Chapter 151: A difficult choice

Meng Yan's face turned pale. He didn't expect Chongshan to dare to refute his opinion in public.

The more than 20 division commanders under the steps looked at each other and were already shocked. They did not expect that the two commanders would have disagreements. According to common sense, Meng Yan should have communicated with Chongshan and Meng Hu in advance. The three of them reached an agreement first and then convened a military meeting to announce the decision. However, judging from the current situation, Meng Yan did not seem to have communicated with Chongshan in advance, and Meng Hu in advance.

In fact, Meng Yan did not communicate with the other two commanders. He originally thought that at the military meeting attended by all generals above the division commander, Chongshan and Meng Hu would never dare to refute his face. After all, he was the prince and supreme commander. But what Meng Yan did not expect was that Meng Hu had not said anything, Chongshan jumped out first.

Chongshan's attitude was very firm and he was quite unwilling to give in. The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense.

Meng Yan's expression was gloomy. When he was about to explode, Shi Miyuan suddenly coughed lightly and said, "Since Your Highness and Lord Chongshan have different opinions, should we listen to General Meng Hu's opinions next?"

Then everyone remembered that in addition to the supreme commander and the second commander, there was also a third commander in the Western Expedition Army.

Meng Ke’s arrangement is actually a disguised voting system, but the scope is very small and limited to the three commanders.

As Shi Miyuan finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to Meng Hu in unison. Even Meng Yan couldn't help but look back at Meng Hu, but he didn't have any illusions about Meng Hu. The filth between the two had almost become public. Meng Hu could not know what he thought about Zhao Qinghan, so Meng Hu would never support him.

Therefore, Meng Yan even felt a little surprised that Shi Miyuan was too much. Chongshan had already made him unable to step down. If Meng Hu publicly supported Chongshan, then according to the division of powers of the three commanders, Meng Yan's plan to divide the troops and attack would be completely rejected, which was unacceptable to Meng Yan.

Meng Hu's heart was also turbulent. Although Meng Yan's proposal to divide the troops was a bit unexpected, his purpose was obvious. He deliberately sent Chongshan's northern legion to the southern wing and his western legion to the northern wing. His intention was to use the sword of the Mingyue Empire to get rid of himself and the western legion!

For Meng Yan, the ideal result is that Meng Hu's Western Legion and Mingyue Imperial Army will fight to the point of losing both sides!

Meng Hu has never felt so difficult to choose as he is now.

If Chongshan supports his opinion, the Western Legion will naturally not have to face the threat of the Mingyue Empire Army alone. However, the Guanghui Empire Army will also fully follow the Qingzhou strategy formulated by Meng Ke. This is something Meng Hu doesn't want to see. He does not want the Guanghui Empire to become a super empire with a population of over 100 million and a vast territory!

If Meng Yan supports Meng Yan's opinion, the Western Legion will have to face reinforcements from three northern states or even four states in the Mingyue Empire alone!

If there were only reinforcements from three or four states in the north, Meng Hu was not worried. What Meng Hu was most worried about was that Qiu Yutang would definitely take the opportunity to defeat them one by one, and would definitely choose his Western Legion as the breakthrough point. That would be serious. If the reinforcements from three or four states in the north, plus Qiu Yutang's imperial guards and guards under Qiu Yutang, the total strength of the Mingyue Empire Army would be more than 500,000 people. Although most of these 500,000 people were recruits, the Western Legion was also recruits?

Under the steps, Qi Diaozi frowned, and his eyes looking at Meng Hu were also filled with anxiety.

In the crowd, Shi Miyuan saw Meng Hu not making a sound for a long time, and couldn't help but cough again and said, "General Meng Hu, should you tell everyone what you think?"

Meng Hu suddenly turned around, stared at Shi Miyuan deeply, and then said loudly: "I thought Your Highness was right. The situation on the Qingzhou battlefield has indeed undergone unexpected changes. The Qingzhou strategy formulated by the prince has become conservative. I fully support Your Highness's plan to divide the troops."

"Well……"

"What!?"

Meng Yan and Chongshan were stunned when they heard this, and both of them were full of disbelief.

Chongshan was shocked, and there was obvious anger and disappointment in his eyes. He did not expect Meng Hu to support Meng Yan's plan to divide the troops. Although he knew little about Meng Hu, based on the brilliant battle examples he created, Meng Hu was definitely not a martial artist without strategic vision, otherwise the King of Yan would not be able to entrust the important task of the third commander. But now, Meng Hu unexpectedly supported Meng Yan's plan to divide the troops. What's going on?

Meng Yan was happy and mixed with some suspicion. With Meng Hu's host, the plan for division of troops could be implemented smoothly, which made Meng Yan happy. But what made Meng Yan feel suspicious was that Meng Hu would actually support him? Is this guy crazy? Or did he suddenly drop in his IQ and become a pig? Couldn't he see that the plan for division of troops clearly wanted to use the sword of the Mingyue Empire to kill him and his Western Legion? Can't this be done?

For some reason, Meng Yan suddenly felt a hint of uneasiness.

