But when Elder Fu took out a drawing from his arms, there were some circles and many vertical and horizontal lines on the paper, he thought that because he was wrong with the speech explanation, he simply drew the roads near Bagongyuan on the paper.

Seeing that he was careful in his behavior, Guo Rong became more and more appreciative, so he asked the guards to bring a wooden pier to sit. The cave was not big. After Gao Huaide found it, he asked soldiers to expand it. It could accommodate more than ten people at this time. Because of Guo Rong's arrival, Gao Huaide asked someone to find a large stone slab and lay it in front of Guo Rong with a wooden pier and use it as a table.

Elder Fu placed the drawing on the stone slab, took the wooden pier, but sat directly opposite Guo Rong, thinking that he was afraid that Guo Rong would not understand what the lines on the paper pointed to, so that he could explain it in person.

"It is not good to remember the grass people in detail, and they are afraid of making mistakes. After they arrived at the place where the emperor said, they ordered the two soldiers to hold their hands and wait. With their superficial cultivation, they explored a large area and circled a lot. Fortunately, they did not humiliate their fate and drew out the big and small paths, which should be correct."

Guo Rong's face showed a complimentary look, nodded, and greeted the generals to look at each other. After a careful investigation, the appearance of the terrain was exactly the same as what Gao Huaide said at first. And as Guo Rong expected, there were paths to the open area of ​​Bagongyuan on both sides. If he quickly gathered troops and deployed a formation according to the previous plan, it would be safe.

After careful study, Guo Rong breathed a sigh of relief, "After looking at the map, you can make a deduction here... There are nearly fifty miles of roads from Bagongyuan here and there are uneven roads, and there are hills. The post road is not wide, so it is not easy for the army to advance quickly.

There is another valley in Maoergang. If you rebel Liu, you will be afraid that our Zezhou soldiers will set up an ambush, and you should be sending vanguard soldiers and generals to explore the way... And his army would set off from Gaoping City at the same time with the vanguard soldiers and then set up camp in Bagongyuan to wait for news."

Gaoping was more than 40 miles away from Bagong. It took two or three hours to march with baggage. A temporary rest should be arranged to fill the stomach. According to the terrain, Bagong was originally the most suitable place to camp and wait for departure.

The detailed terrain was not discovered before, and he was just guessing with Gao Huaide and others. Based on the topographic map explored by Elder Fu, Guo Rong naturally had the confidence to predict the enemy situation.

"It seems that the decisive battle should be in the Bagongyuan. If the enemy dares to advance lightly, haha...then they will leave the corpse of Maoergang even more." Guo Rong laughed.

"The emperor is wise, I will definitely kill him without leaving any armor." The generals said together.

Guo Rong smiled and asked everyone to return to their seats. He looked at the horse who was kneeling at the entrance of the cave Elder Sui Fu to investigate the terrain, and waved: "You two are here, come close, I have something to do with you."

The two horse-striking soldiers were fond of Guo Rong when they saw that they looked happy and were fond of themselves. They hurriedly knelt forward and said in fear: "Little...Little, please listen to the emperor."

"You two have made a contribution. I will give you another merit. After defeating the enemy, let Gao Xianfeng reward him..." Guo Rong smiled slightly and took out a military talisman from his waist. "Hold this talisman to inform Liu Ci's army quickly and pass on my oral order. The battle is about to be fought. He will move forward with light clothes and follow up with the baggage."

The two explored the horses and looked at each other, kowtowed and replied, "Young one should follow the sacred order."

Gao Huaide stood up and took the military talisman and handed over to one of the horses, "Catch the shortcut and go and pass the order quickly." The two soldiers immediately responded to their orders.

Guo Rong looked at the map in front of him, and after a moment of sinking, he raised his eyes to Shi Yanchao, "Aiqing Shi, come here..."

Shi Yanchao hurriedly left his seat and stepped forward. Guo Rong pointed to a route on the paper, "If the war is in Bagongyuan, you will lead 5,000 troops here to move in a hurry, bypass Bagongyuan, and plagiarize at the rear of the enemy..."

