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After procrastinating for more than half an hour, the honorees finally arrived, and they happily confessed to Li Chengzhong in the meeting hall, and then waited for the meeting to be convened.
Holding back his displeasure, Li Chengzhong briefly described the actions of King Liang and the situation on various battlefields, informed them of several sets of response strategies drawn up by the General Administration of Military Staff, and then asked them what they should do.
"Fine, what else is there to think about?" Gao Liu was the first to reply, and his careless tone made Li Chengzhong almost go berserk.
"Well... it's not that simple. The enemy force is huge and the numbers are hugely disparity..." Li Chengzhong considered the words, thinking about how to make these old guys understand how dangerous the situation was.
"Are you going to fight?" Wang Jingrou asked.
"yes……"
"That's it. What's there to ask?" Wang Jingrou looked at Li Chengzhong with disdain.
"The key is that the enemy has 500,000 troops and it is a coalition of princes. How should we fight? Where should we fight? Should we withdraw to fight or let out to fight? These strategies need to be carefully considered! Our troops are too small and we cannot do it casually. Just pull him over and beat him!" Li Chengzhong was angry.
Zhao Yuande cursed: "Afraid of being beaten! It's not like we in Lulong have never been beaten before. Let's talk about those close to us first. The man surnamed Zhu pulled Wei Bo, Chengde, and the allied forces from Yiwu towns to bully us. We can't stand it. What? Let’s talk about it far away. Back then, the imperial court summoned allied forces from various towns to use force against Hebei. What was the result? Is it different?”
Gao Liu said: "Old Zhao is right. In fact, I'm afraid His Highness King Yan has already made a decision on how to fight. Even a weak woman like me is not worried. What is Your Highness worried about? We Lulong are much stronger than before. , I was not afraid in the past, and I am even less afraid today. If you want money, everyone will provide money, if you want food, everyone will provide food, and if you need soldiers, you will recruit soldiers. Let’s give Zhu a good fight and see what he can do to us, Lu Long! "
Hearing that Gao Liu called herself a "weak woman", Li Chengzhong sweated violently and wanted to say something else, but Li Juncao came out and said calmly: "Your Highness, why do you come back all the way for such a trivial matter? It's just a war, we Lu Long After fighting for hundreds of years, I really don’t know what to do if I don’t fight... If Your Highness is interested, I can serve in the army to see how powerful Zhu’s son is! How about we end the discussion today? I and Lao Wangqi haven’t finished killing each other yet.”
Wang Jingrou sarcastically said: "Old Li, you still don't admit defeat? You lost to a certain three games..."
Another person agreed: "That's right, the fish hasn't taken the bait yet, it's a bad day today..."
"It's gone, it's gone..."
Gao Liu asked with a smile: "Your Highness, I haven't finished playing my new song yet. Would you like to listen to it?"
Without waiting for Li Chengzhong to say anything, these old guys went out of the palace and left the stunned Li Chengzhong alone in the palace, muttering to himself: "Is this an act of disrespect before you? Or is it disrespectful?..."
The honorees suddenly dispersed and gathered again in a pavilion. Everyone was talking about today's events. Han Mengyin asked: "Everyone, we have really exceeded our courtesy today. Your Highness will not blame us, right?"
Gao Liu said: "Don't worry, I have been dealing with His Highness for so many years, and His Highness is the easiest military leader I have ever seen. I won't blame you."
Yuan Congbo asked: "Is it feasible for us to do this?"
Zhao Yuande laughed: "What your Highness lacks is confidence. In fact, when it comes to fighting, there are many capable people in the General Office of the Military Staff, so we really don't need to worry about it. Besides, a certain family's great man now has tens of thousands of cavalry under his command, which is more than the hegemony of the day."
The rider is even stronger. With him here, the discipline of Hebei will be as stable as ever."
Li Juncao glared: "The cavalry is amazing? It's just cavalry and no infantry. How can you fight this battle? This kid is going to join the party soon. Oh, I don't know if he can do it?" These words are purely to sway Zhao Yuande.
, Li Chengyue was about to be ordered to be transferred to the Shangdang Party, but Zhao Ba requested many times and still did not receive the military order to go to the battlefield.
Everyone was talking about the idle time. What was Li Chengzhong doing? He was humming a little tune and walking briskly out of the Honors Hall.
He suddenly figured it out, these old guys are not afraid, so what should we be afraid of? It's just a war, isn't it?
With the confidence to start the war, Li Chengzhong's mind suddenly became much clearer, and many seemingly uncertain ideas had answers in an instant. He decided to combine various opinions and adopt a compromise plan to achieve both offense and defense, that is, to concentrate his forces
Yu Shangdang fought a decisive battle with the enemy and at the same time ensured the stability of Taihang Sanxingkou. If the decisive battle was won, everything would be easy to say. If the decisive battle was unfavorable, at least the danger of Taihang must be ensured to protect the safety of Hebei.
The haze dissipated, Li Chengzhong returned to Handan, and the Military General Staff Office, a war machine with a strong modern flavor, began to operate at full capacity.
Secretly negotiated with Wang Shifan, canceled the Bochang camp, and transferred all troops to the north.
The Yellow River Navy was formed to closely guard the south bank of the river to prevent enemy troops from crossing the river.
Expand the logistics battalions under the Logistics Department from the original ten to twenty in one fell swoop.
The Youyan Security Army and the Liaodong Security Army were mobilized in advance to enter Shangdang. These two armies were defined by Li Chengzhong as "quick reaction forces + mercenaries" for later generations. They were very smooth to use. The deadline given to them by the General Administration of Military Staff was early May.