However, the plan to attack in three groups was decided. Among the three commanders, Meng Yan and Meng Hu both agreed to divide the troops, and Chongshan alone could no longer change the overall situation.

Xijing, Yuewang Mansion.

Qiu Yutang, who was as plain as snow, stood on the rockery with lonely peaks, staring at the vast sky in the east, staring at the dark sky. The bitter cold wind blew up the thin plain clothes on her body from time to time, and her whole body seemed to be floating away with the wind at any time. Against the backdrop of the bleak and round scenery around, Mie Yutang's slightly weak figure seemed so lonely.

Amid the light footsteps, the maid Hanyun put the fox fur on Qiu Yutang, and asked sadly: "Did your highness remember the prince's consort again?"

"well."

Qiu Yutang sighed quietly and shook his head, "Where is the country in danger? Where can I still have the heart to love children? I am worried about millions of people in Qingzhou and the 200,000 imperial soldiers under the command of the old general."

Qiu Hanyun said: "I believe that the old general Situ can do it, and I am full of confidence in Your Highness. How powerful is the Eight Kings Rebellion? Your Highness has turned the tide and almost saved the empire with his own strength? Although the Glorious Imperial Army is coming in full force this time, there are only about 500,000 people, which is not enough for Your Highness to move his little fingers."

"Silly girl."

Qiu Yutang smiled bitterly and shook her head, saying, "The current empire cannot be compared with before the Eight Kings Rebellion. The power of the Glorious Empire Army is not comparable to that of the Eight Kings Rebels. This time the danger is far greater than the last Eight Kings Rebellion. Even if I were me, I would not dare to assert that the Empire would definitely win in the end. Now things can only be done and left to fate."

Qiu Hanyun still said confidently: "I still believe in Your Highness, Your Highness will definitely defeat the enemy."

Qiu Yutang smiled bitterly and said nothing more. Qiu Hanyun, a little girl, could not know about military affairs. How could the danger faced by the empire this time be compared to the Eight Kings Rebellion? Not to mention whether Situ Rui's more than 200,000 tired troops could block the 500,000 tiger and wolf troops of the Guanghui Empire. Even if it was finally blocked, the reinforcements from the north and south states successfully arrived in Xijing, and the severe situation faced by the Mingyue Empire could not be fundamentally alleviated.

Qiu Yutang was helpless to find that in order to alleviate the severe situation faced by the Mingyue Empire and to avoid the fate of the destruction of the country, it was necessary to regain Qingzhou and wipe out the more than 500,000 invaded Guangxi Empire troops. Only in this way can the Guangxi Empire be as traumatized as the Mingyue Empire, and the two empires will return to the same starting line.

But how easy is it to achieve this goal? Maybe I can only hope that the goddess of light will bring down her miracle.

Kawabara, the western legion base.

As soon as he entered the tent, Jia Wudao came up with a little anxiously and asked: "General, did Meng Yan propose to modify the Qingzhou strategy at the military meeting?"

Jia Wudao is now a wanted criminal of the two empires, and even in the Western Legion, he cannot show up in public. Such a regular military meeting is naturally even more unlikely to attend, so he can only stay in Meng Hu's tent and wait for news.

Meng Hu nodded and said, "I mentioned that Meng Yan has completely overturned Meng Ke's Qingzhou strategy and he still needs to divide his troops to attack!"

"Ah? Divide the troops to attack?" Jia Wudao said in a silence, "Meng Yan wants to divide the troops to attack? Isn't that rush to give his flaws to the Mingyue Empire Army?"

"That may not be." Meng Husenran said, "If you know Meng Yan's plan to divide the troops into three groups, you wouldn't think so. From an objective perspective, I think Meng Yan's plan to divide the troops is a tough game. Although it is a bit risky, if the risk is successful, the Mingyue Empire will be destroyed directly!"

"Yes." Qi Diaozi also nodded, "We did underestimate Meng Yan a little, and didn't expect him to come up with such a plan!"

Jia Wudao said anxiously: "Brother Qi, what is the plan?"

Qi Diaozi briefly explained Meng Yan's plan. Jia Wudao's face changed suddenly after hearing this: "This plan is so poisonous. Meng Yan deliberately set up the north and south wings. It seems to be in order to block the enemy reinforcements, but in fact he wanted to use these two wings as bait to lure the Mingyue Empire Army to concentrate superior forces to defeat them one by one. In this way, Meng Yan's middle army only needs to face Situ Rui's more than 200,000 defeated soldiers and generals, and the pressure will be greatly reduced!"

Meng Hu nodded and said, "In this way, there is only one factor that determines the success or failure of this Western Expedition. It depends on who can fight first. If the Mingyue Empire Army first defeats one of our wings, then the best result of our army is to retreat to Qingzhou, and the worst result is to destroy the entire army. If Mengyan's middle army first defeats Situ Rui's remaining soldiers, then the Mingyue Empire will be directly destroyed!"

"Shi Miyuan!" Jia Wudao said with great certainty, "This must be a poisonous plan that Shi Miyuan came up with!"
Chapter completed!