Jiang Qiubai, who was sitting on the left side of Guo Rong, was shocked. The three armies were in the first place. This time, there were only more than 20,000 troops. Among them, He Cheng, Fan Ainengsou's Right Army and Li Chongjin, Bai Congzan's left army had only 6,000 troops, while Shi Yanchao's 5,000 Tiger Army and Zhang Yongde's 3,000 Imperial Guards were the central army. They not only assumed the responsibility of charging, but also protected Guo Rong's safety. Guo Rong divided his troops out, wouldn't he be trapped in danger?

Although Jiang Qiubai knew that Guo Rong's arrangement was very dangerous, he thought that he was not familiar with military tactics and could not guess the intention of the division of the troops, and did not dare to speak out and persuade him.

He Cheng was shocked, "The emperor must not..."

"Why?" Guo Rong smiled.

"Our army... has only 20,000 troops in total. The troops of General Gao are 2,000, only 2,200, and the emperor..." He Zheng swallowed his saliva and said again: "The emperor divided five thousand troops and left. It is difficult to face the battle head-on... it is difficult to shock the enemy. The imperial guards of General Shi and Lord Zhang are the soldiers and horses that protect the emperor. It is the top priority. How can we divide the troops..."

"Emperor..." Shi Yanchao continued: "I think General He's words are reasonable. There are many enemy soldiers and horses. If we set up camps and see that our soldiers and horses are few, we will definitely go out to attack each other. At that time, the central army had only three thousand personal guards and hundreds of Shenhu camps, which would put the emperor in danger!"

Guo Rong glanced at He Zheng, looked at Shi Yanchao, and smiled, "If you lead the army to attack from behind, it will have two great benefits for our army. First, even if our army wins head-on battle, kills one or two rebel generals and kills some soldiers, it is difficult to make the enemy retreat. The enemy will refuse to defend the camp at that time and then lead the troops back to Gaoping City.

But if you attack when I see the opportunity, under unknown circumstances, the enemy soldiers will definitely think that Fu Yanqing led his troops from Cizhou to support him, and Gao Ping has taken them back for me. At that time, the enemy's morale will be disintegrated and our army will definitely win a great victory.

Secondly, if I fail ahead, you can do this, which will cause chaos in the subsequent army. At that time, I will definitely turn defeat into victory. What's more, if the enemy retreats into Gaoping City, and more than 40,000 people will defend the city... At that time, it will be quite difficult to attack the city."

Ordinary five thousand soldiers and horses can defend the city, and they can resist the attack of three or five major troops, let alone 40,000 to 50,000. Even if they can be taken, they will definitely be a bloody battle. Everyone is the general who has guarded a city and knows the benefits and harms. When Shi Yanchao heard this, he realized that Guo Rong's words were reasonable, so he leaned over and bowed down and bowed, "The emperor is wise, and the minister is responsible..."

He Cheng originally wanted to make another advice, but when he saw that Shi Yanchao had already paid a visit to receive the order, he couldn't help but look helpless and silent.

Guo Rong thought that he had something to say, so he smiled and said, "He Aiqing, I heard that the king and ministers can achieve prosperity and stability. Generals and generals can be united and defeated the enemy. If you still have any worries, you might as well tell me..."

He Zheng hurriedly said: "The emperor is wise. This plan will definitely defeat the rebels. The poor ministers have no worries."

"Okay," Guo Rongzhan smiled and said to Gao Huaide: "The enemy's vanguard soldiers are subject to Gao Aiqing leading the soldiers to attack him. It should be the hour of Xu. Let's go, all the good guys will follow me to prepare for the storm, haha..."

At the beginning of the morning, Elder Fu arrived like the wind and rushed to the central army Guo Rong's tent. Guo Rong, Jiang Qiubai and other generals had already gathered together. Seeing Elder Fu coming, Guo Rong was happy and said before he could salute him: "But the bandits arrived, are they the vanguard? Or the army..."

"Report to the emperor, he is the vanguard of the Han army, with about three or four thousand people, and it should be about ten miles from Maoergang..." Elder Fu replied.

