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    After listening to Kang Sheoli's detailed report on the entire White Wolf Fortress battlefield, Shibi Khan was full of confidence in the successful breakout of the White Wolf Fortress.

    At present, he has suffered great losses, and the results he has achieved can no longer offset the huge manpower, material and financial resources Ya Zhang has invested in this battle. If the losses further increase and the early results are lost, then this battle will be over.  Defeated, and a military defeat would trigger an unprecedented political crisis.  Shibi Khan had no choice but to use the power of thunder to break through the encirclement in one fell swoop.

    At the beginning of the night, Khan summoned the commanders of all armies to deploy an attack strategy.  At the same time, he ordered the soldiers to march rapidly for several days. The exhausted soldiers were fed and drank enough and rested overnight to restore their strength.  That night, they sent envoys across the mountains and ridges to Efeishui. They found Qilifushu Ashina Dusu and ordered them to continue attacking on the northern battlefield of Bailangsai to cooperate with the fierce offensive launched by the main army on the southern battlefield.  , striving to hit the target with one blow and win the battle.

    At the same time, on a mountain ridge adjacent to the Sanggan River in the southeast of Bailangsai, Youwuwei General Li Jing, Wu Benlang General Jialan, Zhao Shizhu, and Wu Yalang General Feng Yi met urgently to discuss countermeasures.

    This mountain range and its surrounding areas are a temporary large supply camp, responsible for transporting supplies to various battlefields.  At this moment, the military supplies in the camp are piled up like mountains, and teams of civilians are struggling on various transportation lines. In the other direction, supplies from Anyang Town are flowing in here.

    Jialan and Feng Yi accompanied Li Jing and Zhao Shizhu to inspect the supply camp, inquired about the stockpiles of various materials, comforted the civilians in the camp, and went to visit the wounded. It was not until dusk that they sat down to rest and eat something simple.  After dinner, we began to discuss military affairs.

    Li Jing¡¯s expression was quite solemn, especially when he noticed that Jialan changed into a new military robe after dinner.  He suddenly became stern, "I heard that the general will go to the front line to fight in blood every day, and even set a goal of beheading 100 people every day. Is this true?"

    Jialan was embarrassed and silent.

    "A general should indeed take the lead and fight bloody battles to boost morale, but has the general gone too far?" Li Jing asked bluntly, "General, have you ever thought that if you die on the battlefield, the outcome of the battle will be very different?"  How will it change?¡±

    Zhao Shizhu shook his hand at the old commander.  He signaled to the old commander that it was enough to stop. After all, Jialan was still nominally the supreme commander on the Bailangsai battlefield. As an elder and a highly respected senior, the old commander had to save some face for others both emotionally and rationally.

    The old commander shook his head very dissatisfied.  He breathed a sigh of relief and asked.  "Injured? Is it serious?"

    "Small flesh injury. No problem." Jialan bowed slightly and expressed his thanks.

    "Stop being so arrogant and willful." The old commander warned, "Starting from tomorrow, every day will be a fierce battle. The key to whether you can hold on to the end lies in commanding on the battlefield. As the supreme commander on the battlefield, the general is also the general of the three armies.  The confidence lies in the general, and the general cannot fail!"

    Jialan respectfully accepted the teachings.

    "The main force of the Beibei army has entered the Bailangsai battlefield and formed an array at Shenwuchuan and Jinshatan." The old commander then went straight to the point.  "According to the scouts' investigation, Shibi Khan and Xingzhang are in this army, so it is certain that the crisis in Yanmen has been resolved, and all the Beibei army on the Yanmen battlefield will arrive at Bailangsai in the next two days.  More than 200,000 or more Beibei controlled strings will launch a fierce attack on Bailang Fortress, and the situation is extremely unfavorable to us."

    "Of course, this is the worst prediction." The old commander frowned and continued, "If the Beibei retreated from Yanmen because the reinforcements from the two capitals reached the Yanmen battlefield and had to withdraw, then there is another optimistic prediction.  , His Majesty and the reinforcements from the two capitals are chasing after each other, and we have formed a siege on the Beilu. The Beilu are blocked in front and pursued by the rear, and are surrounded by enemies from both sides. This will help us continue to hold on to the White Wolf Fortress. "

    "But what is disturbing is, have the reinforcements from the two capitals arrived? Even if they have arrived, how many troops have come? On the battlefield of the decisive battle, have our forces formed an absolute advantage?"

    The old commander's eyes slowly swept across everyone's faces and asked the last question, "If both sides have equal strength and are evenly matched, and the result of the decisive battle is that both sides will lose, then what is the significance of this decisive battle? What if the emperor and the central government engage in this battle?  The purpose of the decisive battle is to win peace between the North and the South, so when should this decisive battle end?"

    In fact, this is the final stage of the decisive battle. The question is what tactics the imperial army should adopt. Is it to encircle but not attack, forcing the Beilu to sign an alliance under the city, or to encircle and annihilate them, with both sides losing?

    After Li Jing arrived at Bailangsai and entered the battlefield of Shenwuchuan, he warned Jialan, but Jialan carefully avoided it and did not give a reply.  Today, the battle entered the final stage. Li Jing spoke first and asked sharp questions. Jialan could no longer avoid it and had to give an answer and make a decision.

