"Mr. Lu, I think that the enemy has many troops. Although it is divided into three routes in the north, middle and south, there are 60,000 or 70,000 bandits in each route. He divided his troops like this to plunder all parts of Henan as soon as possible, and then enter North Zhili on the north road, go east to South Zhili on the middle road, and attack Huguang on the south road, that's all."

After Chen Yongfu finished speaking with a thoughtful look, Lu Xiangsheng nodded slightly, and people next to him, such as Henan Governor Chen Biqian, Suizhou General Luo Ju, and others also agreed.

"The enemy's attempt to plunder all the places in Henan is extremely greedy." Chen Biqian sighed with a stroke of his beard.

"This is the nature of a bandit. He divided his troops and plundered the land like this, but he looked down on my Henan official army." Luo Ju said hatefully.

"Mr. Lu, I am here but I don't agree with General Chen's opinion." A rough but fierce voice sounded loudly.

Li Xiaoxun looked at him, but it was Zuo Liangyu, the vicious general, who expressed his disagreement.

"The left assistant minister can speak out loud." Lu Xiangsheng said. "Mr. Lu, I think that although the enemy is divided into three routes, one route is empty. The enemy's real intention is to attack Luoyang."

"Oh, how do you see it?"

"Sir, the bandits on the south side are the vacant soldiers. They went south from the Lu family. Their intention was to lead our Henan official army to divide the troops. However, the two main forces of the bandits, the North and Central Army, jointly attacked Luoyang. If they could capture such a big city, it would be enough to let the bandits plunder." Zuo Liangyu said jokingly.

Zuo Liangyu's words made General Huaiqing Tang Jiuzhou, General Aiding and Suppression General Zu Kuan and others agree.

"I'll just say that the bandits will attack Luoyang after all. We agree with General Zuo's statement." Zu Kuan nodded repeatedly at Zuo Liangyu.

"The Left Assistant said this, and my heart was the same. Huaiqing Prefecture is based on the key conflict between Shanxi and Luoyang. If the bandits occupy this place, they can join forces with the troops in the middle to attack Luoyang. How can our army stop it?" Huaiqing General Tang Jiuzhou loudly followed.

As soon as he said this, everyone here could see that because Tang Jiuzhou and Zuo Liangyu's troops were mainly concentrated in the areas of Zhangde Prefecture and Huaiqing Prefecture, the two of them strongly believed that the bandits were mainly attacking north, hoping to attract the attention of Lu Xiangsheng and send the main forces of the official army to the Huaiqing area to relieve their pressure.

When they shouted, Li Bei, the general in Ruzhou and Xinyang, the concentrated troops, Liu Zhaoji, guerrilla Luo Dai and others, were of course not fools, and they immediately started to shout.

"Li did not agree with the words of the Left Assistant." Li Bei stood up and said coldly. "Why do you think that the bandits will definitely use the North Road as the main attacking bribe? In my opinion, the bandits mainly want to invade Ruzhou, Henan and Xinyang, and the side is the key. After all, from here, it is much more convenient whether it is to move into Huguang or attack Nanzhili."

"That's right, Lord Lu, after all, the north is broken. If the bandits capture southern Henan and attack Huguang and Nanzhili, the capture will be much greater." Liu Zhaoji immediately joined.

"General Li and Deputy General Liu are right. The main attack direction of the bandits is actually in southern Henan. It is not too late to send troops to eliminate the bandits in the south first and destroy their main forces, and then deal with the bandits in the middle and north roads." Guerrilla General Luo Dai looked at Lu Xiangsheng with an expectant look.

Lu Xiangsheng frowned and said nothing. He actually felt very bitter in his heart, because he knew that after the discussion, the familiar arguing and personal gain of the Ming army began to appear in various righteous and righteous words.

Up to now, in this meeting, there are only Zu Dale, Liu Zeqing and Li Xiao, who have not spoken yet.

Among these three, Zu Dale and Liu Zeqing, because they were not local soldiers in Henan, they all looked indifferent. They simply held an attitude of not offending anyone and remained silent.

But Li Xiao didn't speak, but he had some thoughts in his heart.

Because he, from later generations, knew that the above generals' guesses were actually wrong.

In real history, Gao Yingxiang's troops were divided into three groups, and the north and south were both virtual attacks, and only the middle route was a real attack. After the bandit army broke through Luoning County, they gathered their troops near Song County, and entered the southeast and entered Ruzhou. After being repelled by Lu Xiangsheng, the bandits were dispersed into three groups again, retreating back to Shaanxi, Huguang and Nanzhili.

However, Li Xiao could not say these words in this meeting.

After all, Li Xiao finally said that this kind of transcendental thing was, but no one would believe it. What's more, now that he has pulled out the butterfly's wings, the details of history have changed a lot. It is hard to say whether this bandit army will still advance like in history.

While Li Xiao was still pondering and thinking carefully, Lu Xiangsheng had already focused his eyes on him.

"Li Xiao, let's talk about what the enemy's actions are, what is the purpose?"

Facing Lu Xiangsheng's sincere inquiring gaze, Li Xiao sighed and decided to briefly explain the dynamics of bandits in history.

