Chapter 138 Don't force me to cheat

The troops and armor are enough and the food and grass are ready. What remains is to unify strategies and formulate tactics.

During these days, Liu Fu also brought the second-in-commander in Yangzhou - not to run Jiang Ji to Wan County, and discussed with Liu Ye, Lu Su and others how to deal with bandits.

All four of them are very talented and speak very well on their own opinions.

Liu Fu and Jiang Ji are both doves, thinking that Huainan has been ruined by that old man Yuan Shu, so there is no need to start another war and make the people of Huainan suffer.

Liu Ye and Lu Su are obvious hawks, wanting to fight Huainan and make Huainan achieve ten years of stability.

"The land of Huainan can no longer withstand the twists and turns!"

"If we have to sweep Chen Lan and others with force, at least tens of thousands of troops will be needed to pacify it. Can the current imperial court still send so many soldiers?"

Liu Fu spitted: "I dare to ask how many soldiers Liu Taishou has now? It would be fine if he won, but what if he lost?"

Although it is a dove, Liu Fu is not for the sake of the dove.

Now he just wants to do his part--that is, to stabilize the situation in Huainan and recuperate.

What he should consider is quelling rebellion, suppressing bandits, or even starting a war against Jiangdong!

In other words, even if he considers it, he must also worry about the risks inside to prevent a bigger mess.

The opposite is Liu Ye and Lu Su.

Especially Lu Su, now he urgently needs a contribution to get himself into Cao Cao's sight.

Correspondingly, his ideas will be bold and his actions will be radical.

Lu Su was not afraid that Liu Fu was the nominal "Zhengdong Lord" and directly retorted: "The court must find a way to do anything, so why should the court set up local officials to do?"

"Chen Lan, although Lei Xu's reputation is great, he is just a dry bone in the tomb, which is vulnerable!"

"They are different from the princes who ruled the country. They do not know governance, nor do they know development. They are just gathering fugitives to become bandits! Such a force only needs a big victory and killing their evil spirits, and they can naturally maintain peace for all eternities of Lujiang!"

"But what if there is no big victory?"

"Where does nothing come about?"

Jiang Ji, the Yangzhou master, came out to face Lu Su: "Lu Zijing! The war is not as light as you said? Who can guarantee that the battle will be smooth?"

"We have Shen Hou here!"

He Yan:???

He Yan, who had been watching the show, was suddenly pointed out by Lu Su, which made He Yan very innocently exposed to Liu Fu and Jiang Ji's sight.

"Hou Shen?"

"That's right!"

Lu Su even made a promise: "With Marquis Shen here, let alone tens of thousands of thieves, what can I do if I have hundreds of thousands of thieves?"

He Yan:???

At this time, He Yan really wanted to go up and kick Lu Su and tell him that you should not bring me with you bragging.

However, He Yan also realized that Lu Su was deliberately trying to pull himself into the water and use himself as a bargaining chip to suppress Liu Fu and Jiang Ji.

After all, the most elite troops in Lujiang County are now the three thousand [Piaoyao Camp] under He Yan. If He Yan insists on fighting with Chen Lan and others, Liu Fu and the others will have no choice.

"Shenhou!"

Liu Fu seemed to realize that He Yan's existence was Lu Su's tough support, so he turned his finger on He Yan.

"Chen Lan and others are not as good as Li Shu, so don't be careless!"

He Yan's name is well-known, and they cannot not know it.

Whether it was persuading the enemy to surrender in front of the Guandu formation or taking down Li Shu alone in Wan County, it was all amazing.

However, Liu Fu and Jiang Ji were not mediocre, and did not blindly worship He Yan as the general public.

In their opinion, He Yan's achievements are based on "utilizing the rules".

Simply put, it is like the "soldier Yin and Yang" in the military, which is in line with the times, promotes punishment and morality, and fights with the fight, and is due to the five victories.

Such talents are naturally useful within the scope of the rules, but they are a little short of being outside the rules.

No matter how powerful Li Shu is, he is still in the category of "official".

Within this category, as long as Li Shu dies, He Yan can easily use the system to control Li Shu's subordinates to take over Wan County.

But Chen Lan, Lei Xu, Mei Gan and his gang were "bandits".

The bandit is not, it is different from normal.

They have left the world and embarked on another path.