"Okay." Guo Rong slapped the table, "Jiuqing, please return to the headquarters to gather troops. The central army will go first, and the left and right troops will follow. Before we arrive at Bagongyuan, the troops of each army will follow the plan."

The generals and leaders were ordered to quickly return to their tents and ordered the soldiers to gather together. Because they were prepared, they went into battle lightly, and they had already set off with a cup of tea.

The remaining camps and supplies were trained by 500 Zezhou regiments, and more than 3,000 people in the city were rectified and followed up in the rear.

When the army marched into the mouth of Maoergang Valley, they heard the sound of rushing troops in front of them, and then the fighting sounded. The Han soldiers had 3,000 troops, and were cut off by Gao Huaide's troops. Just as they were about to turn around and fight, Shi Yanchao and Xiang Xun's Hujie army arrived. Suddenly, the sound of horses neighed, swords and screams rang out.

Before a pillar of incense arrived, more than a thousand Han soldiers had been wiped out, nearly a thousand surrendered, and five or six hundred were dispersed and fled. From the surrendered Han soldiers, they learned that the Liao and Han coalition were indeed stationed in the land of Bagongyuan for a temporary rest and waiting for the news that the troops were going to explore the way first. Guo Rong was very happy when he learned about it and ordered the army to chase him.

Shi, the Hujie army in his army was more than ten miles away from Bagongyuan, and took a small path from the left to the rear of Bagongyuan. The left and right guards and cavalry were marched separately from the central army at five miles. After a cup of tea, they appeared in the camp of Liao and Han corps, and gathered in an array of more than five miles away.

...

In the Han army's tent, the Northern Han Emperor Liu Min heard the deserter's words that Guo Rongyu came in person, so he did not believe it. He brought several officials to the camp to watch, but saw flags flying in the Zhou army, and he believed it. Liu An, a counselor, said: "Emperor, the puppet Zhou soldiers and horses have not yet hidden. We should send troops to attack and make contributions..."

Liu Min was the younger brother of Liu Zhiyuan, the founding emperor of the Later Han Dynasty. When the Later Han Dynasty was replaced by Guo Wei’s founding country, he was dissatisfied and believed that the Northern Han Dynasty was orthodox, so he was also known as the pseudo-Zhou for the Great Zhou.

Liu Yan saw the dust flying, and the Zhou soldiers and horses lined up in an orderly manner in the movement. He thought he was prepared and was surprised and surprised, "No, this is unknown, the false Zhou is not easy to move, and he is sent to the soldiers who resist horses and archers be on guard... and I also invite Marshal Yang and Aiqing to come over to discuss military information with me."

The Marshal Yang he mentioned was Yang Gun, the commander of the Khitan reinforcements, and Zhang Aiqing was Zhang Yuanhui, the commander of the Cavalry and Infantry Army.

Although Bagong was flat in the original terrain, there were many small villages. Due to the terrain, the camps stationed by Liu Minzhong's army were separated from the Liao camps of the Right Army. The same was true for the troops of Zhang Yuanhui of the Left Army, and there were villages separated from the villages. The houses below were empty. When the Han and Liao soldiers captured Gaoping, the people of the village had already fled and left after hearing the news.

Yang Gunzi, the commander of the Liao army over 50 years old, knew that the Zhou army was coming, and heard the news that the Zhou army was inspecting the Zhou army lined up at the Youjun camp. Among the people who were accompanying the inspection, Yan Zhongchang was very prominent.

It turned out that after Ming Wu broke away the hundred kalpas that he had been involved in, he returned to the guard mansion. This time the Khitan sent troops to aid the Han Dynasty, and he was sent by the King of the Southern Court to follow the army to escort Yang Gun.

Hearing Liu Min's invitation from the messenger, Yang Gun took Yan Zhongchang and rode a horse through a small village with a long distance to Liu Min. After saluting, Liu Min pointed to the Zhou camp and said, "Master Yang, according to your view, how many people are there in the pseudo Zhou coming this time?"

"The Han Lord should mean whether the Zhou army was following, right?" Yang Gun smiled.

