Chapter 2 Spreading Wings (Part 3) In an instant, the face of Youzhou Chief Manager Luo Yi looked like someone had slapped him in the face more than a dozen times. He looked red and green. Although he was old and ambitious, he wanted to transform his family.
After all, he has been upright for most of his life for the country, and has never been criticized based on reason. Moreover, the Tiger and Ben Iron Cavalry are famous on the border fortress. No matter whether the Turkic wolf army or the people in the border counties mention it, they will give it a thumbs up. But today, Lu Qin gave the Tiger and Ben Iron Cavalry a thumbs up when he mentioned it.
How can one swallow such a tone when compared to gangsters like Dou Jiande and Yang Xuangan?
"Stop using your words!" Luo Yi finally saw that the other party had no intention of negotiating peace with him. The so-called admiration was just an excuse. The real purpose was to invite him out and humiliate him face to face. "What did the Tiger Knight Cavalry do?
Is it right? Later generations will comment that your Boling Army cannot defend its lair, so don’t blame others for prying. Even if Luo doesn’t come, will Dou Jiande not bite the fat on his lips? Liu Wuzhou will let the six counties remain intact.
?Even if it’s your cheap father-in-law Li Yuan, I’m afraid he’s already been heavily armed?!”
"What the old general said is true. At that time, everyone in the world thought that Li was dead, so the person who wanted to take advantage of the six counties was definitely not the Youzhou family. The junior just said that if the junior really died in Henan, the six counties would be handed over to
General Luo's hands are a hundred times stronger than others!" Li Xu smiled and cupped his hands to Luo Yi, indicating that the other party should not behave like a nobody. Then, he looked at Lu Qin again, smiled and cursed: "Why are you crying, man?
Don't shed tears easily. Haven't you already blocked the Tiger and Ben cavalry on the north bank of Yishui? If you think that our weak soldiers in Boling can compete with the world-famous Tiger and Ben cavalry, you should be proud of yourself and your brothers.
Stand up straight and stand behind me to show General Luo what Junior Boling looks like against him these days!"
"No!" Lu Qin wiped away his tears and strode behind Li Xu, his waist as straight as a mountain.
"Hehehe, I won't tell you any more nonsense." Luo Yi knew that he would definitely not have the upper hand morally. Fortunately, this was not the ancient times. The battle for the world was based on strength rather than morality. He sneered a few times and said:
"In your eyes, the Tiger and Ben Iron Cavalry are blocking the Great Wall or bandits. Now that I have brought them here, does General Li want to continue to embarrass me or follow the current situation? You might as well give me a clear explanation! If
If you are willing to surrender to me, after I end this troubled times, let alone the six counties, I will cede the entire Hebei to you! If you feel that you cannot trust me, I can make a strong oath in front of the soldiers of the three armies...
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"The last general is just the consolation ambassador of the six counties. He has no right to decide to cede lands and people. Old general, please understand the difficulties of this junior!" Li Xu put away his smile and answered seriously.
"Does that mean you have decided to become my enemy?" Luo Yi flicked his sleeves and was about to stand up and leave. "Boy, it's not that I look down on you. Although you are also known as a victorious general, you may not be able to stand up to me, Luo Yiqing.
A powerful blow!"
"Old general, wait a minute, I don't want to be an enemy of the old general!" Li Xu raised his hand and made a blocking gesture from a distance. "The general's cavalry are the best in the world. This can be seen by anyone with eyes."
But has the general thought about how many troops and horses it will cost to take one of my counties? How long will it take for the general to take down the six counties? How many tiger and horse cavalry will be left? Will the opportunity for the general to fight for the world be missed? Just for the sake of it.
With just one breath, you risk the life and death of tens of thousands of brothers. The juniors are so stupid that they think the general’s plan is undesirable!”
"I didn't expect that General Li is not only good at fighting, he is also very good at eloquence!" Luo Yi put one hand on the low table, looked at Li Xu and sneered, "Tell me your method, how can you not be an enemy of me and still be safe?"
If you can’t explain the three-thirds of an acre of land in your hands, don’t waste my time any longer!”
Li Xu raised his head, and his eyes met Luo Yi's. He was not as domineering as the other person, but more firm and clear, "This junior is the comfort ambassador of the six counties, and his duty is to protect the safety of the people of the six counties, no matter whether it is rogue bandits or tigers."
The cavalry are here, and they must not be allowed to run wild within their jurisdiction."
"Hmph! The premise is that you are capable enough!" Luo Yi sneered and curled his lips, unmoved by such lies, big words, and empty words.
"The younger generation has a shallow foundation and thinks he doesn't have the capital to compete for the title, so he doesn't dare to dream of turning his family into a country." Li Xu smiled and replied calmly, "So don't worry, old general, you can go south to compete."