It is necessary to enter Shangdang. The task is to control Xiangyuan and Licheng north of Luzhou and ensure the safety of the northern part of Fukouxing.
In the direction of Xiangwei, continue to maintain the "close friendship" with Yuan Xiangxian, and understand and explore the overall strategy of the princes' coalition through the Xiangwei channel controlled by Yuan Xiangxian. Of course, what the General Military Staff hopes to happen most is to lure Liang Jun across the river and from Xiangwei.
It is a pity that King Liang was not a fool to attack Hebei through the passage. This possibility is not very big.
In mid-May, when the combined strength of the princes at Sishui Pass reached 400,000, Handan temporarily mobilized the second batch of troops to enter Shangdang. The remaining troops on the left and right sides of the Weizhou Army included five sword and gun battalions, three archer battalions, and two cavalry.
The battalion and the regiment directly under the military headquarters, the entire left wing of the Guizhou Army and two spear battalions on the right wing, a sword and shield battalion, and an archery regiment, have a total strength of 7,300 people.
At this point, the strength of the Lulong Army gathered in the Shangdang area has reached 28,000.
In late May, Handan temporarily issued military orders, with the Dingzhou Army as the main force, taking over Jingxing and Feihuxing, and strictly guarding the Hebei North Road Passage. At the same time, the Cangzhou Army was moved westward and stationed at Fukouxing; the Zhaozhou Army and the logistics battalion were moved southward.
, stationed in Handan; transferred the Guizhou army to the south and stationed in Fuyang; transferred the Youzhou army to Cheng'an; transferred the Huaiyue allied army to Linli.
In this way, together with the Mozhou Army guarding Liyang, the Lulong Army gathered more than 60,000 soldiers around Handan. The military strength in the interior of Hebei, except for the reserve brigades and battalions in various states and counties, did not have a single field force.
The hot June arrived, and as the first army of the allied forces of the princes crossed Baixing and entered Zezhou, the temporary army in Handan immediately moved into action. Li Chengzhong announced that the Lulong Army would be changed to the Yan Army, and the army would be moved to Shangdang to accompany the army.
Together they headed to Luzhou. According to Li Chengzhong's request, the Shangdang camp was canceled and King Yan of Luzhou temporarily took over the war.
Sixty thousand troops gathered one after another at Fukouxing, passed Fukou Pass and Dongyang Pass, and arrived at Luzhou City in an endless stream.
Li Dutou, the former Dongyang capital of the Hedong Army, was assigned by Li Xiaoxi to lead the army into the pass along the way. For more than a year, Li Dutou followed the Youyan Security Army, participated in some battles with the Xuanwu Army, and witnessed the Lu Long Army's
Strength. The Shangdang camp once besieged Gaoping where 30,000 Xuanwu troops were stationed with less than 6,000 troops, and captured this important town and fortress in one fell swoop, which greatly stimulated Li Dutou.
Li Dutou originally believed that as long as his soldiers were brave and good at strategy, the war would be successful. However, more than a year of combat experience showed that past perceptions have undergone subversive changes, and what he used to think of as a victory was inevitable.
The conditions now seem unreliable.
Li Dutou once witnessed with his own eyes that relying on huge and numerous defensive equipment, the Lulong Army almost took down the Shangdongshan Army Village without a single blow; relying on neat queues and extravagant armors and bows and arrows, facing the desperate Xuanwu Army warriors, the Lulong Army
The enemy's end was announced with a horizontal push; the solid Gaoping city wall collapsed with a bang. Li Dutou still doesn't understand what happened at that time...
Over the past year or so, what Li Dutou has been exposed to most is the transportation and distribution of baggage, the strictness and orderliness of military orders, the planning and arrangement of plans, and the rigor and diligence of training.
An army without military leaders but running smoothly, an army that does not rely on bravery but wins many battles. This kind of military system fascinated Li Dutou deeply. And he finally became a member of this army.
a member of.
"Coming, coming!" his subordinates called from beside him.
Without needing to be reminded by his subordinates, Li Dutou had already seen the sergeants of the brigade coming out from the end of the mountain road at the bottom of the valley. He quickly led his subordinates down from Dongyang Pass and greeted them out.
Unlike the Hedong Army, Li Dutou's greeting was not a real greeting. All the work of leading the way had been done according to the Lu Long Army's method. Wooden signs had been placed at various forks in the road. Drinking points had been prepared long ago, and the camping sites were early.
It was established. Li Dutou just wanted to take a close look at this friendly force that he had just joined.
The sergeants walked past Li Dutou and his subordinates with neat steps. They did not stop, but looked curiously at Li Dutou on the edge of Guancheng, and then strode over.
The footsteps almost stepping on the same point produced a solemn feeling like thunder. Although Li Dutou and his subordinates had seen it many times, they were still shocked this time. Then there was a large cart with no end in sight, full of people.
All kinds of combat supplies were displayed, dazzling Li Du's head and the eyes of his subordinates.
"This is the first-class main force in the army that General Li said. Tsk tsk, the Cangzhou Army looks more majestic than those camp heads."
"God, how many people are there? Why haven't they finished yet?"
"Good morning, it was the flag on the left compartment just now, now, here comes the right compartment..."
"Look at this war horse, it's so fat!"
"Why do the Cangzhou Army have so many cavalry?"
"Look, the knife on the car is a Mo knife, right?"
In the discussion among his subordinates, Li Dutou, who had been worried about the enemy's strength, gradually let go of his doubts. He suddenly felt that his choice was not a mistake. (To be continued. If you like this work
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