Piao Tianwen    For the first time, Chen Kefu admired Li Jing so much.

In the past, after Li Jing entered Liao, he had commanded troops alone several times and stood alone. However, with the combat power of the Liaodong Army, his command of troops several times was not a dangerous situation, so although he performed outstandingly, Chen Kefu did not think it was too outstanding. After all, he could also achieve such a record with Li Benlei, Wang Rengong, Luo Zhong, Yu Qinming and other generals.

But this time, Li Jing's sudden outbreak, and the strategic strategy in the Political Affairs Hall made Chen Kefu suddenly realize and suddenly enlightened.

Chen Kefu walked to Li Jing, bent down and bowed respectfully, "Thank you, Duke Wei for teaching me. For this, I will be in charge of the general trend of the world from now on. Why worry about not being able to unify the world and recover the Central Plains, thank you!"

Seeing Chen Kefu delivering this great gift to him, Li Jing suddenly realized that the one in front of him was His Highness King Chen. This is not an ordinary prince or even a prime minister, but a real uncrowned king in Hebei. If it weren't for the current situation, the banner of the Great Sui Dynasty would have helped King Chen, I'm afraid that His Highness King Chen would have already been promoted to the emperor.

When he thought of his words that were not silenced and not merciless, he couldn't help but regret it. What's more, he was just talking so happily, but the more he said it, the more he said it, the more he was getting too much.

In fact, to be honest, the court had consulted his opinions when it made strategic decisions. But at that time, he was still cautious and just made some suggestions that were not painful, and even said no objection to the court's strategy. Now that time has changed, I suddenly jumped out and pointed out the mistakes and loopholes. Isn't this a bit too much?

Thinking of the possible consequences of this, Li Jing couldn't help but curse himself in his heart, saying that he had to change it many times, but why did he get so proud and get carried away? Don't you remember that in the Great Sui Dynasty, he was still a small county magistrate in his early fifties? I'm afraid that after this incident, King Chen would have an objection to him, alas!

Li Jing was worried about gains and losses, but Chen Kefu was extremely happy.

For him, a modern time traveler, criticism is nothing, it is a normal thing. He is not a tiger and cannot touch it. For him, anyone can criticize him, but there is only one key point, whether you scold or blame him. But you must give a better plan to solve the mistakes pointed out. If you can't, just just be happy to curse. Then Chen Kefu will not be polite when he arrives.

Like Li Jing, he said it a little mercilessly, but he gave him a better strategy. It can be said that he led them back to the right path from the previous detour. He was thankful too late.

"Duke Wei, the southern counties of Hebei are the gateway to the south of Hebei. It is the southern gate leading to Hedong Shangdang and the Central Plains and Henan. Such an important place, the court should immediately seize and recover. But Duke Wei said just now that Hedong is the key to the Hebei court's struggle for the world. It not only can protect our Hebei right wing, but also is the key to the westward unification of the north. At present, the court's troops are scattered and attack the southern counties of Hebei cannot attack Taiyuan. If Taiyuan is attacked, it cannot take into account the southern counties of Hebei. I wonder what Duke Wei can teach me?" Chen Kefu asked sincerely.

Li Jing pondered for a moment, "Your Highness, for the court, it is a major event to stabilize Hebei. Only by mastering the southern part of Hebei can we advance south to the Central Plains and retreat to defend Hebei. At present, Li Mi, the Wagang Army in the Central Plains, and Wang Shichong of Luoyang, is in a difficult situation. Although there is no sign of a victory or defeat, we cannot drag it down. The Wagang Army had crossed the Yellow River to attack Ji County, Hebei. If Li Mi gained the upper hand in the Luoyang dispute, then it would inevitably draw troops to Hebei to compete for the southern counties. Once the counties are lost, the court will not only be in a stable base in Hebei, but will also be cut off by Li Mi at any time. In this way, Shandong will be lost on the east side of my flank, and even the Jiangdu and other places in Huaibei will not be protected."

"Will the court give up attacking Hedong temporarily? Now Li Yuan leads the main force to go south and prepare to fight for Guanzhong. It is the time when Hedong is at its weakest. If you miss this opportunity, whether Li Yuan successfully enters Guanzhong or Yang Qing defeats Li Yuan and goes north to Hedong, then it will be much more difficult for us to compete for Hedong again." Chen Kefu's plan was originally about to be the New Year, so he would be preparing to increase the troops in Hedong one after another. Finally, after the spring, he would send a large army to attack Taiyuan from Jingxing, seize Taiyuan in one fell swoop, and then capture Hedong.

"No, the court cannot give up Hedong at this time. As Your Highness said, Li Yuan had previously defended Taiyuan, which was a dead end. But now Li Yuan's main force was all south, and only a few people were left to guard Taiyuan. His main force was Yang Ming, Wang Shichong, Yu Wenhua and others hunted the Yellow River. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our court to seize Hedong, and we must not miss it. My suggestion is to immediately pass on the order to General Wang Rengong to let him organize contact with Liu Wuzhou, Yao Junsu, Liang Shidu, and Guo Zi.

He and his men and horses attacked Taiyuan with all their might. Then they secretly mobilized several light cavalry to sneak into Yanmen, Mayi and other counties from Feihu Pass, ready to seize the counties in the northeast of Hedong at any time. When the troops and horses in Hedong were consumed by the Li family in Taiyuan, the court then assembled a large army from Jingxing Pass to enter Taiyuan and directly attacked and seized Taiyuan. At that time, the light cavalry that had previously sneaked into Hedong took advantage of the situation to seize the counties in the northeast of Hedong. They solved the troops and horses of the local forces in Longyou, Hedong, and made it all the time."