So he bowed and said, "Sir, it is difficult to see the specific trends of the bandits based on these information. However, I think the ultimate goal of the bandits is not to fight in Henan for a long time. They should not attack Jiancheng Town, but mainly attack the southeast."

After Li Xiaofang finished speaking, Liu Zeqing, who was not far away, snorted: "Li Xiao, you don't understand what you said, but you don't know where you learned that the purpose of the thief is to go southeast?"

"Yes, General Li's guess is so reasonable?" Zuo Liangyu on the other side, with two obviously unfriendly eyes, came coldly.

Lu Xiangsheng also looked at Li Xiao with bright eyes, hoping that he would give a reasonable explanation.

Li Xiao chuckled on his face, and he stood up and looked around everyone and said, "Everyone, since the sixth year of Chongzhen, the land of Henan has been poisoned and the war has continued. The villages, towns, and forts in various places have been broken. To be honest, except for some major prefectures, towns, and cities, there are no targets worthy of plunder in Henan. Therefore, I believe that the bandits only regard Henan as the key road for transit, but will not stay here for a long time."

"General Li's words are also reasonable." After hearing Li Xiao's words, Henan Governor Chen Biqian, who had no opinion, agreed loudly and gave him an approval look.

Li Xiao smiled back and saw everyone listening carefully, and then continued: "Everyone, although the bandits have been intensified since the uprising, their ability to attack strong cities is still limited. If they want to attack strong cities such as Luoyang and Kaifeng, it is not easy. However, the number of bandits is large, and the daily food and grass is needed is very large. Therefore, the broken land in Henan is difficult to supply them for a long time. Therefore, it is believed that bandits will only march to rich places in the southeast to better capture people, animals, food and grass to support their army. This is the right choice."

After Li Xiao finished speaking, Lu Xiangsheng nodded frequently.

He was about to speak, when General Tang Jiuzhou, the general of Huaiqing, interjected in a sarcastic tone: "General Li, even if you say this, what if the bandits do not follow what you say and attack other places?"

Li Xiao laughed in his heart. The military situation changed rapidly. Although he had historical basis and realistic analysis, no one could guarantee that Gao Yingxiang and the bandits would still marches and fight exactly the same as history. Tang Jiuzhou wanted to secretly put a hat on himself, but he was sinister.

"General Tang's words are wrong, and Li Xiao is just an estimate and prediction. How can he be 100% accurate?" Zu Dale interrupted from the side and rescued his son-in-law.

Tang Jiuzhou snorted coldly and stopped talking.

At this time, other military generals wanted to ask Li Xiao, but were stopped by Lu Xiangsheng's gesture.

"Everyone, please stop arguing. This governor also believes that Li Xiao's analysis is reasonable and justified, what is the reason for it."

Seeing Lu Xiangsheng standing on Li Xiao's side when he saw Lu Xiangsheng speaking, many military generals showed a faint look of jealousy on their faces.

"Li Xiao, if the situation is indeed as you said now, what choice should our army make?" Lu Xiangsheng then threw a question to Li Xiao. Li Xiaoli Yan then stood up. He looked at Lu Xiangsheng with his eyes like lightning, and slowly spoke: "Mr. Lu, Li Xiao has three strategies for the best, middle and lower, which can be chosen by Lord Lu."

"Oh, please tell me quickly, General Li!" Lu Xiangsheng's eyes lit up and he said loudly to Li Xiao.

At this time, the room was quiet, and everyone was holding their ears, wondering what three strategies Li Xiao would say.

"Mr. Lu, Li Xiao's best strategy is to avoid the beginning of his sharpness and attack his strength at the end of his strength." Li Xiao said loudly: "According to Li's opinion, the Ming army in Henan is now in important cities in various places, and they rely on the city to defend the enemy's city to prevent the enemy from breaking through the city and obtaining food and grass. Then, there are many troops and horses of the enemy, and the food and grass must be urgent, so that the enemy can only attack the southeast. However, our army can set up ambush at the two places of Kaifeng Prefecture and Guide Prefecture to the junction with Nanzhili, waiting for it to come. At the same time, during the process of the enemy's march, our army can harass and lure them one after another, making them exhausted. Finally, after reaching the ambush point of our army, they will encircle them from all directions and attack together, and they will be able to win a complete victory!"

After Li Xiao finished speaking, he looked at Lu Xiangsheng eagerly. He sincerely hoped that Lu Xiangsheng would agree in one go.

What Li Xiao didn't expect was that Lu Xiangsheng just frowned and pondered for a while, and then said to him lightly: "Let General Li talk about the strategy."

Li Xiao showed a look of disappointment on his face. He took a breath and continued, "Li's central strategy is to come several times, and I only go all the way. My Ming official army, while the enemy has not yet merged again, selected one of them, gathered elite troops to attack fiercely, and strived to defeat and eliminate the road, so as to fight in Henan, and then eliminate other bandits separately."

