King of Liao at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 72 Discussing Countermeasures
Li Lin smiled and asked Xu Liang, "Tell me about the current situation in Daifang City..."

Xu Liangliang nodded, thought for a while and said, "Now there are more than 3000 residents in Daifang County, and it is still growing. Half of them are Koreans, and the remaining half are Koreans." The Koreans who owe money will have a lot of food, grass and supplies, which can support the consumption of Daifang City for a year. There are more than 500 soldiers, including [-] cavalry, [-] archers, [-] infantry, and marquis soldiers. There are more than [-] people in Yuyi Battalion, and the rest are craftsmen and fire-headed troops, escorting troops."

Li Lin frowned after hearing this, and asked in doubt, "Why has it increased so much? It's only been half a year? Besides, we have so many soldiers, but not many people. Are there some poor soldiers who are deposed?"

Xu Liang smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have already estimated this. In fact, our soldiers will not only be defenders leading a county. Tixi in the south was given to us, and with Lidaifang and Nanxin recently, we now have four cities, with a total of no less than 6 or [-] people, so these are not too many! And this is what I inherit from you The requirement is that there are not many elite soldiers. All the ones I selected are strong and strong, and the training is also very harsh. I guarantee that even our fire-headed army can be compared with the elite soldiers of other armies. What we lack now is actual combat experience. .”

Li Lin asked suspiciously, "So...the Chen Han captives that Li Chengri handed over to us, my uncle placed them here? Didn't they move to the north?"

Xu Liang said, "Why not? We only left less than 2 people to settle in these four places, and the rest of the prefects have all moved away, but Daen moved us here at the same time as Qiandu. The few refugees, the adults said that they all escaped all the way from the Central Plains, some escaped from the famine, and some came from the sea. The adults were still worried about having no place to move, so they were gradually handed over to us. After more than half a year of migration , talked countless money, and just stabilized, Gongsun Du called over!"

Li Lin asked doubtfully, "Oh? Then, let me do the calculations....... Don't we have 20 people in Le Lang now? There are indeed more than 20 people in the county)?"

Xu Liang smiled and said, "More than 20! We have an army of one county and we have more than [-] people."

Li Lin nodded and said, "Well, that's good. This gives me more confidence in defeating Gongsun Du." Now Li Lin has gradually gained confidence in his heart. Having people means having an army. Gongsun Du's capital to contend with!
Li Lin thought for a while, and suddenly thought of an interesting thing, so he asked, "I heard that you wiped out all the bandits and horse thieves in Le Lang?"

Tai Shici smiled and said, "Hehe, there are more wolves and less flesh. We rushed to fight those thieves. Later, those thieves learned to be smart and didn't show their heads at all. We couldn't do anything at first. Who knew Hou Yu's 500 As soon as the people came out, the gang of thieves who were hiding came to surrender one after another! Under Le Lang's rule, there is peace in the early stage, no rich people, no serious criminals." After finishing speaking, Tai Shici also looked at Hou Yu.

The more Li Lin heard it, the more frightened he became, and he asked Hou Yu, "Why don't you have too many or too few people?"

Hou Yu said coldly, "You ordered not to add soldiers to me, and the criminals in the county are almost gone by me. I can't directly bring some petty thieves to the Chinese army, so I don't Dare to consume too much, besides, the consumption can't be consumed now!"

Li Lin smiled and said, "Are you so confident?"

Hou Yu remained silent, expressing his silent protest against Li Lin.

Tai Shici said quietly, "If you see that group of people, you will be frightened!"

Li Lin said, "Hehe, then I really want to be scared!"

Everyone nodded meaningfully, and Li Lin said with a straight face, "Then let's talk about the business first."

Everyone nodded, Xu Liang asked someone to bring a map, pointed to the map and said, "General, now Gongsundu's army has gone south and defeated Hunbi and Loufang. According to yesterday's frontline report, Gongsundu has already surrounded Cuicheng." live."

Li Lindao, "Gongsun Du didn't directly enter Le Lang City, but nibbled away step by step. This is to annex Le Lang safely."

Xu Liang said, "Since the prefect took over Le Lang County, his prestige has been extremely high, and most of the people have supported the prefect very much, so Gongsun Du wanted to annex Le Lang at once. I don't know how easy it is, but now Gongsun Du has He has no scruples, he dares to openly disregard the imperial court, so he will definitely not look forward to the future. Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, has a bad relationship with Gongsun Zan, and Gongsun Zan, the prefect of Beiping, is in the same family as Gongsun Du, so not only will he not help us, but he will also help us. Blocking Liu Yu is because Liu Yu doesn't act rashly, and our only possible reinforcements are gone like this."

Li Lin pondered for a while and said, "This is not necessarily the case, we are like this..."

Everyone was shocked when they heard Li Lin's words, Tai Shi said kindly, "Yuan Jie, is this feasible? After all..."

