Li Qin looked at the map and saw the more than 200,000 troops from the capital stationed in Wang Zhen's hometown.
The doubts and confusion on his face just now vanished instantly.
Then came a huge burst of laughter.
"Wang Zhen, Wang Zhen, Zhu Qizhen actually appointed such a talented person as you to lead the army."
This is truly a stroke of luck!
In the future, I will definitely consider you my number one contributor.
As he spoke, Li Qin reached out, clenched his fist, and lightly tapped the location of Wang Zhen's hometown.
Then, with a smile on his face, he said to Qi Duchen:
"Go quickly and summon all the generals to the main hall for a meeting."
Qi Duchen, also beaming with joy, bowed to Li Qin and said:
"Yes, ma'am."
He then went out and summoned all the generals to Li Qin's main hall for a meeting.
After spreading the map on the table, Li Qin sat down in the main seat and looked at the map in front of him.
Looking at the positions of the imperial army of 200,000 and Zhao Shuaizhen's army in Jizhou.
His gaze swept over each of those locations.
Finally, they settled in Jizhen, based on their own and their generals' deductions about Wanyan Jian during this period.
He should have already begun his attack on Jizhou.
During this period, Zhao Shuaizhen led a large army to garrison outside Shanhaiguan.
He also had enough time to investigate Zhao Shuaizhen's troop strength.
It was finally determined that Zhao Shuaizhen must have led the entire army of Jizhou out of the region.
A full 70,000 troops!
It should be noted that the Jizhou garrison only had about 80,000 troops.
In other words, at this time there were only about 10,000 people in Jizhen, and these 10,000 people were scattered in the various passes and cities under the jurisdiction of Jizhen.
The town of Ji was already completely empty.
Wanyan Jian's Jurchen cavalry were extremely elite, and the sparsely populated Jizhou garrison was simply no match for Wanyan Jian.
As long as Wanyan Jian attacks Jizhou, he can surely capture it in one battle.
It can be said that, judging from the current development of this battle, things are going much better than I originally planned.
My original plan, along with that of the generals, was that the imperial court's strength was several times that of us.
Moreover, they have a constant supply of resources.
Their chances of winning a decisive battle against the imperial army in the open field were slim.
Instead, they could rely on the fortified city of Shanhaiguan to first ensure their own invincibility before continuing their plans to defeat the enemy.
The imperial army has just set out on its campaign, and with the emperor himself leading the expedition, their morale must be extremely high.
They first relied on Shanhaiguan Pass to avoid the enemy's sharp edge, wear them down, and wait for the enemy's morale to drop.
After the soldiers were exhausted.
By taking advantage of their Liaodong cavalry and the Jurchen cavalry that were about to arrive as reinforcements, they repeatedly inflicted casualties on the enemy and continued to wear down their morale.
They will wait until they have exhausted and harassed the opponent to the extreme before engaging in a decisive battle.
This was the relatively conservative battle plan they had initially devised.
However, this plan has not yet been implemented.
Two unexpected events occurred. One was Wanyan Jian, who cleverly did not go to Shanhaiguan, but instead led the Jurchen cavalry to Jizhen.
If Wanyan Jian can capture Jizhen, then the 70,000 soldiers in Jizhen will be finished.
The second unexpected event was Wang Zhen.
Their original plan was to wear down the imperial army as much as possible, until the enemy was exhausted, before engaging in a decisive battle.
However, because of Wang Zhen's presence, he didn't need to take any action at all.
Wang Zhen, the commander of this large army, had personally exhausted his troops to the extreme.
Wang Zhen led his army on a long detour to his hometown, which was definitely to show off his power.
Those soldiers were originally prepared to fight him to the death.
However, because of Wang Zhen, he had to take so many unnecessary detours on his own two legs.
Now we have to support Wang Zhen in his hometown and let him show off his power.
The initial vigor they possessed when they set out must have long since been exhausted.
Morale has certainly plummeted to its lowest point.
This is exactly the opportunity they've been waiting for.
Wang Zhen, you are truly my lucky charm!
As the personal guards left Li Qin's residence and headed into the city, they went to inform all the generals except for Li Xuanshang and other generals stationed in the military camp.
The generals rushed to Li Qin's residence overnight.
Upon entering Li Qin's residence, Li Qin's younger brother, Li Wenqi, stood at the head of the group.
He immediately stepped forward and said:
"Big brother, what happened?"
"You summoned all of us overnight?"
As Li Wenqi spoke, the surrounding generals all looked anxiously at Li Qin, whose face was half illuminated by the candlelight.
Li Qin looked at the anxious generals below.
Everyone wore an extremely tense expression.
After all, there were no shouts of battle from the enemy outside the city, proving that the enemy outside was not attacking the city.
The fact that they were summoned to the mansion overnight means something serious must have happened.
Li Qin smiled, his expression illuminated by the candlelight.
He then addressed the generals before him:
"Everyone, something big has indeed happened, but it's a very good thing."
"Great news?"
Upon hearing Li Qin's words, everyone present was taken aback.
Then Li Qin pointed to the map in front of him and said:
"The location of the imperial court's three major camps, totaling more than 200,000 men, has been found."
"Found it?"
They were surprised to learn that the location of the imperial army, which had been causing them immense anxiety, had been found.
The generals below immediately exchanged shocked glances.
Li Wenqi then immediately said to Li Qin:
"Brother, where is the imperial army now?"
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