Chapter 568: It's Really a Military Exercise

Facing the reprimand from the highest official of the military department and one of the three princes, the young general became stubborn, "Don't you adults even have the courage to listen?"

The young general was still a bit witty, he just said 'my lords' instead of 'Your Majesty'. In fact, this sentence was spoken to His Majesty the Emperor.

Sure enough, His Majesty the Emperor said, "What's your name?"

"Gu Zhaofei!"

"Tell me, what strategy do you have? If it makes sense, I will reward you. If it is useful, I will reward you generously. If it is just ordinary (useless), I will forgive you."

Gu Zhaofei raised his head very stubbornly and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that the reason why countries dare to invade us now is because they think that we are strong from the outside but strong from the inside. Therefore, we need a victory. After careful analysis, I still have enough ability to win.

First of all, we cleared the north with a strong wall, and the army retreated five hundred miles to defend. Only defend but not attack, buy time for the country.

In the east, Tang State will not attack us for the time being, because Tang State needs us to disturb the surroundings, and Tang State has not yet digested Cai State's old land. Therefore, all the defenders in the east can be drawn.

In the West, I believe that we should take the initiative to attack, and we will attack tonight. We don't seek meritorious deeds, but we seek no faults. There is only one purpose, which is to tell the Shunyang country in the east that we still have enough fighting ability. In this way, at least five days can be obtained for us.

The rest is South.

The minister believes that we should defend Cai Guo, hit the superior force to attack Chen Guo, and also use blitzkrieg to attack Chen Guo. As long as Chen Guo was repelled by one step, the elite troops immediately turned around and headed north, pinching the border of Shunyang State. Eat the border defenders of Shunyang Kingdom in one bite.

As long as this is done, other countries will see the weakness of Shunyang Kingdom.

In fact, Shunyang Kingdom is quite unfamiliar with arms, and even rejects them. If we buy a large number of planes from Tang State and directly attack Shunyang State, we will definitely win a big victory.

And as long as we defeat Chen Guo's first wave of attacks, even if Chen Guo's meager morale does not collapse, it will fall to the bottom. In this way, Wu State, which is located in the east of Chen State, is likely to send troops to attack Chen State.

As long as things go this far, the entire east of Yingzhou will become a pool of muddy water. At that time, we can gradually map it.

Finally, Chen summed it up: All the purpose is to drag all the surrounding countries into the quagmire of war, so that all countries can't stay out of it, so that we have a chance to stand up. "

There are not only military plans, but also political goals. Everyone looked at the eloquent and immature little general in front of him. This young general is a young general who defends the palace, and his status can barely be considered middle-level. I don't want to have such wisdom.

Everyone was silent, and after a while, Emperor Zheng praised, "Okay! Gu Zhaofei, how about you taking charge of this operation?"

"Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness. I'm afraid I won't be able to take on this important task. On paper, I may have a bit of self-confidence; but leading an army of millions, fighting decisively on the battlefield, and defending the country is not something a young general can do."

The Taiwei turned his head to look at Gu Zhaofei, his eyes flashed with admiration, what he said was beautiful, "Your Majesty, I recently thought about the idea of ​​setting up a military staff department in the Kingdom of Shang, and I think it is very clever.

The military staff department can provide the necessary military guidance for the generals on the front line and make up for the deficiencies of the generals.

The minister asked His Majesty to set up a military staff department, which will be supervised by His Majesty himself and select the best talents. For example, Gu Zhaofei. "

As soon as the suggestion came out, the ministers responded. The staff department is indeed a good idea. It can brainstorm, convey everyone's military wisdom to the generals, and enhance the military capabilities of the generals. And having the emperor personally supervise the staff department can also temporarily prevent some disadvantages, which is enough for Zheng Guo to cope with the current crisis.

Immediately, Zheng Guo established the staff department, the emperor served as the head of the staff department, and the Taiwei served as the deputy head. Gu Zhaofei became the first member of the General Staff and was appointed by the emperor.

At the same time, the ministers also optimized and perfected Gu Zhaofei's original strategic thinking. Finally, after Zheng Guozai had a new strategic idea, he began to breathe.

After all, Zheng Guo was not old, weak, sick and disabled, and the emperor of Zheng Guo also had ambitions; he was just stunned by a stick before, but now he reacted and finally started to fight back.

They mobilized the Eastern army to defend the Tang State overnight, bought a large amount of Tang State military equipment, and set off overnight. At ten o'clock in the morning on the second day, the elite troops arrived at the imperial capital of Zheng Kingdom first, and launched an attack without rest. At noon, the large troops arrived, and Zheng Guo finally won his first major victory since the outbreak of the war.

