Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Facing Cheng Yaojin's question, all the generals present lowered their heads, and no one dared to stand up and pat their chest to make a guarantee.

Their primary purpose in going on this expedition to quell the rebellion was to gain military merit, not to fight the rebels to the death.

If Zhang Liang really led tens of thousands of elite troops from Xiangzhou to the south, how could they resist with only 5000 soldiers?

There was silence for a long time.

Seeing that no one spoke, Cheng Yaojin placed the wine jar heavily on the table in annoyance, his brows furrowed even more.

He habitually looked at Du He and then asked him.

"Du He, you are the military advisor, come up with a plan for me quickly."

"As the general of the Zhen army, I must be the first to complete the combat mission. I must wipe out the remaining rebels in Jizhou within 10 days!"

Except for Li Ji, all the other generals who participated in the suppression of the rebellion were younger generations.

If his performance is not as good as these younger generations, where will General Cheng put his reputation?

As Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, everyone in the hall turned their eyes to Du He.

Du He's mouth curled up slightly.

Because his opponents are all his own people, he cannot use any cruel and vicious schemes, so he doesn't have much of a clue now.

He thought for a moment, then turned to look at Wang Xuance who was sitting in the last seat on the right, and waved at him.

"Wang Xuance, do you have a plan?"

"If you have a plan, you might as well tell us so that we can refer to it."

Wang Xuance saw that Du He gave him the opportunity to perform, so he quickly stood up and walked quickly to the middle of the lobby.

He first bowed to Cheng Yaojin and Du He, then spoke loudly.

"General Cheng, General Du, our biggest problem right now is the lack of soldiers."

"Why don't we borrow several thousand elite troops from other armies?"

After hearing Wang Xuance's plan, Cheng Yaojin, Guo Daquan and a group of the Generals of the Central Army all showed expressions of disgust on their faces.

They thought that Wang Xuance, this shifty guy, could come up with a good plan.

The solution they came up with turned out to be such a dirty trick.

Cheng Yaojin's deputy general Guo Daquan said with displeasure: "To deal with only tens of thousands of rebels, we have to borrow troops from other generals. Doesn't that make us look incompetent?"

"If this gets out, will we still have face?"

"Do you still want to save the reputation of our Zhenjun General?"

The rest of the Lieutenant-Generals also nodded in agreement. They believed that it would be shameful to borrow troops from other generals to deal with a group of rebels temporarily formed by the people.

Guo Daquan is indeed a veteran who has followed Cheng Yaojin for many years. His words touched Cheng Yaojin's heart directly.

As one of the older generation of war gods in the Tang Dynasty, Cheng Yaojin couldn't bring himself to ask others for help.

Cheng Yaojin said in a deep voice: "Besides borrowing soldiers, is there no other trick?"

If you can't win, just borrow troops. What kind of strategy is this?

Du He did not have the same resistance as Cheng Yaojin and the others. He believed that borrowing troops was the most appropriate tactic at the moment.

The most important thing is to reduce casualties and quickly put down the rebellion.

Du He slowly stood up and clasped his fists towards Cheng Yaojin and said.

"General Cheng, I think Wang Xuance's strategy is not shameful."

"If we are only dealing with the 30,000 remnants of Jizhou, it will be no problem with our current strength. But if Zhang Liang leads tens of thousands of elite troops south, we will be no match for him!"

"Even if we achieve final victory, it will still cause huge casualties."

After hearing what Du He said, Cheng Yaojin's originally stern face relaxed a little.

If these words were said by any other Lieutenant General, he would definitely curse loudly, but now that it was this kid Du He who said it, he had to think carefully.

Because Du He's current official position is not much different from his.

Moreover, this kid is a favorite of the prince. If he doesn't give Du He face, Du He will probably make things difficult for him and his several useless sons in the future.

After thinking for a while, Cheng Yaojin asked in a deep voice.

"Du He, who do you think we should ask for troops?"

"If you borrow troops from other generals, we will also share the credits. Think carefully before you decide!"

Everyone comes out to fight and gain merit, and no one wants others to share a piece of the pie.

Especially Cheng Yaojin, the miser, now has no good strategy and needs to borrow troops from others to share the merits of the battle. At this moment, he feels as uncomfortable as if he had eaten two kilograms of salt.

Du He glanced at Wang Xuance, then smiled and said to Cheng Yaojin: "Xue Wanche and Xue Rengui's troops have a total of 1 soldiers, and the rebels they are going to suppress next only have a little over 5 soldiers."

"I suggest that Xue Rengui lead 3000 cavalry to help us deal with the large number of rebels."

Xue Rengui is the nemesis of enemy generals, and he is also one of the most powerful generals.

If they could bring Xue Rengui over, their subsequent tactics would be much more flexible.

Cheng Yaojin nodded and said, "Du He, please let me swallow my pride and borrow Xue Rengui to come over."

"But you must come up with a plan for me to quickly put down the rebels!"

"If I cannot quickly suppress the rebellion even with Xue Rengui, I will lose face."

This battle was fought in a really pathetic way.

If his deputy general was his old friend Qin Shubao, who was 15 years younger, he might be able to charge into Jizhou tonight and suppress the rebels tomorrow.

Du He raised his voice slightly and said, "With Xue Rengui's 3000 cavalry, we can adopt the tactic of besieging the city and attacking the reinforcements, and be the first to eat up the reinforcements from Xiangzhou."

"After destroying the reinforcements from Xiangzhou, we may be able to force the rebels in Jizhou to surrender."

Then Du He explained his plan in detail.

Half an hour later.

"it is good!"

Cheng Yaojin slammed the table heavily, and then said happily.

"Besieging the city and attacking the reinforcements is a good strategy!"

"That's it!"

He stood up suddenly, looked at his deputy general Guo Daquan, and ordered him:

"Guo Daquan, take my token and go to Luzhou to borrow troops."

"I only want Xue Rengui and his 3000 cavalry. Don't bring any infantry back to me!"

Although Weizhou and Luzhou are adjacent to each other, Xue Wanche and Xue Rengui's troops have already deployed on the border of Yizhou, and it would take at least 200 miles to get back.

If we borrow a group of infantrymen, by the time they arrive in Xiangzhou, it will be too late.

"As ordered!"

Guo Daquan walked forward to take Cheng Yaojin's identity token, then strode out of the lobby.

...

The next afternoon.

Just as Cheng Yaojin, Du He and a group of Lieutenant Generals were discussing the detailed battle plan, a loud rumbling sound suddenly came from outside the Governor's Mansion.

Not long after, Guo Daquan and Xue Rengui walked in.

Guo Daquan saluted Cheng Yaojin and said, "General Cheng, I have fulfilled your mission and have seconded General Xue and 3000 cavalrymen!"

Xue Rengui also hurriedly saluted.

"I greet General Cheng and General Du."