Hejian, attack the plains, the Bohai Sea, and even cross the Yellow River to attack Luoyang. The six counties where I am located will never hold you back. Once you can clean up the bandits and restore peace to the world, I will definitely adapt to the situation and never try to take advantage of you!
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"You want to drive the tiger to devour the wolf and persuade me to fight Dou Jiande!" Luo Yi pointed out Li Xu's wishful thinking with a sneer, "When I and Dou Jiande are both injured in the fight, you will reap the benefits?"
Li Xu shook his head, with an innocent look on his face, "I just think that if the old general is not even sure of defeating Dou Jiande, how can he believe that he can easily win the six counties? Dou Jiande is my defeated general, and his strength is not as good as that of the younger generation. If the old general
If the general thinks that the battle between the Youzhou Army and Dou Jiande over the river will allow the younger generation to reap the benefits, why don't you think that the lively fight between your two families will give Dou Jiande an advantage in vain?"
"I'll take care of you first, and I'll still have enough strength left to take care of him!" Luo Yi gritted his teeth, wishing he could skin and eat Li Xu on the spot. "Dou Jiande is just a wild dog, and you, Li Zhongjian, are a lone wolf. If you get a break,
Opportunity can no longer be conquered!"
"Truth!" Li Xu applauded Luo Yi for his honesty, "The old general said it appropriately. Is this junior a lone wolf, or a lone wolf that has just been injured? But does the old general know that the more the wolf is forced to a dead end?
As for wild dogs, although their teeth are not as sharp as those of wolves, they are smarter. Once they have been in the wild for a long time, they will form a group. When they are strong, even if they encounter bears and tigers, they will dare to form a group and kill them!"
Luo Yi shrugged, with a hint of disdain in his smile, "Bite back, I wonder where General Li's teeth are?"
Although he knew that Li Xu could not be subdued with words alone, he was not busy and left immediately. The young man in front of him still had some knowledge, especially after both parties put aside the nonsense about morality and loyalty, and only analyzed the gains and losses, this son
Everything you say is on point
"The Tiger and Ben Iron Cavalry are the best in the world, but the entire Youzhou Army is not." Li Xu dipped his fingers into some wine and drew a horizontal knife on the table in front of him. Regardless of whether Luo Yi could see it clearly, he deepened the edge of the knife.
After a few minutes, he explained with a smile, "The Tiger Ben Iron Cavalry is the blade of the Youzhou Army. Everything it cuts will be broken with one blow. But this knife was made too hastily, and the spine of the knife is made of soft iron instead of fine steel."
The handle is even more carved from rotten wood. If you are not careful, it will break and the blade will fall to the ground!"
"What are you talking about? Boy, are you still trying to deceive me with big words?" Although unlike Li Xu, who has personally forged iron, Luo Yi can clearly understand the metaphor of the blade, spine and handle of the other party through this.
After more than half a month of offensive battle, the infantry of the Youzhou Army had fully exposed their weakness. Otherwise, the man surnamed Li would not have had the chance to sit in front of Luo Yi, who was full of empty words and boastful words.
"Junior has a battle plan, please comment on it from the senior general!" Li Xu clasped his fists at Luo Yi, as if he was discussing the strategy of fighting the enemy side by side with his colleagues. "The troops currently deployed by the junior in the Yixian area are enough to delay the senior general's Youzhou troops.
Last month, I didn’t know how much food and grass the Huben Cavalry would consume if I persisted for a month? I remember that when I was in Qi County, the entire county could only raise a few hundred pieces of fine armor, but the size of the Huben Cavalry was at least 5,000.
Can Youzhou still be able to supply these five thousand soldiers, more than ten thousand assistants, more than twenty thousand war horses, pack horses, grooms, and veterinarians' chews?"
"Haha, it's thanks to you that you are working on the banks of the Sanggan River and Yishui to support the people. The wheat you planted will be ripe soon. I can just send someone to cut it!" Even though someone pointed out his pain point, Luo Yi still refused to show his cowardice.
The expensive thing about armored cavalry is not only the armor worn by men and horses, but those who can wear such heavy armor in battle must be strong men with strong muscles and round waists. The mounts that can carry both strong men and armor must also have special muscles and bones.
Strong Liao horses or Dawan horses, both the rider and the horse, must use refined grains and fine rice to maintain their strength. In order to ensure the integrity of the system, each rider must also be equipped with a spare war horse so that he can be replaced at any time with a pack horse to replace him.
To transport luggage, weapons and armor, in order to take care of the livestock and their owners, each rider must have one or two servants under his command. Each team of cavalry also needs to be equipped with a certain number of veterinarians. Therefore, the consumption of five thousand armored cavalry by horsemen is enough.
