Kou Jianghuai continued, "The situation in Liu Province is different from the eastern front of the Guangling Path that I was at. Over there, it seems that there are many cities and passes, but they are all dead, like chess pieces on a chessboard that do not move once they take root. The generals of the Guangling Army of the Liyang Imperial Court have all walked into a dead end, as if they do not have a city, they do not have a soul. In Liu Province, it is very different. This is a battlefield that is destined to be decided by the cavalry. The two garrisons of Linyao and Feng Xiang are a small variable, while the backup that Liu Gui has hidden is a big variable. Similarly, it is a matter of saving a nearby fire from afar.
Kou Jianghuai pointed to the east, even further east than the camp of Liu Gui's army. "The true variable is in the hands of Beiliang. As long as Liangzhou sends ten thousand cavalry to Liu Province, they do not need to be the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry or the six thousand Iron Stupas of Qidang. As long as it is the most ordinary cavalry of Liangzhou, it will be enough."
Yang Guangdou shook his head. "Although I advocate defending Qingcang City to the death, I am also clear that the survival of Qingcang City cannot wait for the cavalry of Liangzhou to hear the news and arrive. We can only rely on the fourteen thousand people in Qingcang City and the thirty thousand Long Xiang Army outside the city. At most, we can add on the seven to eight thousand cavalry from Linyao and Fengxiang."
Kou Jianghuai laughed. "In any case, we are already defending Qingcang City to the death. It is not a bad thing for us to think a little more."
Kou Jianghuai turned his head to the worried Chen Xiliang and smiled. "In order to calm the people and prevent them from collapsing in one battle, I will have to trouble Sir and those youths of Liu Province to make a 'false military report'. Just say that Beiliang's cavalry is on the way. As long as Qingcang City is not broken through in five days, not even a single Beimang barbarian will be able to stand in Liu Province."
Chen Xiliang's face was somewhat angry.
Kou Jianghuai purposely ignored him and asked with a smile, "What, Sir, you can't bear it? Do you feel that it goes against your conscience? Actually, from another perspective, it was simple. Since they had to defend the city to the death regardless of whether or not there were reinforcements from the Liangzhou Province, a high morale meant that fewer people would die than a low morale. Mister didn't want Qingcang City to be breached in a day or two. How many times could the fourteen thousand people who were scattered in all directions withstand the killing of the Beimang army? Sir, you are a proper scholar, so you might not know much about military affairs. The battlefield where the most people die the fastest is not during the siege, nor is it when the cavalry forces clash or when the cavalry forces break through the infantry formation. Instead, it is the massacre after the city is breached, or the pursuit of the defeated soldiers in the wilderness. "
Chen Xiliang then asked two questions, "General Kou is willing to fight to the death with Azure City? Are you really willing to die here? "
Kou Jianghuai seemed to be avoiding the important and dwelling on the trivial. His tone was calm as he said, "I, Kou Jianghuai, came to Liu Zhou as the general of Liu Zhou to win the war. I am not afraid of death, but at the same time, I cherish my life. "
Chen Xiliang said his goodbyes and left.
Kou Jianghuai smiled and didn't take it to heart.
Yang Guangdou didn't follow Chen Xiliang down the city wall. He sighed and said, "General Kou should be able to see that Chen Xiliang has already treated Qingcang City as his home in Liu Zhou. Why are you still rubbing salt on his wound? Moreover, with Chen Xiliang's temperament, once he has a bad impression of someone, it will be difficult to change it for the rest of his life. General Kou is also not doing business in Liu Zhou. You want to make a name for yourself here. Since that is the case, why do you still want to become enemies with Chen Xiliang? "
Kou Jianghuai asked back, "Is Chen Xiliang just a gentleman who would rather take the easy way out?"
Yang Guangdou shook his head and said, "That is looking down on him too much. Chen Xiliang might not necessarily be the next Li Yishan. Compared to Xu Beizhi who is successful in Lingzhou, I am more optimistic about Chen Xiliang. "
Kou Jianghuai stretched out his hand and slid it across the slightly hot arrow stacks on the wall. He said softly, "The spy report that Liu Zhou sent to Liangzhou is just to leave the rest to fate. I am betting that Liangzhou has someone who can see through the situation … … In short, this time, Liu Zhou will either lose completely or make a huge profit."
Yang Guangdou sighed, "If only I had half a year to create a rough beacon system on the southern line of Liu Zhou, I would not be so passive. Unfortunately, time does not wait for me!"
Kou Jianghuai's eyes were complicated. No one knew what this general of Liu Zhou, who had taken over a hot potato the moment he took office, was planning.