    The emperor was drawing up plans for the north and south.When it comes to the battle strategy, he must have his strategic purpose, and as one of the executors of the decisive battle, Jialan is also the supreme commander of the decisive battle battlefield. He must be very clear about this strategic purpose. Of course he knows that in the current battle situation  Next, what tactics should be adopted in the final stage of the decisive battle.  Different tactics, different offensive and defensive strategies, and different battle results, which are directly related to the outcome of the decisive battle and the life and death of thousands of soldiers.

    Jialan still couldn't give an answer. Firstly, he didn't know whether the emperor would come after him, because in the history he remembered, the emperor did not personally lead the army to pursue him. Secondly, he didn't know about the reinforcements from the two capitals.  , and whether the troops around the emperor after the Yanmen rescued the siege, including the Imperial Guards, Daibei Army, Taiyuan Army and many other exhausted armies, would obey the emperor's order and rush north as soon as possible, closely following Beilu.  After the army, they came in pursuit.

    But one thing is certain, that is, the imperial army on the Yanmen battlefield must go north. After the northern barbarians withdraw, they must regain the lost ground on behalf of the north, regain the line of the Great Wall, and advance to the foot of Yinshan Mountain, while maintaining the north and south sides.  While demarcating the border lines, we will also guard the borders and guard the northern frontier to ensure the security of China and the mainland.

    Historically, this decisive battle ended with the defeat of the empire, but the losses of the Northern Barbarians were not small. Afterwards, internal crises continued in the Yazhang, and three khans were replaced in a short period of time. At that time, the empire collapsed and the Middle East was in chaos.  At this moment, a few years later, when Li Tang unified China, the northern barbarians once again invaded southward, marched into Guanzhong, and came to Chang'an, bringing an unprecedented crisis to Li Tang and China, which had just emerged from the darkness.

    There was a gap of eleven years between this decisive battle and the unprecedented crisis in the future. In other words, this decisive battle in history only won China ten years after the bloody battle between the emperor and the Empire's Northern Army at all costs.  the north-south stabilization time.

    Ten years?  Jialan believes that it is not enough. Whether China will continue to collapse along its inherent historical trajectory in the future, or it will usher in an opportunity for change and create a new history after this decisive battle, Jialan believes that it is necessary to win at least an entire generation in the confrontation between the North and the South.  It is the absolute advantage of twenty or even thirty years. Only in this way can the stability of the northern border of Middle-earth be ensured and sufficient time can be given to Middle-earth for nirvana and rebirth.

    Based on this, Jialan believes that as long as I hold the White Wolf Fortress and resolutely block the evacuation channel of the Northern Lu, then when the emperor gets this news, based on the considerations of the empire's national defense and diplomatic strategies, and based on the emperor's considerations for the future of the empire, the emperor will definitely  I will once again muster up the courage to command all the imperial troops on the Yanmen battlefield, launch an attack on the White Wolf Fortress, complete the siege of the northern captives, and carry this decisive battle between the north and the south to the end, even if both sides suffer, no matter how hard it is, we will lose.  .

    I may not be able to save the crumbling empire, nor can I save the innocent and weak people of Middle-earth, but now, I have enough power to change the fate of Northern Xinjiang and change the future of Northern Xinjiang. I only need to give the Northern invaders hope in this decisive battle.  A heavy and fatal blow would at least give Northern Xinjiang a whole generation of stability, and the long-term stability of Northern Xinjiang would definitely have an immeasurable impact on the fate of Middle-earth and even the empire.  There is no doubt about this, and I firmly believe that I will pay any price for it.

    "The significance of this decisive battle is to win precious breathing time for the empire, which is suffering from internal and external troubles, and to win a whole generation of time for the northern border of Middle-earth to recuperate."

    Jialan finally answered, decisively and resolutely.

    "The Western Expedition, the Eastern Expedition, and today's decisive battle between the North and the South, the emperor and the central government have devoted all their national power to complete the empire's grand strategy of active offensive in national defense and diplomacy, and have alleviated the increasingly serious pressure imposed on China by external captives.  Crisis." Jialan continued, "In order to prevent the empire from falling into the dilemma of internal and external troubles and being attacked from both sides, the emperor and the central government decided to first attack the outside world and then secure the inside, use offense instead of defense, and use active offense instead of passive defense. Although this strategy exhausted the national power  , intensified domestic conflicts and destabilized the domestic situation. However, after this decisive battle, the emperor and the central government can concentrate all their efforts to solve the domestic crisis, and the long-term stability of the three major borders in the east, west, and north will lead to a sharp reduction in defense expenditures.  This will greatly contribute to the rapid recovery of national strength. After national strength has been restored, the emperor and the central government still cannot solve the domestic crisis?"

    Li Jing fell into silence.  He had already estimated this result, but he didn't expect that the explanations and reasons given by Jialan made him unable to refute.

    The wishes of the emperor and the central government are good, and the starting point is good, but they are too eager and the strategies they devise are full of risks. The eagerness for quick success and quick gains in strategy will inevitably bring about a series of disadvantages, and these disadvantages will gradually amplify.  crisis.  Do the emperor and the central government really have the ability, time, opportunity, and strategies to solve these crises that are spreading and expanding?

    "Our strategy of holding on is as always." Jialan made the final decision, "Actively defend and defend the White Wolf Fortress, even if we fightThe last person will never give up!  "

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