After returning to the government office.
Zhu Xianfeng realized that all the important civil and military officials were present.
"Greetings, Your Highness!"
"Greetings, Master!"
The officials immediately cupped their hands and bowed.
"Has the Imperial Court made any moves recently?”
Zhu Xianfeng sat on the main seat and asked.
Zhao Pu took a step forward and said," My Lord, two hours ago, the government received a secret report from the Great Stone Pass. The imperial court appointed Xu Zuhui, Duke of Wei, as commander, and Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, as deputy commander. They each led 100,000 troops to attack Jinan. The vanguard is less than a hundred miles away from the Great Stone Pass.”
"In addition, the Jianwen Emperor also issued a decree to all the provinces, stating that King Qi was a traitor!”
Zhu Xianfeng smiled and said,""Haha…Jianwen is even more anxious than this king.”
"The Imperial Court has sent an army of 200,000, with Xu Huizu and Geng Bingwen in command. Your Highness cannot underestimate them!”
As the commander-in-chief of the Qingzhou Army, Li Xian knew that the combat strength of the official army of the imperial court was extraordinary.
Although Xu Huizu's general talent could not compare to his father Xu Da, he was also a famous general with outstanding military achievements.
As for Chang Xing Marquis Geng Bingwen…
In the early years of Hongwu, they had already seen their success and repeatedly defeated Zhang Shicheng's army.
He had served as the commander of the army, the commander of the Grand Governor's Office, and so on!
"That's right. This battle is a matter of life and death. We can't afford to be careless."”
Gao Tongpan took a step forward and advised,""Your Highness, why don't we go north and ask for reinforcements to rope in the King of Yan to join the Battle of Jingnan?”
Li Xian glanced at Gao Tongpan.”
"General Li is right!"
"Even without the King of Yan's northern army, our Qingzhou army can still win this battle for Your Highness.”
"Your Highness, as long as you give the order, this general is willing to go through fire and water without hesitation!”
The generals of the Qingzhou Army expressed their stance.
"Generals, your will is united. This king is very gratified!”
Zhu Xianfeng looked around the crowd with admiration. Finally, his gaze fell on Zhuge Liang and said,"Mr. Zhuge, what do you think of the current situation?”
"Master, the Ming Dynasty is in an uproar now, and the vassal kings are also watching our every move. If we go north to ask for help now, it's tantamount to showing our weakness and giving up the banner of Jingnan!”
"Therefore, in this battle with the imperial court, only our Qingzhou Army can handle it alone. We must defeat the imperial court's 200,000-strong army at lightning speed!”
"At that time, there is no need for the Lord to ask for help from the King of Yan. He will naturally come to ally with the Lord. At that time, the initiative of the world will be completely grasped by the Lord.”
Zhuge Liang lightly waved his feather fan and calmly expressed his opinion.
"Mr. Zhuge, you are indeed the Crouching Dragon. With just a few words, you have cleared up the path for me!" Zhu Xianfeng was overjoyed.”
"Lord, you praise me too much!"
Zhuge Liang replied humbly and walked forward a few steps, arriving in front of a sand table.
The terrain displayed on the sand table was the gateway to Qingzhou, the Great Stone Pass!
"If you want to defeat the imperial court's army, it's actually not difficult.”
Zhuge Liang pointed at a depression and said,""If we draw all of the Imperial Court's main forces here, we only need to guard the two gaps in the Heavenly Peace Valley and then send cavalry to divide the Imperial Court's main forces into four parts so that they can't respond to each other. Then, we will win this battle!”
Zhu Xianfeng and the other generals gathered around, staring at the Balance Valley on the sand table.
The Heavenly Peace Valley was on the right side of the Great Stone Pass. According to the shape of the sand table, it was located in a hill.
However, the Great Stone Pass was at least twenty li away, so how could he lead the main force of the imperial court to Balance Valley?
Zhu Xianfeng stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.
Zhuge Liang saw this and smiled." My Lord, are you worried that the imperial army won't be fooled easily?"”
Zhu Xianfeng nodded and said," That's right. Xu Zuhui and Geng Bingwen are both veterans who have been through many battles. Why would they give up the Great Stone Pass and go to the Heavenly Plain Valley?"”
"My Lord, you can relax. When the time comes, Kong Ming will naturally have a plan to make the two of them take the bait!”
Zhuge Liang had a confident expression on his face, and his words were extremely mysterious.
However, even if he didn't plan to fight the imperial court army head-on, Zhu Xianfeng was confident that he would win.
Not to mention that he already had the strength of a 100,000-strong army.
The newly developed earthen explosives and hollow cannon balls were enough to crush the imperial court's army.
However, if he were to fight so head-on, he would also pay a huge price.
At that time, the King of Yan, Zhu Di, would sit behind and take advantage of the situation to attack Ying Tian. Then, his efforts would be in vain.
"Since that's the case, I'll leave the plan to you, Mister Zhuge!”
Zhu Xianfeng made a decision and immediately issued an order to the soldiers to march into Dashi Pass.
"Zhang Shun, listen up. This king orders you to lead 50,000 Breaking Ranks as the vanguard and transport 300,000 loads of grain to Big Stone Pass!”
"Zhang Shun, accept the order!"
"Li Xian, listen up. I order you to lead 50,000 Qingzhou troops into Tianping Valley immediately.”
"Li Xian, accept the order!"
"Gao Tai, listen up. You will lead 5,000 new soldiers to supervise the armaments!”
"Yes, Gao Tai!"
“……”
The general's order was issued.
The generals immediately left.
In less than two hours, more than ten troops poured out of Li City.
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