— — —
The Long Xiang Army camp south of Qingcang City was different from Liu Gui's army, which was filled with resentment and undercurrents. It was also different from the hesitation in Qingcang City.
From top to bottom, the entire Dragon-Elephant Army didn't have any distracting thoughts. Last year, they marched straight into Northern Mang, practically sweeping through most of Gusai Province, beating the four military towns of Tile-Building Gentleman's Pavilion, Li Gu, and Maolong to the point where they wished they were dead. In the end, even Dong Zhuo had no choice but to personally take the field, yet they still lost around five thousand elite private soldiers. At the beginning of spring this year, they had swallowed up over eight thousand Qiang cavalry troops known as the Desert Ghosts in one go. The morale of the Dragon-Elephant Army had been accumulated through victory after victory in such tough battles. Before Xu Longxiang took command of the Dragon-Elephant Cavalry, deputy generals Li Mofan and Scarface and Wang Lingbao were already border generals. In these ten years, when did they not fight a few battles with the Beimang barbarians?
The black-clothed teen sat on a small hill. Beside him lay the shockingly huge black tiger. It was lazily dozing off, occasionally shaking its body and kicking up a large cloud of dust.
Li Mofan and Wang Lingbao each held their horses and stood not far away. The fierce-looking Scarface asked softly, "Looking at the situation, the Beimang barbarians are going to make their move tomorrow. We will definitely fight this battle, but how should we fight? Old Li, do you have any ideas? "
Li Mofan's warhorse was like a mobile armory. Not only was there an iron spear hanging from it, there was also a riding bow and two light crossbows. There was also a pouch full of short halberds. Li Mofan himself was also carrying a sword. After hearing Wang Lingbao's question, this deputy general of the Long Xiang Army, who had a mixed reputation, said unhappily, "Ideas? The thirty thousand Long Xiang Army is all cavalry. Isn't it just a cavalry versus cavalry? What other tricks can they play? That old man Liu Gui is clearly using Qingcang City as bait to catch a big fish like our Long Xiang Army. Then we will take the bait. However, we have to drag this fisherman into the water and tell them that it is not so easy to pull chestnuts out of the fire. It is very easy to play with fire and burn themselves. "
Wang Lingbao chuckled and said, "Our Deputy General Li also has times when he is nervous. In the past, when you talked about how to use the troops, you were always clear and logical. You wanted to use every single cavalry on the blade. If I didn't interrupt you, you would be able to talk for a few hours without panting."
Li Mofan's face was gloomy, but he did not refute.
Wang Lingbao leaned over and asked quietly, "Are you worried that you won't be able to stop Tuoba Bodhisattva?"
Li Mofan shook his head. "Both sides together have about a hundred and fifty thousand soldiers. In such a large battlefield, a martial grandmaster is not that important. Tuoba Bodhisattva has no say in the Beimang Western Front Army. Even if he joins the battle, although he can affect the situation to a certain extent, he cannot truly decide the outcome."
Wang Lingbao rolled his eyes and said, "Then what are you worried about? It's not like you don't know what kind of crap the cavalry of Gusai Prefecture's four towns are. Unless that old man Liu Gui uses the heavy armored infantry as the central army and sets up a horse-repelling formation to the death, and then places all the cavalry on the two wings, using this kind of most inflexible turtle tactic to deal with the Dragon-Elephant Army, then we won't have any opportunity to bite them. "
Li Mofan still shook his head. "If this Beimang were to use a tactic that any mediocre general would use, then he wouldn't be Liu Gui."
Wang Lingbao was also a bit irritated. He suddenly thought of something and asked curiously, "That Liuzhou general surnamed Kou wants us to leave him five thousand elite troops and not use them no matter what the situation is. What's the deal? Did we really agree? "
Li Mofan said helplessly, "In any case, the general has already agreed. Just do as he says."
There was a long silence.
Wang Lingbao suddenly laughed and said, "Old Li, I didn't think that in the end, not a single one of those civil officials from Qingcang City went to Linyao. Do you think that in this world, only our Beiliang has this kind of situation? But it's not that I, Wang Lingbao, don't have a conscience. Whenever I think of this group of civil officials appearing on the city walls to learn how to draw a bow and shoot an arrow, I really want to laugh. "
Li Mofan's face also had a hint of a smile.
Wang Lingbao subconsciously touched the scar on his face and asked, "Old Li, how many years have we fought side by side?"
Li Mofan was taken aback and only replied, "I forgot."
Wang Lingbao laughed loudly. "I also forgot."
In short, it had been many years.
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