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Since An Jiajia and Zhu Yunwen had received the news, Yuan Chengzong had already dispatched one hundred and fifty thousand troops to Guangde City. Although according to what An Jiajia said, these hundred and fifty thousand troops were a motley crowd, but in any case, the number was there. After An Jiajia and Zhu Yunwen received the news, they immediately ordered the entire army to advance at full speed, so as to ensure that they could reach Guangde before Murong Qianyu arrived in Guangde City. Both armies were not far from Guangde City, and in less than half a day, the soldiers of Guangde had already left the city.

Everyone entered Guangde City and took their seats as the host. Although Zhu Yunwen was the Great Emperor's grandson, he was the commander-in-chief of this battle, so he sat at the top seat. On his left and right were An Jieyu and Zhu Yunwen.

After everyone had sat down, they heard Xu Yun respectfully say, "This time Yuan Chenzong, this treacherous rebel, was able to get General An to send troops to assist him, this Commander is truly very pleased, that year's battle at Little Tang Mountain, General An drilled his way into the tiger's den and destroyed the rebel, Chen Long Yu's forces in the north, and even had peace in the north. General An's contributions truly cannot be omitted."

The An family smiled more and more: "Great Marshal is too kind, the more we received from the emperor, the more we have to work for the country, all the generals and soldiers of the Thousand Plum Villa view this thought of Yuan Chengzong as a great misfortune, to be able to join forces with the great marshal today, it is truly a great honor to be able to eradicate this family."

After Xu Yun heard this, he laughed and said, "Senior General, you are too polite. Senior General, our troop has at least a hundred thousand soldiers, plus the fifty thousand troops that Lord General has brought, we have a total of one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers. Yuan Cheng Sect's army of one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers is under the command of Murong Ziyu, and they want to attack Guangde City, but Guangde City is too small and difficult to defend.

The An family smiled and said, "Marshal need not worry, although Yuan Chenzong has been very powerful for a long time, but he is very eager to succeed and has gathered less than forty thousand soldiers, making him a core elite of the army. The rest of the troops were all forced to surrender to Yuan Chenzong, and Yuan Chenzong had just taken Zhejiang as his base is not stable enough, and cannot fight for a long period of time, because our army has sufficient provisions, and they are all elite divisions that can easily destroy the enemy."

After hearing that, Zhu Yunwen laughed, "Then according to the general's views, how should our army defeat the enemy?"

An Jiajia replied, "Reporting to Vice Marshal, if we want to break through that Yuan Chengzong, we will be able to break through all three of his strategies."

Zhu Yunwen finished listening, "Oh?" He laughed and said, "I would like to hear more about it."

The An family grew more and more anxious: "Just like what General Yuan said earlier, although Yuan Chengzong is powerful, but most of the subordinates of his army were all downtrodden soldiers, and these downtrodden soldiers used to be my troops. They were coerced by Yuan Chengzong to go down to Yuan Chengzong's camp all of a sudden, and then they sent a large number of people to the various cities of Zhejiang Province to spread rumors, claiming that I have already sent troops that are several times stronger than Yuan Chengzong to destroy the rebel factions, causing my army to become unsteady."

Xu Yungong and Zhu Yunwen simultaneously said, "Okay!" Then, Xu Yun said respectfully, "Then what is the best strategy that Sir Chief Soldier has?"

The An family smiled and said, "Yuan Chengzong's food supply is not high, it is far from being enough to fight against our army, and our army's food supply is enough to last for a year, and we also have a steady stream of supplies to transport it to our army. In addition, although Wan-De City is easy to attack but hard to defend, we might as well arrange all our troops to form a formation outside of the city, so that Yuan Chengzong's army would not dare to attack.

After Zhu Yunwen heard this, he laughed, "Wonderful, wonderful, Sir Chief Soldier went for the last two strategies. No matter which strategy he took, he was able to put Yuan Chenghong to death. Sir Chief Soldier went for the second and the third strategies, yet I don't know what the other strategy is?"

"Reporting to the vice commander-in-chief, this plan is relatively simple. Yuan Chengzong is anxious to send out troops, although in terms of military strength, he is on par with our army, but we do not have the necessary coordination and tacit understanding between the army and the army, plus the fact that most of the troops are on the downside, our morale is not high, so naturally, our army is not as strong as our army's. When Murong Yu leads the army, our army will be divided into five paths, and we will specifically attack Yuan Chengzong's troops. In the end, we will together surround the elite troops he brought out from the Southern Martial Alliance."

Zhu Yunwen nodded his head and said, "The soldier general's words are reasonable." Then, he turned to Xu Yun and respectfully asked, "What does marshal mean?"

Xu Yun said respectfully, "Lord Chief Soldier's analysis of the military strength of Yuan Chengzong's group of traitors is very good. This Commander admires it, just like what Lord Chief Soldier said, the plan is too dangerous, and the price is too heavy, so it is not suitable for us to use it. Although the best plan is too long, I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve within a short period of time.

The more the An family heard, the more they laughed. "Marshal is wise, the more they don't think about it."

Xu Yun smiled respectfully, "Sir Chief Soldier, you're being too modest."

Zhu Yunwen asked, "You want me to use both the high and middle strategy? What does that mean? "

Because they are able to defeat Yuan Chengzong, which means that they have the mentality of speculating. Right now, they are still in the spectator stage, and if our army cannot deal a serious injury to Yuan Chengzong, it will be very difficult for them to immediately fall back, so we can now set up a formation in front of Guangde City and lure Murong Guiyu to attack us. Murong Guiyu did not think much, and would definitely not come forward to break the formation.

After hearing that, Zhu Yunwen laughed loudly, "So that's how it is.