They do not work in production, ignore laws and create their own schools.

At this time, the "Soldier Yin and Yang" arrangement is useless. It is only useful to completely defeat them on the front battlefield by using "military power schemes" and "military situation".

Even though Lu Su has a way to divide and weaken Chen Lan and his group, He Yan can really guarantee that he will be several times or even ten times better than his enemies?

What Liu Fu and Jiang Ji are most afraid of now is that He Yan is wrongly addicted to their positive abilities on the battlefield and oppose Chen Lan and others.

In that case, not only He Yan's "unprecedented in his later years", Huainan may also be dragged into war and become a purgatory on earth again.

Liu Fu looked at He Yan with anticipation, hoping that He Yan would reject Lu Su and recognize him.

But unfortunately...

Liu Fu was still disappointed.

He Yan nodded with great confidence: "Don't worry, Zijing! I dare not say hundreds of thousands of thieves, but if it is only 30,000 or 40,000, then I'll leave it to me!"

Hearing He Yan's words, Liu Fu's face turned pale and was visible to the naked eye.

Jiang Ji also shook his head secretly, tearing off the label of "young hero" on He Yan in his heart, and then put a "arrogant" logo on his hand.

arrogant!

Too arrogant!

Do you really think of yourself as Huo Qubing’s reincarnation? Can you lead troops to defeat enemies that are several times more than you at a young age?

Oh!

Both Liu Fu and Jiang Ji's performance were taken in his eyes by He Yan, but He Yan didn't say much.

In fact, it is not He Yan's arrogant.

On the contrary, he knew very well that his level on the battlefield was indeed limited and he still needed to be tempered and grown.

But He Yan has confidence in Lu Meng!

Although Lu Meng was only in his twenties and had just become a little older, he had actually been fighting in Jiangdong for five years with his brother-in-law Deng Dang.

In these battles, although Lu Meng's ability did not grow to the point of a "famous general", it was by no means a "Sima from another department" who could be surrounded.

Now Lu Meng is stuck at the boundary between "Captain" and "General".

What he lacks is the experience of leading troops on a large scale, not the ability to attack in front of the battle.

Chen Lan, Lei Xu and others who are now trying to pacify are numerous, but they are all mobs and do not use legion tactics.

The best way to defeat them is actually to attack in the last battle, and this is exactly what Lu Meng is good at.

In summary, He Yan felt that with Lu Meng's ability and the three thousand elites of [Piao Yao Camp], he could handle those thieves.

And He Yan didn't have a backup plan.

The 100,000 stones of food and grass that Zhou Yu wanted from him was He Yan's backup plan.

Cao Cao's side really can't distribute troops, but it doesn't mean that others can't distribute them!

Runan County is north of Lujiang County.

The prefect of Runan, Man Chong, still had thousands of elite soldiers who often fought against Liu Pi's group of Yellow Turban thieves. If He Yan reported to Cao Cao and took the initiative to provide food and supplies, I believe Man Chong would be willing to take the order to go south to support him.

With Man Chong and Lu Meng leading the troops, plus the three dog-headed military advisors Liu Ye, Lu Su and Lu Xun, if they can't beat Chen Lan and the others, He Yan dared to twist Cao Pi's head off and throw it to Liu Fu and Jiang Ji and kick it.

But all of this has a prerequisite.

It is Lu Su's plan that needs to be successful.

Chen Lan, Lei Xu and Mei Gan can all gather 50,000 troops together. If they unite, it will be a little trouble.

If we don’t ask Lu Su’s plan to weaken them. As long as the division is successful and He Yan defeats them one by one, then Lu Su will make great contributions.

"Governor Liu, don't let Jiang go."

Although He Yan decided to stand up for Lu Su, he still advised these two people with kind words.

"I actually know the things you are worried about, it is nothing more than fear of losing control of Huainan after the defeat of the battle, and then causing the people of Lujiang and Jiujiang to fall into trouble."

"But if we don't encircle and suppress these thieves and let the people live in fear every day, isn't this just treating the people kindly?"

"Lei Xu and Meigan are a little better. They occupy at least the fields and Chaohu, and have food for their soldiers, but what about Chen Lan?"

"The resources in the Tianzhu Mountain area are not abundant, which means that Chen Lan and her men must go out to rob the people if they want to survive."
To be continued...