After Liu Min became emperor, he was the main force of Khitan, so Yang Gun regarded himself as an envoy of the great country and was known as the "Han Lord". He heard what Liu Min asked, but wanted Guo Rong to lead the troops in person, and the troops he led should be more than ten thousand troops in front of him.

Liu Min nodded, "From Guo Puppet to see the battle in person... His troops should be more than the people in front of him, and I am afraid that he will be cheated."

Yang Gun looked at the Zhou soldiers who were already waiting for the opposite side, pondered for a moment, but rode his horse to the left camp and turned back after a cup of tea. "If the general expected it was not bad, the soldiers and horses that the Emperor of Great Zhou chased him here should be stopped in front of him."

"Oh?" Liu Min's eyes lit up, "I'd like to ask Marshal Yang to solve his doubts..."

"Han Lord, look..." Yang Gun pointed to the Zhou army camp and said, "The Zhou army and the central army are like ours, and there is a small village in the middle... The general had just gone to the entrance of the village to inspect and saw that the right army was standing at a slightly narrow place, and the five or six thousand soldiers and horses seemed to be in a horizontal and short vertical and long manner.

Among them, the left army is long and long, and there is still room for free behind it. If the formation of the right army is like the formation of the right army, more than ten thousand people will be enough. I think it was when the Emperor of Great Zhou came to Zezhou and met our vanguard. After defeating them, he was eager to win and went to the battlefield lightly. Then he chased after him. If there were still troops behind, I guess it was just some people transporting military supplies... at most it would not exceed three thousand."

Liu Min frowned when he heard this. After thinking for a while, he said, "Is there a situation where we show weakness and lure our army into the deep?"

Yang Gun smiled softly, "Haha, according to the news from the Investigator yesterday, the marching section ahead is more than 30 miles long, and there are at most a few small hills on both sides. Zhou soldiers have no danger to take. How can a large number of soldiers lurk in a large number of troops and horses to lure me into the depths?"

"Okay." Liu Min laughed, "Master Yang is resourceful and makes me suddenly enlightened. OK, okay... Then you can lead troops to defeat him and capture Guo Rong alive. Come on, and quickly send Zhang Aiqing to the Central Army camp to see me..."

"The Han master wants to attack immediately?" Yang Gun said.

Liu Min nodded and said, "Why should Marshal Yang have a good idea?"

Yang Gun pondered for a moment and said, "Looking at the speed of his formation and his uniformity, he is an elite soldier. The Han lord should not underestimate him. Although our army's strength is two or three times that of his, he came to take advantage of the victory and his morale is strong. If our army takes the initiative to attack, it may not be beneficial.

The Zhou army came lightly, and the baggage was not arrived, so it was impossible to set up camp. The confrontation between the following arrays will not last long. I believe that it will attack later. Our army camp has been established, so there is danger to be taken. When the Zhou army attacks, just use arrows to snipe them, cloth and horse stakes, and guard against horse snatches, and guard horse snatches to guard against their cavalry. After two or three rounds, their morale will be depressed. At that time, our army will lead troops to attack them again and will surely win a complete victory."

"What Marshal Yang said...is reasonable." Liu Min stroked his head and pondered, "When I discuss with the generals, if I lead the troops to attack, I hope the cavalry on the right side of the marshal will attack him and help me."

When Yang Gun heard his words, he seemed to have the intention of attacking. He heard this and said, "The Han lord should be careful. I will go back to set up defenses... If there is a need to send an order, it will be."

After saying that, he led Yan Zhongchang away. When he returned to the camp of the Right Army, he sighed to Yan Zhong: "The Han emperor has no plans and no decisions, and it is difficult to accomplish great things."

Looking at Yan Zhongchang who was unquestionable, Yang Gun smiled, "But if you attack the Zhou army, you may win..."

Yan Zhongchang hesitated for a moment and said, "Why?"

"Among the Zhou army, the left army array was both offensive and defensive, while the right army array was short and long... Hehe, it means retreating." Yang Gun said with a smile. Yan Zhongchang remembered what he said to Liu Min just now, and nodded thoughtfully.

