(Thanks to the 56th new alliance leader, Pao Ding and Qi Niu, for the generous reward. I have withered...)
Xu Huai did not directly answer Liu Qiong'er's question to explain what was wrong with Chen Zixiao, but asked:
"If I said that the other side was subverting the situation and secretly sending the capable soldiers from Huangqiao Village to encircle and suppress the state soldiers led by Chen Shi, we would remain on hold and watch Chen Shi being beaten to death without leaving his underwear.
No more, do you think Prime Minister Wang Zhen will fall out with me?"
"Deng Gui, Xu Wujiang and the others can of course not pay too much attention to Chen Shi's life and death, but if you really want to do this, it will be difficult for Mr. Wang Xun not to fall out with you. Wang Xun has sent people over for the past three or four days to ask you if you want to
Isn't the meaning of going to Huangqiao obvious enough?" Liu Qiong'er asked curiously, "How could you have such an idea? If the bandit army dares to secretly pull out the soldiers and horses of Huangqiao Village, this is not taking the opportunity to capture Huangqiao Village.
, and at the same time, can it be a good opportunity to relieve the predicament of the state soldiers?"
"In the final analysis, we were able to achieve great victories in the first few times because people like Zheng Hui thought too highly of themselves and looked down upon us. Their flaws were as big as wearing open-crotch pants. Of course we had opportunities to take advantage of them. However, after the battle at Tiaohutan,
, We have been confronting the bandits in front of Huangqiao Village for three months, and we have not gained any advantage. We can know that people like Zheng Hui and Chen Zixiao really need to be vigilant. They are not all incompetent people!" Xu Huai raised his hands.
Holding the back of her head and resting on Liu Qiong'er's legs, she could directly touch the plump elasticity with the back of her hands, and said with a wry smile.
"Guys like Zheng Hui shouldn't be able to set up an ambush at both ends at this time, right?" Liu Qiong'er asked doubtfully. Her curiosity was aroused, and she didn't care that Xu Huai was secretly eating her tofu.
Xu Huai closed his eyes and enjoyed the touching softness on Liu Qiong'er's chest, but his heart was also filled with ups and downs.
The situation they currently have is very clear. After Zheng Hui and Dong Qifeng arrived in Huaiyuan, they found Chen Zixiao, but secretly killed Tang Biao, the Wind-breaking Sword, and helped Chen Zixiao seize control of Hutou Village, and then recruited troops aggressively.
Then he recruited Pan Chenghu and teamed up with Gao Xiangzhong, Zhong Changqing and other bandits to start this huge bandit rebellion.
From the beginning to the end, it was clear that Chen Zixiao was the puppet controlled by Zheng Hui, Dong Qifeng and others behind the scenes.
Under such a layer of separation, no matter how capable Zheng Hui, Dong Qifeng and others are, it will be difficult to effectively integrate the forces of the Shanzhai.
Just like Xu Huai never dared to hope that he could truly and completely control the Xu clan soldiers just by excluding Xu Wufu and others.
Wang Zhen's personal prestige, Deng Gui represented the will of the imperial court and prefectures and counties, Tang Tiande, Jin Longquan and others represented the choices of local forces, as well as Xu Wujiang, Xu Wukun, Xu Wuliang, Xu Xin'an, Xu Sihu and other elite elements who were born in the Xu family stood up.
Taking responsibility, these are indispensable factors for them to finally master the Xu clan soldiers.
Of course, the more critical thing is the irreconcilable separation between housing prices and housing prices.
However, Xu Huai will never forget that if the historical trajectory does not change, without the intervention of Zheng Hui, Dong Qifeng and others, Chen Zixiao will still be able to become an outsider with no foundation when the first year of Jianhe comes.
, rose up and became a super bandit who commanded all the village forces in Tongbai Mountain, dared to block the "official escape route to Nanyang", and could leave his name in the history books.
He must not treat Chen Zixiao as an ordinary puppet.
Now Wang Zhen, Deng Gui, Xu Wujiang and others are all staring at Zheng Hui, Dong Qifeng and others, deciding that they cannot integrate the forces of the various cottages through the puppet Chen Zixiao, but Xu Huai cannot find one
Reasonable arguments or reasons, saying that they should keep an eye on Chen Zixiao, saying that the integration within the rebel army may be stronger than expected.
This is simply more ridiculous than saying that the combined forces to attack Yan will most likely harm Tongbai Mountain.
From the current point of view, Chen Zixiao has been in Huangqiao Village for three months, integrating two thousand bandit troops and recruiting Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu, Zhou Tian and other bandit chiefs for his own use. However, these things are more likely to be caused by Zheng
Hui Hui, Dong Qifeng and others assisted behind the scenes, but we cannot see anything special about Chen Zixiao personally.
"..." At this time, the sound of horse hooves was heard, and after a while, Lu Xiong was seen dismounting in front of the courtyard gate, handing the horse to the old soldier guarding the gate, and walking straight into the courtyard.
Liu Qiong'er calmly pushed Xu Huai away from her arms, stood up and saluted Lu Xiong: "Why did Mr. Lu come back from Huangqiao?"
"Uncle Lu, where is my grandfather?" Wang Xuan walked out from behind the corner door and grabbed Lu Xiong and asked.
She was unhappy with the way Xu Huai was talking on Liu Qiong'er's lap, but she couldn't scold them, so she could only avoid looking at the two bastards. She was also angry at Xu Huai at this time.
"My husband is still in Huangqiao; I can't sleep well in Huangqiao, so I want to come back and rest for two days, and see if there is anything to keep an eye on in the military village." Lu Xiong said.
"It's very safe here in Junzhai, there's nothing to worry about!" Xu Huai said pretending to be confused.
After the Battle of Tiaohutan, during the war on the Eastern Front, the two sides mainly concentrated on the confrontation near Huangqiao Village. Deng Gui and Xu Wujiang were usually directly stationed there to take charge; Wang Zhen would also run over every once in a while to take a look.
On the Huaiyuan side, Cheng Yi, Jin Longquan and others used more than a thousand prisoners captured from the Battle of Tiaohutan to build a city wall outside the market. The Inspection Department requisitioned two pavilions and moved the public house to Hedong Market.
——In the face of the increasingly rampant banditry, the state government also officially appointed Cheng Yi as the supervisor of the town to assist Deng Gui in building the city of Huaiyuan and other matters, so that Deng Gui could concentrate more on suppressing the bandits.
At this time, the military stronghold in Hexi was completely transformed into a military camp, where newly recruited and rural soldiers rotated from the front were resting and training.
On the one hand, in order to avoid attracting too much attention, and on the other hand, it was also called Tang Pan. Xu Xin'an and others had more opportunities to lead troops independently to fight. During this period, Xu Huai either stayed in the military camp to rest and train the soldiers.
They would hone their martial arts skills together, or personally lead people to sneak into the depths of the West Ridge of Tongbai Mountain to scout for the enemy, and rarely appear directly on the battlefield at Huangqiao Village.
Xu Huai personally sneaked into Xiling this time, and after confirming that Chen Shi led his troops from Yushanyi to fight deep into the hinterland controlled by the bandits, he hid directly back in the military camp.
To put it bluntly, he was worried that Wang Zhen was too upright. In order to reduce the risk that Chen Shi and the state soldiers might be ambushed by the rebels, he persuaded Deng Gui to attack Huangqiao Village.
In the past three or four days, Wang Zhen sent people back to ask him if he wanted to go to Huangqiao, and his thoughts were obvious.
If the Huaiyuan Township Camp really wanted to launch an offensive from the east to contain the main force of the rebel army, how could it be possible that they were missing a general like him?
Xu Huai pretended to be crazy and ignored him, so Wang Zhen could only ask Lu Xiong to leave.
After Lu Xiong drank the warm tea brought out by Zhou Pan'er, seeing Xu Huai still sitting lazily on the steps, he also sat over and asked straight to the point:
"Master Chen has led the state soldiers to besiege more than a thousand bandit troops in Litang Village for three days. He has twice sent orders to Deng Langjun, ordering the Huaiyuan Township Camp to step up the offensive against Huangqiao Village from the east."
They were quite dissatisfied that the Huaiyuan Township Camp could not capture Huangqiao Village in the three months before and after. Chen Shi's letter was disparaging to the Huaiyuan Township Camp. Deng Langjun and Xu Wujiang were very dissatisfied, but no matter what
You still have to cooperate. What are you thinking about hiding back for three or four days without even taking a look at Huangqiao?"
"I thought nothing would happen without me. Since Master Lu has come to pick me up, I will go with you to Huangqiao tonight." Xu Huai patted his thigh and stood up.
Xu Huai knew that if he really had to stay at the military stronghold, Lu Xiong would not force him to go, but with Wang's temperament, he would probably force Deng Gui to launch an offensive against Huangqiao stronghold in his absence. That would be counterproductive
It will be worse.
Wang Zhen is too upright, and sometimes it is his weakness.
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Xu Huai, Yin Peng and Lu Xiong rushed to Huangqiao Village with a group of horse and infantry overnight.
The Huaiyuan Township Camp set up camp directly on the walking horse road. It was formed into a company camp according to the standards of the Fifth Army, blocking the more than 200 feet wide valley between the north and south mountains. The real Huangqiao Village is three miles west of the company camp.
In addition, two thousand bandit troops also formed a dense defense in the form of company camps.
The official offices where Deng Gui and Xu Wujiang dispatched troops and generals were located in the largest Chinese military camp, and the most powerful Xianden soldiers from the rural camp were mainly stationed here.
In addition to offensive operations and long-distance maneuvers, going deep behind enemy lines to scout out the enemy's situation is also mainly the responsibility of the troops who ascend first.
Although the Inspection Division Military Soldiers and the Huaiyuan Township Camp had expanded to nearly two thousand troops at this time, the number of troops who arrived first was still strictly limited to two hundred people. Xu Wukun, Tang Pan, Xu Xin'an, Yin Peng, Tang Qing, Han Qi and others were
Team leaders, Xu Huai and Lu Xiong will directly participate in training and sneak scouting.
"Chen Shi ignored the warning and insisted on quelling the banditry before the end of winter, so we had no choice but to cooperate. In addition to underestimating the enemy, Chen Shi also really hoped that we could hold back the main force of the bandit army on the eastern front.
How dare you march so rashly,"
The situation became urgent again, and Wang Zhen could no longer "know how to advance or retreat." Before Xu Huai arrived, he had already discussed with Deng Gui and Xu Wujiang the specific combat measures for storming Huangqiao Village. At this time, he directly discussed with Xu Huai
said,
"Deng Langjun and we have already discussed the battle strategy, and now we are waiting for you, the reckless general, to appear..."
There is a sand table made of gum and mud on the big table in the tent, which clearly marks the camps and other defensive arrangements of both sides.
Although Wang Zhen was a scholar, after he passed the Jinshi examination, he served in the Hexi Room of the Privy Council in his early years. Later, he served in Bianzhou for a long time as an army judge and a governor.
Although he is not a military commander, Wang Zhen is more familiar with military books such as "The General Essentials of the Military Classics" than most of the military commanders in the world. It is precisely because the world values literature and suppresses military force, and uses culture to control military force, many officials have mentioned it.
Jian Anbang’s ambition.
Xu Huai had learned a lot from Wang Zhen, Lu Xiong and others in the past five or six months about the specific aspects of arranging troops and conducting military operations.
The strategy for attacking the stronghold is clearly marked on the sand table.
Xu Huai walked to the sand table and looked at it for a while, then asked Xu Xin'an beside him: "What has happened to Chen Zixiao these days?"
"Xi Xiaozhai seems to have not changed much, but Guo Junpan and Pan Chenghu have become more densely armored in the past two days, making it difficult to see their faces from a distance. Chen Zixiao may have found someone with a similar build to impersonate them.
," Xu Xin'an explained cautiously, "In the past three days, there seems to be no big change in the rebel army in Huangqiao villages, but some noises can be heard when sneaking nearby at night - obviously Chen Zixiao
Without secretly deploying troops from Huangqiao Village, it is difficult for the two thieves Gao Xiangyun and Zhong Changqing, who have their own agendas, to pose much of a threat to the state soldiers! Since the thieves dare to try to hide the truth, we will seize the opportunity.