Chen Kefu smiled bitterly, "There are no more soldiers in the imperial court? Now the imperial court has started several battles and has to stay in Weizhou, Liaodong, and guard against those grassland tribes. All regions have just experienced a great rebellion of aristocratic clans, and the localities must also have troops to garrison and deterrent. In the south of Hebei and Hedong, the imperial court can only fight one side at most, and fight at the same time, and the imperial court will no longer have any preparations for troops. This is a very dangerous thing, and it is really unwise and undesirable."

Sending all the troops on is gambling. Once there is a mistake in one link and it is not done well, it will cause a global collapse. In such a chaotic world, the court must have enough troops in hand.

Li Jing smiled, "The court in southern Hebei and Taiyuan, Hedong, must fight, and sufficient troops must be mobilized."

Chen Kefu remained silent.

Other ministers in the Political Affairs Hall also didn't quite understand what Li Jing meant.

The old general Li Benlei suddenly said, "Donald Wei wants to transfer troops from other places? Liaodong has no troops to be transferred, and the alliance countries cannot send troops to support each other. Do you want to transfer troops from Shandong back?"

Chen Kefu looked up suddenly and looked directly at Li Jing.

Sure enough, Li Jing smiled, "The Duke of Zhenguo expected it was good, and the officials were indeed planning to do this."

"Shandong is the left wing of Hebei. If you give up at this time, will the Jianghuai River be insured?" Chen Jie said in confusion.

"No, in the ten counties in Huaibei, Shandong, there were first General Qu, and the last general moved to Shandong to the rear. Last time the aristocratic rebelled, he was helped by Lord Zhang's navy, and the land in Shandong was much calmer. Although there were still several peasant rebels, their power had been greatly reduced. At present, General Chen Len from Jiangdu has received the support of General Qu and the assistance of the navy. He can basically tie the Chen Dynasty, and it is not a problem to defend the river."

"The Xiaguan has 50,000 troops in Shandong, and General Zhang's navy has 100,000 troops. Therefore, the Xiaguan's proposal was to leave 30,000 troops to guard Shandong, continue to wipe out the rebels and appease the local area, and General Zhang will draw 50,000 naval troops to be responsible for the food and grass logistics of the Jiangdu and Shandong soldiers, and reinforce two troops at any time. The Xiaguan led 20,000 troops and horses, and advanced west along the Yellow River with General Zhang's other 50,000 navy troops and directly attacked the southern counties of Hebei. In addition, the Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Zhang Jin and other generals stationed in the Bohai and Pingyuan counties can also assist in the attack from the east."

"In addition, the imperial court gathered the army into Hedong in Hengshan County, which could also put a lot of pressure on the rebels to the north. Hengshan's army did not need to go south. Just wait until the time for Hedong was ripe, and they could enter Hedong and fight for Taiyuan. In this way, the counties in southern Hebei could be recovered, and even Taiyuan would be inevitable. After pacifying the counties in southern Hebei, we can also lead our troops from Taihang Mountain to attack Shangdang and compete for the counties in southeastern Hebei."

Chen Kefu thought about it and found that this plan was indeed good. He only used the troops from Shandong, the navy's troops, and some of the troops stationed in southern Hebei. Then the imperial court could still maintain a reserve force with sufficient combat power near the capital to deal with possible problems at any time.

As long as the counties in southern Hebei are pacified, the court can advance the troops in central and southern Hebei to the front line of the Yellow River Zhangshui to stop the enemy outside Hebei, and also strengthen control over most of the Yellow River and the canal.

At that time, Li Jing's troops could either attack southeastern Hebei, retreat to Shandong, or even directly attack Henan. They could indeed attack and retreat to defend. Based on a corner of Hebei, they could spread the two wings of Hedong and Shandong. They could go to attack Guanlong in the west, unify the north, and encircle the Central Plains in the south, and completely seize half of the country. No matter how they choose, the territory of the court was no longer a narrow area from north to south. They were worried that they would be cut into pieces by others at any time, and they could not take care of each other's heads and tails.

"Okay, let's follow the strategy proposed by Duke Wei. Duke Wei was the marshal of the Southern Expedition, Zhang Zhongjian was the deputy commander of the Southern Expedition, Luo Yi was the chief of the march, Qin Qiong was the marshal of the march, Xue Dingguo was the vanguard of the march, and he recruited Luo Shixin, Yuchi Ren, and Zhang Meng, and combined 20,000 troops and horses in Shandong, 50,000 naval troops and 30,000 troops in Hebei, a total of 100,000 troops to conquer the southern counties of Hebei, completely wiped out the entrenched bandits and recovered the southern Hebei households."

"In addition, after ordering Marshal Wang Rengong, he ordered him to receive the order, he immediately joined forces with Liu Wuzhou, Yao Junsu, Liang Shidu, Guo Zihe and other troops from Hedong, Longyou, and rushed south to attack Taiyuan. He also sent an order to transfer Li Chengli, Li Chengzhi, and Zhang Yong to lead three thousand light cavalry from the headquarters to outspread the flying fox and sneak into Hedong to wait for the military order."

"The order was transferred to Yu Qinming as the marshal of Pingxi Xingying, Zhang He as the deputy commander of Pingxi Xingying, Liu Tiezhu as the chief of the marshal of Pingxi Xingying, Chen Lin as the marshal of the marshal of the marshal of the marshal of the marshal, and Shen Guang as the vanguard of the marshal. He recruited food and grass and equipment in Hengshan County, and formed 30,000 horse troops and 70,000 infantry, and thought it was the marshal of the marshal."
Chapter completed!