In one fell swoop, he defeated Chen Guo's vanguard, took advantage of the trend, and drove back the main force of Chen Guo for a hundred miles. And without the front of Chen Guo's main force and the momentum of his horns, Cai Guo had to retreat fifty miles. Chen Guo and Cai Guo prepared to take a breather before attacking.

But at this moment, Zheng Guo's army made a beautiful uppercut and set off overnight. At midnight on the third day, they arrived at the border of Shunyang Kingdom. The reinforcements and defenders beat Shunyang Kingdom by surprise.

The border of Shunyang Kingdom claims to have an army of 1.5 million, but in fact only more than 800,000 troops were defeated in one fell swoop. Facing the three-dimensional battle of Zheng State in the sky and on the ground, the generals of Shunyang State were at a loss and were killed by an airplane bomb.

Chen Guo's army crossed the border of Shunyang Kingdom in one fell swoop, scraped and looted the three counties near Shunyang Kingdom, and more than 500 million taels of gold wealth flowed into Zheng State, injecting vitality into the financially exhausted Zheng State.

In addition, there were a large number of captives, which gave Zheng Guo enough manpower to build a military defense for a while. For these captives, Zheng Guo adopted a traditional way to treat them - completely like slaves!

In less than five days, Zheng Guo reversed the crisis and gained a firm foothold again. Not only that, but it completely muddied the water in the east of Yingzhou. The melee has finally begun!

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"The northwest is in chaos!" Li Yuanming looked at the map, frowning. The politics and military affairs in the northwest are simply a mess now. Li Xian was listening to Li Yuanming's analysis.

"This attack by the State of Zheng has involved the States of Deng, Feng, Dong'an, Shunyang, Gao, Wu, and Shao into the war.

Adding Zheng Guo, Chen Guo, and Cai Guo, this is the melee of the ten countries.

Adding Tang Kingdom and our Shang Kingdom to fuel the flames, tsk tsk..."

Yan Zean shook his head beside him, "Don't look, there are more troublesome things. Zhang Quan, Zhang Yuan, and Xiang Bowen went west, spreading ideas about industry and commerce along the way. It caused big trouble.

This is today's intelligence. Zhu Guo cut off the 'Tao River', dammed the river, and planned to build five super large reservoirs in the country.

Zhu Guo cut off the Tao River, Wu Guo and the rivers behind Shao Guo were affected beyond imagination. Today, Wu Guo and Zhu Guo are confronting each other. Shao Guo is also preparing to join forces with Wu Guo to send troops to Zhu Guo.

Also, because of Zhang Quan's relationship, there was another war between Changlin State and Taihua State, and Taihua State began to be defeated steadily. Influenced for the first time, the chaotic situation in the east of Yingzhou has become, and it is difficult to reverse.

In addition, Zhu Guo's envoys came all the way to investigate, and finally arrived in Anyang City this morning, and handed over the letter of official visit. "

"No!" Li Yuanming immediately denied, "Yingzhou East has become chaotic, and now we need to make a gesture of 'not helping each other, standing by and watching'.

Now, the Kingdom of Shang still has a relatively large influence on its surroundings. If we intervene or favor one side, it will make other countries fearful.

Therefore, we must sit on the sidelines. In this way, other countries will feel free to fight in melee when they have no fear, and we can also sell arms and make huge profits. "

"That's what I mean too." Yan Ze'an agreed, "But, after all, the envoys of the Zhu Kingdom handed over the letter, so it's better for the young master to meet.

But this meeting is going to be open to the public, and it is enough to just exchange pleasantries, and there is no need to express anything. If the envoy of Zhu Guo asked, it was enough to say "as usual" or "according to the rules". "

After listening to the analysis of the two, Li Xian agreed.

At this moment, Hao Youcai, the deputy commander of the navy, came in, "Your Majesty, after more than 20 days of preparation, the navy is ready and ready for military exercises at any time."

Li Xian was overjoyed, "Then let's start now. I happened to meet Zhu Guo's envoy by the sea."

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"Going to the beach? Military exercises?" Zhu Fu looked at the receipt from the Anyang City Lord's Mansion in surprise. "A real military exercise or a fake military exercise?

A few days ago, Deng Guo used the pretext of a military exercise to capture Zheng Guo's five hundred miles of land! "

Because of Deng Guo, everyone is very sensitive and even allergic to the word "military exercise".