Feeling Lin Huaiwu's gaze, Xun Ke did not shirk like the others, but stood up and said:

"I think the enemy's sense of smell is very good. They seem to have realized that our army will launch an offensive soon, so I think Wang Muzhi gave up the idea of ​​​​fighting a political war...

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As soon as the word "political battle" came out, the eyes of the Fengwu Army generals present were immediately focused on Xun Ke.

Under the gaze of everyone, Xun Ke preached unhurriedly:

"Based on the previous investigation by the scouts, we can determine that the enemy has deployed 10,000 forbidden troops in Lingyuan County, 5,000 forbidden troops in Pingyun County, and in Pingrong and Wankang on the southern line.

In the county seat, ten thousand forbidden troops have been deployed!"

"Wang Muzhi now has a total of more than 80,000 soldiers and horses, of which 35,000 are the Forbidden Army troops and Liang Army cavalry left to him by Shangguan Hongyuan. These are also the most powerful soldiers and horses in Wang Muzhi's hands!"

"As for the remaining 50,000 people who were trained by local warriors and militia groups in Yunbin, neither the soldiers' personal bravery nor their weapons and equipment can be compared with the Forbidden Army. According to Wang Muzhi's previous combat deployment, he will

The elite troops and horses in our hands are deployed in the four counties, and we have put on a posture of defending these four counties to the death!"

"But I don't think this is what Wang Muzhi really thinks. Wang Muzhi is a veteran on the battlefield. It's impossible for him not to see that these four counties are too far from Jinyang, their logistics center, and too close to our army, and we

The army has great advantages in cavalry and artillery!"

"So as long as our army uses cavalry to cut off the supply lines of this county, and then concentrates its superior artillery to slowly attack it, it will not be difficult to capture these four counties...

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"Therefore, under our army's counterattack, the Forbidden Army troops deployed in these four counties will only end up with one outcome, that is, they will be completely annihilated by our army!"

"Wang Muzhi is not aware of this, but the reason why he still does this is probably the intention of the Luo'an court!"

"These five counties outside Jinzhong are the last fig leaf for Shangguan Hongyuan's Eastern Expedition. If they are captured by our army in such a short period of time, it means that this fig leaf has also been pulled down by our army.

Shangguan Hongyuan’s prestige was a big blow, so I estimate that Wang Muzhi’s previous arrangements should be Shangguan Hongyuan’s instruction!”

"And now Wang Muzhi has voluntarily given up three counties to gather troops. It is very likely that under his persuasion, Shangguan Hongyuan has given up his previous ideas, became more pragmatic, and given more power to Wang Muzhi.

,This is not good news for our army!"

"I think that after Wang Muzhi gave up the three counties of Wankang, Pingrong, and Lingyuan, he would definitely not choose to retreat in Dagu County and Hepingyun County. Compared with the other three counties, Dagu County and Hepingyun County are far away from Jinyang.

It’s tighter, and it will be more convenient for them to supply supplies, and the terrain over there is also very easy to defend and difficult to attack!”

"Wherever Wang Muzhi has chosen is the battlefield with our army, and he will fight our army to the end there!"

Listening to Xun Ke's analysis, everyone nodded, feeling that what Xun Ke said was very reasonable...

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At the same time, Lin Huaiwu said:

"General Xun, if that's the case, do you have any good strategies to defeat the enemy?"

Faced with Lin Huaiwu's inquiry, Xunke hesitated for a moment before shaking his head and saying:

"There is no particularly good way to defeat the enemy yet!"

Lin Huaiwu, who saw Xun Ke's hesitation, also saw through it without telling the truth and asked the generals for some opinions. Because the incident happened suddenly, the generals did not discuss a good way to deal with it. After discussing for a long time, everyone just sent people to receive these things.

The county reached a consensus.

Lin Huaiwu also knew that there was no rush, so he ordered the generals around him to come up with a new battle plan as soon as possible.

After the meeting, Lin Huaiwu left Xun Ke alone. Seeing that Lin Huaiwu had left him alone, Xun Ke also knew what Lin Huaiwu wanted to ask him, so he did not hide it and directly faced Lin Huaiwu's eyes and said:

"The reason why Wang Muzhi dared to do this must have been because he was sure that we would regain all five counties outside Jinzhong this time. Therefore, the best way for our army now is not to rush, occupy these three counties first and take them

Run the business well, and then go to Dagu County and Pingyun County in the next step!"

Although Xun Ke's words were vague, Lin Huaiwu also understood what his subtext was. Wang Muzhi's move was because Ye Mingsheng had given them an order. This counterattack would take back all five surrounding counties, so he let three people go.

He gave himself an undefendable county town, and then he gathered his troops together and chose a strategically located battlefield to fight the Fengwu Army...

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However, Lin Huaiwu was silent about Xun Ke's thoughts. During this period, the Fengwu Army was financially tight, but Ye Mingsheng had to make up for their west wall even if he demolished the east wall, and invested a lot of manpower and material resources to reorganize and rebuild the second

Army and the Third Division, in order for them to counterattack Yun and recapture those five county towns!

As subordinates, they should share the worries of the commander-in-chief, instead of asking the commander-in-chief to lower the counterattack target when they encounter difficulties now. If they do this, the commander-in-chief will definitely be very disappointed in him!

Thinking of this, Lin Huaiwu's heart sank even more. He was not a fool. Yuan Song and Guo Zhiping left their respective commander positions one after another. Of course, he understood the intention of these two people. Logically speaking, he should also follow these two people, but

Lin Huaiwu, however, could never let go of the power he currently held.