Li Xiao was afraid that Lu Xiangsheng would adopt the strategy, so he hurriedly said, "If this strategy is implemented, there are two things to worry about. One is that because of the delay in the transition, the official army has a shortage of food and grass and low fighting spirit, it will consume a lot when fighting against the enemy with strong fighting spirit. The other is that the enemy situation will change. If the other two types of enemy troops receive the news that the bandits along the way are defeated, it may be easier to make plans. If we move to other places, it will be difficult to settle our plan and escape the encirclement and suppression."

After hearing Li Xiao's words, Lu Xiangsheng pondered for a long time, and then sighed long. "General Li, let's talk about your worst plan."

Li Xiao's face dimmed. His eyes, which had originally jumped with hope, began to look a little sad: "Mr. Lu, if you do the worst, you can only divide your troops to fight, defend the city, and deal with the enemy for a long time, and eliminate a small group of enemy troops. When the enemy's food is exhausted and we will go to other places, our army will just chase after him."

Li Xiao said this and couldn't help but say to Lu Xiangsheng: "Mr. Lu, this bad strategy is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is difficult to damage the strength of the bandits. If it is not really impossible, don't do this strategy."

Lu Xiangsheng pondered without saying a word. Liu Zeqing, who was beside him, snorted coldly: "Li Xiao, what are you? Could it be that you still have to force Lord Lu to make a decision?"

When Li Xiao saw Liu Zeqing's face, he said bluntly: "I'm talking to the Governor, why do you have to talk too much?"

Liu Zeqing's face turned red. He stood up and was about to scold Li Xiao sternly, but he heard Lu Xiangsheng at the top of the long table shouting: "Don't argue, just sit down."

Liu Zeqing gritted his teeth, stared at Li Xiao fiercely, and then sat down.

Li Xiao also sat down with a sneer.

There was an embarrassing silence in the venue.

"Li Xiao, I thought about it and felt that the only way to be taken is to be the only way to do it." Lu Xiangsheng said with a wry smile.

Li Xiao was shocked and bowed quickly: "Mr. Lu..."

Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand and signaled that he didn't need to continue. "Li Xiao, your idea of ​​trying to achieve his best in one battle is really good. But you overestimated the execution and cooperation of the Ming Dynasty official army."

When Lu Xiangsheng said these words, there was a faint expression of pain on his face.

"Li Xiao, what you mentioned is the method of setting up ambushing on all sides in Henan and Nanzhili, and the method of gathering troops to defeat the bandits along the way, are all very good strategies. However, in my opinion, it seems that in the case of our Ming Dynasty officials and soldiers being depressed, morale is depressed, and it is difficult to cooperate with each other, it is quite difficult to achieve perfect results." Lu Xiangsheng sighed and continued: "If there is any official army, for various reasons, abandoning the formation and fleeing or defeating at the end of the battle, your excellent strategies will all be defeated."

Lu Xiangsheng's words were like a sharp steel needle, piercing Li Xiao's heart and bleeding.

Li Xiao admitted that Lu Xiangsheng was indeed more profound than himself in his understanding of the Ming army. He knew that these Ming army seemed to have many soldiers, but in terms of real combat power, they were far from the elite bandits.

"Can't it be that when the strong enemy is approaching, our Ming Dynasty official army can only fight alone so loosely?" Li Xiao's voice was filled with an indescribable sorrow. "If so, when will the bandits be able to be wiped out, and when will our Ming Dynasty be able to be calm!"

The answer to him was only silence.

Next, because Lu Xiangsheng had decided on his mind, he began to assign specific combat tasks.

Lu Xiangsheng ordered that the Henan government troops in various places who were connected with the bandits would still rely on the city to defend themselves.

However, Chen Yongfu's tribe, Liu Zeqing's tribe, Luo Ju's tribe, Zu Dale's tribe, Zu Kuan's tribe, and Li Xiao's tribe were sent to various battlefields separately.

Among them, Chen Yongfu's troops and Liu Zeqing's troops were sent to the North Road to support Zuoliang's Yu tribe and Tang Jiuzhou tribe, and resist Zhang Miaoshou and Guo Tianxing.

Zu Kuan's troops and Luo Ju's troops were sent to the South Road to support Li Bei's troops, Liu Zhaoji's troops and Luo Dai's troops to resist Lao Hui and Scorpion blocks.

Li Xiao's troops and Zu Dalemen were sent to the middle route to focus on cracking down on Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng, who were the main force of the bandits and had more than 100,000 troops.

Lu Xiangsheng also ordered that other scattered Henan soldiers, led by Henan Governor Chen Biqian, follow Li Xiao's arrangements, just like Zu Dalemen.

Zu Dale, who had been saved by Li Xiao, had no objection to the son-in-law of Li Xiao, and happily accepted the arrangement.

Henan Governor Chen Biqian had long been impressed by Li Xiao's three strategies. He, a civil servant who was ignorant of military affairs, had no objection to accepting Li Xiao's command.

"Li Xiao, among these generals, you are the most skilled and resourceful. Your troops are also the most powerful and elite. Whether you can stop the army of rebels going to Gao Yingxiang depends on you." After the meeting, Lu Xiangsheng said to Li Xiao earnestly.
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