After Guo Rong arrived in the formation of the three armies, he immediately ordered the left army Li Chongjin and the right army He Zheng to see the army. When the two arrived, he said, "The enemy's Right Army is a Khitan cavalry, good at charging and rushing into battle. Our army has no camp and no resistance, which is a weakness..."

Guo Rong pointed to the field in front of the left army and said, "Fortunately there was a large field in front of the formation. Although there were no deep pits, horses were easily lost. Li Aiqing could order soldiers to set up horse-rejected posts, send long sickles and spearmen, and arrange archers to stop them from the field. There was a row of houses on the left side of the field. You could also send people who were good at shooting on the roof to attack them.

This Khitan leader should be well versed in military tactics. Seeing that his camp was more than a hundred feet behind the central army, he made room for the war horses to sprint. He was considered a powerful figure, and Li Aiqing should be careful to deal with it."

"I obey the order." Li Chongjin responded.

Guo Rong paused for a moment and said, "The Khitan thought he would not let Liu Chong become a big shot, so as not to be able to suppress him every day. But he didn't want my Great Zhou to rise. He sent troops to help the Northern Han just wanted to keep him in control and I. Li Aiqing, the Khitan soldiers were determined to reap profits. Remember that the enemy would not move, and I would not move either..."

"I understand." Li Chongjin said.

"The enemy's troops have camps to resist. If the strong soldiers are not allowed to come out, our army's baggage has not arrived, and the troops cannot stand for a long time. After a long time, it will be troublesome." Guo Rong pondered for a moment and smiled: "Cao Mengde has words, but he forgot his life when he sees small profits, and cherishes his life when he does big things. Liu Chong is the kind of person. He thinks that he is deceiving me to lack military strength, but he dares not lead the troops to attack our central army himself... Hehe, if I expected it, the Khitan would not be able to move first. He took the central office to dispatch himself. If he attacked, it would be his left army, He Aiqing..."

"I am here."

"You can take the cavalry on the right side of your headquarters and wait for the strike. If the enemy soldiers challenge you, you can pretend to be defeated and return to the formation. The enemy may lead the troops out of the camp with great virtue. When you wait a hundred feet, you can ask the cavalry to rush to the enemy's formation. You should lead the troops back and kill... Look at the number of enemy left army camps, there should be 10,000 people."

Guo Rong turned his head and looked at Gao Huaide's two thousand men on the side of the small village on the right, and said, "I took Gao Huaide to help you from your left side. The enemy will be 10,000, and I will be 8,000. Who is the beloved to defeat him?"

Jiang Qiubai, Zhang Yongde and others were shocked by their hearts. If this were done, the central army would only have 3,000 imperial guards and hundreds of Shenhu Yinggu. If the enemy attacked the central army, it would be dangerous.

"If the enemy holds the troops still..." He Zi hesitated.

"If the enemy does not move, you can adjust Gao Huaide to attack in the middle and join forces with the central army's guards to attack Liu Chong's tent." Guo Rong's eyes flashed.

When the generals around him heard this, they were shocked, but when they saw Guo Rong's expression was firm and majestic, they couldn't help but feel proud.

"Liu Chong was afraid of death. In the Battle of Pingyang, I heard that our army was coming and burning the camp and fleeing... Hehe, this is not a matter of fear. My imperial guards, Shenhu Guards, and the elite soldiers of the three armies can block ten, so you can step onto the camp and kill him.

If a stick of incense is left, I will lead the army to attack the army, He Aiqing will lead the troops to guard the enemy's left army, and there is a village separated from Liu Chongzhong's army. If you support it, you will definitely lead the troops out of the camp. Then you can block the troops."

"As soon as the war begins, the Liao cavalry may leave the camp... Li Aiqing should be able to be on guard, and shoot the Liao cavalry out of the camp again, and then use agile people to rush forward to fight. The entrance of the camp is long and narrow. If two or three hundred cavalrymen can turn over and over, the cavalry behind will be blocked, but they will not be able to sprint."

"I obey the order." Li Chongjin and He Cheng took the order and left.

Guo Rong looked at Elder Fu beside him, "I hope Mr. Fu can help me with his help, go to Gao Huaide's formation and protect him."
To be continued...