Worth 50,000 or more infantry, the Sui Dynasty spent all its power to raise a tiger and horse cavalry, just to deter the Turkic wolf army. The reason why the wolf army was easily reluctant to send it to the battlefield was because it consumed too much material and had poor logistics.
Due to supply difficulties, otherwise Yang Guang would not have been repeatedly frustrated during his three expeditions to Goguryeo but could not have remembered to take Huben General Luo Yi with him.
The Youzhou Army's intention in going south this time was to use war to support war. Therefore, Luo Yi's answer was very straightforward. Boling could close the city and defend it, but Li Xu could not move the wheat in the fields to the city, nor could he move it to the city.
The farmland moved to the hilly areas is the result of two years of hard work by Boling. It can be used to replenish military supplies for the Tiger and Ben cavalry.
"Yes, this junior really didn't expect that the wheat is about to ripen!" Li Xu smiled and looked very annoyed. "The old general has already occupied the farming sites on both sides of the Sanggan River and the north bank of Yishui. It stands to reason.
The people who are stationed in the fields are currently considered the subjects of the old general. The old general wants to compete for food from his own people. The younger generation really can't interfere. If these people who have just settled down are forced to take risks again, I don't know if they are destroying me.
Is peace in the six counties or peace in Youzhou?”
"Who dares!" Luo Yi frowned and shouted.
Li Xu shrugged his shoulders, picked up the wine cup in front of him, and drank it all in one gulp. "This is not a question of whether you dare or not. If a person has no food to eat, he will have to fight hard. Sooner or later, he will die. Starving to death is almost the same as dying under the sword of an old general."
Sometimes someone takes the opportunity to fan the flames, and I'm afraid it will cause a bigger fuss. The juniors are no match for the old general, so they can only send some rangers to go around Youzhou, cut off the food roads, and distribute weapons and other things.
Can’t you kill all your own people?”
"If you do that, I will never let you go! Your brothers had better not be caught by me, otherwise they will all be cheap!" Luo Yi was so angry that he no longer cared about taking the identity of his senior.
, jump up, threaten nakedly
Li Xu shook his head and sneered, "Junior just said that he has the ability to make the old general fight with me to the point where both sides will lose. It doesn't mean that he must do that! Besides, there are some things that juniors don't need to do. The old general also said just now that spying on the six counties is not just
Can you, an old general, guarantee that Dou Jiande, Liu Wuzhou, and the Li family in Hedong will watch you having a lively fight with me, and no one will want to get involved?"
"I didn't provoke them!" Luo Yi was stunned when asked, and said angrily that he knew that Li Xu said that the situation would happen 100%, but he still refused to make any verbal concessions.
"But what the old general wants to fight for is the world, not Hebei. Liu Wuzhou, what Dou Jiande wants to fight for is also the world, not Hebei." Li Xu smiled and launched a counterattack, "I am the only one who has no ability to fight for the world and stands in front of the old general. They are not secretly
To help me, do I have to wait for you to swallow up six counties and grow beyond control before I come forward to compete with you?"
"You kid has a tough mouth and strong teeth. I said you can't do anything!" Luo Yi sighed, grabbed the cold wine on the case, and drank it in one gulp. Deep in his heart, he had to admit that he had misjudged the situation. As long as Li Xu didn't die, You would be in trouble.
It will be very difficult for the state army to capture the six counties of Boling. Liu Wuzhou, Li Yuan, Dou Jiande and others will definitely come out to wade into the troubled waters. Even if he finally defeats the six counties with the help of the tiger cavalry, I am afraid that his vitality will be severely damaged, and he will be everywhere in a short period of time.
passive
But he cannot retreat, and his morale can be boosted but not reduced. If Li Xu scares away the Youzhou army with a few nonsense words, the Youzhou army will not want to go south to Boling anymore, and the heroes of the world will underestimate him, thus making Youzhou lose the chance to win the championship.
Qualifications
"This junior just doesn't want to kill each other with the heroes he admires and give others an advantage! Old General, please consider your words carefully!"
"The arrow has left the string and can't be undone!" Luo Yi stood up and decided to end this meaningless argument.
"The current situation in the world is unclear, so why should you and I rush to fight and end up losing both sides?" Li Xu also stood up and said goodbye to Luo Yi with a smile.
He didn't expect Luo Yi to retreat based on words alone, but by clarifying the gains and losses, at least he would be able to have some scruples when using troops. The six counties of Boling needed time to breathe, and he himself also needed time to reorganize the order in various places, so anyone who could
He will try his best to create trouble for the other party.
When people are young, they are not afraid of failure. What they are afraid of is not being able to learn lessons from failure. And he had just lost once in Henan. He could clearly sum up where and how he lost.
