In the central army camp.
Lu Yun pointed at the sand table and analyzed the four provinces on the sand table, which were the four main states.
"Generals, you should have seen that I'm about to arrive in Taizhou. The enemy should have made preparations long ago. After all, this is their first line of defense. The four southeastern provinces have now united, so their strength is naturally formidable."
"Do you have any good plans?"
Everyone present looked at each other in surprise.
On the contrary, it was Xu Sanwa, who was a reckless man, who shouted angrily.
"What are you afraid of? Can't you just attack them directly? What does the alliance of the four southeastern provinces have to do with us?"
"It's just like throwing an egg against a rock. We represent the imperial army. How can we be afraid of them?"
This is not wrong, but... Lu Yun wants to minimize the losses on his side.
Fighting requires brains, not brute force.
Lu Yun couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Xu Sanwa, General Xu, could you please use your brain? Is this how war is fought? While bravery is right, strategy is also necessary."
"Is that what you said when the general was gathering his ideas during the battle?"
Xu Sanwa was very embarrassed. When the general was fighting, he really had to listen carefully to the general's discussions on strategy.
"Do any of you have any specific information about the alliance in these four states?"
At this time, Shangguan Yan hurriedly stood up and explained.
"I know that the initial rebellion in the four southeastern provinces was caused by the rebellion of military generals, so their current leaders are also military generals from various places."
"Actually, they are just soldiers from some places."
"These soldiers rebelled very quickly. The local city guards, constables, and so on were basically useless."
"Later on, they began to unite and formed an alliance of the four southeastern provinces, with four main generals among them."
"They check and balance each other, each leading their own troops and joining together, so naturally their strengths are very different."
"Eunuch Lu, they are Wang Sheng, the commander-in-chief of Taizhou; Li Jing, the commander-in-chief of Ningzhou; and Xu Shanbao, the commander-in-chief of Anzhou."
"The strength of these three generals is not much different. As for the fourth one, it is naturally Zhou Zhengtian from Liyue City."
"Not only does he command strong troops and powerful horses, but more importantly, he is also an eighth-rank master! Furthermore, he is also very good at war strategy. He once served under my father, the general, the General Zhennan!"
"As the chief military commander of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the general was furious when he learned about this and wanted to eliminate Zhou Zhengtian!"
"That's why he would rather risk his life than lead his troops into battle."
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Hearing this, Lu Yun also reacted. No wonder it was like this. However, is this Zhou Zhengtian really that powerful?
General Zhennan?
It seems that I should be more careful. It is extremely difficult to deal with these people. They should have received news recently.
"Everyone, this eunuch believes that if we want to defeat them, we can only use our wits!"
"Since they have formed an alliance and brought their troops together, how many troops does Taizhou have now?"
Shangguan Yan hurriedly explained, "In reply to Eunuch Lu, Taizhou currently has 50,000 soldiers and horses!"
"Oh?" Lu Yun was stunned. This group of people was quite small. Compared with the army he led, they were also quite weak.
However, this time he is suppressing the rebellion in the four southeastern provinces. If he is just dealing with a single Taizhou, then this matter would be too simple!
But he also needs to consider the loss of troops and soldiers under his command.
If he ignores any consequences and forcibly captures Taizhou City in this battle, it will only make things more and more difficult later on, and he will then be forced to return to his hometown and the capital.
If he really went back in such a disgrace, Lu Yun would definitely be extremely ashamed. He felt that it would be better for him to commit suicide.
"At the beginning, he only had 30,000 soldiers and horses under his command. The people from the other three states combined to lend him another 20,000 soldiers and horses. After all, Taizhou is the first natural barrier and is very important."
"But don't worry, Eunuch Lu. It sounds like there are 50,000 soldiers, but in reality, there are probably only 30,000 or 40,000 of them actually fighting, and many of them are temporary conscripts."
Lu Yun suddenly realized, but even if these soldiers were temporarily recruited, it would still be a considerable loss for him.
A detailed battle plan must be made.
"Eunuch Lu, after all the analysis just now, do you have any solution?"
Xu Sanwa and the generals behind him were all waiting for the final instruction. Could this Eunuch Lu be any good at it? Could he be nothing more than talking on paper when it came to the battlefield?
Lu Yun seemed very calm, frowning and saying, "Why are you so anxious? What's the point of being anxious?"
"My Lord, isn't this a solution?"
"They are a coalition of four companies. If we can dismantle this alliance from within, then dealing with them will be as easy as taking candy from a sack. It won't take much effort."
"What do you think?"
Everyone present nodded. They had no objection to such a plan. Disintegrating the opponent from within was indeed a good method, but how to disintegrate...
Xu Sanwa snorted coldly and asked helplessly: "Eunuch Lu, I know you want to disintegrate their alliance from within, but how are you going to do it?"
"Do you really want them to fight each other? Is that even possible?"
Lu Yun frowned. This was indeed a very tricky problem. He looked at Shangguan Yan beside him.
"Do you have any detailed information about these four people?"
"We need to analyze it carefully. You guys go down first."
"yes!"
After a while, Shangguan Yan personally wrote down a detailed profile of the three of them and presented it on the desk.
Lu Yun took a closer look at Zhou Zhengtian, the actual controller of Liyue City today.
He is a good person in every way except for one fatal weakness: he loves beautiful women and is suspicious by nature.
After so many years, this temper has never changed.
Love beautiful women?
This is a big weakness. If I can send a beautiful woman to seduce Zhou Zhengtian and make him happy all day long, it will be completely feasible.
The more important point is that this person is suspicious by nature, so can I use a counter-espionage tactic?
The beauty trap and counter-espionage trap among the Thirty-Six Stratagems are both very useful and easy to understand.
Lu Yun immediately came up with a plan. He wanted to alienate the two parties, make them fall into mutual suspicion, and then create some internal conflicts...
In this way, the four of them will become disunited and will not be able to continue fighting with me!
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