Chapter 974 Yu Shizhong Takes Command

A few days later, Yun Zheng led his men to the Yanhuishan camp.

At this time, the 15,000 vanguard troops led by Wang Qi had already set out for several days.

"Send someone to take these people down first."

Yun Zheng pointed at the students who came with him and said, "They will not lead the army for now, they will only serve as deputy generals!"

"it is good!"

Yu Shizhong smiled at them and immediately ordered his deputy general Pang Jinjiu, "Assign them to the various cavalry captains as deputy generals."

"Yes!"

Pang Jinjiu took the order and immediately took the students away.

Yun Zheng, Miaoyin and Yu Shizhong walked to the meeting room and asked, "Are all the supplies ready?"

"Everything is ready!"

Yu Shizhong replied: "All the supplies have been escorted by Wang Qi and Zulu. We only need to wait for the order from His Highness, and then we can launch a surprise attack with light equipment and rush to the camp quickly."

In this battle, Beimotu's troops will not directly participate in the fighting, but will only be responsible for logistical support.

In Yun Zheng's words, in this battle, their biggest enemy was not the barbarian army, but the bad weather.

Only by ensuring logistics can they maintain their combat effectiveness.

"Don't worry about this for now. We still need to wait for Shen Kuan and Qin Qihu."

Yun Zheng waved his hand casually.

Arriving at the conference room, Yun Zheng went straight to the huge sand table in the middle of the room.

There are some flags on the sand table, representing the enemy and friendly positions.

Compared with before, the sand table is now very detailed.

From the sand table, you can see the terrain and topography clearly.

Yun Zheng stared at the sand table, thinking as he looked.

Yu Shizhong didn't know what Yun Zheng was looking at on the sand table, and he didn't dare to disturb him. He was just secretly curious.

After watching for a while, Yun Zheng picked up the small flag next to him and stuck it on the primeval forest in the north of Beihuan. "What do you think of fire attack?"

"Fire attack?"

Miaoyin's eyelids jumped. "Are you planning to lure the northern barbarians into this forest and burn them all to death?"

Yun Zheng nodded and smiled, then continued, "Maybe we don't even need to lead them. It's so cold, even if the northern barbarians are cold-resistant, they must be feeling bad! Wouldn't it be better if they hide in this forest and rush out of the forest when we are not prepared?"

If we could burn away the northern barbarian army with one fire, this battle would be easy.

In fact, at this moment, avoiding war is their best choice.

But the northern barbarians insisted on attacking, and they had no choice but to fight back.

"To be honest with you, Your Highness, I have also thought about using fire to launch a fire attack before."

Yu Shizhong took over the conversation, "But after I had a detailed discussion with Madam Jiayao, I felt that the fire attack method was not very reliable."

"Why?"

Yunzheng asked with interest.

Yu Shizhong replied: "I heard from Madam Jiayao that they used fire attacks against the northern barbarians many years ago, and more than once! I think that although the northern barbarians are stupid, they have suffered losses several times under the same method, so they should be alert, right?"

If you fall into the same mistake several times, you should learn some lessons, right?

In addition, this primeval forest is very large. If you want to attack with fire, you must prepare a large amount of dry firewood in advance and then lure the barbarian army into their trap.

Only in this way can fire attack play the greatest role.

It's not realistic to just randomly set a fire and expect to burn away the northern barbarians.

"That's true!"

Yun Zheng nodded slightly, "Then let's give up the idea of ​​fire attack for now! Let's see what's going on with the northern barbarians first!"

Yu Shizhong nodded slightly and asked, "Your Highness, do you think the northern barbarians are deliberately making things mysterious?"

"You mean, the news Jia Yao received might be false news?" Yun Zheng asked with a smile.

"Correct!"

Yu Shizhong nodded and said, "I always feel that it is too easy for Beihuan to get this information! It feels like fake news deliberately leaked by the northern barbarians!"

As soon as the enemy's army began to gather, Beihuan learned about the enemy's troop strength.

This is indeed a bit too simple.

What he was worried about was that the northern barbarians would not attack Jiayao directly, but would march straight in and head straight for Beimoduo.

On this point, he agreed with Yun Zheng's previous judgment.

After all, compared with Beihuan, Beimoduo is the real soft persimmon.

The best option for the barbarians, who have no military rations, is to charge into Beimoduo, use the people of Beimoduo as food, gain a foothold first and then make plans slowly.

"really."

Yun Zheng nodded, "I thought so before. Anyway, before we determine the attack route of those barbarians, we should not act rashly."

Their current arrangements are actually preparations for both scenarios.

Anyway, the possibility of the northern barbarians attacking the Northwest Protectorate through the Sauron River Valley is relatively small.

The most likely possibility is still them and Jia Yao's side.

Just in case, we can let those people in the northern part of Beimodo retreat first.

In this way, even if the northern barbarians came in, they would not be able to use the indigenous people as military rations.

The two chatted for a while in front of the sand table, and Yun Zheng asked about the preliminary battle plan that Yu Shizhong and Jia Yao had drafted.

Speaking of this, Yu Shizhong just smiled helplessly.

In fact, he and Jia Yao didn't make any battle plan.

It's nothing more than coordinating with each other and giving full play to the advantages of the cavalry, trying not to engage in close combat with the northern barbarians, and not giving the northern barbarians the opportunity to use the remains of their fallen soldiers as food.

In short, sneak attack if you can, ambush if you can.

Mobilize the northern barbarian army to fight.

However, they also have fatal weaknesses.

Big camp!

In this weather, they couldn't leave the camp too far to engage the enemy.

If the enemy directly raids their camp, they will inevitably engage in head-on combat with the enemy.

"You've thought it through very carefully!"

Yun Zheng smiled with satisfaction, "Well, you will be the commander in chief in this battle, and you can just think of me as someone who is here to watch the fun!"

"what?"

Yu Shizhong was stunned. "Your Highness, this...is not good, right?"

"What's wrong?"

Yun Zheng smiled and glared at Yu Shizhong, "Just go ahead and do it. I will follow you the whole time! If I think there is any problem with your battle plan, I will also point it out."

Is that so?

He knew that Yun Zheng was giving him another opportunity to train.

Not everyone has this opportunity!

In that case, what else could he refuse?

"Thank you for your trust, Your Highness. I will obey your orders!"

Yu Shizhong stood up straight and responded loudly.

Yun Zheng punched Yu Shizhong lightly on the chest and said sternly, "Fight well! Try to make me just watch the fun the whole time!"

"Yes!"

Yu Shizhong accepted the order again, and suddenly said, "By the way, Your Highness, should we send the Eighteen Ghost Riders to investigate the northern barbarians?"

Compared with Jia Yao's people, Yu Shizhong still trusts the ability of the Eighteen Ghost Riders to gather intelligence.

"Don't even think about it."

Yun Zheng shook his head and smiled, "They are all busy!"

"Busy?"

Yu Shizhong was surprised.

"Yes, busy!"

Yun Zheng nodded and smiled, "I was busy gathering information from the various tribes in western Moxi, and in the process, I also caused some trouble for them..."