshal trusts Wei Qing, the country is in trouble, and the husband is responsible, Wei Qing is willing to go to the soup for the Han Dynasty and never give up."
Li Jing patted Wei Qing on the shoulder, and said with a confident smile: "Zhong Qing doesn't have to be so heroic, as long as you carry the Tang army for a month, the foolish brother will kill a horse gun from Yecheng, kill back to Nanpi, and cut off the connection between the Tang army and Youzhou who went south to Qingzhou." ” Wei Qing laughed and said: "Brother's vision is vicious, every time he makes a move, it is a bloody move, if he can cut off the Tang army, the situation in the north will definitely be reversed again." ” Li Jing spread out the map and pointed out to Wei Qing: "After capturing Cao Bin, Yecheng has lost its barrier, and those soldiers and horses in the hands of Xiahou Yuan in the Plains are not enough to stuff the teeth, Yecheng will be in the bag sooner or later."
I asked Yu Juluo to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to set off with you immediately, pass through Qixian and Pingchang, cross the Yellow River and first meet Xu Sheng in Jinan, and then unite with Longju and Guo Huai, who have arrived in Qufu, and march to Linzi.
Together with the Qingzhou County soldiers led by Lian Po, they held on to Linzi and waited for other reinforcements to arrive. ” Li Jing took out the fake festival given by the Son of Heaven and gave it to Wei Qing: "This is a fake festival given by His Majesty, the foolish brother will lend it to you for temporary use, if anyone dares to disobey the order, he will be punished with the festival and dealt with by military law." ” Wei Qing thanked him: "Thank you brother for your care, the younger brother will definitely live up to the trust" It has already been said in the letters from Tongguan that the Son of Heaven has used flying pigeons to send the letters stamped with jade seals to Qin Qiong, Xu Da, Zheng Chenggong, Long Ji and others, so that they can obey Li Jing's dispatch.
And Li Jing now still needs to inform Qin Qiong and others of his plan, telling them to obey Wei Qing's dispatch, and Wei Qing will command all the troops and horses in Qingzhou to resist the attack of the Tang army.
The plan stopped, Li Jing immediately ordered the civil officials to repair a large number of documents, respectively sent to the legions with carrier pigeons, and sent messengers to rush to various places again, emphasizing to the generals of all roads to act according to the plan, if they dare to use troops without authorization like Wei Yan, which will lead to the deterioration of the situation, it will definitely be dealt with by military law.
For a time, the carrier pigeon spread its wings, soared into the sky, flapped its wings and flew in all directions.
The sound of horses' hooves rumbled, and many messengers rushed to different destinations with their letters in their arms, emphasizing Li Jing's orders to the various lords, lest they take the flying pigeon and pass the book inappropriately.
When Li Jing dispatched troops and planned to abandon Xuzhou to defend Qingzhou, he did not forget to repair the book to Yue Fei and asked him to divide his troops to intercept Cao Cao stationed in Qian County, so that Cao Cao would not abandon the Central Plains and lead the army back to Yecheng after learning the news.
Walking one hundred and fifty miles east from Chen Liu's troops can block Cao Cao's retreat, and at that time, even if Cao Cao knows that Li Jing's army intends to attack Yecheng, he will not have the skills to return to heaven, unless he gives hundreds of thousands of Cao troops wings and flies back.
The soldiers were fast, and the 160,000 Han troops rested in the territory of Fuxian for most of the night, and then parted ways in the early morning of the next day.
Wei Qing and Yu Juluo led 20,000 horses to turn south and go straight to Qixian, intending to cross the Yellow River from Zhixian and meet Xu Sheng, Long and other soldiers and horses in Qingzhou.
Wei Qing continued to lead Hua Mulan, Li Cunxiao, Tai Shici, Guan Sheng, Luo Yi, Chen Deng, Zhuge Dan and others, commanding 140,000 soldiers and horses to continue to march to the southwest, pointing at Yecheng.
A few days ago, in the Central Plains, the ancestral home of the Cao family.
Since accepting Guo Jia's defense of the Central Plains and the joint Tang army to attack Xuzhou, Cao Cao stationed more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Qiaoxian, and ordered Guo Ziyi to lead Jia Fu and Jing Si to attack Qingzhou, while he took Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Cao Shen, Fan Zeng, Guo Jia and others to stick to Qiaoxian and confront Zhuge Liang's army a hundred miles away.
Due to the addition of Zhao Pu, Cao Ren made the right choice, stationed troops in Yan County and Changyuan, blocked the road of Yue Fei's army to the north, and avoided the risk of being directly attacked by Yue Fei in the national capital, which finally made Cao Cao breathe a sigh of relief.
"Okay, this Zhao Pu is really a talent, Zixiao is also doing well, and finally let Yecheng lift the alarm" Cao Cao was in a good mood, fishing in the creek behind the ancestral house, and waiting for good news from Xuzhou.
But what made Cao Cao excited was that he didn't wait for the news of Xuzhou, but waited for the news of the victory in the Yin Valley.
The scouts sent by Le Yi urged the horses and whips all the way, came to Qian County non-stop, and knelt down in front of Cao Cao, who was fishing: "Your Majesty, Yin Valley Yin Valley has a great victory, annihilating 40,000 Wei troops, and capturing Wei Yan, the general of Zhendong who captured the Han Dynasty."
"Alas, the big fish has taken the bait" Rao is Cao Cao is heroic demeanor, after listening to the messenger's report, he still jumped up like an electric shock, and at the same time violently lifted the fishing rod, but because the force was too great, the fishing rod was broken, and the big fish on the hook tossed a few times on the water surface, and then disappeared.
But Cao Cao obviously didn't care about the gains and losses of a fishing rod, and stroked his beard and laughed: "It's really good to annihilate 40,000 Han troops and capture Wei Yan alive ha, it's so relieving, I finally got out of the bad breath in my Cao Mengde's heart."
Cao Cao took off his hat and threw it into the stream as he spoke, and the smile on his face couldn't hide it: "This big victory is really exciting, who is in command of Xiahou Miaocai, or Cao Guohua should not be Zixiao, he just stabilized his position in Yan County" The scout knelt down and replied, "Back to Your Majesty, this battle was neither commanded by General Cao Bin nor General Xiahou Yuan, but by General Leyi and Master Fan Li."
"Le Yi, Fan Li, who is this" Cao Cao looked dazed, and immediately remembered that Fan Li was the Fan Zeng brother who was hated by himself, and couldn't help but pat his forehead: "Alas, Cao Mengde, Cao Mengde, you really don't know Mount Tai, you almost missed the virtuous one, what a sin, sin This Fan Li and Leyi are simply my Han Xin, fortunately, I didn't let them abandon me, and the sky finally helped me Cao Mengde." t1706231537: