During this invasion of our country, Ding Kui only had a few people who could command the battle, and half of them were above the age when they should retire. The current scale of the Red Army to protect the country was enough, but if it were to be further expanded, no one would be available.
.
He had several contacts with Fan Yuzhen and knew the details of Fan Yuzhen. This time he took the opportunity to talk to her, showed his sincerity in soliciting her, and successfully accepted her as his follower.
Followers are different from subordinates. Followers will still follow him after he retires, just like Ding Dao's followers who protect him and recognize him as the new lord. Those only account for a small part of Ding Dao's subordinates; and
In the first brigade of the 201st Division, after changing the brigade captain, there were many people that Ding Kui could not command.
Fan Yuzhen is in her early forties this year and is in her prime. She is at her peak in all aspects. Such followers can be used easily. She also has military power and connections on hand, which is what Ding Kui needs most.
After being promoted to the Master Knight, Ding Kui will not be able to personally do everything. The opportunities to lead troops in battle will become less and less, and the enemy will not easily allow him to charge into battle. He is in urgent need of people who can lead troops in battle. It is very difficult to train them by himself. In recent years,
He just trained Lei Feixiang, who has the ability to command battles involving more than a thousand people.
Shao Dianfei, Shao Diancheng and Shao Dianye are the three children of the royal family, and their loyalty will be doubted if there is a war with the imperial court.
Fan Yuzhen left Qinglan City with a satisfactory harvest and rushed back to inform the brothers of the 75th Division.
"Sir," Shao Diancheng took out a bunch of documents from the bag and placed them neatly on the table, "Do you need to get the information on the 75th Division?"
Ding Kui was flipping through a document and without raising his head, he said, "People have already come to your door. Do you still need to read it? Go see when the chief of staff is free. I'll talk to him privately."
"Okay, my subordinate will go right away."
Ding Kui glanced at Shao Diancheng's leaving figure and said, "This guy is a bit too ambitious. I don't know if his abilities are directly proportional to his desires."
"Sir, General Qiao Meng wants to see you." Ding Cai reported outside the door and did not dare to enter the house without Ding Kui's order.
"What! I'll go greet you." Ding Kui walked out of the room quickly.
The Eighth Legion headquarters occupies the center of Qinglan City and divides several camps around the city lord's palace. The troops brought by Ding Kui are temporarily stationed in a small camp, and a large flag with the word "D" is hung on the camp gate.
A dozen riders were waiting outside the camp gate. The leader was none other than Qiao Meng, the commander of the 80th Division. His calm eyes could not hide the fatigue between his brows, and the bloodstains on his shirt showed that a battle had just ended.
"Why do you need to send a message when General Qiao comes? You ignorant guys, won't you invite him in? How can you let him wait outside the door!" Ding Kui's voice came first before he arrived.
Qiao Meng's spirit perked up, his eyes beamed with joy, he jumped off his horse, walked towards the camp gate, and said with a smile: "This is the first time I meet the Crown Prince as a colleague, so I have to follow the rules, lest the bosses talk about me behind my back."
Ding Kui ran a few steps quickly and held Qiao Meng's hand in front of the door, "Where are the rules? Senior is trying to praise me and kill me."
"I signed the document in front of the battle early in the morning. It is Ding Shuai who favors me." Qiao Meng held Ding Kui's hand and looked at Ding Kui. "Master Knight, I will help you in the Eternal Temple.
Proud."
"Come, come, come and sit with me, General Qiao, you have worked hard all night." Ding Kui and Qiao Meng walked arm in arm.
"Last night, I accidentally lured out the defenders of Baiting City. They fought all night to clean them up. I just came back and was about to give orders to the Chief of Staff when I saw your flag and wanted to come and see you."
"It's amazing. This can also lure the defenders out of the city. I can't do it." Ding Kui truly admired him. It was not that easy to lure his troops out of the city at night.
"It just so happened that reinforcements arrived at Baiting City. The enemy wanted to help relieve some pressure on the main force of their army. It happened that I knew earlier that the enemy troops near Port City had retreated."
The two of them walked into Ding Kui's room while talking, and all the soldiers and followers stayed outside the room.
"I have just joined the army and I hope Senior Qiao will give you more guidance in the future."
"Don't call me senior. Your Majesty, you can call me Lao Qiao. If you think I'm old and useless, you can continue to call me senior."
"Uh, haha, I didn't mean that, Lao Qiao."
"Well, I'm much younger than Lao Dong and the others. The Eighth Army is just like that. It's been waiting for someone to take over. The whole army is looking forward to you coming. The old brothers will lay the ground for you.
Good road."
"I'm pretty good at commanding a few thousand people in combat, but if I have more, I'll have no experience."
"Experience comes from fighting. You can be called a 'Flying General' in the new legion. When you come to the eighth legion, you don't have to worry. I have seen all your battle cases. You are all elite soldiers. You are born to do it."
When you lead the Eighth Army, I believe you will be more domineering than Jiang Shuai." Qiao Meng didn't care if he offended Jiang Xi.
Of course, there were only two of them in the room, so as long as Ding Kui didn't say anything, it wouldn't reach Jiang Xi's ears.
"Now that Ji Kou has more than 400,000 troops by land and water in Nanqiu County, what we have to chew next are hard bones. This battle is not that easy to fight." Ding Kui brought the topic to the current battle situation.
"Our army is now adopting the tactics of shrinking defense, and it should be threatened on the Tongyuan River."
"Old Qiao has a keen insight and an overall view." Ding Kui commented in his heart.
"Our army is mainly attacking, and the enemy is mainly defending. If we take a little more initiative in strategy, the advantage in strength will slowly fall to us. The final victory must belong to us. It is the rebels who really affect the overall situation." Qiao Meng also slowly said.
The chat started.
Ding Kui asked tentatively: "Are the rebels that capable of fighting?"
"Don't underestimate it. There are six legions concentrated in King Zhouzhou, including the 9th and 10th legions. The rebels can also cross the state border. It's not as simple as being able to fight." Qiao Meng's face was covered with worry.
"I heard that Yang Feng is serving as a conductor in Zhuangwang Prefecture." Ding Kui's eyes flashed with a stern look.
"Hmph! That traitor!" A "squeak" sound came from under Qiao Meng's butt, "How can you win the trust of the boss if you don't have the ability? He and Prince Yinsha are mortal enemies, and the imperial court trusts him more and drove us to Nanzhao Prefecture.
I just want to reuse him."
"Hey, if you don't talk about this, if you come to my place, will it delay you from finding the chief of staff?"
"That's alright, I'll go and answer your orders first, and I'll find you later."
"Don't worry, my troops haven't arrived yet. If you haven't slept all night, go and rest first. I'll make an appointment with some people to celebrate your victory in the evening."
"Okay, okay, let's go, I won't send you off."
After seeing Qiao Meng off, Ding Kui had no intention of continuing to read the documents. After thinking about it, he called a few soldiers to go to the 72nd Division camp.
After Hua Mo captured Qinglan City, he took over the defense of the city. Although he was not very happy, he still had to protect the legion headquarters, so he did not have to wait for orders at the headquarters.
"Your Majesty, have you met Qiao Meng just now?" He specifically told his men to pay attention to the situation over there with Ding Kui.
"I feel ashamed to say it, but I should have come to see Senior Hua first."
"Don't be like this. Brother Kun is going to beat me up if he finds out. We are just decades older than you, and we are far inferior to you in terms of ability. You don't have to go through all the red tape in the army, especially for us old guys.
"
"No, my father will blame me for being ignorant. Besides, I can learn from Mr. Hua."
"It's good that you have this heart. Now you are a general and a master knight. Everyone respects you in line with the rules of the army. Only with that majesty can you control the warriors below. In the future, you will be more than the commander of a legion. You must get used to it.
Become the superior." Hua Mo personally poured Ding Kui a cup of tea.
"The boy has learned a lesson."
"Humility is a good thing, but that is for outsiders. In the Eighth Army, you represent the master. Carrying that flag, you are the soul of the whole army. You must be above everyone. No one can trample on the Eighth Army.
Military spirit!"
These words were quite serious, and Ding Kui felt his blood burning.
"Your Majesty, I found that you got into a corner."
"Ah, please enlighten me."
"Your Majesty, how come the imperial court or the commander-in-chief have nothing to do with the Ding family, but the Eighth Army and the Ding family are one, you can't treat us as outsiders. As the saying goes, a clenched fist is strong, and the fist of the Eighth Army is waiting.
I’ll pinch you.”
"Yes! I understand!" Ding Kui's eyes flashed, "Now I am the Eighth Legion, and the Eighth Legion is me!"
"Hahaha, I can make up for the regret of not joining the army by you. Our military spirit is back!" Hua Mo's laughter was like a bell.
"I'm going to the headquarters to have a look. Let's celebrate Qiao Meng together tonight. He should have won a big victory last night."
"Okay." Hua Mo's eyes flashed with surprise. Qiao Meng didn't talk to Ding Kui about last night, otherwise he wouldn't have said the word "should".
Because the commander-in-chief was not in the legion, the staff department was equivalent to the headquarters. No one stopped Ding Kui when he came, but everyone performed their duties, and the normal operation of the headquarters was not disrupted by Ding Kui's arrival.
"Oh, Brother Xian is here. Your troops have escort missions, so you don't have to come to the headquarters to wait for orders." Jiang Zhi greeted Ding Kui.
"Haha, I'm here to learn from you. I can also face off against the female general in the future. The chief of staff can't hide his clumsiness." Ding Kui admired Jiang Zhi for taking up the position of chief of staff of the army at such a young age. Although Liang Chong is not as old as Jiang Zhi.
Plants are similar, but the workload of the two is very different.
"Shuai Ding is making fun of me. In fact, He Lianyu is much stronger than me. If the regiments are switched, I will definitely lose. By the way, the 71st Division attacked very timely and happened to meet the reinforcements sent by Xixuan City.
, coordinated the encirclement and annihilation battle of the 80th Division, and that was your military order."
"What a coincidence. I just combined everyone's opinions. The 71st Division has been holding back the port city for several days. If they don't let it out, Mr. Dong will be anxious with me." Ding Kui was unintentional.
Wang Chou came over and patted Ding Kui on the shoulder and said: "Maybe many people can make the right decision, but your being right is of great significance to the legion, and every move you make will have a great impact on morale. I hope you will always be able to make the right decision."
correct."
"General Wang, please be patient. It is not appropriate to send the 73rd Division anywhere at this time. How about you discuss this with Brother Xian." Jiang Zhi saw through Wang Chou's intentions in saying this.