Li Lin interrupted Tai Shici and said, "There is nothing impossible. Gongsundu controls the three counties, and his strength is more than twice as strong as ours. With this little family background, the chance of us being born is very small. That's the only way to go."

Xu Liang said, "Li Lin, can the prefect agree to this?"

Li Lindao: "Hmph! Let's not tell him it's over soon. When it's done, what else can he lock? Could it be possible to tell Gongsun Du that he was wrong and give Le Lang to others?"

Everyone could only frown when they heard this, but Hou Yu was still stunned. Li Lin asked Hou Yu, "Because, what do you think?"

Hou Yu nodded and said, "That's right, this is the least expensive way for us to win. Although people can't understand it, it's not a very good strategy, and my battalion won't go with you."

Li Lin wondered, "Then where are you going?"

Hou Yu said, "It's a waste of my battalion to fight on the battlefield. I'll sneak attack Gongsundu's rear. We don't know many people and it's not easy to be discovered."

Li Lin slapped the table and smiled, "Haha, good! I've thought of this a long time ago, and I've already chosen a place for you!"

Speaking of which, Li Lin pointed to the location on the map and said, "This is it."

Yan Rou and Yan Zhi were also on the side. Although this was a military meeting, Li Lin's trust in them did not require them to avoid it. The two looked at Li Lin's worthy position and said in surprise, "Yuan Jie, this is... At this time, Beifeng!"

Li Lin smiled and said, "That's right, it's Beifeng City."

Yan Judao, "This is where our teacher lives."

Li Lindao, "Don't worry, I'm not attacking there, I'm sneak attacking there."

Then Li Lin said to Hou Yu, "It's not that I didn't do nothing after staying there for more than half a year. I've almost surveyed the terrain. Here's the map..." Li Lin took out a piece of cloth from his arms.

Li Lin smiled and said, "I made this foolishly when I wanted to learn the ability to survey terrain and return maps when I was free. I didn't expect this to really make me discover a lot of doubts." Li Lin pointed to his The map said, "Look, not far from the back of Beifeng is Gongsundu's big granary, where there is a large amount of grain and grass hoarding. According to my investigation, this is almost the same as Gongsundu's family property in Liaodong County. I just caught one Right."

Everyone picked up the map and looked at it carefully. Sure enough, there were many icons marked on it. Besides some terrain, there were granaries, garrisons, the approximate number of soldiers, and even the approximate ratio of equipment.

Tai Shici wondered, "How did you get so much information?"

Li Lin smiled and said, "Hehe, I have plenty of ways to inquire about things like this!"

Yan Rou nodded and said, "I said you would wander around when you are free, so you are doing these things?"

Li Lin said, "Then you think I'm telling you two to go back to sleep when you're free!"

Everyone laughed, and Li Lin said to Hou Yu, "You led your battalion into the camp behind Beifeng, and burned Gongsundu's food and grass for me. It would be best to sneak attack Beifeng City, but your number is not enough. More, just come to a beheading operation, let them kill some officials in Beifeng, let Gongsundu's backyard catch fire, I don't believe that old boy is not panicking at the front line!"

Everyone nodded and said, "Well, a good way!"

Yan Judao: "I just realized that you, Yuan Jie, are also very poisonous!"

Li Lin shook his head and smiled wryly, "Five poisons are not husbands!"

Everyone began to discuss the matter of going out again. Anyway, when they talked about war, there must be a lot of miscellaneous things. Of course, everyone had experienced hard battles, but it was a defensive war. The enemy attacked him. At this moment, Li Lin didn't want to imagine Last time I was so persistent because I was passive. Although the enemy is still strong and I am weak, the main thing is to grasp the initiative so as to grasp the situation of the entire battlefield. Gongsundu is not as easy to fool as the Koreans, there are brave generals and counselors Of course, Li Lin has to be more cautious step by step. While calculating Gongsundu, he must also prevent being calculated by Gongsundu.

Li Lin and the others discussed until the evening before deciding on a plan. Then someone stood up, and Li Lin said, "The three armies will go ahead before moving food and grass, pass my order!"

Everyone bowed, "Yes!"

Li Lin said, "Hao Wen can count the food and grass, and transport the food and grass used by our army to Tunyou County early tomorrow morning, and the generals will return to the camp to count the soldiers and horses, and tomorrow the military parade in the school field! Go to war!"

Everyone was shocked and shouted "No!"

After Li Lin finished speaking, his face softened and he said, "Hehe, well, it's getting late now, and we're going to go to war tomorrow, so let's get drunk tonight before we go out!"

The brothers all laughed loudly, "Good! Good!"

Ask someone to prepare the food and wine, and the brothers eat big bowls of wine and big pieces of meat. The two brothers Yan Rou and Yan Zhi are simple and honest, and they quickly integrated into Li Lin's team. Li Lin hugged in a daze. I don't know who's shoulder it was, and the conversation started, and everyone was enjoying themselves, and everyone didn't know if this was their last drink......

(End of this chapter)