An emergency military meeting was held in Huaiyang Pass. In addition to the commander of the Beiliang cavalry, Yuan Zuozong, Yan Wenluan, He Zhonghu, Chen Yunchui, Great Ancestor Gu, and Zhou Kang, these five generals with the highest official positions in the border army, as well as the Governor Chu Lushan, the deputy generals of the left and right cavalry outside Liangzhou Pass, Liangzhou General Shi Fu and Youzhou General Huangfu Xi, the main generals of the four military towns of Fuling, Liuya, Zhongzhong, Qingyuan, and Captains with real power like Huang Laifu, more than 30 generals of Beiliang attended the meeting together. If the Empress of Beimang calculated the military merit by the number of people killed, whoever could break through this pass at this time would be a great military merit.
Hsu Fengnian, who rarely directly meddled in the border affairs, called everyone together this time and proposed a bold strategy, which was far more radical than the previous established strategy. It was not as simple as "Youzhou infantry lean to the west and Lingzhou cavalry lean to the north", but he wanted to treat Liuzhou as the key battlefield that would determine the outcome of the second battle of Liang Mang. Its status was even vaguely higher than that of the unbuilt Jiebei City and the entire outside Liangzhou Pass. He Zhonghu and Chen Yunchui, the two deputy generals, both opposed the idea. Jin Partridge Zhou Kang, who was a little junior in terms of seniority, clearly agreed with the young lord's idea. Yan Wenluan and Great Ancestor Gu did not express their opinions because it was too risky. Their King of Beiliang actually made it clear that he wanted to have a vigorous battle with Beimang!
If you use a large number of troops to attack outside Liangzhou Pass, then I will destroy your Beimang Southern Dynasty!
However, after Great Ancestor Gu weighed the pros and cons, he couldn't help but lower his head to look at the Liangmang confrontation map on the table again. Deeply worried, he said, "Your highness, this move might not necessarily be appropriate. Let's not even talk about whether or not our cavalry in Liu Province can push all the way into the Southern Dynasty's hinterland, north of Northern City, even if Liu Ya and Fuling Grave have Youzhou's infantry helping to defend the city, in terms of military strength, we are clearly still at an absolute disadvantage. This type of disadvantage isn't something a few city walls can make up for. Once Yu Luandao and Ning Emei lead their troops west, the disparity in military strength will become even more exaggerated. It isn't that we can't lose Huaiyang Pass, these mountain passes and cities, but I fear that if we lose them too quickly, it will cause Generals He and Zhou's cavalry to lose their support. A slight move in one part will affect the entire body. In a hurry, how can Northern Mang's Northern Mang's main army be able to stop Northern Mang's main force by just hanging a lone Northern City outside the pass? Without Beicheng Pass, even if more than half of the Southern Dynasty of Beimang is destroyed by the cavalry of Liuzhou, it will not make any difference to the overall situation. "
Yan Wenluan put one hand behind his back as he pointed at the map with the other hand, "Let's look at this matter in reverse. Let's assume that there is no battle at the Calabash Pass and all the main forces of our Youzhou infantry are transferred to the outside of Liangzhou Pass instead of the original 30,000 soldiers. In this way, the effect of Fuling Grave and Liuzhou Pass will be greater. For example, let me stay in Huaiyang Pass while Great Ancestor Gu leads the troops to assist in the defense of Heavy Grave. Chen Yunchui chooses to connect with Qingyuan Army in Liuzhou Province. In this way, the overall defense line in the north of Beicheng Pass could at least win Liuzhou Cavalry 2-3 months …"
Before the two deputy commanders of the infantry under Yan Wenluan spoke, He Zhong, the general of the Left Cavalry, hurriedly said, "No, absolutely not! Everyone here is on the same side, so there are some things that everyone understands even if I don't say them out loud. To the north of Northern Mang City, Huaiyang Pass is already destined to fall, let alone the several towns of Liuya and Lingling. Could it be that the three of you want to give the Northern Mang barbarians three chances of becoming vassal kings for nothing?! "
Speaking of this, He Zhong suddenly hesitated as he looked at Hsu Fengnian and Chu Lushan who were standing side by side, "Lord, it's not that I, He Zhong, look down on those young generals of Liuzhou Province. In fact, I admire Kou Jianghuai, Xie Xibian, Cao Wei and Yu Luandao who are known as the Twin Walls of West Chu. In the future, I might not even be qualified to carry their shoes. However, we can't afford to make any mistakes in the upcoming war. Those barbarians of Beimang, Dong Zhuo and Huang Songpu can make some mistakes, but we of Beiliang can't make any mistakes! After all, those young men … are too young! Moreover, Liuzhou originally had the experienced and prudent Huang Songpu. Now that Lantuo Mountain has changed sides, there aren't many cavalry in Liuzhou. Moreover, other than the Long Xiang Army, which can be considered to be from the main camp, the rest of the cavalry were formed not long ago. Between them, there isn't a tacit understanding that can only be cultivated through battle after battle. If there's a mistake in any part, won't we lose the whole game? "
Zhou Kang frowned and suggested with a lack of confidence, "If Old General He is worried that Liuzhou doesn't have a backbone, why don't we let Commander Yuan take charge of the situation?"
Chu Lushan shook his head and said, "Yuan Zuozong is indispensable to the cavalry battle outside of Liangzhou Pass. We need a cavalry general. He must be able to use the cavalry to the level of 'distant water can quench a nearby thirst'. This kind of thing, in Beiliang, only Yuan Zuozong can do. Even I, Chu Lushan, can't do it. Therefore, most of the young cavalry generals in Liuzhou have to fight for themselves. It's been like this from the beginning to the end! "
In the battle of the Princess's Tomb, which determined the decisive battle of the Western Fortress, Yuan Zuozong was undoubtedly the biggest hero. Therefore, it could be said that if Yuan Zuozong did not lead the long-distance raid, the Central Plains would still be a different story.
Chu Lushan once made a magnificent feat of leading thousands of cavalry into Shu. Together with Lu Shengxiang's Luzhou in the snowy night, they were known as the two classic cavalry battles in the Spring and Autumn War. However, compared to Yuan Zuozong's sudden raid on the Princess' Tomb, it was undoubtedly inferior. Even Chen Zhibao admitted afterwards that he realized the significance of the Princess' Tomb battlefield later than Yuan Zuozong. So the first thing Xu Fengnian did after his succession was to make Yuan Zuozong the commander of the cavalry, and Chu Lushan the first general of Northern Liang in name. Reality proved that this combination of one real and one fake, the new King of Liang, who had not been able to truly convince the people at the time, did not choose the wrong person. It was also because of this that the Northern Liang border army did not have a great shock.
Xu Beizhi, who had just secretly returned to Beiliang from the mansion of the Administrator of Lianghuai, stood in the corner without saying a word. He was a little tired after the long journey, so he just stood there and closed his eyes to rest.
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