In addition, Lin Huaiwu also believes that it is a rare opportunity for him for Yuan Song and Guo Zhiping to serve in the General Staff Department!

In the Fengwu Army, although he and Yuan Song and Guo Zhiping both commanded an army of tens of thousands of people, compared to Yuan and Guo, Lin Huaiwu's presence in the Fengwu Army was not large.

It also made Lin Huaiwu feel that he was a bit underappreciated. He lacked an opportunity to show his abilities!

And now Ye Mingsheng has transferred He Jingyun to Jiyu and appointed him as the commander-in-chief of Yunbin's counterattack, responsible for everything in Yunbin's counterattack. This is undoubtedly the opportunity he has dreamed of, but now he shrinks when he is forced to do so, wouldn't it make people laugh?

Big teeth?

Seeing Lin Huaiwu's silence, Xun Ke also understood Lin Huaiwu's thoughts and couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart...

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Liaoyang, outside Dongning City

Under the escort of more than 20 servants, Ye Sanwu rode a carriage to a manor under his name. At this time, Manager Zhao, who was in charge of the manor, was leading all the tenants in the manor and stood respectfully.

At the gate of the manor, we are waiting for the arrival of Master Ye Sanwu.

With the support of the servant, Ye Sanwu, who was grinning and feeling uncomfortable, slowly stepped out of the carriage. Although the road outside Dongning City had been repaired by the Chief Secretary, the carriage was also earthquake-proofed, and the bumps on the road were alleviated.

Get better.

But a dirt road is a dirt road after all, and a carriage is a carriage after all. At this moment, the old and frail Ye Sanwu who was on the road was about to fall apart.

Seeing Ye Sanwu get off the carriage, Manager Zhao immediately led all the tenants to bow and said:

"Hello, sir!"

Seeing dozens of people in front of him bowing to say hello to him, which undoubtedly greatly satisfied Ye Sanwu's vanity, he pretended to be reserved and nodded.

Riding on Ye Mingsheng's success, Ye Sanwu, who was born as a small landowner, had an extraordinary paranoia about land, although Ye Mingsheng repeatedly issued orders not to annex the land.

In order to satisfy his own selfish desires, he secretly made loans to farmers at usury. When the farmers failed to pay back the money, he asked them to mortgage their land to him, and then made these farmers his tenants...

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It was already September and it was the harvest season, so Ye Sanwu also came to the manor to see how the harvest was and to see if the tenants were working hard.

Looking at the cautious tenants in front of him, Ye Sanwu's eyes were immediately attracted to one of the young women. This young woman looked to be in her twenties. At this time, she stood timidly next to her husband, a little scared.

Secretly watching Ye Sanwu.

Although this young woman is not very good-looking, her timid appearance and bulging breasts immediately made Ye Sanwu uneasy. He was originally worried that the night at the manor would be boring, but now

Looks like he's going to have a great night tonight.

"What's your name?" Ye Sanwu asked with a smile.

Hearing Ye Sanwu ask her name, the young woman immediately became nervous and hugged her husband's arm tightly. At this time, she still didn't realize that something was wrong with her husband, so she mustered up the courage to say to Ye Sanwu:

"Replying to the master, I call you Mrs. Wang Liu!"

Ye Sanwu nodded when he heard this, and then led people into the manor. After entering the house, Ye Sanwu asked Manager Liu about this year's status.

After a cup of tea, Ye Sanwu was pleasantly surprised and felt a pain in his heart after hearing that the land using chemical fertilizers had produced 20% more grain. At the beginning of the year, the Fengwu Army promoted chemical fertilizers on a large scale, but he felt that this fertilizer was of no use, so

I just bought a little for land use, which is considered to support the work of the Fengwu Army...

Ye Sanwu really didn't expect that this chemical fertilizer was really effective. If he had known earlier, he would have used this fertilizer on all the land. Ye Sanwu was heartbroken when he thought that he had harvested so much food without using all chemical fertilizers.

Like a knife twisting.

After instructing Manager Liu to use chemical fertilizers on all the land next year, Ye Sanwu seemed to have thought of something and asked Manager Liu:

"How much land have you collected in the past few months?"

When Ye Sanwu asked about this, Manager Liu felt a pain in his heart and whispered:

"Master, we have acquired three hundred acres of new land!"

Upon hearing that there were only three hundred days of land, Ye Sanwu immediately became angry, pointed at Manager Liu's nose and cursed:

"You useless piece of shit, you only collected 300 acres of land in a few months. What use do I need from you, sir?"

After hearing this, Manager Liu argued helplessly:

"My Lord, the Chief Secretary has made the inspection of land annexation much stricter. Many people have gone to jail because of this, so I am afraid of causing trouble for you!"

Listening to what Manager Liu said, Ye Sanwu's anger subsided a lot, but he still said angrily:

"Sir, I am the elder of the Ye clan. Even the commander-in-chief must recognize me as my uncle in front of me. When the commander-in-chief becomes the emperor, I will be the prince and a relative of the emperor. What's so scary? Who dares to trouble me?

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Seeing Ye Sanwu say this, Manager Liu immediately flattered Ye Sanwu and told Ye Sanwu that he would work hard to recover the land and would definitely collect a thousand acres of land by the end of the year. This made Ye Sanwu calm down...
To be continued...